Posts Tagged orbital space

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Mar07

Cosmic Warning Shots | Moonandback

on March 7, 2013 at 5:46 pm
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  Commentary Cosmic Warning Shots by henry vanderbilt It’s one thing to know intellectually that you live in the middle of a shooting gallery. It’s another to calmly anticipate a long-spotted near-miss by a city-killer sized asteroid, then be startled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar07

Another ‘Successful Failure’ for SpaceX | Moonandback

on March 7, 2013 at 1:24 pm
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Commentary Another ‘Successful Failure’ for SpaceX by rand simberg On its last trip to the International Space Station (ISS), the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lost an engine in ascent, losing a little performance but achieving orbit anyway. On Friday’s flight, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan20

The International Space Station and Solar Power | Moonandback

on January 20, 2013 at 5:24 pm
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An ISS solar panel with the Earth as backdrop. – NASA Commentary The International Space Station and Solar Power by john hare There is a coding contest now for programmers to find the best algorithm for pointing the International Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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