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Re: More space news! That would explain so much!

Re: Tolkien Elves in Hero Believe the elves of Lothlórien said they could shoot the Fellowship because they were breathing so loudly, so I would say yes.

Re: How would you make "the Doctor"? Probably his travels and hacking into every database in the Universe.

Re: Tolkien Elves in Hero D'Ho! Animal Friend! Legolas spoke to a horse, then rode it without saddle or bridle, even convincing it to go on The Paths of the Dead.

Re: Tolkien Elves in Hero Don't recall that being mentioned one way or the other, but almost a decade since I read the book.

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Re: Tolkien Elves in Hero About the only other thing I remember from LOTR you haven't mentioned is that the elves were able to walk on a single rope like a bridge, and walk on top of snow instead of having to force their way through it.

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Re: More space news! Hybridization. Send out your robots to explore, build a communications array, build infrastructure from local materials (Option 4). By that time we may have a faster way to get there. If noting else, equip the vessel with a light sail, use all available fuel on the outbound leg, deceleration provided by huge laser built by the robots at the destination. Send your cold seed and cold sleep ships to already built infrastructure (Option 3 & 2). If we get the ability to get beyond .5 c we gain some extra time by relativistic time dilation. Once you have you biosphere set up, send out the next wave of robot explorers. Number of settled star systems increase exponentially, in the blink of an eye (geologically/astronomically speaking) we have settled every suitable star in the galaxy. Why hasn't anyone done this yet?

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Re: More space news! Mustang Sally?

Re: [New Product] Champions Complete Is that correct? I want to support this, so put me down for a PDF, but if I can get both for $40.00 I'll take both.

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Re: More space news! Again, why do you need to get it away? The retros are attached to a dust tight box, come down on the retros, wait for the dust to settle, open the box and drive the rover away, leaving the retros sitting on the ground. Only a potential explosion/fire hazard if the oxidizer is already mixed into the fuel. Is it? The retros can be throttled so not solid fuel. If they are using H2/LOX, vent the LOX after you are safely down. Not enough oxygen in that wisp of an atmosphere to support combustion.

Re: More space news! No, I am not arguing the retrorockets as unnecessary. Retro's kill the horizontal momentum be it land by rocket or sky crane, agreed? Specifically what I am questioning is the assertion If you are down by rocket, is it necessary that you then fly off the rockets? Some posting here are making that assumption, I'm challenging it. Why is the rocket fly off unavoidable? Is there a way to be sure unused reserve fuel is rendered safe?

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Re: More space news! I'm not stipulating the fly off would be needed in a "land by rocket" scenario. There has been some speculation here that this is needed because of the hypergolic propellant, but I have not seen that confirmed. And can you confirm that? I had assumed a simple mechanical linkage that would release the cable as soon as it was no longer taunt, which would mean the skycrane was suddenly 900 kg less massive with the same rocket trust and it goes up and away like a balloon with the string cut. Using an onboard sensor, with the implied program command to release the cable and rev up the rockets, sounds needlessly complicated, but this is NASA after all.

Re: More space news! "20 meters above the surface, it lowers the rover on a tether that is 21 feet long." [emphasis added] Anyone else having Climate Orbiter flashbacks?

Re: More space news! The 'chute i understand. It's the sky crane that makes no sense. Hovering in place to lower the probe then takeing off for parts unknown has to take more fuel than landing by rocket.