15 million could be way too much or barely enough. Are these studies solely focused on theoretical and simulations, or are they actually building and testing in the real world?
My guess would be: "Not even fucking close to enough".
They need a fully manned mockup, for the ship showing that self contained environment would even work for the duration of the trip.
Then they need to facilities to demonstrate that after that trip they can set up facilities that will allow them to even survive.
If you want to reference the scale of the operation for the simulation, just look at the some analysis of what it would have taken to fake the moon landing back in the 60s, then scale that up to several years duration.
Can't you get all the info you need by building sensors into the landing gear, if they're not there already. Weight change at each wheel set should give overall balance and total live load... they already know what the static load is so it's people, luggage, and fuel that vary.
Now I'm thinking about building a rack frame out of some thin lodgepole pines... Then you could take the frame apart and FedEX it to them as... wait for it... Support Logs!
Shush shush... It's OK Windows 10 is only days away and then everything will be the same again, and we will be able to whine well past Service Pack One!
And now my entire lab is going Linux, because this Win 10 thing and auto updates means our systems would be at risk.
I was testing Win 10 until that news broke, now I'm advising everyone I know to stay with Win 7 or even Win8.x. I may end up doing a second Win 7 partition and allowing it to upgrade to Win 10 just so I can answer the few support questions from my friends that don't listen to my do not upgrade warning... there are always a few...
(Thank you frovingslosh for mentioning my mistake before I had time to comment myself).
The dimensions I quoted are not km, but earth radii. That's what you get for copy/pasting from Wikipedia without even thinking (it should be obvious to anyone that Pluto is larger than a fraction of a km in diameter).
To be fair, it looks a lot bigger when it's excited. Judging from the photos it was Very Happy to see New Horizons...
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You don't kill a canary, you do nothing and that fact is noted.
Everybody just needs to get their own atomic fountain and we're all good...
No, the drinks from those things go right through me...
15 million could be way too much or barely enough. Are these studies solely focused on theoretical and simulations, or are they actually building and testing in the real world?
My guess would be: "Not even fucking close to enough".
They need a fully manned mockup, for the ship showing that self contained environment would even work for the duration of the trip.
Then they need to facilities to demonstrate that after that trip they can set up facilities that will allow them to even survive.
If you want to reference the scale of the operation for the simulation, just look at the some analysis of what it would have taken to fake the moon landing back in the 60s, then scale that up to several years duration.
So... Space Biosphere Ventures, part deux?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2
So, no canary?
SpiderOak updates their canary every six months:
https://spideroak.com/canary
A lazy dungeon master?
Other than that ... no idea.
Hey, It's me! I just wanted to tell you
(sound of dice rolling)
umm... absolutely nothing... crap...
Can't you get all the info you need by building sensors into the landing gear, if they're not there already. Weight change at each wheel set should give overall balance and total live load... they already know what the static load is so it's people, luggage, and fuel that vary.
"acts by reducing the heart rate via specific inhibition of the funny channel"
Sorry but I think I'd die without my funny channel... I'll pass.
You doubt the mighty Xeon? Looks like someone wants to ride a DC-8 into a volcano!
(wait... what?)
Never Mind...
That's spelled "peasants"...
But we got what you meant.
Oracle shills. ... or trolls.... or both. lol.
So... shrolls?
Or maybe trills?
all logs relating to the exit node
Now I'm thinking about building a rack frame out of some thin lodgepole pines...
Then you could take the frame apart and FedEX it to them as...
wait for it...
Support Logs!
Sadly, I married and took the last name Coward.
Although you lost a shot at TV fame (twice)... you'll always be well known here at /.
Until you travel at 0.7c and you discover the batteries are dead because solar isn't working at this speed so you cannot slow down.
At that speed could you point the solar panels towards the destination and collect ambient star light with greater than normal efficiency?
Shush shush... It's OK
Windows 10 is only days away and then everything will be the same again,
and we will be able to whine well past Service Pack One!
Clarity: it's like that one thing that is not the other thing, except for when it is.
Good Lord! You've hit on the exact motto needed for my new startup!
Random Eyeglasses Hut
This is going to be so much better than what we had:
"Somebodies prescription, in about an hour..."
My cows are from France.
They go "Moi".
They are very self centered...
...I'm still wondering how History got away with trucking/fishing reality shows.
Someone high up in content creation woke up and realized the rest of their programming was, well, history...
Please, please tell me it was 3D printed so we can work that in somewhere...
And now my entire lab is going Linux, because this Win 10 thing and auto updates means our systems would be at risk.
I was testing Win 10 until that news broke, now I'm advising everyone I know to stay with Win 7 or even Win8.x. I may end up doing a second Win 7 partition and allowing it to upgrade to Win 10 just so I can answer the few support questions from my friends that don't listen to my do not upgrade warning... there are always a few...
People likely to have an affair will do so with or without a website...
Um. My wife says I'm worth shite. Do the maths.
That sounds like a load of crap!
Bing is better.
I know each of those words but have never seen them used in that configuration before...
most curious...
I am also too lazy to delete.
Rust Never Sleeps...
(Thank you frovingslosh for mentioning my mistake before I had time to comment myself). The dimensions I quoted are not km, but earth radii. That's what you get for copy/pasting from Wikipedia without even thinking (it should be obvious to anyone that Pluto is larger than a fraction of a km in diameter).
To be fair, it looks a lot bigger when it's excited.
Judging from the photos it was Very Happy to see New Horizons...
Well, there's no getting Pluto back to it's old status, now that they spotted those Kuiper Belt Loops...
http://xkcd.com/1551/