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Subject: Re: The Warm Equations
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:22:49 -0700
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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:
>>
>> 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.
> 
> 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 ?
> 
> Can the Boeing Starliner drop without a crew ?  I suspect so.
> 
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.

Now, a controlled drop to a specific area.....

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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.