Sure I have. When everybody mutates into a SpaceX fanboy, somebody has to keep the eyes open. And of course, who does not remember the first Falcon 1 launch? :lol:
I do ... I also remember the first Ariane 5 launch :lol:
Sure I have. When everybody mutates into a SpaceX fanboy, somebody has to keep the eyes open. And of course, who does not remember the first Falcon 1 launch? :lol:
Maybe they can? 42.7'' (~108 cm) is 35% larger than the largest window of the ISS cupola (80 cm diameter circle)
Maybe you should build the whole capsule pressure shell out of the window material instead...
Maybe you should build the whole capsule pressure shell out of the window material instead...
Would not be that favorable. There are some glass variants, that get stronger when you compress them, but all glass reacts pretty poor to tensile forces. You would need to pretension it.
Could you use something besides glass? Some kind of plastic, maybe?
Just wondering. A capsule is kind of like a bathyscaphe but with tension force on the hull instead of compression, and those things have tiny thick windows.
Could you use something besides glass? Some kind of plastic, maybe?
Just wondering. A capsule is kind of like a bathyscaphe but with tension force on the hull instead of compression, and those things have tiny thick windows.
Would not be that favorable. There are some glass variants, that get stronger when you compress them, but all glass reacts pretty poor to tensile forces. You would need to pretension it.
So yeah, this happened:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-founder-bezos-unveils-rocket-144929128.html
Someone needs to tell Bezos that the eccentric billionaire that starts a rocket company gig has already been taken.
There have always been two... VHS and Betamax.... :lol:
New Shepard: Bezos claims success on second spaceship flight
The Amazon.com entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has claimed success on the second flight of his New Shepard spaceship.
Intended eventually to carry people just above the atmosphere, the re-usable vehicle launched from west Texas on Monday with no-one aboard.
Historic Rocket Landing - YouTube
Seems to have a better control system than their competitors... :shifty:
Notebook said:Remarkable control, makes my self-balancing robot look pathetic, mind you it is pathetic.