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"This satellite would self deploy/build itself at least partially to reduce weight..." ...I'm pretty sure you're not going to save much mass by soaking in a ye
by jforman 15y ago
"This satellite would self deploy/build itself at least partially to reduce weight..."
...I'm pretty sure you're not going to save much mass by soaking in a year of sunlight...
- judegomila 15y agoYou would need to take on some mass from space. The satellite would have a post launch snack.
- jforman 15y agoIf that's the plan, I don't think you've reduced complexity by plotting a zero-gravity rendezvous with a cheeseburger
- judegomila 15y agoYou could fire it at some of the older satellites?
- lnguyen 15y agoFeed on existing space junk and simultaneously solve another issue
- jforman 15y agoZero-gravity, self-assembling, space-debris-katamari-satellite, then? I've got this.
- drone 15y agoI'm not sure that "lean start-up" and "self-replicating, consuming machines" go well together. I mean, the competition has had a 3.9 billion year[1] head-start. Considering the number of algorithmic mistakes[2] made specifically involving consume + replicate features of products purchased from the current leader in the industry, I'd prefer to see that done on a slower timeline. Perhaps some careful decades of engineering are called for. Same goes for "making and inserting DNA sequences at your desk for under $1,000." [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/05/20/us-asteroids-idUSTRE54J5PX20090520?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/05/20/us-asteroids-idUST... [2] for example: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=vpc6 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10...