Comments on: What ever happened to the Manned Space Stations? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: bertfw http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-689108 bertfw Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:45:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-689108 "I've never seen a pole dancer that small before!" “I’ve never seen a pole dancer that small before!”

]]> By: Jim Dunn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-568606 Jim Dunn Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:27:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-568606 Believe it or not, two members of von Braun's team are still alive and kicking in Huntsville. Konrad Dannenburg and Ernst Stuhlinger recently spoke about how the launch of Sputnik spurred America's space efforts. http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1191402922238150.xml&coll=1 Believe it or not, two members of von Braun’s team are still alive and kicking in Huntsville. Konrad Dannenburg and Ernst Stuhlinger recently spoke about how the launch of Sputnik spurred America’s space efforts.

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]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-558273 Firebrand38 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:31:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-558273 Well, in the fullness of time since this article it turns out that there wasn't a lot you needed a space station for: Astronomy see Hubble The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was a fscinating but little known project that was cancelled in 1969 the whole story can be found in this 2MB on-line history at http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA459973 Look in Chapter 7 Earth Observation was handled by the launch of Landsat I in 1972 http://landsat.usgs.gov/project_facts/history/ What Von Braun's main beef at this time was that he supported a mode called Earth Orbit Rendezvous for Apollo. A huge ship would be assembled and fueled in Earth orbit (with help of a space station)fly to the moon, land, takeoff and fly back. The Lunar Orbit Rendezvous chosen led to the LM landing apart from the CSM, taking off, rendezvousing and having the Command Module returning alone. See http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/Rendezvous.html As for a TV station in orbit requiring a crew to maintain it, Dish Network seems to manage without it. Basically, von Braun (a rocket engineer) wanted to build a space station but he never devloped the market for it. Well, in the fullness of time since this article it turns out that there wasn’t a lot you needed a space station for:

Astronomy see Hubble

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was a fscinating but little known project that was cancelled in 1969 the whole story can be found in this 2MB on-line history at http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA459973 Look in Chapter 7

Earth Observation was handled by the launch of Landsat I in 1972 http://landsat.usgs.gov/project_facts/history/

What Von Braun’s main beef at this time was that he supported a mode called Earth Orbit Rendezvous for Apollo. A huge ship would be assembled and fueled in Earth orbit (with help of a space station)fly to the moon, land, takeoff and fly back. The Lunar Orbit Rendezvous chosen led to the LM landing apart from the CSM, taking off, rendezvousing and having the Command Module returning alone. See http://www.nasa.gov/centers/la.....zvous.html

As for a TV station in orbit requiring a crew to maintain it, Dish Network seems to manage without it.

Basically, von Braun (a rocket engineer) wanted to build a space station but he never devloped the market for it.

]]> By: jsl151 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-557271 jsl151 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:31:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/29/what-ever-happened-to-the-manned-space-stations/#comment-557271 Nice article, but the word "money" is absent. Nice article, but the word “money” is absent.

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