waiting for elon musk to make a viable ion engine for round trip to mars within my lifetime
waiting for elon musk to make a viable ion engine for round trip to mars within my lifetimeCould be great for space. Utterly useless in an atmosphere. Oh wait, I guess you said that.
Waiting for Elon to get off Twitter and get back to doing cool stuff period.waiting for elon musk to make a viable ion engine for round trip to mars within my lifetime
I think it's just a phase. Peeps with Asperger's can have a lot of trouble with social interaction and I think he's just fascinated with that aspect of things at the moment.Waiting for Elon to get off Twitter and get back to doing cool stuff period.
Word for girlfriend in Welsh is "wejen" while boyfriend is written "sboner". Basically means spooner.
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One of the things i like to do now and then is to just load up google earth and have a look at some random places around the globe, while having a look at the mountain areas between Nigeria and Cameroon i saw this place called the Ayos Centre
I know, I think I will start a paint company. I will paint cars, homes and even clothes with this stuff.
Scientists Have Developed the Whitest White Paint Ever Made—So Reflective It Can Cool Surfaces | Artnet News
Scientists at Purdue University have a new version of their super-white acrylic paint that reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight.news.artnet.com
very interesting, it reflects quite a bit of energy
Between this and the blackest black paint awhile ago I wonder if it could be used with the Stirling engine design in much sunnier places than the rainforest I'm in.
Scientists Have Developed the Whitest White Paint Ever Made—So Reflective It Can Cool Surfaces | Artnet News
Scientists at Purdue University have a new version of their super-white acrylic paint that reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight.news.artnet.com
very interesting, it reflects quite a bit of energy
Here's a youtube video about it. I came away with the conclusive it is largely hype, at least at this stage.Interesting motor concept, mainly for range extenders on a ev
Company Builds Powerful 500cc 'One-Stroke' Engine, Immediately Installs It in a Miata
INNengine's half-liter opposed-piston engine makes 120 horsepower in an ultra-compact, super-efficient package.www.thedrive.com
~There's no cylinder head in this motor. Also no crankshaft, no camshaft, and no valves. That's why it's no surprise that this engine tips the scales at just 85 pounds. Somehow, it still produces 120 horsepower with just half a liter of displacement, thanks to what the company calls a single-stroke combustion cycle.
Trying to drum up investors? The NASA Stirling engine that Tsinni Dave mentioned is very interesting as well....reminds me of an article i read about a year or so ago where someone had invented/started using a new 'substance' for 'steam' , instead of using water they where using something much more efficient but for the life of me i cannot find it.Here's a youtube video about it. I came away with the conclusive it is largely hype, at least at this stage.
surprised a ship didnt try to recreate that effect on dec 31,1999.The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0º 31' N and LONG 179 30' W. The date was 31 December 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton broke in, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line". Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.
He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship's position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.
The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:
The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.
The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.
The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.
In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.
This ship was therefore not only in:
Two different days,
Two different months,
Two different years,
Two different seasons
But in two different centuries - all at the same time!
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I did see this on wikpedia though: However, the navigational technology of the time was not accurate enough to have fixed her position so precisely. Whether Warrimoo ever achieved the feat claimed cannot be verified.
holy man power batman!
How the c64 was made, interesting