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| | | Op een zekere dag, te weten Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:07:16 GMT, klom "Matt Marshall" <Matt@rapturesoft.hy...rmart.net> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) Don't underestimate the Russians! They where the first to take a sattelite into space, the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) ^^^^^ I was skimming this, paying more attention to trying to stay awake than fully read it. So I read that as "the first man in space, the first woman, the first dog, ..." and I thought, "wow, the Russians put a whole family in space. Add a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Ardjan Besse
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| | | | | | Op een zekere dag, te weten Thu, 8 Oct 1998 22:02:58 GMT, klom cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) Well, as far as I know, they once tried to make a family in the Mir.... 8-) That can be a fun thing to do, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | Ardjan Besse wrote in message <361e1892.24643415@l...et.com>... (...) Is that possible in zero-g? I've read that it's impossible in freefall, unless you get a head start before you jump out of the plane. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Matt Marshall
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| | | | | | I heard that there is a college trying to get grant money to try it out in zero-g sorry don't remember much about it most of it was related to me from my cousin. Scary thing is that they might get it. Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) 8-) (...) (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | They weren't the first to have a Space Shuttle, though. Do they still use it? I assume, if they do, that's how they get to the Mir Space Station. Am I right? Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Jesse Long
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| | | | Jeff Stembel wrote in message <363CECBB.671140E8@aol.com>... (...) If you mean the Russians, they use their heavy launch rocket with a capsule, or they bum a ride on the US Space Shuttle. They don't use theirs anymore. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Matthew Marshall
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| | | | It's uhh frozen, literally. They keep it in Siberia I think. Personally I think the Russian who decided that had a wee bit too much vodka(1). They did have it up for sale once and it is technically superior to our own shuttle. Jesse Long wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | But the first launch of the shuttle Buran (Blizzard) launched during a blizzard! Jeff p.s. - What Capsule do they use? Soyuz? Or a new one I haven't heard of? (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | Jeff Stembel wrote in message <363E8913.DB8CDBE4@aol.com>... (...) Soyuz. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) I think that's because theirs was built after America's. US shuttle design was firmed up using mid-70's technology, as well as some stuff left over from the 60's. I'm not saying theirs isn't good, but it takes quite a bit of cash to finance (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here? —Matthew Marshall
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| | | | Actually thee design if I recall cost lest to run than our does. I'm willing to bet that china(scary thought) could do it, or Japan but I think that it was more of safety thing because they auctioned off around the time those capsules didn't slow (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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