[Space] cool video

Jonathan Moore moore at eds.org
Wed Jun 9 18:10:39 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Bryan Klofas <bklofas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Speaking of landing in a perfect place, since the winds won't shift much
> from last launch to Friday, maybe we can launch from somewhere near the
> intersection of 92 and 280, down the peninsula? It's out of the flight paths
> of the airports, and will drop us near the town of Patterson, in the central
> valley. The only problem is if it's a little short (or bursts early), it
> will be difficult to recover.
>
> We might want to even launch farther east, as being closer to Turlock would
> make recovery even easier. Attached is a prediction....

I really think launching west of the bay is a bad idea. If things go
wrong you could end up in flight paths for two or three deferent high
traffic airports, and there is the hole landing in they bay thing to
consider.

-Jonathan



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