[SpaceProgram] Lagrange Solar Sail Challenge

[cole santos]

Zero G can be simulated by dropping an object and then accelerating it back
to the top a super high g. If you go fast enough biological samples, etc
dosent notice the high g.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Alex Cureton-Griffiths <alexcg at gmail.com>wrote:

> Perhaps a quadcoptor with monofilament tether? Not sure how much one could
> carry as payload though. Perhaps a swarm of them to balance the load?
>
> On 3 Oct, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Lee von Kraus wrote:
>
> The main problem with dropping from a balloon or kite would be having to
> drop the capsule over an ocean or desert. Maybe instead we could buy a
> drone/RC plane and have it do parabolas just like the big nasa 747 does. Or
> if we do go the balloon/kite route maybe have a big spool of monofilament
> tethering the falling capsule to the balloon/kite, so that when it falls
> x-distance its fall is stopped. It could then either be spooled by up by a
> motor on the balloon/kite for another drop, or it could cut itself loose
> and deploy a parachute. Something like a Helikite (
> http://www.helikites.com/) could be perfect, allowing a decent sized
> payload to be raised up very high and dropped multiple times.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Lee von Kraus <leevonk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How about making and demonstrating a miniature microgravity 'generator'
>> to allow DIY testing of things in microgravity on earth. It would be pretty
>> easy and cheap and would open space research to the masses by allowing
>> short duration generation of microgravity conditions. It could be a
>> weather-balloon-dropped capsule or something with cameras build into the
>> inside to allow observation of whatever short duration experiment one is
>> interested in. This is a relatively quick and easy project that would help
>> attract attention and funding, while also facilitating hackerspaces in
>> doing their own future experiments.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Jerry Isdale <jerry at mauimakers.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently Arthur C Clarke did a story on Solar Sail racing (Sunjammer,
>>> aka The Wind from the Sun, ~1963)
>>>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjammer
>>>
>>> A graphic novel/short of it is at
>>>    http://240plan.ovh.net/~upngmmxw/imag/bd/bd_a.htm
>>>
>>>  Jerry Isdale
>>> http://MauiMakers.com
>>> http://www.mauimakers.com/blog/thursday-public-meeting/
>>>
>>> On Oct 1, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Matt Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that is an outstanding idea. It is rather ambitious, has
>>> anyone even been able to steer a solar sail yet?
>>>
>>> I agree with Alex a spacers cup might attract some real money.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Matt Johnson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Jerry Isdale <isdale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> What do you think of a challenge to sail a solar sail around 3 earth
>>>
>>> Lagrange points?
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to control a sail to navigate around three such
>>> points?
>>>
>>> Maybe have a Spacers Cup, akin to America's Cup sail race.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jerry Isdale
>>>
>>> isdale at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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