Long Shot. Gregg Easterbrook.
by Easterbrook, Gregg; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 50Science. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Launch complexes (Astronautics) | Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Launching | Satellite launching ships | Sea Launch (Firm) | Space flight -- Economic aspects | Space researchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Defying the odds, even before the recent loss of the space shuttle Columbia, an eccentric company called Sea Launch has become the first private enterprise to send large rockets into space--from an enormous floating launch pad that sails to the Equator for blast-off." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) This article discusses the Odyssey floating launch platform that enables rockets to be launched from the equator 1400 miles south of Hawaii and allows for cheaper and heavier payloads.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Long Shot, May 2003; pp. 64+.
"Defying the odds, even before the recent loss of the space shuttle Columbia, an eccentric company called Sea Launch has become the first private enterprise to send large rockets into space--from an enormous floating launch pad that sails to the Equator for blast-off." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) This article discusses the Odyssey floating launch platform that enables rockets to be launched from the equator 1400 miles south of Hawaii and allows for cheaper and heavier payloads.
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