The Space Flight Thread - Going out-of-bounds irl
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- 3 de Ene, 2024
Unfortunately, their inability to construct a capsule that can make it all the way through launch sequencing will probably end in them disabling the problem checks and launching anyways, in which case God help the astronauts
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- 10 de Ene, 2020
I didn't even realize till this that Juneteenth is celebrating specifically that the last slaves in GALVESTON were told they were free. How few people did Galveston have at that point in the 1800s? I can't imagine there realistically being more than a few hundred total, not just slaves, everybody. What a shit fake and gay meme, legitimately worse than Kwanzaa, at least that's not federally supported.
Edit: Underestimated, judging by their supposed population growth there may have been 15k total people actually living there back then.
Wild that it's supposedly only increased by like 3 - 4x over the years.
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- 13 de Sep, 2018
If I were those 2 astronauts, I would refuse to come home via the Starliner. It's already a miracle that they arrived safely to the ISS.
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- 10 de Ene, 2020
I'm hearing they've possibly tried to push how long the Starliner can be up there to 90 days, despite previously saying it couldn't safely stay docked after 45. What the fuck?
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- 23 de Jun, 2016
The only solution at this point is to send up a Crew Dragon to rescue them, but the U.S. gubbermint doesn't want to give Elon Musk another W. Looks like they may have no other choice.
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- 30 de Abr, 2021
Welp, this is demoralizing. All of those dreams about interstellar travel that Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and other sci-fi shows depicted are utterly crushed by the harsh realities of physics. But could there be another way?
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- 9 de Ene, 2020
I'm surprised Trump hasn't yet green-lit the authority to launch nuclear reactors into space for creation of inter-solar rockets; it is really the only way this is going to go long-term, and I know Jeff and Elon can't wait until they are asked to create and/or transport nuclear-safe launches with the components for space assembly.
Chemical will get us to the Moon and Mars; but for everything else, we need nuclear. Though, if you think they are tough on nuclear reactor safety on earth, they will make the regulators for launching the material positively Nazi's.
Chemical will get us to the Moon and Mars; but for everything else, we need nuclear. Though, if you think they are tough on nuclear reactor safety on earth, they will make the regulators for launching the material positively Nazi's.
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- 30 de Abr, 2021
Intrasolar is interesting, but none of the planets are earth-like or habitable. How do we get to another solar system where we can populate an earth-like planet and make sure the human species survives and flourishes in the Milky Way galaxy?
It’s only a matter of time before some massive event wipes out humanity on Mother Earth. We need redundancy for our species to thrive long into the future.
It’s only a matter of time before some massive event wipes out humanity on Mother Earth. We need redundancy for our species to thrive long into the future.
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- 13 de Jul, 2022
We already have the technology. Nuclear energy and nuclear propulsion have the required energy storage density to get us to any of our neighboring stars, but not within a single human lifespan. Colony ships address the lifespan problem from the other side.
We just don't have a target system to get to yet.
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- 13 de Sep, 2018
Virtuality (a tv pilot for a sci-fi show that didn't get picked up) had an interesting take on space travel, while they didn't have FTL technology, they would detonate nukes and the force created would push the ship faster.
Here's a clip:
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- 13 de Jul, 2022
DARPA/NASA had a real design like this, called Project Orion. But I was thinking about just nuclear thermal propulsion when I wrote that.
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- 30 de Abr, 2021
2 major problems: gravity and radiation.
If someone doesn’t figure out a way to create artificial gravity (centrifugal force doesn’t work), humans cannot survive interstellar travel.
Likewise, if a way to protect humans against cosmic radiation isn’t discovered (current tech won’t get it done), humanity cannot survive interstellar travel.