To: Trillian
“Orbiting the planet?”
I thought this was a sub-orbital mission, where all the rocket does is go up and come down, like the Mercury missions of Alan Shepard and Virgil Grissom.
2 posted on
10/13/2021 10:29:30 PM PDT by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
To: Berosus
Other than a few more feet higher, the same thing could have been accomplished with the bunch of them inside the fuselage of an descending aircraft from 40,000 feet.
5 posted on
10/13/2021 10:37:59 PM PDT by
C210N
(Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
To: Berosus
"where all the rocket does is go up and come down"
A valid point with one major omission. The part about going up and back down in one piece is the qualifier there. He boldly went and came back alive!
6 posted on
10/13/2021 10:40:18 PM PDT by
blackdog
(Let's go Brandon!)
To: Berosus
Yes, a bit ahead of themselves. This was simply up and back down at the same location area. They may have orbited a cloud.
11 posted on
10/13/2021 11:04:02 PM PDT by
Reno89519
(FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
To: Berosus
43 posted on
10/14/2021 5:52:41 AM PDT by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Berosus
-—351,186 feet above Earth’s surface——
So that’s only about 70 miles. Where does space begin?
Is space different from outer space?
We can look to Shatner now as a mentor who follows Clint’s admonition and “Don’t let the old man in”
44 posted on
10/14/2021 6:00:43 AM PDT by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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