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| Mosfet | Date: Thursday, 21.01.2016, 23:26 | Message # 241 |
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| Beautiful! I was wondering if the configuration of the boosters was not the optimum in terms of thrust/fuel consumption, when I realized that probably most multiple engine rockets have slightly inclined thrusters in order to create a force vector normal to the flight direction, for... improve stability, maybe?
Anyway, always a great show for fans of golden sci-fi era. 
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| Mosfet | Date: Saturday, 09.04.2016, 22:18 | Message # 242 |
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| In other news...
They made it!
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| Destructor1701 | Date: Tuesday, 12.04.2016, 00:24 | Message # 243 |
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| Glorious! And Dragon made it to the station flawlessly.
Tim Peake grappled it with the Canadarm and smooshed it onto a CBM. Unloading started today.
Elon Musk says this landed first stage will be test-fired ten times before being validated for orbital re-flight. He expects it could fly again within 3 months. Musk says he has a commercial customer in mind for the mission. The SES satellite company has been very enthusiastic and has repeatedly stated that they'd be happy to take the first re-flight - something they have reiterated again since CRS-8's landing - so it's very likely them that he's thinking of.
In other news:
Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance Join Forces to Foster a New Era of Sustainable Commercialization in Low Earth Orbit
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Wednesday, 27.04.2016, 17:52 | Message # 244 |
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| SpaceX has announced that they plan to launch Dragon missions to the surface of Mars, perhaps as soon as 2018, as part of their long-term Mars strategy. NASA will be providing technical assistance.
https://www.facebook.com/SpaceX/posts/10157373585560131
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016....mission
All forum users, please read this!
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| Mosfet | Date: Saturday, 07.05.2016, 16:57 | Message # 245 |
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| So, yesterday a Falcon 9 first stage safely landed on a sea platform, again.
We could get used to, if this happens for another couple of launches 
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