Recent content by Aaronvan

I don't see the need for Mach 2 helicopter even if it were possible.

Don't kid yourself. There is a reason that big-dollar NASA projects such as Chandra have their own public affairs departments.

Questionable, if what V-50 quoted is accurate. If the Hubble Space Telescope had not be designed for in-orbit repairs, probably it's billion+ price tag would be seen as too high.

I think it took a long time to calibrate and tweak LIGO. Also, it underwent a $600 million refurbishment two years ago. The original configuration wasn't sensitive enough.

What is the directional resolution of LIGO? Enough to observe an optical or radio counterpart to the BH merger?

Gravity Probe B cost the taxpayer nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars, more than LIGO. However, none of GP-B’s research (frame-dragging, geodetic effect) captured the public's imagination like LIGO/gravitational waves. Perhaps that is because LIGO opens up a new window on the universe...

But even if the bomb was not directly connected, the vaporized casing would impinge on the pusher plate (say) of the space craft. It seems with enough bombs the ship would approach the velocity of the vaporized casing.

Could have achieved the same thing with Photoshop.

Who gave Greenpeace the right to defile this pristine archeological treasure?

I wonder if MC would have approved of this edition? I understand it was just a rough draft when he died. I bet they had to bring in a ghost to finish it.

Thanks, I have Calc I next term and I'll probably refer to those sites often.

Highly toxic chemical propellants may leak from the vehicle. Same thing when they received the space shuttles.

Excellent, I'm just getting ready to buy my textbooks. I will purchase them via Amazon/PF.

Ada is great for operating spacecraft and airplanes.

Let's not forget "Damnation Alley," one of my favorite Zelazny books.