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Re: Presenting the Suborbital Defender
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Date: 
Sat, 3 Aug 2002 01:52:55 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Mladen Pejic writes:
It has a very clean and "efficient" look to it. Everything that it needs to
function is there; no superfluous parts.

The only thing I think it's missing is fuel tanks -- but I wiggle my fingers
like this and *poof* it magically flies anyway!  :-,

I think that the reaction mass is probably the single most common neglected
component of spacecraft seen here, but who knows what propulsion will be
like in 100 years?  Maybe we'll be pulling all the mass we need out of thin
air by then...

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  Re: Presenting the Suborbital Defender
 
"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:H08vw7.As9@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) fingers (...) neglected (...) thin (...) In my universe, the engines double as the power source (ie, electrical, weapons, lights) and the prupulsion source. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)

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  Re: Presenting the Suborbital Defender
 
I like this model, yup, sure do... ;-) It has a very clean and "efficient" look to it. Everything that it needs to function is there; no superfluous parts. Anyways, good job Jeremy. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)

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