Comments on: Thailand government proposes space program https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/thailand-government-proposes-space-program/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David M. Cook https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/thailand-government-proposes-space-program/#comment-1100446 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:54:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72017#comment-1100446 Here we go, another NASA-type jobs program in the making! If this guy thinks he can get to the future by importing liberalism, he‘s in for a rude surprise!

]]> By: john hare https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/thailand-government-proposes-space-program/#comment-1100411 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:05:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72017#comment-1100411 It is hilarious when an announcement of a technical nature doesn’t know the difference between km/hr and km/sec.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/thailand-government-proposes-space-program/#comment-1100392 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:58:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72017#comment-1100392 Blair Ivey

Why is everyone in such a hurry to get someplace in space?

Its not like anyone alive is on the craft.

How long has it taken the voyager craft to get to where they are now?

Slower is often cheaper in fuel mass and cost.
I think we could get a huge amount of small sats into interplanetary launches if we just accepted a longer flight time.

]]> By: Andi https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/thailand-government-proposes-space-program/#comment-1100385 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:05:42 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72017#comment-1100385 Maybe they know a short cut?

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/thailand-government-proposes-space-program/#comment-1100376 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 03:10:36 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72017#comment-1100376 “It would then travel to the moon at 11km per hour. ”

Is that correct? It’s about 380,000 km to the Moon. At 11 kph, it would take the spacecraft about 1440 days, or nearly four years, to reach the Moon. Even a boost halfway there is a multi-year cruise. Not unusual for interplanetary missions, but to the Moon?

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