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Thread: How to get great viewing at 1G?
Post: RE: How to get great viewing at 1G?
Is it the space station that is spinning or the universe? |
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JoeP |
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10-03-2015, 08:02 AM |
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Thread: How to get great viewing at 1G?
Post: RE: How to get great viewing at 1G?
Funny, I was going to suggest something and then I read your last paragraph - haha.
Aside from putting in fake windows that are really super HD displays with a camera outside that transmits the spin-... |
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JoeP |
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10-01-2015, 03:20 PM |
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Thread: cosmic ray protection from Martian atmosphere? ...Nope
Post: RE: cosmic ray protection from Martian atmosphere?...
(09-30-2015, 02:19 PM)antred Wrote: Hmm, but how would you position such a centrifuge in an environment that already has a low but not negligible gravity component? If you make it spin around a vert... |
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JoeP |
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10-01-2015, 12:37 AM |
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Thread: cosmic ray protection from Martian atmosphere? ...Nope
Post: RE: cosmic ray protection from Martian atmosphere?...
Mars has such a thin atmosphere, but I think the images of it look so earth-like, for examples desert and arid places here at home, that it inspires us greatly as a potential second home.
The radiati... |
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JoeP |
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09-29-2015, 04:34 PM |
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Thread: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Post: RE: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Ah, Venus. I see you mentioned cloud cities. I think the advantages of that are superior to an orbital one. Really, the main thing an orbital city might have is easy access to the solar system a... |
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JoeP |
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09-21-2015, 10:43 AM |
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Thread: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Post: RE: Interesting Orbits Throughout the Solar System
Mercury is a great place for materials and energy as you point out, but I think the planet's magnetic field is pretty weak. So like many other places you'll need great shielding unless you want to g... |
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JoeP |
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09-19-2015, 09:39 AM |
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Thread: Hello all
Post: Hello all
Hi, I'm just checking this place out. Joe dropped a post in another science forum he runs and mentioned this place.
I have an overall interest in general science and engineering topics; I work in so... |
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JoeP |
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09-19-2015, 09:24 AM |