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August 15th, 2012. The Space Shuttle "Balto," on mission FSTS-216 lifted off from Califur Space Centre in California, on a 15-day mission to the Interspecies Space Station to resupply as well as install a new Biology Laboratory module for the Space Station.
Among it's seven crew members was American Furronaut Red Fox Blitz, who was their Pilot and on his first Spaceflight. He had dreamed about being a Furronaut for a large part of his life, and now here he was: over 400 kilometres above the Earth, in total weightlessness and aboard Mankind's Biggest Orbital Outpost.
During the free times of his mission his favourite place to be was in the Cupola Module, the enormous window on the belly of the station with the best view of the Earth below him, where he took photograph after photograph of the magnificent planet below him.
This photo was taken by Japanese Furronaut Akita Dog Fujimoto Ryouta from the entrance of the Cupola module, who was part of Expedition 37, one of the 9 Permanent Crewmembers of the Interspecies Space Station
If you're wondering about what the view from the REAL Cupola Module is, here's a video tour by Astronaut Scott Kelly of the Cupola Module on the IRL International Space Station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54RMrBK9vU
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Among it's seven crew members was American Furronaut Red Fox Blitz, who was their Pilot and on his first Spaceflight. He had dreamed about being a Furronaut for a large part of his life, and now here he was: over 400 kilometres above the Earth, in total weightlessness and aboard Mankind's Biggest Orbital Outpost.
During the free times of his mission his favourite place to be was in the Cupola Module, the enormous window on the belly of the station with the best view of the Earth below him, where he took photograph after photograph of the magnificent planet below him.
This photo was taken by Japanese Furronaut Akita Dog Fujimoto Ryouta from the entrance of the Cupola module, who was part of Expedition 37, one of the 9 Permanent Crewmembers of the Interspecies Space Station
If you're wondering about what the view from the REAL Cupola Module is, here's a video tour by Astronaut Scott Kelly of the Cupola Module on the IRL International Space Station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54RMrBK9vU
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Most of it has to do with my aspergers I think, I really don't how to communicate sometimes. If I'm giving a speech or address to an audience or debate I can do it with ease and sway opinions (very useful in Model United Nations), but in impromptu conversation like confronting someone or telling them off I sometimes draw an Error 404 on what to say
Yeah, what's up with that? Is it you're still busy or you just forget to visit FA again because I miss you, man. :/
Thanks a lot, RJ! Although I rarely get the time to draw these days, didn't you say you've done some artpieces? Even if they're sketches why don't you upload them as Works in Progress? That way we can see you're up to something ^_^
Thanks a lot, RJ! Although I rarely get the time to draw these days, didn't you say you've done some artpieces? Even if they're sketches why don't you upload them as Works in Progress? That way we can see you're up to something ^_^
Oh wow, you got yourself an iPhone? Yay! ^_^ I really do hope you don't disappear for extended periods anymore, because I do miss you, and I'm still a little skeptical after you told me the fifth time you weren't gonna disappear for long periods again, but I'll be optimistic
Yeah, post 'em! Get some pageviews in
Yeah, post 'em! Get some pageviews in
Definitely, it's no different to having sex standing up, they'll still find they're way up. In fact it might be even easier since the sperm are launched in zero gravity there's less force to slow them down and they might head right up to the cervix of their own momentum instead of having to swim
Thanks so much ^_^ I plan to do a whole series of artpieces set in space aboard in the Interspecies Space Station. It'll be set in the latter 1/2 of this decade, and will more or less be like the real Space Station, only with a permanent crew of nine, 3 crewed Spacecraft servicing it: The Soyuz [Russia], The Furry Space Shuttle [US] and the British Space Shuttle [UK/Europe] Apparently in my world space budgets are a lot bigger.
There's also a big joint European-US mission to Mars, which I'm writing the story for the mission that lands. I've already written the first two parts and 1/2 way through writing the third
Here's the link if you want
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4807546/
There's also a big joint European-US mission to Mars, which I'm writing the story for the mission that lands. I've already written the first two parts and 1/2 way through writing the third
Here's the link if you want
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4807546/
Thanks! I'll try to read your story, though my Mac can't read some types of .DOC files.
Furry pack rats might make good members for a Mars crew since they can survive without drinking any liquid water; they can make enough water to survive by the oxidation of their food, though they will drink if water is available.
Furry pack rats might make good members for a Mars crew since they can survive without drinking any liquid water; they can make enough water to survive by the oxidation of their food, though they will drink if water is available.
What do you think of Hydrogen Peroxide as being the oxygen source for the journey? THe mission only takes 3 days to get to mars and 4 days to get back, and the primary source of electricity is a Polonium-210 RTG Generator. The hydrogen peroxide yields both gaseous oxygen and water, and if there's excess water available it's electrolysed into oxygen.
The engine's a nuclear fission fragment engine, and is capable of enough thrust to accelerate the spacecraft at 9.8 ms-1 for 1/2 the journey, then turn the spacecraft around and decelerate it at the same rate
The engine's a nuclear fission fragment engine, and is capable of enough thrust to accelerate the spacecraft at 9.8 ms-1 for 1/2 the journey, then turn the spacecraft around and decelerate it at the same rate
I'd rather go with LOX. Hydrogen peroxide can detonate. One hot sunny July afternoon when I was living in a beach suburb of LA, there was a bright flash from the direction of central Los Angeles. I felt the ground shock several seconds later, followed by big BOOM about a minute after that. I knew it wasn't a tactical nuclear attack because the flash lasted less than a second. Soon there was an impressive mushroom shaped cloud. What had happened? Late Friday afternoon a few 55 gallon drums of 90% hydrogen peroxide had been delivered to a west facing loading dock of a chemical factory in central LA. It was near closing time, and they were left on the dock. They got hot enough detonate Sunday afternoon. The blast destroyed two city blocks, including brick buildings.
If it's heat that's the main explosion risk that shouldn't be a problem in space if we have adequate radiation....then again best to avoid any potential disasters, I guess
Say, if I have a practically unlimited supply of electricity from the RTG Generator, why not just bring water for my oxygen needs?
Say, if I have a practically unlimited supply of electricity from the RTG Generator, why not just bring water for my oxygen needs?
There are lots of things that can destabilize hydrogen peroxide. I'd even worry about a big solar flare, though I don't have any experimental data to support that concern. If you have lots of electricity, water is a very safe source of oxygen, though for such a short mission, LOX storage shouldn't be a problem.
Hmm, I guess Liquid Oxygen would be more "Oxygen Dense" than Water, given the fact that the Hydrogen's a waste product that takes up space. I guess Hydrogen Peroxide's a little too dangerous. We can't risk anything with a Mars mission, especially if the nuclear engine is damaged or control of it's lost in the resulting explosion there'd be no way to pull off an Apollo 13.
What about the Lander module? Since it only has to be independent for a couple of days or at most 4 days on the Martian Surface you think Oxygen candles would be sufficient? They could be the same model used by the Spacesuits so that could aid standardisation
What about the Lander module? Since it only has to be independent for a couple of days or at most 4 days on the Martian Surface you think Oxygen candles would be sufficient? They could be the same model used by the Spacesuits so that could aid standardisation
With such a short mission time, just go with LOX. Oxygen candles weigh far more than the weight of the oxygen that they produce, and being a pyrotechnic device, they have the potential to get out of control. If you have plenty of electricity, water is a fine source of oxygen; it is only 1/9 hydrogen by weight, and is fairly dense.
Wow~ awesome~ X3
this is looks nice! =3
I've see youtube~ X3 you look!
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2248620/
this is looks nice! =3
I've see youtube~ X3 you look!
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2248620/
KISS - "Keep It Simple, Stupid", is a tried and true road to reliability. When lives are at stake, KISS is a powerful heuristic. For example, blobs of LOX floating around in a tank really complicate things. Under acceleration, such as during boost phase, this isn't a problem (though sloshing can be literally deadly), but in free fall, liquid/gas phase separation is a real challenge.
I heard about the solution for the S-IVB TLI burn, ingenious ^_^ Venting the still-vapourising hydrogen through the back of the tank to provide just enough acceleration for the fuel to settle was absolute genius. I would've used small solid rocket motors at the base of the stage or gas canisters of compressed nitrogen to solve it
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