Narf the Mouse Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Re: More space news! Seti is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Re: More space news! Multiverse? I know a few skeptics of this theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Re: More space news! Multiverse? I know a few skeptics of this theory. Dude! Warnings! That article was cool, but there was a link on that page that sucked Sanity like I was a Call of Cuthulu character! Seth McFarlane to produce "Cosmos" sequel for Fox Ann Druyan can kiss any chance she ever had for a Nobel Prize goodbye. NOT cool! So not cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Re: More space news! I missed that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Re: More space news! Should I be happy that I can't place the name McFarlane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Re: More space news! Should I be happy that I can't place the name McFarlane? "Cherish your innocence!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Re: More space news! Family Guy creator Oh. That guy. Hasn't he been shot already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Re: More space news! Space hotel by 2016? No luxuries however. No showers, no alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Re: More space news! ... Mints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Re: More space news! ... Mints? Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! ISS to crash into Pacific Ocean after 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! Space hotel by 2016? No luxuries however. No showers, no alcohol. Beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! ISS to crash into Pacific Ocean after 2020 Stupid. So, so, fricken stupid! Skylab, Mir, now the ISS, spend $BILLIONS to create a scrap of infrastructure in LEO, then throw it away rather than maintain it. A species this stupid DESERVES to be confined to a single planet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! Stupid. So, so, fricken stupid! Skylab, Mir, now the ISS, spend $BILLIONS to create a scrap of infrastructure in LEO, then throw it away rather than maintain it. A species this stupid DESERVES to be confined to a single planet! Agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! Stupid. So, so, fricken stupid! Skylab, Mir, now the ISS, spend $BILLIONS to create a scrap of infrastructure in LEO, then throw it away rather than maintain it. A species this stupid DESERVES to be confined to a single planet! They've revised the article to note that the ISS mission may be extended to 2028. Then they'll crash it into the ocean. But it'll be how old then? At some point, when it's too old to use any longer, it pretty much has to be de-orbited. Leaving it up there presents a risk of other objects colliding with it, potentially producing tons of hazardous orbital debris. There's already too much of that stuff up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! or it could be bought by an eccentric billionaire and sent to a lagrange point so he can retire there ( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! So, apparently, there's a planet made out of diamond out there(no link, feeling lazy right now). Kinda nifty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! or it could be bought by an eccentric billionaire and sent to a lagrange point so he can retire there ( ) I'm not sure a billion dollars would provide him with the energy delivery system he'd need to chuck that thing into a lagrange orbit, or even a geosynchronous one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! They've revised the article to note that the ISS mission may be extended to 2028. At which time construction will be just a few weeks from completion. But it'll be how old then? At some point' date=' when it's too old to use any longer, it pretty much has to be de-orbited. Leaving it up there presents a risk of other objects colliding with it, potentially producing tons of hazardous orbital debris. There's already too much of that stuff up there.[/quote'] What's too old? You have modular construction. Add new modules, scrap ones that are not cost effective to maintain, find ways of using the "junk" to make needed things more cost effectively that boosting them from the ground. or it could be bought by an eccentric billionaire and sent to a lagrange point so he can retire there ( ) I'm not sure a billion dollars would provide him with the energy delivery system he'd need to chuck that thing into a lagrange orbit' date=' or even a geosynchronous one.[/quote'] LEO is halfway to anywhere in the solar system. A small continuous boost (ion engine) could tow it to Clarke orbit or a Lagrange point. Or a solar powered rail gun shooting pelleted "junk" from no-longer-serviceable modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverway Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! Over in the Champions forum Steve has a thread asking about the consequences of Super Tech on the world. See: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/86694-Repercussions-of-mass-producing-comic-book-technology One of the speculated technical "jumps" is efficient, small fuel cells. With that on my mind, an article in New Scientist about new battery technology caught my eye. I'm a cheap loser who only leeches news items and that article is pay-pe- view so I went off to Google to see what was up. I found this article from late 2007 talking about research that extends the life of a Lithium Ion battery tenfold: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/january9/nanowire-010908.html Note that Mr. Cui is thinking about forming a company to make money off this dicovery. Another article (amongst several on the subject) has the charge life estimates down to +40% though: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23893/page1/ Note that Mr. Cui has now formed his company, I take this to be a good sign that the article isn’t about something that costs $10Bil and has only been seen under clean room lab conditions. More recently we see this from August 2, 2011: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38205/ Hopefully this means battery technology is about to step up a substantial amount to the point where small consumer electronics (phones, iPods, etc) will be able to operate for weeks between charges. Converge your tablet computer, your music player, and your phone into a single device, power it off of one of these batteries, and you'll have one of those Sci-Fi handhelds that do everything and never run out of power. Or at least a close approximation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! At which time construction will be just a few weeks from completion. As far as I can tell, new modules for the ISS are all in the "cancelled" or "proposed" categories. There is a new robotic arm scheduled to be added in 2012. Aside from that, the ISS was complete as of STS-134. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Re: More space news! or it could be bought by an eccentric billionaire and sent to a lagrange point so he can retire there ( ) Tessier-Ashpool FTW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Re: More space news! Closest supernova in 25 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: More space news! Run for the hills! Run for the hills! She's blown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: More space news! ... Aw, sugarbeans! Looks like the James Webb space telescope might feel the axe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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