I wonder if the late USSR senile leaders - Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko - have gone the same way as Jimmy Carter, that is - were they erased from that timeline ?
They make a point of mentioning how NASA is increasingly funded by its ability to license its technologies to the private sector. How realistic of a prospect would that be, given the huge expenditures that would be required for sustaining a Moonbase, Skylab, and the Shuttle program?
They still haven't explained how the regular Space Shuttle is making it to the Moon. Presumably some sort of refueling in LEO must be required for that.
When you talk with the NASA licensing team, you will learn that there are 3 components to licensing fees:an upfront fee—a lump sum payable on the signing of the patent license agreement. For non-exclusive licenses, these upfront fees usually range from $5,000 to $10,000, though we offer special licensing terms with no up-front fees to startup companies. Exclusive license fees are higher, and since each one is unique, it is difficult to provide an accurate range. It is through the upfront fees that NASA seeks to recover some of its investment in the patent filing and maintenance costs.yearly minimum royalties—Based on the business plan, these fees are designed to ensure that licensees are actively engaged in working toward commercial applications.running royalty percentage—Based on revenue, these fees are negotiated, but generally range anywhere from three to seven percent. They can also be negotiated down by a higher upfront fee. Within the range, fees may vary by the readiness/maturity of the technology, the industry application of the technology, and the exclusivity desired by your organization.
Quote from: sanman on 03/12/2021 06:07 pmThey still haven't explained how the regular Space Shuttle is making it to the Moon. Presumably some sort of refueling in LEO must be required for that.There is a line of dialogue in the show (later episode) that they refuel at Skylab.
The development of nickel–hydrogen cells was started by COMSAT Laboratories in 1970 [40]. After the initial demonstration of the feasibility of the nickel–hydrogen cell, INTELSAT funded COMSAT Laboratories to develop a 50 A-h cell, and in 1975, this development had progressed to the point that the US Naval Research Laboratory funded COMSAT Laboratories to develop a 35 A-h nickel–hydrogen cell for use on the US Navy’s Navigation Technology Satellite (NTS-2) spacecraft shown in Figure 20 [40, 42]. The NTS-2, launched in 1977, was the first use of nickel–hydrogen battery technology in space. Nickel–hydrogen cells were then put in service on Intelsat V, VI, and VII satellites from 1983 through 1996 [43, 44].
Even if the payload bay was filled solid with hypergolic propellant tanks; I doubt there'd be enough delta-v and thrust for the OMS engines to slow it into LLO, boost it out of LLO and then slow into LEO. I sincerely doubt the Orbiter shape and TPS could survive a direct-entry into Earth's atmosphere; traveling more than 36,000 feet per second!!
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 03/13/2021 07:58 amEven if the payload bay was filled solid with hypergolic propellant tanks; I doubt there'd be enough delta-v and thrust for the OMS engines to slow it into LLO, boost it out of LLO and then slow into LEO. I sincerely doubt the Orbiter shape and TPS could survive a direct-entry into Earth's atmosphere; traveling more than 36,000 feet per second!!Actually, it would be very close to LLO (assuming the dry mass of the orbiter doesn't change much). You could easily fit 300 t of hypergolic fuel in the cargo bay.315*9.8 * ln(370/70) = 5140 m/s.LLO requires almost exactly that (TLI is 3.2 km/s). Of course, 100 t of hydrolox fuel gets you almost the same performance and would also approximately fit in the cargo bay. 453 *9.8*ln(170/70) = 3940 m/s.Hydrolox would require staging in a higher orbit but such a move requires much less propellant mass.Shuttle actually got pretty close to flying a pretty big hydrogen tank in the cargo bay in our timeline through the shuttle centaur program.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle-Centaur
hey man, I want to know why Sally Ride only gets to be in just this one episode, when she was the first American woman in space in real life. I was hoping she'd be a recurrent character like other historical American figures of note also were, but IMDB shows that she only appears in this one episode. I was hoping they'd maybe make her the first woman on Mars, given that she was bumped by Molly Cobb as the first American woman in space.
30 minutes ago thanks for the great question! First, gotta remember this is an 'alternate history', so things won't track all the time with real history. AND, I recommend you keep watching the show... IMDB doesn't always show accurate casting until episodes have aired. Sometimes that's so secrets can be kept! (wink)
I think that it would have been better to show Danielle referencing her sacrifice for Gordo, and trying to prod Baldwin's conscience on that point, rather than playing a race card.
1 hour agoI think Danielle got a seed planted in her from the scene before, when she's visiting Calyton's sister... his sister made a point about 'back of the bus', and the theme of racism and sexism in the show reflect really situations from the time, AND also play alternate possibilities. Lots to come!
Hmm, so it remains to be seen... will we get to see more of Sally Ride?Previous season gave us Wehrner Von Braun, Gene Kranz, and Deke Slayton as recurrent characters of the actual 70s.This season, the only real world person from the 80s to show up has been Sally Ride.(We can't count 'Shuttle commander' Garrett Reisman, since he would have still been in highschool in the 80s)
She's training for the Pathfinder mission, right?
Also, we saw Wubbo.
