Seems very complicated. First of all, these fuel depots will be in different orbits, going at different speeds, and your main craft zips by at yet another speed. How are you going to align everything, and what happens if you miss the launch window ?
Yes. In fact, in 2009, an HTC Touch smart phone running Pocket Fritz 4 won the Copa Mercosur tournament in Buenos Aires, with a score of 9.5 out of 10, and a ELO performance of 2898.
On big multi-core PCs, modern programs have ELO ratings of > 3100, while the top human players have ratings just over 2800.
Since neither MS nor the manufacturer provide a free upgrade to Win7, I guess I'm stuck until the machine dies. Not really a problem, as long as I don't try to install IE9 on it. For other things I use the machine for, XP works better, so I'm still happy.
Solar concentrators have a disadvantage that they only work on clear days. On cloudy days, the light won't concentrate, and they're useless. Still useful in some areas with lots of direct sunshine, but not where I live, for instance.
That'll be news to the probes that have landed there using aerobraking and parachutes
Those were all very small and light, and able to withstand the considerable forces of surface impact. This method does not scale up to the size and mass required for a return rocket.
Mars also has a thin atmosphere, which creates some unique challenges. A rocket assisted landing is fairly easy in a vacuum, but a lot harder while flying supersonic through the atmosphere. On the other hand, the atmosphere is too thin for aerobraking with a heat shield or parachutes.
What makes it even harder is that Mars is the only place to practice.
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That's because there's is also no point in (people) being on Mars, or making endless circles in low earth orbit.
What's the point ? All you can do on the moon is walk around, and then leave again.
I guess they could follow the same model as Firefox. One browser that works on many different OSes, and still has a decent release cycle.
I don't want it to be customizable. I'm more than happy if it looks exactly the same as XP, and everything would be in the same place.
When your ISP only has IPv6, you won't be getting a public IPV4 address either. Since 99.9% of the world only has IPv4, you'll have the same problem.
Software usually gets updated, and the newer versions are often bigger and slower.
Just launch all your fuel in low earth orbit, and attach it to the main ship. Much less hassle, and requires less fuel overall.
Seems very complicated. First of all, these fuel depots will be in different orbits, going at different speeds, and your main craft zips by at yet another speed. How are you going to align everything, and what happens if you miss the launch window ?
Carrying your own fuel seems much simpler.
Just as 65K didn't mean 65000 bytes, there's no reason why 8K would have to mean 8000 bytes. It's called rounding.
...and vacuum cleaners don't suck up dirt. The air in the room pushes the dirt into the vacuum cleaner.
Just like these guys:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/
Actually, winning probabilities for the 1450 guy are still 4%, according to the official ELO math:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#Mathematical_details
Yes. In fact, in 2009, an HTC Touch smart phone running Pocket Fritz 4 won the Copa Mercosur tournament in Buenos Aires, with a score of 9.5 out of 10, and a ELO performance of 2898.
On big multi-core PCs, modern programs have ELO ratings of > 3100, while the top human players have ratings just over 2800.
Evolution hasn't caught up with big changes in society. Wait a couple of more generations, and population in Europe will start to grow again.
And another hoarder modded it 'troll'...
Since neither MS nor the manufacturer provide a free upgrade to Win7, I guess I'm stuck until the machine dies. Not really a problem, as long as I don't try to install IE9 on it. For other things I use the machine for, XP works better, so I'm still happy.
I'm not complaining, just making an observation that, until quite recently, XP was still sold with new computers.
I still got XP pre-installed on a netbook last year.
You both are. A pint of Guinness has about 711 kilojoule, which will last almost 10 hours.
Solar concentrators have a disadvantage that they only work on clear days. On cloudy days, the light won't concentrate, and they're useless. Still useful in some areas with lots of direct sunshine, but not where I live, for instance.
I use minimize all the time, and I never use alt+tab. As far as I'm concerned, the alt+tab functionality can be removed. What's the big fuss ?
Those were all very small and light, and able to withstand the considerable forces of surface impact. This method does not scale up to the size and mass required for a return rocket.
Personally, I would be much more interested in a sample return mission than a Mars colony.
The amount of materials you need to send over to establish a viable colony are also staggering. A small sample return mission is probably simpler.
Mars also has a thin atmosphere, which creates some unique challenges. A rocket assisted landing is fairly easy in a vacuum, but a lot harder while flying supersonic through the atmosphere. On the other hand, the atmosphere is too thin for aerobraking with a heat shield or parachutes.
What makes it even harder is that Mars is the only place to practice.
My keyboard doesn't have a "Windows" key, you insensitive clod.