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    Brigadier replied to the thread Space stuff....
    Good. 1 tonne. Even apollo 11 was 5 tonnes, and they could barely swing a cat in that. And they were only in the lander for a couple of...
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    Brigadier replied to the thread What have you had for dinner.
    Air fried some hash browns, three fried eggs, fried mushrooms, and baked beans. I probably should have fried the beans too, just for...
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    IT Minion replied to the thread Space stuff....
    That's from their documents. The Mars entry for curiosity was aerobraked until it could deploy parachutes then used some little rockets...
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    Brigadier replied to the thread Space stuff....
    A lot less than for a 100 million mile one.
  • Echo the husky
    Echo the husky reacted to ^woody^'s post in the thread Attaching wooden batten to concrete floor. with Like Like.
    I just suggested that to Mrs W, but she was more concerned about the gas bill. :cautious:
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    Dec27 replied to the thread Space stuff....
    How much oxygen is needed for a 500k round trip?
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    Brigadier replied to the thread Space stuff....
    You best get a job with NASA then, put them straight (y)
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    Brigadier replied to the thread Space stuff....
    With rockets. 250000 miles away, not 100-odd million miles. And not with 100t.
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    IT Minion replied to the thread Space stuff....
    Those rockets were tiny. 400kg of propellant to land twice that mass of payload.
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    IT Minion replied to the thread Space stuff....
    I doubt we're planning on landing 100 tons at a time on Mars any time soon. 100 tons in low earth orbit probably means around 50 to...
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    Dec27 replied to the thread Space stuff....
    Mainly because that’s not mars…
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    Dec27 replied to the thread Space stuff....
    But we’ve landed on the moon decades ago…
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    Brigadier replied to the thread Space stuff....
    Like I said. We're talking about landing, not flying around and around. Current tech cannot land anything "human size-rated" without...
  • Highway Man
    Highway Man replied to the thread Space stuff....
    OMG :oops:
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    Stivino replied to the thread Weed killing question.
    Thanks, I've fixed it. And, I've fired my poofreader.
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