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Historical manned and unmanned space flight programs.
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How many shuttle flights per year without Challenger accident?
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In retrospect we know that the O-ring issue that destroyed Challenger
was inevitable. It had almost happened in earlier flights and would
likely have happened on some winter day sooner or later. That said,
let's say it doesn't ever happen. Maybe because it's diagnosed, or
NASA and Thiokol listen to Boisjoly and require a certain outside... more »
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I watched Apollo 18 last night
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All in all I'd give the movie a thumbs up. I think science fiction
fans would like it best though. It did have some shock moments for
horror fans.
An aspect of the movie I liked is that the mission landed at the
lunar south pole near one of the permanently shadowed craters. There
was some dialogue in fact about not going too far down into the crater... more »
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wireless electricity transmission...
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I think first we need to understand that how we can make a good path
of electricity to flow.first we should make a sender by which
electricity can be send then we need a reciver by which electricity
can be recive for use.........i am trying to make these device n need
help of good engineers and scientists....... more »
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RIP R Boisjoly
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The LA Times has heard that Roger Boisjoly has died:
"Boisjoly, 73, died of cancer Jan. 6 in Nephi, Utah, though news of his passing was known only in the southwest Utah community where he retired."
<[link]
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Go in peace, sir.... more »
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Our Lord 4-27-72
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Our Lord says,
"Men, at this moment, are fighting the way of this
child. Men, at this moment, are saying, ' It could be
true.' And men, at this moment, are saying, ' I don't
want it to be. I will have to change and I will have
to look to The Holy Trinity, whereas I am just used to
looking at what I see, at what I know.' And they call... more »
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Bart Sibrel
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Seems the liar has been in some hot water: [link]
What a lying scumbag he is.
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Landau-Strange baseline design
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Any comments? Anybody have links to other documents of this plan?
Snidely <snidely....@gmail.com> scribbled something like ...
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oops, should have used a synonym.
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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for low cost trips to the Moon.
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SpaceX has said two Falcon Heavy launches would be required to carry
a manned Dragon to a lunar landing. However, the 53 metric ton payload
capacity of a single Falcon Heavy would be sufficient to carry the 30
mT (Earth departure stage + lunar lander system) described below. This
would require 20 mT and 10 mT gross mass Centaur-style upper stages.... more »
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For Gus and Ed and Roger
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Forty-five years on...
Still remembered, still honoured.
You led the way...
-- Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."
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