10-10-2017, 05:17 AM
(10-10-2017, 04:44 AM)LP link Wrote:Over the years I've meet a few of the Astronauts at the Avalon Airshow. At first they thought the moon landing conspiracy theorists were a laugh, but they all grew weary of them very quickly!
One thing is for certain, that Saturn Studio used for the Cassini hoax must be forking big! ;D
In our lifetime we are likely to be in a position to travel in LEO to London or LA if we can afford the fair. I also think we'll see Boom using mini-Concord type aircraft within a decade for Trans-Pacific and Atlantic flights.
On a final note, I hear SA are heavily into planning a launch facility, after the announcement of a new space institute, but reality is it is best located as close as possible to the equator and the SA politicians are jerking their gherkin!
So how did those Apollo lads gets through - and back through - those nasty little (not) Van Allen Belts?
Finals, then 4 in a row!