Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/dayinthelife/#.VTjY3kuwhFA
Trailrider #896 Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 There are a LOT of values to the reseach being done on the ISS. Hope they do NOT de-orbit it in 2024, like they keep saying. But we need to go farther out! Ad LEO! Ad Luna! Ad Ares! Ad Astra! (To Low Earth Orbit! To the Moon! To Mars! To the stars!)
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 So what ever happened to the concept of the "wagon-wheel" shaped space station... which was to spin and create "centrifugal gravity?"
Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 There are a LOT of values to the reseach being done on the ISS. Hope they do NOT de-orbit it in 2024, like they keep saying. But we need to go farther out! Ad LEO! Ad Luna! Ad Ares! Ad Astra! (To Low Earth Orbit! To the Moon! To Mars! To the stars!)
Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 So what ever happened to the concept of the "wagon-wheel" shaped space station... which was to spin and create "centrifugal gravity?" The squirrels in the middle got dizzy and had to quit!
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 So what ever happened to the concept of the "wagon-wheel" shaped space station... which was to spin and create "centrifugal gravity?" A. Really espensiveB. I think they have decided gravity is overrated
Warhorse Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 So what ever happened to the concept of the "wagon-wheel" shaped space station... which was to spin and create "centrifugal gravity?" Haven't you heard? Some newly graduated physicist hired by NASA took a look at the design and came to the conclusion that the Coriolis effect of the rotation would cause a "wagon wheel" space station to either screw itself down into the atmosphere and crash or screw itself upward until lost in outer space. When this was reported to the Business Majors in charge of NASA the program was promptly cancelled. Warhorse
Sparky Nelson Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 So what ever happened to the concept of the "wagon-wheel" shaped space station... which was to spin and create "centrifugal gravity?" Microchips and fiber optic cables. The main reasons for putting people in orbit long term back then were to observe the Earth, and provide communications relay services. But it's cheaper and safer to run fiber optic cables across the oceans, and Earth monitoring can be done by remotely controlled satellites with lots of sensors and data storage. So there's not much need for a human-friendly outpost in orbit any more.
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I always like the idea of the space elevator. They could run equipment and people up a cable into space for cheap.
Aunt Jen Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 The squirrels in the middle got dizzy and had to quit! :)
Aunt Jen Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Long time in orbit, I'm guessing wagon wheels. Elevator I think will not work to LEO?? I've always been interested in warm temp superconductors, but we don't have em yet. Rockets are dangerous and messy.
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Rockets are dangerous and messy. Only at the ass end.
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Only at the ass end. Like most things
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Only at the ass end. The problem is, if a gasket fails, the whole thing becomes the ass end.
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