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SMART-1 Ion Engine Fired Successfully by
Ron Baalke
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM2OU0P4HD_index_0.html
SMART-1 ion engine fired successfully
European Space Agency
1 October 2003
SMART-1's revolutionary...
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Formula to calculate air loss? by
JamesStep
Is there a formula or rule-of-thumb for making a rough
estimate of the rate of air loss in a space craft for a
given size air leak?
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Capsules and Metallic Heat Shields by
Mike Miller
Is it feasible to use a metallic heat shield for a Soyuz (or
Zarya)-type capsule?
Maybe I should ask: what's the peak heating a Soyuz sees in...
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Von-Braunian space stations: what orbit? by
Steve Mazerski
I have grown up thinking some day there will be large
orbital space stations of the type suggested by von Braun
serving as staging points for journeys to the...
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Air breathing re-entry concept by
Zoltan Szakaly
I have been contemplating various reentry options for my imaginary air
breathing SSTO vehicle. If I can solve the problem of going to orbit
by using an air...
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Large airlocks by
Bill Bogen
Has much research/design work been done on really large airlock doors?
A quick search finds references ranging from real doors around a
meter in size to...
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September 26th 03 06:23 PM
by Anvil
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Stationkeeping Fuel at L1 by
TangoMan
I need help in calculating the gravitational drift at L1, 30,000+ km above
lunar near side.
I'm curious how much stationkeeping fuel, per period of time, a...
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Need a Moon Base? by
Ken S. Tucker
Meteors hitting Sun (KST?)
(C.omments O.pinions W.elcome wholy COW)
I assume meteor strikes are proportional to Area x Mass.
(Area seems obvious, and Mass...
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TLE Two digit years by
David Findlay
Are there any revisions to the NORAD TLE format planned? At the moment it
uses two digit year dates. This will stop being viable around the 2060s,
when it's...
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September 23rd 03 02:21 PM
by Bater
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September 22nd 03 09:02 PM
by ed kyle
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Minimal space-suit by
James Moughan
I've been wondering, just what is the minimum protection you can get
away with and still be able to function effectively in a vacuum?
Say you're breathing...
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Why is a LOX/Kero SSTO not rather easy? by
Larry Gales
I am not a particular fan of SSTO, but it appears to me that SSTO has
long been within our grasp.
The best figures that I could get for the Titan II 1st...
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Titan IVB question by
James Wentworth
Hello All,
I have a question about something I saw in the photos of this week's Titan
IVB launch. It is a phenomenon I've also seen in pictures of Titan...
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