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Answers for Larry
Will Iraq kill the Bush space inititative the same way Vietnam did Apollo?
E.P. Grondine
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11/6/2004 2:36:27 AM
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Questions for Gary - from the CE board
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Larry J
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11/5/2004 2:47:49 PM
"Unfortunately all proposed CEV designs that I have seen are CM derivative." Mine aren't.
(n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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11/6/2004 3:05:12 AM
Okay, you have my attention. What's the shape?
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Gary
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11/6/2004 5:56:06 AM
re: Okay, you have my attention.
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Tom Brosz
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11/6/2004 6:37:16 PM
It's obscene! LOL!
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/9/2004 2:09:03 AM
Answers for Larry
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Gary
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11/5/2004 5:15:09 PM
Will Iraq kill the Bush space inititative the same way Vietnam did Apollo?
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E.P. Grondine
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11/6/2004 2:36:27 AM
A somewhat related question for Gary.
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Jacob Samorodin
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11/5/2004 6:21:15 PM
Answers for Jacob
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Gary
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11/6/2004 5:37:41 AM
Follow up question
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Larry J
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11/7/2004 3:24:33 PM
Aerocapture
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Gary
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11/7/2004 5:22:27 PM
re: Aerocapture
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Larry J
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11/8/2004 2:35:13 PM
It all boils down to mass and launch cost
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Gary
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11/8/2004 5:08:59 PM
I was thinking along the lines of aerocapture followed by aerobraking...
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Larry J
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11/8/2004 6:28:43 PM
Ballutes
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Gary
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11/9/2004 3:19:26 AM
Sounds like we need a test flight
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Larry J
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11/9/2004 3:10:18 PM
Nonmilitary test flights are incredibly difficult to fund
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Gary
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11/9/2004 4:56:27 PM
I believe it
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Larry J
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11/9/2004 5:50:30 PM
That would also explain why Soviet Zonds were targeted for the Indian Ocean.
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Jacob Samorodin
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11/6/2004 7:29:18 PM
Thanks
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Larry J
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11/5/2004 5:29:46 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.