I was glad to see the comic book format, but I think the "space dogs" approach was exactly the "dumbing down" that you complained about (I read it all). I was sort of hoping that Cindi would be an anthropomorph of the satellite itself. I favor the 1940's style educational comic where the technology itself was animated.
I wonder if a target audience was selected. Certainly this comic would be appealing for early-adolescent male. Roberto, back in the lab, is a hispanic male, which has NASA written all over it.
Hopefully, no politician will get wind of this. I read the budget proposal out of the house of representatives that decreed that NASA shall never again have an "artist in residence". Laurie Anderson was NASA's first and last.
The form of titanium dioxide that is used in paint is rutile, which is not very effective at heterocatalysis compared to the anatase form.
Titanium dioxide works just fine in bulk as a heterocatalyst: no nano-dispersion or quantum dot properties are needed. Simply add ultraviolet, and titanium dioxide mediates the production of hydroxyl radicals from any water vapor in the vicinity, and then the radicals bring woe and destruction unto any other chemical compounds nearby.
Self-cleaning these buildings may be, but I don't think they're going to do a lot for airborne pollution.
I concur with your calculation of.825 watts/mole, but you neglect the second step and leap immediately to profit. That beta particle is captured by a p-n junction, and does the same thing for that junction that a photon does for the p-n junction in a photovoltaic cell. And the 6000 ev present in the beta particle is mostly wasted as heat while it is being slowed down to the maybe 5 volt range required to liberate an electron in the p-n junction. I suspect that the depth of the p-n junction is very important to its proper operation in a beta battery.
Some back of envelope calculations, before visiting the website, have 3 grams of tritium running at about.124 milliamps, assuming 100 percent beta capture by the battery, on average, for the first 12.24 years.
Old style beta batteries were high voltage (18,000 volts) microcurrent devices. At these voltages, that 3 grams of tritium is running at about 2.3 watts.
However, beta capture by a p-n junction would seem to imply a much lower voltage (whatever the gap is on the junction). Generously assuming a 10 volt junction, that 3 grams is running at about a milliwatt.
Photon317 has a AA betabattery charging a AA NIMH at about its self-discharge rate, which is a good place to start.
But don't plan on having a Volkswagon Betabattery Beetle anytime soon. However, that Porsche Plutonium is a hot little model.
Why "should" "we" react? You immediately assume that the school is the villain here. I've been to their website, and while Jeb Bush is mentioned prominently in relation to their head administrator, I don't really *know* that they are evil incarnate. But I am curious. I have probed them with a polite letter. Based on their response or nonresponse, I will evaluate their customer service, and I make personal judgements based on politeness and information content.
The organization you appear to describe is nothing like Habitat for Humanity. I agree, though: your buddy was sucker and worked as someone's tool.
Here's how HFH "somehow avoids this problem", from their website, habitat.org:
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat house.
The suspension of rights for the wars that you mention are in no way comparable to the suspension of rights in the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism. The wars that you mentioned had endings, while the WOD and WOT are the encroachments of a police state.
You say that we cannot afford to give more civil protections to Tony Soprano than we do to Osama bin Laden. Let me paraphrase that: We cannot give more civil protections to a citizen than we can to a noncitizen enemy combatant who is suspected of committing mass murder. Surely that is not what you meant. I would prefer to take the chance of being killed by a terrorist than to risk being tortured by the government.
To misquote the tired old chestnut from B. Franklin, those who would sacrifice a little liberty for a little more security deserve neither. Franklin was talking about you, wombatcontrol.
More environmentally hostile than you think. The residue left after combining calcium oxide with water is calcium hydroxide, CaOH.
This is also known as lye, which you might recognize as a caustic alkali chemical. Containment of the resultant lye will be important until the spent coffee heater makes it into a landfill.
And really, using an automobile cooling system for your coffee presents an even greater disposal problem than little cups of caustic lye:-)
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I was glad to see the comic book format, but I think
the "space dogs" approach was exactly the "dumbing down"
that you complained about (I read it all). I was sort
of hoping that Cindi would be an anthropomorph of the
satellite itself. I favor the 1940's style educational
comic where the technology itself was animated.
I wonder if a target audience was selected. Certainly
this comic would be appealing for early-adolescent male.
Roberto, back in the lab, is a hispanic male, which has
NASA written all over it.
Hopefully, no politician will get wind of this. I read
the budget proposal out of the house of representatives
that decreed that NASA shall never again have an "artist
in residence". Laurie Anderson was NASA's first and last.
The form of titanium dioxide that is used in paint
is rutile, which is not very effective at
heterocatalysis compared to the anatase form.
Titanium dioxide works just fine in bulk as a
heterocatalyst: no nano-dispersion or quantum dot
properties are needed. Simply add ultraviolet, and
titanium dioxide mediates the production of hydroxyl
radicals from any water vapor in the vicinity, and
then the radicals bring woe and destruction unto
any other chemical compounds nearby.
Self-cleaning these buildings may be, but I don't
think they're going to do a lot for airborne
pollution.
I concur with your calculation of .825 watts/mole,
but you neglect the second step and leap immediately
to profit.
That beta particle is captured by a p-n junction,
and does the same thing for that junction that a
photon does for the p-n junction in a photovoltaic
cell. And the 6000 ev present in the beta particle
is mostly wasted as heat while it is being slowed
down to the maybe 5 volt range required to liberate
an electron in the p-n junction.
I suspect that the depth of the p-n junction is
very important to its proper operation in a beta
battery.
Some back of envelope calculations, before visiting .124 milliamps, assuming 100 percent beta
the website, have 3 grams of tritium running at
about
capture by the battery, on average, for the first
12.24 years.
Old style beta batteries were high voltage (18,000
volts) microcurrent devices. At these voltages, that
3 grams of tritium is running at about 2.3 watts.
However, beta capture by a p-n junction would seem
to imply a much lower voltage (whatever the gap is on
the junction). Generously assuming a 10 volt
junction, that 3 grams is running at about a
milliwatt.
Photon317 has a AA betabattery charging a AA NIMH
at about its self-discharge rate, which is a good
place to start.
But don't plan on having a Volkswagon Betabattery
Beetle anytime soon. However, that Porsche
Plutonium is a hot little model.
Why "should" "we" react? You immediately assume that
the school is the villain here. I've been to their
website, and while Jeb Bush is mentioned prominently
in relation to their head administrator, I don't
really *know* that they are evil incarnate.
But I am curious. I have probed them with a polite
letter. Based on their response or nonresponse, I
will evaluate their customer service, and I make
personal judgements based on politeness and
information content.
The organization you appear to describe is nothing
like Habitat for Humanity. I agree, though: your
buddy was sucker and worked as someone's tool.
Here's how HFH "somehow avoids this problem", from
their website, habitat.org:
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat house.
The suspension of rights for the wars that you mention are in no way comparable to the suspension
of rights in the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism. The wars that you mentioned had endings, while the
WOD and WOT are the encroachments of a police state.
You say that we cannot afford to give more civil protections to Tony Soprano than we do to Osama bin
Laden. Let me paraphrase that: We cannot give more civil protections to a citizen than we can to a
noncitizen enemy combatant who is suspected of committing mass murder. Surely that is not what you
meant. I would prefer to take the chance of being killed by a terrorist than to risk being tortured by the government.
To misquote the tired old chestnut from B. Franklin, those who would sacrifice a little liberty for a
little more security deserve neither. Franklin was talking about you, wombatcontrol.
Claymation is trademarked by Will Vinton, at
www.vinton.com. Sadly, he seems to have abandoned
the "clay" part of it, after being a pioneer in it.
Actually, the camera is sensitive in infrared, and works (some) at night. If
you poke around on the site, you can find "nightglow" pictures.
I printed my coupon on a 24 pin printer.
It looked terrible.
No problem at Baskin-Robbins.
More environmentally hostile than you think. The
:-)
residue left after combining calcium oxide with
water is calcium hydroxide, CaOH.
This is also known as lye, which you might recognize
as a caustic alkali chemical. Containment of the
resultant lye will be important until the spent
coffee heater makes it into a landfill.
And really, using an automobile cooling system for
your coffee presents an even greater disposal
problem than little cups of caustic lye