- SpaceX tests the new SuperDraco Engine, Rocketry Blog - Eight of these restartable, throttleable engines will be used in the Dragon capsule's launch escape system.
- Navy training film on "Basic Mechanisms in [mechanical] in Fire Control Computers" circa 1953 (LONG) - Shafts, cams and gears, oh my! Via Retro Mechanix - Flying Missiles CAN be Stopped!
- How NASA Solved a $100 Million Problem for Five Bucks, Gizmodo - It appears you can't read digital displays when you shake at 10 - 12 Hz. When Ares I had this problem, NASA thought it would cost 100's of millions to fix it. However, a clever engineer realized that, if you strobed the display at the frequency of vibration, the screen was clear. Problem solved for $5 (or so). The bad news (?): Ares was cancelled. The good news: This technique is probably applicable to future rockets. The article includes a video demo.
- NASA Vehicle Power Interface for Hubble Space Telescope. 3 racks of equipment for only $75K on ebay. I wonder how the seller got this? Hat tip to Sascha Grant.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Feed reader stars and interesting links (UPDATE)
Had to add that Verna and Randy have their February updates up. (See the Photo of the Month, and Fire and Smoke in the sidebar.)
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