How do you get the depicted moment arm with a tether? Rigid boom is required, otherwise the comet cow just winds up your tether around itself like a ball of yarn. And if cow's rotation axis points towards your spacecraft?
I'm thinking the time required to stop tumbling will be too short. You're going to have to approach with such a slow velocity and angular velocity in order to prevent an impact. It will be better to just land on the thing/cow.
Ok... So the OP regards the thoughts and aspirations of sustained BEO missions. Let's put our focus on some more history. This is going to be good!***Chapter 1:1903: Wright Brothers invent the airplane1903-1914: United States loses leadership to Europe with the use of aircraft during WWI.1915: Congress approves a bill to establish a national advisory committee of aeronautics consisting of 12 members and one employee. Organization name is NACA. Objective: catch up to Europe with aircraft...late-1940s: Technology catch up in aircraft is accomplished.****Chapter 2:1957: Sputnik is orbiting over the Earth1958: Congress passes the National Aeronatics and Space Act to start NASA...late 60s-early 70s: Men walk on the moon, the technology catch up is accomplished.***Chapter 3:Has any other country taken a flight crew beyond low earth orbit???Reference:http://history.nasa.gov/naca/overview.html
Quote from: RanulfC on 06/03/2013 10:23 pmThe problem is more than that, the problem is even if the mass media "got-onboard" the general public is still going to dismiss the idea of a major human presence in space unless and until it becomes significantly relevent to the daily life of the avererage person.This is the part where I get on my knees and beg to disagree.
The problem is more than that, the problem is even if the mass media "got-onboard" the general public is still going to dismiss the idea of a major human presence in space unless and until it becomes significantly relevent to the daily life of the avererage person.
The general public has been instructed to mock the idea by the MSM, plain and simple. They are called sheople for a good reason. The MSM must do as it is instructed.
Look at the arguments on this forum how the "real" science is in the heist, and how we've been to the Moon already, and there's no scientific "there" there. The rabbit hole's not all that deep. It's just that the rabbits have been ritalined into submission.
The only idea that works is the honest idea of colonization, starting with tourism, open to the general public, and paid for by the general public.
The endless discussions about hardware are designed to limit the pragmatic discussion about the validity of tourism.
Ok.So your lasso is now in preliminary design. Sailed thru a first level gauntlet of technical review...
The general public does in fact NOT "mock" human space flight in general and only "mock" plans and dreams for colonization or settelment of outers space because they see no benifit or need for doing so at this time. This is "egged" on by MSM...
They are called "sheeple" mostly by folks who do not understand general motivational and priority hierarchy needs and instead try to apply THEIR thinking to the mass when their "thinking" is not "main-stream" and/or able to influance the majority population. "Space cadets" are a very minor portion of the world population and need to understand and work WITH this fact rather than assuming that the majority of people are simply to stupid to "get-it".
The "argument" is more often than not simply being rehashed and redefined as needed to CONTINUE to argue about it.
Designed by whom? ...
If you or anyone else has a "pragmatic" tourism discussion that leads to colonization I'd love to hear/read it because the reality is there isn't anyone actually doing so at the moment.
Quote from: RanulfC on 06/12/2013 09:00 pmThe general public does in fact NOT "mock" human space flight in general and only "mock" plans and dreams for colonization or settlement of outer space because they see no benefit or need for doing so at this time. This is "egged" on by MSM...The sheople do not care all that much about HSF in LEO. But the meme that even a lunar base is a type of colony is the meme that the MSM promulgates. Plus the MSM gets completely behind the President, who pronounces that BTDT is the only issue regarding HSF that should be strictly followed.
The general public does in fact NOT "mock" human space flight in general and only "mock" plans and dreams for colonization or settlement of outer space because they see no benefit or need for doing so at this time. This is "egged" on by MSM...
Quote from: RandyThey are called "sheeple" mostly by folks who do not understand general motivational and priority hierarchy needs and instead try to apply THEIR thinking to the mass when their "thinking" is not "main-stream" and/or able to influence the majority population. "Space cadets" are a very minor portion of the world population and need to understand and work WITH this fact rather than assuming that the majority of people are simply to stupid to "get-it".Spelling is at least one strong point of mine.They are called sheople.
They are called "sheeple" mostly by folks who do not understand general motivational and priority hierarchy needs and instead try to apply THEIR thinking to the mass when their "thinking" is not "main-stream" and/or able to influence the majority population. "Space cadets" are a very minor portion of the world population and need to understand and work WITH this fact rather than assuming that the majority of people are simply to stupid to "get-it".
Even so, yur resoning is incomplet. The do not beleve anythin but whut they are told 2 buleve. That why the r sheep. HSF no big deel.
I do agree that they like to argue for the sake of argument, and not for the sake of accomplishment.
Quote from: JFThe endless discussions about hardware are designed to limit the pragmatic discussion about the validity of tourism.Quote from: RandyDesigned by whom? ... Bigelow and SpaceX and others have designed hardware. You know this.
Quote from: RandyIf you or anyone else has a "pragmatic" tourism discussion that leads to colonization I'd love to hear/read it because the reality is there isn't anyone actually doing so at the moment.We know about that reality. You also know about the plethora of discussions even on this site about tourism.Not at all clear where you stand.
You like the heist, I assume?
I "like" anything that builds a capability we don't already have.
Quote from: JFYou like the heist, I assume?Quote from: RanulfC on 06/14/2013 03:02 amI "like" anything that builds a capability we don't already have.So you like the heist. I don't.
And most annoying is this seems to be perfectly acceptable to those in charge because it means they like those "options" and would rather not have any others. The fact that this simply keeps the "community" divided and unable to support ANYTHING in a coherent manner is a bonus to this.
Quote from: RanulfC on 06/20/2013 03:28 pmAnd most annoying is this seems to be perfectly acceptable to those in charge because it means they like those "options" and would rather not have any others. The fact that this simply keeps the "community" divided and unable to support ANYTHING in a coherent manner is a bonus to this.Two theories: Deliberately or incompetently kept on planet. Government only. Gotta tentative take on that?
My "tentative" take is "incompetently" because there's no real "reason" to keep Americans chained to this planet.
The occasional “political” squabble over territory, money, or “power” drives the majority of decisions with little or no thought or regard as to the “end” goal or long term effect.
Any ideas of where to start the process?
In full belief of the Cow catching concept.