Space Stations: Past, Present, And Future

[octave]

12 minutes ago, willedoo said:

There might not be much metal that would be attracted to a magnet. A lot of aluminium and titanium, although there would probably be titanium/iron alloys as well.

I was just about to say the same thing but after a quick consult with Professor Google I found this.         A New Idea for Cleaning Up Space Debris: Magnets

 

It is not using magnetism directly on the objects.   Here is a link to the abstract from a scientific paper.  Dexterous magnetic manipulation of conductive non-magnetic objects  

 

Edited July 30, 2022 by octave

[willedoo]

Space junk article:

https://www.grid.news/story/science/2022/07/29/the-long-march-5b-a-22-ton-chinese-rocket-is-falling-back-to-earth-this-weekend-where-will-it-land/

[octave]

 

 

 

Diamagnetism: How to Levitate a Frog  Possible uses manipulating satellites (and frogs)

[red750]

Possible space junk landed in Snowy Monaro farmland.

 

Story and pictures.

[onetrack]

Red, I've already posted the story about the space junk landing on the farm in the Snowy Mts, yesterday evening (8 posts back).

[red750]

9 hours ago, onetrack said:

Red, I've already posted the story

Sorry OT. When the story came up on FB, I didn't check back thru the thread.

[nomadpete]

Call me a cynic

 

Or a sceptic

 

Edited August 12, 2022 by nomadpete

[Old Koreelah]

The death of one man stopped the Soviets from winning the Space Race. Sergei Korolev was behind almost everything the USSR did in space. His death in 1966 was a severe setback; the world has never seen another genius like him in the field of space flight.

 

The plan was otherwise to have a manned landing in 1968; with Korolev still around and with proper funding, this would likely have succeeded.

 

It would also have meant that there would have been a Moon base by the mid-70s and a manned Mars landing around 1980. The Soviet program could easily be scaled, since they planned to assemble modules in Earth orbit. The US program couldn’t—everything was designed to be lifted in one piece on a Saturn rocket.

 

Final note: don’t let any Russians lay claim to Korolev; he was Ukrainian

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev

[octave]

Artemis 1 launch attempt for today (if all goes well)

 

 

 

 

 

[octave]

 

 

[facthunter]

A wild ride on top of an inferno. it's a wonder that much energy can be managed to drive a vehicle. Nev

[onetrack]

Just look at those dreadful emissions levels! Oh the humanity! Won't anyone think of the children? And here we are, buying EV's to try and reduce emissions!

[spacesailor]

Not as bad as those nuclear test explosions .

the shear Huge amount of Air consumed each time . no wonder our atmosphere is getting a little " thin on top " .

spacesailor

[Jerry_Atrick]

So I can blame being a little thin on top on my nuclear days? 

 

 

[nomadpete]

That's unclear

[facthunter]

UNCULER in American.  Nev

[Old Koreelah]

Those blokes sent to fix the H2 leak must have had faith in the safety systems. Walking under those lethal rocket motors not long before they unleashed a firestorm that would kill anything nearby and deafen humans miles away.

[facthunter]

Accidently going through a count-down and ignition is not a likely occurrence The AWE of the enormous energy would be there though. A wild ride on a sun temperature Fiery Maelstrom.  Nev

[octave]

These people are know as the "Red Crew"

 

 

"Technicians who are part of the “red crew” of personnel specially trained to conduct operations at the launch pad during cryogenic loading operations have arrived at the launch pad. They will enter the zero deck or base of the mobile launcher to tighten connections to ensure a hydrogen valve used to replenish the core stage remains tight.

NASA has historically sent teams to the pad to conduct inspections during active launch operations as needed."

 

[octave]

The Red Crew with the head of NASA after launch   Also a picture during the actual repair.

 

[red750]

 

 

... or avoid pregnancies.

 

 

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Er.. what happens if they are lesbians.. or become them.

[red750]

Hi-jinx are OK, pregnancy not so much. No maternity wards on Mars.

[Old Koreelah]

Spending a year or two outside our planet’s protective magnetic blanket exposes cosmonauts to increased radiation; someting we wouldn’t want for a developing foetus.

[Marty_d]

There's a little snip you can have which will avoid the pregnancy issue if they wanted to include male astronauts.  Nothing's perfect, but pair that with a condom and the pill, and it'd be a tenacious little foetus to get through that.  Plus the morning after pill.