Pilot Archive

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The space shuttle just launched.

Succesful launch. They just separated from the external fuel tank.

I didn't even know we were using them again. See? This is what I get for playing too much SWG. I just don't have time to listen to the radio anymore. I'm so out of touch.

Yeah first time back in space since the Columbia accident.

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Dragon942 wrote:

I wonder what the YPR is on the shuttle?

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Screw YPR, I want to know about the weapons systems.
How many?
What type?
What's the max damage?!

(Seriously, it's the US fer chrissakes, you KNOW there's SOMETHING hidden on that thing.)

*sigh*

I've always had a real love/hate relationship with the Shuttle. Part of me is the little kid who watched the first launch on a bigscreen TV at school, and believed everything they told us about cheap resuable space travel.... then there's everything Ive learned since then about how the program really worked, and how the the entire system is essentially political pork barrel now.

I'll just say, I love the idea of the shuttle, and I love the brave men and women who risk their lives going into space for humanity, be they on the shuttle or another vessel. Maybe someday they'll get it right...

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JeebusCrisp wrote:

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Dragon942 wrote:

I wonder what the YPR is on the shuttle?

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Screw YPR, I want to know about the weapons systems.
How many?
What type?
What's the max damage?!

(Seriously, it's the US fer chrissakes, you KNOW there's SOMETHING hidden on that thing.)

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Why bother with a formal weapon system at all? A friggin grain of sand in the right spot and its bye bye shuttle. The Endeavour came back from one mission after having a fleck of paint in an opposite orbit hit it's forward window. The damned window is three inches thick and it penetrated 75% of the way through.

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JeebusCrisp wrote:

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Dragon942 wrote:

I wonder what the YPR is on the shuttle?

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Screw YPR, I want to know about the weapons systems.
How many?
What type?
What's the max damage?!

(Seriously, it's the US fer chrissakes, you KNOW there's SOMETHING hidden on that thing.)

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For an Air to Ground attack wouldn't take much, just a depleted uranium "slug" about 5 foot long. On a ballistic trajectory, would be moving pretty fast by the time it hit whatever bunker it was aimed at. Sort of like a super dense man-made meteorite.

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JanuHull wrote:

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JeebusCrisp wrote:

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Dragon942 wrote:

I wonder what the YPR is on the shuttle?

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Screw YPR, I want to know about the weapons systems.
How many?
What type?
What's the max damage?!

(Seriously, it's the US fer chrissakes, you KNOW there's SOMETHING hidden on that thing.)

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Why bother with a formal weapon system at all? A friggin grain of sand in the right spot and its bye bye shuttle. The Endeavour came back from one mission after having a fleck of paint in an opposite orbit hit it's forward window. The damned window is three inches thick and it penetrated 75% of the way through.

Stuff up there orbits at 27,500 mph, a head on collision is equal to hitting a wall at over fifty thousand miles an hour. The kinetic energy involved in a major collision is just nauseating to comprehend.

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Which is why we should be devoting R&D money to the devopment of particle shields

Oh, and Ion drives, repulsorlifts, and acceleration couches.

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Dragon942 wrote:

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JanuHull wrote:

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JeebusCrisp wrote:

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Dragon942 wrote:

I wonder what the YPR is on the shuttle?

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Screw YPR, I want to know about the weapons systems.
How many?
What type?
What's the max damage?!

(Seriously, it's the US fer chrissakes, you KNOW there's SOMETHING hidden on that thing.)

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Why bother with a formal weapon system at all? A friggin grain of sand in the right spot and its bye bye shuttle. The Endeavour came back from one mission after having a fleck of paint in an opposite orbit hit it's forward window. The damned window is three inches thick and it penetrated 75% of the way through.

Stuff up there orbits at 27,500 mph, a head on collision is equal to hitting a wall at over fifty thousand miles an hour. The kinetic energy involved in a major collision is just nauseating to comprehend.

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Which is why we should be devoting R&D money to the devopment of particle shields

Oh, and Ion drives, repulsorlifts, and acceleration couches.

Then we can focus on hyperdrives.

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Actually they have a functioning Ion drive, the thrust is super low though, but it can be left on for a long amount of time. They recently used one to power a small probe to an asteroid somewhere.

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Dragon942 wrote:

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JanuHull wrote:

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JeebusCrisp wrote:

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Dragon942 wrote:

I wonder what the YPR is on the shuttle?

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Screw YPR, I want to know about the weapons systems.
How many?
What type?
What's the max damage?!

(Seriously, it's the US fer chrissakes, you KNOW there's SOMETHING hidden on that thing.)

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Why bother with a formal weapon system at all? A friggin grain of sand in the right spot and its bye bye shuttle. The Endeavour came back from one mission after having a fleck of paint in an opposite orbit hit it's forward window. The damned window is three inches thick and it penetrated 75% of the way through.

Stuff up there orbits at 27,500 mph, a head on collision is equal to hitting a wall at over fifty thousand miles an hour. The kinetic energy involved in a major collision is just nauseating to comprehend.

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Which is why we should be devoting R&D money to the devopment of particle shields

Oh, and Ion drives, repulsorlifts, and acceleration couches.

Then we can focus on hyperdrives.

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