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January 25, 2004 at 10:56 pm in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2658181

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True, stopping and re-starting is not a good idea as far as fuel is concerned.

I was thinking more along the lines of synchronizing the speeds so that the relative velocity between the two is zero. Docking should be possible then without ‘stopping’, right? Anyway, what is the defintion of ‘stopping’ in space? What is your frame of reference.

Or is my idea just BS? I am just thinking out aloud…so pardon my fantastic ideas. 😉

January 25, 2004 at 6:29 am in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2658774

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Originally posted by SOC
Bah. None of this really matters. I’ll crown the REAL “Space Race” winner…and it’ll be whoever sends something to Mars that actually functions 😀

That being said, maybe a manned mission is the way to go-you can carry your own engineer to fix the craft when it inevitably falls prey to Mars’s Law and goes FUBAR 😀

How many people do you think will be on the first mission?

Say 10 months up and 10 months down, unless radical new technologies like Photon drives 😀 are invented before then. How is the crew going to put up with only each other and no one else for so long and still remain sane? The social dynamics alone are mind boggling.

Imagine the quantity of food required for 20 months. Will it have to be loaded all at launch, or will there be waypoints with pre-launched capsules in position which will replenish the spaceship.

What about waste generation and recycling for 20 months?

How many levels of redundancy in the systems would be required for ALL functions (since advanced repairs are more or less impossible en route, all systems are critical systems i guess)

Daunting challenges ahead..

January 25, 2004 at 4:59 am in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2658815

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What i meant when i agreed that the ‘race’ has ended is that any future endeavour (atleast monumental ones, like the ISS) will be based on [b]co-operation[/b] rather than outright rivalry (eg: the USSR and the USA) between the various space agencies.

So its not necessarily a ‘race’ anymore..

BTW, i dont agree that the previous space race had an undisputed winner (USA). Perhaps i should have made it clearer in my previous post…

January 25, 2004 at 4:54 am in reply to: nice Raven pic… #2658819

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Originally posted by PhantomII
What’s up with that first “photo”?

Something about it looks odd, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

Looks like the whole pic is computer generated.

But maybe I am just paranoid 😀

January 25, 2004 at 4:50 am in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2658839

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My amateurish understanding is that unless unmanned missions are perfected and mastered, sending humans to Mars is like giving them a One-Way ticket. It appears to me that the distance is simply too much, if something does go wrong.:(

2014 seems very optimistic to me, given the time frame it takes to develop ‘even’ advanced fighters these days, let alone complex manned spacecraft for 10 month missions..

January 25, 2004 at 4:42 am in reply to: Kondor-E + Yakhont/Brahmos #2658845

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Interesting snippet from the link

<< The Salut official was also impressed with J-10 program and noted Israel’s deep involvement in the program.>>

Hmm, it looks like Israel did transfer the Lavi tech to china.

Also see his take on the WS-10

<< This year, for the first time in my experience, a very high Saturn official with extensive exposure to the PLA’s advanced aircraft engine sector stated that the new WS-10A, reported to be an impressive 13,200kg thrust turbofan, could be in service in about 5 years. >>

Is this schedule about right?

January 24, 2004 at 5:59 am in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2659909

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Originally posted by PhantomII

At this point in time I’d say the Space Race has already ended with the United States coming in first and Russia coming in second.
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Quite true. The race has indeed ended. The US and Russia were truly the pioneers. Its amazing, what these two nations achieved in about 30 years of space exploration.

Until something original, like a manned mission to mars or something is made, everything else is just a repetition of what one or both of the pioneers have already done.

January 24, 2004 at 5:48 am in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2659917

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More powerful than the first!!

January 24, 2004 at 5:45 am in reply to: Bush Fears that China will Win Space Race. #2659951

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Originally posted by matt
you want to send weapons in space? hmm have fun 🙂 …It Nearly made the US bankrupt, and please do spend millions on putting weopons up into space

Space-based weapons eh? Yeah, i learned my lesson the hard way:

January 23, 2004 at 11:44 pm in reply to: J-10 MASS Production Starts. #2660097

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test post. Please ignore.

Thanks.
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