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A new use for the ISS
Stu
post Jul 12 2008, 10:25 PM
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I know there's about as much chance of this happening as there is of Keira Knightley ringing me up and asking me to show her the stars on the next clear night, but what a wonderful, wonderful idea...

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Stu
post Jul 13 2008, 07:20 AM
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Minor technical details all... tongue.gif

C'mon guys, think outside the box....

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- Stu   A new use for the ISS   Jul 12 2008, 10:25 PM
- - jmjawors   Hrm. Wow. I only made it through about half of t...   Jul 12 2008, 10:40 PM
- - djellison   "There are good answers to all these objectio...   Jul 12 2008, 11:07 PM
|- - cosmo   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 13 2008, 01:07 AM)...   Jul 12 2008, 11:33 PM
|- - siravan   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 12 2008, 07:07 PM)...   Jul 12 2008, 11:39 PM
|- - cosmo   Siravan, youre right! I confounded fuel with ...   Jul 12 2008, 11:48 PM
- - nprev   Well, one hole to punch, anyhow (although I like t...   Jul 12 2008, 11:07 PM
- - djellison   Incidentally - thermally, I would expect the envir...   Jul 12 2008, 11:13 PM
- - nprev   Good point, and "non-trivial" might be a...   Jul 12 2008, 11:21 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 12 2008, 03:21 PM) . ....   Jul 13 2008, 02:20 AM
- - Stu   Sigh... of course it's rubbish, but the image,...   Jul 12 2008, 11:23 PM
- - jmjawors   I'm with you there. The reactions here are mo...   Jul 12 2008, 11:26 PM
- - nprev   Oh...I get the image, believe me (you know me that...   Jul 12 2008, 11:27 PM
- - TheChemist   I have a better idea. Let's fit an ion-thruste...   Jul 13 2008, 02:06 AM
|- - jmjawors   QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jul 12 2008, 09:06 PM...   Jul 13 2008, 04:50 AM
|- - TheChemist   Excuse the late night sarcasm, I am sure most can ...   Jul 13 2008, 07:25 AM
- - Stu   Minor technical details all... C'mon guys,...   Jul 13 2008, 07:20 AM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2008, 08:20 AM) C...   Jul 14 2008, 10:54 AM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2008, 12:25 AM) I kno...   Jul 13 2008, 09:32 AM
- - djellison   OK - so several orders of magnitude out Infact, ...   Jul 13 2008, 10:17 AM
- - dvandorn   Yeah -- there are great challenges to getting ISS ...   Jul 13 2008, 04:28 PM
- - Stu   Oooh, I like that! I can almost hear ...   Jul 14 2008, 11:30 AM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 14 2008, 12:30 PM) I can...   Jul 14 2008, 01:47 PM
- - tanjent   If you are going to start imagining different conf...   Jul 14 2008, 01:15 PM
- - PhilCo126   Talking about the ISS: Astronauts onboard the ISS ...   Jul 24 2008, 12:13 PM
|- - imipak   There's a good piece on heavens Above on the E...   Jul 24 2008, 08:41 PM
- - Stu   The horror! That's DONKEYS' years old...   Jul 24 2008, 09:25 PM


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