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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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| | Re: Building big
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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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| | Re: Space Idea - Artificial Gravity
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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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| | Re: Ship Building Weekend at Scott Sanburn's - Trevor Pruden and Tim Courtney in Attendance
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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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