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DARPA Is Building A New Space Plane For The Pentagon
The Daily Caller ^
| 28 Aug 2014
| Giuseppe Macri
Posted on 08/28/2014 10:46:14 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: thackney
The Atlas V vehicle is powered by Russian rockets.
To: tanknetter
I thought we were using Minotaur from converted Minuteman and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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08/28/2014 11:38:55 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: GraceG
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08/28/2014 11:39:06 AM PDT
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mcshot
(Kenya now says 0 or Soebarkah born in U.S..)
To: tanknetter
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08/28/2014 11:45:38 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: tanknetter; thackney
Thanks for info. I recall that we were using them but didn’t remember where.
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08/28/2014 11:47:55 AM PDT
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mcshot
(Kenya now says 0 or Soebarkah born in U.S..)
To: TalonDJ
That’s because a SSTO is a pipe dream. Mass fractions doom all SSTO dreams.
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08/28/2014 11:47:56 AM PDT
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nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
To: mandaladon
Order of magnitude cost and timeline reduction is a GIANT Step.
DARPA is ol' Skool American exceptionalism.
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08/28/2014 11:53:10 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: mandaladon
The shuttles while getting the job done, initially were supposed to be re-usable within a 3 month turnover per vehicle.
That of course Never happened.
Also they were supposed to be a “cheep” way to go.
Typical gub mint crappola.
WE’ll see if this boondoggle costs stupid?
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08/28/2014 11:57:45 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
To: mandaladon
From 1988 to 1995 I was project historian for the National Aerospace Plane, or X-30 that had this same objective. How is this different?
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08/28/2014 12:03:39 PM PDT
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LS
('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
To: LS
Unmanned I believe is a difference.
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08/28/2014 12:04:54 PM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: LS
> ... National Aerospace Plane, or X-30
> that had this same objective. How is this different?Why isn't this latest paper plane called the X-20U? (unmanned)
Dyna-Soar was probably the most continued-funding-inept name ever.
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08/28/2014 1:01:42 PM PDT
by
Boundless
(Survive Obamacare by not needing it.)
To: nuke rocketeer
The X-34 was air launched. It was just a scaled up version of the proven Pegasus delivery vehicle.
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08/28/2014 2:03:51 PM PDT
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TalonDJ
To: McGruff
Don't we depend on Russian rockets right now? How stupid is that. It's a Democrat plan to outsource all American jobs.
I heard they've even outsourced the US Presidency to some guy from Kenya.
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08/28/2014 4:59:58 PM PDT
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ChicagahAl
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
To: thackney
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08/28/2014 5:34:36 PM PDT
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LS
('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
To: TalonDJ
My apologies. I was thinking the X-33 vehicle. Severe brain farts......
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08/29/2014 5:00:18 AM PDT
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nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
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