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Hmm Makes me think like why would they design a hovering rocket crane to lower a Rover autonomously on another planet. There is a reason/it worked, and with th
by ge96 9y ago
Hmm
Makes me think like why would they design a hovering rocket crane to lower a Rover autonomously on another planet. There is a reason/it worked, and with this ship hmm, like is that the only solution?
You could have floating bouys that have either neumatic or electromagnetic suspension stabilized... But then again the scale/weight of this thing... I guess the design makes sense as far as being able to operate in shallow waters then go out and do it's thing.
- Gracana 9y agoThey say this thing is stable in 30 foot seas. 300 feet of the ship is underwater. I don't think you could match that with buoys.
- maxerickson 9y agoIn the vertical configuration it is described as a buoy: https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/flip https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/flip
- jdmichal 9y agoLikely because it can't move under its own power. It's akin to a barge when horizontal and akin to a buoy when vertical.
- b_emery 9y agoTechnically it becomes a type of buoy known as a spar buoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_buoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_buoy The surface wave motion decreases with depth, so having so much mass deep under water makes for a very stable platform.
- ge96 9y agoYeah 300 feet is a lot of ballast I imagine.
- rtkwe 9y agoAt this scale it'd be hard to have a system that was as quiet as this passive stabilization. It's stable up to 30 foot seas according to the article, it's no easy feat to create a system that can stabilize seas that large for any size platform.