Re: The Warm Equations

On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:22:49 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
 

On 6/27/2024 7:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 6/23/2024 11:37 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

Interesting to note the way margins of a real-life space venture are run:
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Two astronauts have been stuck at the ISS for an extra two weeks,
so far, because their ride has flat tires, and it's not a crisis,
and nobody has had to volunteer to step out the airlock.

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The real question is, there are 7 or 8 people in those tin cans.  Is
there enough food, water, air, and diapers for all of them for another
month ?  Or is SpaceX going to have to send an emergency supply ship ?
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Can the Boeing Starliner drop without a crew ?  I suspect so.
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That's kind of a dumb question.  OF COURSE the Starliner can be dropped.
  Undock it, do an EVA to push it a bit and it will eventually "land"
somewhere on the planet.
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Now, a controlled drop to a specific area.....

 Perhaps a small explosive charge with a timer would be advisable, to
keep it from coming down in one piece. Ideally, it would come down in
zero pieces, providing a nice show as each teeny-tiny splinter burns
up on re-entry.