thats a great idea. and we gotta start somewhere, and footage that the US military has deemed classified due to its negative propaganda value is a great place to start.
its all that equatorial sun. it grows more biomass that becomes coal and oil reserves, more direct light for solar power, and parched hot days to drive men and countries mad.
the funny thing is, if we can produce enough carbon nanotubes to make this battery mass producable, we could probably use those carbon nanotubes in a flywheel energy storage device that would have the energy density of gasoline, thereby rendering this battery somewhat obsolete.
vital role my ass. it was quite effective at the suppression of much of any sort of technological advancement, and indeed actively fought against it with its considerable resources. your fear mongering about the terrible things that would replace it if it did not exist does not ring true. indeed, it took the crusades and exposure to other cultures to really kickstart any sort of advancement. the chinese had fucking rockets and a postal fucking system back then, all without your cherished christianity. all its given us is fear, superstition, and turned us against our fellow man, and taught us the tools of our own repression. your mewling about the terrors that would replace it in its absence smacks of christianties own fear based motivation, and damnnation of any ideas that dont originate from it.
you do realise that the bible was probably actully written by priveleged people who wanted to convince their peons that bowing and scraping is a virtue, and revolution a sin. and a way to do that was placing vengance in the afterlife.
your a real internet expert arent you. you can totally tell by the pixels that its unreliable. maybe you should expand your meagre perception to encompass what might happen if one of those engines fails mid-flight. yes. thats right. there are 8 other engines to pick up the slack and allow it to still complete its mission. its called redundancy.
it is a government vs commercial sort of thing, actully. the reason most are contractors is so they can spread the pork around the country and ensure support. and then theres the conflicting factors in vehicle design if the military gets involved, and some senator who dosent want to see the contractor in their district shut down, and so forth, and you then end up with expensive abominations like the shuttle.
what, you mean how they demolished the old titan launch tower and pretty much started again? and only needed a much smaller tower? and developed all their engines in-house, while learning from the past? and yes. there not doing anything all that new, apart from trying to recover and reuse the first stage, and mass manufacturing of rocket engines in house for economies of scale.
yeah, developed with public money. back in the *60s*. kerosene/LOX fuelled single pintle turbopump engines. really? i mean, damn dude, isnt that the whole point of government funded basic research and technology development? to better society as a whole? theres no caveat on that that excludes corporations. and even if there was, id say 50 years is enough bloody time to let something fall into the public domain. and its not like nasa has been using it to make getting to orbit any cheaper in the near half a goddamn century since. perhaps you could point to some costs that spacex has 'externalised' considering they make 95% of their flight hardware *in house*. or maybe what lies spacex has issued. otherwise your just ignorant, ill informed, and spouting some generic propaganda that doesnt really fit this particular company.
thats why the first stage of the falcon 9 has 9 liquid engines, so that if one fails at any point, theres still enough thrust to complete the mission. and i might remind you that the space shuttle main engines have never failed on any mission.
yes. while it was stupidly expensive and had shitty launch capability, at least it was somewhat dangerous, and had no real crew escape system for launch.
the thing im really excited about is if spacex can get to the point where reusing the first stage merely involves fishing it out of the atlantic after it parachutes down, putting it back on the launch pad, and fuelling it back up. these engines are designed more for reliability, and have proven that through testing through multiple duty cycles. unlike the space shuttle main engines, which require a teardown and rebuild after every flight. we could see the first ever prospect of real reusability, more a car than a dragster in terms of parts wear. especially considering the first stage can complete its mission even with a engine failure at any point during its flight.
you do realise that these very same materials were dug out of the earth to make the nuclear fuel right? and they were just as radioactive when they were dug out. hell, even more so, as they hadnt undergone any sort of fission, so im finding it hard to believe theres any sort of nuclear waste problem. i mean, we could always put them back where they came from, unprotected, in the mines they came from. but somehow i think we can do better.
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um. the animal cartoons are optus dude. and yes. iinet is fucking awesome.
ive been on tpg, and am now on iinet. tpg sucks, iinet is awesome.
yeah. cause theres no possible use whatsoever for something that can stay in the sky, powered, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
best. sig. EVER.
id say its gonna be along the lines of ZOMG GUYZ SUPRNOVAR OVER HERE! QUICK POINT UR LOLASCOPES THIS WAI! to other large telescopes over the internet.
cool story anonymous coward.
thats a great idea. and we gotta start somewhere, and footage that the US military has deemed classified due to its negative propaganda value is a great place to start.
its all that equatorial sun. it grows more biomass that becomes coal and oil reserves, more direct light for solar power, and parched hot days to drive men and countries mad.
i never really got the appeal of flexible displays. now see through displays, thats something i can get behind!
the funny thing is, if we can produce enough carbon nanotubes to make this battery mass producable, we could probably use those carbon nanotubes in a flywheel energy storage device that would have the energy density of gasoline, thereby rendering this battery somewhat obsolete.
vital role my ass. it was quite effective at the suppression of much of any sort of technological advancement, and indeed actively fought against it with its considerable resources. your fear mongering about the terrible things that would replace it if it did not exist does not ring true. indeed, it took the crusades and exposure to other cultures to really kickstart any sort of advancement. the chinese had fucking rockets and a postal fucking system back then, all without your cherished christianity. all its given us is fear, superstition, and turned us against our fellow man, and taught us the tools of our own repression. your mewling about the terrors that would replace it in its absence smacks of christianties own fear based motivation, and damnnation of any ideas that dont originate from it.
you do realise that the bible was probably actully written by priveleged people who wanted to convince their peons that bowing and scraping is a virtue, and revolution a sin. and a way to do that was placing vengance in the afterlife.
your a real internet expert arent you. you can totally tell by the pixels that its unreliable. maybe you should expand your meagre perception to encompass what might happen if one of those engines fails mid-flight. yes. thats right. there are 8 other engines to pick up the slack and allow it to still complete its mission. its called redundancy.
um... the falcon program cost under a million? wha? i think you got your numbers wrong there.
it is a government vs commercial sort of thing, actully. the reason most are contractors is so they can spread the pork around the country and ensure support. and then theres the conflicting factors in vehicle design if the military gets involved, and some senator who dosent want to see the contractor in their district shut down, and so forth, and you then end up with expensive abominations like the shuttle.
what, you mean how they demolished the old titan launch tower and pretty much started again? and only needed a much smaller tower? and developed all their engines in-house, while learning from the past? and yes. there not doing anything all that new, apart from trying to recover and reuse the first stage, and mass manufacturing of rocket engines in house for economies of scale.
yeah, developed with public money. back in the *60s*. kerosene/LOX fuelled single pintle turbopump engines. really? i mean, damn dude, isnt that the whole point of government funded basic research and technology development? to better society as a whole? theres no caveat on that that excludes corporations. and even if there was, id say 50 years is enough bloody time to let something fall into the public domain. and its not like nasa has been using it to make getting to orbit any cheaper in the near half a goddamn century since. perhaps you could point to some costs that spacex has 'externalised' considering they make 95% of their flight hardware *in house*. or maybe what lies spacex has issued. otherwise your just ignorant, ill informed, and spouting some generic propaganda that doesnt really fit this particular company.
actully im pretty sure spacex has more efficient hydrocarbon engines.
thats why the first stage of the falcon 9 has 9 liquid engines, so that if one fails at any point, theres still enough thrust to complete the mission. and i might remind you that the space shuttle main engines have never failed on any mission.
yes. while it was stupidly expensive and had shitty launch capability, at least it was somewhat dangerous, and had no real crew escape system for launch.
Ares = does not exist yet, Falcon = orbiting the earth right now
the thing im really excited about is if spacex can get to the point where reusing the first stage merely involves fishing it out of the atlantic after it parachutes down, putting it back on the launch pad, and fuelling it back up. these engines are designed more for reliability, and have proven that through testing through multiple duty cycles. unlike the space shuttle main engines, which require a teardown and rebuild after every flight. we could see the first ever prospect of real reusability, more a car than a dragster in terms of parts wear. especially considering the first stage can complete its mission even with a engine failure at any point during its flight.
not if your on the moon. also, duh.
if only there was some way to "make stuff" with the "minerals" that were "mined" there. so we wouldnt have to fly lots of stuff there.
you do realise that these very same materials were dug out of the earth to make the nuclear fuel right? and they were just as radioactive when they were dug out. hell, even more so, as they hadnt undergone any sort of fission, so im finding it hard to believe theres any sort of nuclear waste problem. i mean, we could always put them back where they came from, unprotected, in the mines they came from. but somehow i think we can do better.