/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3553060
>Aeronautical
>Not ASTRONAUTICAL

>"We want to go to the moon . . . and the expandable habitats are a good example of an enabling technology that will be leveraged to bring this vision to fruition," said Michael Gold, Director of Washington, D.C. Operations & Business Growth for Bigelow Aerospace, LLC, based in Chevy Chase, Md. "Our goal has always been beyond low Earth orbit."

>Gold said that Bigelow Aerospace has been aggressively establishing an international consortium of what the group terms as "sovereign clients" — along with hammering out the financial and legal structure, he said, for such partnerships to blossom, first in low Earth orbit and then beyond.

>"We need to make low-Earth orbit work first before we go beyond . . . but I believe we will," Gold told SPACE.com. "Once we've established a robust infrastructure in Earth orbit, created the economies of scale necessary to produce facilities in low Earth orbit . . . at that point, we've really enabled ourselves to look at a variety of options."

>"After launching two prototype space stations into orbit, space entrepreneur and pioneer Robert Bigelow is now setting his sights a bit higher. His latest vision: A quick-deploy moon base capable of housing up to 18 astronauts in inflatable modules on the lunar surface."

>>3550143

Have you seen some of the things Boeing, SpaceX and Bigelow are working on? Add their ideas to the self-replicating lunar factory, and now you're cooking.

>>3550060

While you are accelerating at an exponentially fast rate (even at >50% C), the effect of relative time dilation causes you to perceive time as "slower" relative to your own speed.

And such is life on /sci/.

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>Both my robots and my rockets were used for this endeavor
>mfw

>>3396984

Is that my rocket?

>>3359390

It's not very fun. Excessive bleeding, swelling and a dull but constant pain.

ADVICE TO FELLOW /SCI/BORGS: DON'T BE CHEAP AND TRY TO RIDE A BIKE ACROSS TOWN TO WORK.

Tooth cracks are expensive and painful.

>>3359359

IT SUCKS ASS.

4 impacted wisdom teeth, and a root canal.

>>3359327

One word: Math. You don't have to *love* it, but being able to grasp new concepts is a big plus.

As for the major itself, my school had a branch that was more focused on Astronautical Engineering than Aeronautical, so we were able to work on some pretty cool projects (including launch a minisat aboard one of the shuttle missions)

I'm working on my masters while interning, but so far, the job is pretty satisfying. Good pay (enough to have a little disposable income), and the people are always interesting.

Not sure what you mean by "theoretical." Most of the things we're working on don't involve any "new" physics..

>>3359297

:D

/ck/ is a bro.

>>3359243
>>3359259

Our lab never was involved with the shuttle program.

We work more with the unmanned side of things, specifically with JAXA and JPL.

>>3359242

Majored in Aero Engineering, with a specialization in Propulsion Physics and Applications.

>>3359235

It sounds way fancier than it actually is. Not KSC or JPL.

The lab I work with is mostly concentrated on developing faster RCS motors for planetary landers.

>post on another board, requesting advice since I recently had surgery
>mention i'm sad i missed the shuttle launch because of it
>they ask if i work in the space industry
>tell them i'm a student intern at a NASA facility
>they seem genuinely curious, and begin asking questions about spacecraft and space travel
>thread turns into a lecture on orbital trajectories, propulsion mechanics, and general physics.
>thread reaches limit

>mfw everything went better than expected.

This happened.

>>3287418

Thanks!

Some other things I had in mind were:

Weapons Testing Room
CIC
Particle Collider
Radio Telescope
Chemical/Petrol Refinery
Horror Lab
Applied Quantum Mechanics Lab
Visitors Center
Cryogenics Lab
and maybe an Expanded Library.

Added the Robot Factory.

An automated cargo tram brings in raw materials via elevator, while another tram brings the finished robots to the main track, ready for deployment.

Make adjustments as needed.

>>3287057