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Strong case for capusle OSP by Dr. O
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-03zy.html This article lists some very compelling reasons why the OSP should be a capsule.
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October 4th 03 05:29 AM
by Allen Meece Go to last post
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Orbital Space Plane by Zzed
The recently reviewed Orbital Space Plane Level II Requirements http://www.ospnews.com/osp_srr.pdf (executive summary) make no mention of reusability. Given...
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October 4th 03 05:15 AM
by Allen Meece Go to last post
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launcher economics by Parallax
I have read that the greatest cost component for NASA in a launch is overhead and this is very understandable. They have large fixed assetts with large costs...
October 4th 03 05:00 AM
by Allen Meece Go to last post
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Pegasus? by Christopher
Joann Evans in his last post sent me a url regarding Pegasus. The web page had several pages of Pegasus, and the now civilian aircraft used to launch...
October 4th 03 03:51 AM
by Allen Meece Go to last post
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Space elevator vs Rotovator by Pete Lynn
Firstly, could someone please explain to me why a space elevator is a good idea, period, I just do not get it. I can not help but see a space elevator in the...
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October 3rd 03 11:16 PM
by Brad Guth Go to last post
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Yet another Mars question? by Christopher
As is obvious by my previous post reply and other mars posts show nothing of any serious work has been conducted by NASA for a human mission to Mars as yet,...
October 3rd 03 11:41 AM
by Christopher Go to last post
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CNT or BASALT (whom needs a CNT tether if you've already got BASALT) by John Penta
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 01:40:17 +0000 (UTC), Ian Stirling wrote: In sci.space.policy Brad Guth wrote: Obviously...
October 2nd 03 01:41 PM
by Ian Stirling Go to last post
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FAQ? by John Penta
Ugh. Is there a FAQ for the sci.space.* groups around anywhere? John
October 2nd 03 07:42 AM
by John Penta Go to last post
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NEWS; Testing of Russian "space parachute" for returning cargoes to earth postponed by Rusty B
Testing of Russian "space parachute" for returning cargoes to earth postponed Moscow, 23 September: Tests of the Russian "space parachute" Demonstrator-2 have...
October 2nd 03 02:24 AM
by Ian Stirling Go to last post
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O'keefe says Zubrin's op-ed = 'wrong headed thinking...' by Tom Merkle
I grabbed this off the Mars Society Web Sight today. What got my attention is that Sean O'Keefe said that it represented "wrong headed thinking." Anybody know...
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October 1st 03 07:15 PM
by Geoffrey A. Landis Go to last post
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Did Galileo/Cassini anti-nuke crowd go AWOL? by dinges
What happened to the anti-nuke crowd that used to come out of the woodwork whenever there was a Cassini fly-by? About how the plutonium could...
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October 1st 03 03:38 PM
by Gene DiGennaro Go to last post
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Anything to that newspaper story about ISS an accident waiting tohappen? by Robert Casey
In today's Star Ledger (and likely many other papers) there was an article about how ISS is "an accident waiting to happen". Because of poor communication...
September 30th 03 04:53 AM
by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) Go to last post
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STS-87 Foam Impact Assessment (reposted) by Stuf4
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/journals/space/katnik/sts87-12-23.html Excerpt: ------ STS-87 is Home! The Post-Flight Inspection Begins by Greg...
September 29th 03 02:23 PM
by Craig Fink Go to last post
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The Non-Innovator's Dilemma by McLean1382
Rand Simberg writes: Do you have a citation that attributes a "total development cost" of $12 billion for OSP to any named source within NASA? Not...
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September 27th 03 04:37 PM
by McLean1382 Go to last post
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New design rates by David Findlay
Back in the the sixties there were three new spacecraft in 10 years. Now we might get one in the next ten years. Is the difference just caused by funding, or...
September 27th 03 04:13 PM
by Derek Lyons Go to last post
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The Non-Innovator's Dilemma by Rand Simberg
That's the title of my latest column at Tech Central Station, in which I discuss why the economics of OSP make no...
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September 27th 03 03:09 AM
by johnmontgomery11 Go to last post
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Canadian Space Summit 2003 by Henry Spencer
Sorry for posting this rather late, we're a little disorganized... ------------------- The Canadian Space Society is proud to announce the 2003 Space...
September 27th 03 12:46 AM
by Lobo Go to last post
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Living Down To Expectations by Rand Simberg
I have another column this week on why space stuff costs so much--because we expect it...
September 26th 03 06:48 PM
by Jim Kingdon Go to last post
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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 current "space truck" -...
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September 26th 03 06:36 AM
by The Ruzicka Family Go to last post
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Chinese KT-1 launch failure? Translation needed by Gunter Krebs
Hello, i found this news from a failed rocket launch: http://china-spacenews.com/News/news_detail.asp?id=6958 Unfortunately it is in chinese and the Bablefish...
September 25th 03 10:11 PM
by Allen Thomson Go to last post
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