David. what the Russians lack in our technology they make up for in their engineering and their practical approach to events. A launch at Baikonour, particularly of a Soyuz (crewed) vehicle is a wonderful event. Flying with them (and their airplanes) is likewise a fun event. Unlike our "Vomet Comets" the Russians wear parachutes during microgee flight and at times are known let those who want to to "jump" after the event.
Of course then there are the winters! Robert WB5MZO > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:50:26 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Sunbandilasat launch > > :-D > > It always amazes me that the Russians carry a rocket on the back of a > train to the launch site, then launch it on time and then land the crew > on hard ground in what seems to be a very amateur and haphazard fashion > yet it seems to work very well. > > Here, if a bird farts in the wrong direction within 30 miles of Kennedy > Space Center, the whole launch is scrubbed! > > Maybe we should just get the Russians to do it for us! > > David _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
