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| The explanation says the inclusion of the additional cubesat would cause the rocket to fail to reach its desired orbit. That is ridiculous. Yes, the unplanned for weight would have an effect, but given the overall weight of the rocket the weight of a single additional cubesat would be close to immaterial. CERTAINLY well within the safety margins. This isn't ''The Cold Equations''." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.55|162.158.107.55]] 05:26, 11 May 2019 (UTC) | | The explanation says the inclusion of the additional cubesat would cause the rocket to fail to reach its desired orbit. That is ridiculous. Yes, the unplanned for weight would have an effect, but given the overall weight of the rocket the weight of a single additional cubesat would be close to immaterial. CERTAINLY well within the safety margins. This isn't ''The Cold Equations''." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.55|162.158.107.55]] 05:26, 11 May 2019 (UTC) |
− | :I agree. The three pounds or so would be surely less than normal variation in loaded fuel mass, either due to measuring uncertainty during loading or evaporation while standing on the launch pad. I've added 'citation needed' but I am somewhat inclined to remove that point completely. -- [[User:Malgond|Malgond]] ([[User talk:Malgond|talk]]) 12:00, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
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− | How does it work, you ask? CRYSTALS!!! HAHAHAHAHA - Dr. D
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− | In addition to the problems already mentioned, there's yet another one. At best this scheme could attach a cubesat to the aerodynamical fairing around the rocket's payload. However the fairing is detached as soon as it's aerodynamically feasible to do so (ie. well below orbital altitude) both to save weight and to prevent the fairing from contributing to the orbital debris problem. So the cubesat wouldn't even get to space, much less to orbit. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.166|162.158.238.166]] 08:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
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− | Is the "Space exploration will never be completely safe" line a reference to this? https://yarchive.net/air/perfect_safety.html [[User:Tait marconi|Tait marconi]] ([[User talk:Tait marconi|talk]]) 15:39, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
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− | I am VERY surprised that one of the "Reasons this is impossible and won't work" isn't "Even if this all worked as intended, Megan would be in space with no space suit, either freezing or suffocating to death." :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 03:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
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− | :My interpretation of the comic is that Megan is trying to launch the box that she is holding into space, rather than herself. Still, even though the incomplete banner has gone it doesn't mean that the explanation is definitive, so always feel free to add alternative explanations where appropriate. [[User:A(l)Chemist|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist|talk]]) 09:18, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
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− | ::My first understanding was like that, but the very presence of the fishing line means she wants to go up with it. A drone is wireless, it doesn't need any sort of command connection. Her being tied to the rocket seems to be the intent. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:13, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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− | ::Ah, had to reread. I had thought the cubesat was attached as part of the drone. I now recognize the "getting tangled in the fishing line" frame for what it is. Clarity achieved! LOL! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:17, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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