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Russian Roswell?
The Russians are a little less secretive about whats out there in space. And they got to orbit before the US too. This was supposedly released by the KGB.
Good video.
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SpaceX does not use the RD180 engine, it uses a homegrown series of Merlin rocket engines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28rocket_engine%29
Only has about 1/5 the thrust of the RD180, but they're made here, in 'murka!
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Space Command wants to replace the RD-180s: http://defensesystems.com/articles/2...px?s=ds_250814. I know Gen Shelton expressed dissatisfaction with being dependent on the Russians at the last National Space Symposium.
Yep. I was at the Space Symposium too.Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter
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Big Safari
These guys can read your license plate expiration tags. Not only that, they can tell how many spark plugs are firing under your hood!
http://www.vocativ.com/usa/nat-sec/c...rinth/#!bLcVlX
For the geeks: Seeing stickers would take better than NIIRS 9. Not sure if that is doable from 500 km up and a velocity of over 17,000 mph. The physics are a biotch.
Space Symposium rocks!
Thanks. I wasn't sure if anyone else here would be familiar with the NIIRS scale. Assuming we're only talking about visible light here, (SAR and IR wouldn't read the colored letters on the tag) the standard for NIIRS 9 is to read an actual license plate number.
For those who are unfamiliar with NIIRS, 9 is the end of the scale. Most commercially available satellite imagery (google earth) is NIIRS 4 or 5.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
Geo-Stationary Orbit Over Your House
I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what you are trying to communicate with your post. Assuming you live in Pueblo, geostationary orbits over your house are not possible. Additionally, the X-37 cannot fly to Geo. If you really think the X-37 is spying on you, your sense of self-importance is greatly inflated.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
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