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Kenneth RenshawU.S.
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Answer basic space flight questions, research info on specific space flights. Answer questions on astronomy | |
Tom WhitingU.S.
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I can answer most questions about space flight and planetary exploration from an astronomy standpoint, but not from a computer or electronics standpoint. No astrology questions please, or questions about alleged UFO identifications. | |
Mark LopaU.S.
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I can answer any question that involves the space shuttle. I have been fascinated by the subject since the first launch in 1981, and have never come across a space shuttle question I have not been anle to answer. :) | |
Dan QuigleyU.S.
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RF communications expert | |
Jim HassellU.S.
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I think I can answer just about any question concerning the US manned space program--especially questions concerning the astronauts themselves. The questions I would probably have the most trouble with would be questions concerning foreign countries' space programs. |
Hi Barry, Yes, that's a very interesting concept for the future... it's been on the drawing boards for at least 30 years. And yes, it would probably be a several century type project. Well, it's
I'd be interested to know where your friend got this information. I have searched everything I can think of and can find no reference to this whatsoever. My thought is that your friend either mis-read
Hi Karis, I'm sure that it can be figured out mathematically, but I'm no math major. However, I can estimate it pretty accurately, because I've read where the sun from Mercury is triple what we see
1) time has been shown to slow with velocity (atomic clocks on jets), and gravity, like space can change in the presence of these. 2) gravity occurs in the presence of mass. The more mass, the more the
Hi, thanks for writing. Gravity can bend the path of light (even though it has no mass), as well as the path of an object with mass. Light cannot escape a black hole, and a massive object like the Sun

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