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Solution for 99% of shuttle foam problems: Move launch base to CA

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Basically, as I read in the NYTs, rain hits the tank and causes the foam to break off.

Solution: Move to California! It seems they scrap launches about 50% of the time because of weather anyways. So CA is a no brainer.
 
The reason it's in Floridia is because if there's an accident we don't want the shuttle crashing on mainland USA isn't it?
 
I though the point of having the launch site @ Florida was that equatorial launches take the least fuel, and South Florida/TX are the closest we have.
 
The reason why the launch is in Florida is because the shuttle goes west-to-east. If a Florida shuttle explodes or goes down, it hits ocean. If a California shuttle goes down, it takes out like... Las Vegas or something.
 
Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
I though the point of having the launch site @ Florida was that equatorial launches take the least fuel, and South Florida/TX are the closest we have.
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Why not Hawaii?
 
It would take quite a bit more fuel as the closer to the equator the launch is, the less fuel it takes.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Basically, as I read in the NYTs, rain hits the tank and causes the foam to break off.

Solution: Move to California! It seems they scrap launches about 50% of the time because of weather anyways. So CA is a no brainer.
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The environmentalists in CA wouldn't even let it launch. They'd pelt it with tofu.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Basically, as I read in the NYTs, rain hits the tank and causes the foam to break off.

Solution: Move to California! It seems they scrap launches about 50% of the time because of weather anyways. So CA is a no brainer.
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The environmentalists in CA wouldn't even let it launch. They'd pelt it with tofu.
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You sure have the wrong idea about CA. Besides, do you know what tofu is and who eats it?
 
Originally posted by: jchu14
Originally posted by: saymyname

Why not Hawaii?
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Probably logistical nightmares of dealing with shipping parts/people/shuttle across the pacific.
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You're probably right. I thought they did move the shuttle on top of a custom 747 though.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: saymyname

You sure have the wrong idea about CA. Besides, do you know what tofu is and who eats it?
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Yes. Tofu is hippy food and Californians eat it.
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I'm a recent CA resident, and I tried the crap. It has no flavor and the texture is disturbing. It's a piss poor substitute for real meat.
 
Originally posted by: saymyname
Originally posted by: jchu14
Originally posted by: saymyname

Why not Hawaii?
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Probably logistical nightmares of dealing with shipping parts/people/shuttle across the pacific.
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You're probably right. I thought they did move the shuttle on top of a custom 747 though.
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He is right, the costs alone, even if they did have an efficient way to move everything and all the people would be huge. Not to mention good luck finding a good spot in Hawaii.
 
Originally posted by: saymyname
Originally posted by: jchu14
Originally posted by: saymyname

Why not Hawaii?
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Probably logistical nightmares of dealing with shipping parts/people/shuttle across the pacific.
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You're probably right. I thought they did move the shuttle on top of a custom 747 though.
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That is if it lands in the Mojave, but it is quite expensive (and probably somewhat risky) to transport it like that so they like for it to land in Florida.
 
Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: saymyname

You sure have the wrong idea about CA. Besides, do you know what tofu is and who eats it?
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Yes. Tofu is hippy food and Californians eat it.
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I'm a recent CA resident, and I tried the crap. It has no flavor and the texture is disturbing. It's a piss poor substitute for real meat.
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I've had it a few times, but only once in California. In Asia I've had a lot more.

Tofu, also called Doufu (often in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin, made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the technique of making cheese from milk. Wheat gluten, or seitan, in its steamed and fried forms, is often mistakenly called ?tofu? in Asian or vegetarian dishes.
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You guys have the wrong idea if you're associating tofu with CA. Yes it's eaten here but it's eaten in a lot of places.
 
Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
Originally posted by: saymyname
Originally posted by: jchu14
Originally posted by: saymyname

Why not Hawaii?
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Probably logistical nightmares of dealing with shipping parts/people/shuttle across the pacific.
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You're probably right. I thought they did move the shuttle on top of a custom 747 though.
Click to expand...

That is if it lands in the Mojave, but it is quite expensive (and probably somewhat risky) to transport it like that so they like for it to land in Florida.
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As a kid we used to hear it land in the Mohave. As it cruised overhead it would make all the windows shake and the sonic boom was always exciting. I think that ended after Challanger though.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Basically, as I read in the NYTs, rain hits the tank and causes the foam to break off.

Solution: Move to California! It seems they scrap launches about 50% of the time because of weather anyways. So CA is a no brainer.
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hmm just stop thinking, k?
 
As the others said, it'd be flying over the entire U.S. if launched from CA...not exactly a good option....now south texas, that'd be reasonable.
 
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Basically, as I read in the NYTs, rain hits the tank and causes the foam to break off.

Solution: Move to California! It seems they scrap launches about 50% of the time because of weather anyways. So CA is a no brainer.
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hmm just stop thinking, k?
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