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Update on Phobos – Where’s a shuttle when you need it?

This is another reason I advocate the continuance of NASA and the U.S. run space program. We led the way into space and must push forward to explore new worlds and boldly go where no man has gone before. Beam me up… oh, sorry I must have got carried away. Continue reading

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Reason to keep NASA – Phobos Transpermia Fiasco

To leave planet Earth an escape velocity of 11.2 km/s (approx. 40,320 km/h, or 25,000 mph) is required, however a speed of 42.1 km/s is required to escape the Sun’s gravity (and exit the solar system) from the same position. The Phobos rocket is caught in Earth’s orbit and may never escape it.
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