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Serious propulsion by
Allen Thomson
Probably such things have been hashed out before, but allow me to
solicit the opinion of the readership on this question that has
come up in some off-line...
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FAQ-2-B: sci.space.tech reading list by
dave schneider
Reading lists and recommended references are a recurrent theme in
sci.space.* This occurs so often that it seems like there is a FAQ
missing here.
This...
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Space Elevator cars' shielding by
Frank Scrooby
Hi all
A major objection raised time-and-time-again (like a struck record really)
about humans going either up or down a space elevator is the radiation...
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Maglev assisted launch SSTO by
Christopher M. Jones
"Roger Stokes" wrote:
I have read ideas of air-launched rockets gaining about 300m/s, but how
about a rocket mounted on a maglev...
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Rockets by
George Kinley
Hi,
if there is no Atmosphere, where do rockets that go in Space get thrust from
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Inferno by
Rodney Kelp
Why can't you launch a fuel tank into orbit with solid fuel boosters that
the shuttle or other transport could dock with? What about to moon orbit?.
If you...
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A small, polar-orbiting moon by
Bill Bogen
I'd like input from all you orbital mechanics out there as to this
concept's feasibility:
What if sometime in prehistory, the Earth had captured a Near...
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SpaceX fully reusable launcher by
byblow
I would love to hear opinions about Elon Musk's announcement a
fully reusable, two-stage launcher. In this SpaceX animated video...
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Rover brains? by
hrtbreak
JPL has some limited information about the Mars rover electronics and the
VME bus:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft_rover_brains.html
What...
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Aluminum and Nitrogen in asteroids by
Larry Gales
I am very much a fan of O'Neill colonies, but have long believed they
would be much easier if they were close to a carbonaceous asteroid rather
than the moon. ...
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Huygens shortlived? by
dexx
Is it true that Huygens ceased transmission less than 2 hours after
touchdown? Whilst it was a magnificent achievement to travel so far and
land perfectly, it...
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Best asteroids to colonize? by
Hop David
Some of the criteria I'm using:
Low inclination
Perihelion near 1 A.U.
Close to earth resonant orbits (good launch opportunities should reoccur
on a regular...
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October 20th 03 03:22 PM
by Charlie
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poor man's rocket by
Zoltan Szakaly
I wonder if I could feed an off the shelf jet engine with fuel and
oxidizer at a fuel rich mixture ratio and later add the rest of the
oxidizer to the exhaust...
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