Comments on: Personal Missile Will Send You Into Sub-Orbit http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:25:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Binary Assassin http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-392299 Binary Assassin Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:23:31 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=15309#comment-392299 NO WAY! Can you pre order these things? Hell yeah!! NO WAY! Can you pre order these things? Hell yeah!!

]]> By: Binary Assassin http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-389230 Binary Assassin Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:23:31 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=15309#comment-389230 NO WAY! Can you pre order these things? Hell yeah!! NO WAY! Can you pre order these things? Hell yeah!!

]]> By: Evan http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-389215 Evan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:07:11 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=15309#comment-389215 Heh, I was trying to paraphrase, but yeah, you are entirely correct. Did you watch "From the Earth to the Moon?" Heh, I was trying to paraphrase, but yeah, you are entirely correct. Did you watch “From the Earth to the Moon?”

]]> By: Melissa http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-389204 Melissa Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:29:54 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=15309#comment-389204 Way too reminiscent of Laika for me. Way too reminiscent of Laika for me.

]]> By: Chris Johnston http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-389203 Chris Johnston Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:11:02 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=15309#comment-389203 "...and partly to mitigate g-forces (they pulled the same trick in the Apollo lunar modules)"<br><br>Actually, the reason the astronauts were standing in the Lunar Modules is because the designers realized that in 1/6th gravity the astronauts' legs could handle the stress of landing, so they could save weight on seats; and because the astronauts were standing right up to the windows, those windows could be much smaller (thus weighing much less) than they'd have to be if the astronauts were seated.<br>At least this new design has some support for the passenger's butt, so a 3g+ launch would be somewhat tolerable. “…and partly to mitigate g-forces (they pulled the same trick in the Apollo lunar modules)”

Actually, the reason the astronauts were standing in the Lunar Modules is because the designers realized that in 1/6th gravity the astronauts' legs could handle the stress of landing, so they could save weight on seats; and because the astronauts were standing right up to the windows, those windows could be much smaller (thus weighing much less) than they'd have to be if the astronauts were seated.
At least this new design has some support for the passenger's butt, so a 3g+ launch would be somewhat tolerable.

]]> By: Scott http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/10/25/personal-missile-will-send-you-into-sub-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-389190 Scott Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:24:18 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=15309#comment-389190 Awesome! Sign me the hell up!!! Awesome! Sign me the hell up!!!

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