Comments on Space Marines Idea Takes Off
Interesting idea slowly moves into a real organization; and who first thought of space marines? (Read
the complete story)
"Here is the opening sequence for Space: Above and Beyond.
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(Bill Christensen 8/28/2008 10:09:23 PM)
"This is not the first time it's been suggested as a serious proposition.
On of the SSTO designs by Phillip Bono was supposed to be used as a global troop transport. Two versions were suggested, one to carry 1200 men and a more modest one carrying just 260, plus jeeps and suppport equipmet, of course !
Not this puny 13 man platoon.
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ithacus.htm"
(Yossi Preminger 8/29/2008 12:48:33 PM)
Tumblin' Tumbleweed Rovers To Eplore Mars
'His sensors out and working, and the whirring of the tape that sucked up sight and sound and shape and smell and form...'
Reflect Orbital Sunlight On Demand
'I don't have to tell you about the seven two-mile-diameter orbital mirrors that circulate around the satellite, making it habitable.'