Orion Test Flight Imminent
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Re: Orion Test Flight Imminent
by Spider » Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:48 pm
Nobody has come up with a better way. SpaceX has a propulsive landing concept, but that's quite a ways off. Capsules just work. It's why everyone uses them.
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Re: Orion Test Flight Imminent
by The Comrade » Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:02 am
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Re: Orion Test Flight Imminent
by Spider » Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:28 am
Thanks. I missed the launch and I've been looking for a complete video. Nice!
Splashdown in a couple hours apparently.
Splashdown in a couple hours apparently.
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Re: Orion Test Flight Imminent
by spacemonkey » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:15 pm
Its probably totally possible to send a human to mars, but why? Just to say we did it?
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Re: Orion Test Flight Imminent
by John Galt » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:31 pm
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Orion Test Flight Imminent
by John Galt » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:43 pm
it's crazy to think about but this is the first time in over 40 years a spacecraft made for humans has been beyond LEO. been a long time coming
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