Project Orion to Bring U.S. Back to the Moon 399
ganjadude writes "Thirty-seven years ago yesterday, Project Apollo put the first humans on the surface of the Moon. The next time the U.S. launches its astronauts to Earth's natural satellite, they will do so as part of Project Orion." From the article: "Under Project Orion, NASA would launch crews of four astronauts aboard Orion capsules, first to Earth orbit and the International Space Station and then later to the Moon. Two teams, one led by Lockheed Martin and the other a joint effort by Northrop Grumman and The Boeing Co., are currently competing to build the CEV. NASA is expected to select the winner in September."
Am I the only one... (Score:5, Funny)
Either way - something to cry over, I'm sure
Re:Am I the only one... (Score:5, Funny)
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I keed, I keed!
Hammer, Feather, Freefall on the Moon: Revisited (Score:1, Funny)
Hammer and feather are dropped simultaneously from equal heights (as measured by distance from the center of the moon), separated laterally by a distance substantially less than the moon's diameter. Both hammer and feather experience force from the moon's gravity proportional to their mass, and hence both accelerate at the same rate. Meanwhile, the moon is also accelerating towards the other two objects, but unevenly so: the hammer exerts a greater gravitational pull due to its greater mass. The moon is therefore subject to a torque, causing it to accelerate more rapidly towards the hammer.
The hammer is first to hit the ground.
Anyone who denies this truth is a spatially absolutist lunocentric whose refusal to recognize the validity of hammer mechanics/experience places him wholly beyond the help of Galilean metaphysics. Such hammer (feather) rejectionists ought to be banished to the stars, for their own good and for the good of not only hammers and feathers but all subjugated smaller objects, everywhere, who find themselves victims of this scientifically perpetrated emassculation.
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Re:Thanks for getting my hopes up, NASA (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why not build more Saturn Vs? (Score:4, Funny)
Key takeaway (at least according to some random internet source, ha ha):
Not to mention the cost of updating the design to include child seat brackets, non-CFC air conditioning, and an MP3 player input...Re:Ares V (Score:4, Funny)
Um... 70 militeslas?
If you're trying to say "metric tons," you might be better off with "mton," "tonne," or the far less ambiguous "Mg."
Re:inherent scientific value? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How about just the Economy of it? (Score:3, Funny)
Which is, of course, why England does not have a space programme.
really (Score:2, Funny)
Re:inherent scientific value? (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, bad example