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    Questioner replied to the thread North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile to space, reaches record altitude.

    When a nuclear armed government revolves exclusively around a single personality it's scary.

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    A freefall rocket doesn't have to be cylindrical. In fact an approximate sphereoid woud have the most stable center of mass. Not sure...

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    I would think launching with the Moon overhead would save some rocket fuel.

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    Maybe it is the skyhook coasting/rolling in [possibly rocket asisted] at about geosynchronous speed & direction in a tangent of orbit...

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Mysterious features on asteroid Vesta may be explained by saltwater.

    Ceres is an alternative for water. I suppose which ever is a better orbitary link up..

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    Maybe simpler, The skyhook orbits the moon in the same direction with the tail/cable out that leaves the skyhook behind unmoving in...

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    A Moon's moon & skyhooks (cont ) It could be the skyhook was in an opposite orbit of the moon's moon, Slowing the cable end...

    Oct 30, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    A Moon's moon & skyhooks If one could put an object/moon in orbit around a planet then put an object in orbit around that moon in the...

    Oct 30, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Question If One Put a Massive Asteroid in Geosynchronous Orbit of Earth at 100 Miles of Altitude Would that Change the Day Length?.

    I hope it doesn't amount to replacing the ancient low altitude Moon. Although I do know where there's an available body....

    Oct 29, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Question If One Put a Massive Asteroid in Geosynchronous Orbit of Earth at 100 Miles of Altitude Would that Change the Day Length?.

    It might cause some geological stimulation as well. Initially it will create a gravity draw, whether that creates longer term...

    Oct 29, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Question If One Put a Massive Asteroid in Geosynchronous Orbit of Earth at 100 Miles of Altitude Would that Change the Day Length?.

    Initially one might let it rotate to find its gravitational 'sweet spot/position although that might be pre calculated. One doesn't...

    Oct 29, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Question If One Put a Massive Asteroid in Geosynchronous Orbit of Earth at 100 Miles of Altitude Would that Change the Day Length?.

    It has to be enough mass to achieve geosynchronity at that elevation. I'm not sure how much that is, but it's a tremendous amount to...

    Oct 29, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Mysterious features on asteroid Vesta may be explained by saltwater.

    Freefall rocket fuel, Probably one of the first places to get looted for resources. Can one do electrolysis with salty water?

    Oct 29, 2024
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    Questioner posted the thread Question If One Put a Massive Asteroid in Geosynchronous Orbit of Earth at 100 Miles of Altitude Would that Change the Day Length? in Our Solar System.

    If One Put a Massive Asteroid in Geosynchronous Orbit of Earth at 100 Miles of Altitude Would that Change the Day Length? It would...

    Oct 29, 2024
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    Questioner replied to the thread Feedtube Rockets & Other Wacked Out Ideas.

    Maybe we could speed up the Earth's rotation. If a day was 90 minutes we could geosynch with the space station. If a day was 20 minutes...

    Oct 28, 2024

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