New Australian Space Agency - spaceaustralia.com.au - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rt
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 04:19:58 pm
content: I presume Dave will determine who is behind this hoax but for the moment this website is pretending to be the new national space agency in Australia.Top quality logo!rt

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 06:28:03 pm
content: Great! So it's no longer "Pigs in spaaace!" but "Wombats in space, mate."

author: John B
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 07:01:04 pm
content: The new Kangaroo V launch delivery system will usher in a new era of space exploration.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 09:58:34 pm
content: Probably just a site hoping to sell T-shirts, but there was some kind of announcement a couple of days ago about Australia forming a new official space agency.Interesting fact I didn't know: Australia was the third nation after the United States and the USSR to build and launch a satellite.

author: IanMacdonald
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 10:26:48 pm
content: Wasn't the Britiah Prospero satellite launched from Woomera? Strangely they didn't use the Rolls RZ2 engine which would have seemed the obvious choice, instead they used a cluster of 8 small engines.I suppose Oz was chosen because the propulsiion requirements are less when launching downwards.

author: wasyoungonce
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 11:22:29 pm
content: We used to go to Woomera quite a bit with Aircraft Reaserch Development Unit (ARDU) in80s/ 90's, weapons trials.Picked up many strange artefacts including a used rocket engine nozzle...around 300mm or so major dia

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 03:12:23 am
content: Australia is ideal for a landing zone for land based spaceflight.. its mostly flat, little in the way of power lines etc. in the large middle area..It would be hard to miss!Plus, don't forget 15,000 thats fifteen thousand, good,globalization-proofjobs!

author: djos
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 04:06:25 am
content: I'll just leave this here ....

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 04:07:45 am
content: I also played around with a name ... and ARSE popped up as a potential mnemonic. I was busy with other things and didn't have the time to find the words to fit ...But somebody did !!

author: djos
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 04:10:41 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on September 28, 2017, 04:07:45 amCRAP works for pretty much anything coming from the LNP these days.

author: Ash
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 06:44:47 am
content: Quote from: Benta on September 27, 2017, 06:28:03 pmNope, Drop Bears..Intercontinental Ballistic Drop Bears.Ash.

author: wasyoungonce
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 07:39:26 am
content: Drop bears in Woomera......nah not enough big trees. They used to water the gum trees around town....otherwise they die! Maybe they could be 'ROCK BEARS"....or even worse "Sand Bears"!Woomera golf course...one big sand trap! Best 19th hole ever!ELDO (European Launch Development Organisation) hotel.....all those abandoned American cars. Too expensive to take home, left to rot in the sun..

author: Magican883
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 08:30:07 am
content: Not a bad name, they could have chosen something like...

author: 3db
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2017, 08:45:32 am
content: Quote from: Magican883 on September 28, 2017, 08:30:07 amPriceless !!