Perhaps it was the height of Hubris?

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Perhaps it was the height of Hubris?

nick hoffman — 12/1/2008 7:08:06 AM (archived)

To assume that the component that experiences the greatest heat, thermal stress, thrust load, and vibration could be reused again?

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Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - Raoul - 11/28/2008 11:33:59 PM
- Re-usable Launch Vehicles - coming to a space port near you. - Robert Clark - 12/5/2008 9:05:30 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - brian gyles - 12/2/2008 7:41:35 PM
  - re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 4:52:34 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - delbert - 11/30/2008 8:55:49 PM
  - re: Orion - Raoul - 11/30/2008 9:15:37 PM
    - re: Orion - Marcia - 12/1/2008 8:33:51 PM
      - re: Orion... and that does not even apply towards Orion... - Marcia - 12/1/2008 8:54:16 PM
        
        The 2009 class of astronauts will be quite different from the Shuttle generation astronauts... - Raoul - 12/1/2008 9:12:09 PM
- A very complicated question with no simple answer. - TB - 11/29/2008 10:08:27 PM
  - The payload is indeed what matters - Raoul - 11/30/2008 8:36:37 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - Raoul - 11/29/2008 9:08:22 AM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: The Necessity and Eventuality - Post Sputnik - 11/29/2008 3:04:51 AM
  - Ariane rockets - Raoul - 11/29/2008 9:06:26 AM
    - re: Ariane rockets - Post Sputnik - 11/29/2008 3:34:17 PM
      - Ariane 5 - Raoul - 11/29/2008 5:06:48 PM
        
        re: Ariane 5 - Shuttle Vs. Straight Stack - Post Sputnik - 11/30/2008 12:14:52 AM
        
        Piggyback isn't the problem - Lee - 11/30/2008 2:55:13 AM
        
        Re-using the engines - Raoul - 11/30/2008 8:48:23 AM
        
        re: Re-using the engines - nick hoffman - 11/30/2008 10:39:59 AM
        
        re: Re-using the engines - Raoul - 11/30/2008 2:06:19 PM
        
        Perhaps it was the height of Hubris? - nick hoffman - 12/1/2008 7:08:06 AM
        
        re: Ariane 5 - Nothing Special - Mike - 11/29/2008 5:29:30 PM
        
        re: Ariane 5 - Nothing Special - Raoul - 11/30/2008 12:58:06 AM
        
        Another Shuttle Failure - Post Sputnik - 12/1/2008 2:49:29 AM
        
        Indeed it landed! - Raoul - 12/1/2008 6:31:26 AM
        
        re: Indeed it landed! - Post Sputnik - 12/1/2008 3:55:05 PM
        
        When that was supposed to happen - Raoul - 12/1/2008 9:42:11 PM
        
        [Inappropriate respons by Post Sputnick deleted] - Moderator Nick - 12/2/2008 10:37:17 AM
        
        The delusional inanities of Raoul. - Post Sputnik - 12/2/2008 10:52:41 AM
        
        But! - Jacob - 11/29/2008 7:46:41 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 1:37:25 AM
  - The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - nick hoffman - 11/29/2008 3:38:19 AM
    - re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 4:35:54 AM
      - re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - Marsbug - 11/29/2008 5:34:03 PM
        
        re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 1:55:20 AM
        
        re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 2:57:02 AM
        
        Your analogy to the flight trajectory of an ICBM is very significant - nick hoffman - 11/29/2008 11:20:28 PM
        
        re: Your analogy to the flight trajectory of an ICBM is very significant - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 12:50:16 AM
      - NASA did do it with the X-15 (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 11/29/2008 10:42:06 AM
        
        re: NASA did do it with the X-15 - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 12:11:31 PM
    - Difficulty of space travel - dtb - 11/29/2008 4:20:30 AM
      - re: Difficulty of space travel - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 1:18:15 PM
        
        Physics, not engineering - dtb - 11/29/2008 7:27:08 PM
        
        re: Physics, not engineering - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 1:05:42 AM
        
        Sci-Fi, not engineering - nick hoffman - 11/30/2008 8:01:37 AM
        
        My hope - Lee - 12/1/2008 1:24:40 AM
        
        re: Sci-Fi, not engineering - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 10:56:24 AM
        
        WHAT are you smoking? - nick hoffman - 11/30/2008 12:06:26 PM
        
        re: WHAT are you smoking? - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 4:07:39 PM
        
        Aeronautics v Astronautics - Raoul - 11/29/2008 2:07:54 PM
        
        re: Aeronautics v Astronautics - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 1:08:54 AM
  - re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 2:19:47 AM
    - Another problem for RLVs is the market - Raoul - 11/29/2008 9:21:30 AM

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