RobDickinson
RobDickinson t1_j8l6sdz wrote
Space isnt empty. But what it has is quite .. spaced out...
So it depends how fast you are going how worried you need to be.
The space station gets hit by micrometeorites, no reason why Voyager or a ship cant.
We've no idea how a deflector shield would work.
So we'll be looking at armor/shielding and self sealing, plus potentially lasers to pew pew small particles out of the way, if we can detect them.
Scifi has some cool things including large ships that use a whole bunch of ice on the front to absorb the damage
RobDickinson t1_j6koyjm wrote
Reply to comment by FanOfPeace in 2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood' by jeffsmith202
We've companies and missions already looking at space garbage collection
RobDickinson t1_j43l7f5 wrote
Reply to comment by Flowchart83 in Fossil fuel producers pay for carbon clear up. Compelling fossil fuel producers to pay for carbon clean-up could end these fuels’ contribution to global warming without pitting climate action against meeting society’s energy needs—at a relatively affordable cost. by Wagamaga
Paper is UK, talking about changes to UK law in a country ruled by the Tories who are bought and paid for by fossil fuel companies....
RobDickinson t1_j12cb0q wrote
Those crazy drunk American astronauts will stop at nothing
RobDickinson t1_j0a0ndg wrote
Reply to comment by mcchanical in National Ignition Facility (NIF) announces net positive energy fusion experiment by Robo-Connery
No there are many other projects working towards actual fusion power plants like ITER etc.
But we absolutely cant wait for those before tackling co2 etc.
RobDickinson t1_j05del8 wrote
Reply to comment by Azurtanium-22 in National Ignition Facility (NIF) announces net positive energy fusion experiment by Robo-Connery
No, we're 40+ years away from a working fusion power plant.
RobDickinson t1_j03ws3v wrote
Reply to comment by yourgoodbitch in National Ignition Facility (NIF) announces net positive energy fusion experiment by Robo-Connery
We have the tools to solve climate change already , we dont need fusion
RobDickinson t1_iy5opqa wrote
Reply to Penny shortly after getting a bath. by sambones
What about second baths, we've not had that!
RobDickinson t1_ism26mu wrote
Reply to Something I’ve been working on. 3D sculpted moon art. What are your thoughts on this? OC by lanchendesigns
slap a mini Apollo 11 eagle on there and bill me direct...
RobDickinson t1_jd9mgqs wrote
Reply to comment by QuietGanache in Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday by cnbc_official
Theres 1 or 2 payloads a year that might be willing to pay that