To: sonofstrangelove
Sonof, clearly a great leap forward.
Successful orbital first:
4 October 1957, 1 (Sputnik) 83.6 kg (184.3 lb)
State of the future:
1 April 2010, X-37B The 8.9-meter (10 yd)- payload bay “similar to the space shuttle” for a pair of of several hundred kilograms (450 lb) satellites.
Rab
6 posted on
04/28/2010 9:29:34 PM PDT by
Rabin
To: Rabin; KevinDavis
It is also a sign that most launches will be military. NASA is officially on life support.
11 posted on
04/29/2010 8:08:36 PM PDT by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: Rabin
1 April 2010, X-37B The 8.9-meter (10 yd)- payload bay “similar to the space shuttle” for a pair of of several hundred kilograms (450 lb) satellites.
Or rods from the gods. A 450 lb tungsten jacketed depleted uranium penetrater hitting the ground at something around 25 times the speed of sound is going to wreck any Iranian nuclear bunker. Too bad Obama would never let us use one.
12 posted on
04/29/2010 8:16:14 PM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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