How will the samples be contained when returned to Earth?
The landing site at the Utah Test and Training Range was chosen because the area is a vast, desolate and unoccupied salt flat controlled by the U.S. Air Force in conjunction with the U.S. Army. The landing footprint for the sample return capsule will be about 30 by 84 kilometers (18 by 52 miles), an ample space to allow for aerodynamic uncertainties and winds that might affect the direction the capsule travels in the atmosphere.
The actual landing footprint will be predicted by tracking the spacecraft just before the capsule's release. Roughly six hours before entry, an updated footprint will be provided to the capsule recovery team.
There is a mission for sample return thats being caught by a helicopter, the details escape me now. I also dont get why they dont just let THAT one hit the surface just like Stardust's capsule... Anyone?
Not strictly true, the plan was ALWAYS going to be "lets bring it back down".
The problem is that the increased weight means more heat build up as you come in through the atmosphere. All this talk about risking lives to get something for a museum is completely justified, you only have to remember the yellowy streaks over Texas last year to remember that.
I would guess he is referring to the fact that since Hubble's shelving was due to safety issues surrounding the shuttle flights post Columbia, he would be in a good position to give his insight onto the risks and the pros/cons.
The only one I can think of here in the UK is the one between Birmingham Airport and the Birmingham Exhibition Centres, if its still there, that is. I remember it about 10 years ago, maybe more.
Probably any game that uses the quake engine, including things like Half-Life, are easiest to edit for. Thing you have to remember is, anyone can learn the ins and outs of an editor, but having good design flair is the biggest obstacle to cross.
Im eagerly awaiting the HL2 level design tool, with the SDK, in whatever form it takes when it's released. I have to make a ton of levels for our mod (Junkyard Corps, see sig) when it comes out.
Some people say the Unreal engine is better for level making. Rather than build a level inside empty space and have to close everything off (ie, checking for leaks, etc) the unreal world is a block, and you carve stuff OUT of it. This seems a harder way of doing things to me, but according to other people, its the most natural way of doing it.
As for non FPS games, I have no idea. I suspect it's horses for courses. Liking a particular genre more will make you want to take more steps to learn out to get good at designing for your chosen game.
If you write your own re-implementation by reverse engineering KaZaA to determine how it works, that is perfectly legal. For the same reason that, for instance, Wine is a perfectly legal piece of software.
Don't many applications include a "you must not reverse engineer this software" clause in the EULA?
I always thought that the shuttle was designed in the way it was to fulfil certain military/DoD requirements, hence huge delta wings. Fly for one orbit, release a satellite, land on the next, quick and painless. You need the delta wings to account for the large crossrange instead of waiting for your orbit track to pass the landing site.
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) is sat in the L2 langrange point, beyond the Moon, monitoring all sorts of radiation type stuff.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF -8&q=wilkinson+microwave+anisotropy+probe&spel l=1
Yes but Linux was new technology. Win98 isnt. New stuff will grow and grow, old stuff, usually, dies out.
I can't believe we didn't hear this news sooner, Win98 is by far the largest userbase of all the MS systems, especially at home/school. Looks like they finally realised that they cant force things onto people... yet
I always thought Kevin Warwick, AKA Captain Cyborg, was everyone's favourite cyborg.
http://www.kevinwarwick.org.uk/
TheRegister also insult... er i mean do stories on him.
Frankly, I fail to see why this has been modded as a troll. It's an opinion, and a bloody good one at that.
Mods, put personal feelings aside please. Just because you don't agree, doesn't make it a bad post.
'The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S.
Why should people settle for less? Of course people are going to want more, basic human instinct. Do they think that people are just going to want to work for HP just because its HP?
Sounds like Fiorina is very much in favour of a form of slave labour.
Thats a very good idea, kind of like an aircraft black box? it should be located in the middle of the craft to have maximum protection from crash landings and the friction as it passes through the atmosphere.
Which is why I always use display as text only mode.
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Neither. I read the post, commented on it, then realised after re-reading that I had missed out the vital part of information in your post, hence I was correcting myself.
Down boy:P
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You dont play Orbiter do you....?
How will the samples be contained when returned to Earth?
The landing site at the Utah Test and Training Range was chosen because the area is a vast, desolate and unoccupied salt flat controlled by the U.S. Air Force in conjunction with the U.S. Army. The landing footprint for the sample return capsule will be about 30 by 84 kilometers (18 by 52 miles), an ample space to allow for aerodynamic uncertainties and winds that might affect the direction the capsule travels in the atmosphere.
The actual landing footprint will be predicted by tracking the spacecraft just before the capsule's release. Roughly six hours before entry, an updated footprint will be provided to the capsule recovery team. There is a mission for sample return thats being caught by a helicopter, the details escape me now. I also dont get why they dont just let THAT one hit the surface just like Stardust's capsule... Anyone?
Not strictly true, the plan was ALWAYS going to be "lets bring it back down".
The problem is that the increased weight means more heat build up as you come in through the atmosphere. All this talk about risking lives to get something for a museum is completely justified, you only have to remember the yellowy streaks over Texas last year to remember that.
I would guess he is referring to the fact that since Hubble's shelving was due to safety issues surrounding the shuttle flights post Columbia, he would be in a good position to give his insight onto the risks and the pros/cons.
The only one I can think of here in the UK is the one between Birmingham Airport and the Birmingham Exhibition Centres, if its still there, that is. I remember it about 10 years ago, maybe more.
Probably any game that uses the quake engine, including things like Half-Life, are easiest to edit for. Thing you have to remember is, anyone can learn the ins and outs of an editor, but having good design flair is the biggest obstacle to cross.
Im eagerly awaiting the HL2 level design tool, with the SDK, in whatever form it takes when it's released. I have to make a ton of levels for our mod (Junkyard Corps, see sig) when it comes out.
Some people say the Unreal engine is better for level making. Rather than build a level inside empty space and have to close everything off (ie, checking for leaks, etc) the unreal world is a block, and you carve stuff OUT of it. This seems a harder way of doing things to me, but according to other people, its the most natural way of doing it. As for non FPS games, I have no idea. I suspect it's horses for courses. Liking a particular genre more will make you want to take more steps to learn out to get good at designing for your chosen game.
Don't many applications include a "you must not reverse engineer this software" clause in the EULA?
You mean, like double glazing? It's already been invented.
Surely when you're dealing with pictures of this clarity with so many different colours, run length encoding is useless?
I always thought that the shuttle was designed in the way it was to fulfil certain military/DoD requirements, hence huge delta wings. Fly for one orbit, release a satellite, land on the next, quick and painless. You need the delta wings to account for the large crossrange instead of waiting for your orbit track to pass the landing site.
Ah, but is it visible from space!? (meh, sorry)
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) is sat in the L2 langrange point, beyond the Moon, monitoring all sorts of radiation type stuff. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF -8&q=wilkinson+microwave+anisotropy+probe&spel l=1
Mine's there, but some arsehole is about to knock it down to build some kind of by-pass.
I can't believe we didn't hear this news sooner, Win98 is by far the largest userbase of all the MS systems, especially at home/school. Looks like they finally realised that they cant force things onto people... yet
I always thought Kevin Warwick, AKA Captain Cyborg, was everyone's favourite cyborg. http://www.kevinwarwick.org.uk/ TheRegister also insult... er i mean do stories on him.
*BZZZT* telewest cable as well, so three.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM. (sorry)
*sigh* I'm such a Slashdot n00b :-(
Apologies.
Frankly, I fail to see why this has been modded as a troll. It's an opinion, and a bloody good one at that. Mods, put personal feelings aside please. Just because you don't agree, doesn't make it a bad post.
FYI, Sean O'Keefe
'The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S. Why should people settle for less? Of course people are going to want more, basic human instinct. Do they think that people are just going to want to work for HP just because its HP? Sounds like Fiorina is very much in favour of a form of slave labour.
Thats a very good idea, kind of like an aircraft black box? it should be located in the middle of the craft to have maximum protection from crash landings and the friction as it passes through the atmosphere.
They're in completely different places, and each MER can move at 0.02 MPH, top ;)
So, not a chance :(
Which is why I always use display as text only mode.
Neither. I read the post, commented on it, then realised after re-reading that I had missed out the vital part of information in your post, hence I was correcting myself. Down boy :P