DrAtomic
@dr-atomic.bsky.social
Houston. Democrat. Boomer.
Retired Radiation Therapist.
Curmudgeon , Asshole.
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oh yeah. He/him
Retired Radiation Therapist.
Curmudgeon , Asshole.
🧬🚀☢️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
oh yeah. He/him
We're ALL feeling it. Trump's con doesn't have legs this time.
December 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We're ALL feeling it. Trump's con doesn't have legs this time.
Sure, that sounds like something that could work but I was yeah it would never throw something into a translunar or planetary orbit. But yeah sure you could transfer to another vessel
December 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sure, that sounds like something that could work but I was yeah it would never throw something into a translunar or planetary orbit. But yeah sure you could transfer to another vessel
Yes I understand. I was questioning the posters comments about 'launching' spacecraft from only the rotational velocity of a station at the end of the tether.
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yes I understand. I was questioning the posters comments about 'launching' spacecraft from only the rotational velocity of a station at the end of the tether.
A very dated, pre-internet movie now though.
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A very dated, pre-internet movie now though.
It also seems unlikely that the velocity, the rotational velocity- of the station would be nearly enough to force a spacecraft into an orbit that gets anywhere. I just looked it up. You'd have to gain about 12,000 mph to go from geosynch orbit to the Moon.
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It also seems unlikely that the velocity, the rotational velocity- of the station would be nearly enough to force a spacecraft into an orbit that gets anywhere. I just looked it up. You'd have to gain about 12,000 mph to go from geosynch orbit to the Moon.
While I'm trying to visualize it. It just seems to me having a lopsided disc would unstable. Wouldn't you have to eject spacecraft from two sides of the disc simultaneously not to make it unstable? It would be a problem though -- very difficult to get the whole thing pointed in the right direction.
December 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
While I'm trying to visualize it. It just seems to me having a lopsided disc would unstable. Wouldn't you have to eject spacecraft from two sides of the disc simultaneously not to make it unstable? It would be a problem though -- very difficult to get the whole thing pointed in the right direction.
You never actually studied physics, did you?
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You never actually studied physics, did you?
Oh ,no. Describe the machine that 'throws' a spacecraft.
Directional thrust doesn't come from nothing.
Accelerating to a translunar orbit or beyond that doesn't come from nothing either.
Directional thrust doesn't come from nothing.
Accelerating to a translunar orbit or beyond that doesn't come from nothing either.
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Oh ,no. Describe the machine that 'throws' a spacecraft.
Directional thrust doesn't come from nothing.
Accelerating to a translunar orbit or beyond that doesn't come from nothing either.
Directional thrust doesn't come from nothing.
Accelerating to a translunar orbit or beyond that doesn't come from nothing either.
And...clean up LEO considerably. Things crashing into it at Low Earth Orbital velocity would bring it down.
December 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
And...clean up LEO considerably. Things crashing into it at Low Earth Orbital velocity would bring it down.
Sure, you don't have to launch a rocket through the atmosphere of the Earth, but to get anywhere from that point you elevate to You're certainly going to have to accelerate. You're going to need a rocket, or something that does the same thing a rocket does.
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Sure, you don't have to launch a rocket through the atmosphere of the Earth, but to get anywhere from that point you elevate to You're certainly going to have to accelerate. You're going to need a rocket, or something that does the same thing a rocket does.
I'm not any sort of constitutional scholar but damn it even I know the Constitution specifically prohibits this!
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I'm not any sort of constitutional scholar but damn it even I know the Constitution specifically prohibits this!
Miles from Nowhere!
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Miles from Nowhere!
And The Gulf of Mexico.
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
And The Gulf of Mexico.
And my limited experience you'll find about two to four times background radiation near these objects. It's not very much, but it definitely is radioactive!
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And my limited experience you'll find about two to four times background radiation near these objects. It's not very much, but it definitely is radioactive!
Believe it or not, The energy of the particles is measured in electron volts, or KeV ,MeV.. this is going way back but the definition of an electron volt is the energy an electron gains moving through a 1-volt potential.
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Believe it or not, The energy of the particles is measured in electron volts, or KeV ,MeV.. this is going way back but the definition of an electron volt is the energy an electron gains moving through a 1-volt potential.
Oh yes, as I recall that's exactly what's happening as the charge particle interacts with a magnetic field. It loses energy. It's probably radiating photons that carry that energy too. There's a name for that type of radiation but it's German and I won't even try...
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Oh yes, as I recall that's exactly what's happening as the charge particle interacts with a magnetic field. It loses energy. It's probably radiating photons that carry that energy too. There's a name for that type of radiation but it's German and I won't even try...
Uranium Glass. Not only is the stuff slightly radioactive - they use uranium oxide they use to color the glass yellow. It also fluoresces under black light! I'm obsessed with the stuff....
The radioactivity and the fluorescence are actually two different unique physical properties.
The radioactivity and the fluorescence are actually two different unique physical properties.
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Uranium Glass. Not only is the stuff slightly radioactive - they use uranium oxide they use to color the glass yellow. It also fluoresces under black light! I'm obsessed with the stuff....
The radioactivity and the fluorescence are actually two different unique physical properties.
The radioactivity and the fluorescence are actually two different unique physical properties.
I went to a place in San Francisco. I'm sure plenty of people are familiar with it. It was called the exploratorium. It was the only place where I've actually seen a museum set up a cloud chamber. Very cool. It's like magic happening right in front of your eyes!
December 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I went to a place in San Francisco. I'm sure plenty of people are familiar with it. It was called the exploratorium. It was the only place where I've actually seen a museum set up a cloud chamber. Very cool. It's like magic happening right in front of your eyes!
The spiral tracks are energetic charged particles caught in magnetic fields
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The spiral tracks are energetic charged particles caught in magnetic fields
Important note. No president is empowered to declare war on anyone or anything.
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Important note. No president is empowered to declare war on anyone or anything.
Well... That's one way to do it
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Well... That's one way to do it
Bingo. Reagan at least knew how to PORTRAY a President!
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Bingo. Reagan at least knew how to PORTRAY a President!