Just read this: Things I Won’t Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More Or Less
IMO Blog is excellent and this article made my cry out of laughter.
IMO Blog is excellent and this article made my cry out of laughter.
But I've got feed pump controls spread across three workplaces.
Finally started tearing in to the turbine and feed pumps today.
Just read this: Things I Won’t Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More Or Less
IMO Blog is excellent and this article made my cry out of laughter.
Working on a...space module, and want some simple advice. I know 3.5 meters is really small, smaller than most of the Russian modules, and just slightly more than Cygnus.
But is a 3.5 m space too tight for long term occupation?
I'm going to guess you meant X meters as a diameter measure, then something like length or something. Without knowing how long 'long-duration' means to you, I can't give a simpler answer than more is generally better the longer the mission lasts. It also depends on the configuration of your habitat, with outside diameters of the habitat not being as important as the inside 'usable' diameter, the part between any equipment on the walls and the walls themselves. A habitat need not hold it's own life support equipment, and could have it in another habitat or unpressurized service module, but having something above a bare minimum for accumulating equipment, tools, or or other stuff that people drag with them.
What's the bare minimum though, I'm not sure. Two meters might be fine as a inside diameter for two to three weeks(I'm basing this on the Soyuz orbital module and a bit of common sense, YMMV), though any extra diameter for more volume would be welcomed, I think, especially on longer stays. I do know back during the Shuttle's development, the faction at NASA looking forward to space stations argued hard for 15 ft(4.57 m) as the diameter for station parts, thus setting the Shuttle's payload bay diameter, but since I'm not aware of the details I really can't comment meaningfully on why 15 ft was the number they settled on. The NTRS might have some useful info, so it's likely worth a few searches.
I know it's just a fan trailer, but I would pay a terrifying amount of money to see such a movie...
Brilliant juxtaposition of the Gravity footage. Context is everything! :rofl:
It would likely suffer from the same problem that the recent minions did, and the penguins before them: Protagonists have to talk, and some characters just aren't made for that.
Keep in mind that 3.5 meters is external diameter. You need insulation that'll decrease it's internal size. Then I'm not sure how people would feel inside tube so you may consider flattening the walls.
I made quick draft (seen below)
Panel width here is ~126cm and oposite panels are ~3.05 meters apart so I think that may not be enough living space. However that also depends on lenght. How long is this module?
CBM not to scale)
Looks like we are going to replace two LP turbine rotors this outage instead of just one. Because of the way "they" designed and built our condenser, the "C" (Charlie) turbine gets a lot of abuse. Bravo turbine was scheduled to be replaced anyway; but after an inspection a few days ago, a flatbed arrived here with a large familiar object attached.
They have those things in stock? Or constantly on the move to avoid paying taxes?
Also, I think the Shuttle's payload bay diameter was set by the NRO, specifically to hold the KH-9 HEXAGON.
While NASA did not need so much length, its officials wanted a 15-foot diameter to accommodate modules for a space station. This reflected a new approach to the design of such stations. The studies of the 1960s, including those that Paine had initiated in 1969, had envisioned a space station as a single unit that would fly atop a Saturn I-B or Saturn V. As the prospects for Saturns faded while those of the Shuttle seemed to advance, it appeared prudent to envision a class of stations that could be assembled in space as an [226] array of cylindrical modules, one module per shuttle flight. A shuttle bay with this diameter would accommodate modules 14 feet across, intermediate between the 10 feet of MOL and the 22 feet of Skylab. 51