tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post7351260119023132737..comments2024-03-21T08:00:48.696-07:00Comments on No Shortage of Dreams: An Alternate Station/Shuttle Evolution: The Spirit of '76 (1970)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-7504321749860521472023-10-23T03:41:39.197-07:002023-10-23T03:41:39.197-07:00The diameter of Skylab was 6.6 meters.
Perhaps thi...<br />The diameter of Skylab was 6.6 meters.<br />Perhaps this station was planned instead of the third stage of "Saturn-5"<br />Мухаhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029077184464480506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-54793750939982905972018-11-28T13:05:57.192-07:002018-11-28T13:05:57.192-07:00Not sure I follow - which image(s) are you looking...Not sure I follow - which image(s) are you looking at?<br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-41614959065498110442018-11-20T03:48:27.567-07:002018-11-20T03:48:27.567-07:00Different variants have different layout layouts.
...Different variants have different layout layouts.<br /><br />In addition - if you take from the length of the bed (1.8-2 meters) then the diameter leaves 3.5 times the length of the bed. This is somewhere from 6.3 to 7 meters, which does not correspond to the declared 10 meters (diameter Saturn-5)Мухаhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029077184464480506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-25087224011913218732015-11-06T20:04:00.846-07:002015-11-06T20:04:00.846-07:00And the cost would have been less than we paid to ...And the cost would have been less than we paid to do it the wrong way. <br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-30292582775100611762015-11-06T10:19:05.157-07:002015-11-06T10:19:05.157-07:00This post (12 man space station, completely reusab...This post (12 man space station, completely reusable shuttle, continuing Saturn V use), this...this is the future those of us who grew up in the 60's and 70's were supposed to have. Capt Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262797376576426403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-35622433359189340952015-11-01T12:27:37.219-07:002015-11-01T12:27:37.219-07:00I've been working on it since February 2008. I...I've been working on it since February 2008. I take an immense amount of pleasure and fun doing all the research through the web and adapting my findings into the story fabric. Only recently did it evolved into a coherent thing. <br />You'll be surprised to read that, at the forum where I'm posting http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion there are stories even **bigger** than mine,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-53839283485855445872015-11-01T10:46:27.290-07:002015-11-01T10:46:27.290-07:00Glad you caught that - wish it had been caught soo...Glad you caught that - wish it had been caught sooner because these days I cannot access my WIRED posts to make changes. If I re-post that here I will indeed correct it. Thank you for pointing out my careless error. <br /><br />I swear, nowadays it seems that I have to check every detail before I post. Not sure if it's my advancing old age, being too busy, or the proliferation of small lunar David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-86026384757099946022015-11-01T05:44:45.219-07:002015-11-01T05:44:45.219-07:00Although not related to this post I should mention...Although not related to this post I should mention that while reading the Wired Beyond Apollo post about SDI and the military use of the Moon and asteroids yesterday I noticed an inaccuracy, the Clementine mission being referred to as the first mission to the Moon since the Soviet Luna 24 mission in 1976, while in reality the Japanese Hiten probe, launched in 1990 and deliberately crashed on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-71280674207938124682015-10-31T12:53:05.416-07:002015-10-31T12:53:05.416-07:00Thank you for your kind words. This is history, so...Thank you for your kind words. This is history, so it's meant to inform. I only ask that if you use my blog as a source, you link back to the post(s) you use, perhaps as part of a footnote. That way everybody wins. <br /><br />1400 pages - that's enormous. Has anyone written an alternate history quite that big before? <br /><br />dsfp<br />David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-8362899752205347172015-10-31T06:22:18.536-07:002015-10-31T06:22:18.536-07:00Wow, extremely interesting stuff. You know, I'...Wow, extremely interesting stuff. You know, I'm writting a pretty big alternate history of the space program - you can read it here. <br />http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=366697<br />The divergence with our universe happens late 1971 - when Caspar Weinberger OMB delete funding for the shuttle - nothing happens on January 5, 1972. <br /><br />Your stuff (like thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com