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Space X, Close, but no cigar by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30752515
The company CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the booster hit the platform hard.
"Close, but no cigar," he...
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James Webb Space Telescope vs SLS by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Both the James Webb Space Telescope and SLS are scheduled for 2021. I
think that SLS has a higher likelihood of schedule slip than JWST
because the purpose...
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Betelgeuse by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
As you have probably heard, the star Betelgeuse has been dimming lately.
For now I consider this more of an interesting curiosity than anything
else. But it...
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Bigelow Aerospace by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace they talk about
Bigelow Aerospace in the past tense.
"Bigelow Aerospace was an American space technology...
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The road to Mars is busy these days by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Three rockets are currently heading to Mars.
NASA has been landing probes on Mars for decades. But I was a little
underwhelmed by its probes since the Viking...
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High and far by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Imagine you are out one night and you see a plane flying over your head.
Someone might note that it is 10 km high. Now imagine that exactly
behind the plane...
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Skywalker went to space yesterday. by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Blue Origin had a successful suborbital test flight of its New Shepard
rocket with the mannequin Skywalker in the capsule. It seems that the
mannequin will...
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R.I.P. Mars One by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Mars One, which was proposing one-way trips to Mars has declared bankruptcy.
https://spacenews.com/mars-one-company-goes-bankrupt/
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SpaceX moon flight by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
News conference on Monday will give more details.
Alain Fournier
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Atlas5 vs Shuttle ( launch window) by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
On 12/5/15 12:17 AM, JF Mezei wrote :
On 2015-12-04 20:50, Alain Fournier wrote:
relatively slowly. Then go to a LEO that isn't over the equator but
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Questions, Falcon Heavy by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Does anyone know how the two boosters of the Falcon Heavy are supposed
to come back and land? Are they to land separately or are they to be
attached and land...
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Colds and a [Mars] colony by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
On Nov/17/2016 at 11:39 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote :
Alain Fournier wrote:
On Nov/15/2016 at 11:49 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote :
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Ross 128 by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
I have seen from multiple source that the Arecibo radio telescope has
detected a "weird signal" from the Ross 128 star last April and May.
What I can't find...
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US wants to privatize Space Station by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
On Feb/15/2018 at 4:45 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote :
Alain Fournier wrote:
On Feb/14/2018 at 8:44 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote :
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BFR early next year. by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Elon Musk said at South by Southwest that his Big Falcon Rocket
would start doing small test flights early next...
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Space elevator by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
I just found again an old document I read some 18 years ago about space
elevators:
http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/472Edwards.pdf
I...
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Discussion on sci.space.science by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is...
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It is getting crowded on Mars by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
NASA has a rover, a helicopter and a few satellites.
UAE has the Al-Amal research satellite.
China has a satellite and a lander with a rover soon to be...
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