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Absolutely. :-)

No, I'm sorry to say that the source you refer to is misleading religious pseudo-science, and widely discredited. But either way, my point stands. We are VERY closely related, and need to recognise that fact and behave accordingly. Peace & Love.

You know, we are actually apes too. Same family. Share nearly 99% of our DNA. It isn't an "us and them" thing. Just "us" ;-)

Hi, is anyone here involved in the running of UKRA? If so, could you PM me - I've used the contact form on the website, but not sure if the messages are getting through. Many thanks. A

I haven't seen this mentioned here. An amazing success, especially considering the budget. A real good news story. https://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/india-mars-successful-mangalyaan-idINKCN0HJ05720140924

How can you possibly compare the actions of a young person with the courage and independent spirit to sail around the world with teaching a child to handle a device whose ONLY purpose is to kill?? Baffling. On a more general note, am I the only one to be alarmed that people who lack the...

So nothing like the early days of the US and USSR programmes, when no rockets ever blew up and no lab-animals, or people, were ever killed? Try educating yourself about this country and the context in which its people are working. Perhaps then you'll see how disrespectful your comments are.

Well said Pepe. The attitudes displayed by some here are shameful. Ridicule and Ebola jokes...really?

Yeah... Very generous...:eyeroll:

That is the accepted justification. I choose to disagree.

A sad day for the world.

Since most people here have at least some interest in space exploration, I thought you may enjoy looking at my website: https://www.someothersun.com It's very much work in progress at the moment, with a lot of new images to be added soon. I hope some of you may find this interesting...

This thread was political the moment ISS was mentioned. It was always much more a political endeavour than a technological one. The the use of phrases such as 'communist' an 'cold war' in 2014 is just bizarre.

Actually, the Telegraph is one of the longest established most respected Broadsheet newspapers in the UK, ranking alongside The Times and the Guardian. It is as far from a tabloid as it is possible to get. If you're going to try to discredit sources, it pays to check your facts first...

Thanks K'Tesh. I guess the swing test is an option :-) As the 'rocket' is about 6ft long, I was hoping to find a way to do this by simulation. But hey, i guess sometimes the low-tech approach is the way to go... Whatever gets the job done! V.

Hi, bit of an odd question perhaps: can Open Rocket be used to calculate the stability of a rocket-like shape in free fall? Does the Barrowman equation, which I assume it uses, still apply? To explain- I'm involved in the design of a free-fall ice-drift probe, which whilst NOT a rocket, is...

First time poster, long-time maker of parachutes ;-) The point about chute shape being irrelevant to drift is correct, BUT makes certain assumptions. The most vital assumption is that the chute and the shroudlines are perfectly symmetrical. Given that very few chutes are truly symmetrical...