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#21
June 18th 04, 02:55 PM
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Justin Peer wrote in message ...
So, do you think Rutan's going to start offering kits of these things. Now that would give you something to do in the garage of a Sunday morning. You should get a group together, the local EAA chapter can build one mothership, and members can build multiple space ships to be carried up. Kinda like a very high altitude glider tow operation. Hm. I wonder what kind of boost could be gotten with the mothership towing the space ship and not dropping it? You know, with some kind of super bungee cord or something. Slingshot it upwards a bit. grin -Malcolm Teas 
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June 18th 04, 04:18 PM
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On 2004-06-18 15:55, Malcolm Teas wrote:
Justin Peer wrote in message ... So, do you think Rutan's going to start offering kits of these things. Now that would give you something to do in the garage of a Sunday morning. You should get a group together, the local EAA chapter can build one mothership, and members can build multiple space ships to be carried up. Kinda like a very high altitude glider tow operation. Hm. I wonder what kind of boost could be gotten with the mothership towing the space ship and not dropping it? You know, with some kind of super bungee cord or something. Slingshot it upwards a bit. grin -Malcolm Teas This cert could perhaps be used as a preparation for Mars flights? I know of one simulator (X-plane) playing with designs for that atmosphere. So when the little green guys wants to fly, FAA are ready... /Rolf
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#23
June 23rd 04, 06:03 AM
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You should get a group together, the local EAA chapter can build one
mothership, and members can build multiple space ships to be carried up. ROTFL! From anecdotes I've heard about the arguments in an EAA builder's group that shall go unidentified, I can only imagine that a project of this magnitude would lead to an uproar that could only end in lasers at dawn, ten paces.
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#24
June 23rd 04, 10:55 PM
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"Malcolm Teas" wrote in message Uh, so that means that FAA and all the other country's avaiation athorities can do TFRs in space? Ug, not fun. It'll make us long for a simple FAA NOTAM system! That's the way I'd read the UN treaty on space at least. Which reminds me. Instead of releasing M&Ms in the cockpit, he should have filed a PIREP. -c
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