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Going to ISS any safer? by
BllFs6
Hi all...
The recent uproar over the shuttle no longer planning to service Hubble since
it doesnt offer a "safe haven" like the ISS does got me...
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February 15th 04 02:03 PM
by uray
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Cost of science on probes? by
Blurrt
Just wondering - in terms of a percentage - how much money is actually spent
on the science instruments on a space probe? I know the launcher accounts
for...
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August 24th 03 02:38 AM
by Blurrt
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Spacecraft Sound Levels: Engine Noise by
Bob Martin
wrote:
Does anybody know of any other cases in which engines either were or
were not audible in the cockpit?
I've heard RCS thruster...
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X Prize 2 by
Bootstrap Bill
Once the X Prize is won, is a goal of achieving orbit reasonable? Could
someone build a reusable ship that is capable taking three passengers to
orbit in a...
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Creating artificial "islands" by
Bootstrap Bill
I had an interesting idea today for an artificial island. Instead of
building up the sea bed, why not build a diamond or carbon nanotube wall
that completely...
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June 15th 04 02:00 AM
by wlm
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Pressure-feed without heavy tanks? by
Borys Dabrowski
Hello,
I'm wondering if anybody considered a pressure-feed system with big and
light low-pressure tank to store fuel, and very small, strong tank to...
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Shuttle Replacement? by
bowensanders
Has there been any definative decision made as to what the replacement for
the shuttle is going to be? I remember there was the X-plane with the
Aerospike...
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comet by
br
Couldn't a large comet or asteroid go right through one of our lage gaseous
planets (perhaps not right through the middle, to avoid an eventual hard,
inner...
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spent comets by
[email protected]
A thought,A near earth spent comet measer for size. Make bag,
send bag out to comet. Fly bag around comet, seal bag spin and tumble
bag to mach comet . Cargo...
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Pioneer Effect?? by
Brian Gaff
Not sure how on topic this is here, but I notice in Nature this week a
discussion about the so called force that has meant these craft are not
where they are...
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Contour accident report? by
Brian Gaff
I just read the pdf version which has the real interesting stuff taken out
(Why for goodness sake?) and one gets the impression that once again, the
main...
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Fast, reliable, cheap vs CATS by
brianwh
Of course this is why the Russians have done so well with space. They
could generally get away with less reliable systems and just try a few
extra...
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Sub-G thrust to orbit. by
Brucebo
Is is possible to make it into earth orbit using a sub-G thrusting
rocket motor together with a hypersonic lifting body?
Assuming it is possible Newtonically,...
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Gelling of Oxidizers by
Bruno Berger
Hi Group
quite a lot of effort has been made to gel liquid rocket fuels. On the
oxidizer side I only know about gelling nitric acids. What has been used
for...
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Could Columbia have been Saved? by
Bryan Ashcraft
"Abrigon Gusiq" wrote in message
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If ISS had been available as a space dock, so that the damage could...
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