Posted on 01/10/2021 8:20:57 AM PST by BenLurkin
They better keep in mind that that saying about old men goes double for crippled up men.😤
But how long will we be armed?😒
America clearly has a white male problem. Just look at every major American city. Those white men are absolutely out of control.
Wasn't NASA repurposed by Obumtard to make the mooselimbs feel better about themselves? That's what I remember anyway.
“Wasn’t NASA repurposed by Obumtard to make the mooselimbs feel better about themselves? That’s what I remember anyway.”
Yes. One of NASA’s primary missions under Obama was muslim outreach.
Agree !
NASA....
Will be readjusted, starting 1/20.
Yup, Elon will probably beat them just like he did with sending people to the ISS. He’ll do it cheaper too since he reuses his components.
Let’s see bloated Boeing or NASA do this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ackZ-Ei4JB8 (0:35 second video)
I added this notation, you may have forgot in your post:
/sarc
“I added this notation, you may have forgot in your post:
/sarc”
I thought it was beyond obvious. I’m a huge supporter of what NASA used to be, and am thrilled that Elon Musk is going to Mars with or without NASA.
SLS (even Block 1) is MUCH more massive than 27 tons. (My goodness, have you ever stood below the Saturn 5 on display at Cape C?) Just one booster is ~ 1.6 million pounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System
I do not see a total liftoff mass for any one “Block”, but one can probably add up the component masses given.
However, if one sends a 27 ton lander to Earth’s Moon, part of that mass will be fuel burned on descent. I looked briefly but did not find a figure, so I’ll guess 1/2.
Because the moon is locked into its rotation, matching exactly the rotation of the earth, its north and south poles have areas that never see sunlight. It is in these areas that scientist think hold frozen water that has been there over millions of years. Maybe that water holds evidence of life. At least, the nature of that water will hold information about the moon’s origin and, of course, be a source of water for future manned ventures.
NASA is a acronym but the word nasa is a Hebrew word for to go up?.
Why spend money on space/research when there are so many social justice needs?
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I like Walter Williams on social justice. He said, “I keep what I earn and you
keep what you earn. If you disagree with that, tell me how much of what
I earn belongs to you, and why.”
Totally agree about SpaceX.
The upper stage of Starship (wish it had been called something else, but whatever...) is already doing test flights, flying with three engines. The final configuration will be six.
The first stage will use around 30 of the same engines, developing somewhere around 15 million pounds of thrust. That’s about three times the Saturn V first stage, powered by liquid methane and liquid oxygen.
The overall system will get 100 tons to low Earth orbit, and then the same 100 tons to the Moon using in-orbit refueling.
A single 100 ton payload could put a world-class telescope on site at our lunar base at the lunar south pole. Two of them would allow the use of interferometry, giving effective resolution of the distance between the two instruments.
The lunar south pole is worth competing over, it has perpetual sunlight available as well as, more importantly, a surprising amount of water.
It is all worth doing, as the available resources and wealth to be had beyond Earth are almost incomprehensible. The entire Solar System can fairly easily be opened up to humanity, and living on the Moon is the first step!
I follow the starship ( both upper stage and combined upper and lower stage) ’super heavy’ the name of the first stage.
Been watching every test fire and launch so far.
They weigh over one and a half million pounds at lift off.
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