Nuland: I knew the evil Russians wanted to conquer Europe!
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Nuland: I knew the evil Russians wanted to conquer Europe!
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thegopnik wrote:Big_Gazza wrote:Proposed mission profile for the 1st Zeus mission circa-2030. This has probably been posted previously but this the best version I've found.
FWIW there is some scuttlebutt that the mission might flyby Mars instead of Venus. I hope not, as I find Venus to more interesting - Mars has been done a lot, while Venus has been comparatively ignored.
you have a bigger image or origin of it, i tried to translate it and I am sort of having difficulty if those are 3 of Jupiter's moons on the far right(only recognize callisto I believe for butchered translation of kalpisto)?
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Big_Gazza wrote:What appears to be an aerospike engine demonstrator is shown at what I think is the the Energomash facility in Perm (?)
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kvs wrote:They will need to rethink the heat radiator panel anchoring on the Zeus. Having a single anchor point on a moving spacecraft is flimsy. It is not
as if they can't spare the extra mass.
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Scorpius wrote:kvs wrote:They will need to rethink the heat radiator panel anchoring on the Zeus. Having a single anchor point on a moving spacecraft is flimsy. It is not
as if they can't spare the extra mass.
You're only discussing an animated model. I am sure that the Arsenal design bureau has enough competent engineers who are able to come to the right conclusions about the need to ensure sufficient rigidity of the deployed cooling panels.
... but why make it easier for spies?kvs wrote:Scorpius wrote:kvs wrote:They will need to rethink the heat radiator panel anchoring on the Zeus. Having a single anchor point on a moving spacecraft is flimsy. It is not
as if they can't spare the extra mass.
You're only discussing an animated model. I am sure that the Arsenal design bureau has enough competent engineers who are able to come to the right conclusions about the need to ensure sufficient rigidity of the deployed cooling panels.
Sure they do. No need to tell me about it.
But if official sources are going to be spreading videos about the project, then don't make them retarded.
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kvs wrote:The only metric that matters is how many such fearful scientists will leave. Aside from the usual propaganda pap for
western sheeple, if the intention is to agitate Russians to defect to the "free world" this is lamer than a dog with one leg.
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At the technical complex of the Baikonur cosmodrome, the stage of pre-flight tests of the Progress M-UM transport cargo module (TGCM) with the Prichal nodal module (UM) of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS) continues.
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kvs wrote:
Space X lovers tout how it is unseating Russian delivery systems based on cost.
Total BS.
Musk is charging $99 million US to launch a 69 kg satellite in 2024.
Musk claimed back in 2015 that soon he would be launching 1 kg for $1000. In reality he is charging
1.4 million dollars.
Roscosmos got 1.2 billion for launching 21 missions for One Web. For a total 672 satellites the price
comes to about 1.8 million dollars per satellite. Each One Web satellite has a mass of 148 kg. That
translates in $12,090 per kg.
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thegopnik wrote:I am assuming that the Irkut would sell somewhere at 500k to 800K a launch. It's not just methane like Amur but glide rocket for best efficiency. Amur is way heavier than irkut but sells at a price for 22 million so in order for Irkut to match payloads of Amur but as a cheaper solution it would have to sell 500k to 800k a launch.
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The Seppos will do what they always do when confronted by a competitor that they cannot overcome via fair play - they will introduce sanctions invoked for fraudulent reasons. All they need do is to refuse to issue approvals to transport US technology or components to either Russia or China for launch services, and will auto-kill the commercial launch industries in both countries, at least as far as launching western-built satellites.kvs wrote:I think the Russian space industry has enormous potential for competitive pricing. We can look at the US MIC prices and compare
them to Russian MIC prices. There is no way some US conman is going to undercut Russia over any relevant timescale. The only
way that the US can undercut Russia is to engage in dumping like it did with LNG. Look where EU-tardia is now.
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