Perimeter Railway for ISS; HETE-1 Comes Down

Posted by michael on Sunday April 7, 2002 @06:26PM from the they-think-they-can dept.

Quirk writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is touting the mission to start construction of an orbiting railway. Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry the astronauts who will initiate the planned 107 meter rail line along the outside of the International Space Station. The remote controlled train will move at speeds of 2.5 centimeters a second and be able to carry more than 20 tonnes of cargo. Construction is projected for completion in 2004." And B3avis followed up with news about the HETE re-entry: "The pieces of the HETE-1 spacecraft seem to have crashed somewhere in the Himalayas. "The final notification from Space Command indicates that the debris re-entered at 31.5 degrees North and 92.4 degrees East." says NASA. And they should know."

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any connection with the tunnel by atari2600 · 2002-04-07 18:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

There was a tunnel thing posted here earlier - an elevator from Earth to a space station above.
Wow i need a ticket.
Re:What it does... by interiot · 2002-04-07 19:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

politechbot.com has less BS and is focused on politics, especially things like the DMCA (in fact, have a look at the DMCA postings there).
Re:Grandmother's Southern Fried Okra by Associate · 2002-04-07 20:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Great!! Now I'm hungry. And where exactly am I supposed to get okra at 4:30 in the morning?

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