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To: BenLurkin

Nothing sleek about that (not so much) flying Fire Hydrant.


3 posted on 11/21/2019 3:17:23 AM PST by DAC21 ( and Naflet)
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To: DAC21


Nothing sleek about that (not so much) flying Fire Hydrant.

new research says the more air resistance, the faster a rocket goes.


4 posted on 11/21/2019 3:21:54 AM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: DAC21

Upper stages to operate in the vacuum of space can look like a rice krispy square (or a Borg ship.....same thing).

Sleek doesn’t mater. It just needs to have a relatively thin profile to get out of the atmosphere


15 posted on 11/21/2019 4:24:02 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: DAC21

“Nothing sleek about that (not so much) flying Fire Hydrant.”

Best description of the Elon Munch rocket I’ve ever seen.


21 posted on 11/21/2019 4:38:19 AM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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