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2:56 cannot remember whether it was Bob or Doug that when they landed in the sea mentioned they had sea sickness, this statement cheered me up as I get sea sickness and figured I could never be in space, of course they would have to let 50+ yr olds with no skills into space but it's not a definite no lol.
Orbital high energy beam what can possibly go wrong?
Let's be honest, the only reason why we are in the yard is because of the SSTO you're building in the house. 😆
Looking forward to you revisiting your prediction that Starliner is all good and no significant problems to talk about now that SpaceX has been given a further 5 Crew Dragon launches.
Would a liquid to gas turbine run by solar power be more efficient & compact than a solar array.
Also we need businesses that are willing to say two weeks whenever anyone from FAA needs anything. Like restaurants, office supplies, etc.
Any comment on the YT clip of what appears to be a galaxy being ejected from a black hole at nearly the speed of light? At least that is what was conjectured.
Dereliction of doody 🐻🌲💩🌲🤣🤣🤣🧐
How far away do you think we're away from the Kessler Syndrome?
Boeing must be doing some crazy Voodoo "to turn (StarLiner) into an operational spacecraft by the end of the week" since "the thrusters that went wrong have all burned up in the atmosphere" (Said around 3min35sec mark) You'd think it might take a bit longer than that since the only reference they have has been.. you know, burned up in the atmosphere.. Either that or I'm misunderstanding something lol.
The idea of solar power in orbit and microwave power downlink has come and gone many times in the past 4 decades.
One of the persistent problems has to do with them microwave downlink. Amazingly enough that microwave downlink can be surprisingly efficient — approaching 70%. Efficiency is not the problem, however. The problem has to do with RF noise pollution that the TX will generate. There are two sources of this:
(1) spectral purity of the transmitter. The smallest possible transmitter is going to have to produce something like 10 GW of microwave power, something like 10 million microwave ovens worth of microwave power. Suppose that the the sidebands of the transmitter were suppressed by 70 dB (which is pretty good!). That means that there would still be 1 kW of out of band power blasting down out of the sky … in a frequency band that is good for spacecraft communication and for terrestrial wifi and cellphone traffic. Let's just say that 70 dB is really optimistic.
(2) But it's even worse than that. Suppose that the transmitter was *perfect*, absolutely spectrally pure. Unfortunately all that microwave power has to pass through the ionosphere, and the ionosphere is not perfect at all. In fact, it's kind of dirty, from an RF point of view. Without going into detail, there are things such as ponderomotive forces, upper/lower hybrid waves, etc., that generate a lot of nonlinear effects that will ruin that pure spectrum from the transmitter.
If you say, "well, 10 GW is a lot of power, maybe it would be worth it…" Unfortunately, no. The electric power consumption of the United States is about 10 TW, so you'd need 1000 of those satellite power stations just to supply the US.
"This oughta cut it" – nice one 😀 @1:50 I'd like to hear more about that test. Was it successful?
Also the whole solar space plant stuff seems pretty weird. I mean yes, to atmosphere and no night. But how many earth based plants and batteries could be built with the same money? Also transfering the energy using a beam seems hard. Well, I'm still happy analyzing even such projects get funded. Otherwise we might oversee something great.
Space Solar Arrays would be better tried out for the polar Moonbase where there would be no atmospheric and environmental & wildlife (cooking) problems.
Imagine the computer power we could bring if we didn't waste it on nft and crypto bs
Bark bark bark bark bark bark
You are getting the bad habit of saying "you know". If I knew, why would I be watching?
Partly fcorrect – mostly it was trashcanned because Senator Proxmirre campaigned fiercely against it as a "Weird, Nutty Sci-Fi Idea".
I find it Highly improbable about announcements of a hypothetical spacecraft on a hypothetical booster. Pls, Get Real.
Using a satellite for crypto mining application is a nice way of making blockchains even less environmentally friendly. Kudo's to CryptoSat for inventing this!
Many are concerned that microwaves from a space power system would fry people etc. on earth. Your concerns are based on the frequency used in a microwave oven. Such frequency will surely not be employed by space power satellites. If they did, I suspect that the beam would hardly pass through a cloud (of water droplets).
What mic are you using to record this, sounds really good even though you are outside ?
B612 should create a boinc ap (Linux and Windows) if they want real computing power
Scott I recall reading that SpaceX has 3 Dragon capsules and does not have any plans to build any more. Do they use each capsule for both cargo and passengers? What is the life span of a Dragon capsule? If they build another Dragon capsule will it need to be separately certified by NASA?
Imagine if these green weasels had a say in the Apollo days …..
I prefer your outdoor setting for videos. It's cool and interesting, more dynamic, less managed and predictable. It makes me feel better and more able to relax and focus on you're content.
Future comments:
1. Today SpaceX achieved new milestone by landing two Starships on Mars in one Martian day.
2. After 20 cargo flights to Mars with the reusable Starships, the first crewed landing happened. SpaceX robots clapped happily as the first four Martians stepped foot on the red dirt of Mars to inspect the new robotically built main building where they will be living.
3. Today marked not only the five year anniversary of the SpaceX Martian colony, but the first time the base population is at 1000 Martians. Elon said it can officially be declared that mankind is now multiplanetary. Furthermore, the starbase is now 50 percent self sufficient thanks to hydroponic production, it's thermal nuclear plant and water recycling and production facility.
4. Today the US sponsored initiative passed the UN security council vote declaring a new country of the SpaceX moonbase which also clears the way for the the newest human government experiment, a direct democracy for the Martians.
I'M GETTING BORED AND TIRED OF SEEING FALCON-9 AND FALCON SUPER HEAVY LAUNCHES, IT'S GETTING A BIT REPETITIVE AND BORING NOW AND I AM MORE INTERESTED IN SEEING STARSHIP LAUNCH ON IT'S ORBITAL TESTFLIGHT FOLLOWED BY GOING ON TO THE MOON AND MARS AND BEYOND ! ! !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
FAA IS BLOODY USELESS AND A STICK IN THE MUD ! ! !
ESA AND NASA SHOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSTED RUSSIA!!! BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID AND SENSELESS WAR IN UKRAINE THERE WILL BE NO ROSALIND FRANKLIN EXOMARS ROVER LAUNCH TO MARS THIS YEAR AND IT WILL MISS YET ANOTHER LAUNCH WINDOW FOR MARS! THE EXOMARS ROVER PROJECT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY DELAYED FOR MANY YEARS NOW FOR MANY REASONS AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE BEING LAUNCHED BEFORE 2028 (AND WHEN/IF IT FINALLY LAUNCHES THE ROVER MIGHT BECOME OBSOLETE ANYWAY?) WHILE ESA LOOKS FOR A NEW RIDE AND A DESCENT STAGE FOR IT'S ROSALIND FRANKLIN EXOMARS ROVER! WHAT A STUPID MISTAKE FOR ESA TO HAVE PUT ALL IT'S EGGS IN ONE BASKET BY TRUSTING RUSSIA AND ROGOZIN IS A BLOODY FOOL AND SHOULD BE SACKED BECAUSE HE COULDN'T EVEN ORGANISE A PISS-UP IN A BREWERY LET ALONE BE COMPETENT ENOUGH TO RUN RUSSIA'S SPACE PROGRAM!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Does anybody have an opinion on whether Starliner will carry humans on the next flight, or will it have to be another unmanned test?
That's the satellite I worked on 0:49!
Why couldn't a Mars helicopter be used to blow dust off of solar panels of other rovers?
This is exactly the type of thing we DO NOT want relying on cloud computer and google or amazon or whoever…