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RD-180 relplacement by
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
I'm confused. The program to replace the RD-180 is focused on engines
with around 400,000 lb thrust at sea level. This focuses them on the
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Orbital fuel depot by
Alain Fournier
I know we have already talked about orbital fuel depots and I don't
think that just a plain vanilla fuel depot is useful. But I don't
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Commercial Moonship by
William Mook[_2_]
Consider eight external tank sized airframes. Seven are clusted in a hexagonally close packed array, and the eighth is stacked upon the central tank. The...
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CHICOM ASAT test? by
Allen Thomson
Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon
By Craig Covault/Aviation Week & Space Technology
01/17/2007 07:45:59 PM
U. S. intelligence agencies believe China...
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Light Powered Spacecraft by
Alex Terrell
Just as an amusing thought for the engineers and sci-fi followers, the
question of how to reach interstellar speeds comes back.
The force of sunlight is about...
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A Dumb MER question by
Japperm
From what I've read and heard about the MERs, they will stop working after a
few months only because Mars dust will cover top of the solar panels. If
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No need for HLLVs by
Hop David
At least according to Jeff Foust:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/146/1
--
Hop David
http://clowder.net/hop/index.html
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ORION the big solution by
Azt28
When I see all space projects from state agencies or private sector, I regret
each time what could be done with an ORION-like space system. Recall: ORION is
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An ion engine fuel? by
Christopher
Could you use hydrogen? Be far cheaper then using xeon.
Christopher
++++++++++++
"The best way to keep one's word
is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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SpaceX armchair quarterbacking by
Rüdiger Klaehn
I know I should probably wait for the official statement from spacex,
but I will speculate on the cause of the failure anyway.
I just looked at the video...
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OSP: reliability and survivability by
Edwin Kite
In deciding whether or not to fund NASA's proposed Orbital Space Plane
- a "space taxi" dedicated to crew transport, in contrast to the
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