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Shuttle Columbia STS-107
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377I corrected my earlier post. I agree it would not have been possible to reach townstock-2/5/2003
376Perhaps I am highly cynical, but even if a rescue could have been accomplished tYogizuna-2/5/2003
375<i>Did Magellan have a rescue mission in mind? Columbus? Do all the partieYogizuna-2/5/2003
374<I>I read Sig's post, and was astounded it was just now proposed.</Yogizuna-2/5/2003
373Yes, there is no doubt the Columbia's mission should have been aborted as soYogizuna-2/5/2003
372Thank you for the head's up on that interesting article. It amazes me how Yogizuna-2/5/2003
371In the 1970s, there was not enough money around for us to drive anything much beYogizuna-2/5/2003
370Larry, Yes a free standing tethered structure with a counter weight at the end tBill Jackson-2/5/2003
369TECH TALK ON THE WEB: Climbing A Beanstalk To The Moon Larry S.-2/5/2003
368Oral, There is a large diffence between a sub oxygen generator where the dissociBill Jackson-2/5/2003
367Clark, I understand, thanks for the input. BillBill Jackson-2/5/2003
366greg, There was a large fiber glassed sphere in the debris photos, looked to be Bill Jackson-2/5/2003
365Jim, Possibly the skipping analogy as in water to air is not as precise. It is aBill Jackson-2/5/2003
364Oral, I see a resort to an external expert, who conveniently remains unknown. ThBill Jackson-2/5/2003
363LOL Hilarious post. Perhaps he is going for the Rube Goldberg award. Maybe wesandintoes-2/5/2003
362I was convinced of his confusion when he was going to make O2 from water with soOral Roberts-2/5/2003
361Don't confuse him with facts. It only makes HIM confused.sandintoes-2/5/2003
360Do you realize your telling a guy who has forgotten more about the shuttle then Oral Roberts-2/5/2003
359That's not exactly how they did it Apollo. The had the horizontal velocity J.B.C.-2/5/2003
358Bill, re: <i>also need no high pressure of super cooled tank for storage&greg s-2/5/2003
357Bill - <i>the O2 for electricity can be used in a pinch.</i> Yeah -Clarksterh-2/5/2003
356JBC, Yes, I see, from greg, a hypergolic combination that needs no ignition, butBill Jackson-2/5/2003
355Clark, I see, another avenue closed, however, the O2 for electricity can be usedBill Jackson-2/5/2003
354Jim, STrange, that is how they did Apollo> Since density varies dramatically Bill Jackson-2/5/2003
353Bill, your skipping theory is nice but not practical. Imagine you're skippiJ.B.C.-2/5/2003
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