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To: redgolum

Why would we want to go back to 1970s technology?


41 posted on 05/30/2020 10:44:28 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
”Why would we want to go back to 1970s technology?“

Capsules are not 1970s technology. They are a case of form following function. A winged spacecraft like the shuttle could only operate in low Earth orbit, with relatively low re-entry speeds. Try to take one somewhere like the moon (or Mars) and it would burn up at the higher re-entry speeds upon its return. Capsules are the ideal shape for re-entry from longer-distance space flights, simple as that.

47 posted on 05/30/2020 10:53:07 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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