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2014-05-16 Science & Technology

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-16 10:52|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I looked it up; SpaceX engines have a little less specific impulse, and their rocket has 90% of the payload to LEO of Zenit/Sea Launch... and I keep thinking, ok, so the engines aren't those Monster Staged-Combustion Liquid-Cooled engines, but maybe the best is the enemy of the Good Enough.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-16 22:26|| 2014-05-16 22:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Iff this were still the Cold War, I would suspect this "accident" to be an intentional self-destruct or fake on the part of the Soviets meant as a PCorrect-Deniable warning to Russia's strategic partner, SCO-CSTO BFF, + South China Sea NAVEX partner the Chinese.

Where "SPACE/SATELLITE CARRIER ROCKET" = STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ICBM = STAY OUT OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST + -STANS NO MATTER WHOM SHOOTS FIRST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-05-16 23:35|| 2014-05-16 23:35|| Front Page Top

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