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Tag Archives: NASA
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver Interview
Lori Garver interview
The Future
is now. At least if you’re an astronaut. Thanks to Wayne Hale for the image.
Various re-entry vehicle shapes in a low speed wind tunnel
Or another excuse for testing video embedding again… It seems tumbling is quite common, which is not a nice thig.
Posted in airplane, NASA, RLV:s, Spacecraft, Suborbital
Tagged CRgis, Langley, NASA, Re-entry
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Running in lunar gravity
You can simulate lunar gravity quite easily on Earth – just suspend a man from his center of gravity and put him on a very inclined plane. Hilarity will ensue. Sigh, embedding broke again for no reason…. I never expected … Continue reading
Airbags, parachutes, Rogallo wings and all that
NASA of the sixties reminds me of the Armadillo Aerospace of today. Drop tests, I think an F-111 model and various parachute, parawing and Rogallo wing things. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyGMPHFteE] Airbags, landing rockets, landing gears (Dyna-Soar like rig) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ia5iWRg4wE&feature=related] Thank you NASA … Continue reading
Rockwell X-33 Pictures!
From NASA Langley – they did wind tunnel tests on a model. Lots more pictures of various aerospace projects there too, some of them are quite weird. Thanks to Secret Projects forum for the info! Naturally since Rockwell built the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, industry, NASA, RLV:s
Tagged Langley, NASA, Rockwell, Rockwell X-33, Venture Star, Wind Tunnel, X-33
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Humans Fast, Machines Slow
Detach a small capsule with the humans that goes directly to the surface (with only days of life support) and leave the untended craft to do multi-pass aerobraking Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Colonization, Depot, engines, ESA, Global, industry, ISRU, JAXA, Lunar, Models, Motivation, NASA, RLV:s, Science Links, Spacecraft, Transportation
Tagged Aerobraking, Aerocapture, EML, High ISP, isp, Lagrange, LEO, Mars, NASA, SEP, Solar Electric
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Far Away, Yet So Close
He who controls the [Earth-Moon Lagrange points/Phobos/Deimos/Lunar North Pole], controls the solar system. Why? Because in space, it is not the tyranny of distance that sets the rules – it’s delta vee instead. Since there’s no resistance, traveling large distances … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Colonization, ISRU, Lunar, Motivation, NASA
Tagged Deimos, EML2, JIMO, Lagrange, NASA, Phobos, Spudis, VASIMR
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NASA's Rejuvenation
I do appreciate that the model is so different from Apollo that it takes time and thought to understand what it is about; I did not see it at first myself — but once I got past my preconceptions, I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, engines, industry, Motivation, NASA, RLV:s, Science Links, Spacecraft
Tagged FLEX, Flexible Path, NASA
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NASA Fails to Renew
NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there — that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way. Sayeth Orlando Sentinel. Haven’t followed NASA’s latest movements. The Augustine … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Demotivation, industry, Lunar, NASA, RLV:s, Spacecraft
Tagged Human Spaceflight, NASA, Orlando
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