Fascinating video on how radiation can effect election results, and lots of other things.
I think humans might be fried if we got a flare that big, but if a nuclear weapon got hit and changed a command to 'fire' that would be a problem?That was an absolutely fascinating video. The fact that random cosmic particles can and do interfere with computer programs including the examples offered is a lesson in chaos. I suppose the most challenging question would be "What if there was a serious solar flare or similar event which damaged every electronic chip in the world "
I think humans might be fried if we got a flare that big, but if a nuclear weapon got hit and changed a command to 'fire' that would be a problem?
When they finally get that spin arm to 100% of its designed speed, you would want to be a long way away from it, as any failure would be the equivalent of a rocket pad launch destruction.Spinlaunch is an innovative new space technology company that has created an alternative method for putting 200 kilogram class satellites into low earth orbit. Unlike traditional fuel-based rockets, SpinLaunch uses a ground-based, electric powered kinetic launch system that delivers a substantially less expensive and environmentally sustainable approach to space access.
SpinLaunch, which is building an alternative method of launching spacecraft to orbit, last month conducted its first test flight of a prototype in New Mexico.
The company is developing a launch system that uses kinetic energy as its primary method to get off the ground – with a vacuum-sealed centrifuge spinning the rocket at several times the speed of sound before releasing.
“It’s a radically different way to accelerate projectiles and launch vehicles to hypersonic speeds using a ground-based system,” SpinLaunch CEO Jonathan Yaney told CNBC. “This is about building a company and a space launch system that is going to enter into the commercial markets with a very high cadence and launch at the lowest cost in the industry.”
The SpinLaunch suborbital accelerator represents a one-third scale version, but – standing about 165 feet, “taller than the Statue of Liberty” – Yaney emphasized that it’s the size the company needs “to really prove the technology.”
The vacuum chamber holds a rotating arm, which Yaney said accelerates the projectile to high speed and then, “in less than a millisecond,” releases the vehicle for launch. The suborbital projectile is about 10 feet long, but “goes as fast as the orbital system needs, which is many thousands of miles an hour,” Yaney added.
“We can essentially validate our aerodynamic models for what our orbital launch vehicles are going to be like and it allows us to try out new technologies when it comes to release mechanisms,” Yaney said.
SpinLaunch’s first suborbital flight utilized about 20% of the accelerator’s full power capacity for the launch, and reached a test altitude “in the tens of thousands of feet,” according to Yaney.
A company in the US has found a new novel and carbon free way to launch satellites into outer space.
The company is called Spin Launch
FromCNBC
When they finally get that spin arm to 100% of its designed speed, you would want to be a long way away from it, as any failure would be the equivalent of a rocket pad launch destruction.
if they do prefect it, it would likely be unsuitable to launch humans into space, as the centrifugal forces would be a tad higher than the 15 or so that is the physical limit to most humans.
Mick
Can't wait for the FLT to be built.What you can see when you have a Very Large Telescope.(Yep. the true name for this observatory )
Meet the nearby black holes that are set to collide and create a 'monster'
Astronomers have discovered a pair of supermassive black holes that are the closest to Earth ever observed – and they're on a collision course with each other.www.abc.net.au
Actually, when you think about it, the successful production of a net positive energy gain fusion reactor would be a game changing result that would almost outweigh anything achieved in the last thirty years.It's fusion Jim, but not as we know it...
Interesting to see energy is now being measured in units of the chocolate biscuit.
This reaction had the energy of half a chocolate biscuit, but it could change the game for nuclear fusion
This marks a milestone on the way to nuclear fusion power — and perhaps sustainable electricity generation — using lasers.www.abc.net.au
Who knew all your posts were 'Science based'.News flash.
Scientists know nuttin. They just make numbers up to look impressive.
‘I just make most of this stuff up to be honest’ admits Professor Brian Cox
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Professor Brian Cox has revealed today that he ‘just tends to make **** up’ when it comes to massive numbers and facts about the universe.
Speaking about his popular BBC documentary Universe, Professor Cox, who is actually a musician and does physics for a laugh revealed most of the ‘facts’ and information in the programme about the universe are simply made up on the spot in order to sound really cool.
‘I just make most of this stuff up to be honest’ admits Professor Brian Cox
Professor Brian Cox has revealed today that he ‘just tends to make **** up’ when it comes to massive numbers and facts about the universe. Speaking about his popular BBC documentary Universe, Profe…newsthump.com
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