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What do you consider to be the most interesting space related event expected for 2009. Either something in http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ or better yet something not in there but still interesting and space related. My choice is the Jul 20 entry 40th anniversary, 1st man on the moon. :-) More seriously, I would choose in March the first (successful, ;-] ) launch of the Falcon 1, and the first launch of the Falcon 9 on top. Alain Fournier |
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Alain Fournier wrote: What do you consider to be the most interesting space related event expected for 2009. Either something in http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ or better yet something not in there but still interesting and space related. Hubble repair mission? Pat |
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Pat Flannery wrote:
Alain Fournier wrote: What do you consider to be the most interesting space related event expected for 2009. Either something in http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ or better yet something not in there but still interesting and space related. Hubble repair mission? Yeah. I like that one. But I feel it is a kind of a last hurrah for something of the past. In a few years the Hubble space telescope will be gone. On the other hand the Falcon launches, though being less spectacular in the short term, have the potential to change our relationship with space to a greater extent in the long term. At least that is my point of view. But I do really look forward to the Hubble repair mission. Alain Fournier |
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"Alain Fournier" wrote in message ... Yeah. I like that one. But I feel it is a kind of a last hurrah for something of the past. In a few years the Hubble space telescope will be gone. On the other hand the Falcon launches, though being less spectacular in the short term, have the potential to change our relationship with space to a greater extent in the long term. At least that is my point of view. But I do really look forward to the Hubble repair mission. Falcon is a step in the right direction. But in the long term, it's just a refinement of expendable launch vehicle technology. Eventually, reusable launch vehicles will start to take hold. Jeff -- "Many things that were acceptable in 1958 are no longer acceptable today. My own standards have changed too." -- Freeman Dyson |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
"Alain Fournier" wrote in message ... Yeah. I like that one. But I feel it is a kind of a last hurrah for something of the past. In a few years the Hubble space telescope will be gone. On the other hand the Falcon launches, though being less spectacular in the short term, have the potential to change our relationship with space to a greater extent in the long term. At least that is my point of view. But I do really look forward to the Hubble repair mission. Falcon is a step in the right direction. But in the long term, it's just a refinement of expendable launch vehicle technology. Eventually, reusable launch vehicles will start to take hold. Yes. The real fun will probably begin when we will have a launch vehicle that can reach orbit, come back to Earth, get its tanks filled up and start over. The Falcon launches of this year won't achieve that, but spaceX does have some plans for reusability of the Falcons. That's what I think gives the Falcon launches potential in the long term. Alain Fournier |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:50:31 -0500, Alain Fournier
wrote: The Falcon launches of this year won't achieve that, but spaceX does have some plans for reusability of the Falcons. That's what I think gives the Falcon launches potential in the long term. ....Saturn V plans called for some level of reusability had R&D progressed farther than paper plans. The issue isn't whether it *can* be done, its whether or not there'll be enough money coming in to allow it to happen. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:35:39 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote: What do you consider to be the most interesting space related event expected for 2009. Either something in http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ or better yet something not in there but still interesting and space related. Hubble repair mission? ....Mars Phoenix surprising the frack out of everyone by managing to come back online after the snows clear and sending out a message "I'M ALIVE!" on Twitter? OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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