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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night.

    Program it to hunt for valuable minerals (gold, diamond, etc.) and the budget issues will go away. ;)

    Thursday at 7:09 PM
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread ‘Tragedy of the commons’ in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital debris crisis, scientists say.

    Spaceballs have the answer.

    Dec 13, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-57 jet.

    X-57 is 75% correct.

    Dec 11, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Wonky row crops and 'possessed' tractors: The surprising impact of solar storms on modern farming.

    Obviously the designers of these farm machines failed to consider the possibility of GPS disruptions. Good programming practice would...

    Dec 11, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread New celestial navigation tech could make drones stealthier.

    I expect that the emitted signal from GPS navigation systems isn't a result of intentional transmission, but rather is leakage from the...

    Dec 6, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Mysterious, record-breaking energy burst connected to dead star and red dwarf.

    "It is an absolute gold mine for discovering more phenomena in our universe, and the data are a playground for astronomers." Since...

    Nov 29, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal.

    It would be useful to know if these events happened at the peak of the solar cycle, but I'm assuming there's no way to discern that so...

    Nov 29, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread NASA awards $11.5 million to help design the aircraft of tomorrow.

    Bring back dirigibles! I believe there is a market for leisurely air travel at low altitudes where you can see the country.

    Nov 23, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Forbidden Planet' is one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time, and it's getting a remake.

    I don't see a way to improve on near perfection. If you want to make a different SF movie based on The Tempest, sure, have at it...

    Nov 23, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface.

    I would agree with you if it was yet another race to be the first there and nothing else, but that's not the case this time. Both...

    Nov 12, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Explore Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa in NASA virtual tour (photos).

    Wondering if the "smudge" on the left side of the second image is just a post-processing artefact or if it is a real surface feature...

    Nov 1, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981.

    All gravity wells warp spacetime, but planets are so small (relatively speaking) that I assume that their effect is minor to negligible...

    Oct 31, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Breakthrough coming? Iceland could get solar power from space in 2030.

    There are several downsides over the beamed microwave approach: 1. Clouds block visible light but not microwaves 2. Solar panels are...

    Oct 24, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot reacted to Unclear Engineer's post in the thread Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn't easy with Like.

    A coupe of comments: 1. The countries with nuclear weapons have the capabilities and rights under the treaty to produce weapons-grade...

    Oct 17, 2024
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    Meteoric Marmot replied to the thread Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency.

    Alumina is Al2O3 and its optical properties depend on which crystal structure it forms. One crystal structure is clear and forms...

    Oct 17, 2024

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