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Re: Personal Orbital Insertion Vehicle
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:00:16 GMT
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Brad, that's really cool! I like how you incorparated all those 'castle'
slopes and parts. The modularity is nice, as is the red color. It looks
very 'near-future.' Though isn't the space capsule a bit small for all that
power?
-JHK
In lugnet.announce.moc, Brad Hamilton writes:
> This is a prototype space ship for the upcoming Bricktopia space port.
> Unfortunately, it turned out too big to use in such an urban landscape, so
> it will have to be relegated to remote launch sites.
>
> Here are the pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25940
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> Front View:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=249972
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> The vehicle launches upright, using its massive first stage to propel it to
> an extremely fast velocity:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=250199
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> As the vehicle reaches the upper atmosphere, the fuel in the first stage
> runs out and it is jettisoned. The two small cylinders on the top hold
> parachutes that are deployed during descent. Thus, the first stage can be
> recovered and reused for a future launch.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=249968
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> The vehicle continues with the second stage powering it into orbit.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=250200
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> Once orbit is reached, the second stage is detached and glides back to earth
> via an automated flight system. The final capsule continues on to perform
> satellite maintenance or to dock with the space station:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=250196
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> Once the mission is complete, the capsule glides back to earth.
>
> Feedback is appreciated.
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