Interesting

NASA: Need another seven astronauts.

What a way to go!

Musta been left out in the rain.

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:17:51 -0600, the infamous technomaNge scrawled the following:

It's exactly the same technology, but it has a different decal.

-- Q: How many climate scientists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: None. There's a consensus that it's going to change, so they've decided to keep us in the dark.

ASSHOLE

But, but, but... doesn't it also kind of depend on wind power? ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Aerohydrothermonuclear?

ASSHOLE: Another Seven Spacemen Hit Outer Limits Eventually.

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:03:11 -0800, the infamous Rich Grise scrawled the following:

The deluxe model can utilize wind power as an additional drying agent, but the original model 1.0 unit can work without it, albeit a bit more slowly.

-- Q: How many climate scientists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: None. There's a consensus that it's going to change, so they've decided to keep us in the dark.

Let the Record show that Gunner Asch on or about Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:21:09 -0800 did write/type or cause to appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Mansion of E.

This has a glacial pacing, and a convoluted story, and did I mention the pacing is a bit slow? But it has a weird story, and characters, and after a while ... it almost makes sense.

- pyotr filipivich We will drink no whiskey before its nine. It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

If the plane has had a recent total physical and wasn't going over water or a crowded urban area with no place to put it down, yes.

Yes - But.

I'd feel a whole lot better if they solve the known critical problems like the foam-shedding problem on the external fuel tanks first. Adding a layer of fiberglass or kevlar mesh to hold the foam together isn't that hard.

And it's above 60F at launch so there's no chance of a SRB O-Ring failure. (Another "I Told You So!" moment.)

And they send you up with a "Bondo Kit" to patch the tiles if one does get chewed up - or they have another shuttle on standby.

There are still some really hazardous parts of the process that they haven't even tried to solve or mitgate. Things they will hopefully fix in the replacement vehicles.

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That just speeds it up a bit. ...lew...

Quite a bit. They'll dry under the roof overhang in calm, damp weather but it can take 3 days. Freezing cold doesn't actually make that much difference, sheets and dress shirts etc dry in a day, towels and thick woolens in two or they can come in damp and finish on the Russian clothes dryer (rope across the room)

jsw

Did your mother have any kids without brain damage?

Bruce, we are still at the 'Model t' stage. It will take several more generations of designs to get safer vehicles, or exemptions from some 'greenie' crap. The original foam held a lot better, but it was banned. The current foam is crap, but all that is legal for them to use.

They should just use breakaway foam. When the SRBs light off, the vibration would break the foam, and it'd slough off while the shuttle is still on the pad, and the foam can't do any harm. Condensation after launch shouldn't be a problem - the H2 and O2 are burned up within a few minutes anyway.

Cheers! Rich

The "awesome" Mary Shafer recently enlightened her fans on this very matter.

Note her use of "we" and "SR-71".

jsw

I had one of their mid engine vans... ;-)