SpacecraftDiscussion of Spacecraft Design, Dynamics and Control, and News, as well as anything else I feel like blogging.Damper Design- February 18, 2005 Design review this morning for the precession damper Andre is designing for Whorl-I in the SSSL. I'll post some details later....http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001331.html Virginia Tech Sounding Rocket Project- February 17, 2005 The VTSRP launch date is getting closer; the launch window opens on March 14, and will remain open for about one week. The Improved Orionwill launch from the Wallops Island Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia, carrying the MAGIC instrument to...http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001330.html Commander Binnie & SpaceShipOne- February 16, 2005 Yesterday, Virginia Tech had a distinguished visitor, Commander Brian Binnie, one of the three SpaceShipOne pilots, who had the distinction of being the pilot of the X-Prize-winning flight, as well as the flight where he "got dirt all over the...http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001329.html |