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Post by Joe on Jul 7, 2011 20:34:31 GMT -5
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Ed Burke
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Healthy living is fine, but it's having fun that keeps us going!
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Post by Ed Burke on Jul 8, 2011 5:14:54 GMT -5
Wow, that has to be the world's most complex glider. Ok, so it can power up but EEEEEEEHAAAA!
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Post by Tom Goodrick on Jul 8, 2011 6:57:16 GMT -5
It is strange to see those hygrometers hanging in place on either seat. They obviously have no function in any condition other than parked on the ground.
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Post by Joe on Jul 8, 2011 14:08:27 GMT -5
Ohhh. I wondered what those were. Maybe they intend to turn the shuttle into the world's most expensive walk-in humidor!
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Post by louross on Jul 9, 2011 20:12:50 GMT -5
Absolutely amazing! Thaks for the link.
lr.
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Post by Chris Ross on Jul 10, 2011 0:50:21 GMT -5
Wow Interesting office
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Post by Tom Goodrick on Jul 10, 2011 9:13:10 GMT -5
When I worked at NASA, I had a thick notebook on my desk that had all of the Shuttle aerodynamics data in it. My boss had 8 other thick notebooks that had all the systems and flight operations data in them.
For many "future" vehicle designs, I used the shuttle data as the baseline. I know that data still exists but whether it will ever be used in the future I don't know.
For the past 15 years, "Economy" has been the goal of our space program. You still have to do miraculous things, but do them cheaply. I am not surprised to see we still have no follow-on program with the same capability. It will be interesting to see how many people die while the commercial companies work the bugs out of their replacement systems.
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