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Thread: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Post: RE: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Yeah, the repair guys would end up looking like mecha from the anime of your choice. |
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Sailor Barsoom |
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09-16-2015, 10:15 PM |
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Thread: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Post: RE: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Habitats around Jupiter or Saturn have the advantages of having the rings and moons nearby. They would also be useful for science or tourism involving the planets and their moons.
In terms of materi... |
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09-16-2015, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: Quantum Dot LEDs: the future of lighting?
Post: RE: Quantum Dot LEDs: the future of lighting?
If you have habitats like this, why do you even need to colonize an alien planet? I started a discussion on Amazon called "Planets: Who Need 'Em?" Some people made some good points, and some people.... |
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Sailor Barsoom |
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08-04-2015, 05:20 AM |
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Thread: The top two things we should be doing
Post: RE: The top two things we should be doing
For habitats, solar will work all the way out to the Kuiper Belt, and then some. Just have huge (but low-mass) mirrors. But for stuff that has to move around, especially if there might be unexpected... |
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Sailor Barsoom |
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07-28-2015, 05:38 AM |
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Thread: Hi there.
Post: Hi there.
Hi. Some of you may already know me as Sailor Barsoom and even possibly as Xenophile. I'm almost fifty and still hoping to live long enough to see the High Frontier open up. I think that a game lik... |
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07-14-2015, 10:37 AM |
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Thread: Quantum Dot LEDs: the future of lighting?
Post: RE: Quantum Dot LEDs: the future of lighting?
(07-13-2015, 09:29 AM)JoeStrout Wrote: Oh yeah, and in case anyone's curious, here is our reasoning for how much power is required for artificial lighting.
Pure sunlight on Earth is 1.4 kW/m^2, but... |
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07-14-2015, 10:33 AM |