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7:26 am
January 13, 2010
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maciejm
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I have read somewhere that NASA a government organisation is established to develop and test new technologies to provide private initiative with "know how". Does this mean that we should be able to access their designs?
How about buying spare parts for a shuttle (NASA will not need them any more), there is so much equipment that can be used.
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7:33 am
January 13, 2010
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Rocket-To-The-Moon
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I'm not quite sure that I have heard of this. Any and all data that we can gather from a source like NASA could potentially be a large benefit if it is in a critical area that we need that info on.
I'm not sure how useful spare Shuttle parts would be for our designs. The parts that would be the most useful would be small valves, actuators, and sensors.
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7:41 am
January 13, 2010
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maciejm
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I found complete handbook to Apollo.
Old, but relevant.
http://www.btinternet.com/~urs…..ndbook.pdf
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7:42 am
January 13, 2010
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Luke Maurits
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I can't think of much off the Shuttle that we could use (unless we wanted to build a large LOH/LH2 launch vehicle – that would certainly get ITAR's attention!).
Engines and tanks would be far too large for our needs. The environmental control stuff would probably be designed to support large crews in large cabins. I'm sure there would be good IMUs on board but we could just as easily buy those from, say, Crossbow. Basically, the shuttle is built to a "big and expensive" philosophy, whereas we are going for "small and cheap". Parts from one aren't often going to be compatible with the other.
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Main CLLARE workgroups: Mission Planning, Navigation and Guidance. I do maths, physics, C, Python and Java.
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7:47 am
January 13, 2010
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maciejm
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