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Airship to Orbit question by
Chance
I was reading about the airship to orbit idea, and how it is probably
impossible. This got me to thinking, are there any materials like
carbon nanotubes that...
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Alternative to Rockets by
George Kinley
Are there any way for rockets to fly in space , other then throwing mass
out in one direction and moving in other
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Altitude compensation with gas injection by
Iain McClatchie
Suppose you have a high-altitude rocket nozzle: It expands the flow to
1 psi at exit. Now suppose you want to light this thing off on the
ground. You have...
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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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an idea for your ridicule by
aSkeptic
Hi sci.space.tech
It seems that nuclear power is useless for booster applications and it
has forever been religated to upperstages. Propellant temperature...
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An UltraLight plane on Mars? by
A Canuck
If one was to be asked to design an UltraLight that would be able to
fly on Mars, what would have to change?
Would the wingspan have to change...
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Anniversaries by
Oren Tirosh
As everyone knows, in four days it will be the 100th anniversary of
the Wright brother's first powered human flight.
Tomorrow, however, will be a somewhat...
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Anniversary of sorts just past by
George William Herbert
I had thought I remembered that the first posts in the
then-brand-new sci.space reorg groups went out in
early January 1994, but reviewing Google records
found...
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Another Beanstalk Article by
Kent Paul Dolan
Here's a nice not-too-technical writeup on the
business aspects of the space elevator. Link
found as a footnote to Howard Tayler's Shlock
Mercenary daily web...
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Another Fullerene Wonder Material? by
sanman
Another form of fullerene material has been developed:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041022105021.htm
Could graphene sheet-reinforced...
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November 27th 04 04:31 AM
by pete
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Apollo ensemble mass by
Monte Davis
What was the total mass (w/ fuel) of the LEM, CM and SM? In other
words, how much gross payload had the S-IVB put into translunar
injection when it separated?...
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Apollo or Shuttle onboard transcript by
spacescribe
Hi, I've looked through the transcripts available at the NASA web site and am still looking for onboard transcripts fro prelaunch up to launch. There are PAO...
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February 3rd 06 11:30 PM
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