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Subject: Re: The Warm Equations
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:02:41 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 6/28/2024 9:35 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> 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=20
>>>>>> 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.=A0=
 Is
>>>>> there enough food, water, air, and diapers for all of them for =
another
>>>>> month ?=A0 Or is SpaceX going to have to send an emergency supply =
ship ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can the Boeing Starliner drop without a crew ?=A0 I suspect so.
>>>>>
>>>> That's kind of a dumb question.=A0 OF COURSE the Starliner can be =
dropped.
>>>> =A0 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.
>
>Starliner has already made one (sort of) successful unmanned trip
>to the ISS, and returned safely. It is completely capable of returning
>unmanned, no explosives needed.
>
>But yes, on that trip they also had thruster problems.

The Boeing Solution to problems:
-- capture the regulators
-- full speed ahead!

There was a time when, around here, Boeing was the plane to fly.

But then they moved to corporate offices to Chicago.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"