Topic: Spaceport: Sheboygan!

[Stormbringer]

November 29

 

Now Departing…from Spaceport Sheboygan?

 

Spaceports are blossoming. They are in Alaska, Florida, Virginia and California has two of them – and New Mexico is preparing paperwork to join the list.

 

Now up for consideration is a new entry: Spaceport Sheboygan.

 

Wisconsin state officials heard words of support for the idea on November 28 from former astronauts and other space experts. State Senator Joe Leibham (R-Wisconsin) of Sheboygan is co-author of a bill to create a Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, seen as a step towards a Sheboygan-based spaceport.

 

An advocate of the bill is George French, President of Rocketplane, Inc. He foresees the Sheboygan spaceport as an ideal departure site, given the open waters of neighboring Lake Michigan.

 

Such a spaceport, pointed out supporters, could handle the evolving space tourism business, loft spacecraft to the International Space Station, and support outbound traffic rocketing to the Moon.

 

-- Leonard David

[Nemesis]

When does the planet crusher attack?

[Stormbringer]

LOL. iremember a monster that ate sheboygan...

[Nemesis]

Try that scenario in SFB - with a Romulan Warbird (I did).  The planet won't be feelling very good - but you can win. 

I also did it with 3 Fed POLs as a test once. 

[Tus-XC]

i have no clue why they want  a space port in alaska... thats pretty much only good for polar and sun synchronise(sp?) orbits.....

[Nemesis]

i have no clue why they want  a space port in alaska... thats pretty much only good for polar and sun synchronise(sp?) orbits.....

The space station is in an inclined orbit to allow the Russians to reach it.  Launching from a northern area like Alaska will allow easier access to that orbit.

[Commander Maxillius]

sweet, that's close enough to watch lift offs

[Tus-XC]

i have no clue why they want  a space port in alaska... thats pretty much only good for polar and sun synchronise(sp?) orbits.....

The space station is in an inclined orbit to allow the Russians to reach it.  Launching from a northern area like Alaska will allow easier access to that orbit.

Not really, i think the one in alaska is at a higher latitude, meaning that it can't launch into the ISS orbit.  It would need to launch into a parking orbit and then do a plane change.  Plane changes are very expensive so its easer to just launch into that oribit, which is possible if you are at a latitude lower than the inclination of the orbit you are trying to launch into.

as for easier access, at lower latitudes you have two chances to launch into a higher inclination orbit, if you are at a latitude that is at the same inclination of the oribt, you have 1 chance, and if your above that inclination, you can't ever launch into a lower inclination orbit.

Which is why i said i don't know why they would want it up there, its pretty much useless except for polar and sun synchonise orbits.