You're detracting from the point. Regardless of the reason for the coloration, the paint was the main contributing factor in the disaster, not the hydrogen.
I went into a software store today, and priced out XP Pro, and Office 2003 Pro. Combined, they were over $1100. Quicken would cost an extra $100. Add in antivirus software, and maybe some basic game software, and you're into the $1500. That's enough to buy another computer. I have no problem with the idea of buying software, but sheesh! I can download open source equivalents for nothing.
The purpose of the shuttle (aside from being a manned platform) was to bring satelites back to Earth. NASA already has/had heavy and light lift capabilities.
I've seen some of the currency from down under. Brilliant job. Incredibly tear resistant. Some places are completely transparent. Durable, and difficult to fake. Good on ya.
The shuttle was supposed to be your Craft XYZ. Unfortunately, it became Craft UVWXYZ which cut down on its fitness for duty. Too many conflicting design constraints.
Sure, they were. The dinos settled Earth decided to abstain from technology, much like the Amish/Mennonites. The ones that settled Mars were the ones that kept the technology, which they eventually used in a massive orgy of self destruction millenia ago.
Perhaps a journal entry then? Actually, I'm in the same kind of boat, so to speak. A few weeks ago, I was only aware of the Orion project (which seems incredibly stupid to me. How much energy would these things waste?) and that somehow nuclear power was used on distant probes. Now I know that there are RTGs capable of producing enough power to run a house that are no larger than a hot water heater.
I'm paying attention, and I agree with you. I was unaware of nuclear rockets until a week or two ago. People's concept of nuclear power is entangled with the concept of mysterious massive "hydro" plants and bombs. In reality, nuclear rockets are elegant in their simplicity. My suggestion would be to find a good explanatory link and throw it into your sig.
I'm sure there were many components that were tested to destruction. Test drops of the airbag deployment systems, various rocker-bogie configurations, hundreds of component parts would need to be tested. I'm sure that it adds up to more than three rovers worth.
No, there is a design called NERVA that uses a heat generating nuclear pile to heat a propellant to a high pressure gas, which is then expelled from the nozzle.
Hello, the liquid coolant surrounding the nuclear core can no more melt than a gas can. The term "melt down" refers to the nuclear fuel melting through the reaction chambre *after* a coolant failure.
No, I wasn't trying to be funny (well, except for the acme anvil bit). I gloss over a lot of the RIAA/DMCA stuff because, hey, it's not my country. There's nothing I can do about it anyway. So I either missed the story of this whitepaper, or I just plain ignored it. Thus I read the phrase "watermarking paper" as "placing a watermark on a piece of paper" rather than the intended "paper about watermarking".
Paper gets watermarked all the time. I've never heard of any issues with it. As far as I know, it is just another form of branding, the same as having the word "Coke" on the outside of a can of Coca-Cola, or "Acme" stamped onto the base of an anvil. Please enlighten me about the evils of watermarking paper.
My brother's company had a lego tower building contest. His team won because they used an unorthodox strategy. All the other teams used the lego blocks in the standard orientation (bumps up, holes down). His team set the blocks on their side (bumps right, holes left), trading off a certain amount of lateral stability for greater gains in height. Perhaps you could use the same strategy in your bridge building?
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I think your four year old son is taking after his parent :-)
It is easier and cheaper to get hydrogen from hydrocarbons than it is to get it from water.
You're detracting from the point. Regardless of the reason for the coloration, the paint was the main contributing factor in the disaster, not the hydrogen.
I went into a software store today, and priced out XP Pro, and Office 2003 Pro. Combined, they were over $1100. Quicken would cost an extra $100. Add in antivirus software, and maybe some basic game software, and you're into the $1500. That's enough to buy another computer. I have no problem with the idea of buying software, but sheesh! I can download open source equivalents for nothing.
The purpose of the shuttle (aside from being a manned platform) was to bring satelites back to Earth. NASA already has/had heavy and light lift capabilities.
I've seen some of the currency from down under. Brilliant job. Incredibly tear resistant. Some places are completely transparent. Durable, and difficult to fake. Good on ya.
The shuttle was supposed to be your Craft XYZ. Unfortunately, it became Craft UVWXYZ which cut down on its fitness for duty. Too many conflicting design constraints.
No, they stopped making the burger when they ran out of containers.
This is exactly why I don't have a cell phone. That and I can't get xDSL without having a dialtone on my land line... s/dumpster/basement apartment/
Exactly. And say goodbye to friendly fire accidents. Smart bullets would just read your tag and steer around you.
Sure, they were. The dinos settled Earth decided to abstain from technology, much like the Amish/Mennonites. The ones that settled Mars were the ones that kept the technology, which they eventually used in a massive orgy of self destruction millenia ago.
Perhaps a journal entry then? Actually, I'm in the same kind of boat, so to speak. A few weeks ago, I was only aware of the Orion project (which seems incredibly stupid to me. How much energy would these things waste?) and that somehow nuclear power was used on distant probes. Now I know that there are RTGs capable of producing enough power to run a house that are no larger than a hot water heater.
I'm paying attention, and I agree with you. I was unaware of nuclear rockets until a week or two ago. People's concept of nuclear power is entangled with the concept of mysterious massive "hydro" plants and bombs. In reality, nuclear rockets are elegant in their simplicity. My suggestion would be to find a good explanatory link and throw it into your sig.
Actually, $400M will buy a lot of LEGO.
I'm sure there were many components that were tested to destruction. Test drops of the airbag deployment systems, various rocker-bogie configurations, hundreds of component parts would need to be tested. I'm sure that it adds up to more than three rovers worth.
Since when was the US flag blue on top and red on the bottom with a white crest in the middle? It might be this flag.
The Beagle was just a lander, not a rover. It's doing as much moving as it was designed to.
It is illegal for an american to counterfeit money from any country. Your own country would do the hunting down.
Well, there's only one logical solution. Implanted microchip in the index finger.
No doubt many people would get the chip planted in their middle finger.
No, there is a design called NERVA that uses a heat generating nuclear pile to heat a propellant to a high pressure gas, which is then expelled from the nozzle.
Hello, the liquid coolant surrounding the nuclear core can no more melt than a gas can. The term "melt down" refers to the nuclear fuel melting through the reaction chambre *after* a coolant failure.
No, I wasn't trying to be funny (well, except for the acme anvil bit). I gloss over a lot of the RIAA/DMCA stuff because, hey, it's not my country. There's nothing I can do about it anyway. So I either missed the story of this whitepaper, or I just plain ignored it. Thus I read the phrase "watermarking paper" as "placing a watermark on a piece of paper" rather than the intended "paper about watermarking".
Thanks for filling me in.
Paper gets watermarked all the time. I've never heard of any issues with it. As far as I know, it is just another form of branding, the same as having the word "Coke" on the outside of a can of Coca-Cola, or "Acme" stamped onto the base of an anvil. Please enlighten me about the evils of watermarking paper.
My brother's company had a lego tower building contest. His team won because they used an unorthodox strategy. All the other teams used the lego blocks in the standard orientation (bumps up, holes down). His team set the blocks on their side (bumps right, holes left), trading off a certain amount of lateral stability for greater gains in height. Perhaps you could use the same strategy in your bridge building?
Here's hoping that Meccano follows suit.