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I've been considering the issue of the best propellants for a two stage space plane concept (sort of like the pre-shuttle ideas). While liquid hydrogen-oxygen are the best from a specific impulse viewpoint I'm have some second thoughts in this application. One problem with LH2 is that i...

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I'm posting this link to another site. The specifics in this link are about hypersonic vehicles so I posted it here although there is some discussion of nuclear issues as well. Anyway it is an interview with Paul Czsyz who was for years McDonnell Douglas's top hypersonic engineer specia...

John · John

I've recently been reading "The Mars Project" by Wernher von Braun and his recently found and translated "Project Mars: A Technical Tale" which was a previously unpublished idea on how to popularize space travel. Both are very technical... I have to laugh at how the English majors who seem to...

Dusty · Dusty

In the Film (shown recently in the UK) there is a moment where it is sugested that Swigert was tempted to take a (what would have been a one way) trip down to the Moon in the LEM. Now, I can sympathise with the suggestion. At the time the chances of survival were almost nill. Given the choice under the circ...

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	WE NEED AN AMERICAN LUNA BASE...SOON ! (Preview)	Arvakyr	12	778	Apr 9, 2007 by GoogleNaut
	Space Plane Propellants (Preview) I've been considering the issue of the best propellants for a two stage space plane concept (sort of like the pre-shuttle ideas). While liquid hydrogen-oxygen are the best from a specific impulse viewpoint I'm have some second thoughts in this application. One problem with LH2 is that i...	John	11	1329	Apr 6, 2007 by GoogleNaut
	Paul Czsyz - Hypersonics (Preview) I'm posting this link to another site. The specifics in this link are about hypersonic vehicles so I posted it here although there is some discussion of nuclear issues as well. Anyway it is an interview with Paul Czsyz who was for years McDonnell Douglas's top hypersonic engineer specia...	John	0	480	Mar 4, 2007 by John
	Booster Reuse (Preview) I've recently been reading "The Mars Project" by Wernher von Braun and his recently found and translated "Project Mars: A Technical Tale" which was a previously unpublished idea on how to popularize space travel. Both are very technical... I have to laugh at how the English majors who seem to...	John	5	496	Jan 10, 2007 by GoogleNaut
	Apollo 13 (Preview) In the Film (shown recently in the UK) there is a moment where it is sugested that Swigert was tempted to take a (what would have been a one way) trip down to the Moon in the LEM. Now, I can sympathise with the suggestion. At the time the chances of survival were almost nill. Given the choice under the circ...	Dusty	6	491	Jan 9, 2007 by John
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