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leave em up there
the shuttles that is - it keeps em where they can be most useful
and avoids the most dangerous part of the mission - reentry |
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leave em up there
BlagooBlanaa wrote:
the shuttles that is - it keeps em where they can be most useful and avoids the most dangerous part of the mission - reentry Well they'd need some solar panels or something to replace the fuel cells, and would probably need more OMS fuel for reboost... But the big question is, were you planning to finally build the old orbital parachute idea, or were you going to be writing a big check to the soyuz factory for the equipment to retrieve your crews? |
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wrote in message ps.com... BlagooBlanaa wrote: the shuttles that is - it keeps em where they can be most useful and avoids the most dangerous part of the mission - reentry Well they'd need some solar panels or something to replace the fuel cells, and would probably need more OMS fuel for reboost... But the big question is, were you planning to finally build the old orbital parachute idea, or were you going to be writing a big check to the soyuz factory for the equipment to retrieve your crews? the latter, until a decent LEO crew shuttle is built. |
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Try studying the vehicle design before spouting off with ideas like this one. "BlagooBlanaa" wrote in message u... the shuttles that is - it keeps em where they can be most useful and avoids the most dangerous part of the mission - reentry |
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"Ten Cuidado" wrote in message ink.net... Try studying the vehicle design before spouting off with ideas like this one. http://www.space-frontier.org/Projects/ET/ scroll around a bit and follow some of the shortcuts you may see some illustrations... "BlagooBlanaa" wrote in message u... the shuttles that is - it keeps em where they can be most useful and avoids the most dangerous part of the mission - reentry |
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