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16 years 10 months ago #61491
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I read somewhere over the last couple of days that there is a planned NASA manned mission to the moon either by 2018 or in 2018.
I'm just wondering if what i read was out of date or if indeed there still is a planned mission to the moon by/or in 2018.
It said the mission would be to establish a feasible way for manned missions to Mars.
Sounds great buti cant help but think what i read was out of date. I mean the shuttle program is gonna be terminated in 2010 and so far there aint no sight of a replacement program (well nothing solid).
Anyone know anything more about this?
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I'm just wondering if what i read was out of date or if indeed there still is a planned mission to the moon by/or in 2018.
It said the mission would be to establish a feasible way for manned missions to Mars.
Sounds great buti cant help but think what i read was out of date. I mean the shuttle program is gonna be terminated in 2010 and so far there aint no sight of a replacement program (well nothing solid).
Anyone know anything more about this?
Cheers
Paul
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Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist - Kenneth Boulding (Economist)
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Vaguely; you can see more of the details on NASAs website. Its effectively a repeat of the Apollo missions, as NASA isn't being given any new money
to do this, just "mandated' to do so by Bush.
The plan is to use the Ares transport, and a new CEV (Crew Exploration Vehicle). See
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/spacecraft/cev.html
If it looks familiar, they've taken a lot of the old Apollo plans and scaled them up. Literally: it saves money redoing wind tunnel experiments for
the reentry vehicle if they keep all the angles the same ...
BTW, If you haven't seen it, I _highly_ recommend
Bill Stones talk at TED on the subject:
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/141
to do this, just "mandated' to do so by Bush.
The plan is to use the Ares transport, and a new CEV (Crew Exploration Vehicle). See
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/spacecraft/cev.html
If it looks familiar, they've taken a lot of the old Apollo plans and scaled them up. Literally: it saves money redoing wind tunnel experiments for
the reentry vehicle if they keep all the angles the same ...
BTW, If you haven't seen it, I _highly_ recommend
Bill Stones talk at TED on the subject:
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/141
Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist - Kenneth Boulding (Economist)
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16 years 10 months ago #61587
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Thanks for the links...i'll read them all. I'm such a numbnuts that i didnt even THINK to read the NASA site. I mean if anyone knows.................they do.
LOL.
It would be SPECTACULAR to witness a manned moon mission in MY lifetime .
With technology today....the astronauts i'm sure would have cams mounted on their helmets and we would see what they see pretty much as soon as they see it.
What would be the time delay in live images from the moon to earth?
LOL.
It would be SPECTACULAR to witness a manned moon mission in MY lifetime .
With technology today....the astronauts i'm sure would have cams mounted on their helmets and we would see what they see pretty much as soon as they see it.
What would be the time delay in live images from the moon to earth?
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16 years 10 months ago #61601
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The speed of light is 299 792 458 m / s
So it should take 1.28seconds for light to travel from the Moon to the Earth.
Standard Definition TV requires between 1 and 4Mb per second
Digiweb's Satellite Broadband has a bandwidth of 1Mbps.
So on that basis, anywhere from 1.28 secs to approx 5.2 secs
If my sums are wrong, it's because I need sleep :shock:
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Average distance between earth and moon is 384,403,000 mWhat would be the time delay in live images from the moon to earth?
The speed of light is 299 792 458 m / s
So it should take 1.28seconds for light to travel from the Moon to the Earth.
Standard Definition TV requires between 1 and 4Mb per second
Digiweb's Satellite Broadband has a bandwidth of 1Mbps.
So on that basis, anywhere from 1.28 secs to approx 5.2 secs
If my sums are wrong, it's because I need sleep :shock:
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16 years 10 months ago #61604
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Paul C
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So on that basis, anywhere from 1.28 secs to approx 5.2 secs
Thanks Darragh. I was thinking about 5 seconds MAX myself.
Now................another question is:
Would those images (with the delay) be shown LIVE or would the whole mission be "classified" by NASA and we would only see the edited images at a later time?
I dont know if the original Apollo mission images were broadcast LIVE cuz i wasnt born.
Thanks Darragh. I was thinking about 5 seconds MAX myself.
Now................another question is:
Would those images (with the delay) be shown LIVE or would the whole mission be "classified" by NASA and we would only see the edited images at a later time?
I dont know if the original Apollo mission images were broadcast LIVE cuz i wasnt born.
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