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NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

Look how Washington political circus dog handler makes NASA do back flips. I thought constellation was in the bag a done deal. But, wait the shuttle C is making a come back. I think googlenaut made this call awhile back and we carried an article about shuttle-C in year 2001. "Once dismisse...

NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

I'm a bit surprised at the level of interest shown by the public in particular by seniors when I talk with them about space exploration. Interest in space peaks roughly at news reports of new discoveries related to clues that our solar system and beyond contain water-ice and this material was once tho...

ohiovr · ohiovr

Hi everyone, I enjoyed watching the Orion Reimaging animation. A few things that I don't understand. Firstly, what are the pylons that extend from the body of the ship for? Are they crew compartments or something? Secondly, after landing on mars how would the ship lift off and return to space? I reali...

ohiovr · ohiovr

I am using this equasion for calculation delta V: dV = ve * ln(m0 / m1) dV is the Delta-V ve is the exhaust velocity of the rocket engine(s). This is Isp in seconds * 9.81 m0 is the mass of your entire spacecraft before you ignite the eniges m1 is the mass of your enitre spacecraft after the engine has been tur...

NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

I'm not too surprised U.S. gov't would only entertain museum pieces for exhibition and exclude from sale the right-of-use of Shuttles as a space transport system for commercial aspects. Such is crazy gov't policy...never provide examples of free market participation in space commerce. [li...

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	Oh...my God it lives! The C-heap shuttle (Preview) Look how Washington political circus dog handler makes NASA do back flips. I thought constellation was in the bag a done deal. But, wait the shuttle C is making a come back. I think googlenaut made this call awhile back and we carried an article about shuttle-C in year 2001. "Once dismisse...	NUKE ROCKY44	3	673	Jul 10, 2009 by GoogleNaut
	Seniors take on interstellar space travel (Preview) I'm a bit surprised at the level of interest shown by the public in particular by seniors when I talk with them about space exploration. Interest in space peaks roughly at news reports of new discoveries related to clues that our solar system and beyond contain water-ice and this material was once tho...	NUKE ROCKY44	11	1508	Feb 28, 2009 by GoogleNaut
	I'm new here and want to know more about Rhys Taylor's animation (Preview) Hi everyone, I enjoyed watching the Orion Reimaging animation. A few things that I don't understand. Firstly, what are the pylons that extend from the body of the ship for? Are they crew compartments or something? Secondly, after landing on mars how would the ship lift off and return to space? I reali...	ohiovr	14	703	Feb 27, 2009 by ohiovr
	I have a very basic delta v question (Preview) I am using this equasion for calculation delta V: dV = ve * ln(m0 / m1) dV is the Delta-V ve is the exhaust velocity of the rocket engine(s). This is Isp in seconds * 9.81 m0 is the mass of your entire spacecraft before you ignite the eniges m1 is the mass of your enitre spacecraft after the engine has been tur...	ohiovr	2	537	Jan 28, 2009 by ohiovr
	Start a bake sale to buy shuttles (Preview) I'm not too surprised U.S. gov't would only entertain museum pieces for exhibition and exclude from sale the right-of-use of Shuttles as a space transport system for commercial aspects. Such is crazy gov't policy...never provide examples of free market participation in space commerce. [li...	NUKE ROCKY44	15	1065	Jan 25, 2009 by GoogleNaut
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