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1 posted on 09/17/2022 7:53:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

“Give me money, I’ll give you secrets.”


2 posted on 09/17/2022 7:54:57 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: BenLurkin

Odd thing about a Chinese space walk.

An hour later...you feel like doing it again.


3 posted on 09/17/2022 7:59:42 AM PDT by moovova
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To: BenLurkin

Yup, lest we forget🤬


4 posted on 09/17/2022 7:59:54 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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5 posted on 09/17/2022 8:01:56 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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The 60s-era cosmonauts did spacewalks and orbital rendezvous to practice skills needed for their moon landing, because of their lack of sufficient heavy lift. The plan was, two nearly simultaneous launches, one to put their lunar lander into orbit around the moon, the other to send two cosmonauts into lunar orbit and to return them after the landing.

The one cosmonaut to make the landing would have done an untethered spacewalk over to the nearby lander vehicle, run some checks, descend to the surface, blab some Russian agitprop, plant the hideous commie flag, then at the calculated time ascend to rendezvous with the other vehicle, do another untethered spacewalk, rejoin his comrade, and the two cosmonauts would return to Earth.

Of course, none of it ever happened, because the N1 booster never had a successful flight test. Its last one took place after the end of our lunar landings.

The other reason for spacewalks is to perform maintenance and repairs to a space station.


7 posted on 09/17/2022 8:05:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

Big deal. We can simulate a far bigger Space Station than they can ever get up there.


9 posted on 09/17/2022 8:06:50 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 46 degrees)
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To: BenLurkin
Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station

The Chinese have an advantage over Americans in the space station arena.

Their space station only has to be half as big, and can contain twice as many Chinanauts.
13 posted on 09/17/2022 8:31:43 AM PDT by adorno
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When will the missile modules be installed?


15 posted on 09/17/2022 8:49:40 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: BenLurkin

90s clothes were so baggy.


16 posted on 09/17/2022 9:01:35 AM PDT by nwrep
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Now, Tang is one of the astronauts.


17 posted on 09/17/2022 9:20:32 AM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: BenLurkin

With second space walk you get egg roll.


24 posted on 09/17/2022 10:28:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: BenLurkin

Heh, heh—I guess you can call this a Space Wok.


25 posted on 09/17/2022 10:43:37 AM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bubba and the Rand Corp made it possible for the Chicoms to get their Rockets off the pad.


26 posted on 09/17/2022 11:10:10 AM PDT by Rappini
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China is building its own space station

It's just a cheap knock-off of the International Space Station.

28 posted on 09/17/2022 11:24:35 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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