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2021-Feb-11, 10:01 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser in Space Exploration

I wan't it HL-42 size...

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2021-Feb-11, 09:55 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Lunar Gateway Outpost thread in Space Exploration

Front view please-the TEL is photo-bombing the picture :<

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2021-Feb-11, 09:10 AM

publiusr replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Potassium pertechnetate protects steel from corrosion up to 250 degrees centigrade as per the wiki. Musk should look at that, if he hasn't already....

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2021-Feb-11, 08:57 AM

publiusr replied to a thread United Arab Emirates Mars mission in Space Exploration

Some wanted to use their sand for lavish off shore resort islands-but it was the wrong kind...seabed sand was used in the end. Maybe glass for the...

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2021-Feb-11, 08:45 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Europa Clipper mission. in Space Exploration

Ah, so it won't have to get cooked during a Venus fly-by-as per the discussion page at Space News. It will have to be an expendable-heavier than...

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2021-Feb-10, 07:05 AM

publiusr replied to a thread United Arab Emirates Mars mission in Space Exploration

They have enough oil money to design their own rocket. A scaled down Starship tail-sitter rocket that uses jet engines to land is something they...

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2021-Feb-10, 06:46 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Blue Origin's launch vehicles in Space Exploration

I have heard that the New Armstrong was not a serious proposal. A hydrolox Big Onion design would be the cleanest option-and put Starship to shame.

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2021-Feb-10, 06:29 AM

publiusr replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

The biggest belly flop concept before Starship was a proto-Buran concept: http://buran.ru/htm/str124.htm

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2021-Feb-09, 10:00 AM

publiusr replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Here, it is sloshing that is more of the issue? Does Starship have to be in one craft? Imagine a split nosecone-two lifting bodies flat-to-flat....

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2021-Feb-09, 07:06 AM

publiusr replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

I hope the rogallo wing if not lifting bodies make a come-back...perhaps as escape pods. Portree's "No Shortage Of Dreams/Beyond Apollo" site had an...

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2021-Feb-05, 05:52 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

With Stratolaunch, a larger, more conventional SS3 could be had-more seats-more money. He doesn't have to buy it...some kind of deal...

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2021-Feb-04, 07:24 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Space tug in Space Exploration

There was something called an Orbital Transfer Vehicle that had a wide aerobrake dish that was to be side-mount Shuttle-C style. A hammerhead atop an...

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2021-Feb-04, 07:10 AM

publiusr replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

I know it seems to defeat the purpose, but maybe a type of straightening chute just to get one down safely for inspection? Small cameras all in lines...

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2021-Feb-04, 06:54 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

Sometimes you have to fact check the fact checkers. Branson should work with Stratolaunch.

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2021-Feb-04, 06:47 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Space: Florida vs. Virginia vs. The World in Space Exploration

Maybe Sea Dragon there?

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2021-Feb-03, 08:20 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

That's fair. Now, is it just me, or do sense some growing back lash against private space efforts...the elysium effect article comes to mind...

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2021-Feb-03, 07:28 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

WAPO just dropped the hammer on them.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/01/richard-branson-virgin-galactic-test-book/

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2021-Feb-03, 07:21 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Blue Origin's launch vehicles in Space Exploration

Thank you. ...

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2021-Feb-03, 06:55 AM

publiusr replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

It would still be a good, low cost upper stage even as an expendable. I wonder if he would be open to a winged starship-Space Freighter...

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2021-Feb-01, 06:29 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Europe's Ariane 6 in Space Exploration

Too conventional? OTRAG was the ultimate in modularity. Wasn’t there a three core concept called “the bat” where the two side cores separated in a...

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2021-Feb-01, 06:20 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Question about Earth tides in Science and Technology

Perhaps pockets of magma going deeper then, like the skater pulling her hands in

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2021-Feb-01, 06:12 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Internet balloons in the stratosphere, guided by AI in Science and Technology

Sad...

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2021-Feb-01, 06:10 AM

publiusr replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

Now, you see several Lindh liquid nitrogen trucks about—has anyone thought about modifying them for certain vaccines? If someone took different...

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2021-Jan-31, 09:05 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Citizen scientists help create 3D map of local stellar neighborhood in Astronomy Activism

I think there are glass or Lexan cubes with bubbles in them representing the positions of local stars, maybe galaxies would be a next step.

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2021-Jan-31, 09:00 AM

publiusr replied to a thread The Joe Biden Admin Space Exploration Policy in Space Exploration

That’s good. Space Based Solar power might help bring everyone together. Jobs for space states, green energy. Rebuilding radio telescopes as part of...

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2021-Jan-31, 08:52 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Europa Clipper mission. in Space Exploration

I don’t think Super Heavy will be ready. Falcon Heavy for an MRO replacement, but SLS will mean most of Clippers service life won’t be spent in...

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2021-Jan-31, 08:48 AM

publiusr replied to a thread Giant 2D Atlas of the Universe in Astronomy

That is wonderful to see

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