Dr. Valentine on The Space Show
Wanted to remind everybody that our own Dr. Lee Valentine was on "The Space Show" Monday night. The MP3 is up in the Archives section of the site at http://www.thespaceshow.com/
Mike Combs
Wanted to let everyone know that SSI's Dr. Lee Valentine appeared on "The Space Show" to discuss the upcoming SSI Space Manufacturing conference. David Livingston seemed very impressed with the quality of the speakers lined up. MP3's of past shows are available here (http://thespaceshow.com/) and Valentine'sis under Oct/6/2010.
Regards,
Glad to hear about this. Solutions in the pipeline for space manufacturing practicality is much to be desired.
I've been trying to find discussion pages on the nuclear light bulb thruster. I see some difficulty with implementing this tech and would like to hear what other hardware oriented people have to say. Do you know of any useful sites that deal with the tech?
Gary 7
Regards,
Mike Combs
Gary,
Also to All,
1.4 GW of production now exists for a-Si:H thin film solar PV with manufacturing systems amenable to 1.5 micron thin solar PV on ATOX and radiation resistant polyimide. 1.4 GW is the ground rating for these solar cells, while in space they perform yearly at a ten times better rating.
Kevin
Welsom Space Power,"The Race is On!"
Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 8:47 AM
Glad to hear about this. Solutions in the pipeline for space manufacturing practicality is much to be desired.
I've been trying to find discussion pages on the nuclear light bulb thruster. I see some difficulty with implementing this tech and would like to hear what other hardware oriented people have to say. Do you know of any useful sites that deal with the tech?
Gary 7
Wanted to let everyone know that SSI's Dr. Lee Valentine appeared on "The Space Show" to discuss the upcoming SSI Space Manufacturing conference. David Livingston seemed very impressed with the quality of the speakers lined up. MP3's of past shows are available here (http://thespaceshow.com/) and Valentine'sis under Oct/6/2010.
Regards,
Mike Combs
You should note that the 240 km/sec is EXHAUST velocity, not the velocity of the space craft.
GAry 7
Take a look at ESA-ESTEC DS4G Ion Thruster. We can make 50 centimeter orifice models now where we can go to the moon at 250 kilometers per second. Economical.
Also to All,
1.4 GW of production now exists for a-Si:H thin film solar PV with manufacturing systems amenable to 1.5 micron thin solar PV on ATOX and radiation resistant polyimide. 1.4 GW is the ground rating for these solar cells, while in space they perform yearly at a ten times better rating.
Kevin
Welsom Space Power,"The Race is On!"
Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 8:47 AM
Glad to hear about this. Solutions in the pipeline for space manufacturing practicality is much to be desired.
I've been trying to find discussion pages on the nuclear light bulb thruster. I see some difficulty with implementing this tech and would like to hear what other hardware oriented people have to say. Do you know of any useful sites that deal with the tech?
Gary 7
Wanted to let everyone know that SSI's Dr. Lee Valentine appeared on "The Space Show" to discuss the upcoming SSI Space Manufacturing conference. David Livingston seemed very impressed with the quality of the speakers lined up. MP3's of past shows are available here (http://thespaceshow.com/) and Valentine'sis under Oct/6/2010.
Regards,
Mike Combs