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while_true_ 8 minutes ago [-]
The Earth's upper atmosphere is delicate. It's already being disturbed with rocket fuel residue and particulate space junk. Vacuuming up air and ionizing it risks putting the upper atmosphere even more out of balance.
Though fun to see. More interesting than the station keeping (indefinite part) is that it enables ~100km orbits, which are ~5x closer than what remote sensing satellites use today and thus could get 5x the resolution for the same instrument.
t2r3121 2 hours ago [-]
Yes, the article also points out that the idea is not new, but rather that this research was focused on addressing practical problems, such as corrosion of the engine's parts.
MeteorMarc 15 minutes ago [-]
100km is the height where meteoroids ablate. You must mean 100k miles and even there the largest meteors start to become visible.
Indeed at the bottom tfb quotes heights of 190-250km for model calculations.
Someone 42 minutes ago [-]
> ~5x closer than what remote sensing satellites use today and thus could get 5x the resolution for the same instrument.
I would think a bit less. You won’t get a factor of 5 decrease in atmosphere to watch through and I would guess you’d get more vibration.
bottlepalm 1 hours ago [-]
Ideas require a ton of research to transform into reality.
idiotsecant 18 minutes ago [-]
An Alcubierre drive is not a new idea either, but if someone demonstrated one I would be mightily impressed.
That is an extreme example for multiple reasons, of course, but the point is that the gulf between idea and working thing is often monstrous. Ideas are cheap, implementation is hard.
Though fun to see. More interesting than the station keeping (indefinite part) is that it enables ~100km orbits, which are ~5x closer than what remote sensing satellites use today and thus could get 5x the resolution for the same instrument.
Indeed at the bottom tfb quotes heights of 190-250km for model calculations.
I would think a bit less. You won’t get a factor of 5 decrease in atmosphere to watch through and I would guess you’d get more vibration.
That is an extreme example for multiple reasons, of course, but the point is that the gulf between idea and working thing is often monstrous. Ideas are cheap, implementation is hard.
fairly sure that wins just on the absolute impossibility of creating an acronym , just all business
works in wind tunnel testing.