Posted on 10/28/2009 3:53:42 AM PDT by FL_Native
Today we will attempt to launch the Space Shuttle replacement again... "today's launch is the first test of the Ares I rocket NASA is designing to carry astronauts after the space shuttle is retired. The unmanned test rocket, called Ares I-X, is powered only by a four-segment shuttle solid rocket booster. Everything above that is a mock-up."
Wednesday October 28, 2009 6:46 James Dean
$.25 Sat. aft movies and a squirt gun filled with cheap perfume .
I get laid off due to seasonal work plus I am in Alaska so I spend a lot of idle time at home through the winter, thats why I have such a big library and two widescreens in the house, one for the family and one for me. Usually the best deals are the TV series sets, I have yet to finish all of my Hawaii 50, last year it was the complete series of Magnum PI, and lately I am buying the BD version of Star Trek The Original Series, I heard the remastering and sound upgrade is superb.
I remember the days when a local movie house had the .25 cent all day weekend movie marathons, one time I spent 13 hours straight watching all the Clint Eastwood movies, this was back in the early 70’s.
Google Gerald Vincent Bull
I believe Mara is a NASA rep.
I am familiar with the Iraq Supergun, what I was thinking of is an underground tube instead, a vertical launch system. Or use a magnetic launch design like many theme parks have for modern rollercoasters.
The G forces at initial launch would destroy most components.
Now for interstellar travel, creating a polarizing magnetic field around the craft to generate propulsion might be workable in a vacuum.
I could think of ways that such a design could work, in as such as that approach. But the most promising idea I have ever read about was the super strong material that was used as a cable to space, it was firmly anchored by a million ton base and went far enough into space that the far end achieved a stationary orbit, its basically a space elevator with a station in space.
The series books Red, Blue and Green Mars went into detail of the construction of the space elevator and its impact on space travel.
re: same conditions as yesterday
Except that maybe then can keep a merchant ship from wandering into the restricted zone and preventing the launch during the brief break they had in the weather.
I would have sent the navy to sink the ship. Pretty harsh I guess, but it would sure make it apparent to everyone to pay attention to where they are at any moment!
re: Contact
I never saw the movie but a friend told me the first two minutes or so were simply awesome. I forget what it was that impressed him but I’ve not forgotten what he said!
Maybe not an engineer, but Jules Verne had that very idea a long time ago!
I’m going to slip it in the BD player in a little bit.
cept brits insisting pirates are not there...aw, they only want big ships
Picking up the count in 25 minutes
thanks I got fox on now...thought it would cover
A lot of his equipment is still here although the site has been abandoned and is very overgrown.
Still Obamanizing as to when they will actually pick up the count.
Now they’re saying 10:30
NASA is trying for “the perfect launch” so as to get the most out of 700 sensors monitoring stresses on this rocket.
This could get scrubbed again.
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