Briefs: SS2 composites; Rocketry finals; Inside Orion

A brief article on the composite materials that will be used for SpaceShipTwo: Space tourism vehicle build to rely on out-of-autoclave prepreg - CompositesWorld.com - May 2007
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The final round of the Team America Rocketry Challenge will be held this Saturday at Great Meadow, Virginia, which lies about 45 miles west of Washington, D.C.: Students Vie for World's Largest Rocket Contest Title - AIA/PRNewswire - May.16.07
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T. L. James, who is working on the Orion project, responds to this recent article at NASASpaceflight.com on the "evolution" of the Orion design: Inside Looking Out - MarsBlog.

Posted 05/16/07 | 23:41:43 by TopSpacer | Filed under: General

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my opinion is that the "Sailors" shaped Orion's solar arrays are much BETTER (and MOST RELIABLE) than (both) the (current) "Butterfly" design and my (suggested) "Daisy" option: http://www.gaetanomarano.it...

what do you think about?

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Posted by Gaetano Marano - Italy at 05/17/07 13:41:37

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post edit: "Sails", NOT "Sailors"

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Posted by Gaetano Marano - Italy at 05/17/07 14:21:16

My team placed high in last year's TARC. It's a very fun event.

Posted by Matt Bowes at 05/17/07 22:08:08

Modern materials are not up to the end tested. Concrete collapses in a dust through some hundreds years. Our cities will disappear very quickly if there are no people

Posted by black pill at 05/21/07 03:02:24

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