Just continue to wander out in space. In order to 'turn around', there would have to be an object out there for it to interact with, and there isn't. The last chance for it to do so was when it swung around Jupiter in 1973. That was it's primary mission, to study Jupiter. The design didn't allow Pioneer to orbit Jupiter like Galileo did, so it had to swing out into space. They used it to study the outer solar system between 1973 and 1997, but that was just becaue it was available.
While it's interesting that it's still working, there is nothing out there to study. The Kuiper belt is too low density for there to be any chance for Pioneer to see anything, and the first Kuiper belt object wasn't even discovered until 1992 anyway, so at time of launch, there was nothing known outside the orbit of Pluto.
Also the kilowatt is a nominal figure. In actual usage, depending on the model, output can be 8.3% to 22% below the nominal figure. This is why the instructions on your tv dinner always say 'microwave ovens vary'.
Budgets and schedules weren't the problem. The problem was that NASA transformed itself into a giant burocracy machine. Instead of a bunch of engineers and pilots determining what should go into the vehicle, instead there will 5 years taken to write a huge report to an advisory sub-committee, who will take 2 years to read it, then send recommendations to the main committee, who will decide that the political climate has changed, and the original proposal should be redesigned.
But it's not developing any new technology. We've already proven that we can live in space for a period of up to 437 days. We did it on essentially 70's technology. It would probably be possible to do it even on 60's technology, if that had been the focus then. Going up to LEO and sending supplies every so often isn't a big problem in the scheme of things. Making a ship which can actually go somewhere is a very different problem, and something that we've never even tried to tackle.
CD players have already been addressed above, but mobile phones are banned because if you're broadcasting from crusing distance, then you're going to be blocking a frequency in every cell you can see - dozens or hundreds of cells.
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Well a star trek freak should know that Ellison was on of the writers for one of the most famous Star Trek episodes, "The City On the Edge of Forever".
No, the military gave up on the space shuttle after the Challenger accident. They finished with stuff already in the pipeline, and that was it. There have only been 2 military shuttle missions since 1995.
Licensing made lots of money, but that was before the telecoms crash. All the big telecom companies have been in financial trouble for the past 2 years or so, and cannot afford to pay big money for new spectrum, even if they needed it (Almost all don't, they bought spectrum for 3G which they aren't using yet).
You're implying that Ariane 4 is over. It's not. In fact, there will be an Ariane 4 launch next Tuesday. The 4 family can launch up to almost 5 Mg. If it's heavier than that, then the 5 family takes over.
Why would Bell compete with itself on so many levels?
I think it's because it's basically a win-win situation. In places like Union station there are banks of pay phones, and maybe enough traffic to justify 10% or 20% of them. Replacing one phone with an Wifi stand, another with an internet phone and a third with a calling card machine, and they've still got enough pay phones to cover all the traffic. The wifi stand and the internet phone are competing with each other, but the sum is greater than either alone would be.
It wouldn't affect the mass spammer much if at all. All that he has to do is start a few more threads, and the # of messages sent per time period end up the same.
Not only that, it's more likely to go from an outer planet to an inner planet, due to the gravity well of the sun.
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It's interesting that the UK scraper goes to Ananova. Ananova is a news service, not primarily a TV listing service, and they provided a special XML page specifically for the purpose.
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Magenetic fields never end. Inverse cube law all the way out to the end of the universe.
Just for interest, Pioneer is powered by the decay of Plutonium 238. This isn't a reactor, the decay is natural.
Just continue to wander out in space. In order to 'turn around', there would have to be an object out there for it to interact with, and there isn't. The last chance for it to do so was when it swung around Jupiter in 1973. That was it's primary mission, to study Jupiter. The design didn't allow Pioneer to orbit Jupiter like Galileo did, so it had to swing out into space. They used it to study the outer solar system between 1973 and 1997, but that was just becaue it was available.
While it's interesting that it's still working, there is nothing out there to study. The Kuiper belt is too low density for there to be any chance for Pioneer to see anything, and the first Kuiper belt object wasn't even discovered until 1992 anyway, so at time of launch, there was nothing known outside the orbit of Pluto.
Also the kilowatt is a nominal figure. In actual usage, depending on the model, output can be 8.3% to 22% below the nominal figure. This is why the instructions on your tv dinner always say 'microwave ovens vary'.
I've seen organic rats powered from the third rail too. Of course, they're not usually functional afterwards...
Budgets and schedules weren't the problem. The problem was that NASA transformed itself into a giant burocracy machine. Instead of a bunch of engineers and pilots determining what should go into the vehicle, instead there will 5 years taken to write a huge report to an advisory sub-committee, who will take 2 years to read it, then send recommendations to the main committee, who will decide that the political climate has changed, and the original proposal should be redesigned.
And they won't be increasing the crew sizes at all now, since the X-38 has been cancelled.
But it's not developing any new technology. We've already proven that we can live in space for a period of up to 437 days. We did it on essentially 70's technology. It would probably be possible to do it even on 60's technology, if that had been the focus then. Going up to LEO and sending supplies every so often isn't a big problem in the scheme of things. Making a ship which can actually go somewhere is a very different problem, and something that we've never even tried to tackle.
CD players have already been addressed above, but mobile phones are banned because if you're broadcasting from crusing distance, then you're going to be blocking a frequency in every cell you can see - dozens or hundreds of cells.
Well a star trek freak should know that Ellison was on of the writers for one of the most famous Star Trek episodes, "The City On the Edge of Forever".
And they skipped over I.
No, the military gave up on the space shuttle after the Challenger accident. They finished with stuff already in the pipeline, and that was it. There have only been 2 military shuttle missions since 1995.
That's the way it should be. Manned spaceflight is a waste of money which cannot be justified scientifically or commerically.
To build a lunar colony we need bulk lifing capability to lunar orbit, and experience with construction techniques in low gravity.
ISS is giving us small scale lifting capability to LEO, and some experience with construction in microgravity gravity.
The project was a bad idea. Scrap it, and spend the money on something we can actually learn from.
Licensing made lots of money, but that was before the telecoms crash. All the big telecom companies have been in financial trouble for the past 2 years or so, and cannot afford to pay big money for new spectrum, even if they needed it (Almost all don't, they bought spectrum for 3G which they aren't using yet).
You're implying that Ariane 4 is over. It's not. In fact, there will be an Ariane 4 launch next Tuesday. The 4 family can launch up to almost 5 Mg. If it's heavier than that, then the 5 family takes over.
I think it's because it's basically a win-win situation. In places like Union station there are banks of pay phones, and maybe enough traffic to justify 10% or 20% of them. Replacing one phone with an Wifi stand, another with an internet phone and a third with a calling card machine, and they've still got enough pay phones to cover all the traffic. The wifi stand and the internet phone are competing with each other, but the sum is greater than either alone would be.
It wouldn't affect the mass spammer much if at all. All that he has to do is start a few more threads, and the # of messages sent per time period end up the same.
That's actually Taco's spelling of 'Groom'
There aren't any industrialized countries with the death penalty except for the US.
Not only that, it's more likely to go from an outer planet to an inner planet, due to the gravity well of the sun.
It's interesting that the UK scraper goes to Ananova. Ananova is a news service, not primarily a TV listing service, and they provided a special XML page specifically for the purpose.
AS/400's aren't ancient. The first AS/400 was launched in June 1988, which makes it a lot younger than the PC.