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11,000 tonne space craft crashes to Earth.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226244947015
"The Soviet-designed system is loaded with 11,000 tonnes of toxic fuel - enough to take it to the mysterious Mars moon Phobos - and a Chinese satellite it had been due to put in orbit around the Red Planet under a landmark deal with Beijing." That's quite some spacecraft. Who imagined that the Soviets had such powerful launchers? Sylvia. |
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11,000 tonne space craft crashes to Earth.
Sylvia Else writes:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226244947015 "The Soviet-designed system is loaded with 11,000 tonnes of toxic fuel - enough to take it to the mysterious Mars moon Phobos - and a Chinese satellite it had been due to put in orbit around the Red Planet under a landmark deal with Beijing." That's quite some spacecraft. Who imagined that the Soviets had such powerful launchers? 11,000 over here is 11.000 over there. That the Daily Telegraph doesn't get the decimal points/commas sorted out shouldn't be a surprise, really. It's just a meaningless number to them and the larger it looks the better. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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11,000 tonne space craft crashes to Earth.
On 16/01/2012 11:15 AM, Jochem Huhmann wrote:
Sylvia writes: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226244947015 "The Soviet-designed system is loaded with 11,000 tonnes of toxic fuel - enough to take it to the mysterious Mars moon Phobos - and a Chinese satellite it had been due to put in orbit around the Red Planet under a landmark deal with Beijing." That's quite some spacecraft. Who imagined that the Soviets had such powerful launchers? 11,000 over here is 11.000 over there. That the Daily Telegraph doesn't get the decimal points/commas sorted out shouldn't be a surprise, really. It's just a meaningless number to them and the larger it looks the better. Perhaps, but I can't see why the Ruskis would state the amount of fuel to three decimal places. I suspect it was actually stated as 11,000 kg (which is probably a rounded amount) and that the reporter didn't pay enough attention. Sylvia. |
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toxic fuel Just will be burnt off before remnants hit the surface:-) panic is good way to lift ranks up to skies XD
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