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Flying in space is dangerous, and always will be. It's an unforgiving environment. Currently we have lost one orbiter and its crew every 65 launches or so. I was excited, but didn ... . Col. USAF (Ret.) William G. Gregory
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The radius of the Moon is measured from its center of mass to its surface. For the Moon this is, on average, about 1,080 miles. The Earth's radius at the equator is 3,963 miles making the Moon's radius 27.25 percent that of the Earth. http ... Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy
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... can be any length providing it is light enough and strong enough to withstand the launch forces. Practical limits come from the requirement to move and assemble the pieces at the launch site.
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The Space Shuttle is very explosive. The very attributes that make hydrogen and oxygen good propellants—high energy content and hypergolic (meaning they combust on mixing without the need for a spark)—make them extremely dangerous. Only the most careful safety practices will ensure disaster-free flight.
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... . It is an important fact that the farther away a robot has to travel, the lighter it should be. The lighter something is, the cheaper it is to send into space. The smallest is the American rover Sojourner, launched to Mars in 1997. It weighed only 23 pounds.
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... structure on the Moon, and possibly in the solar system, is the Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon. This impact was so large that it punched through the crust of the Moon and exposed the relatively warmer, softer mantle material underneath. It is ...
... there is one chance in 57 that there will be a Shuttle crash in future flights. Spaceflight is at best an extremely dangerous business, but NASA can be depended on to make the Shuttle as space worthy as possible. And fortunately, as more and more flights are accomplished, NASA learns more and more about how to fly safely.
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... things.
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... 2005, Pluto is 2.88 billion miles from the Sun and 2.82 billion miles from Earth. But the distances vary: by the year 2114 Pluto will be 4.58 billion miles from the Sun ... by Dr. John Spencer, Ph.D.
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... be access to information and mobility. Both of these areas are challenging for everyone, and the breakthroughs which would enable private space travel would advance these key areas for all people ... . Riccobono, Robert O. Shelton, Ph.D.
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