Robert's Space Place
Just me and some of my thoughts about space... and anything else that might come up.
Monday, March 17, 2014
On The Wings of Apollo, Really
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The 1960's were a heady time for space exploration. Many of the designs that were being churned out by the various agencies and compani...
Friday, March 14, 2014
When The Rockets Were Real
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The cover to the 1972 Estes Model Rocket Catalog. Image courtesy Ninfinger.org and Estes I discovered model rockets in late 1969, when ...
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Going Up By Getting Small
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A rough idea of scale; a Microlauncher on the left, the Vanguard rocket on the right. Image by Robert Little Back in 1989, I was given ...
Friday, February 28, 2014
Saturday, March 1st, 1980
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The original plans for the Renger Sky Slash II Courtesy Estes & Jim Z's Rocket Plans Saturday, March 1st, 1980 dawned crisp an...
Vanguard & Other Fruit Sized Satellites, Part II
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An engineering model of the TRS Mk. II satellite. Image courtesy Smithsonian Institute, Air & Space Museum The Vanguard would not ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Vanguard & Other Fruit Sized Satellites, Part I
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Vanguard 1 - actually, a bit larger than a grapefruit. Drawing by Robert R. Little The first official civilian satellites designed b...
Friday, February 21, 2014
Pessimism, & the Pessimistic People Who Push It
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While I was researching last night, I stumbled upon some editorials by a former space scientist and professor. I'm not going to mention...
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