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::Thanks[[User:Graham1973|Graham1973]] ([[User talk:Graham1973|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
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==Confusing description of re-entry burn?==

How can it be that in one paragraph the burn is described as too long and in the following paragraph as too short? Granted, delta-v can be in any direction, but when we say "greater delta-v, steeper fall" we do introduce a number of assumptions that should not be immediately and silently dropped.[[User:Spamhog|Spamhog]] ([[User talk:Spamhog|talk]]) 20:55, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

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Film or Book Version of Marooned?

I've recently obtained a copy of James Oberg's Red Star in Orbit which describes the aftermath of the failed docking with Salyut 6 as follows:

Since the inoperative maneuvering engine was also used for returning to Earth, the Soyuz-33 crewmen were in genuine danger of being trapped in space until their air ran out in a few days. In fact, the commander (a veteran of the Apollo-Soyuz project named Rukavishnikov, who spoke fluent English) later admitted to thinking briefly about an American science fiction novel he had once read - Marooned by Martin Caidin - which was about space-station astronauts trapped in orbit by a faulty rocket engine.

James Oberg. Red Star in Orbit. Harrap (1981), pg 196. ISBN 0245538097

It would appear that there is a discrepancy between this account and the one used to prepare the article. It might be worth further investigation. Graham1973 (talk) 01:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll double-check my sources to see what they say and we can ammend accordingly. If both, we could say both. Canada Jack (talk) 14:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like a planGraham1973 (talk) 14:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the reference - indeed, it was the book, not the film, that Ruk. had thought of, at least according to Newkirk (and Oberg). Good catch. Canada Jack (talk) 23:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ThanksGraham1973 (talk) 16:21, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing description of re-entry burn?

How can it be that in one paragraph the burn is described as too long and in the following paragraph as too short? Granted, delta-v can be in any direction, but when we say "greater delta-v, steeper fall" we do introduce a number of assumptions that should not be immediately and silently dropped.Spamhog (talk) 20:55, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]