But you would loose all benefit in the 200 days it would take to get back
Science is looking up
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StayHydrated
Swedish Chef
The US taxpayer is likely who he's betting on right now. Regardless of where you stand on it and if you agree with the concept or not, the guy has been insanely effective at leveraging tax dollars to benefit Tesla. Not just within the US, either (see: Norway). Musk is one of those dudes that can get others to drink the Kool-Aid - it's a gift - and I wouldn't be surprised if he uses that to get the US to pitch in on his Mars party, even though SLS is already under development and slated to be used for that same purpose (with Block 2).
Iridium NEXT! Any thoughts on the user base for that kind of data link? I feel like Africa is a candidate, provided the cellular backbone doesn't expand faster than Iridium can get satellites into orbit (and SpaceX continues blowing up Zuckerberg's satellites on the launchpad. I like it when Zuckerberg's plans go awry, makes me feel better about myself). On a similar note, this is also fun: https://outernet.is/ They work off of L-band, Iridium is Ka. Outernet has some great documentation on their website for a homebrew receiver. Building one is on my someday/maybe list - no personal bandwidth for that right now, unfortunately. Totally would do it just for S&G though.
ship to shore would be easy
but it is disrupting from the thought of ubiquitous access
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StayHydrated
Swedish Chef
StayHydrated
Swedish Chef
Update on today's launch: contents include a tether-based orbital debris cleanup device.
http://phys.org/news/2016-12-japan-space-junk-collector.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-12-japan-space-junk-collector.html
i was working in the murray hill bell labs computer center - sampling data from a tape - you know the giant tape drives.
in comes a group, they are shooting a commercial about the technology.
there is a cray 1 (this is actually it) the washing machines over on the left are ~250MB removable hard drives (let that sink in a minute) - you remove the "platters" in a special case.
there is a AMDAHL dual processor call Sybil.
This was an IBM clone that ran unix, cause the creator of unix said he could do it. No picture. it took him a weekend to get it to work. holy hell it was fast - probably the computing power of a fitbit.
the 'director' figures out i'm the person that can make the tapes go around.
he asks if i can make it start/stop/go fast etc. well, sure.
most of the commercial about the high tech at bell labs is a tape drive with some talk over it. with some references to the cray - it has a nice background. The amdahl - not so much.
Meteor Time again - night of 12th through morning of the 15th
peak at 2am - look towards Gemini - (get the starwalk app for assistance)
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower#watch
peak at 2am - look towards Gemini - (get the starwalk app for assistance)
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower#watch
somewhere around 8:30 today, orbital atk is going to air launch a Pegasus rocket from an L1011 into orbit.
it is carrying a small satellite for storm tracking.
SCRUBBED - going through shut down procedures - there is another window today, so tbd.
attempting a 9:05 launch, but there is a problem with some of the hydraulics
it is carrying a small satellite for storm tracking.
SCRUBBED - going through shut down procedures - there is another window today, so tbd.
attempting a 9:05 launch, but there is a problem with some of the hydraulics
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This site has a table that updates on which way to look for the Geminid Meteor shower the next couple nights.
http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/geminids.html
http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/geminids.html
qclabrat
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i was working in the murray hill bell labs computer center - sampling data from a tape - you know the giant tape drives.
in comes a group, they are shooting a commercial about the technology.
there is a cray 1 (this is actually it) the washing machines over on the left are ~250MB removable hard drives (let that sink in a minute) - you remove the "platters" in a special case.
there is a AMDAHL dual processor call Sybil.
This was an IBM clone that ran unix, cause the creator of unix said he could do it. No picture. it took him a weekend to get it to work. holy hell it was fast - probably the computing power of a fitbit.
the 'director' figures out i'm the person that can make the tapes go around.
he asks if i can make it start/stop/go fast etc. well, sure.
most of the commercial about the high tech at bell labs is a tape drive with some talk over it. with some references to the cray - it has a nice background. The amdahl - not so much.
I was a science intern during middle school for two summers at Murray Hill, was a mind blowing experience while technology was still somewhat relevant at Bell Labs. First summer I worked on a laser litho study and the second a somewhat uneventful programming and statistics intro. I didn't hear about the zero echo room (anechoic chamber) till recently, which I wish I had visited while there.
SpartaBard
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Mars is just above Venus too.
rick81721
Lothar
Spectacular new pics from GOES-16 weather satellite - wow!
http://www.noaa.gov/stories/noaa-s-goes-16-satellite-sends-first-images-of-earth
http://www.noaa.gov/stories/noaa-s-goes-16-satellite-sends-first-images-of-earth
SpaceX launching out of florida this morning at 10:00
I should be able to see it from Tampa. Will post a pic if it comes out ok.
They are trying to land the first stage back in Cape Canaveral on land.
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Stick the landing!
I should be able to see it from Tampa. Will post a pic if it comes out ok.
They are trying to land the first stage back in Cape Canaveral on land.
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Stick the landing!
The Kalmyk
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They may have the answer to human biggest problem- population. They've named it Trappist 1 and good luck getting there.