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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. August 18, 2016. It is interesting comparing the two best known first stages in the US that use kerosene and LOX. The Atlas 5 and the Falcon 9 use a similar fuel in their first stages and then diverge in the technical aspects. … Continue reading →. July 31, 2016. July 24, 2016. July 18, 2016. Some before, and many after the accident criticized the use of old engines for the Antares. Many references were m...
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. August 18, 2016. It is interesting comparing the two best known first stages in the US that use kerosene and LOX. The Atlas 5 and the Falcon 9 use a similar fuel in their first stages and then diverge in the technical aspects. … Continue reading →. July 31, 2016. July 24, 2016. July 18, 2016. Some before, and many after the accident criticized the use of old engines for the Antares. Many references were m...
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The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 1–Gear Ratios | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. New Link and Blog Layout Update. Insert Lame Excuse Here →. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 1–Gear Ratios. December 28, 2013. To give you an idea of how inefficient, I’m attaching a spreadsheet with some back-of-the-envelope level calculations. In the most extreme case of “all you need is ISRU” thinking, where you use entirely existing chemical propulsion sys...Alternate...
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Variable Gravity | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. Category Archives: Variable Gravity. ESIL-8 Elements of Lunar Commerce Presentation. April 7, 2016. I was invited to give a talk on lunar commerce at a Emerging Space Industry Leaders workshop last week hosted by ULA at their Centennial, Colorado campus, and put on by my friends at Advanced Space LLC and the FAA … Continue reading →. Lunar Exploration and Development. MHD Aerobraking and TPS. May 28, 2015.
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Post a Day | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. The Best of Selenian Boondocks’ First 10 Years. YHABFT: The Danger of Insider Euphemisms: “Shooting the Puppy” Edition →. June 17, 2015. I will still write up a few ideas when they occur to me and I’m in the mood and have the time to write, but it is unlikely that I will try to maintain any type of set pace for publication. Thank you everybody that put up with my latest fumbling around. August 18, 2016. Sorry...
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Lunar Exploration and Development | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. Category Archives: Lunar Exploration and Development. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 4 Propellantless Horizontal Soft-Landing Methods. June 10, 2016. Lunar Exploration and Development. Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 0 An Elevator Pitch for the Moon. May 31, 2016. The fi...
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. Author Archives: Jonathan Goff. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 4 Propellantless Horizontal Soft-Landing Methods. June 10, 2016. Lunar Exploration and Development. Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 0 An Elevator Pitch for the Moon. May 31, 2016. May 30, 2016. The first adva...
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Boomerang TSTO RLV | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. Category Archives: Boomerang TSTO RLV. Boomerang Air-Launched TSTO RLV Concept Part III: Carrier Plane Support Subsystems. June 10, 2015. Boomerang Air-Launched TSTO RLV Concept Part II: Carrier Plane Gamma Maneuver Safety Considerations. June 10, 2015. Boomerang Air-Launched TSTO RLV Concept (Part I). May 26, 2015. Back when I left Masten to start Altius, I originally thought I was starting a launch vehicle ...
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Lunar Commerce | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. Category Archives: Lunar Commerce. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 4 Propellantless Horizontal Soft-Landing Methods. June 10, 2016. Lunar Exploration and Development. Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 0 An Elevator Pitch for the Moon. May 31, 2016. May 30, 2016. The first a...
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YHABFT: The Danger of Insider Euphemisms: “Shooting the Puppy” Edition | Selenian Boondocks
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Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen. Random Thoughts: Lunar Magneto-Lithobraking →. YHABFT: The Danger of Insider Euphemisms: “Shooting the Puppy” Edition. July 31, 2015. I’ve noticed that business people and engineers tend to use a lot of jargon and insider euphemisms in their conversations, sometimes with rather humorous results. I had a recent example occur that was too funny not to share (but too long for Twitter). At Altius Space Machines.
