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- noun Plural form of
orbiter .
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Examples
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The biggest problem we will likely have with Venus orbiters is finding the money to build and launch them.
"Moon = Stupid": Its The Same Tired Rhetoric From Bob Zubrin - NASA Watch 2009
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Its not like the end of manned space flight… AND consider this, there are several key technologies now on our plate including air launched sub orbiters aka White Knight II and Spaceship II.
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We only need two orbiters to fly out the manifest anyway.
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Also in 1976 the Enterprise first flew in drop tests, which means that the manufacturing of the first Orbiter had already happened (along with computers, software, APU's and everything else that goes into building an orbiter) with a production apparatus in place for the other three orbiters.
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Frank's note: You omit the fact that when O'Keefe made his decision to cancel the servicing mission, there was no demonstrated on-orbit tile repair capability for the Shuttle orbiters and there was no return-to-flight experience post-Columbia.
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"Frank's note: You omit the fact that when O'Keefe made his decision to cancel the servicing mission, there was no demonstrated on-orbit tile repair capability for the Shuttle orbiters and there was no return-to-flight experience post-Columbia."
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The lunar orbiters and the Apollo orbital cameras mapped the moon in extensive detail that has yet to be surpassed in the visible bands.
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009
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Also in 1976 the Enterprise first flew in drop tests, which means that the manufacturing of the first Orbiter had already happened (along with computers, software, APU's and everything else that goes into building an orbiter) with a production apparatus in place for the other three orbiters.
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On Mars-orbiters - radiation is not an issue if you live inside a meter-thick water wall. (yes it's heavy but it's perfect shielding and we all need water) The advantages are exactly that of oceanic ROV ops - you get to study the environment extensively in realtime.
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Most low orbiters couldn't do anything to avoid a collision, anyway.
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