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China's Space Program
Posted by omb00900@...
30th Sep 2011
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American supremacy is on vacation
Posted by mheartwood
3rd Oct 2011
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China's Space Program
The American consumers' dollars at work!
Posted by omb00900@...
30th Sep 2011
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End of American supremacy
Now that NASA has no way to put astronauts in space, the end of americans space adventure is falling in pieces as their satellites are.
It's sad to see it happened.
It's sad to see it happened.
Posted by fernandolml
Updated - 30th Sep 2011
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American supremacy is on vacation
If we were willing to settle for the same level of safety as the space shuttle, there are commercial american companies that already have the capabilities of putting astronauts in space, delivering them to the ISS, and returning them to earth alive and no worse for wear.
However, if we want the system to be safer, to be sure of avoiding a Challenger-type accident again, then it's going to take between 2 and 3 years. Time is needed to develop effective emergency launch escape systems. It's hard to pull a capsule or a mini-shuttle off of a rocket that is rushing up from behind and not end up with flattened humans in the process.
However, if we want the system to be safer, to be sure of avoiding a Challenger-type accident again, then it's going to take between 2 and 3 years. Time is needed to develop effective emergency launch escape systems. It's hard to pull a capsule or a mini-shuttle off of a rocket that is rushing up from behind and not end up with flattened humans in the process.
Posted by mheartwood
3rd Oct 2011