The Shuttle safely on the ground!

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Michael A. Terrell

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Thank God!

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Michael A. Terrell
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Thank God!
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I know what you mean- after watching two of them spontaneously
self-destruct, I was on the edge of my seat during the latest launch and
re-entry. The whole program should be scrapped.
 
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Thank God!
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Those ceramic tiles are the typical outcome, when some idea (reusability in
this case) dominates over the engineers pragmatism (one time use).
And the money wasted for "starwars" laser weapons would have certainly
produced a more reliable substitute for the shuttle. Soon we will have to
depend exclusivly on the Russian rockets. :-(
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ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy
 
In article <k33Ke.44000$2U1.2457079@news3.tin.it>, Ban <bansuri@web.de> wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Thank God!

Those ceramic tiles are the typical outcome, when some idea (reusability in
this case) dominates over the engineers pragmatism (one time use).
And the money wasted for "starwars" laser weapons would have certainly
produced a more reliable substitute for the shuttle. Soon we will have to
depend exclusivly on the Russian rockets. :-(
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China is planning to put people up in the Long March rockets and
eventually go to the moon. I think China should junk the moon project and
instead try to mount a Hubble servicing shot. It would get them more note
in the news and be of real use to Mankind.


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On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:22:19 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Thank God!
I'll thank Buddha.
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Dang sonic booms woke me up this morning!
 
Ban wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Thank God!

Those ceramic tiles are the typical outcome, when some idea (reusability in
this case) dominates over the engineers pragmatism (one time use).
And the money wasted for "starwars" laser weapons would have certainly
produced a more reliable substitute for the shuttle. Soon we will have to
depend exclusivly on the Russian rockets. :-(
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Don't forget ESA's Arianes.

Graham
 
On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 23:56:39 +0000 (UTC), the renowned
kensmith@green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:

In article <k33Ke.44000$2U1.2457079@news3.tin.it>, Ban <bansuri@web.de> wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Thank God!

Those ceramic tiles are the typical outcome, when some idea (reusability in
this case) dominates over the engineers pragmatism (one time use).
And the money wasted for "starwars" laser weapons would have certainly
produced a more reliable substitute for the shuttle. Soon we will have to
depend exclusivly on the Russian rockets. :-(

China is planning to put people up in the Long March rockets and
eventually go to the moon.
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Planning? They put their first guy (Yang Liwei) into orbit back in
October 2003 (and returned him safely). The next two-man* crew is
scheduled to go up this October. Big month October, both double-ten
day from the Nationalist era and the current Oct 1 National day.

I think China should junk the moon project and
instead try to mount a Hubble servicing shot. It would get them more note
in the news and be of real use to Mankind.
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Maybe it will goad 'others' into action. High ground and all that rot.

Their base rocket technology is similar to the Soyuz (somewhat
larger). Not very innovative, but it seems to work okay, so far.

* Female would-be taikonauts are reportedly in the running. What
better place to hold up half the sky?


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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Thank God!
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The world held it's breath this week as 7 sub-mariners resurfaced and 7
astronauts resurfaced.

I guess 7 is a lucky number after all!!

Cheers.
 
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:34:02 GMT, Fred Bloggs <nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Thank God!


I know what you mean- after watching two of them spontaneously
self-destruct, I was on the edge of my seat during the latest launch and
re-entry. The whole program should be scrapped.
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Hey, Fred, we agree on something!

John
 
Ken Smith wrote:
In article <k33Ke.44000$2U1.2457079@news3.tin.it>, Ban <bansuri@web.de> wrote:



China is planning to put people up in the Long March rockets and
eventually go to the moon. I think China should junk the moon project and
instead try to mount a Hubble servicing shot. It would get them more note
in the news and be of real use to Mankind.
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Or else just announce they will take it as salvage, and wait to see what
we do.
 
The Shuttle should have been designed with a separable, encapsulated
cockpit section with a one-time heatshield and parachutes. Had this
been done both Challenger and Columbia crews probably would have
survived.

The US should go the distance and design a two-part, fully reusable
system with a carrier aircraft using proven SR-71 technology-precision
machined titanium thinwall structure and two big bleed bypass
turbojets. If we aren't willing to do that, go back to one-time-use
rockets using existing SRBs.

If the Chinese start a Cold War with us, it's to the benefit of
Americans in the long run-we can win, and it would force us to
re-industrialize and develop manufacturing again. I almost hope they do
it.
 
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