Re: SCIENCE thread!

by HCR generaltso Sat 12 Jan 2013 - 4:29

S.C.I.E.N.C.E thread.

by HCR generaltso Sat 12 Jan 2013 - 4:42

Standaman94 wrote:

awesome.

by Standaman94 Wed 16 Jan 2013 - 14:52

by nickyf1 Thu 17 Jan 2013 - 13:10

Europe are to build the service module for the Orion crew vehicle. Director of human spaceflight at ESA hinted at the possibility of a European being part of the crew for EM-2, the first crewed flight of the Orion, which will travel into lunar orbit, spending four days within the vicinity of the moon to validate Orion systems.

NASA also produced a nice animation of EM-1, showing the unmanned debut of the SLS, currently scheduled for December 2017. But I can't post it here till I get a laptop to use.

Orion's debut flight (EFT-1) is scheduled for mid-2014, and SpaceX hope to send their own test pilots into orbit by 2015. Exciting times on human spaceflight!

by Standaman94 Thu 17 Jan 2013 - 13:36

Oooh Space X, about time someone did something on that Razz

by nickyf1 Thu 17 Jan 2013 - 15:20

I do prefer Sierra Nevada's 'Dreamchaser'. It's a mini-shuttle looking thing, capable of orbital flights. I can't wait to see that fly.

The idea is that NASA will lease spacecraft from SpaceX, Sierra Nevada, and possibly Boeing, while NASA themselves start concentrating on deep space missions and infrastructure (L2 outpost, and a possible ressurection of the Altair LSAM to enable lunar surface ops).

by nickyf1 Sat 19 Jan 2013 - 0:47

December 2017 - the first step in returning human presence to cis-lunar space, the launch of EM-1 (SLS-1/Orion-2).

The difference between what NASA is doing now with SLS/Orion compared to Apollo, is that Apollo was 100% focused on getting a man to the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

This new direction (notice how NASA are deliberately not giving the missions or spacecraft any specific 'epic' sounding name like 'Apollo', or the 'Project Constellation' of the Bush administration) is more like the Space Shuttle Program. They won't really know what to do with SLS/Orion until they start getting out there. It's capability driven, rather than goal driven. Apollo wasn't about learning how to fly in deep space, it was about landing on the moon. To carry out a sustainable exploration of the solar system, we had to recede from the Moon and do the hard work in Earth orbit to learn lessons. We've now had many many many more hours of spaceflight under our belts. One Shuttle mission was many times more complex than even an Apollo lunar sortie. It is only now where we can naturally expand our reach in a sustainable and cooperative way. Apollo only got to the Moon because of the Cold War scenario.

Anyway, I won't bore you any more... Here's an article on an engineering study that Boeing have put together with regards to future missions to Mars:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/01/boeing-outlines-technology-crewed-mars-missions/

Notice how 'USS Discovery' the ship will likely look Smile

by Standaman94 Sat 19 Jan 2013 - 12:10

by Standaman94 Sat 26 Jan 2013 - 16:43

by HCR generaltso Sat 26 Jan 2013 - 17:55

Standaman94 wrote:

i'll just ride it using a G-suit

come at me death coaster, come the [Censored] at me.

by inferior car Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 4:10

Anyone hear about the mars one project?

by nickyf1 Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 4:12

Yeah, although I'll eat my hat if it ever comes to fruition.

The Golden Spike project is one to watch though. It would use existing hardware, and Grumman have been contracted to build a lander.

by Standaman94 Sat 2 Feb 2013 - 20:39

3D printed moon bases....

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/3-d-printing-on-the-moon/

SCIENCE thread! - Page 4 Multi-dome_base_being_constructed-660x371

by XPR Roadrunner Fri 8 Feb 2013 - 15:38

by Standaman94 Fri 8 Feb 2013 - 19:16

by Standaman94 Sat 9 Feb 2013 - 18:29

by HCR generaltso Sat 9 Feb 2013 - 19:04

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/feb/HQ_13-044_Curiosity_Drilling.html

NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars.

freakin awesome

by nickyf1 Sat 9 Feb 2013 - 19:42

Go America!

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:25

As some people may know, there is a 150 ft Asteroid passing by Earth at some point tonight called 2012 DA14 and its rather close, just 17,200 miles.

This morning (I think) in Russia a much smaller meteor fell to Earth and exploded over a town causing 500 people to be injured, windows to be blown out in the town and a factory collapsed. The damaged factory was caused by once piece of the meteor. Some of the videos below are pretty incredible, and fortunately nobody has been killed by it.

Warning - Rather Loud

I'll be looking out for the big one tonight.

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:34

Richy59 wrote:As some people may know, there is a 150 ft Asteroid passing by Earth at some point tonight

tonight which date?

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:34

Tonight - 15th at some point in the evening.

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:36

ok cool, so may be some time tomorrow for me?
that'll be cool, if i can see it

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:36

Another few videos

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:51

you said the third of the 3 would be loud, didn't think it'd be that loud, fsmily complaining about it and my comp level was on 30-35 lol
early start for me, up at 5:45 to try and see it

by Standaman94 Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 11:52

Holy shret at is sooo cool Shocked

Like an action movie...

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