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Solar sail's launch went awry, Russia says

Solar sail's launch went awry, Russia saysA shameToo bad it wasn't successful; we humanity need to look back to space and innovative ways to explore it. New methods of propulsion such as solar sails and ion engines interest me very much, because solid-fuel rockets seem very outdated and dangerous.I...

Tags: Policies and procedures, hardware, rocket, sail, Russian Hardware, accident, solar sail, propulsion

Discussion threads 2005-06-22

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A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?

A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?consider sailor's state of mind One sails for the experience and the freedom from fossil fuels. A $40,000 sailboat is capable of sailing around the world and even some as shorter than 10 meters have done so. A multi-million dollar motor cruiser will...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Counter-intuitive, good design, solar energy, PlanetSolar

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?

One of the reasons Autodesk became such a dominant provider of computer-aided design software was its decision early on to seed its software in architecture schools and universities. Now, the company is angling to position itself in the field of green product design. Its latest awareness/marketing project...

Tags: Autodesk Inc., PlanetSolar, CAD, Telecom & Utilities, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Forget the cockroach, jellyfish shall inherit the planet

Forget the cockroach, jellyfish shall inherit the planetJust as soon...as I can find a way to pin this catastrophe on Microsoft I'll be back.RE: Forget the cockroach, jellyfish shall inherit the planetJust great.... and I have an extreme allergy to jellyfish as well, to the point where I am in...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, cockroach, Wikipedia article

Discussion threads 2008-12-14

Nanospheres moving faster than light?

Nanospheres moving faster than light?English?Seriously, zdnet is not a science journal. It all sounds interesting, but understand the article requires prior understanding of other concepts.From what i gather they are saying the "faster than light limit" does not apply to these objects because they are not light?I also have...

Tags: laser, Nanospheres, beam

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem now

Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem nowClimate changeI do not think we could change the climate if we wanted to. The earth has a cycle from warm to cold and this is a natural thing as history teaches.Did the dinosaurs have CO2 emmisions? They lived on a...

Tags: irony, Fishermen, polar cap, carbon dioxide, species

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

50 ways to kill an asteroid

50 ways to kill an asteroid2d thoughtsmany of the arguments/plans i've seen, only deal w/ 2 dimensional possibilities, whether on paper or in movies. noneseems to talk effectively about all possible vectors in relationship to earth. this is one reason, it occurs to me, that it has been,...

Tags: asteroid, orbit

Discussion threads 2007-03-09

100 Most Influential People of All Times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison (Mobile)

Learn more about 100 Most Influential People of all times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison and Brothers Wright. Their lifes, views, and careers illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps.Features Fully illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or...

Tags: India, Theory, Mobile, Founder, Mathematician, BC, Vespucci

Software downloads 2007-02-13

TechNet takes on green energy agenda

TechNet takes on green energy agendaGuess they forgot aboutall that nuclear waste with minimum 10000 year half life.Whatever happened to the multi billion dollar federal project to build long term storage facilities for this stuff that has yet to work and had all kinds of problems with leaks and what...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, nuclear energy, fission, fusion, Nuclear Power Plant, Microsoft TechNet

Discussion threads 2006-11-15

Solar Sails

Solar sails could provide a way to move satellites or spaceships without using a lot of rocket fuel. TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains how a sail works in space where there is no wind -- or is there?

Tags: sail

Whiteboards 2005-07-22

Solar Sails

Solar sails could provide a way to move satellites or spaceships without using a lot of rocket fuel. TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains how a sail works in space where there is no wind -- or is there?

Tags: Best Practices, sail, Network Technology, Networking

Whiteboards 2005-07-22

First solar sail prepares for space launch

First solar sail prepares for space launchDeclan, I am shocked!You name the now obscure but GREAT sci-fi authorCordwainer Smith and forget Larry Niven? Huh? By the gripping hand....Take this article downWe can't argue about this!!!! :oPNASA and visionIt is a pity that the engineers of NASA,...

Tags: NASA, First Solar

Discussion threads 2005-06-21

Photos: Solar sail to ride the sunbeams

Cosmos 1 will use an exotic fuel to speed through space. Sorry, Trekkies, it's not dilithium crystals.

Tags: fuel

Image galleries 2005-06-21

Photos: Solar sail to ride the sunbeams

Cosmos 1 will use an exotic fuel to speed through space. Sorry, Trekkies, it's not dilithium crystals.

Tags: fuel

Image galleries 2005-06-21