It's a smart TV, an internet connected TV. Beyond the standard On/Off, volume and channel select, it should be capable of showing any Youtube content, browsing the web, etc. So it'll be picking up "Natalie Portman, Naked and petrified" and other embarrasing utterances. Also, because it is web-connected, people will use it to check their bank balances (account numbers and passwords)
A constant is significantly interesting in some way. Fractions or multiples of a constant (which, granted, are just as invariable as the constant itself) are not interesting in and of themselves, but only in relation to the base constant from which they are derived. Pi is only interesting because it is half of tau.
A circle is the set of points in a plane equidistant from a fixed point. That distance is called the radius. The perimeter of the circle is the circumference. The circle constant should be the ratio between these two. Using the diameter is one of the biggest blunders in the history of mathematics. You have to have extra definitions. You get the superfluous 2 floating around in all equations. It's sloppy.
It's a Wonderful Life, one of the best movies of all time, is in black and white. As is The Birds and The Maltese Falcon. You're not doing yourself a favour by pre-judging films based on whether or not they are in color. There have been some truely awful color films.
The Apollo capsule was somewhat of a lifting body as well (details here). The capsule had an off-axis center of mass, which meant a canted entry angle. This generated lift, which was used to correctly position the capsule within the entry corridor. Judging from the slanted scorch marks on the Dragon capsule, it does the same thing, and presumably so will the Orion capsule if it ever gets to do a re-entry.
Orbital isn't about how high the highest point of your trajectory is. It is about how high the lowest point of your trajectory is. In other words: at its lowest point, does it clear the planet or crash into it?
Alan Shepard's first flight, while launched and recovered on the same day, was a single flight. SpaceX is launching one craft while another is landing - two flights. That's what the OP was getting at.
The European Space Agency has revealed its preparedness for the launch of its experimental "space plane" dubbed Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
IXV in Roman Numerals is not 24. It's not even proper Roman numeral format.
I know it's not customary to Read The Fancy Article, but to not read the very first line of the summary? Laziness. The European Space Agency has revealed its preparedness for the launch of its experimental "space plane" dubbed Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
Yes, even if it is in a geostationary orbit. Spacecraft orientation is independent of orbital position. If you point the thing at Vega, it will remain pointed at Vega throughout its orbit unless acted upon by some force. That's the law of conservation of angular momentum.
It's a space-based telescope. They're not aiming it at the Earth, so it doesn't need to be geostationary. In fact, it doesn't even need to be in Earth orbit.
The problem is that it wouldn't be steerable. It would sweep a slice of the sky rather than track a star
Why not? It's in space, not on Earth. It can be oriented in any direction and remain stationary for observations. The big issue with a disk that large is going to be solar wind.
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It's a smart TV, an internet connected TV. Beyond the standard On/Off, volume and channel select, it should be capable of showing any Youtube content, browsing the web, etc. So it'll be picking up "Natalie Portman, Naked and petrified" and other embarrasing utterances. Also, because it is web-connected, people will use it to check their bank balances (account numbers and passwords)
c/r is simpler than c/2r. It was a blunder to choose c/2r as the circle constant.
A constant is significantly interesting in some way. Fractions or multiples of a constant (which, granted, are just as invariable as the constant itself) are not interesting in and of themselves, but only in relation to the base constant from which they are derived. Pi is only interesting because it is half of tau.
A circle is the set of points in a plane equidistant from a fixed point. That distance is called the radius. The perimeter of the circle is the circumference. The circle constant should be the ratio between these two. Using the diameter is one of the biggest blunders in the history of mathematics. You have to have extra definitions. You get the superfluous 2 floating around in all equations. It's sloppy.
Pi isn't a constant. It is half a constant.
A completely bogus concept can be very accurately modeled with math. Reality doesn't care.
Ah! But according to Landauer's principle, reality *DOES* care.
The two aren't mutually exclusive.
In many cases alcohol is involved. Particularly with the more unfortunate ones.
Considering that alcohol is used to disinfect the area to be inked, you're definitely right.
It's a Wonderful Life, one of the best movies of all time, is in black and white. As is The Birds and The Maltese Falcon. You're not doing yourself a favour by pre-judging films based on whether or not they are in color. There have been some truely awful color films.
You mean the passengers weren't singing the Russian national anthem as the plane sunk?
The Apollo capsule was somewhat of a lifting body as well (details here). The capsule had an off-axis center of mass, which meant a canted entry angle. This generated lift, which was used to correctly position the capsule within the entry corridor. Judging from the slanted scorch marks on the Dragon capsule, it does the same thing, and presumably so will the Orion capsule if it ever gets to do a re-entry.
Orbital isn't about how high the highest point of your trajectory is. It is about how high the lowest point of your trajectory is. In other words: at its lowest point, does it clear the planet or crash into it?
Why would Sony be getting paid for adverts on a Samsung TV?
They licensed the ad insertion tech to Samsung?
Alan Shepard's first flight, while launched and recovered on the same day, was a single flight. SpaceX is launching one craft while another is landing - two flights. That's what the OP was getting at.
The European Space Agency has revealed its preparedness for the launch of its experimental "space plane" dubbed Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
IXV in Roman Numerals is not 24. It's not even proper Roman numeral format.
I know it's not customary to Read The Fancy Article, but to not read the very first line of the summary? Laziness.
The European Space Agency has revealed its preparedness for the launch of its experimental "space plane" dubbed Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
Hey, give NASA credit for breaking out of the TLA or FFLA mold.
I thought it was FLEA: Four Letter Extended Acronym.
Can polymer bills be dyed?
At least he kept his pants on when he was doing it.
... we hope.
Sorry. Misread something somewhere along the line.
Yes, even if it is in a geostationary orbit. Spacecraft orientation is independent of orbital position. If you point the thing at Vega, it will remain pointed at Vega throughout its orbit unless acted upon by some force. That's the law of conservation of angular momentum.
Stick the sensor on a boom, like the picture shows. Problem solved.
The detector is not going to be on Earth. The detector is going to be "tens to hundreds of miles" from the disk.
Why does it need to be geostationary? Hubble certainly isn't.
It's a space-based telescope. They're not aiming it at the Earth, so it doesn't need to be geostationary. In fact, it doesn't even need to be in Earth orbit.
The problem is that it wouldn't be steerable. It would sweep a slice of the sky rather than track a star
Why not? It's in space, not on Earth. It can be oriented in any direction and remain stationary for observations. The big issue with a disk that large is going to be solar wind.