You are dangerously close to pulling a Digg or a Windows 8 and becoming the laughingstock of the tech world. Doesn't that concern you a little bit? Doesn't that make you think at least for a second that maybe the entire redesign needs to be reevaluated? The problems with beta are running out of control - in any other engineering discipline, work would be paused while the whole project is reworked from first principles. You should be doing this.
I've been wondering about this myself. What if they see the existing userbase as more of a cost than a potential for revenue? We're more likely than average to use adblockers and NoScript when compared to the typical web user - maybe the cost of our bandwidth is outweighing the money they make off ad impressions? Pure speculation, but it would explain some of the behavior we've seen.
Feeding the troll, but... ME! ME ME ME ME ME! I would go in a second. Now, I don't have that kind of money to throw around, (stupid grad school), but I'd be there in a heartbeat.
Perhaps I used the wrong link, and yes, it entered a ballistic trajectory after the thrust unit tore off. But prior to that, it was reentering without its heatshield forward. Currently, they do think they have the problem fixed, but they've yet to find the original cause. Interesting article here: http://www.aiaa.org/Aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/Soyuz_JUN2009.pdf
Actually, the issue with detaching the thrust unit is that one of a number of bolts didn't fire. The unit ended up tearing itself off due to aerodynamic drag, but there's evidence this issue has been around since the first Soyuz missions. There was a pretty good article on it in the June 2009 AIAA magazine. PDF here: http://www.aiaa.org/Aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/Soyuz_JUN2009.pdf
From what I've heard, the infrastructure at the cape is more or less complete, so all they have to do is finish the rocket. Remember the quick turn around for Falcon 3 to 4? That said, December 31st does seem awfully optimistic.
No space vehicle will carry a full nuclear reactor now, or anytime in the near future. They're just too heavy. When people say that a space vehicle is nuclear powered, it means it's powered by an RTG, a radioisotope thermoelectric generators. It's basically a bunch of pellets of plutonium that radiate and release heat, which is turned into voltage by thermocouples. The point of all this is that there is nowhere near enough material in an RTG to cause a criticality event, let alone a nuclear bomb sort of event.
The cost to orbit actually isn't the largest cost in disposing of waste in the sun. Orbital velocity is around 8km/s, give or take. The earth's orbital velocity is about 50km/s, and all of that speed would need to be eliminated for reach the sun, which is about 60km/s, most of which is from dissipating velocity which came from the Earth itself.
Dude's a freaking mutant. Double jointed in the elbows and knees, body parts out of proportion, and he produces half as much lactic acid as most athletes. Bloody mutant....
Ammonium perchlorate is also a rather common oxidizer for solid rocket fuel. I'd imagine this is rather important as well, since it tends to be one of the larger mass fractions in the fuel mixture. Meaning, if you can get your perchlorate on Mars, that's that much less fuel materials you need to carry, assuming you want to use solid rockets, that is.
The sad thing is, just about the only way to get a really good showing nowadays is to go to a midnight opening. The crowd at those tend to be there solely for the movie.
On the other hand, when I went to see WALL-E in the middle of the afternoon in a theater full of kids, it was completely silent. Bizarre as hell, and kind of creeped me out.
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You are dangerously close to pulling a Digg or a Windows 8 and becoming the laughingstock of the tech world. Doesn't that concern you a little bit? Doesn't that make you think at least for a second that maybe the entire redesign needs to be reevaluated? The problems with beta are running out of control - in any other engineering discipline, work would be paused while the whole project is reworked from first principles. You should be doing this.
There are mid 7 digit ones now. I did a double-take when I saw that.
You'd think they'd have learned from how effectively Digg was run into the ground.
I've been wondering about this myself. What if they see the existing userbase as more of a cost than a potential for revenue? We're more likely than average to use adblockers and NoScript when compared to the typical web user - maybe the cost of our bandwidth is outweighing the money they make off ad impressions? Pure speculation, but it would explain some of the behavior we've seen.
Or maybe if they want to sell drinks, they should use the other bar staple, pretzels. I mean, seriously, who's allergic to them?
Feeding the troll, but... ME! ME ME ME ME ME! I would go in a second. Now, I don't have that kind of money to throw around, (stupid grad school), but I'd be there in a heartbeat.
Perhaps I used the wrong link, and yes, it entered a ballistic trajectory after the thrust unit tore off. But prior to that, it was reentering without its heatshield forward. Currently, they do think they have the problem fixed, but they've yet to find the original cause. Interesting article here: http://www.aiaa.org/Aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/Soyuz_JUN2009.pdf
Actually, the issue with detaching the thrust unit is that one of a number of bolts didn't fire. The unit ended up tearing itself off due to aerodynamic drag, but there's evidence this issue has been around since the first Soyuz missions. There was a pretty good article on it in the June 2009 AIAA magazine. PDF here: http://www.aiaa.org/Aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/Soyuz_JUN2009.pdf
Really reliable except for a series of Soyuz spacecraft that nearly burned up on reentry, due to the thrust unit not being released properly. They still have no idea what is causing it. See for example: http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/20/soyuz-crew-safe-after-a-violent-re-entry-and-landing-400km-off-target/
You sir, need a vpn. No more school filters there! I wouldn't be speaking from experience. No sir...
BugMeNot has blocked the site, so the google trick is your best bet right now.
Hey now, that was Indiana, not Illinois. At least we respect basic mathematical fact, even if our legislators are a bit on the retarded side.
From what I've heard, the infrastructure at the cape is more or less complete, so all they have to do is finish the rocket. Remember the quick turn around for Falcon 3 to 4? That said, December 31st does seem awfully optimistic.
No space vehicle will carry a full nuclear reactor now, or anytime in the near future. They're just too heavy. When people say that a space vehicle is nuclear powered, it means it's powered by an RTG, a radioisotope thermoelectric generators. It's basically a bunch of pellets of plutonium that radiate and release heat, which is turned into voltage by thermocouples. The point of all this is that there is nowhere near enough material in an RTG to cause a criticality event, let alone a nuclear bomb sort of event.
Mod parent up! He knows what he's talking about!
The cost to orbit actually isn't the largest cost in disposing of waste in the sun. Orbital velocity is around 8km/s, give or take. The earth's orbital velocity is about 50km/s, and all of that speed would need to be eliminated for reach the sun, which is about 60km/s, most of which is from dissipating velocity which came from the Earth itself.
GlasDOS said how it worked in the game for crying out loud! "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out."
Sooo, lots of dry erase markers and boards on that capsule then?
Dude's a freaking mutant. Double jointed in the elbows and knees, body parts out of proportion, and he produces half as much lactic acid as most athletes. Bloody mutant....
It's all part of the test. But don't worry, it will be a triumph! A huge success!
So, I can't be bothered to RTFWP (wiki page). It says it's a component of fuel right there in your quote. My bad.
Ammonium perchlorate is also a rather common oxidizer for solid rocket fuel. I'd imagine this is rather important as well, since it tends to be one of the larger mass fractions in the fuel mixture. Meaning, if you can get your perchlorate on Mars, that's that much less fuel materials you need to carry, assuming you want to use solid rockets, that is.
From their website, it appears there was a problem during staging, and the lower stage was not jettisoned.
Ditto. Same deal when I saw it at the 9:50 showing a week later.
The sad thing is, just about the only way to get a really good showing nowadays is to go to a midnight opening. The crowd at those tend to be there solely for the movie. On the other hand, when I went to see WALL-E in the middle of the afternoon in a theater full of kids, it was completely silent. Bizarre as hell, and kind of creeped me out.