/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15772848
If some ayys had deposited an Eskimo tribe in Antarctica, could they have made a go of it or is it too harsh even for their skills?

>>15442789
Not a fan but there are umpteen minor planets that need names so ultimately its nbd. There's only one Milky Way however and that is how its staying. As the Greeks were the first to think about the universe logically and systematically and test their arguments with each other it is right and proper that the name should derive from them rather than, say, Laotian or Senegalese myths

>>15370601
Orion is the problem; its underpowered. If it went to PCO it couldn't get back to Earth.

>>15307938
It makes voters pissed off and contact politicians to make it stop. A Saturn V class vehicle launching every 6 months is one thing and monthly, weekly, daily launches is quite another

>>15236353
>the planned Lunar Gateway space station requiring 2,750 kg of xenon for the yearlong orbit transfer
Can NASA even source that much xenon from outside Russia?

>>15202735
All landings will be at the south pole, hundreds of miles from any Apollo sites

>>15010959
>>15011217

What are they doing to thermally control the Orion? Have we progressed beyond the need for barbecue mode?