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NASA weighs shelving Boeing rocket, using other option for flight to moon
Seattle Times ^
| 03/13/2018
| Justin Bachman
Posted on 03/15/2019 2:19:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:19:14 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
NASA said we were Killing the Planet and on the verge of turning into a raging inferno in just a few short years, can’
t they use Rockets that use non Carbon Emitting Green Energy?
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:23:31 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: eyeamok
They are using rockets that burn hydrogen and oxygen, which produces water. They also use solid fuels that emit terrible toxins; and, those aren't carbon based.
NASA management has become "me too" liberals who just make up politically correct problems.
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:32:08 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: BenLurkin
Boeing - the company that gave us the 737 Max and the failed KC-46 tanker program. Their social media team is going to need to get busy on FR.
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:35:34 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: GingisK; eyeamok
Water vapor - one of the worst greenhouse gasses.
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:37:05 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: rktman
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:45:05 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: PAR35
“Boeing - the company that gave us the 737 Max and the failed KC-46 tanker program.”
Before beating up too badly, keep in mind that government agencies usually come back with huge numbers of changes that affect design and schedule of major programs. In other words, it may Boeing’s fault, or it may be the government’s fault...or it is likely some of each.
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:46:37 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: PAR35
Hydrogen dioxide is a well known killer...............
To: BenLurkin
BDB....................Big Dumb Boosters, solid propellant is the only way to go...................for now................
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:48:53 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: BenLurkin
The Not Always Science Agency has been failing for years.
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:54:10 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: eyeamok
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posted on
03/15/2019 2:55:30 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: doorgunner69
Don’t you mean the molecule Dihydrogen Monoxide? Or perhaps the ionic Hydrogen Hydroxide?
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:01:24 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
My goof, typing before memory kicks in.
To: BenLurkin
The SLS was out dated the first time SpaceX landed a rocket vertically. We need to scrap it. It is time all the other launch system companies got on board with 21st century technology. The SLS was always life support for the remnant industry that had supported the space shuttle. But it has had the effect of institutionalizing the past. The more the old guard digs in, or gets supported by big contracts, the farther ahead companies that are actually innovating will get.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:19:21 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: eyeamok
Actually they do. Hydrogen and oxygen burring create water.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:22:24 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: BenLurkin
I think manned space flight is a waste. The one thing the ISS is teaching us is that the human body is not suitable for space travel. They have to exercise for >2hrs/day and they are still invalids when they get back. Food, water, oxygen, temperature, radiation, psychological problems, these are all issues that are not going to go away. We have by far gained more knowledge at lower cost from unmanned probes. All we get from manned space travel that could not be done by machine is cool pictures of people floating around.
If I were king, I would take the money spent on manned space travel and divide it between unmanned probes and basic research into physics. Manned space travel, the way we really want it, isn't going to happen until we solve some fundamental problems, like the speed of light and artificial gravity. In the mean time, we could be exploring and learning about our solar system, and maybe even sending probes to our nearest stellar neighbor.
OK, flame away :-)
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:25:22 PM PDT
by
beef
(Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
To: Jewbacca
Yea, but its those pesky SRBs that are dirty.
To: TalonDJ
“SpaceX landed a rocket vertically”
All that money AND blood spent on the reusable Space Shuttle, and then SpaceX does that. I am not involved at all with the space program, and I still felt a little embarrassed by our folly.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:29:11 PM PDT
by
beef
(Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
To: BenLurkin
To: butlerweave
I like Scott Manleys videos. I am not a gamer, but he inspired me to get Kerbal Space Program.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:37:32 PM PDT
by
beef
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