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 Jul 12 2008, 10:25 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
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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Jul 13 2008, 04:28 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Yeah -- there are great challenges to getting ISS out of LEO, and while it could be made feasible with a huge amount of money, it will never be cost-effectively so.
Now, Skylab -- *that* would have been far more suited to lunar orbital use. Remove the ATM, use the EREP to study the lunar surface instead of the Earth's surface... that would have been useful. And far, far easier overall to get out of LEO. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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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 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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