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by swatkat 12y ago
@OP, Most likely Mr. Modi doesn't care about US visa. And, US visa is not a benchmark for someone's character.
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by swatkat 12y ago
Did you even read that article? Did Mr. Modi even say/claim that?
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by swatkat 12y ago
The new maps.google.com is completely broken for me. Page doesn't load properly most of the time. First thing I do is to revert to classic maps. Maps app on my Android phone works fine though.
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by swatkat 12y ago
alantutorial is an alternate reality "game" starring a fictional character named "alan", made by Alan Resnick[1]. It seems all those videos are narrating a story!!! Now, I need to see them all :) [1] http://tut
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One YouTube account's 77,000 mysterious videos(theguardian.com)
259 points by swatkat 12y ago|106 comments
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by swatkat 12y ago
GNSS is a generic term for globally available satellite navigation system. GPS is a GNSS implemented and maintained by the USA. Japan is planning to launch thier own satellites as part of QZSS program, to augment this GPS coverage over Japa
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by swatkat 12y ago
Yes. India has GAGAN (GPS Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation)[1][2] to augment GPS accuracy, similar to EGNOS and WAAS. Apart from this, there's IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System)[3], which is an indigenous satellite nav
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by swatkat 12y ago
More like "12 (weekend/hobby) projects in 12 months".
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Avalanche Makes For Deadliest Day in Mt. Everest's History(time.com)
1 points by swatkat 13y ago|0 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
Cool! Would like know how did the landing with legs go. By the way, here's the launch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zDaDSvIww "Dirty" water "geyser" rose up as high as the rocket itself :)
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by swatkat 13y ago
Reminds me of Steorn Orbo[1] overunity generator. They created a lot of hype, managed to raise huge funding, and announced they'll be demoing Orbo at Kinetica Museum London (which didn't happen). Now they're selling their tec
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by swatkat 13y ago
ISRO's bigger rocket GSLV Mk2 can launch satellites directly to geostationary transfer orbit (calculated apogee of 35,786 km), so there's no need to do orbit raising manoeuvres.
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by swatkat 13y ago
Thanks for sharing your anecdote! In fact, ISRO's Moon mission Chandrayaan-1 ended prematurely due to overheating of star sensor and power supply unit (inadequate thermal protection!). They underestimated the amount of radiation from t
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by swatkat 13y ago
Apart from the economic differences (outlined in Robert Frost's Quora post), ISRO also practised "frugal engineering"[1] by making use of their existing technologies/framework while building spacecraft. For example, MOM
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by swatkat 13y ago
MOM is ISRO's first inter-planetary mission. I've been following ISRO MOM since its launch - those orbit raising manoeuvres and Trans-Mars Injection were a nail biting experience :) Wishing them best of luck. Eagerly waiting for S
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by swatkat 13y ago
I've been following Moller Skycar since 90s. It's getting nowhere. Good to see more companies experimenting in this segment. Hoping they would come out of perpetual prototype phase :) By the way, Moller's design looks more Sc
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by swatkat 13y ago
Here's an article from Planetary Society blog about getting geostationary satellites to geostationary orbits: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/20140116-how-to-g...
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by swatkat 13y ago
If a launch vehicle can place satellite in a geostationary transfer orbit with calculated apogee of 35, 786 km itself, the the apogee raising operation (i.e. perigee firing) is not required. Satellite can just start firing at apogee to tran
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by swatkat 13y ago
Geostationary satellites have a circular equatorial orbit, at 35,786 km above the Earth. Launch vehicles can only place satellites in an elliptical orbit with some degree of inclination from equator. So, geostationary satellites are placed
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by swatkat 13y ago
No. IRNSS is not compatible with GPS. https://www.quora.com/Indian-Space-Research-Organisation-ISR...
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by swatkat 13y ago
Launch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtdgrcF1nFg
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by swatkat 13y ago
IRNSS wiki page[1] sums up nicely, on why indigenous navigation system is required: The requirement of such a navigation system is driven by the fact that access to foreign government-controlled global navigation satellite systems is
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by swatkat 13y ago
Guardian has a nice and simple article explaining gravity, gravitational wave, and about this detection: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/17/gravitational...
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by swatkat 13y ago
https://twitter.com/strobetalbott/status/444890319323406337 https://twitter.com/strobetalbott/status/445076167746674689
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Was Flight 370 hijacked for 9/11-type attack in India?(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
1 points by swatkat 13y ago|1 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
http://www.richard-feynman.net/videos.htm
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by swatkat 13y ago
This Yahoo! News live update thread seems to be comprehensive: http://in.news.yahoo.com/live--after-60-hours--no-sign-of-de...
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Indian Navy joins search for missing Malaysian plane in the Malacca Straits(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2 points by swatkat 13y ago|1 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
1,200 miles Bullet train is just awesome! For railfans out there, I'd like to mention about Indian Railways' Himsagar Express [1]. It's one of the longest running trains in India, covering 2,306 miles from southern tip to no

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