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WI: Falcon Heavy to Mars
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing. It looks high-level, of course, but nicely thought out (I'm a big fan of the risk matrix at the end).
Apr 12, 2024
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Mars, Air, Fire, Water 7 June 2002 Lander Hall Phobos Transfer Orbit Altitude: 5700 mi Alexei had the gauges; Laura kept her eyes...
Apr 11, 2024
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Roll Out The turn of the millennium found a generational turnover in progress in reusable vehicles. NASA’s Space Shuttle carried on its...
Apr 2, 2024
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The Dream Survives
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Love this so far! However, I do wonder how much longer NASA can buck the OTL historical failure rate of ~1 loss-of-vehicle per 100...
Apr 1, 2024
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Apogee The concept of NASA replacing a station with a smaller commercially-enabled crew-tended platform had been rejected thanks to the...
Apr 1, 2024
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Divergence The opening of the 1980s had put to rest the question of whether NASA could build and fly a reusable vehicle. The new Space...
Apr 1, 2024
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Climbing The Wall The Shuttle is to space flight what Lindbergh was to commercial aviation. — Arthur C. Clarke[1] If the Space Shuttle...
Apr 1, 2024
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A Sound of Thunder: The Rise of the Soviet Superbooster
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Honestly, I've been so busy with other stuff I haven't had a chance to follow the thread so closely. It's nice that the thread keeps...
Mar 28, 2024
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A Sound of Thunder: The Rise of the Soviet Superbooster
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The talented brickmack has done a model of this Ariane X concept. Here are some cool renders of it.
Mar 25, 2024
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A Sound of Thunder: The Rise of the Soviet Superbooster
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In addition to the points on cost already made, launching on an expendable vehicle means a need for automated rendezvous and docking...
Mar 22, 2024
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Station crew sizes: Zarya is nominally 3, up to 6 on crew handover. It could be more, if to wanted more Slava's launched at once -...
Mar 18, 2024
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A couple of bonus images, taking a closer look at the expanded Skylab-B, plus a comparison of the US and Soviet stations of the late-1980s.
Mar 16, 2024
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I've made a Lego recreation of the Zvezda program in 1:110 scale, the same as Lego Saturn V, to celebrate this achievement! If anyone...
Mar 3, 2024
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Just wanted to say congrats to A Sound of Thunder and @nixonshead - fantastic work on that timeline!
Feb 27, 2024
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Many congratulations to @nixonshead, a well deserved win!
Feb 27, 2024
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