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| Alan Erskine |
 Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:58 pm |
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Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than
the balloons planned for Orion? Might even be lighter. From memory, the
heat shield is replaced on Orion after each flight anyway; so it might as
well serve a dual purpose. |
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| Derek Lyons |
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:32 pm |
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"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote:
Quote: Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than
the balloons planned for Orion?
No.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
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| Alan Erskine |
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:26 pm |
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"Derek Lyons" <fairwater@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote: "Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote:
Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better
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the balloons planned for Orion?
No.
Why not? |
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| Derek Lyons |
| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:25 am |
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"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote:
Quote: "Derek Lyons" <fairwater@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4813670c.428091359@news.supernews.com...
"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote:
Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better
than the balloons planned for Orion?
No.
Why not?
Because the cushioning effect was minimal.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/
-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL |
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| Danny Deger |
| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:41 pm |
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"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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Quote: Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than
the balloons planned for Orion? Might even be lighter. From memory, the
heat shield is replaced on Orion after each flight anyway; so it might as
well serve a dual purpose.
Yes.
Danny Deger
www.dannydeger.blogspot.com
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