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Russia is suspending its space tourist program, for fairly obvious reasons. An NYT story notes that the obsolete but reliable computers driving the shuttle are to be examined as part of the inquiry. But most interestingly, a story in Aviation Week claims that a tracking camera trained on the shuttle detected damage to the wing prior to the breakup.
Hey,
That's a VERY long time that Russians didn't screwed up a rocket with men aboard (even if they lack of money too). If Americans are not good enough to ensure a minimum security in-flight, that should be their problem. Russian are really experts.
Yes and my hammer, a concept invented a ridiculously long time ago, is still the right tool for the job when I want to drive a nail.
I'm the big fish in the big pond bitch.
The shuttle caused a discharge of the solar capacitor. Space IS unsafe, and is getting worse.
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More information on that page than NASA is willing to admit. The truth hurts, and sometimes it even kills.
Some real insight... and even more insight. Not that which Slash-Dot mandates as being.
What's a second? An hour? A day?
It has much more to do with
the Earth's rotation than with cesium.