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Gryphon
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Jul-21-19, 00:04 AM (EDT) |
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"CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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"Why don't we go to the moon?" Yue: Dìqiú's only natural satellite. For all our recorded history, she has haunted us with her beauty and impressed us with her power. Waterbenders love her. Firebenders fear her. Young lovers pray for her intercession. And always, people have wondered: Could we ever possibly reach high enough to touch her? And if we could... do we dare try? Fifty years ago, Professor Asami Sato led a massive international effort to do just that. Now, to mark the 50th anniversary of that historic event, the United Republic Space Agency is proud to present this special commemorative account of the mission's climax: That pivotal moment when the brave crew of the spaceship Agni V, after a journey of more than 80,000 leagues, reached their destination—becoming the first, and so far only, mortal beings from Dìqiú to visit the moon. Excerpted from Professor Sato's award-winning memoir of Project Phoenix Flight, Challenging the Cold Silence, this is the definitive telling of a story that has captivated all Dìqiú for half a century... and counting: No Longer the Limit |
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Verbena
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Jul-21-19, 00:32 AM (EDT) |
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1. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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I'm just going to say this: Holy shit! I haven't even had time to read it yet--that will have to wait, I have a long day tomorrow--but I had to come to the forums tonight just to express how amazed I am at the sheer effort you've put into this. It looks amazing. I know how much effort you all must have put into it. I'll share more later when I can actually read it. =) ------ Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her |
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Droken
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Jul-21-19, 11:15 AM (EDT) |
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3. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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-SECONDED- That... that was absolutely spectacular. Oh man, chills the -whole way down-, and then the ending? Even on its own this would have been amazing. Waiting until the 50th anniversary was just an exceptional stroke of excellence. *deep bow* Well -played- everyone. -Damn- well played. -Droken "If at first you don't succeed, bull- riding is not for you." |
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SpottedKitty
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Jul-21-19, 06:03 PM (EDT) |
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5. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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LAST EDITED ON Jul-21-19 AT 06:08 PM (EDT) <pointing upthread> What they said.Interesting how the use of various bending abilities allows a very different mission plan and spacecraft design. I think I've read all of the released snippets, but I wasn't expecting a direct ascent and plane-type landing profile. Incidentally, my head-canon is that the final line of the landing transcript is best read in Al Bean's voice. Just listen to the Apollo 12 landing video (a.k.a. the Pete and Al Show) on YouTube. ;) -- Unable to save the day: File is read-only. |
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Gryphon
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Jul-21-19, 06:50 PM (EDT) |
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6. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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LAST EDITED ON Jul-21-19 AT 06:52 PM (EDT) >Incidentally, my head-canon is that the final line of the landing >transcript is best read in Al Bean's voice. Just listen to the Apollo >12 landing video (a.k.a. the Pete and Al Show) on YouTube. ;) The Apollo 12 episode ("That's All There Is") is probably my favorite of From the Earth to the Moon). It's such a strong counterpoint to "Tranquillity Base". Apollo 11 was Serious Business Undertaken by Serious Men,* two of whom were among the most enigmatic and unknowable astronauts in NASA. Apollo 12 was Pete, Al, and Dick Go to the Moon. :) --G. * with the arguable exception of Mike Collins, whose memoir, Carrying the Fire, is one of the wittiest and most relatable astronaut books -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Gryphon
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Jul-24-19, 09:09 PM (EDT) |
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13. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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>I was listening to a segment of the Apollo 11 mission audio from the >trip back, on the real-time site, and the conversation turned to how >much spaghetti and meatballs they'd have to load onto the next >spacecraft to try to match Al Bean's appetite. I love stuff >like that, and I'd never heard it before. :) Speaking of food on Apollo missions: - John Young doesn't realize he has a hot mic after the first EVA debrief, Apollo 16 --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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MoonEyes
Member since Jun-29-03
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Jul-23-19, 10:00 AM (EDT) |
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9. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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Interestingly, just before this epic work came out, I'd been (re)playing Watch Dogs 2. And in it is a notable section about private launch companies putting satellites into space, which leads to a mission breaking into the assembly building of one such company. Around the room where this assembly happens are a bunch of sound files speaking about the development of space craft as opposed to ships or airplanes, and how a space craft would not be constrained to shapes in the same way as either a ship or a plane, i.e. not needing a certain hull shape or wings, but instead would most likely be shaped to protect the crew from the vagaries of space. Of course, the Agni V wouldn't be dependent on what an earth-designed-and-built craft would, but I still found the contrast very interesting, and apropos. ...! Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths "Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!" |
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MoonEyes
Member since Jun-29-03
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Jul-25-19, 06:36 AM (EDT) |
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14. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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Well, the propulsion methods were fairly clearly not the same sort of system, is what I meant. So, making a craft that DID have wings, and so on, would have made more sense, and the other issues that faced Apollo would probably not have been of the same kinds and/or magnitudes, either. Thus, Agni V was designed as she was, something notably different from what landed on the natural satellite of Sol 3. ...! Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths "Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!" |
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Croaker
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Jul-29-19, 01:01 PM (EDT) |
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15. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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>Well, the propulsion methods were fairly clearly not the same sort of >system, is what I meant. So, making a craft that DID have wings, and >so on, would have made more sense, and the other issues that faced >Apollo would probably not have been of the same kinds and/or >magnitudes, either. Thus, Agni V was designed as she was, something >notably different from what landed on the natural satellite of Sol 3. > >...! >Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths >"Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!" Yeah, the main issue that Apollo had to deal with was weight. They not only had to have enough fuel to lift the payload, but enough fuel to lift that fuel, repeat several times. It's why the Rocket Equation is the devil in the details of exploring the solar system, and why any possible reactionless drive is such a huge thing. The Agni V does not have to deal with all of that, and so has some massive advantages in terms of payload weight, takeoff/landing methodology, and loiter time (more life support mass available). Of course, it has the major limitation that it's entirely dependent on the availability of the Avatar to provide its main thrust. -- Croaker RCW #mc2 "When in doubt, shoot something. Preferably the enemy." |
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pjmoyer
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Jul-30-19, 01:38 PM (EDT) |
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18. "RE: CTCS 50th Anniversary: No Longer the Limit"
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>>And the Comet. The biggest headache the Phoenix Flight mission >>planners faced was that the launch window was >< that wide, and there >>was only going to be one of them per century. > >That is indeed a pretty major limiting factor. Kinda makes the >likelihood of repeat flights pretty much nil. > >Unless they can come up with a different arrangement, maybe >multi-stage with teams of firebenders working in synch... gonna be >difficult. Well, by that point, they'd forego the "powered by firebending" plan and just go with the multi-stage liquid propellant launchers that had already been used for satellite launches. There hasn't been a return flight to Yue, however, since the need for that got superseded by the announcement of the Veil passages to Zipang and the people there. --- Philip
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