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(...) There are no retro rockets used in an Apollo re-entry to Earth. Only the heat of friction and the parachutes slow the ship down from orbital speeds to the slow speed required for a safe splashdown. (...) If there was such a laboratory it would (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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There are plenty on brickbay: (URL) link might not work, so if it doesn't search for: "Brick, Round 2 x 2 x 2 with Fins " THE space logo is the little planet with the 'ring' around it. The ice planet log is the same thing, but with snow on the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Oh, I see now... very cool! It'll be tricky to make it "airtight" but I hope you can manage it. Keep it up! --Bill. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's more complicated than that. The rocket was a several-stage affair; the first few stages would drop off and burn up as you head up through the atmosphere; by the time you reach orbit only a small amount of rocket is left. The Lunar Module (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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Jesse & All, (...) Thanks. I have no idea how many plates and bricks, but let's say several hundred right now, maybe a coupe thousand so far, in the incomplete phase. Tim Courtney uses a multilayer plate technique to form the base of the ship, and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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Jesse & All, (...) Thanks. I have no idea how many plates and bricks, but let's say several hundred right now, maybe a coupe thousand so far, in the incomplete phase. Tim Courtney uses a multilayer plate technique to form the base of the ship, and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Dave, you are correct in observing a small mistake concerning the rockets. There were parachutes that helped the rockets land in the ocean but even so, in a unique way, the parachute acted not only with but against the retro rockets because (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The second piece is exactly what I need for my Gaea Federation Galaxy Destroyer. I need two of those pieces, preferrably the same color. Thank you for knowing what I needed for my space craft. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.space, Jesse Alan Long writes: (snipped some stuff) (...) (snipped the rest of the scientific discussion) I think you've failed to consider that a bulky ugly craft with lots of antennas and other pointy pieces would be very handy when (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I like your space craft. How many Lego bricks and plates did you use in the space craft? Is "Naked Space" one of those motion pictures that the Mystery Science Theater 3000 people forget to watch in their vault or is it something worse than (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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Plates mounted sideways. If I can figure out how to make it spin, don't you think I'm halfway there already? ;-) I want to make something that nobody has been able to do with LEGO, I'm not going to quit so easily... (...) how (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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I've just added a new image: (...) how (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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Hi Jesse: (...) A distinction must be made between controlled and uncontrolled re-entry. In the case of the Apollo (and various other pre-shuttle craft) entry was controlled, to an extent, as you indicate. Of course friction was still intense, but (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) <big snip> (...) Would this be in this family? (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) They only have one at Wal-Mart the last time I checked, which was yesterday. :.( Jesse Long (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The Apollo space craft were essentially rockets that allowed for humans to live inside of them in a small compartment and your fuel was primarily used for sending you into outer space and not necessarily down from space. The fuel that was left (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Police II space craft that has a single stud version of that rocket piece and that piece resembles the cylindrical single stud brick but it has four fins on the side of the brick. I have seen those pieces for sale but the piece that I want is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Very cool for microfig ... but I have long been wondering how to do this to minifig scale (and have it be "airtight"). --Bill. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Jesse Alan Long writes: <snip> (...) That is a real picture. It was taken with my digital camera, and the background was inserted with photoshop. (...) <snip> Well, since there is no gravity (ok, very little) there is no need for (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks for the feedback. I don't know what the problem is with that mouseove effect. It worked on my computer at home, but when I uploaded it to the net it stopped working... I don't know; maybe I'll replace it with something else. ZaC Soden (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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