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 Dec 20 2005, 07:42 PM
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If you're gonna go bad, you might as well make it good!
What are your "favorite" launch failures?  (pic snagged from Rocket Explosions)
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Jun 4 2006, 07:27 PM
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Although, with the threat to our intrepid explorers from energetic cosmic rays, perhaps we really need to be thinking about a manned Mars-orbit outpost with its habitat(s) buried in one of Mars' moons.
What do y'all think -- Deimos or Phobos? Phobos gives you better resolution of the surface, but Deimos gives you longer periods over a given stretch of real estate. Of course, with a comsat network that becomes rather less of an issue... So, if we have to dig in, which would you prefer? Or, perhaps, neither -- use materials from one or the other (or both) to create shielding for a set of habitats that you then place into a different orbit altogether? -the other Doug p.s. edit -- I figure the energetic cosmic rays all come from things out there in the Universe that blowed up REAL good, hence the connection to this topic... 
-------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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lyford "blowed Up Real Good!" Dec 20 2005, 07:42 PM
dvandorn I don't have an image or the footage handy, bu... Dec 21 2005, 01:02 AM Bill Harris The saddest rocket failure I remember is the Vangu... Dec 21 2005, 01:33 AM
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from Arizona High Power... Dec 29 2005, 06:12 PM PhilCo126 Well I guess that the MER scientists were very hap... Dec 29 2005, 06:20 PM djellison I've not read that any Delta II's have blo... Dec 29 2005, 08:11 PM ilbasso Slightly OT but marginally related: Have you guys... Dec 29 2005, 08:49 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (ilbasso @ Dec 29 2005, 03:49 PM)Slight... Dec 30 2005, 02:47 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Dec 30 2005, 03:47 AM)Di... Jan 10 2006, 02:34 PM Bill Harris Amazing... I would have expected him to have gotte... Dec 29 2005, 10:09 PM lyford Well, maybe not the Darwin Award, but he seems to ... Dec 30 2005, 12:49 AM Bill Harris Yep, I do imagine that his experimentation was met... Dec 30 2005, 01:31 AM tfisher QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 29 2005, 09:31 PM)Wh... Jan 10 2006, 02:27 PM tasp I tried to burn sodium nitrate indoors.
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I... Jan 10 2006, 06:37 PM Toma B QUOTE (tasp @ Jan 10 2006, 09:37 PM)I tried t... Jan 10 2006, 06:51 PM tasp QUOTE (Toma B @ Jan 10 2006, 12:51 PM)That... Jan 11 2006, 12:44 AM Richard Trigaux Me, at several occasion I used sodium chlorate and... Jan 11 2006, 09:27 AM tty QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jan 11 2006, 11:27 A... Jan 12 2006, 10:34 PM stevo QUOTE (tty @ Jan 12 2006, 05:34 PM) I tr... Apr 3 2006, 05:49 PM DEChengst QUOTE (tty @ Jan 13 2006, 12:34 AM) I tr... Apr 4 2006, 10:11 AM Phil Stooke I thought 'blowed up real good' referred t... Jan 11 2006, 05:20 PM deglr6328 ?? really? I used to mix it w/sugar all the time w... Jan 13 2006, 06:13 AM edstrick I had a pint-plus jar of potassium chlorate when I... Jan 13 2006, 11:07 AM ljk4-1 Saturn's fury: effects of a Saturn 5 launch pa... Apr 3 2006, 01:48 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Apr 3 2006, 01:48 PM... Apr 4 2006, 06:15 PM Myran Me four on sodium chlorate and sugar!
And yes ... Apr 3 2006, 04:45 PM edstrick I believe <may be quite wrong, but I'm too ... Apr 4 2006, 10:23 AM tty QUOTE (edstrick @ Apr 4 2006, 12:23 PM) O... Apr 4 2006, 06:05 PM Bill Harris As a youngster I made a multi-stage, multi-engine ... Apr 4 2006, 01:01 PM djellison Two stage Mongoose Estes effort for me was a highl... Apr 4 2006, 01:20 PM Ames NACA Langley engineer Francis Rogallo developed hi... Apr 4 2006, 01:34 PM BruceMoomaw After digging around on the Web, what little I... Apr 5 2006, 09:46 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 5 2006, 10:46 AM... Apr 5 2006, 05:22 PM BruceMoomaw [quote name='Bob Shaw' date='Apr 5 200... Apr 6 2006, 12:01 AM ljk4-1 There are a number of relevant NASA documents link... Apr 5 2006, 01:40 PM tty It seems to me it would be a good idea to add ejec... Apr 5 2006, 06:52 PM BruceMoomaw That discussion of the likelihood of a successful ... Apr 6 2006, 02:07 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 6 2006, 03:07 AM... Apr 6 2006, 12:11 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 6 2006, 12:11 PM) B... Apr 6 2006, 07:56 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 6 2006, 03:56 PM... Apr 6 2006, 08:12 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Apr 6 2006, 09:12 PM... Apr 6 2006, 09:52 PM DDAVIS .
By the way, Aviation Week's editor Robert H... Jun 3 2006, 12:03 AM Bob Shaw Don:
It's 'happier' to think that bot... Jun 3 2006, 12:13 AM BruceMoomaw Somebody should really start collecting those NASA... Apr 10 2006, 03:23 AM paxdan QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 10 2006, 04:23 A... Apr 10 2006, 08:43 AM Bob Shaw There's a regular 'Straight & Level... Apr 10 2006, 11:36 AM BruceMoomaw Regarding military doublespeak, the number of euph... Apr 11 2006, 07:19 AM ljk4-1 QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 11 2006, 03:19 A... Apr 11 2006, 01:34 PM tty Here is an interesting link courtesy of ijk4-1 fro... Apr 12 2006, 05:53 AM tty DELETED UNINTENDED DUPLICATE POSTING.
Question: ... Apr 12 2006, 08:06 AM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (tty @ Apr 12 2006, 08:06 AM) DELET... Apr 12 2006, 08:26 AM djellison You can't delete your own posts - but you can ... Apr 12 2006, 09:08 AM babakm I guess this goes here. A photo gallery from Slat... Apr 12 2006, 03:34 PM ljk4-1 Next on NOVA: "Kaboom!"
http://www.... Jun 2 2006, 08:15 PM dvandorn Um... there was an onboard recorder on Challenger ... Jun 3 2006, 12:14 AM GregM . Jun 3 2006, 03:35 AM BruceMoomaw "Aviation Week's" editor Robert Hotz... Jun 3 2006, 02:56 AM BruceMoomaw That, of course, depends on whether those Great Th... Jun 3 2006, 05:31 AM GregM . Jun 3 2006, 06:28 AM edstrick BoingBoing linked to an interesting page full of p... Jun 3 2006, 09:55 AM BruceMoomaw I'm quite willing to show respect for them. T... Jun 3 2006, 01:59 PM BruceMoomaw Now, before GregM busts a blood vessel, let me pre... Jun 3 2006, 02:13 PM dvandorn Mission goals of STS-51L and STS-107 that could no... Jun 3 2006, 02:33 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 3 2006, 02:33 PM) M... Jun 3 2006, 05:14 PM dvandorn All I can say, Bruce, is that I seriously disagree... Jun 3 2006, 06:01 PM DDAVIS > I believe it is spiritually important -- nay... Jun 3 2006, 11:25 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 3 2006, 06:01 PM) A... Jun 4 2006, 01:27 AM DDAVIS [quote name='BruceMoomaw' date='Jun 4 ... Jun 4 2006, 04:14 AM Bill Harris Ah, the 'future' of "2001". It... Jun 4 2006, 10:28 AM |
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