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dude58677
04-05-2009, 05:56 PM
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090327-whiteknighttwo-test.html

mediahasyou
04-05-2009, 06:10 PM
I will buy a one way ticket to the moon to gain freedom.

IPSecure
04-05-2009, 06:25 PM
http://www.acetospace.com/

Flirple
04-06-2009, 12:32 AM
Great stuff. Thanks for the link.

FindLiberty
04-06-2009, 03:34 AM
Good work - free market puts NASA (wasted government plunder) to shame.

To re-enter from outer space is going to be a huge problem for the DIYer unless they have some UFO technology hidden under their coffee mug. Need magic engines 'cause a parachute is useless when entering Earth's orbit.

The extreme high speeds involved and extremely thin air (the high speed space craft colliding with sparse "at rest" air molecules ) act like a super-corrosive acid and that process will "melt" it all away to nothing before you can say, "Can't slow down, needz me some sort of anti-gravity de-wise for ah my ah flying ah saucer".