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To: KevinDavis

Glad I'm not riding in that Canadian entry.
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6 posted on 07/12/2004 4:38:47 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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7 posted on 07/12/2004 4:42:58 PM PDT by Aeronaut (Edwards is simply not qualified to be one heartbeat from the presidency.)
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To: tet68
Glad I'm not riding in that Canadian entry.

If only you knew the half of it. I'm a member of the Canadian Rocket Society (http://www.crsnet.ca) and one of our executive (we'll call him JHB) was shown the documentation for the entry from the group in London. He told us the details and none of us anticipate survivability- even if the thing comes back in one piece the g-force on liftoff will purée anyone on board. There were also issues related to failure modes and ability to control the descent adequately for a safe landing away from populated areas.

The biggest laughs of all came from the group's efforts to secure government approval for the launch. First he went to Transport Canada. TC had no expertise in the field, so they forwarded the documents to our very own JHB for assessment, which he gave with two words: "No way." Undaunted, they decided to try the National Research Council. The NRC forwarded the request to... wait for it... JHB and asked him to comment, and again JHB said, "No way." Finally, they talked to the military. The contact at National Defence dutifully passed on their request to... you guessed right, JHB again.

12 posted on 07/13/2004 8:18:49 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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