What "weed need" is a space mission! - Page 92

Uncwilly · 2020-09-14, 18:19

Rocket Lab has been planning a Venus trip for a while now:
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/rocket...rching-mission

Uncwilly · 2020-09-15, 16:49

Of course xkcd 2359.
I think people have been too left column this week.

xilman · 2020-09-25, 20:23

https://twitter.com/Trolley110/statu...18356873121793

(Rocket scientists build classic design and prove that it works.)

tuckerkao · 2020-09-25, 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

Thanks for the link. I think at a minimum the orbit has to be double the diameter of the Sun so that we can peek at the probe around the Sun's edges on a continuous basis. But practically I would expect the orbit needs to be larger than that to make signal reception more reliable.

The larger orbit will also be more functional for the Space Age Venus mission. The extremely high temperature and dense gravity will take some reliable devices to detect their unusual behaviors at times such as the inferno whirls.

retina · 2020-09-27, 08:52

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwpQarrDwk

Apparently we can use Phobos as a gateway to the entire solar system. And not have to worry about it losing momentum, since it is heavy enough to handle it.

kriesel · 2020-09-27, 18:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

https://twitter.com/Trolley110/statu...18356873121793

(Rocket scientists build classic design and prove that it works.)

A few posts lower on that twitter page, fleeing gave the rocket space to acquire more velocity before impact. Very understandable though. https://twitter.com/i/status/1309511001235046405

kriesel · 2020-09-27, 18:25

Take everyone/everything in the solar system along. Plan for a long duration voyage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3y8AIEX_dU

Mark Rose · 2020-09-27, 19:47

Not sure if this was ever posted here

Nick · 2020-10-19, 20:04

Nokia to build mobile phone network for the moon
https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/...k-on-the-moon/

The moon doesn't appear to have a top-level domain name yet
(.lu is Luxembourg of course).

Uncwilly · 2020-10-19, 20:57

The asteroid Bennu is getting a up close and personal visit on Tuesday by OSIRIS/REx mission. https://www.asteroidmission.org The spacecraft is going to touch the asteroid, blow on it and catch what gets stirred up. Then it will return that to earth for study. The asteroid was mapped in painstaking detail to select a site suitable. There were thousands of volunteers that marked millions of objects of this large city block size body. These amateurs let the professions select 4 possible sampling sites. NASA had agreed to this, and then when they saw that Bennu was basically mixture of gravel and rocks of various sizes, they were worried that the mapping might not get finished in time.

The people behind Zooniverse https://www.zooniverse.org and CosmoQuestX made it happen. The power of distributed work by humans is amazing.

chalsall · 2020-11-15, 20:27

I'm surprised no one mentioned this...

Empirically, the bell-curve of US of A thinking is not completely insane...

https://www.spacex.com/

Appoximately four (4#) hours from now...

2020-09-25, 20:23	#1004
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 10512₁₀ Posts	https://twitter.com/Trolley110/statu...18356873121793 (Rocket scientists build classic design and prove that it works.) Last fiddled with by xilman on 2020-09-25 at 20:23

2020-09-27, 18:25	#1008
kriesel "TF79LL86GIMPS96gpu17" Mar 2017 US midwest 12EF₁₆ Posts	space travel in style Take everyone/everything in the solar system along. Plan for a long duration voyage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3y8AIEX_dU

2020-09-27, 19:47	#1009
Mark Rose "/X\(‘-‘)/X\" Jan 2013 5561₈ Posts	Not sure if this was ever posted here Attached Thumbnails

2020-11-15, 20:27	#1012
chalsall If I May "Chris Halsall" Sep 2002 Barbados 2·4,703 Posts	NASA/SpaceX Crew-1... I'm surprised no one mentioned this... Empirically, the bell-curve of US of A thinking is not completely insane... https://www.spacex.com/ Appoximately four (4#) hours from now...

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2020-09-14, 18:19	#1002
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 10001111111001₂ Posts	Rocket Lab has been planning a Venus trip for a while now: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/rocket...rching-mission

2020-09-15, 16:49	#1003
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 23F9₁₆ Posts	Of course xkcd 2359. I think people have been too left column this week.

2020-09-27, 08:52	#1006
retina Undefined "The unspeakable one" Jun 2006 My evil lair 3²×23×29 Posts	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwpQarrDwk Apparently we can use Phobos as a gateway to the entire solar system. And not have to worry about it losing momentum, since it is heavy enough to handle it.

2020-10-19, 20:04	#1010
Nick Dec 2012 The Netherlands 3×17×31 Posts	Nokia to build mobile phone network for the moon https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/...k-on-the-moon/ The moon doesn't appear to have a top-level domain name yet (.lu is Luxembourg of course).

2020-10-19, 20:57	#1011
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 23F9₁₆ Posts	The asteroid Bennu is getting a up close and personal visit on Tuesday by OSIRIS/REx mission. https://www.asteroidmission.org The spacecraft is going to touch the asteroid, blow on it and catch what gets stirred up. Then it will return that to earth for study. The asteroid was mapped in painstaking detail to select a site suitable. There were thousands of volunteers that marked millions of objects of this large city block size body. These amateurs let the professions select 4 possible sampling sites. NASA had agreed to this, and then when they saw that Bennu was basically mixture of gravel and rocks of various sizes, they were worried that the mapping might not get finished in time. The people behind Zooniverse https://www.zooniverse.org and CosmoQuestX made it happen. The power of distributed work by humans is amazing.