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yuri_base
Feb 23, 2012, 2:02 PM
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Re: [cloudtramp] Space Elevator
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Just make sure not to jump from zero-gravity point!
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biker117
Feb 24, 2012, 11:29 AM
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Re: [cloudtramp] Space Elevator
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How cool is that! I hope I get old enough to experience when space elevators become reality!
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yuri_base
Feb 24, 2012, 11:44 AM
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I hope to get old enough to see the first parachute landing on the Moon.
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yuri_base
Feb 24, 2012, 4:11 PM
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godfrog wrote: yuri_base wrote: I hope to get old enough to see the first parachute landing on the Moon. ____________________________________________________________ I wonder how well a parachute would work on the moon.....I mean why didn't they use them on the landers to save fuel on decsent 
I heard hesitations were a bitch.
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godfrog
Feb 24, 2012, 4:19 PM
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Re: [yuri_base] Space Elevator
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yuri_base wrote: godfrog wrote: yuri_base wrote: I hope to get old enough to see the first parachute landing on the Moon. ____________________________________________________________ I wonder how well a parachute would work on the moon.....I mean why didn't they use them on the landers to save fuel on decsent I heard hesitations were a bitch.
peraps they might be able to see the dust cloud from earth, I wonder what terminal velocity would be like.
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OuttaBounZ
Feb 24, 2012, 10:40 PM
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godfrog wrote: I wonder what terminal velocity would be like.
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yuri_base
Feb 24, 2012, 11:28 PM
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Re: [OuttaBounZ] Space Elevator
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Will jump tickets on the moon be 6 times cheaper as the consequence?
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godfrog
Feb 25, 2012, 4:21 AM
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at one sixth we could probably bungee launch, like a big sling shot 
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yuri_base
Feb 25, 2012, 10:41 AM
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Safety tip: the temperatures during the day reach 253F (123C), so watch out for density altitude!
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