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... launch vehicles would tax the rocket - builder's art to the limit . From the outside , they would look like enormous Mercury capsules , 167 feet in diameter and 192 feet tall . At liftoff , a launch vehicle would weigh 12,000 tons and ...
... launch vehicles would tax the rocket - builder's art to the limit . From the outside , they would look like enormous Mercury capsules , 167 feet in diameter and 192 feet tall . At liftoff , a launch vehicle would weigh 12,000 tons and ...
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... launch pad aboard one of NASA's huge crawler - transporters - the same ones used to carry Saturn V's to Pads 39 A and B. From one of these launch pads the shuttle will be fueled , counted down , and sent on its next flight . All will be ...
... launch pad aboard one of NASA's huge crawler - transporters - the same ones used to carry Saturn V's to Pads 39 A and B. From one of these launch pads the shuttle will be fueled , counted down , and sent on its next flight . All will be ...
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... launch velocity is slightly off . That is , the gravity of the earth and moon acts to focus the trajectories so they arrive at the target despite slight errors in velocity . The best such launch site is at 33.1 ° east longitude , near ...
... launch velocity is slightly off . That is , the gravity of the earth and moon acts to focus the trajectories so they arrive at the target despite slight errors in velocity . The best such launch site is at 33.1 ° east longitude , near ...
Contents
CONTENTS Acknowledgments | 8 |
Introduction by Ray Bradbury | 9 |
Other Life in Space | 11 |
Copyright | |
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