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https://www.airspacemag.com/space/abort-180970364/?spMailingID=36920071&spUserID=NDUyMDg1NjY5NzMxS0&spJobID=1382657534&spReportId=MTM4MjY1NzUzNAS2 Ron
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Re: travel'in
IMO, One of the greatest problems with ALL of the branches of "science" are their overwhelming propensity for "Rut Thinking". -- Example = For how many decades did everyone insist that dinosaurs must
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Dan G
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NASA's alien-hunter has gone dark and scientists aren't sure why | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasas-alien-hunter-has-gone-dark-and-scientists-arent-sure-why We all know why
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Terry Sofian
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travel'in
I just got through watching a TV show about space and travel and other civilizations and it hit me ... what the real problem with figuring out how to travel the universe is the way the so called
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Travel'in
I know you'll find this weird but the truth is when it comes to traveling though the universe and beyond I don't believe we have found or are even working on a real solution to a propulsion system yet
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Congress Revisits UFO Incidents
Yea, they will probably label that "swamp gas" too. I trust them as far as I trust New York newspapers ... Ron
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Congress Revisits UFO Incidents
This could get Very Interesting! . . . Or we could just get buried by even more MJ-12 BS. We have been down this road before. = Gotta wait and see, I reckon.
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Dan G
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Re: Braking A Nuclear Thrust Driven Spacecraft
This might not be an issue. There will be very little for a ship to fly though. In an Orion yes a bomb detonates in your path but the shield is still there. It is it like a land vehicle driving
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Terry Sofian
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Re: Braking A Nuclear Thrust Driven Spacecraft
I got a headache trying to do all that reading ... LOL Honestly kind of interesting but way past anything I would really understand. Get past a Boss 429 engine with 2/4bbl carbs and/or a blower and
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Re: Braking A Nuclear Thrust Driven Spacecraft
LOL Ron! -- Yeah, I've also looked into various forms of "Spacesails" over the years. (Being an Old Salt, sails seem to come naturally. LOL) There are a surprising number of variations, both s-f and
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Dan G
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Braking A Nuclear Thrust Driven Spacecraft
Oh you kids, just want to hot rod all over the universe ... Mylar sail, that's the way to go ... cryogenic sleep while traveling ... you'll get where your going in a blink or two of the eye and do it
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Braking A Nuclear Thrust Driven Spacecraft
Since the dawn of the Atomic Age writers and scientists have been tinkering around with the idea of using nuclear reactions in some form or another to push spaceships far beyond the bounds of
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Dan G
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Re: US airman who claimed he saw top secret NASA photos of alien structures on the moon dies in horror bike crash
Considering our current "News" media. = The SUN is about as reliable as any other IMO. = Agent "K" Recommended & Approved! LOL https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zYQSBOMpb3Q/maxresdefault.jpg? But I do gotta
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Dan G
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reputable news source
I will check it out. I would love to find a source for news that doesn't try to make a mountain out of a mole hill or isn't so bias as to be about as obvious as they could possibly be. Ron
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Re: Very clever fusion of Space 1999 and OTL
Now THAT'S my idea of Atompunk!!! I like his Gemini Saturn Probe and Dynasoar as well!!! VERY NICE! But wish that they were 1/72 scale. (not that I have much time for that nowadays, but winter is
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Dan G
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Re: reputable news source
The Christian science monitor is actually still one
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Terry Sofian
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reputable news source
LOL - reputable news source - LOL That's the best joke I've heard in years!!!! I think if there ever was one it died out with the dinosaurs ... Ron
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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US airman who claimed he saw top secret NASA photos of alien structures on the moon dies in horror bike crash
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7512409/us-airman-who-claimed-he-saw-top-secret-nasa-photos-of-alien-structures-on-the-moon-dies-in-horror-bike-accident/ The sun is a reputable news source? right?
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Terry Sofian
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Re: Very clever fusion of Space 1999 and OTL
Nice looking ship. Ron [email protected]> wrote:
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Ron Hunt <btlarea@...>
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Very clever fusion of Space 1999 and OTL
https://www.shapeways.com/product/4B4U3DHKE/nasc-gemini-hawk?optionId=42963628&li=marketplace Gemini meets the Hawk Mk IX Really great idea!
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Terry Sofian
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