Johannes Kepler freighter approaches space station

AVGWarhawk · 02-24-11, 11:45 AM

This is very interesting. I did not know there was such a freighter. To me it is really science fiction.

TLAM Strike · 02-24-11, 11:58 AM

Another damn robot freighter!

Another manned space freighter crew unemployed...

... and what if they turn to crime?

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

This is very interesting. I did not know there was such a freighter. To me it is really science fiction.

The Russians have been flying automated freighters since 1978.

frau kaleun · 02-24-11, 12:00 PM

I see nobody's asking the important questions, namely, what's the tonnage on that baby and how much renown do I get for taking her out?

TLAM Strike · 02-24-11, 12:02 PM

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I see nobody's asking the important questions, namely, what's the tonnage on that baby and how much renown do I get for taking her out?

She weighs in at only 7 tons... hardly worth a torpedo.

frau kaleun · 02-24-11, 12:06 PM

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She weighs in at only 7 tons... hardly worth a torpedo.

Deck gun FTW!

AVGWarhawk · 02-24-11, 12:17 PM

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The Russians have been flying automated freighters since 1978.

This I knew. I did not know the UK also had automated craft. Still all science fiction to me.

razark · 02-24-11, 12:29 PM

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Still all science fiction to me.

Exactly. It's all science fiction. All done on sound stages and miniatures.

Schroeder · 02-24-11, 12:38 PM

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This I knew. I did not know the UK also had automated craft. Still all science fiction to me.

And there is even something more that seems to be SiFi to you: It's European, not just British.

Oberon · 02-24-11, 01:43 PM

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And there is even something more that seems to be SiFi to you: It's European, not just British.

If it works, it's British, if it doesn't, it's European

The Russians didn't just send up automated freighters, they sent up an automated shuttle just before the wall came down, the Buran went up, orbitted and came back down all without a crew. It survived the rigours of space and re-entry...then the hangar it was housed in collapsed and destroyed it...

In other shuttle news, Discovery goes up tonight 9:50 GMT.

Schroeder · 02-24-11, 01:48 PM

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If it works, it's British, if it doesn't, it's European

The Russians didn't just send up automated freighters, they sent up an automated shuttle just before the wall came down, the Buran went up, orbitted and came back down all without a crew. It survived the rigours of space and re-entry...then the hangar it was housed in collapsed and destroyed it...

In other shuttle news, Discovery goes up tonight 9:50 GMT.

Well, one of the prototypes is in the technology museum in Spyer here in Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK-GLI

Oberon · 02-24-11, 01:59 PM

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Well, one of the prototypes is in the technology museum in Spyer here in Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK-GLI

Yes, thank god, and your ceilings are somewhat better than the ones in Kazakhstan!

Sailor Steve · 02-24-11, 12:32 PM

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Another damn robot freighter!

Another manned space freighter crew unemployed...

... and what if they turn to crime?.

I think you're a little late on that one.

"Honey, we're crooks. If things were fair we'd be in jail."

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