Bonam Posted September 2, 2010 Report Posted September 2, 2010 Yes I was quite disappointed about Project Ares I-X/Orion's cancellation. It was huge...powerful...and very simple. They could have had a row of those things waiting lift-off to the Moon at the same time. But since the beastie didn't look like the Millenium Falcon, it had few friends outside of NASA/JPL (and ilk) it seems. I wouldn't give Ares that much praise... it had a lot of flaws and it would have been much better simply to man rate an Atlas or a Delta. However, with the constellation program (Ares/Orion/Altair) being canceled, NASA is left pretty much directionless. And, like I said, the most wasteful part of it is, even though they know that Ares I is canceled, they are still developing and testing it now (at a cost of hundreds of millions) because they haven't been given a new mandate yet. And of course while all this is happening, instead of being in congress trying to get NASA back on track, Bolton is out in the middle east talking to schoolchildren about science outreach. Not impressed with this guy at all. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Posted September 2, 2010 I wouldn't give Ares that much praise... it had a lot of flaws and it would have been much better simply to man rate an Atlas or a Delta. However, with the constellation program (Ares/Orion/Altair) being canceled, NASA is left pretty much directionless. And, like I said, the most wasteful part of it is, even though they know that Ares I is canceled, they are still developing and testing it now (at a cost of hundreds of millions) because they haven't been given a new mandate yet. And of course while all this is happening, instead of being in congress trying to get NASA back on track, Bolton is out in the middle east talking to schoolchildren about science outreach. Not impressed with this guy at all. Well, early Atlas flights had a few flaws in them as too... Heh...reminds me of that old video game Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space (aka Lift-off!) http://sourceforge.net/projects/raceintospace/ Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Posted September 19, 2010 Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
kimmy Posted September 20, 2010 Report Posted September 20, 2010 Mars' atmosphere is 1% the density of Earth, and gravity is 0.38 of Earth gravity. A solar powered plane that could fly on Earth would need a wing that is 38 times larger (without adding any mass) to fly on Mars, or alternately would need to be flying 6 times faster. Needing to fly faster takes a lot more power (power required to fly at a certain speed rises with velocity cubed while lift only increases with velocity squared), Isn't that also proportional to air resistance, though? If the air on Mars is 1% as dense, it should take far less power to achieve a given speed than it would in earth's atmosphere. Anyway, just saw this and thought you guys might get a kick out of it: -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
DogOnPorch Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Posted September 22, 2010 I want one. I wonder what the cat will think... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Posted September 22, 2010 Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Posted September 22, 2010 Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Posted September 22, 2010 Oldie but a goldie. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Posted September 22, 2010 Retired ... Repeat from earlier... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Edited September 24, 2010 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Posted September 28, 2010 Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
RNG Posted September 28, 2010 Report Posted September 28, 2010 The test of time puts the DC-3, the C-130 Herc and the Otter (both single engine and twin) on the all time best list. Quote The government can't give anything to anyone without having first taken it from someone else.
DogOnPorch Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Posted September 29, 2010 The test of time puts the DC-3, the C-130 Herc and the Otter (both single engine and twin) on the all time best list. Indeed they are. I posted a pretty cool Otter video a number of pages back. Huge machine...the classic Otter. Another fine DeHavilland aircraft... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted September 30, 2010 Author Report Posted September 30, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Gqvz5Vbxs Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Posted October 5, 2010 Sweet... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Posted October 5, 2010 From 2004...the first Delta IV Heavy goes up. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted October 6, 2010 Author Report Posted October 6, 2010 Strap it to the roof of yer ol' Chevy... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Bonam Posted October 7, 2010 Report Posted October 7, 2010 Old news by now, but there's always the Falcon 9: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9 Hopefully leading to more commercialization of space. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) Edited October 7, 2010 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) Re: Falcon 9...seems they don't run the turbo exhaust lines around the rocket nozzle skirt to stop it from glowing red hot...interesting. Seems to still work... Edited October 8, 2010 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Posted October 8, 2010 Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Bonam Posted October 8, 2010 Report Posted October 8, 2010 Re: Falcon 9...seems they don't run the turbo exhaust lines around the rocket nozzle skirt to stop it from glowing red hot...interesting. Seems to still work... Actually I believe the Merlin Vacuum engine is regeneratively cooled. It probably glows yellow despite this. It is only the older Merlin 1A and 1B which were ablatively cooled. Quote
The_Squid Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) Martin Mars water bombers.... I've seen them in action many times. http://www.martinmars.com/ Wonderful history of firefighting in BC. Edited October 12, 2010 by The_Squid Quote
DogOnPorch Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Posted October 12, 2010 I was soaked by one on Vancouver Island...lol. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) For Bonam, mainly... Been trying these out for the last several nights...the XR2 in particular...pretty cool. Comes with SCRAM jet ability. http://www.dougsorbiterpage.com/index.html Edited October 13, 2010 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
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