Date: 13/08/2015 03:03:34
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 760272
Subject: Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

The list of spacefaring nations remains small, but thanks to continuing advances in technology that promise to reduce the financial and logistical hurdles involved, the numbers are set to increase. One country that could be joining the club, if the University of Queensland (UQ) and Heliaq Advanced Engineering get their way, is Australia. The two are teaming up on a project intended to deliver payloads weighing from 50 to 500 kg (110 to 1,102 lb) into orbit.

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Date: 13/08/2015 19:44:00
From: dv
ID: 760732
Subject: re: Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

“The list of spacefaring nations remains small”

If by this they mean the list of those that have developed their own launch capacity (as seems likely from the context), it is not that small.

Brazil
China
France
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
North Korea
Soviet Union/Russia
South Korea
Spain
Ukraine
UK

Additionally over a dozen nations made contributions to the development of the ESA’s hardware.
USA

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Date: 14/08/2015 22:32:42
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 761337
Subject: re: Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

dv said:


“The list of spacefaring nations remains small”

If by this they mean the list of those that have developed their own launch capacity (as seems likely from the context), it is not that small.

Brazil
China
France
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
North Korea
Soviet Union/Russia
South Korea
Spain
Ukraine
UK

Additionally over a dozen nations made contributions to the development of the ESA’s hardware.
USA

Add Malaysia to that – at least two recent satellites and a space agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_National_Space_Agency

And Luxemburg recently put a satellite into Lunar Orbit.

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Date: 14/08/2015 22:34:53
From: AwesomeO
ID: 761338
Subject: re: Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

mollwollfumble said:


dv said:

“The list of spacefaring nations remains small”

If by this they mean the list of those that have developed their own launch capacity (as seems likely from the context), it is not that small.

Brazil
China
France
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
North Korea
Soviet Union/Russia
South Korea
Spain
Ukraine
UK

Additionally over a dozen nations made contributions to the development of the ESA’s hardware.
USA

Add Malaysia to that – at least two recent satellites and a space agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_National_Space_Agency

And Luxemburg recently put a satellite into Lunar Orbit.

If they include North Korea shouldn’t they include Iraq?

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Date: 15/08/2015 00:37:46
From: dv
ID: 761416
Subject: re: Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

mollwollfumble said:


dv said:

“The list of spacefaring nations remains small”

If by this they mean the list of those that have developed their own launch capacity (as seems likely from the context), it is not that small.

Brazil
China
France
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
North Korea
Soviet Union/Russia
South Korea
Spain
Ukraine
UK

Additionally over a dozen nations made contributions to the development of the ESA’s hardware.
USA

Add Malaysia to that – at least two recent satellites and a space agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_National_Space_Agency

And Luxemburg recently put a satellite into Lunar Orbit.

There are at least a dozen more countries that have space agencies and build satellites.

Right there at the top, I said “If by this they mean the list of those that have developed their own launch capacity (as seems likely from the context)”.

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Date: 15/08/2015 00:42:04
From: dv
ID: 761418
Subject: re: Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space

AwesomeO said:

If they include North Korea shouldn’t they include Iraq?

North Korea has had a successful launch to orbit in 2012.

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