Recent content by JonnyBGoode

So I have what I suppose is a physics question. Suppose you have a rotating space station: A wheel such as the one in 2001, or a Stanford Torus, or a drum like Babylon 5 or The Expanse's Behemoth/Medina Station. You spin it, and you get simulated gravity; I get that part. But it's not "real"...

Not great, not terrible...

What station is this?

Maybe we won't have to use layers of lead shielding to get into deep space or live on Mars. Maybe all we'll need is... fungus? Chernobyl fungus could shield astronauts from cosmic radiation - Big Think Apparently they've discovered a fungus at Chernobyl that feeds off of radiation. They've...

NASA's Post on Facebook today: "Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery orbits in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, as cool as its namesake. Thanks for everything, Sir Sean. https://go.nasa.gov/3oHjBFH"

Does @BrianJ hang out in the asteroid belt? ;) A note of nomenclature: The article calls the moon Psyche 16. It's preferred to call it by its discovery number first: 16 Psyche. (Preaching to the choir: I'm sure you know that.) There's another big asteroid out there, 9 Metis, that could have a...

If anyone needs a mod project... NASA's Discovery Mission Psyche would be fun! Scheduled to launch in 2022 from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. https://interestingengineering.com/nasa-finds-rare-metal-asteroid-and-its-worth-10000-quadrillion

Just as long as "SCE to AUX" works... ;)

These are all screencaps from within the sim. So yes they're computer graphics; either people just showing awe-inspiring images of their voyages or showing off their modding work. On mine (above your post) I was using the Ceres Level 8 add-on and the Papy's Bar add-on.

NASA and ESA finalize agreement to build Gateway deep space outpost "NASA and ESA have formally entered into a partnership agreement for building NASA's Artemis Gateway deep space outpost. The agreement signed on Tuesday is part of the US effort to attract international partners for the lunar...

I decided to get Orbiter out again and load up a bunch of asteroids (I've got about 20 main belt rocks loaded at the moment; might add Trojans and Jupiter's moons...), and play Expanse (well, except for the Epstein Drive part). I put a base in Occator crater (what better place than the big...

Well if you had magical Epstein drives, you wouldn't have to worry much about efficiency. ;)

I'm not sure. Maybe I'm just getting old. But looking at this stuff that I used to know, and now it all looks Greek to me and I'm having to start over again... maybe it's just a mental block thing and I'll get past it. Hope so.

Ouch. Then it wouldn't be as easy as just setting the throttle. You'd need some sort of autopilot to ramp up the acceleration over time.

I think his point is that since your transfer is measured in days, rather than weeks or months, you don't need to be as accurate because the planets won't have moved very far. Just burn to the midpoint, flip around (and probably do a short burn to recalibrate your trajectory) and then burn the...