And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A lot less likely given last week's very public breakup with Trump. Will NASA keep using Musk's services or will they pivot to Blue Origin/develop their own platforms? Who knows. Trump is many things but forgiving is not one of them.
The aspect looks a bit wrong. Anything like this will probably be gravity gradient stabilized and the long axis of this unit doesn’t look to be parallel to the local vertical. Maybe just a trick of the image.
The design is not right. Several things wrong. First, where are the waste heat radiators, not evident? Second, as a docking platform, there has to be a despun section, not evident. Must assume a nuclear reactor for power because no solar cells, so again where's that, probably in the bottom bubble, which is not the right place, because the heat radiators need to point to deep space, not the planet. I assume that this station needs comm both to Earth and Mars, I don't see any RF reflectors or hi-gain antenna arrays. I also assume that the top saucer section is spinning to provide faux gravity, because it's clear now that long-term exposure to zero-gee is bad for human bodies.
Neat picture, but whatever that thing is, it's just a fanciful depiction of a "space station" unconnected to any practical use.
Guys, Guys, Guys, I know that not all people have seen or liked Star Trek, but... anyway! This is the Starbase (or Spacedock?) from Star Trek (remember the big ass doors?) only seen from an other perspective and not in orbit around earth but around mars...
Yeah, I recognized it. Silly design absent artificial gravity generators. An actual orbital docking station will either be entirely in freefall, or will be some sort of rotating geometry like a Bernal Sphere, Stanford Torus, O'Neill Cylinder, or even a Bishop Ring. The actual docking facility, as noted by John A. Fleming above, would have to be non-rotating itself.
A lot less likely given last week's very public breakup with Trump. Will NASA keep using Musk's services or will they pivot to Blue Origin/develop their own platforms? Who knows.
ReplyDeleteTrump is many things but forgiving is not one of them.
You believe that ruse. Anyway, they've already made up.
DeleteBlue Origin is a zero. It'll be a real miracle if they launch above the Karman line before the end of this decade.
's up, dock?
ReplyDeleteOpen the pod bay door HAL.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, Dave.....
DeleteDave. Stop. Dave.
DeleteMy mind is going….
Musk is in like Flynn, nobody can do it cheaper.
ReplyDeleteFuture predictions for a tethered space platform.
ReplyDeleteThe aspect looks a bit wrong. Anything like this will probably be gravity gradient stabilized and the long axis of this unit doesn’t look to be parallel to the local vertical. Maybe just a trick of the image.
ReplyDeleteIf you're going to talk like that you need to thrown in a couple of equations to convince the people that think they're smart.
DeleteThe design is not right. Several things wrong. First, where are the waste heat radiators, not evident? Second, as a docking platform, there has to be a despun section, not evident. Must assume a nuclear reactor for power because no solar cells, so again where's that, probably in the bottom bubble, which is not the right place, because the heat radiators need to point to deep space, not the planet. I assume that this station needs comm both to Earth and Mars, I don't see any RF reflectors or hi-gain antenna arrays. I also assume that the top saucer section is spinning to provide faux gravity, because it's clear now that long-term exposure to zero-gee is bad for human bodies.
ReplyDeleteNeat picture, but whatever that thing is, it's just a fanciful depiction of a "space station" unconnected to any practical use.
Guys, Guys, Guys, I know that not all people have seen or liked Star Trek, but... anyway!
ReplyDeleteThis is the Starbase (or Spacedock?) from Star Trek (remember the big ass doors?)
only seen from an other perspective and not in orbit around earth but around mars...
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Yeah, I recognized it. Silly design absent artificial gravity generators. An actual orbital docking station will either be entirely in freefall, or will be some sort of rotating geometry like a Bernal Sphere, Stanford Torus, O'Neill Cylinder, or even a Bishop Ring. The actual docking facility, as noted by John A. Fleming above, would have to be non-rotating itself.
DeleteGuys guys guys.... Guys.... It's all about the turboencabulator....
ReplyDeleteGuys, guys, guys.....no. It's about the cybertorsion generator, Mk II
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