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2302 EOS Mars Program
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May 15, 2009
5:41 pm
 A full breakdown of a NEA Mining Hopper Transporter configuration is now online on several pages onward from: ...
2303 EOS Mars Program
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May 15, 2009
10:06 pm
This is the full sequence of module descriptions: DEEP SPACE HOPPER TRANSPORTER: http://www.eosmarsprogram.org/ Page31-42-Space.html MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL...
2304 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 15, 2009
11:57 pm
Wow Jan, Just clicked through the graphs. Some are missing: - Clicking on "Mining Hopper Unit" I get directed to Hopper Docking Module - Clicking on "Cargo...
2305 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 16, 2009
12:26 am
Jan, While thinking through the big picture issues I hit again on this thing you wrote some time back when explaining what you did with your presentation with...
2306 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 16, 2009
12:39 am
Hi all, Picking up an idea based on the below discussion on training people. No matter how much we automate or rather telerobot our operations, we'll need...
2307 EOS Mars Program
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May 16, 2009
7:51 am
My apologies, Ueli! Something went wrong using the 'copy' keys there, when pasting the URLs. Working too late at night is fatal! However, here are the...
2308 EOS Mars Program
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May 16, 2009
8:18 am
Seems like this is the business to me, Ueli......... It is only when you have to stand up and explain things to others (especially those not in these fields)...
2309 Phil Eklund
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May 16, 2009
1:35 pm
Worth mentioning that here in Tucson, the Kit Peak observatory completed its survey of Earth-Moon L4 and L5. They found nothing.  However, the resolution...
2310 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 16, 2009
2:04 pm
Yes Phil, of course the place needs to be looked over first. From what I grasp of orbital dynamics around the stable L4 and L5 points I come to the conclusion...
2311 Phil Eklund
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May 16, 2009
3:50 pm
Phil Eklund Sierra Madre Games 2525 E Prince #72, Tucson, AZ 85716 www.SierraMadreGames.com ... From: Ueli Scheuermeier <uscheuermeier@...> To:...
2312 EOS Mars Program
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May 16, 2009
8:18 pm
Ueli, NASA has been occupying L4/L5 intermittently, or in transit, for a number of years, the latest mission being the Solar Observatories 'STEREO&#39;: ...
2313 Phil Eklund
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May 16, 2009
10:20 pm
Jan, which Lagrange points are you referring to?  I assume that the L4/L5 points under discussion in the big picture are NOT the Earth-Sol Lagrange points...
2314 EOS Mars Program
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May 17, 2009
8:40 am
OK Phil, we did look at this some time back, as I think you raised these points earlier about accumulated debris at L4/L5 points? You have clarified the point...
2315 Phil Eklund
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May 17, 2009
1:36 pm
Jan, An object traveling in Earth-Sol L4/L5 is in orbit essentially around the sun, and yet from the frame of reference of the L5 point, it seems to be in a...
2316 EOS Mars Program
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May 17, 2009
5:12 pm
Too many unknowns yet then, Phil! However, we do know about LEO debris, as I posted some images here some time ago on this, as well as this NASA report:...
2317 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 17, 2009
8:49 pm
Phil, The Kosomos-Iridium kind of smash-up resulting in total destruction is indeed probably rare (still, but watch the counter...). However that's not what...
2318 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 17, 2009
9:34 pm
Phil, Jan, Just to make it clear: I was thinking of Terralunar L4/5 not Solterran L4/5 for manufacturing. That's where manufacturing, assembly and lots of...
2319 EOS Mars Program
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May 17, 2009
10:44 pm
Yes, Ueli, don't let my spill-over thinking about Solar L4/L5 confuse the issue, I don't want to mislead the direction of understanding here, as I...
2320 Phil Eklund
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May 17, 2009
11:15 pm
The orbital velocity I quoted was for a frame of reference centered on the Lagrange point itself. From such a frame of reference, the debris orbits the...
2321 EOS Mars Program
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May 18, 2009
6:50 am
Phil, Perhaps then the solution to countering such debris is to use bulk water tanks for shielding on an outer station boundary so the freezing liquid...
2322 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 18, 2009
8:12 am
Phil, 1. What's the escape velocity at Terralunar L4/5 ? How come I hear of unsure effect of solar wind on the dust there? 2. Anything bigger than about 0.5 m...
2323 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 18, 2009
8:27 am
Jan, I'm splitting up issues into three different points in order to be able to track correctly. 1. Tugging asteroids to Terralunar L4/5 ... As you say, this...
2324 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 18, 2009
8:30 am
Jan, ... Remember how we were thinking of establishing diggers on the rotational poles of asteroids, then digging large diameter wells right down along the...
2325 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 18, 2009
8:36 am
Jan, 3. Lagrange navigation ... ".....these various Lagrange points do suggest a staged relay of exchange stations to minimise down time of the largest journey...
2326 EOS Mars Program
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May 18, 2009
10:41 am
Yes, I think you are right on target here, Ueli. A man-made 'asteroid&#39; formed from accumulated slag is a perfect solution for utilising what has been preying...
2327 EOS Mars Program
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May 18, 2009
10:50 am
Ueli, considering the interactions of LEOstation with Earth, and rotational stability, the null point gee of Solar L4/L5 suggested an ability to rotate objects...
2328 EOS Mars Program
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May 18, 2009
10:59 am
Patience is the name of the game here, Ueli......... Mostly the processing end capacity dictates the flow speed of incoming raw materials, so a steady stream...
2329 Ueli Scheuermeier
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May 18, 2009
1:05 pm
Sorry Jan, my English can't track this. What's a caddis-fly? It is the 'caddis-fly' approach, as building around a communication tube framework is far more...
2330 EOS Mars Program
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May 18, 2009
1:24 pm
Sorry, Ueli, this is a denizen of English free-flowing country streams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddis_fly They build a hard casing of small rock...
2331 Phil Eklund
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May 18, 2009
2:02 pm
Jan, I think H2O shielding with freeze plugs is a good idea.  Again, I don't know if there really is a threat. There is a possible problem that to keep the...
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