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We saw one of the major drawbacks of using the condensed propellant tonight. First, the LOX and RP-1 are not loaded until last minute (-10:00) so that they heat up at a minimum. This led to tonight's ...
Legally, this would be outlawed by the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, as well as the "daughter" treaties which dictate ownership of space objects. There is currently no law of salvage in space, such as ...
In general, NASA published selected documents as to their exploration policies since inception in Exploring the Unknown Vol. 5: Exploring the Cosmos (copy at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/ETUv5.pdf)....
Sun-synchronous orbit would have an altitude of between 150 and 900 km. That being said, atmospheric drag would be determined by altitude, with altitudes higher than 600 km experiencing no drag. At ...
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