It's just an English literature/writing class with a narrow focus on zombie fiction. It's not THAT big a deal...
Not a big deal? We're talking freakin' zombies! Some brain dead soul modded the post interesting? ZOMBIES are interesting! Well, actually, not talking to one though. They're not good listeners and there's only one subject they want to talk about.
...sounds like most of these problems would have been figured out if people had tested them in the field for a few weeks before sending them to the factory
They tried to test them in the field but that guy forgot his in a bar and, well, you know the rest of the story.
Apollo was barely big enough for 3. Something only a "little" bigger is supposed to hold 7?
As others have pointed out, there was room in the Apollo space craft in the lower bay (i.e, under the seats) that could "snugly" fit two additional astronauts. The amount of supplies would offer little space savings since the majority of consumables (water and oxygen) were provided by the Service Module. Food did not take up much space since it was all dehydrated. The water was generated as a byproduct of the fuel cells.
One of the largest cubic space savings inside the spacecraft would come from all the avionics. Check out the
Command Module interior. Note the size of Command Module Computer (lower right of the Left Side of spacecraft diagram). Examine the Data Storage Equipment (upper right of the Right Side diagram). The control panel was huge. As noted in the wikipedia entry "In total, the command module panels included 24 instruments, 566 switches, 40 event indicators, and 71 lights." Now it could be replaced by four flat screen displays, much smaller and less power hungry instruments, and a lot fewer switches (10-15% maybe?) My guess that equipment specific to Apollo missions would be a wash compared to future missions. Though I do wonder how much space can be recovered by ditching the film and their cameras.
Now consider that the Boeing spacecraft will be a little larger. I haven't gone over the figures but I would expect that seven economy class airline seats will fit comfortably inside. In any case I expect it would be much more comfortable without that pesky gravity that forces you to keep shifting you body weight to keep your ass from getting numb.
Women's tennis (monkey focus groups indicate that male monkeys maintain a narrower focus)
Mythbusters
Baywatch (increased focus of male monkeys also noted)
In followup studies, human males show almost identical focus intensities. Unexpectedly, focus was most highly concentrated for episodes of Mythbusters -- even when
Kari Byron was on hiatus.
what many of these folks did not realize was that they were not looking for web content, what they really wanted to experience was an ebook.
Looking for an eBook "experience"? Hell, I just want to be able to read the damn content! Dammit, Jim, I'm getting old! My eyesight is giving out! Do web designers use small and medium tags any more? Nooooo! I got my standard font size cranked up to 16! My web browser canna take anymore! She's gonna explode!
Damn stupid twit.
Now leave me alone so I can go chase those damn kids off my lawn. Hmph.
Tell me what I'm for, damn stupid bastard. Ow! There goes my damn hip again. Damn doctors ain't worth a damn.
An' everything is an "experience" now, and everything is a "technology," a damn "innovative technology experience." I'll give you an experience all right.
HEY! YOU! GODDAMN KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN!
Damn Slashdot "comments" ain't nothin' but noise nowadays. Damn kids. Don't know why I bother reading it anymore. Oof! Damn chair ain't good for shit.
Hey, I like that IKCD guy. Damn guy doesn't draw 'em quick enough for me. Damn comic... drawer guy.
There's nothing like spending a day to save a few dollars by not having to buy a specialized sensor. Sounds like my Master's research; why buy good equipment when grad students can spend ages building a poor imitation of it?
research assistant n. see indentured servant
I know that "why" is a rhetorical question. But... too bad grad students don't work on grant budgets.:-) Having wrestled with said budgets in Excel (before someone with a bussiness degree took over), I can tell you that the amount of money allocated to equipment tends to be rather flexible. Any give in the budget tends to be used for junket... er, travel expenses for attending scientific conferences.
It is a light hearted article to be sure so let's not be "hasty" about making "claims" suggesting that is has no "reason" to be in a popular science "web site."
Or why NASA is having them take a "cocktail" to "get the job done" which would, if the description is accurate, prevent the job from getting done if not kill them (alcohol + uppers + downers + tranqs? Anyone remember Karen Ann Quinlan?)
More "sensationalism" in response to a light hearted "article". So let's be serious for a "momen..." er, moment.
As noted by our fine poster, DynaSor (hey, I like that name) must know, NASA prefers that astronauts refrain from using any drugs especially while performing critical activities such as launch, reentry, and EVA. If they needed medications on a regular basis that would not be acceptable in medically certified pilot, they would not be astronauts since there is certainly no shortage of qualified candidates. That noted, it would be irresponsible for NASA to jeopardize a mission or well being of crew members not to make drugs available on high profile multi-million dollar missions that are part of a multi-billion dollar program.
Alas, the simple mention of the the word "drug" triggers bizarre and irrational reactions from many, many people who are conditioned by propaganda and misinformation thrown at them from many groups (religions, politicians, pharmaceutical corporations, etc.) each with their own agenda. Ignorance and rationalization run rampant. It's not at all difficult to imagine listening to a patron sitting at a bar pontificate about how drug use is leading society to Hell in a hand-basket while gulping down cups of black coffee that he hopes will sober him up enough (it won't) so that he can drive home without fear of getting pulled over and get charged with a DWI. (For the uninformed, alcohol and caffeine are, indeed, drugs.)
However, I was prompted to reply when reading this in TFA:
Modafinil: You may know it as Provigil, Alertec, Vigicer or Modalert, but astronauts know it as the upper they take when sleep isn't an option.
Modafinil is not an "upper" in the generally recognized sense. Wikipedia says this about Modafinil:
...like other stimulants, [it] increases the release of monoamines... . However, modafinil also elevates hypothalamic histamine levels, leading some researchers to consider Modafinil a "wakefulness promoting agent" rather than a classic amphetamine-like stimulant.... Despite modafinil's histaminergic action, it still partially shares the actions of amphetamine-class stimulants due to its effects on norepinephrine and dopamine.
One can be administered Modafinil and fall asleep without undue problems. Suffice it to say that it is misleading to simply lump Modafinil with stimulants such as amphetamines and Ritalin that are routinely put to recreational use.
Therefore, I would say the major shortcoming of TFA is that it plays on the fears and misconceptions of readers to garner undeserved attention to a subject that could otherwise be more interesting and informative.
You're sending them there on a one trip for one reason and one reason only: saving money.
One reason? Consider the expression "opportunity of a lifetime."
Typical NASA Mars mission profiles have astronauts returning after only one year on Mars (yes, "only"). A scientist who needs or even wants to spend a longer period of time there is SOL. With virtually no chance of making a return trip the obvious solution is not to return to earth; retire there.
The astronauts, however, are... heading to a place of no resources. None for living anyway.... This isn't little house on the prairie, this is the cold deadness of space.
It's not Space, it's Mars. All the necessary elements needed to survive are there. Try reading a book written by Robert Zubrin; he's done the math.
All other things being reasonably equal, given the choice between a one way trip to Florida for retirement versus a one way trip to Mars, I'm going to Mars.
"Faith is no substitute for arithmetic" -- Henry Spencer
This is just more bullshit for the U.S. government to work around trade agreements they've signed in the past.
What trade agreements? The US was given China temporary Most Favored Trade Status 1990 and made permanent in 2001 during the Bush Administration. Conversely, the US maintains trade sanctions against Iran and does not even have diplomatic relations with Iran and has not since 1980. So I ask again, what trade agreements?
What do those 78% and 80% mean, you ask? Let's look at The Fine Article:
Some subjects were told to act shifty, be evasive, deceptive and hostile. And many were detected.
Answer: it's a bad acting detector.
Seriously, a better test would be to ask test subjects to do something relevant such as, say, defeat the detector (duh!). If the subject fails, something unpleasant, yet harmless, will happen; a device that emits a startling noise and perhaps belch some smelly smoke. Imagine a grown up version of the game Operation (I hate that game). Better yet, have the subject carry the device on their person. The nature of the device would be demonstrated to the subject beforehand, just as a domestic animal is allowed to experience the shock from an electric fence to establish the proper respect for the deterrent.
I'm getting nervous just describing the damn thing.
Marks's group creates SANDs through a simple dipping and curing process. Monolayers of hydrocarbons or extended [pi]-systems are applied to the gate electrode via the reaction of organochlorosilanes with the electrode's surface hydroxyl groups.
Doesn't mean much to me but I get warm feeling all through me gutty-wuts when I read such geeky stuff.
Fibreglass amd carbon fibre reinforced plastic are... transparent to radar... Gliders, birds, lots of things without metal in them don't show up.
Well, there's your problem right there. We gotta find a way to put metal in them pesky birds. Most people would immediately suggest putting metal in bird feed but I think we need to encourage our winged friends to adopt the fashion trend of body piercing.
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We could use, at least, a basic understanding of probability..
Yeah, right. What are the chances of that happening?
It's just an English literature/writing class with a narrow focus on zombie fiction. It's not THAT big a deal...
Not a big deal? We're talking freakin' zombies! Some brain dead soul modded the post interesting? ZOMBIES are interesting! Well, actually, not talking to one though. They're not good listeners and there's only one subject they want to talk about.
Hey! Where's the link to the "safe" Playboy site?
...sounds like most of these problems would have been figured out if people had tested them in the field for a few weeks before sending them to the factory
They tried to test them in the field but that guy forgot his in a bar and, well, you know the rest of the story.
As others have pointed out, there was room in the Apollo space craft in the lower bay (i.e, under the seats) that could "snugly" fit two additional astronauts. The amount of supplies would offer little space savings since the majority of consumables (water and oxygen) were provided by the Service Module. Food did not take up much space since it was all dehydrated. The water was generated as a byproduct of the fuel cells.
One of the largest cubic space savings inside the spacecraft would come from all the avionics. Check out the Command Module interior. Note the size of Command Module Computer (lower right of the Left Side of spacecraft diagram). Examine the Data Storage Equipment (upper right of the Right Side diagram). The control panel was huge. As noted in the wikipedia entry "In total, the command module panels included 24 instruments, 566 switches, 40 event indicators, and 71 lights." Now it could be replaced by four flat screen displays, much smaller and less power hungry instruments, and a lot fewer switches (10-15% maybe?) My guess that equipment specific to Apollo missions would be a wash compared to future missions. Though I do wonder how much space can be recovered by ditching the film and their cameras.
Now consider that the Boeing spacecraft will be a little larger. I haven't gone over the figures but I would expect that seven economy class airline seats will fit comfortably inside. In any case I expect it would be much more comfortable without that pesky gravity that forces you to keep shifting you body weight to keep your ass from getting numb.
In followup studies, human males show almost identical focus intensities. Unexpectedly, focus was most highly concentrated for episodes of Mythbusters -- even when Kari Byron was on hiatus.
Looking for an eBook "experience"? Hell, I just want to be able to read the damn content! Dammit, Jim, I'm getting old! My eyesight is giving out! Do web designers use small and medium tags any more? Nooooo! I got my standard font size cranked up to 16! My web browser canna take anymore! She's gonna explode!
Damn stupid twit.
Now leave me alone so I can go chase those damn kids off my lawn. Hmph.
Tell me what I'm for, damn stupid bastard. Ow! There goes my damn hip again. Damn doctors ain't worth a damn.
An' everything is an "experience" now, and everything is a "technology," a damn "innovative technology experience." I'll give you an experience all right.
HEY! YOU! GODDAMN KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN!
Damn Slashdot "comments" ain't nothin' but noise nowadays. Damn kids. Don't know why I bother reading it anymore. Oof! Damn chair ain't good for shit.
Hey, I like that IKCD guy. Damn guy doesn't draw 'em quick enough for me. Damn comic... drawer guy.
I thought it was referring to the animal rights movement and why did they care about cockroaches? Forcing them to wear backpacks?
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Is now rendered as:
Apple's own security update page (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004) lists these six, where did Threatpost author get the number 12 from?:
"Massive security holes" or "serious vulnerabilities" are worth two "ordinary" vulnerabilities.
There's nothing like spending a day to save a few dollars by not having to buy a specialized sensor. Sounds like my Master's research; why buy good equipment when grad students can spend ages building a poor imitation of it?
research assistant n. see indentured servant
I know that "why" is a rhetorical question. But... too bad grad students don't work on grant budgets. :-) Having wrestled with said budgets in Excel (before someone with a bussiness degree took over), I can tell you that the amount of money allocated to equipment tends to be rather flexible. Any give in the budget tends to be used for junket... er, travel expenses for attending scientific conferences.
This article should be in "Entertainment".
It is a light hearted article to be sure so let's not be "hasty" about making "claims" suggesting that is has no "reason" to be in a popular science "web site."
Or why NASA is having them take a "cocktail" to "get the job done" which would, if the description is accurate, prevent the job from getting done if not kill them (alcohol + uppers + downers + tranqs? Anyone remember Karen Ann Quinlan?)
More "sensationalism" in response to a light hearted "article". So let's be serious for a "momen..." er, moment.
As noted by our fine poster, DynaSor (hey, I like that name) must know, NASA prefers that astronauts refrain from using any drugs especially while performing critical activities such as launch, reentry, and EVA. If they needed medications on a regular basis that would not be acceptable in medically certified pilot, they would not be astronauts since there is certainly no shortage of qualified candidates. That noted, it would be irresponsible for NASA to jeopardize a mission or well being of crew members not to make drugs available on high profile multi-million dollar missions that are part of a multi-billion dollar program.
Alas, the simple mention of the the word "drug" triggers bizarre and irrational reactions from many, many people who are conditioned by propaganda and misinformation thrown at them from many groups (religions, politicians, pharmaceutical corporations, etc.) each with their own agenda. Ignorance and rationalization run rampant. It's not at all difficult to imagine listening to a patron sitting at a bar pontificate about how drug use is leading society to Hell in a hand-basket while gulping down cups of black coffee that he hopes will sober him up enough (it won't) so that he can drive home without fear of getting pulled over and get charged with a DWI. (For the uninformed, alcohol and caffeine are, indeed, drugs.)
However, I was prompted to reply when reading this in TFA:
Modafinil: You may know it as Provigil, Alertec, Vigicer or Modalert, but astronauts know it as the upper they take when sleep isn't an option.
Modafinil is not an "upper" in the generally recognized sense. Wikipedia says this about Modafinil:
...like other stimulants, [it] increases the release of monoamines... . However, modafinil also elevates hypothalamic histamine levels, leading some researchers to consider Modafinil a "wakefulness promoting agent" rather than a classic amphetamine-like stimulant. ... Despite modafinil's histaminergic action, it still partially shares the actions of amphetamine-class stimulants due to its effects on norepinephrine and dopamine.
One can be administered Modafinil and fall asleep without undue problems. Suffice it to say that it is misleading to simply lump Modafinil with stimulants such as amphetamines and Ritalin that are routinely put to recreational use.
Therefore, I would say the major shortcoming of TFA is that it plays on the fears and misconceptions of readers to garner undeserved attention to a subject that could otherwise be more interesting and informative.
You're sending them there on a one trip for one reason and one reason only: saving money.
One reason? Consider the expression "opportunity of a lifetime."
Typical NASA Mars mission profiles have astronauts returning after only one year on Mars (yes, "only"). A scientist who needs or even wants to spend a longer period of time there is SOL. With virtually no chance of making a return trip the obvious solution is not to return to earth; retire there.
The astronauts, however, are ... heading to a place of no resources. None for living anyway. ... This isn't little house on the prairie, this is the cold deadness of space.
It's not Space, it's Mars. All the necessary elements needed to survive are there. Try reading a book written by Robert Zubrin; he's done the math.
All other things being reasonably equal, given the choice between a one way trip to Florida for retirement versus a one way trip to Mars, I'm going to Mars.
"Faith is no substitute for arithmetic" -- Henry Spencer
This is just more bullshit for the U.S. government to work around trade agreements they've signed in the past.
What trade agreements? The US was given China temporary Most Favored Trade Status 1990 and made permanent in 2001 during the Bush Administration. Conversely, the US maintains trade sanctions against Iran and does not even have diplomatic relations with Iran and has not since 1980. So I ask again, what trade agreements?
You misspelled "lobbyists."
Saying the reason the bees were dying was because of human pollution. Another media lie.
Which media is that? The Liberally Biased Media or the Right Wingnut Media?
Is that boron boride in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
What do those 78% and 80% mean, you ask? Let's look at The Fine Article:
Answer: it's a bad acting detector.
Seriously, a better test would be to ask test subjects to do something relevant such as, say, defeat the detector (duh!). If the subject fails, something unpleasant, yet harmless, will happen; a device that emits a startling noise and perhaps belch some smelly smoke. Imagine a grown up version of the game Operation (I hate that game). Better yet, have the subject carry the device on their person. The nature of the device would be demonstrated to the subject beforehand, just as a domestic animal is allowed to experience the shock from an electric fence to establish the proper respect for the deterrent.
I'm getting nervous just describing the damn thing.
Yes, you can now only date graphite. Diamonds are no longer acceptable dating material.
Obviously. Once the guy gives the girl a diamond they are past dating.
After I just spent all that money on a new compass!
I was waiting for an anvil to fall on what was left of the spacecraft followed by a roadrunner zooming past in the foreground.
Rather than a meteorological reference as to the location of his head, may I make a suggestion that is biological -- or more specifically, anatomical.
"Nee"? Collect shrubbery, do you?
A more detailed summary can be found American Chemical Society site, Chemical & Engineering News: Trading SiO2 Dielectrics for SANDs
Doesn't mean much to me but I get warm feeling all through me gutty-wuts when I read such geeky stuff.
Well, there's your problem right there. We gotta find a way to put metal in them pesky birds. Most people would immediately suggest putting metal in bird feed but I think we need to encourage our winged friends to adopt the fashion trend of body piercing.