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Post by Attero Dominatus on Aug 11, 2011 2:41:34 GMT -5
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Post by Floyd Looney on Aug 11, 2011 12:25:41 GMT -5
Sure is. Maybe that Bigelow space station will get built someday after all.
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Post by Attero Dominatus on Aug 11, 2011 15:48:05 GMT -5
The cost per pound for the space shuttle was 10,000 dollars. 50 dollars is cheaper than dirt and within the realm of mountain climbers, high end amateur astronomers. I hope Space X brings costs down even further so we can see sub-orbital passenger travel, space hotels and new manned missions to the moon and mars.
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Post by Floyd Looney on Aug 12, 2011 16:10:00 GMT -5
Competition will help!
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Post by Attero Dominatus on Aug 12, 2011 18:30:03 GMT -5
Yes it will.
In Robert Heinlein's book Friday, airline travel has been replaced by semi-ballistic space planes. They accelerate onto a suborbital trajectory and then freefall all the way to the landing site.
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Post by Floyd Looney on Aug 12, 2011 18:44:59 GMT -5
Air Traffic Control must be one tough job! lol
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