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Predictions of the future by
Derek Lyons
Stephen Stocker wrote:
I've been thinking about your thread on plans for habitation of other
worlds. When I think of the predictions made...
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X-37 Question by
Dholmes
Why is the X-37 almost 60% fuel?
That should give it over 2 km/sec velocity change.
All it should need is enough fuel to be able to stabilize its orbit and...
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Making money (X-Prize) by
Earl Colby Pottinger
(John Ordover) :
John Carmack
www.armadilloaerospace.com
But isnt' that a lot less than the X-Prize would require? And how,
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Mars vs Belt. by
Earl Colby Pottinger
(G EddieA95) :
half the amout of solar energy that Mars receives, plus you
can terraform Mars.
This is the best argument yet, and...
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Station to be abandoned? by
MSu1049321
I see a parellel between the calls to privatize NASA and the shutting down of
the pure research labs previously funded by large corporations and
universities,...
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Kourou Soyuz Needs Only 98 Workers by
ed kyle
According to the ITAR-TASS story at,
"http://www.itar-tass.com/english/allnews/394859.html"
only 98 Russian workers will be needed to process and launch...
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Earth <--> Moon comms by
Richard Schumacher
Henry Spencer wrote:
Even with multiple sites, you might well use a single broadcast beam to
feed the whole Moon (well, the whole nearside) with stuff of...
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Rockets not carrying fuel. by
Robert Clark
From this web page, the weight of the shuttle external tank with the
liquid oxygen and hydrogen is 1.6 million pounds:
EXTERNAL...
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Roadkill at NASA by
Bill Clark
Admiral Gehman has made the right assessment of NASA, attributing the
loss of Columbia to the "culture" at NASA. Still, though he has
pointed the bayonette,...
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Modelling a BeanStalk by
Ian Woollard
Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:
Ok, I decide to bite the bullet and model a BeanStalk to see how much
material it needs depending on strength and density. The...
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