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UUnclear Engineer reacted to billslugg's post in the thread Blue Origin donates New Shepard rocket and crew capsule to Smithsonian with
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This type of error has been frequent on this site. I have taken other writers to task. The only response I've gotten is surprise that I... -
UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system.Maybe I am misunderstanding what is meant by "airlock"? I was thinking of the actual "door" mechanisms that need to be rigid and close...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead.I agreed with ChrisA right up to the point about sending astronauts instead of robots on scientific missions. I think NASA is stil...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead.This is really no surprise, given the U.S. national debt of $34 trillion and rising fast. Just the interest payments on that debt...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread What happens when black holes merge?.This article says: "When black holes collide, they release more energy than every star in the universe — and all of it happens in...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent.Trappist 1's planets don't really seem like they would have a high probability of evolving or sustaining life. They are very close to a...
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UUnclear Engineer reacted to Craig505's post in the thread Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system with Like.
I was part of a UNM group that designed the ARMORHAB Design Reference Architecture back in 2016. See...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread When will Boeing’s Starliner fly astronauts again? NASA still doesn’t know.Boeing has apparently had some sort of capsule (+ service module) thruster problems on all of its StarLiner flights, so far. That does...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent.I think that Bill is right that if an extraterrestrial technological civilization was out there in a similar state of development and...
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UUnclear Engineer reacted to billslugg's post in the thread SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent with Like.
We are not, on a large scale, actively trying to communicate with extra terrestrial civilizations, however our military radars are doing...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system.This inflatable technology, plus the development of technologies to use local materials like lunar regolith and Martian soil to create...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.I won't have time to make extensive comments, today. At this point, I just want to say that it does not necessarily take the same...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight.I saw it from Maryland. I was out looking for the Atlas comet (no luck) on a mostly clear evening, but there is too much moisture and...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread 4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen.To extend this discussion a bit more relative to the state of understanding of the real issues for a space elevator: 1. Note that the...
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UUnclear Engineer replied to the thread What would happen if Earth stopped spinning?."Perpetual motion" itself is not inconsistent with known physical laws. Newton's first law is: " A body remains at rest, or in motion...
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