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 Jan 4 2007, 02:47 AM
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Jan 7 2007, 03:47 AM
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Yeah (sigh), that's probably quite true; a useful payload in all likelihood cannot be delivered via this method. Again, I'll speak to him next week & we'll play with the numbers some more; he's considering this as a thesis topic.
 Thanks Bob & remcook for your valuable critical commentary! 
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Jan 9 2007, 06:35 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 6 2007, 10:47 PM)  Yeah (sigh), that's probably quite true; a useful payload in all likelihood cannot be delivered via this method. Again, I'll speak to him next week & we'll play with the numbers some more; he's considering this as a thesis topic. Thanks Bob & remcook for your valuable critical commentary! Thesis? The idea shouldn't have even got past the back of the envelope, much less an idea for a thesis. Somebody's engineering education is severely lacking. If this is the type of people in AFSPACECOM, then our military space cadre is in worse shape than in the 90's (which was worse than any point in history) This proposal is similar to the "transfer" in the movie "Mission to Mars", where the crew "jumped" from the "MTV" to the a vehicle in Mars orbit. Both are impossible |
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jabe Blue Origins Jan 4 2007, 02:47 AM
helvick I was always a fan of the DC-X concept so this rea... Jan 4 2007, 09:42 AM djellison Well - consider the Atlas-Mercury flights. That w... Jan 4 2007, 10:04 AM tty The first stage of Titan I had genuine SSTO capabi... Jan 4 2007, 11:16 AM edstrick With adequate heat shielding, a vehicle derived fr... Jan 4 2007, 12:53 PM
Bob Shaw Back in the 1960s there were a number of paper stu... Jan 4 2007, 08:27 PM climber The goal here is "only" to get to 100 km... Jan 4 2007, 08:19 PM nprev As a side note, this test is getting a lot of medi... Jan 5 2007, 01:36 AM edstrick X33 was a good idea to follow up the DC-X with, bu... Jan 5 2007, 09:50 AM nprev With respect to Blue Origin, a friend of mine ... Jan 6 2007, 12:52 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 6 2007, 12:52 AM) un-n... Jan 6 2007, 01:32 AM nprev Wellll....I'm not much of an orbitsmith yet, B... Jan 6 2007, 02:58 AM remcook if you do a Hohmann-style rendezvous, you mean tha... Jan 6 2007, 11:55 AM Bob Shaw Absolutely!
Going straight up with a VTVL fir... Jan 6 2007, 01:50 PM edstrick I have wondered if a 2 stage double DC-X type migh... Jan 7 2007, 09:51 AM Bob Shaw I think the word you're looking for is 'Ki... Jan 7 2007, 01:48 PM edstrick The Kstler vehicles are being soft <parachute a... Jan 8 2007, 12:22 PM djellison With such high gravity to fight against, and a nic... Jan 8 2007, 01:03 PM AndyG QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 8 2007, 01:03 PM) ... Jan 8 2007, 02:55 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (AndyG @ Jan 8 2007, 06:55 AM) Comp... Jan 8 2007, 04:35 PM climber QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jan 8 2007, 05:35 PM)... Jan 8 2007, 07:48 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (climber @ Jan 8 2007, 07:48 PM) I ... Jan 8 2007, 10:22 PM mchan QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 8 2007, 02:22 PM) S... Jan 9 2007, 03:53 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (mchan @ Jan 9 2007, 03:53 AM) Ahh,... Jan 9 2007, 08:37 AM nprev Well, it actually was just a back-of-the envelope ... Jan 11 2007, 02:07 AM edstrick Landing an Apollo like capsule on rockets is -- of... Jan 11 2007, 12:21 PM |
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