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2019-01-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2019-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 or the fully successful launch of a 2 stage mid-range ICBM...

Posted by Chinesh Glamp1293 2019-01-16 08:53|| 2019-01-16 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 It isn't actually all that hard to get something into space. Just need a rocket roughly the size of a telephone pole to go straight up and you will get to a height that is considered "space".

Keeping it up there is the real technical challenge. It has to be going fast enough to balance the pull of earth's gravity while not going so fast it hurls out into the solar system. This requires multiple stages that needs pretty serious engineering and physics. You know, Rocket Science.

Most countries still don't have it and it is hard to develop.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-01-16 12:03|| 2019-01-16 12:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I shot a missile into the air,
Achieving orbit if we dare.
It fell to earth I know not where,
due to an unidentified failure in the 3rd stage boost phase.
(hey, you want rhymage, go find ZenFlo!)

-- Poemifying 'n Rocketry B. Hard

Posted by SteveS 2019-01-16 13:27|| 2019-01-16 13:27|| Front Page Top

#4 It fell to earth in a blaze?

Posted by Fat Bob Glaise8594 2019-01-16 13:42|| 2019-01-16 13:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Hah!

Confessed the best tester for Estes,
Possessed of asbestos-dressed testes,
"All the dolls break my falls
And fry eggs on my balls.
Yes, I'm blessed... but jeez, give it a rest, please!"

Though to be honest, he was only about average size. Six inches, tops. Funny little fella.

Posted by Flemp Lumumba1072 2019-01-16 14:16|| 2019-01-16 14:16|| Front Page Top

#6 You’re not fooling anybody with all these anonymizer nyms, Zenobia F. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-16 14:26|| 2019-01-16 14:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Maths are hard

Posted by newc 2019-01-16 22:46|| 2019-01-16 22:46|| Front Page Top

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