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Butch DeFeo
 User ID: 83141632  United States01/24/2023 05:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I doubt that very much. NASA TV is free to stream, anyone can grab it and re-host it for free. You can watch it on YouTube as well. Check out the link. (I'm not saying Theta has an exclusive partnership with NASA, but they do have a partnership and a channel on ThetaTV). And check out this link, about half way down: [link to www.thetatoken.org (secure)] (look for the word NASA) Last Edited by Butch DeFeo on 01/24/2023 05:24 PM :DOCSRBAFFLED::redblueLED::DONTBEAPANDEMICS: Only you can stop the fake pandemic for yourself, no one will ever tell you the pandemic is over. It's time to WIN. |
Astromut
(OP)Senior Forum Moderator 01/24/2023 05:28 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I doubt that very much. NASA TV is free to stream, anyone can grab it and re-host it for free. You can watch it on YouTube as well. Check out the link. (I'm not saying Theta has an exclusive partnership with NASA, but they do have a partnership and a channel on ThetaTV). And check out this link, about half way down: [link to www.thetatoken.org (secure)] (look for the word NASA) Yeah, I'm just saying I doubt they actually have anything arranged with NASA itself. I get suspicious anytime I see anyone trying to link crypto tokens with NASA or SpaceX. It's like a textbook scam situation.  |
| Butch DeFeo
User ID: 83141632 United States01/24/2023 05:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I doubt that very much. NASA TV is free to stream, anyone can grab it and re-host it for free. You can watch it on YouTube as well. Check out the link. (I'm not saying Theta has an exclusive partnership with NASA, but they do have a partnership and a channel on ThetaTV). And check out this link, about half way down: [link to www.thetatoken.org (secure)] (look for the word NASA) Yeah, I'm just saying I doubt they actually have anything arranged with NASA itself. I get suspicious anytime I see anyone trying to link crypto tokens with NASA or SpaceX. It's like a textbook scam situation. Then, here's a third link with more evidence: [link to community.theta.tv (secure)] Theta is big - it's not a meme coin. Theta is also partnered with Samsung, Sony, Google, Binance, more. Last Edited by Butch DeFeo on 01/24/2023 05:33 PM :DOCSRBAFFLED::redblueLED::DONTBEAPANDEMICS: Only you can stop the fake pandemic for yourself, no one will ever tell you the pandemic is over. It's time to WIN. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80073096 United States01/25/2023 06:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | VASIMR requires a huge amount of electrical power. [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] It would consume pretty much all of the electrical power of ISS in order to generate only 5 Newtons of thrust. That's 1/10th of what one these little thrusters will do: [link to www.ecaps.space (secure)] Of course, VASIMR would use the reaction mass much more efficiently than that little chemical thruster, and that's the advantage of it. You get more bang for the amount of fuel you have, similar to an ion thruster, but capable of more thrust than an ion thruster. The problem is that in order to deliver enough thrust to actually shorten the travel time to Mars for a mission carrying people, it needs a huge amount of power. Like, you better be bringing a nuclear reactor. And if you're bringing a nuclear reactor, you better have very good radiators to reject all that waste heat from the massive amount of power you're generating. Oh wow, thank you for the explanation. :) What about plasma propulsion past the Earth's gravitational field? Could it possibly work with a redesign in a juncture transferring to plasma after the rocket leaves earth? A "hook up" or "transfer" stage per say? Maybe even a docking sequence to change propulsion methods? |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 01/25/2023 07:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Astromut I doubt that very much. NASA TV is free to stream, anyone can grab it and re-host it for free. You can watch it on YouTube as well. Check out the link. (I'm not saying Theta has an exclusive partnership with NASA, but they do have a partnership and a channel on ThetaTV). And check out this link, about half way down: [link to www.thetatoken.org (secure)] (look for the word NASA) Yeah, I'm just saying I doubt they actually have anything arranged with NASA itself. I get suspicious anytime I see anyone trying to link crypto tokens with NASA or SpaceX. It's like a textbook scam situation. Then, here's a third link with more evidence: [link to community.theta.tv (secure)] Theta is big - it's not a meme coin. Theta is also partnered with Samsung, Sony, Google, Binance, more. Dude, anyone can re-stream NASA tv. It's a free tax payer funded channel that anyone can use or rebroadcast. They are just one of MANY sites where you can watch it and NASA specifically says they are not endorsing any product by allowing them to be streamed on theta. [link to www.nasa.gov (secure)] "NASA content (images, videos, audio, etc) are generally not copyrighted and may be used for educational or informational purposes without needing explicit permissions." [link to gpm.nasa.gov (secure)] |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 01/25/2023 07:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | VASIMR requires a huge amount of electrical power. [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] It would consume pretty much all of the electrical power of ISS in order to generate only 5 Newtons of thrust. That's 1/10th of what one these little thrusters will do: [link to www.ecaps.space (secure)] Of course, VASIMR would use the reaction mass much more efficiently than that little chemical thruster, and that's the advantage of it. You get more bang for the amount of fuel you have, similar to an ion thruster, but capable of more thrust than an ion thruster. The problem is that in order to deliver enough thrust to actually shorten the travel time to Mars for a mission carrying people, it needs a huge amount of power. Like, you better be bringing a nuclear reactor. And if you're bringing a nuclear reactor, you better have very good radiators to reject all that waste heat from the massive amount of power you're generating. Oh wow, thank you for the explanation. :) What about plasma propulsion past the Earth's gravitational field? Could it possibly work with a redesign in a juncture transferring to plasma after the rocket leaves earth? A "hook up" or "transfer" stage per say? Maybe even a docking sequence to change propulsion methods? Yeah, that's about the only way it's useful. The thrust is good enough for deep space propulsion, even for getting out of low orbit, but not useful for the initial launch. Regardless of Earth's gravity field though it still would require significant amounts of power to work. NASA did just announce partnering with DARPA to test a nuclear thermal engine in space. It's not a plasma engine like VASIMR but it is a more advanced engine design than a chemical rocket and would be more efficient while still providing higher thrust than an ion engine. [link to www.engadget.com (secure)] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80073096 United States01/30/2023 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, that's about the only way it's useful. The thrust is good enough for deep space propulsion, even for getting out of low orbit, but not useful for the initial launch. Regardless of Earth's gravity field though it still would require significant amounts of power to work. Quoting: Astromut NASA did just announce partnering with DARPA to test a nuclear thermal engine in space. It's not a plasma engine like VASIMR but it is a more advanced engine design than a chemical rocket and would be more efficient while still providing higher thrust than an ion engine. [link to www.engadget.com (secure)] Thank you for answering. That would be amazing to see esp from a space observatory, floating in space.. |
