rsp1202 - 17/4/2006 2:58 PMWhat are projected impact sites for ESAS hardware?
Jonesy STS - 18/4/2006 1:13 AMQuoteTahii - 16/4/2006 10:23 PMQuoteBen - 17/4/2006 4:18 PMA lot of American rocket parts have come down in Africa over the years and fallen into the same fate.And some has floated as far as New Zealand - we had a delta 2nd stage pressurant tank float onto a beach down here in 2003. Must have been in the ocean a fair while - it had been beautifully polished by the water!What happened to it? Would have been cool to have a look at.
Tahii - 16/4/2006 10:23 PMQuoteBen - 17/4/2006 4:18 PMA lot of American rocket parts have come down in Africa over the years and fallen into the same fate.And some has floated as far as New Zealand - we had a delta 2nd stage pressurant tank float onto a beach down here in 2003. Must have been in the ocean a fair while - it had been beautifully polished by the water!
Ben - 17/4/2006 4:18 PMA lot of American rocket parts have come down in Africa over the years and fallen into the same fate.
Jim - 17/4/2006 6:34 AMQuoteedkyle99 - 16/4/2006 10:08 PMQuotebobrogg - 16/4/2006 11:50 AMAll,Take a look and tell me what you think, I'm glad I don't live under this "flight path"Bobhttp://todayspictures.slate.com/20060412/The context of the photographed hardware isn't clear to me. Space launch vehicle stages out of Baikonur are supposed to fall into predefined "drop boxes" in unpopulated or sparsely populated areas. There are failures, of course, that could drop hardware anywhere along the flight path. Are these photos of launch failures, or of hardware that strayed from drop boxes, or of hardware that fell into drop boxes and was salvaged by people who moved in later? - Ed KyleRussian propaganda sure worked good on you. What is you definition of "sparsely", it might be different.This has be going on since the 50's. The predefined "drop boxes" exist but over what "type" of area is a matter of opinion
edkyle99 - 16/4/2006 10:08 PMQuotebobrogg - 16/4/2006 11:50 AMAll,Take a look and tell me what you think, I'm glad I don't live under this "flight path"Bobhttp://todayspictures.slate.com/20060412/The context of the photographed hardware isn't clear to me. Space launch vehicle stages out of Baikonur are supposed to fall into predefined "drop boxes" in unpopulated or sparsely populated areas. There are failures, of course, that could drop hardware anywhere along the flight path. Are these photos of launch failures, or of hardware that strayed from drop boxes, or of hardware that fell into drop boxes and was salvaged by people who moved in later? - Ed Kyle
bobrogg - 16/4/2006 11:50 AMAll,Take a look and tell me what you think, I'm glad I don't live under this "flight path"Bobhttp://todayspictures.slate.com/20060412/