/sci/ - Science & Math

apparently best korea claims they have a working satelite up there now.
What does it do?
Did they take in to acount the orbits of other satelites when they launched?

>>11610388
The russians are literally building their own version of project pluto, who gives a fuck anymore about that.

>>11542841
>SLAM project
What a monster, why do the slavs need that?
Dont they already have enough ICBM's?

>>10948335

Just had a great idea:
SLAM as a low altitude MARS surveyor, or a high altitude Venus probe (easier to get to Venus, harder to build the vehicle)

>>10626799
easy, advertise it with something cool like pic related.

>>10618109
COME ON AND SLAM AND WELCOME TO THE JAM

>>10451556
dear anon, come and marvel at the great works of the /k/ube
behold, SLAM

Better OP copypasta edition.

ITT: discuss engineering, engineering careers, and whatever engineering projects you're working on
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>Should I go into engineering?
Well, it depends on what reasons you have for considering an engineering subfield.

GOOD reasons:
>I am looking for a challenge
>I already have lots of connections to industry
>I have a good support network that will help me during school/while finding a job

BAD reasons:
>I have delusions about becoming the next Elon Musk ("I want to change the world!")
>I want a high paying job
>I want a low stress work environment
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>How do I get into R&D?
Generally speaking, you will need at least a master's degree if you want to do actual engineering. Though tread carefully: you can just as easily educate yourself out of a job by becoming overqualified. Make sure you have appropriate industry connections and experience before pursuing grad school.
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>My GPA is below a 3.5 and I'm going to graduate without having had multiple internships, what should I do?
It is in your long term best interests to switch majors ASAP if you want to get a job, and the longer you put this off the worse it will get. Although this may feel like failure, consider that the number of engineering graduates greatly exceeds the number of entry level job openings, and you will find greener pastures elsewhere.
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>X major is best because Y!
>X majors can work Z jobs because people who study Z are dumb!
>Studying X is going to make me rich!
>All people who don't study X are stupid!
These are typically posted by high school seniors and college freshman. It's best to disregard posts like this.

What kind of directed energy weapon could a 600 megawatt air breathing nuclear reactor power?

Asking for a friend.

>>9960134

Try the SLAM. Supersonic Low-Altitude Missile.

Its a nuclear airbreathing ramjet engine powered cruise missile that carries a payload of 14 nuclear warheads it ejects once near a target.

Its max speed is mach 4.2 and at 300 meters its mach 3 and has on paper, unlimited range. However, when/if it crashes, the place were it crashes will be uninhabitable for thousands of years so imagine one crashing into the White House, leaving it inaccesible for millenia.

Now imagine thousands of these missiles.

>>9455678
COME ON AND SLAM

What does a typical four year applied math undergrad curriculum look like? Emphasis on typical, not "ideal". I'm curious what I missed and want to self study.

>>8847380
I'm not sure the exact speed needed but I do know that SLAM was expected to cause significant damage purely through the shock wave. SLAM would have gone Mach 3. I'm not sure how much damage or how far out the shock wave would have caused damage though. It was seen as more of a bonus to the 12 nuclear warheads and radioactive exhaust than as an a means of attack.

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>>8734961
There are weapons that are literally classified as 'doomsday weapons'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile

>It uses an engine that uses nuclear reactions to heat the air for thrust instead of the regular continious explosive burn of fuel/air. By doing this, it irradiates the air and leaves behind radioactive particles.
>It also has 14 nuclear bombs that it ejects verticaly and combined with its great speed, those nukes can travel far from the missile itself. Not only is it fast, it can travel at mach 3.5 at around 300 meters, also destroying things on the ground by the very powerfull sonic boom.
>After it crashes, it will turn the crash site into a no-go area for thousands of years.

>>8734961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile

>It uses an engine that uses nuclear reactions to heat the air for thrust instead of the regular continious explosive >burn of fuel/air. By doing this, it irradiates the air and leaves behind radioactive particles.
>It also has 14 nuclear bombs that it ejects verticaly and combined with its great speed, those nukes can travel far >from the missile itself. Not only is it fast, it can travel at mach 3.5 at around 300 meters, also destroying things on >the ground by the very powerfull sonic boom.
>After it crashes, it will turn the crash site into a no-go area for thousands of years.

Does the full development of a working fusion power plant render fission power plants obsolete?
Or does each method of power generation have their own pros and cons?

>>7332981
>>7332985
Modern nuclear arsenal consists primarily of MIRVed ICBMs and SLBMs. How do you reliably defend against those?

Even if you attempt to intercept them with nuclear ABM, the radioactive fallout will cause tremendous harm and EMPs will make it impossible to deflect a second wave.

Nuclear arsenal technology has barely progressed in the past 40 years. 50 years ago several destructive technologies were developed that make modern nuclear arsenal look tame in comparison but they were all halted because they were expensive and extremely dangerous but also due to mutual agreement to not overdo it with destructive capabilities. The most impressive nuclear weapons were developed 50 years ago. If a new cold war would arise, the new influx of funding could lead to rapid progress and offensive technology is generally much easier to develop than defensive one.

LASERs will not render nukes harmless within forseeable future.

I see you like to live dangerously. I also like to live pretty dangerously.

Here, have an XK PLUTO.