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09-03-2014, 08:05 AM | #42 |
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I guess. But I'm no rocket scientist.
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09-03-2014, 08:36 AM | #43 |
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How old is "elderly"? I may be missing something here... Homosexuality is actually relevant, by the way (unless some funky social changes are going on in this timeline). We aren't talking about today. Astronauts draw heavily on the military. And homosexuality was considered a mental disorder for most of the period in question. RE: Astronauts and "astronauts" I'm not sure any ''non astronauts'' would be included. I think everyone on the mission would not only be an astronaut by practical definition, but also receive rigorous astronaut training. Last edited by combatmedic; 09-03-2014 at 12:49 PM. |
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09-03-2014, 01:00 PM | #45 |
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Maybe better terms would be career and non-career astronauts.
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Enough energy would allow them to get virtually all the water and oxygen they need with regolith processing. Even easier if they land near an icy deposit and/or pole. Recovering the CO2 requires well designed photosynthesizing systems. That and hydroponics seem the hardest part. Algae aquaculture with spirulina would go a long way to keeping a healthy/survivable diet if not nicely varied. Heck, it could act as a test bed to notify if micro-contamination gets into the water systems. Bringing a few tens of tons of the frozen good foods should keep morale from dropping to the point of stabbing for smuggled chocolate bars. I don't expect anywhere near 100% food self sufficiency. I suppose the other important limiting facet is how long they must live on stores and produced food and of course finally decide how many researchers on board.
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Any way to come up with something useful without hand waving intense enough to lift off myself?
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Get a hobbyist product that solves orbital parameters? Not sure what the best product of that type is, but it's something that enough hobbyists who do know enough orbital mechanics have built. Kerbal Space Program is very popular, though I haven't used it myself so I don't know exactly how usable it is for your purposes.
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Or if you have access to a copy of MATLAB, download a Lambert solver, and use that.
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