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Simulating Solar Sailing by
Vincent Cate
I have added the ability to simulate solar sails to my simulator.
A solar sail is an interesting way to reboost a hanging tether
at GEO.
If anyone can point...
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Simulating Van Allen Particles by
Vincent Cate
I added the ability to simulate a charged particle moving in the Earth's
magnetic field to my simulator. This lets you look at the motion of
particles in the...
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Single Stages That Could Go All The Way by
Charles Talleyrand
I've read that there are stages of rockets that have actually flown
that had a high enough ISP and mass ratio they could have gone to
orbit if they did not...
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Slingatron questions. by
BDH
Supposedly the slingatron is one of the more sound and more thoroughly
reviewed of potential hypervelocity systems, but there are a few
problems I can't figure...
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Small GPS by
[email protected]
Hello, I'm a member of a group building a CubeSat based Pico Satellite.
I am attempting to find a standard GPS reciever, perhaps one with
multiple antennas to...
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Small, cheap, reusable rocket launcher by
Andrew Nowicki
The rocket launchers are not economical because they
are not reusable. When they reenter the atmosphere,
their slender bodies soak up so much heat from...
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SMART-1 Ion Engine Fired Successfully by
Ron Baalke
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM2OU0P4HD_index_0.html
SMART-1 ion engine fired successfully
European Space Agency
1 October 2003
SMART-1's revolutionary...
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January 23rd 06 06:27 PM
by Anvil*
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Sobering Thot by
Michael J Wise
There are precisely two nations on Earth right now that can put a man
into space, at least on "Short Notice".
And the United States of America is NOT one of...
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October 31st 05 02:16 AM
by Rob Del
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Software for Rockets by
Kevin Davis
Hello,
I was wondering if there was any resources in how to develop software
for rockets?
Kevin
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July 4th 05 08:28 PM
by zx
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Solar panel/mirror question by
ANTIcarrot
How much energy can mirros focus onto a solar panel before it begins to
melt? It's an SSPS based question. Could large light-weight mirrors and
small solar...
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Solar Panels - lightweight by
Abdul Ahad
Can someone recommend me a source where I can buy thin, light-weight
solar panels in various sizes? The vast majority of 'consumer' solar
battery chargers and...
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Solar System Busses by
John Buehler
Getting massive objects moving seems to be one of the biggest
challenges that we face with exploration of the solar system. With
manned missions, the...
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January 21st 04 08:24 PM
by Anvil
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Solars sails set sailing in space by
habshi
Soon they will reach the speed of light and the next stars
Japan unfurls solar sail in space
The rocket deployed two solar sails, or 'clover type...
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Solid hydrogen peroxide by
Harri Tavaila[_3_]
As hydrogen peroxide has been demonstrated to be a useful oxidizer
(Black Arrow, UK) with some nasty handling issues it occured to me if
the latter could be...
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June 18th 10 04:13 AM
by delt0r
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Solid oxygen generators ("candles") by
JotaCe
If I am not wrong, "candles" for oxygen generation in Mir were made of
lithium perchlorate, whereas the same device in ISS is made of
potassium perchlorate. I...
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April 27th 05 11:54 AM
by JotaCe
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