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• Commented on Russian Soyuz-2.1b Launch Failure

  One thing of note -- the RD engine in question in the article is part of the Soyuz-2 second stage. It was the telemetry from the Fregat third stage that was reporting the change (explosion) and subsequent tumble prior to...

• Commented on Stratolaunch Systems Unveiled

  Well, I had a couple days to mull this over, and no one answered my first question.. so let me elaborate. First question still stands -- is there *any* history of someone dropping a rocket in this fashion that is/was...

• Commented on Stratolaunch Systems Unveiled

  Um, hold on a second, dumb question -- has anyone dropped a liquid-fueled booster in this manner before? This just screams wrong to me for some reason... --dT...

• Commented on Apollo on Steroids Redux: Big Rockets Are The Only Answer

  I have a question I've never really seen an answer to on these boards, so I'll man up and ask: There has been a lot of talk about, as we move out from the Earth, about the ability to make...

• Commented on SpaceX Unveils Fully Reusable Falcon 9 Plans

  Heh.. can you imagine the fun when Falcon Heavy goes up and they do recovery of 3 cores and the second stage in rapid succession? Gonna be busy at Mission Control... --dT...

• Commented on Florida is Getting Greedy About Human Space Flight

  Don't forget Vandenburg for SpaceX, where they are re-doing a pad for Falcon 9-Heavy launches....

• Commented on SLS Design Unveiled

  Steve, your comment about "I tend to be real cautious about “reusing” components that already exist in the name of saving time and money. It very often works out exactly the opposite to what you’d expect." -- I politely disagree,...

• Commented on Big Rocket - But Where Will It Go?

  Then I guess the capsule on top is a genetic anomaly. Just wish it was evolution instead of de-evolution. --dT...

• Commented on Big Rocket - But Where Will It Go?

  Ok, being a non-rocket scientist.. for testing, or as an alternative configuration, will the core of the SLS be able to lift off on it's own on the power of LH2-fueled engines? Perhaps as a medium-lift launcher? My thinking was...

• Commented on SLS Design Unveiled

  ..and now I laugh at myself.. strike that last about 5 SRB's.. one of the news stories I read left out the word "segment"... LOL. Although that would be cool as heck.. I was trying to wrap my head around...

• Commented on First Orion To Fly In Space Under Construction

  Looking over many of these comments, and finally deciding to sign up and pipe in, my general feeling was "it's too bad everyone has forgotten about Nautilus-X..". Ah, vaporware.... not that it was legit in the first place.. but it...

• Commented on SLS Design Unveiled

  The whole animation seems a bit ridiculous.. for instance, I laugh at the tapered section, where on the Saturn V the LEM was housed -- what pray-tell are they gonna put in that space? Where is the anime of the...