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The Art of Aerobraking

Posted by michael on from the flat-rock-on-a-still-pond dept.

gizmo_mathboy writes: "Yahoo! Dailynews has the following Space.com article about the risk of using aerobraking for orbital insertion of spacecraft versus the certainty of using conventional propulsion systems. This is all explained in terms of the Mars Global Surveyor craft that is expected to do its orbital insertion on October 23. Skip the wimpy aerobraking and as a prophead trapped in a code monkey's job I say, "In Thrust We Trust.""

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  1. The Taliban Hate Banking by FuckTheTaliban · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They'd be more interested in finding a way to change their indenties and fly away to never-never land.

    We are about to nuke their fucking shit ridden homeland back to the Stone Age.

    Good day!

    1. Re:The Taliban Hate Banking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      We are about to nuke their fucking shit ridden homeland back to the Stone Age.

      It's already there...

    2. Re:The Taliban Hate Banking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Troll: We are about to nuke their fucking shit ridden homeland back to the Stone Age.

      AC 1: It's already there...

      AC 2: Well, aren't you a fucking wit.

  2. Aero-Breaking? by Runt-Abu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Surely not like the Aero Honeycomb break out game that's just odd...

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  3. Go ahead, have some respect. by Futurepower(tm) · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    "... as a prophead trapped in a code monkey's job..."

    This is a grown man calling himself a "monkey".

    And Slashdot is news for "Nerds".

    A lot of people who should like themselves don't.

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    Bush's education improvements were
  4. Physical limits of hydrogen displacement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Possibly an application here for penile dysfunction. Will examine further

    --JM

  5. goat? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goat.

  6. IP anyone? by Remote · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My DNS server seems to be screwed...

    Would someone post the IP of the server? (those of CNN and TWPost wouldn't hurt either ;)

    Thanks!

  7. Ahem, posted since yesterday by kaszeta · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Must we always discuss everything twice?

    1. Re:Ahem, posted since yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes, how else would they get a good excuse to reject the GOOD stories?

  8. Re:For those who want to see it in action. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If the science only partially intrigues you, then watch the movie just because it has John Lithgow. I like that actor more than Keanu Reeves.



    John Lithgow and Keanu Reeves are your ideas of good actors? My God!


    Then again, this is slashdot, so I'm not all that surprised.

  9. Re:So what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Worst nick ever!!! (in the voice of Comic Book Guy).

  10. Re:Nitpicking the nitpicker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Troll.

  11. Re:So what? by Filthy+Sanchez · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You assume that anything on slashdot is worth posting. I find it ironic that goatse.cx links are modded down, while they are in fact more interesting, informative, insightful and funnier than any of the shit that the editors post.

  12. Hey! by Jupiter9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...as a prophead trapped in a code monkey's job...

    I prefer to be balled a "Keyboard Cowboy"
    YeeHaw!!!

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  13. Re:For those who want to see it in action. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I like that actor more than Keanu Reeves
    I like a slug on a plate more than Keanu Reeves as far as acting goes.
  14. TROLL ALERT! by Unleaded42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pinging dailynews-a.snv.yahoo.com [216.136.131.80] with 32 bytes of data.

    216.136.131.80