Darth_Yuthura Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The samples brought back from the early missions, have shown lots of promise. One of the nicest finds is the Helium 3. The moon has been bombarded by Solar flares, the moon having no atmosphere has sucked it up like a spong. Which contain this gas. The benifit of this gas is its clean, no to bad side effects. EDIT: With this gas we can do the clean Nuclear Reactor thing, Fission, Fusion, can't remember now. About 1 ton of this can feed a city of 10 million for a year. Fusion is often regarded as the holy grail of energy, but in order to initiate a reaction, you often have to use more energy than what you get in return. We still have yet to do more than break even, let alone get a return from the reaction. You have to understand that Tritium (Hydrogen 3) is only a fuel that takes less energy to initiate than deuterium (Hydrogen 2) but the goal should be to be able to simply harness enough of each to trigger the reaction. I've heard of reactors that could sustain a reaction by transmuting regular hydrogen into tritium, generating more fuel in the way that breeder reactors can turn U-238 into U-235. Any thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 My understanding is not that great on chemistery and fysics, being an art student It did peek my entrest as I like to know how our world ticks. I found it worth mentioning, as the moon is often just seen as a useless dust ball. Which its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purifier Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 You know they say that the moon moves away from the earth about an inch each year, they need to make another trip soon before the damn thing gets away from them. My question is: Where in the hell is it going? Oh, and I almost forgot. Happy 40th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 It's quite remarkable how, given the speed of light being 299,792 km per second in a vacuum, that we can measure how far away something is by measuring the time it takes for light to return to its source. I find it astounding how we can actually measure the clock down to the nanosecond. In terms of distance, the original laser-range finder from Apollo 11 can measure the distance between it and the Earth to within centimeters. PS: the Moon is 240,000 miles from Earth... said by Kennedy in 1963, so I don't think that extra 3 feet, 10 inches makes much of a difference to our efforts today. Or will it in the next million years or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purifier Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 PS: the Moon is 240,000 miles from Earth... said by Kennedy in 1963, so I don't think that extra 3 feet, 10 inches makes much of a difference to our efforts today. Or will it in the next million years or so? Yea I believe your right on that point, it probably wouldn't. But I'd still like to know where it would end up, when it does finally leave us? Anybody psychic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A L I E N Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I rofled... XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouUUWpEec0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I rofled... XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouUUWpEec0 I lol'd. That was so cheesy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 MO***ON It's proper name is Luna, get it right. And that last post was just pointless. How about more posts on other Luna missions? How about that guy, Neil Armstrong? Ever notice that he was among the most reserved people who didn't take his fame for the purpose of becoming a huge celebrity? Unlike that guy who set foot on the surface second who had made many public appearances since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It's proper name is Luna, get it right. And that last post was just pointless. How about more posts on other Luna missions? How about that guy, Neil Armstrong? Ever notice that he was among the most reserved people who didn't take his fame for the purpose of becoming a huge celebrity? Unlike that guy who set foot on the surface second who had made many public appearances since then. Yes, I know its name is Luna, just like our sun's name is Sol. You don't have to be uptight about it all. You celebrate the 40th anniversary your way, I'll celebrate it my way. Live and let live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 You don't have to be uptight about it all. You celebrate the 40th anniversary your way, I'll celebrate it my way. Live and let live. Would you at least break up the word with some spaces so it doesn't distort my computer's window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 There ya go, long moon is long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 detail of moon missions: The five F-1 engines of the Saturn V's first stage consumed half a billion gallons of liquid oxygen and kerosene within only two and a half minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trench Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON Well said! I rofled... XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouUUWpEec0 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 The apollo spacecraft were launched atop two types of Saturn rockets. The Saturn V was still under development at the time that the smaller Saturn IB was used to deploy the apollo spacecraft into orbit. The Saturn IB was the first American rocket built specifically to launch spacecraft. All rockets used up until that point were originally designed to launch nuclear warheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Yuthura Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 In 1969, the total cost of the apollo program was as much as $25 billion. That is the total sum of the R&D, construction, and operations for the apollo spacecraft, lunar landers, and saturn rockets. In 2005 dollars, that would be $135 billion. The total cost of the Apollo spacecraft in 2005 dollars was $28 billion. That is $1.3 billion per spacecraft. The cost of the shuttle Endeavor was estimated at $1.7. Although reusable, the average cost per mission was estimated at over a billion. This made the shuttle more expensive to operate than originally intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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