Not another 'balloon in space'

RAJAH235 · #1 16-06-2005, 10:11 PM

How's this for a 'quaint' idea? Anyone got a spare air raid shelter? Wow! 2 tonnes floating around up there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/scien...506805,00.html
'It could've landed upside down in a tree?' It'll be worse than 'Skylab'.

L.

toetoe (Peter) · #2 16-06-2005, 11:26 PM

Intresting reading that. can you imagine the explosives failing, they would have to send in a F18 to bring it down, hopefuly the wind didn`t blow it to where it shouldn`t be before it gets shot down.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #3 16-06-2005, 11:45 PM

How do they get images with it moving around all the time. It would almost be as bad as using a telescope in a boat.

Imagine how cold the observer is LOL

The second article was more interesting. An Earth like exoplanet!! Cool!

Daring Dave · #4 17-06-2005, 12:53 AM

Interesting read too.... I wonder what the images are like ?

RAJAH235 · #5 17-06-2005, 12:57 AM

I'd really like to know how they're going to stabilize the 'B*****' thing! Lots of mass just blowing in the wind??????

L.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #6 17-06-2005, 09:13 AM

FRom what I've read Ken they are very stable.Extremely thin atmosphere with very little turbulance, almost lamina like flow conditions. Its not so much the turbulance that has to be dealt with it the speed at which they move laterally. but if they can image from a satelliet moving at a few thousand Km/sec then a couple of hundred k/s shouldn't be too much of an issue