http://www.metafilter.com/tags/SeaLaunch Posts tagged with 'SeaLaunch' at MetaFilter. Tue, 04 May 2004 21:19:34 -0800 Tue, 04 May 2004 21:19:34 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32916/Sea%2DLaunch <a href="http://www.sea-launch.com/">Sea Launch</a> <a href="http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_directv-7s/gallery/dtv-7s-launch-wide.html" id="successfully">successfully</a> <a href="http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_directv-7s/gallery/dtv-7s-launch-tall.html" id="launched">put</a> a 5-ton television satellite into orbit yesterday from a <a href="http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_galaxy3c/departure_lp/departure_lp.html" id="400-foot long mobile platform">400-foot long mobile platform</a> in the central Pacific Ocean. It was the 12th successful launch for the firm (run by a consortium that includes <a href="http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/flash.html" id="Boeing">Boeing</a> and <a href="http://www.energia.ru/english/" id="Energia">Energia</a>), with the equatorial position in the mid-Pacific allowing the rocket to carry a heavier payload to orbit with less fuel. <br /><br />Slowly but surely, spaceflight is <a href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spaceshipone_test_040408.html" id="all kinds of spaceflight">becoming</a> <a href="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=2202" id="commercialized">commercialized</a> even as the U.S. has renewed <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03209/206344.stm" id="efforts">efforts</a> to <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4732874/" id="militarize">militarize</a> it. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32916 Tue, 04 May 2004 21:19:34 -0800 satellite satellites SeaLaunch space QuestionableSwami