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Subject: Re: The Warm Equations
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:35:26 -0700
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On 6/28/2024 8:46 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> 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:
>>>>
>>>> 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.....
> 
> 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.
> 
It would take more than a small explosive charge to do that.

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