This is a classic case where the prosecution are a bunch of lazy asses and think the latest toy can replace good detective work.
On something such as a murder case it's either get good evidence or you must drop the case.
This would be a shit storm of epic proportions here in the US.
BTW brain scans cannot be used to prove innocence or guilt heck they were able to fool them on myth busters.
It is possible to do a brain scan to detect that a statement is untrue or unsettling in some way, but that doesn't mean that the person is guilty of a specific crime.
It takes a long time of interrogation to be able to measure what's normal and what's not. And even if you get an abnormal reading it may not be caused by guilt - it may be because the subject is unsettling.
True it can't prove someone committed a crime BTW the myth busters busted this one it's actually very inaccurate.
Tory and Grant were able to fool the machine fairly easily.
All too often the prosecution are a bunch of lazy asses who don't want to do proper detective work and think the latest toy can make their job easy when the truth is there is no substitute nor will there ever be one for good detective work.
No it's the Macross dropping out of hyperspace.
When it crashes we better reverse engineer it and put up a solar system wide defense to deal with the 457,032 Zentradi war ships chasing it.
This is why a lot needs to be done to reduce the cost of getting into space.
Also why the next generation space vehicle is not a next generation vehicle.
True I was thinking the same thing you would get bed sores and the rehabilitation would be an issue.
I also don't think it would produce accurate data since zero g would not cause bed sores.
The biggest nukes are a lot larger then 1.1 megatons
The largest was Tsar Bomba at 57 mega tons it actually was a 100 mega ton design but they replaced the uranium tamper with a lead one of concern about fall out.
Convert 57MT to joules you get 2.38E17 joules or 238 peta joules.
They would not even need a descent stage just add harpoons to the bigelow station they would have to live in for six months.
Or if they use a vasimr stage just have the vasimr engines push the craft up against the asteroid for the entire visit and also perform an experiment on altering the orbit of an asteroid while you're at there.
Orion by it's self can't go any farther then the moon since it only has two weeks of lifesupport.
To reach said asteroid would also require recreating skylab so the crew has a place to live.
Fortunately this is being recreated outside nasa by Bigelow Aerospace in the Sundacer and BA330 modules.
The BA330 the larger of the two only weighs 55,000lbs less then the LSAM.
You also might want something with a lot more total impulse then the EDS since it will not be up to performing the task with satisfactory safety margins.
If the asteriod is close the old nerva NTR engine of the 70s would be more then up to the task of sending an Orion and a BA330 to the asteroid and returning them safely to LEO.
Also it would be good for the NTR stage to also perform some breaking since the apollo conic shape really is only good for 21,000mph reentries faster then that you require a lifting body or biconic vehicle.
Lift to drag and reentry gs go hand in hand and a.3 L/D may not cut it if you come in at 28,000mph esp after 6months of zero G and esp if you omit the BA300 since with out that space exercise in the crew will be in a lot worse shape.
The stock baseline Orion only has 2 weeks worth of life support since it's a small craft with an open loop life support system.
It also doesn't have much delta v only 1640 M/sec before orbital insertion some private vehicles such as dreamchaser actually have more delta V for example.
Such a mission would also require launching a large habitation section likely a bigelow sundacer or BA330 for the crew to live in during those six months and a propulsion module likely a simple nevra type nuclear thermo rocket since this is the cheapest and easiest option.
I find it unlikely they'll ever perform the mission and if they ever do go anywhere beyond the moon they will likely simply go directly to mars in some 800ton vehicle who's funding will nab a lot of money for contractors.
Just about everything is crap these days often the only difference from the knock off and the real item now days is just the badging as the same Chinese or Taiwanese factory made them both
There is even a term for this it's a called a ghost shift.
Thats for the cargo dragon and it's so it can use the CBM or common berthing mechanism on node 2.
Why you would want to use the CBM for cargo so you can carry equipment racks which cannot fit though either the Russian or the shuttle docking ports.
The CBM is 50 inches wide vs a little over 31" for the russian docking port. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Berthing_Mechanism
But the CBM can't handle much misalignment while the Russian port and even APAS can be a few degrees out of alignment so the arm must be used.
One piece of equipment that can't fit is the oxygen generators which need to be replace and serviced every few years.
The ATV uses the Russian docking port despite it being too small for a lot of items is so it can also transfer fuel which can only be done thought those ports as the CBM does not have propellant connections.
The CARV ATV might use a CBM though since the reentry vehicle may not have lines for propellant.
Orion might not be able to but it's not big loss as it will not have much cargo capacity anyway and would be way too expensive to use in this manner even the ESA ATV would be far less costly but the spacex dragon sure will be able to perform automated docking but in automated mode they choose to use the station RMS so they can use the CBM to transfer large cargo that can't fit though the docking ports just like the Japanese H2 vehicle..
The Taurus II Cygnus vehicle also will be able to but it's launch vehicle doesn't exist yet though I think Griffin screwed up again can this guy get anything right as the SS/L 1300 series bus based tug or the spacedev arctus would have been a far lower risk choice.
As you can see in the web sites both these craft are vastly superior to cygnus which I believe is much too small to be useful also it's LV uses an engine not currently in production the NK-33 not to mention the launch vehicle the Taurus II is presently vapor ware vs being existing hardware like the EELVs SS/L and spacehab use or presently being constructed like spacex's falcon 9.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1024/1http://www.arctus-spacecraft.com/
Seems you are wrong on a lot of counts ISS only needs to occasionally reboost also said tug can just remain docked to the station while it waits for a cargo/fuel container to be launched.
One of the COTS competitors SS/L had a tug based on the 1300 series satellite bus this tug would have had a service life of 15 years.
Though nasa in their presently misguided management choose a vastly inferior vehicle by Orbital which is to launch on a rocket that does not even exist yet which I believe was a very bad choice vs this flexible tug.
I'd go with the MPLM as a start for a standardized container and make them in 9,000kg, 18,000kg, and 27,000kg sizes. For smaller vehicles maybe have spacex or orbital design something.
Stupidest fucking law ever making tools that can be abused illegal and prosecuting the author utter bullshit.
A hammer can be abused too you know but it's also a useful tool.
Now it'll be much more difficult for white hat hackers to make sure bank servers etc are secure.
On top of that it'll kill innovation in that country as people may be too scared to experiment.
Attention cluebies who do not under stand IT technology laws like this do not make you safer if anything they'll make you even more insecure.
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This is a classic case where the prosecution are a bunch of lazy asses and think the latest toy can replace good detective work. On something such as a murder case it's either get good evidence or you must drop the case. This would be a shit storm of epic proportions here in the US. BTW brain scans cannot be used to prove innocence or guilt heck they were able to fool them on myth busters.
It is possible to do a brain scan to detect that a statement is untrue or unsettling in some way, but that doesn't mean that the person is guilty of a specific crime.
It takes a long time of interrogation to be able to measure what's normal and what's not. And even if you get an abnormal reading it may not be caused by guilt - it may be because the subject is unsettling.
True it can't prove someone committed a crime BTW the myth busters busted this one it's actually very inaccurate. Tory and Grant were able to fool the machine fairly easily. All too often the prosecution are a bunch of lazy asses who don't want to do proper detective work and think the latest toy can make their job easy when the truth is there is no substitute nor will there ever be one for good detective work.
No it's the Macross dropping out of hyperspace. When it crashes we better reverse engineer it and put up a solar system wide defense to deal with the 457,032 Zentradi war ships chasing it.
This is why a lot needs to be done to reduce the cost of getting into space. Also why the next generation space vehicle is not a next generation vehicle.
Same here it just isn't worth the risk of getting a blood clot in something.
True I was thinking the same thing you would get bed sores and the rehabilitation would be an issue. I also don't think it would produce accurate data since zero g would not cause bed sores.
The biggest nukes are a lot larger then 1.1 megatons The largest was Tsar Bomba at 57 mega tons it actually was a 100 mega ton design but they replaced the uranium tamper with a lead one of concern about fall out. Convert 57MT to joules you get 2.38E17 joules or 238 peta joules.
Thats the real Orion the NASA Orion is an impostor.
They would not even need a descent stage just add harpoons to the bigelow station they would have to live in for six months. Or if they use a vasimr stage just have the vasimr engines push the craft up against the asteroid for the entire visit and also perform an experiment on altering the orbit of an asteroid while you're at there.
The Orion/nuke EDS/Hab station stack would be nearly as long as the asteroid.
Orion by it's self can't go any farther then the moon since it only has two weeks of lifesupport. To reach said asteroid would also require recreating skylab so the crew has a place to live. Fortunately this is being recreated outside nasa by Bigelow Aerospace in the Sundacer and BA330 modules. The BA330 the larger of the two only weighs 55,000lbs less then the LSAM. You also might want something with a lot more total impulse then the EDS since it will not be up to performing the task with satisfactory safety margins. If the asteriod is close the old nerva NTR engine of the 70s would be more then up to the task of sending an Orion and a BA330 to the asteroid and returning them safely to LEO. Also it would be good for the NTR stage to also perform some breaking since the apollo conic shape really is only good for 21,000mph reentries faster then that you require a lifting body or biconic vehicle. Lift to drag and reentry gs go hand in hand and a .3 L/D may not cut it if you come in at 28,000mph esp after 6months of zero G and esp if you omit the BA300 since with out that space exercise in the crew will be in a lot worse shape.
The stock baseline Orion only has 2 weeks worth of life support since it's a small craft with an open loop life support system. It also doesn't have much delta v only 1640 M/sec before orbital insertion some private vehicles such as dreamchaser actually have more delta V for example. Such a mission would also require launching a large habitation section likely a bigelow sundacer or BA330 for the crew to live in during those six months and a propulsion module likely a simple nevra type nuclear thermo rocket since this is the cheapest and easiest option. I find it unlikely they'll ever perform the mission and if they ever do go anywhere beyond the moon they will likely simply go directly to mars in some 800ton vehicle who's funding will nab a lot of money for contractors.
Hahaha for some reason I thought of Torboto from tv fun house after reading that.
Instead of ice water why not have it spray liquid nitrogen he won't be very stabby or shooty any more.
Just about everything is crap these days often the only difference from the knock off and the real item now days is just the badging as the same Chinese or Taiwanese factory made them both There is even a term for this it's a called a ghost shift.
Wha German law really really sucks on things like this.
I hope not that would suck donkey balls we should remove people who wish to force crap like that and exterminate them.
Thats for the cargo dragon and it's so it can use the CBM or common berthing mechanism on node 2. Why you would want to use the CBM for cargo so you can carry equipment racks which cannot fit though either the Russian or the shuttle docking ports. The CBM is 50 inches wide vs a little over 31" for the russian docking port. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Berthing_Mechanism But the CBM can't handle much misalignment while the Russian port and even APAS can be a few degrees out of alignment so the arm must be used. One piece of equipment that can't fit is the oxygen generators which need to be replace and serviced every few years. The ATV uses the Russian docking port despite it being too small for a lot of items is so it can also transfer fuel which can only be done thought those ports as the CBM does not have propellant connections. The CARV ATV might use a CBM though since the reentry vehicle may not have lines for propellant.
Orion might not be able to but it's not big loss as it will not have much cargo capacity anyway and would be way too expensive to use in this manner even the ESA ATV would be far less costly but the spacex dragon sure will be able to perform automated docking but in automated mode they choose to use the station RMS so they can use the CBM to transfer large cargo that can't fit though the docking ports just like the Japanese H2 vehicle.. The Taurus II Cygnus vehicle also will be able to but it's launch vehicle doesn't exist yet though I think Griffin screwed up again can this guy get anything right as the SS/L 1300 series bus based tug or the spacedev arctus would have been a far lower risk choice. As you can see in the web sites both these craft are vastly superior to cygnus which I believe is much too small to be useful also it's LV uses an engine not currently in production the NK-33 not to mention the launch vehicle the Taurus II is presently vapor ware vs being existing hardware like the EELVs SS/L and spacehab use or presently being constructed like spacex's falcon 9. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1024/1 http://www.arctus-spacecraft.com/
Seems you are wrong on a lot of counts ISS only needs to occasionally reboost also said tug can just remain docked to the station while it waits for a cargo/fuel container to be launched. One of the COTS competitors SS/L had a tug based on the 1300 series satellite bus this tug would have had a service life of 15 years. Though nasa in their presently misguided management choose a vastly inferior vehicle by Orbital which is to launch on a rocket that does not even exist yet which I believe was a very bad choice vs this flexible tug.
Th Russians are doing this with a craft called Parom and another vehicle called Kliper that will replace Soyuz and Progress.
I'd go with the MPLM as a start for a standardized container and make them in 9,000kg, 18,000kg, and 27,000kg sizes.
For smaller vehicles maybe have spacex or orbital design something.
You pretty much summed it up I couldn't put it any better myself.
Agreed the laws are fascist crap born from people with zero understanding of the subject.
Stupidest fucking law ever making tools that can be abused illegal and prosecuting the author utter bullshit. A hammer can be abused too you know but it's also a useful tool. Now it'll be much more difficult for white hat hackers to make sure bank servers etc are secure. On top of that it'll kill innovation in that country as people may be too scared to experiment. Attention cluebies who do not under stand IT technology laws like this do not make you safer if anything they'll make you even more insecure.