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Nicholas Lan

Kerbal Space Program | Media - 2 views

kerbalspaceprogram.com/media.php

fun space education

shared by Nicholas Lan on 24 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Nicholas Lan on 24 Apr 14
     
    what seems to be an impressively detailed space game
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  • Ma Ru on 27 Apr 14
     
    Yeah... 2011 called with the greetings. However, there was quite an interesting news about KSP recently... Perhaps it's been ACT's small failure to spot this opportunity? Considering we wrote space missions games ourselves...
  • johannessimon81 on 27 Apr 14
     
    This guy actually makes very detailed video tutorials about how to master the orbital dynamics in Kerbal. I think the level of detail (and sometimes realism) is quite impressive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzC4EngIsMrPmbm6Nxvb-A
  • Thijs Versloot on 28 Apr 14
     
    I will have to try this definitely, looks like a lot of fun.. I also saw some crazy 'Insane Rocket Division' videos.. :)
  • Dario Izzo on 02 May 14
     
    @Marek: true, old news. But "opportunity"? For what? The games we write are always games with a scientific purpose (not training not educational) Kerbal Space programme is cool, but it is a game just like Microsoft Flight Simulator (but less accurate). Having ESA mission simulated in it is also cool but is it what we should or could do? Even more is it want we want to do? My personal opinion: No-No-No
  • Ma Ru on 07 May 14
     
    > The games we write are always games with a scientific purpose (not training not educational) I'd say investigating how to get the crowd may be an important part of "science of crowdsourcing". So, an obvious example would be comparing how many participants the original ACT space mission game attracted versus a variant implemented in Kerbal and why. Easily made and easily publishable I think. But that's just an obvious example I can give on the spot. I think there is more potential than that, so would not dismiss the idea so definitively. But then, correct me if I'm wrong, social sciences are still not represented in the ACT... Perhaps an idea to revive during the upcoming retreat? ;-)
  • Nicholas Lan on 08 May 14
     
    it's on sale on steam til tomorrow by the way if anyone's interested
Luís F. Simões

Singularity University, class of 2010: projects that aim to impact a billion people wit... - 8 views

www.kurzweilai.net/ty-webinar-today-sneak-preview

AI robotics biomedicine biotechnology electronics energy nanotechnology singularity futures social ethics space synthetic biology computer science defence

shared by Luís F. Simões on 22 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Luís F. Simões on 22 Sep 10
     
    At the link below you find additional information about the projects: Education: Ten weeks to save the world http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100915/full/467266a.html
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  • LeopoldS on 23 Sep 10
     
    this is the podcast I was listening to ...
  • Dario Izzo on 23 Sep 10
     
    We can do it in nine :)
  • LeopoldS on 24 Sep 10
     
    why wait then?
  • Juxi Leitner on 24 Sep 10
     
    hmm, wonder how easy it is to get funding for that, 25k is a bit steep for 10weeks :)
  • Dario Izzo on 26 Sep 10
     
    well, we wait for the same fundings they get and then we will do it in nine.... as we say in Rome "a mettece un cartello so bboni tutti". (italian check for Juxi)
  • LeopoldS on 26 Sep 10
     
    and what you think about the project subjects?
  • LeopoldS on 26 Sep 10
     
    I like the fact that there are quite a lot of space projects .... and these are not even bad in my view: The space project teams have developed imaginative new solutions for space and spinoffs for Earth. The AISynBio project team is working with leading NASA scientists to design bioengineered organisms that can use available resources to mitigate harsh living environments (such as lack of air, water, food, energy, atmosphere, and gravity) - on an asteroid, for example, and also on Earth . The SpaceBio Labs team plans to develop methods for doing low-cost biological research in space, such as 3D tissue engineering and protein crystallization. The Made in Space team plans to bring 3D printing to space to make space exploration cheaper, more reliable, and fail-safe ("send the bits, not the atoms"). For example, they hope to replace some of the $1 billion worth of spare parts and tools that are on the International Space Station.
  • Dario Izzo on 26 Sep 10
     
    and all in only a three months summer graduate program!! that is impressive. God I feel so stupid!!!
  • LeopoldS on 26 Sep 10
     
    well, most good ideas probably take only a second to be formulated, it's the details that take years :-)
  • Dario Izzo on 26 Sep 10
     
    I do not think the point of the SU is to formulate new ideas (infact there is nothing new in the projects chosen). Their mission is to build and maintain a network of contacts among who they believe will be the 'future leaders' of space ... very similar to our beloved ISU.
Thijs Versloot

Magnetic bubble may give space probes a soft landing - 4 views

www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329763.100-magnetic-bubble-may-give-space-probes-a-soft-landing.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|physics-math#.U7aeTnWSzmE

magnetoshell aerocapture plasma entry

shared by Thijs Versloot on 04 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Thijs Versloot on 04 Jul 14
     
    I am also looking into this idea since some time and it seems NASA is already ahead, awarding two contract to investigate magnetoshell aerocapture. This could be interesting for probes that want to enter eg Marsian atmospheres at relatively high velocity. Or for multiple re-entry s/c at Earth. The idea of the experiment, The satellite will carry a copper coil, powered by a lithium-ion battery, that generates a magnetic field around the probe. As it descends, the spacecraft will eject a small amount of plasma. This gets trapped in the magnetic field, creating a protective bubble that stops air molecules colliding with the craft and producing heat.
  • LeopoldS on 05 Jul 14
     
    A few years back Mimmo has worked on this, rather from the theory side if I remember well ...
  • Paul N on 11 Jul 14
     
    The power requirements for such a thing must be HUGE!
jessyjemy

What happens to your brain on the way to Mars - 1 views

advances.sciencemag.org/...e1400256

brain mars astronauts science technology space

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  • jessyjemy on 06 May 15
     
    This study from NASA shows that cosmic rays have a deleterious effect on the brain, more than expected, resulting in in symptoms similar to dementia (memory loss, decline in problem solving skills, general cognitive functions). A reason more to investigate into hibernation?
Athanasia Nikolaou

Study finds link between the atmospheric rivers and climate - 1 views

www.nasa.gov/...earth20131108.html

PHY climate atmospheric rivers oscillations

shared by Athanasia Nikolaou on 08 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Athanasia Nikolaou on 08 Nov 13
     
    Atmospheric rivers, short-lived wind tunnels are created in the upper troposphere and carry vast amounts of water. They 'fuel' from the tropical Pacific reservoir and cause heavy precipitation events and even floods to mid-latitude land, as soon as they encounter the Sierra mountains. The new finding is that two inter-hemispheric climatic oscillation modes allow for their creation, as soon as they are found in a certain phase combination.
  • Paul N on 13 Nov 13
     
    Could we conceivably control these like we're thinking to do with taifuns? :)) Would be geoengineering at its finest
Juxi Leitner

Robots to the Rescue!: JPL's RoboSimian and Surrogate Robots are here to Help - 3 views

www.jpl.nasa.gov/...lectures_archive.php

ai technology science robotics

shared by Juxi Leitner on 30 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Juxi Leitner on 30 Jul 15
     
    Robots to the Rescue!: JPL's RoboSimian and Surrogate Robots are here to Help
  • Thijs Versloot on 31 Jul 15
     
    Also many other interesting videos of the Karman Lectures
jcunha

Portable ultra-broadband lasers could be key to next-generation sensors - 0 views

phys.org/...asers-key-next-generation.html

technology lasers science sensing

shared by jcunha on 11 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • jcunha on 11 Aug 15
     
    Quantum Cascade Lasers are rising in the mid-infrared region, the so-called fingerprint zone of the electromagnetic spectrum for a whole bunch of chemical species that we are most of times interested in sensing. One more sign of the underlying importance of this technology comes just by seeing NSF, USHS, Naval Air Command and NASA as the main monetary contributors to this research.
Ma Ru

Successful blast-off for Falcon 9 - 4 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...10243614.stm

technology space NASA Falcon 9

shared by Ma Ru on 05 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Ma Ru on 05 Jun 10
     
    Awesome video footage from on-rocket camera, including stage 1 separation and vacuum engine operation.
Ma Ru

The latest Nikon equipment to be used in the Russian segment of the International Space... - 1 views

dpreview.com/...10061402nikoniss.asp

technology photography human spaceflight NASA ISS

shared by Ma Ru on 14 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Ma Ru on 14 Jun 10
     
    Just right for joint space-photography geeks like me...
Joris _

Asteroid 2010 KQ: Probably a Rocket Body - 2 views

neo.jpl.nasa.gov/...news168.html

NEO debris

shared by Joris _ on 02 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Joris _ on 02 Jun 10
     
    Asteroid or Space Debris, same battle ?
Joris _

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Space agencies tackle waning plutonium stockpiles - 2 views

www.spaceflightnow.com/...09rtg

technology NRG

shared by Joris _ on 09 Jul 10 - Cached
  • For every 100 watts of heat that I've got, the best I can do is get 8 watts of electricity
  • NASA is developing an Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator to improve the efficiency by a factor of four
Juxi Leitner

Hayabusa Sample Return Capsule Entry - Airborne Observing Campaign - 0 views

airborne.seti.org/hayabusa

re-entry mission live video jaxa nasa

shared by Juxi Leitner on 10 Jun 10 - Cached
  • An attempt will be made to provide a live video feed of the Hayabusa Re-Entry in the minutes around the re-entry at 13:51 UT, Sunday June 13. The video will be chosen from cameras operated onboard NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory
  • Ma Ru on 10 Jun 10
     
    After reading the Hayabusa's story posted by Joris a while ago, I think that the only adequately epic final to conclude this awesome mission is that the capsule will land safely. And empty.
Juxi Leitner

Lotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield To Protect Space Gear - 3 views

www.space-travel.com/...To_Protect_Space_Gear_999.html

technology bio spacecraft dust shielding

shared by Juxi Leitner on 29 Sep 09 - Cached
  • replicate to prevent dirt from accumulating on the surfaces of spacesuits, scientific instruments, robotic rovers, solar array panels and other hardware used to gather scientific data or carry out exploratory activities on other objects in the solar system
  • The team also is trying to partner with Northrop Grumman to add a biocide to the coating, which would kill bacteria that thrive and produce foul odors wherever people are confined to a small space for long periods, like the space station.
  • Tobias Seidl on 04 Oct 09
     
    We had some discussion about the Lotus-effect roughly two years ago. Zoe said that NASA surely worked on it. Well, she was right.
Joris _

OpenLuna Picks Up Where NASA's Moon Mission Leaves Off - 0 views

ostatic.com/...-nasas-moon-mission-leaves-off

MAD Open science

shared by Joris _ on 18 Aug 10 - Cached
  • The ambitious project will tap the resources of private enterprise to build several small scout rovers that will be shipped to the south pole of the moon via a single lander. Rock and earth samples will be returned to Earth for testing, then auctioned off to secure funding for the next phase of the plan
LeopoldS

Technology Review: Commercial Spaceflight, We Have a Problem - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...25868

commercial spaceflight NASA

shared by LeopoldS on 03 Aug 10 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 03 Aug 10
     
    how much will be left after all the review processes?
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