They couldn't afford to finish it. One model flew, once, unmanned because the crew compartment wasn't finished yet.
Still, fairly impressive a fully automated launch and landing. 25 atmospheric flights were also conducted with the OK-GLI model (comparable to Space Shuttle Enterprise). See this site for cool videos of the launch and general Buran eye candy.
The jet powered takeoff is a particularly intriguing sight given the reputed brick like qualities of the Shuttle/delta design.
Well, let's call it what it is. He is a young Arab male in a crowded library
Well, let's call you what you are then. A racist. For starters this kid is an American citizen, American born, so what you're really saying is he should be id'ed because he looks like an 'Arab'.
Should police just let young Arab males without student ID's walk into crowded places with back packs?
Yes, why the hell not? Do you even realise what you're suggesting?
The plan is to use PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS to receive the energy being beamed from the ground. That is a patheticaly slow method of energy conversion considering the payload still has to receive the equivalent energy of being accelerated to several miles/second!
There's a simple and really OBVIOUS idea that has been on the drawing board for at least a decade. It would involve a heck of a lot less work, be likely much simpler and cheaper, and be flat out cool.
Instead of building just a few lasers to beam the energy, lets make a whole bunch of them and use the latest electrically powered pulse laser technology being developed for the joint strike fighter. Our spacecraft is just a payload module with stabiliers BOLTED to a block of inert material. A very short and simple linear accelerator kicks the spacecraft about half a mile into the air, high enough for all the lasers spread across the industrial plant infrastructure to 'see' it.
Pulses of light vaporize the fuel in a sequence such that the shock wave of superheated vaporized gas is planar : basically a rocket engine without needing:
A nozzle pumps, combustion chambers, volatile fuel, electrical systems, elaborate control systems and sensors, just enormouse amounts of hardware gets taken out of the spacecraft and left sitting on the ground. Sure, there's a LOT more delicate hardware left sitting on the ground...WHERE IT BELONGS.
Just one question, where is all this fuel you're vaporizing coming from? Because if your carrying it on the launch platform you're going to have to expend a comparable amount of energy to a conventional rocket launch. I think you're missing the point that with a space elevator you don't have to 'waste' energy lifting fuel.
A crowbar in your garage is a crowbar. A crowbar in your hand while you are in the backyard of a house in the next town is a burglary tool [wa.gov].
Wouldn't this be more like having a crowbar in your garage and instructions for how to pry doors open with it. Oh and being socially linked to someone who is suspected of being a burglar.
Geology (from Greek - (ge-, "the earth") and (logos, "word", "reason"))[1] is the science and study of the solid matter of a celestial body, its composition, structure, physical properties, history and the processes that shape it.
The "formal" war in Iraq, the one against the Iraqi army, went over amazingly well. The mobile army plan Rumsfeld had worked well, despite a fair number of technical glitches. Our armed forces utilized technology to an amazing degree (remember, this is all in relation to past government efforts.:) )
It wasn't really surprising that the initial invasion went amazing well considering Iraq's defense forces were a joke compounded by years of sanctions and one of the weakest powers in the region.
Asia has given the world more horror, autocracy, repression, and bloody minded bad government throughout history than the West could ever dream of doing.
Well, if you read my post, you'll see that I specifically did not state that, but since you asked: At a conference in Tehran on Wednesday entitled "The World without Zionism," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."
Now, I haven't made an in depth study of middle eastern politics...
Well I think you shouldn't just pluck numbers arbitrarily out of the air but facts obviously don't hold much sway with you.
You think when they have 200,000 people out in the streets all chanting "death to America" and burning our flag and efagies of Bush that represents everyone in the world with that view?
Where are these rallies? Who are 'they' ?
So the muslims that burned 21,000 cars in France [yahoo.com] were what, 1% of the population?
Seriously do you even realise what you sound like, do have you any concept of the wider socio-economic factors surrounding the '05 French civil unrest? Oh no of course it's just a bunch of Muslims running round burning cars.
It's rhetorical xenophobic rubbish like that that empowers the extremists and exacerbates the problem further.
What are you blithering about, your original point was that 'their' hatred of us is indoctrinated through the media and religion.
"Their hatred for us is taught to them from a very young age and is religious in nature. It will not change or go away without decades of effort. No one change will even come close. Ever. Period."
So you've seen one video of a complete nutter, great basis for condemning an entire culture... My counter was that while this does happen in Islamic countries, it also happens in the west, citing the near total condemnation of 9/11 by the Islamic community. You've even backed up my point by suggesting it is the minority not the majority who hold fundamentalist beliefs and promote terrorism, even while I suspect you're figure of 10-15% is complete hyperbole. I'd like to see a credible source for this sweeping statement.
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Oh dear...
Still, fairly impressive a fully automated launch and landing. 25 atmospheric flights were also conducted with the OK-GLI model (comparable to Space Shuttle Enterprise).
See this site for cool videos of the launch and general Buran eye candy.
The jet powered takeoff is a particularly intriguing sight given the reputed brick like qualities of the Shuttle/delta design.
The methane gas was coming from an 800-pound gorilla?
Gentlemen, I have our solution.
We wait till wintertime rolls around... the 800lb gorillas simply freeze to death!
Well, let's call you what you are then. A racist. For starters this kid is an American citizen, American born, so what you're really saying is he should be id'ed because he looks like an 'Arab'.
Should police just let young Arab males without student ID's walk into crowded places with back packs?
Yes, why the hell not? Do you even realise what you're suggesting?
Don't forget the communists and witches.
Simple infra-red sensor similar to what is used on motorized revolving doors. If there is anybody within the vicinity, no motion.
There's a simple and really OBVIOUS idea that has been on the drawing board for at least a decade. It would involve a heck of a lot less work, be likely much simpler and cheaper, and be flat out cool.
Instead of building just a few lasers to beam the energy, lets make a whole bunch of them and use the latest electrically powered pulse laser technology being developed for the joint strike fighter. Our spacecraft is just a payload module with stabiliers BOLTED to a block of inert material. A very short and simple linear accelerator kicks the spacecraft about half a mile into the air, high enough for all the lasers spread across the industrial plant infrastructure to 'see' it.
Pulses of light vaporize the fuel in a sequence such that the shock wave of superheated vaporized gas is planar : basically a rocket engine without needing :
A nozzle pumps, combustion chambers, volatile fuel, electrical systems, elaborate control systems and sensors, just enormouse amounts of hardware gets taken out of the spacecraft and left sitting on the ground. Sure, there's a LOT more delicate hardware left sitting on the ground...WHERE IT BELONGS.
Just one question, where is all this fuel you're vaporizing coming from? Because if your carrying it on the launch platform you're going to have to expend a comparable amount of energy to a conventional rocket launch. I think you're missing the point that with a space elevator you don't have to 'waste' energy lifting fuel.
Oh for mod points...
Huh, who's blaming Sony?
I think I've still got one somewhere probably still works, although it did start chewing up tapes in the early 90's.
I agree, but arrested?
Wouldn't this be more like having a crowbar in your garage and instructions for how to pry doors open with it. Oh and being socially linked to someone who is suspected of being a burglar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology -> "the study of the Earth's structure"
Couldn't pass it up.
The first sentence from your source...
Geology (from Greek - (ge-, "the earth") and (logos, "word", "reason"))[1] is the science and study of the solid matter of a celestial body , its composition, structure, physical properties, history and the processes that shape it.
It wasn't really surprising that the initial invasion went amazing well considering Iraq's defense forces were a joke compounded by years of sanctions and one of the weakest powers in the region.
You've gotta be kidding, right?
the truly informed voters, don't vote?
Ahh, so this must just be an unexpected feature...
Now, I haven't made an in depth study of middle eastern politics...
You clearly didn't make an in depth study of your quote either because it's wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_a nd_Israel
Well I think you shouldn't just pluck numbers arbitrarily out of the air but facts obviously don't hold much sway with you.
You think when they have 200,000 people out in the streets all chanting "death to America" and burning our flag and efagies of Bush that represents everyone in the world with that view?
Where are these rallies? Who are 'they' ?
So the muslims that burned 21,000 cars in France [yahoo.com] were what, 1% of the population?
Seriously do you even realise what you sound like, do have you any concept of the wider socio-economic factors surrounding the '05 French civil unrest? Oh no of course it's just a bunch of Muslims running round burning cars.
It's rhetorical xenophobic rubbish like that that empowers the extremists and exacerbates the problem further.
Incorrect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_a nd_Israel
Provide me a source for a respected Islamic leader that condemned 9/11 in English and praised it in Arabic. You can't just make things up.
Interesting, can you please provide a source for a Muslim state swearing the destruction of Israel.
"Their hatred for us is taught to them from a very young age and is religious in nature. It will not change or go away without decades of effort. No one change will even come close. Ever. Period."
So you've seen one video of a complete nutter, great basis for condemning an entire culture... My counter was that while this does happen in Islamic countries, it also happens in the west, citing the near total condemnation of 9/11 by the Islamic community. You've even backed up my point by suggesting it is the minority not the majority who hold fundamentalist beliefs and promote terrorism, even while I suspect you're figure of 10-15% is complete hyperbole. I'd like to see a credible source for this sweeping statement.
So you're basically suggesting it's a global Islamic conspiracy.
And who has exactly?