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| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
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884.0. "Russia/Boeing Joint Venture (Booster)" by SKYLAB::FISHER (Carp Diem : Fish the Day) Wed Jan 05 1994 12:39
From the usenet. Henry Spencer usually has good information, so I started this
topic based on his rumor. As more info comes out, we can add it here, and if
warranted, change the base note title to a "real name".
Article 134 of sci.space.tech:
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From: [email protected] (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.space.tech
Subject: imminent Boeingski announcement
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 05:14:26 GMT
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My spies have turned up something interesting: expect a major announcement
soon of a joint Boeing-Russian project. From the sketchy report I have,
I would guess a major new launcher using Russian engines, but I don't know
for sure yet.
--
Belief is no substitute | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
for arithmetic. | [email protected] utzoo!henry
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| 884.1 | Heard it this weekend | KEIKI::WHITE | MIN(2�,FWIW) | Mon Apr 10 1995 07:04 | 12 |
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CNN this weekend reported on the joint venture as an oil rig
based launching facility using Russian Launch vehicles based 30 to 40
miles off the coast of Hawaii?
Apparantly the ecologists on the BIG ISLAND prevented a land based
facility, but I thought most spots 30 to 40 miles off the coast were
thousands of feet deep?
Bill
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| 884.2 | Floating Oil Platforms | LHOTSE::DAHL | | Mon Apr 10 1995 10:18 | 8 |
| RE: <<< Note 884.1 by KEIKI::WHITE "MIN(2�,FWIW)" >>>
> ...I thought most spots 30 to 40 miles off the coast were
> thousands of feet deep?
FWIW, plenty of oil platforms float. They are continually kept in position by
motors at the corners.
-- Tom
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| 884.3 | | RANGER::REITH | | Mon Apr 10 1995 11:50 | 3 |
| They had a segment on it on their Science and Technology week about it. The
animation showed a horizontal loading and a tilt up launch. They claimed any
inclination would be available.
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| 884.4 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Mon Apr 10 1995 13:39 | 4 |
| Seems it would make more sense to use one of those islands down south
of Hawaii near the equator.
George
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