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On 19 Sep 2005 15:32:23 -0700, "Alex Terrell"
wrote: As it is, each mission will do just a little more than Apollo did 50 years before it. Well, over 200% more. (2x crew, 2.25x stay time.) Brian |
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On 19 Sep 2005 15:46:52 -0700, "Crash" wrote:
Actually, The Hubble telescope recently spotted the Titlelist that Buzz Aldrin was was whacking around. Ahem. You misspelled "Alan Shepard". Brian |
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"Alan Anderson" wrote in message ... "abracadabra" wrote: I know they found at least one decent water supply in a crater filled with ice on the dark side. "It's not what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know that ain't so." Hey, I heard it on the radio about 8 years ago. Sorry if my memory is sketchy about the particulars. |
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In article t,
abracadabra wrote: *sigh* I remember staying up late to see men walk on the moon. I slept through it, but I'll never forget how everyone in the USA (in my little world of elementary school) saw everything differently the next day. It would be great to see the "robots" again. One of my first memories, around age 3-4, was watching these human shaped robots bounce around on our black and white tv. It wasn't until years later when I worked out the year that I realized I was remembering the last moon landing... -- Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us. 'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us." -'Deal/No Deal', CHESS |
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Alan Anderson wrote in
: "abracadabra" wrote: I know they found at least one decent water supply in a crater filled with ice on the dark side. "It's not what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know that ain't so." There is no dark side of the moon. Matter of fact, it's all dark. -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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In sci.space.policy Michael Rhino wrote:
"B1ackwater" wrote in message ... (CNN) -- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin rolled out NASA's plan for the future Monday, including new details about the spaceship intended to replace the shuttle and a timeline for returning astronauts to the moon in 2018. The design for the new crew exploration vehicle (CEV) looks a lot like the Apollo-era spaceship that first took NASA to the moon a generation ago. It is a similarity that is not lost on Griffin. "Think of it as Apollo on steroids," he told reporters at NASA headquarters in Washington. In my mind, Apollo on steroids would require lots of flights -- around 50 manned flights and 50 heavy lift cargo flights over 20 years. I don't know if that is the plan. No single flight can be Apollo on steroids. I dunno. Steroids do cause weight growth, lack of balls, irrationality and premature deaths. |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:38:10 GMT, Monte Davis
wrote, in part: After they stopped laughing and stood up, they pointed out that here on earth, with spare parts and machine shops and all the rest of the infrastructure at hand, it typically takes *swarms* of engineers and technicians (unencumbered by space suits) all over a new operation for months -- sometimes years -- to work the kinks out and get anywhere near the "paper" throughput. True. But humans operating telepresence devices on the Moon could well provide some of the crucially-needed human input. Since it costs much more to put humans in space than to put machines in space, it does make sense to make extra effort to get by with as little human presence as possible. John Savard http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 140,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:23:39 -0400, The_Bob
wrote: B1ackwater wrote: OK - the question is "WHY ?". A few people for a few days at a time ... it's just not worth doing (except to enrich certain aerospace companies). The answer is chrome plating it, of course, that way when we finish paving the earth the shine off of it at night will allow us to eliminate street light posts, which cause accidents. Ah ... but they're invaluable as a physical support mechanism for drunks ! |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:10:00 GMT, (B1ackwater) Gave us:
OK - the question is "WHY ?". Because we can. Snipped looney stuff You're a loon. |
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