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Space Stations, Space Shuttles and Beyond - The Aerospace Discussion Thread
Akima:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Dec 2015, 01:22 ---There were enough people who said that this literally could not be done. I'm glad to see them proved wrong.
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Now that is how spaceships ought to land; on pillars of fire! <--- Space Cadet Akima.
That's a major technical achievement, and congratulations are due to the team. The rub will be the economics. Let us not forget that the Space Shuttle was supposed to usher in an era of lower-cost access to space, and ended up more expensive in terms of kilogrammes to LEO than the Saturn V. Every gramme of mass devoted to systems needed to land that first stage is a gramme of payload sacrificed. I'm sure the Falcon team has done its financial modelling, and I hope it works out in practice.
Kugai:
They would have done Akima if the Airborne Launch Development had had the funding it required to develop
Akima:
Coulda, woulda, shoulda... Everything works perfectly on paper.
mustang6172:
Stephen Hawking is backing a project to send a microprobe to Alpha Centauri.
http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/hawking-backs-project-to-launch-probe-to-nearby-star-160412.htm
SubaruStephen:
--- Quote ---Milner, meanwhile, is also funding the Breakthrough Message project, which will award up to $1 million in prizes to people who craft the best messages to send out to any intelligent life that may be listening.
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My message is "We taste horrible and are likely poisonous."
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