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by muunbo 6y ago
We have no specific preference for hydrogen vs helium balloons at the moment
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The CPUs of Spacecraft Computers in Space(cpushack.com)
179 points by muunbo 6y ago|82 comments
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by muunbo 6y ago
In the video, we show a flight test of our system hanging from a helicopter - however, our actual launches will happen while hanging from a high altitude balloon, not a helicopter. The helicopter test gives us a way to test the performance
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by muunbo 6y ago
Thank you! :) Canada is a great place to build a space launch company
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by muunbo 6y ago
The helicopter flight was a test of our gondola's ability to control the heading of the rocket. Our actual launches are not on a helicopter but rather on a high altitude balloon, which allows us to go up and launch from the stratospher
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by muunbo 6y ago
So there's not "no air" but rather just low pressure. The props can be designed to work at certain high altitudes, although they will be less effective at higher altitudes. But this only means that it takes longer to change t
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by muunbo 6y ago
Most likely, yes, but it's not necessarily the case. We could pitch the rocket up slightly if it helps to achieve a specific target trajectory.
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by muunbo 6y ago
Why not both? :)
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by muunbo 6y ago
Hi! We are not currently hiring in Ottawa, only in Vaughan (close to Toronto): https://www.spaceryde.com/careers . Let your friends know!
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by muunbo 6y ago
Hi, great questions! 1) Yes you're right - the 'big quad thing', a.k.a rocket carrier a.k.a gondola, stabilizes the heading of the rocket. 2) It does not necessarily imply that, but yes that would be a great way to do it so t
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SpaceRyde, a Canadian microsat launcher, completes field trial of rocket carrier(youtube.com)
38 points by muunbo 6y ago|32 comments
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by muunbo 6y ago
Disclaimer: I am an Avionics Specialist at SpaceRyde. Ask questions!
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by muunbo 6y ago
In other news, the pot calls the kettle black
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by muunbo 6y ago
There are challenges retaining users and bringing them back to a webapp instead of a native app. That being said I also am hugely in favour of web apps because the likelihood of people visiting my site is higher than them downloading my app
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by muunbo 6y ago
There have been a lot of requests for the table of contents. It’s on my todo list; I’ll post again when it’s ready :)
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by muunbo 6y ago
Hmm I have no idea! Are the IPC standards publicly available for me to check out?
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by muunbo 6y ago
Haha! It’s helpful regardless for non-space projects. For e.g. I made “rave skates” (colour shifting LEDs on ice skates) and the connections on it have to be robust to abrupt movements and forces.
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I Compiled NASA‘s Workmanship Standards into a Single PDF(archive.org)
283 points by muunbo 6y ago|55 comments
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by muunbo 6y ago
“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!” should’ve been the name of this release
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by muunbo 6y ago
This is exactly how Amazon got its start: Jeff Bezos didn’t have a stockpile of books; he only ordered them when a customer made an order on his site. The difference of course was that he did physically handle the books.