[Coco] Re: Re: off-topic, space program

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 18 January 2004 12:34, Lawrence Weeks wrote:
>Once upon a time (Sun Jan 18), Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]
>> However, this is 2004, and the Webb launch was set assuming a
>> working shuttle. I submit that the 2010 launch date for the Webb
>> will be shoved back ...
>
>Webb is designed to be launched by a rocket, currently the European
>Ariane 5. If the Ariane doesn't work out (those things haven't
>started out too reliable), though, they could use a Titan.

A Titan?  Sorry, the original titan just doesn't have the oomph to put 
something that big out to a lagrange point, it was just barely an 
icbm designed to hit moscow from south dakota.  With a payload no 
bigger than 3 of me weightwise inside the nosecone.  I was there, and 
did that.  Besides, its electronics were all Ge with zip 
dependability.

The Titan 2, which was in fact an all much new and bigger bird, maybe.  
Depends on what the Webb weighs.

[...the rest of this, but you do make excellent reading :-)]

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