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Question about Centrifugal Gravity by James W
So a lot of movies, TV shows, illustrations, etc., show spacecraft generating "gravity" via rotating hull sections. In many cases, this rotating section spins...
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March 12th 12 10:33 AM
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Hard drives on 'Deep Space' missons: any idea why they are never used? by Max Power
Hard drives on 'Deep Space' missions: any idea why they are never used? 4 x 100 Gb drives could store enough data such that it could take up to 6 months to...
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August 24th 06 10:27 PM
by Mark Adler Go to last post
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Nuclear detonation inside the sun by Iain McClatchie
What would happen if you detonated a nuclear bomb inside the sun? I realize that getting any bomb to the sun would take an amazing delta-V, and that surviving...
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April 9th 04 06:56 PM
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Pulse Detonation Engine, first stage or .. by Abrigon Gusiq
http://www.pr.afrl.af.mil/divisions/prt/pde/index.html Check it out, and anyone have any ways to use it as part of a Shuttle replacement or as part of a...
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May 6th 04 04:35 PM
by Mike Miller Go to last post
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Air Ship To Space? by ChrisV01
A while ago I saw an idea for an "Airship To Space" on JP Aerospace's website. How does this work? They mentioned using electric rockets which have very...
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September 4th 04 03:09 AM
by Allen Meece Go to last post
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O'Neill habitat spin axis by Russell Wallace
I'm designing an O'Neill habitat for use in a game scenario, where I'm trying to keep the science as plausible as possible. It's going to be the classic...
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September 8th 04 07:03 PM
by Mike Combs Go to last post
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Thoughts on alternative launch methods by [email protected]
Has anyone here heard of a mass driver? I believe it is basically a long, sloping track on which sits a platform, atop which is the payload (with booster)...
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December 20th 04 06:53 AM
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N20/propane as monopropellant by Malcolm Street
I noticed some discussion of this combination some time back. Is there any reason that rather than having separate N20 and propane tanks you can't have the...
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February 21st 05 05:06 PM
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Can and if so, will, Orion use Soyuz docking port on ISS? by David Spain
Subject says it all. And if the answer to the first part is no, why? Dave
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May 16th 09 03:00 AM
by OM[_17_] Go to last post
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Capsule for new space initiative by CA Zuke
Hi There's always been something that I couldn't understand about space 'technology'. As much as I want to see new things and new technologies employed...
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April 9th 04 07:01 AM
by Henry Spencer Go to last post
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Lowest altitude viable Mars orbit by Explorer8939
Is it possible to be in Mars orbit and collide with Olympus Mons?
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March 12th 04 03:58 PM
by Ian Stirling Go to last post
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Recommended TSTO technical papers? by WvB
What are the best technical papers to read that deal with TSTO launch vehicle studies? I'd like to survey the best thinking that's been put into the...
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September 4th 03 06:00 AM
by WvB Go to last post
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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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September 22nd 03 07:22 AM
by Heinrich Zinndorf-Linker Go to last post
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Orbital Reentry shield/landing system? by Ian Woollard
I was thinking about the possibilities of building a water cooled reentry shield. Back in the 50s or 60s there was a test where they reentered a solid sphere...
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October 3rd 03 10:25 PM
by Geoffrey A. Landis Go to last post
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Space radiation and tourism beyond LEO by Vincent Cate
I got an account on SPENVIS at http://www.spenvis.oma.be/spenvis/ and have generated some radiation shielding data and graphs. You tell it what orbit apogee...
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December 11th 03 08:49 PM
by Mike Miller Go to last post
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Propellant pressurization by Iain McClatchie
I'm reading "Modern Engineering for Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines". The section on fuel tank pressurization talks about using helium from a room-temperature...
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February 1st 04 04:29 AM
by Greg Go to last post
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Paper on Turbopump Alternative by Jim Davis
Since the subject of turbopump alternatives comes up fairly regularly the following recent (and interesting) paper might be of interest: Knight, Andrew,...
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February 15th 04 01:36 PM
by Peter Fairbrother Go to last post
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Mars Suit Outer Garment Fabric? by Chris Vancil
Hello Everyone, I've been think about the requirements for the external garment worn with a Mars Surface Spacesuit. Of course a TMG for Mars would be greatly...
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July 31st 03 09:38 PM
by Chris Vancil Go to last post
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Geosynchronous GPS? by John Schilling
"Ultimate Buu" writes: Wouldn't it be prudent for the U.S. to develop a GPS-like system which is based in a geosynchronous orbit,...
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August 28th 03 07:36 AM
by Christopher M. Jones Go to last post
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How big is L5? by Henry Spencer
In article , Alex Terrell wrote: The Earth Moon L5 (or L4) position is often mentioned...
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August 13th 03 04:45 AM
by Karl Hallowell Go to last post
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