At the altitude the ISS orbits any junk they create will only be in orbit for a couple of years anyway. There is still enough atmo up there to slow it down & de-orbit it over a short period of time. It's the stuff that's 100 miles higher & more that will be up there for centuries if not millennia.
Actually the Russian leadership prior to Breshniev didn't give 2 figs for the space program They simply thought Korolyev was designing new and better missiles for them. Let's face it he blagged sending Sputnik up and Gagarin. On receipt of the news that Gagarin had successfully orbited the earth Khrushchev's response was (with disdain) "Ah another successful Korolyev launch". Of course the next day when he saw the fuss in the American papers he organised parades and medals:) To be honest Korolyev's biography should really have been entitled "The man who sold the moon". If it hadn't been for his drive and willingness to con the politburo there would have nothing to drive America to the moon in the 1st place.
Agreed. For short stories try Asimov (Particularly "The Last Question"), Heinline, Wyndham. Not sure what to suggest for fantasy but Fritz Leiber's "The thieves of Lankmar" would be a good place to start also you could chuck in some Pratchet but as this is a lit class you probably wan't some Walter Scott. HTH
Bearing in mind Skype may well be out of business by this time next year if Ebay loses that court case and as others have stated Gvoice is not really voip. Who ya gonna call?
Oh I agree but don't forget Sputnik was launched on an R17 ICBM in 1957. I'd say the bigger technical problem the Iranians face would be getting their targeting systems accurate.
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How the F did this get +3 informative??
Better still just remember the damned things and never keep a hard copy.
Just think how lucky we all are!!!! If that bird had dropped a Panini we all be screwed!
At the altitude the ISS orbits any junk they create will only be in orbit for a couple of years anyway. There is still enough atmo up there to slow it down & de-orbit it over a short period of time. It's the stuff that's 100 miles higher & more that will be up there for centuries if not millennia.
BTW the core unit of the ISS (The Zvezda module) was originally to be Mir II
Actually the Russian leadership prior to Breshniev didn't give 2 figs for the space program They simply thought Korolyev was designing new and better missiles for them. Let's face it he blagged sending Sputnik up and Gagarin. On receipt of the news that Gagarin had successfully orbited the earth Khrushchev's response was (with disdain) "Ah another successful Korolyev launch". Of course the next day when he saw the fuss in the American papers he organised parades and medals :)
To be honest Korolyev's biography should really have been entitled "The man who sold the moon". If it hadn't been for his drive and willingness to con the politburo there would have nothing to drive America to the moon in the 1st place.
Didn't work when the Russians had Salute's 5, 6, 7 and Mir or were you asleep during the last 50 years?
Or blow it all on booze, coke and hookers !
You'd just have to squander the rest of it
I suspect its the updated crop circle app
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8326483.stm
Twitter? :)
minus the UV the windows filter.
Must be the Linux crowd complaining :)
Actually it was intended as a play on the old joke
Torch: A storage device for dead batteries
From air force terminology
As with all other batteries just store them in a torch and next time you need them they'll be dead :(
Actually your car could be described as an impulse engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse
Agreed. For short stories try Asimov (Particularly "The Last Question"), Heinline, Wyndham. Not sure what to suggest for fantasy but Fritz Leiber's "The thieves of Lankmar" would be a good place to start also you could chuck in some Pratchet but as this is a lit class you probably wan't some Walter Scott.
HTH
I move the Earth every time I fart (or do anything else)
It was an Impulse drive that launched Sputnik and every other object we have sent into space.
Bearing in mind Skype may well be out of business by this time next year if Ebay loses that court case and as others have stated Gvoice is not really voip. Who ya gonna call?
If you are knocked unconscious the intern in ER/A&E is going to have a fit when he can't find a pulse :)
Unfortunately you are absolutely correct
Oh I agree but don't forget Sputnik was launched on an R17 ICBM in 1957. I'd say the bigger technical problem the Iranians face would be getting their targeting systems accurate.
Normally people tell me to get my facts straight :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7866357.stm
Iran already has an intercontinental Delivery system what do you think that phoney satellite launch earlier this year was all about.
For how long?
The computer in the Testosterone Vending Machine had crashed :)