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| The US Air Force Is Reorganizing to Fight in Space |
| 2017-04-06 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 NASA should do the math on how big a trebuchet would have to be to launch a Mercury Capsule into low Earth orbit. Release the data on April 1st and see if any journalists figure it out. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-04-06 20:55 |
| #5 "it can't escape the atmosphere so we will have to kill it." I dunno. I can see them being tossed into low earth orbit from a gigantuous, big-ass trebuchet. One advantage is this would get the Society for Creative Anachronism on board, a constituency which has been previously under-served by the USAF. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-04-06 16:32 |
| #4 The new mission will spell the end of the A-10; "it can't escape the atmosphere so we will have to kill it." |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2017-04-06 14:36 |
| #3 Nice P2k. Danger close extraction and CAS from orbit. I like it! Call it COS? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-06 10:18 |
| #2 Performing task sub-contracting for the Army really doesn't expand the organization or funding lines. If you're not the 'Prime' you never really control the budget. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-04-06 08:17 |
| #1 Still doesn't want to do CAS, so let's change the subject. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-04-06 07:46 |