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Happy Times 08-25-08 03:51 PM
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kurtz 08-25-08 05:34 PM
Do moslems believe in space then?

Sailor Steve 08-25-08 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Oberon
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"I aim at the stars....but sometimes I hit London."
Werner von Braun?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053440/

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Originally Posted by kurtz
Do moslems believe in space then?
I own a big 'coffee-table book' called The Home Planet. It has dozens of very large photos of Earth taken from space, interspersed with quotes from people who've been there. At least one Muslim astronaut came back a changed man, saying things like "I looked for the borders between my country and Israel, and I realized there aren't any."

On the other hand I haven't read about any of those guys becoming crusaders for peace.

Platapus 08-25-08 05:56 PM
Well it was the ballistic missile technology that fueled the early space race between the US and the Soviet Union.

Up until Saturn all our boosters were also military rockets. Vanguard was an oddity since it was built by the NRL.

If you can put something in to orbit you can bring something down from orbit or sub orbit right where you want it to land. :yep:

bookworm_020 08-25-08 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Who are they going to use it to communicate with ?
Dial a camel??:hmm:

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"I aim at the stars....but sometimes I hit London."
It was a comment about Werner Von Braun's dream of reaching space. Well he did reach space... on the way to London....:dead:

Platapus 08-25-08 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

It was a comment about Werner Von Braun's dream of reaching space. Well he did reach space... on the way to London....:dead:
Well he reached spaceish.

The boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and "space" is, by agreement, defined by the Karman Line which is at 100KM or 62.1 miles. This definition is the one recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which is an international standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics.

The V2 rocket operated at an altitude of 83 to 93 KM or 52 to 60 miles
http://www.v2rocket.com/start/makeup/design.html

So Werner baby was close but no schnitzel. :nope:

Platapus 08-25-08 08:40 PM
Trivia question.

Given the definition that space "starts" at 100 km

What was the first rocket to go higher than 100 km? :know:

Foxtrot 08-26-08 12:36 AM
so people didn't like that Iran send a sat to space?

Happy Times 08-26-08 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Foxtrot
so people didn't like that Iran send a sat to space?
People dont like that Iran gets ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.

Tchocky 08-26-08 04:33 AM
We need a shipment of cigarettes NOW

Foxtrot 08-26-08 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Happy Times
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Originally Posted by Foxtrot
so people didn't like that Iran send a sat to space?
People dont like that Iran gets ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
but this thread is about communications sat as I read it.

Happy Times 08-26-08 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Foxtrot
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Originally Posted by Happy Times
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Originally Posted by Foxtrot
so people didn't like that Iran send a sat to space?
People dont like that Iran gets ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
but this thread is about communications sat as I read it.
Some read between the lines.

Digital_Trucker 08-26-08 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikhayl
People find any reason to express some old fashioned racism or let's call it bashing to not hurt some sensibilities, or maybe it's just an example of humour gone bad. People should be aware that there's something like 50 communication satellites orbiting around the earth, from lots of countries and private companies, for, you know, cell phones and that kind of things. Would it not be from Iran, it would be a total non-event, but since it's Iran there's no need to even think more than 1 second, there's got to be something fishy.
If it reassures you, think of it the McCain way : more cell phones, more stupid car accidents, less evil Iranians to threaten the oh so free world :know:
How many times has the US launched a communications satellite and the world speculates that it's something else? It works both ways. Of course no one is going to advertise that they are launching anything but a communications satellite.

Digital_Trucker 08-26-08 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikhayl
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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker
How many times has the US launched a communications satellite and the world speculates that it's something else? It works both ways. Of course no one is going to advertise that they are launching anything but a communications satellite.
That was exactly the point of my post, there's everything but speculation in this thread.
Point taken:D I read the part about "would it not be from Iran" wrong perhaps?

Jimbuna 08-26-08 11:48 AM
Early launch tests.....it is obviously going to be used for anti-shipping purposes :hmm:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=thTY3aWHu4A


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