[The Great Satan]

That looks a lot bigger around than a Saturn V. Any stats?

[11B3]

Very interesting - thanks for posting this.

[jrherreid]

Sure they didn't sell it to Grand Fenwick? Radioactive wine goes a long way, you know.

[Brett66]

Interesting ping

[Askel5]

Dreamy Russian self-esteem bump.



(I loved the "from whence Mother Russia" lyrics, btw.)

[Regulator]

Having had the good fortune to get a tour of Khrunichev's factory where they build Proton rockets, I can tell you that the effort put into the Russian rocket program resulted in some incredibly robust and capable vehicles.

It's too bad both the N1 and the Saturn V have become relics. If there was one thing good that came out of the Cold War, it was these monsters.

[RightWhale]

As young teens impressed with Sputnik, the rocket club used to make gunpowder rockets. They would each go about 48 feet along their chosen flightpath before exploding.

Then one day we glued 30 of them together in a bundle and fired that one. It covered the 48 feet so fast we couldn't measure the speed; straight up, too. Then it exploded.

[Brett66]

Some N1 variants:

[NormsRevenge]

That IS one Big Summobitch

[Centurion2000]

Pretty kewl ... it would have been nice to see the Soviets put a man on the moon a couple of years after us though. That would have kept the rivlary high and we would probably be beyond Jupiter by now.

[Norwell]

It is a shame with all this technological capability, they still cannot provide their populace a reliable road system or clean water.

[theDentist]

History Channel did a program about Soviet Space Disasters. The most un-forgettable story was of a Russian General who demanded seats be set only a hundred meters from one of the rockets, which was loaded with a fuel so unstable, it was called the "Devil's Brew. A bunch of his syncophants (sp?) sat with him for the launch. Most of the rocket never left the ground. Everything and everyone within a quarter mile was lost. Seems to me that General should have gotten a Darwin Award.

Another lesson learned.

[Bob J]

Tonight on Radio Free Republic we have "On Target" with host John Bender! Tonight, Johns guest is Charles Cunningham, Director of Federal Affairs for the NRA!

Following John at 7pm/10pm, we have a special edition of RFR hosted by ALOHA RONNIE! AR, a Veteran of the Battle of IA DRANG-1965 / Landing Zone Falcon (3 mins out from Landing Zone X-Ray), who will be reviewing "We Were Soldiers"! AR will taking lots of calls!

To listen in while you FReep, go to theFRN Homepage and scroll down the left side for the RadioFR button!

[jimkress]

Thanks for the ping!

[End The Hypocrisy]

The SPACE section at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/SPACE

hasn't accepted new postings for months. Fortunately the NASA section does. I guess the space section's broken?