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LLuerker t1_j2fqdxb wrote
Reply to comment by McGarnagl in The most distant spacecraft in the solar system — Where are they now? by jormungandrsjig
They’re just so far away from any light source is the thing. You’d have to be within human reach of the crafts to faintly see them in the darkness.
Butwinsky t1_j2fq284 wrote
Reply to During WW1, a self-taught Ukrainian calculated the trajectory and method to get to the Moon and back. Almost 50 years later, NASA used his work and now the route of Apollo-11 wears his name - Kondratyuk Route by HydrolicKrane
It's fun and sad to think about geniuses born before the time their genius was applicable.
Think of all the dudes and dudettes who may have had the skill and knack for programming the world's most advanced AI but they were born in 1825 Ireland.
Butwinsky t1_j2fpsej wrote
Reply to comment by urbanek2525 in During WW1, a self-taught Ukrainian calculated the trajectory and method to get to the Moon and back. Almost 50 years later, NASA used his work and now the route of Apollo-11 wears his name - Kondratyuk Route by HydrolicKrane
It takes training to enjoy пáска and Вася – реформатор.
Aaron_Hamm t1_j2fplby wrote
Reply to comment by Rare-Joke in Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production. With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass. by Zee2A
I genuinely don't understand how you thought this was a valuable thing to say
LLuerker t1_j2fpbek wrote
Reply to comment by Nickp000g in Want to Build Structures on the Moon? Just Blast the Regolith With Microwaves - Microwaves are useful for more than just heating up leftovers. They can also make landing pads on other worlds - Universe Today by vibrunazo
I can’t imagine a scenario where the mass we add isn’t extremely below negligible.
Aaron_Hamm t1_j2fp9tb wrote
Reply to comment by AnotherQuark in Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production. With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass. by Zee2A
I mean, if you're running out of nuclear fuel, sure
slick514 t1_j2fopum wrote
Reply to Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production. With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass. by Zee2A
Building a nuclear reactor without a substantial water reservoir will be… “interesting”
ArceusTheLegendary50 t1_j2fome5 wrote
Reply to comment by HeebieMcJeeberson in What if we kept pursuing nuclear spacecraft propulsion? by rosTopicEchoChamber
>What a great way to gradually get rid of nuclear waste.
Kurzgesagt made a video on this and explains precisely why this is a terrible idea. The basic gist of it is that "what goes around comes around" is very literally the problem: aiming at the sun isn't actually very easy and there's still a good chance it'll go back to Earth.
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Maenethal t1_j2fnb8p wrote
Reply to Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production. With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass. by Zee2A
Solar panels are easily damaged, especially since there is no atmosphere to decelerate space debris. A reactor would be a much safer option.
fencethe900th t1_j2fn23v wrote
Reply to comment by Butuguru in SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by Master-Strawberry-26
None of that applies to OP though. NASA is a customer, of course they fund SpaceX. But take a look at SLS to see the difference.
fencethe900th t1_j2fmdfu wrote
Reply to comment by IglooCrusade in Want to Build Structures on the Moon? Just Blast the Regolith With Microwaves - Microwaves are useful for more than just heating up leftovers. They can also make landing pads on other worlds - Universe Today by vibrunazo
You are incredibly pessimistic, considering you've assumedly lived through SpaceX's increase in performance over the last half decade.
robertojh_200 t1_j2fm3jf wrote
Reply to comment by cocktimus1prime in Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production. With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass. by Zee2A
Yea how dare humans irradiate the moon.
JimmyLongnWider t1_j2flq7a wrote
Reply to comment by BiBoFieTo in During WW1, a self-taught Ukrainian calculated the trajectory and method to get to the Moon and back. Almost 50 years later, NASA used his work and now the route of Apollo-11 wears his name - Kondratyuk Route by HydrolicKrane
Apparently, Ukrainians can do anything.
Olympus___Mons t1_j2flo6d wrote
Reply to During WW1, a self-taught Ukrainian calculated the trajectory and method to get to the Moon and back. Almost 50 years later, NASA used his work and now the route of Apollo-11 wears his name - Kondratyuk Route by HydrolicKrane
Was this taken seriously by his peers or was this calculation considered pseudoscience?
12kdaysinthefire t1_j2fkz6k wrote
How the hell are they able to communicate with and send commands to spacecraft that has left the solar system? It blows my mind the distance that signal has to cross.
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BiBoFieTo t1_j2fknn1 wrote
Reply to During WW1, a self-taught Ukrainian calculated the trajectory and method to get to the Moon and back. Almost 50 years later, NASA used his work and now the route of Apollo-11 wears his name - Kondratyuk Route by HydrolicKrane
Mankind just figured out flight and this legend was already working on going to the moon.
H-K_47 t1_j2fj2jn wrote
I remember thinking their early goal of 52 launches was a stretch. Then they completed 61. The machine keeps getting smoother and more polished, faster and faster turnaround times. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they hit 100 in 2023.
Just wish we get more Falcon Heavy launches too! Oh and Starship of course, but it's clear now that development still has a long way to go.
[deleted] t1_j2frrph wrote
Reply to SpaceX will try to follow record-breaking 2022 with busier 2023 by kevindavis338
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