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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    Had to buy a new PC 2 weeks ago - came home and found pc DOA There was a power failure and resulting surge fried it ..........
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    Question Should Elon Musk Launch his own mission to the moon ?

    A modified Dragon capsule could be lanched in a year, sooner if things go right using a Falcon Heavy booster Go back over 50 years - In 1965 the US could have launched a 2 man Gemini capsule on a circum-lunar mission using a 3 stage Saturn I (Cntaur upper stage) There were serious studies...
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    Question Should Elon Musk Launch his own mission to the moon ?

    Should Elon Musk launch a mission to the moon on his own , page 1 Looks like the BIDEN administration is about the trash the US space program, just like Obama did In the past few weeks been messing with Musk and launch schedule...
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    Question Mice in the house

    Cata are good at keeping pests out of gardens, When growing up had a cat which loved to hunt - would keep birds and rodents (squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits) out of mom's vegetable garden When cat got too old to go outside , the vegetables would all get chewed up by the pests
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    Or the nesting grounds for the "moon pigeons" .........

    Or the nesting grounds for the "moon pigeons" .........
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    Living Apollo Astronauts

    John Young first flew on the first manned Gemini launch Gemini 3 in March 1965 with Gus Grissom. He later commanded Gemini 10 in July 1966 Young flew on Apollo 10 in May 1969. Apollo 10 descended to within of 50,000 ft of lunar surface He later commanded Apollo 16 which landed on moon...
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    Living Apollo Astronauts

    Here are to date the living Apollo astronauts Apollo 7 (earth orbit system checkout) Walt Cunningham Apollo 8 (lunar orbit) Frank Borman James Lovell Bill Anders Apollo 9 (earth orbit - Lem checkout) James MC Devitt Dave Scott Russel Schweikert Apollo 10 Thomas Stafford...
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    News The US space agency (Nasa) has formally outlined its $28bn (£22bn) plan to return to the Moon by 2024.

    Musk has already considered using modified Crew Dragon for circumlunar flight Japanese billionaire was supposed to take flight around moon using Crew Dragon booster was supposed to be Starship Trip around moon will take 6 1/2 - 7 days within capacity of Crew Dragon As for "shaky"...
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    When Britain Nuked America....Twice!

    USAF adopted the English Canberra as the Martin B 57 albeit in a highly modified form
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    News The US space agency (Nasa) has formally outlined its $28bn (£22bn) plan to return to the Moon by 2024.

    NASA lays out $28 billion plan to return astronauts to the moon in 2024, page 2 What about flying a circumlunar around the moon flight using a modified Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by Falcon Heavy booster Space X had...
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    Germany's U-2 - WW2s Highest Air Combat

    Here is something else to ponder - Nazi launching first man into space almost 20 years before Gagarin and Shephard Payload capacity of V2 was about 1000 kg (2200 lbs) and was capable of reaching over 100 miles (160 km( in a vertical flight feasible could have designed and flown a...
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    News Germany eyes space satellite launchpad in North Sea

    I dont know about this Last time Germany was involved in building rockets it didnt end well ..............
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    Updates SLS Updates

    SPACEX has already done the studies about using Dragon on lunar missions. This includes heavier heat shield, radiation hardening of electronics, better communications to operate at lunar distances and navigation upgrades as Dragon currently uses GPS Also probably need some habitability...
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    Updates SLS Updates

    Interesting article from ARS TECHNICA about using modified Dragon spacecraft and SPACE X Falcon Heavy as boosters to fly to moon https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/could-a-dragon-spacecraft-fly-humans-to-the-moon-its-complicated/ A modified Dragon is well within the capability of a...
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    Updates SLS Updates

    Jeez Is that a coloring book they are working on ???
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