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Went for a viewing on the USyd Quadangle. A photo I took of the transit through eclipse glasses
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For those who don't feel like watching the video the next four "paragraphs" are a summary.
The company Mars One says it will establish a settlement on the planet Mars by 2023.
The intention is that a crew of four persons will live on Mars for the rest of their lives. And every two years, another group will join the settlement to populate the colony.
Apparently, the project will be funded using media exposure. But exactly how they will make money through advertising is still unclear.
The company has stated it will begin the astronaut selection process next year.
My first thought when watching it was what are they going to do when the some of the settlers get pregnant. After all, there can't be much to do when you live on a such a barren planet with no stimuli.
I for one, would hate to go live on mars for the remainder of my life. Is there anyone here who would be willing to leave behind everything for a chance to be one of the first humans to step foot on Mars?
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You should read their FAQ! They address some stuff in greater length there. (If only by a little.) http://mars-one.com/
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pyre said:
For those who don't feel like watching the video the next four "paragraphs" are a summary.
The company Mars One says it will establish a settlement on the planet Mars by 2023.
The intention is that a crew of four persons will live on Mars for the rest of their lives. And every two years, another group will join the settlement to populate the colony.
Apparently, the project will be funded using media exposure. But exactly how they will make money through advertising is still unclear.
The company has stated it will begin the astronaut selection process next year.
My first thought when watching it was what are they going to do when the some of the settlers get pregnant. After all, there can't be much to do when you live on a such a barren planet with no stimuli.
I for one, would hate to go live on mars for the remainder of my life. Is there anyone here who would be willing to leave behind everything for a chance to be one of the first humans to step foot on Mars?
They'll eventually become like these guys and talk about when Mars was just an outpost before the cites and stuff were built.
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the-envoy said:
Went for a viewing on the USyd Quadangle. A photo I took of the transit through eclipse glassesJigglypuff from the top.
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Spacex has gotten a lot of attention from the media last week with their historic visit to ISS but they might be getting some competition from two other companies soon.
SNC's Dream Chaser vehicle has passed PDR and is now heading towards integrated system testing.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/06/dream-chaser-passes-pdr-integrated-system-testing/
Video of the earlier captive carry test leading to ALT tests later this summer.
Boeing recently performed a drop test with their CST 100 vehicle.
Ad Astra eyes a model similar to COTS which helped fund startups Spacex for deep space propulsion.
Their product is a revolutionary engine called VASIMR which in theory can cut the transit time to Mars from five months to just 30 days.
http://www.aviationnow.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_06_06_2012_p0-465042.xmlPosted 11 months ago # -
Some of us may have attempted something like this in flight simulators but with out the use of a crane.
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/Shuttle/News/Space-Shuttle-Enterprise-Touches-Down-at-Intrepid-.aspx
http://www.space.com/16040-shuttle-enterprise-touchdown-intrepid-flight-deck-video.html
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The unmanned USAF X-37B has landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base after spending more then 15 months in orbit on a clandestine mission.
http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=38780
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Let's talk space junk. About how much debris is really in orbit? How big are the pieces? Is there a way to clean it up before any of the junk causes some damage to spacecraft, or are we better off ignoring it?
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There exists exactly one china teapot in an elliptical orbit around the sun, somewhere between the Earth and Mars.
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tupelo29 said:
Let's talk space junk. About how much debris is really in orbit? How big are the pieces? Is there a way to clean it up before any of the junk causes some damage to spacecraft, or are we better off ignoring it?There's around 4 millions pounds of space junk up there.
We probably should start cleaning up the mess.
For small stuff in LEO the laser broom might be the best solution.
For larger items such as spent rocket stages and dead satellites attaching an electrodynamic tether should work.
Another useful tool is the sticky boom which uses static charges to grabs objects in space.
I even have my own concept that I came up with that's two separate spacecraft joined by a tether that actively hunt down and remove junk.Some more space news China has launched their first female taikonaut.
http://www.space.com/16170-china-launches-1st-female-astronaut-shenzhou-9.htmlPosted 11 months ago # -
And they're back on Earth.
Andre Kuipers, Oleg Kononenko and Don Pettit.Seems like due to copyright nonsense there isn't anything of decent quality yet :\
Getting back from space seems to be a horrible experience for you foreigners, only the Dutchman is smiling ;)Posted 10 months ago # -
A little late posting this yesterday a Delta IV Heavy presently the world's most powerful launch vehicle in active service successfully lifted off carrying NROL-15.
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Delta IV Heavy is one big motherfucker! :O
I wonder what the payload is for. We need spy satellites which spy on spy satellites.
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jkloea said:
Delta IV Heavy is one big motherfucker! :OI wonder what the payload is for. We need spy satellites which spy on spy satellites.
It's because these satellites are more or less a Hubble space telescope pointing back at Earth.
Though yes they do have vehicles that in theory can investigate other satellites.
That's what the DART and Orbital Express were testing and probably has been implemented on the X-37B.Posted 10 months ago # -
I am posting spacex engine tests to put some fire in this thread!
Merlin 1A
Merlin 1D
BURN! BURN! MWAHAHAHA!
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HTV-3 launch.
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NASA's IRVE 3 reentry vehicle has successfully past a hypersonic sub orbital test.
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/game_changing_technology/game_changing_development/HIAD/irve3-success.htmlThis technology is a game changer in it can allow recovery of upper stages or ISS resupply vehicles and can help solve human space exploration problems such as how do you land a 60 metric ton hab on Mars in one piece.
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