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SNOOOOOPY COME HOME! Makes me think of that song from the snoopy come home movie. Anyways, I was reading about how the lunar module is still in heliocentric orbit and has been since 1969. I wonder, if you could travel out to it and go inside what it would look like today. Would you see an...

Even with the fine print, this is a good thing in my opinion. Hopefully we can figure out this battery problem and find a more efficient means to store energy. If memory serves me, 20% of the energy stored in a common battery is lost. I see people playing with capacitors like its a holy grail of...

Its to my understanding that the ISS is controlled by gyroscopic wheels. Is there an RCS system in place if more control is needed? I guess why this fundamental subject is so interesting is because there isnt a lot of video footage out there. I saw a video of the shuttle firing off its orbital...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF_hRKqFicQ This got me thinking a little bit. I remember listening to how they mitigate this from their gym equipment for example. Its kinda cool, yet scary to see this i think if I were there. Regardless, I have some questions to ask. I know how to use...

Easy... Gagarin, and Hadfield. Gagarin because well, he had guts. Hadfield because well... He made the ISS fun. Hadfield cared about what he did and equally cared about including us in the goings on at the ISS. Nobody can compare or has yet to his enthusiasm. He made things fun. The others, I...

I pulled out the telescope lastnight to try and cop a view or two and could only see jupiter. Dont get me wrong, jupiter is my favorite planet, but light pollution and the fact that my telescope constitutes "department store" grade makes for tough viewing. Although, I have an actual fund I have...

When you look up at the night sky, what do you feel? Is it just the same sky you have seen all your life or does it represent something else? The universe, our place in it. How we got here, perhaps why we are here... Is there a purpose? Are we really destin to become space fairing or are we...

I hear by authorize the copyright on this day, 15th november 2013 in the year of our kerbal.

Both of you point to very valid and very real things. One is the math portion, Yeah I played with that monkey and ended up kinda loosing myself for a few months. I had to back off. With math, It seems to me atleast, as soon as you solve one question using it ten more take its place. With...

I literally turned on my phone to check this thread, dropped my cigarette and ran in to read. :) Whiteholes, Why have we not seen them? Perhaps because it was the big bang. We would have big bangs happening everywhere. Perhaps the conditions needed for the wormhole to deliver the mass can only...

http://www.space.com/8293-universe-born-black-hole-theory.html I randomly thought about this a few weeks ago while outside with my telescope looking at the stars. Tonight I decided to ignore the ones saying this is complete conspiracy theory material and gave it a lookup. It seems... So...

I am happy to say that my skin, extremities and important parts are all intact. The quality, the amount of work and worry involved to allow the machine to run for 8hrs was just insane. I literally dug a hole, put some left over deck rocks on the bottom and sat the machine in said hole incase...

I will be sure to share. If this works, it would feel so nice to give something truly useful back to the community.

Darwin award? lol Nahh.. hahaha! :) I am not wanting a huge quantity. Just enough to test... After deciding I wanted to get a little "space" of my own I bought books, attended relevant classes and learned as much as I could. I am still learning. Yes, again, LOX is some nasty stuff. It...

Ok I give up. :) This thread is completely derailed. the point of my initial post was the identify what this "proprietary refrigerant" is that they were using that would get cold enough to actually make the LOX. I wasn't asking about legalities, launch sites, or whether it was right or wrong...

I am very familiar with the dangers of LOX. I also have built over the years a test stand on a remote piece of land I purchased. The stand has a rebar enforced concrete barrier should something go wrong. This coupled with a foxhole with concrete enclosure bunker ensures my safety. I have free...

It looks pretty straight forward up until they talk about "proprietary Refrigerant" ... I was hoping somebody could chime in? If I could actually make small amounts of LOX this is would be most helpful to me in designing a real engine to actually achieve my dream. Im sorry, solid rockets, KNO...

Err uhmm.. :) I quickly scanned the rules, but generally if I apply Net-etiquette I dont ever break the rules.. Anyways, thanks for clearing that up. Here's the youtube link. This boy, at the age of 9... I have a feeling he will leave a mark on the world before he is finished. Sorry if you...

Thank you. You picked up on what I was quietly getting at. There are 3 questions that reel through my mind daily. I have to find a way to put these questions to rest... I feel like I'm stunted somehow and everyone else has figured out a solution that is acceptable to them. Maybe I should sit...

before I even attempted ANY of this... I was told by an old man that I hate and had to much baggage to learn and understand. Perhaps a left over from my Military enlistment. The hardest part was sorting through all of that so I could accept certain answers as truth and be able to set time to...