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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency."Rather poor reporting" was my issue from the beginning. Not only did the article merely speculate that there would be negative effects...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Massive galaxy with no dark matter is a cosmic puzzle .These "negative mas particles" are not really particles. They are phenomena that rely on the presence of other matter in very specific...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Massive galaxy with no dark matter is a cosmic puzzle .The E=E concept is not even proven. We still have not figured out how the amount of matter is far greater than the amount of...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.Here is a more succinct explanation of the space elevator concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator It includes the...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.When you say others used an "elastic" model, was that only in the longitudinal direction of the cable, or could it deflect sideways in...
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UUnclear Engineer reacted to fj.torres'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
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The time for nuclear thermal was last century. By the time the politics align to put fission reactors into space (2040?) newer tech... -
UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency.I don't think there is a soot problem with liquid methane and oxygen, which is much easier to deal with than liquid hydrogen. And, the...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn't easy.It would be a lot easier if they just went ahead and used highly enriched uranium for the reactor. These reactors are not going to be...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Vast Space unveils Haven-2, a private space station to follow the ISS after its fiery end.skynr13, I think I first read it here https://spacenews.com/vast-releases-design-of-haven-2-commercial-space-station/ . Hoping I did...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.This seems to be the crux of the issue, from the paper: "Therefore, the work per unit mass done by the motor to move the climber from...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.OK, I found it. The first place I found it seemed to be some sort of condensation that stopped in the middle of sentences and went on...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread AI is on the hunt for dark matter.jhixon, you have posted that same erroneous material in several threads here on the Space.com forum. Since you seem to believe what you...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Vast Space unveils Haven-2, a private space station to follow the ISS after its fiery end.This article seems to be an edited down version of an article I have read elsewhere. A couple of interesting things were deleted from...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.I would like to take a look at that paper, can you send me a link?
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency.Not saying that these potential results are true, but since you asked the question, I'll speculate a little, which seems to be what the...
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