http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18135-will-probes-upcoming-flyby-unlock-exotic-physics.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Interesting stuff... I wonder if later versions of Orbiter will be able to model this. :)
~ED
So, I took about 30 minutes last night and looked at the SDK samples for Orbiter-2009 RC1 using Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express. Here's what I found...
All of the projects need to be run through VC2008's conversion process, which is no big deal.
I tried to complile the following samples...
Thanks to the use of Mersenne Primes, that is, a prime number that is One less than a power of Two, you too can memorize the largest known prime number.
(2 ^ (43,112,609)) - 1
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46184
~ED
Invented by the same man that created the Dyson line of Vacuums...
http://www.livescience.com/technology/091013-dyson-fan.html
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_091013_dyson-airflow
I wonder if this could somehow be adapted to rocketry to allow a rocket to...
I'm working on a "realistic" implimenation of the DeltaGlider.
What I'm looking for at the moment is a set of equations that could be used to describe hull temperature build-up diring ascent and reentry.
~ED
This is for you would-be Add-On Developers out there.
I uploaded two ready-to-go Solutions, so you can begin add-on development quicker.
ShuttlePB 2008
ShuttlePB SDK for VC++ 2008 Express
This preconfigured solution will replace your existing ShuttlePB.dll module with a "new" one that...
Preface - Hybrid Autos...
Hybrid cars, and electric cars use Regenerative Breaking to convert momentum into electricity stored in the batery pack during deceleration. It would be cool if this technology could be used in space-craft somehow.
Idea - Aerogeneration
If, during the course or...
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