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Forum: Space Flight and Operations
28th Feb 2024, 10:57
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

I may have expressed myself a little too harsh......

I may have expressed myself a little too harsh... But few people know, that privately funded spaceflight is not a recent invention, because it began exactly 50 years ago with a company called "OTRAG"...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 19:49
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

I have been following events and see nothing but...

I have been following events and see nothing but failure. Government funded space exploration may be slow and expensive, but it works fine and produces results that teach us things we could not even...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 16:44
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

These have the advantage that they can hover in...

These have the advantage that they can hover in an actively controlled vertical attitude, as demonstated in at least one Starship test flight, until there is no more horizontal motion. Not much, or...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 14:08
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

Here:...

Here: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-moon-phases-space-odysseus-2440372
It seems they want to capitalise on these statues by selling NFTs.

Spaceflight should broaden the horizon of...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 13:14
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

I wrote "rubber" as a simple example, comressed...

I wrote "rubber" as a simple example, comressed gas (already present on the spacecraft), metal springs or pyrotechnics (which are not really expensive compared to the total cost of such a mission)...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 13:05
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

Tilt is one thing that will throw your spacecraft...

Tilt is one thing that will throw your spacecraft on it's side, but much more important is a horizontal residual motion upon touchdown. Lunar gravity, the force that will hold it down, is only 1/6 of...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 12:13
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

Some things are simple, even when building...

Some things are simple, even when building spacecraft. Add a hinge at the base of each leg and a simple mechanism, in zero gravity rubber bands would be sufficient, to extend them once on the way to...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 10:22
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

Yes, indeed. The investors begin to react (as I...

Yes, indeed. The investors begin to react (as I would too): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intuitive-machines-stock-plummets-moon-105138570.html
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
24th Feb 2024, 13:01
Replies: 59
Views: 3,345
Posted By what next

But this was known long before the "Odysseus"...

But this was known long before the "Odysseus" lander was designed. One can seriously ask the question why the designers placed the centre of gravity so high, that the maximum permissible slope of the...
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