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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2007, 09:19:18 PM »
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Rip, Boeing outsourced R&D because we still have real engineers here ;)

(that was sarcasm too ;))
 


I understand the sarcasm, but the real reason was cost. A cheap russian engineer makes a more profitable airplane and give me bigger raises every year. Tell your boys thanks for taking one for the team. It keeps me in a job longer as long as I have problem projects overseas. ;)
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« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2007, 09:20:25 PM »
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Rip, you and Borada calm down.  Borada, the only reason Russia did not lift larger payloads into space, was at the time they had no heavy lift launcher like the Saturn V.

And yes, Spacelab was a disaster.

Neither of our countries has a perfect record when it comes to space travel.  So let's just put that aside if you wish to discuss this.

And keep all the personal jabs off the board.  Both of you.


Hey! We're jabbing in jest, Skuzzy! Jeez! :huh

You need to put up one of those stick poking smilies ;)
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« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2007, 09:26:12 PM »
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I understand the sarcasm, but the real reason was cost. A cheap russian engineer makes a more profitable airplane and give me bigger raises every year. Tell your boys thanks for taking one for the team. It keeps me in a job longer as long as I have problem projects overseas. ;)


Rip, American design philosophy is absolutely different from what we got used to here. M-16 is a good example, it's a pure and obvious act of sabotage.

Technologically you are decades ahead, and we still make decent planes. I wonder what our engineeers will make if they'll be granted some freedom and think in terms of American technological process.

I'll definetly tell "boys" that you thanked them :)
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« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2007, 09:37:30 PM »
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Rip, American design philosophy is absolutely different from what we got used to here. M-16 is a good example, it's a pure and obvious act of sabotage.

Technologically you are decades ahead, and we still make decent planes. I wonder what our engineeers will make if they'll be granted some freedom and think in terms of American technological process.

I'll definetly tell "boys" that you thanked them :)


Boroda, you folks build neat stuff like we build farm equipment, might not be state of the art, but it will never break down and any flunky can swap the engine out. ;) I truly do admire Russian engineering. Our engineers tend to make simple things complicated. I respect your engineers for simplicity, and reliability. :)
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« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2007, 10:53:13 PM »
Get a room you two!
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« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2007, 11:03:31 PM »
WOLVERINES!

Oh whoops 80s flashback sorry.
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« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2007, 12:01:02 AM »
Will the first real job a space station has be run by Sanford and Son 2030?
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« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2007, 06:22:38 AM »
Bear in mind that there are golfballs in orbit !

BTW, Skylab crashed in Autralia, right?
But there was a reasonably good chunk from the USSR crashing in Canada some years later. Wasn't that one radioactive too?
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2007, 06:53:33 AM »
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Practice: Soviet spaceships orbited totally maybe 100 times longer then all Shuttle missions, and no Soyuz burnt during re-entry.


The Columbia was damaged on ascent, orbital debris had nothing to do with it, so Soviet spaceships orbiting longer is beside the issue.

Shuttles have been launched 117 times, the Soviet/Russian program has launched like 106 including Gagarin.

2 Shuttle crews lost, 2 Soyuz crews lost
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« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2007, 07:55:58 AM »
And Challenger burnt during exit.
And American humans orbited the moon...
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #25 on: March 29, 2007, 01:53:08 PM »
Sheesh thanks skuzzy we went from funny jabs to these two guys practically making out.  WTF LOLH.  Not that there is anything wrong with that LOLH.
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