[QUOTE=winsanity;24563582]I'd be willing to donate $50 for this, just as long as a well known fp'er will be handling this.
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Hell if every active fp'er donated $10-20 we could probably get something into orbit.[/QUOTE]
Am I well known enough?
[QUOTE=Dacheet;24523236]In order to escape earth's gravity we would need to go at least 7 miles per second. That's 25,200 miles an hour (40,555 kph). Good luck getting anything going that fast short of hijacking a NASA Shuttle.
But either way I'm all for the Facepunch Space Administration
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I just did some Googling. The most powerful (amateur) model rockets are E-Class. I couldn't find a site that sold them, so I don't know their cost. Maybe if we make a strong housing out of something (PVC?) and put them inside with the camera and navigation equipment (isolated, of course) we could launch the entire housing up in a weather balloon, and when it bursts, we activate the rocket motors to get as high as we can. Perhaps we could even set a record of some sort.
I think maybe "Highest Altitude Achieved by Internet Forum?"[/QUOTE]
Holy crap imagine Facepunch and the Donators names in the guinness book of world records.
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[QUOTE=SEKCobra;24563664]Am I well known enough?[/QUOTE]
I'm going to wait a bit to see how the thread progresses but yes you are.
wheres my air rifle
[QUOTE=winsanity;24563669]Holy crap imagine Facepunch and the Donators names in the guinness book of world records.
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I'm going to wait a bit to see how the thread progresses but yes you are.[/QUOTE]
No need to donate right now, I already bought radio stuff and am working on some of it right now.
[QUOTE=winsanity;24563669]Holy crap imagine Facepunch and the Donators names in the guinness book of world records.
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I'm going to wait a bit to see how the thread progresses but yes you are.[/QUOTE]
Well here is the account I started for it:
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;24563935]Well here is the account I started for it:
[url]http://sekcobra.matt-russell.com/fpsp/donate.html[/url][/QUOTE]
More likely than not, this space program won't need donations and all non-shitposters in this thread will get their name on the craft for free.
I already bought a lot of stuff needed for it.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;24563935]Well here is the account I started for it:
[/QUOTE]
He doesn't want donations, stop posting this.
We should get a bunch of balloons up from all over world and see if we could get them to communicate with each other. Facepunch global balloon network.
[QUOTE=Lithifold;24563951]He doesn't want donations, stop posting this.[/QUOTE]
And he is te only one allowed to do this? Ok.
It only cost $25 million for Scaled Composites to construct a man-rated sub-orbital reusable spaceplane. And they ended up making $10 million of it back for winning the x prize.
Now I don't know where we can get that kind of money but if anyone here has a rich uncle or something, I can totally build and pilot a spaceplane.
Also, for those of you interested in Copenhagen Suborbitals, you might want to look up a video for their engine test. It's not looking so good. Not only is their entire design pretty much just a dude standing on top of a column of thrust, this column of thrust isn't entirely stable. It will be a very rough ride, if not a fatal one.
We can also take this kind of approach, it's just not an easy one. Spaceplanes are more feasible because all we have to do is hitch a ride on an aircraft up to 45,000 feet and then the rocket takes care of the rest. Plus I'm not too keen on the idea of standing on top of a column of thrust. Just doesn't sit well with me.
[QUOTE=J Paul;24564079]Plus I'm not too keen on the idea of standing on top of a column of thrust. Just doesn't sit well with me.[/QUOTE]
:rimshot:
[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24563948]More likely than not, this space program won't need donations and all non-shitposters in this thread will get their name on the craft for free.
I already bought a lot of stuff needed for it.[/QUOTE]
Would I qualify as a non-shitposter?
Just checked, I can organize the ground reciving stuff.
I would like to be apart of this. I don't know how I could help though.
[QUOTE=Dacheet;24565783]Would I qualify as a non-shitposter?[/QUOTE]
Yes, most of the people do. (Except the guy who asked how we would break through the ozone layer - he more likely than not is too dumb to be put on the list)
[QUOTE=Hesychasmos;24564780]:rimshot:[/QUOTE]
All jokes aside, though, watch the test and then try to tell me you would be comfortable standing on top of that sputtering thing. Also listen to the sound it makes near the end. I honestly can't tell whether it's throttling down or wheezing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Z6Auvl7vE[/media]
Furthermore, it doesn't seem to have any launch escape capability. The main point of such a stacked configuration is that you have your crew separate from the highly explosive parts of the rocket, and in a position where they can be ejected upwards and away from danger if a problem occurred during launch. Putting your crew right next to the danger (or in this case right on top of it) and giving them no means of escape is exactly what makes the STS so dangerous, as made painfully obvious by the final flight of Challenger, STS-51-L.
An air-dropped spaceplane, however, all you have to worry about is designing the craft to be able to cope the intense forces to which it will be subjected. Scaled Composites accomplished this with the same materials you'd use in a kit plane. One of the main safety features being that if the rocket fails, you just glide back down to a safe landing, because you're already at around 50,000 feet and have more than enough dick room to land anywhere you please.
A high-altitude balloon is probably our only real option, though. We don't have $25 mil for a spaceplane, and even if we did, we don't have the kind of organization required to pull that together. Besides, I'm sure manned spaceflight isn't our top priority, we can feel just as cool if we just get a little payload up there.
We could do like the pictures in OP and fly a FP-themed teddy bear.
[QUOTE=J Paul;24568891]
We could do like the pictures in OP and fly a FP-themed teddy bear.[/QUOTE]
Why a teddy bear, why not some diorama of action figures? That wouldn't be as heavy as a bear, I think.
[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;24570141]Why a teddy bear, why not some diorama of action figures? That wouldn't be as heavy as a bear, I think.[/QUOTE]
I just think a teddy bear'd be cute. It could be anything. But I mean bears have been flight-tested and are most definitely up to muster.
Bears in flight suits.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;24567028]Just checked, I can organize the ground reciving stuff.[/QUOTE]
It would also be nice if you could send me a set of 10x30 meter solar batteries, a ~60 meter antenna and a long wave transmitter so I could broadcast to where you live and across the whole Earth.
:downs:
[QUOTE=J Paul;24568891]All jokes aside, though, watch the test and then try to tell me you would be comfortable standing on top of that sputtering thing. Also listen to the sound it makes near the end. I honestly can't tell whether it's throttling down or wheezing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Z6Auvl7vE[/media]
Furthermore, it doesn't seem to have any launch escape capability. The main point of such a stacked configuration is that you have your crew separate from the highly explosive parts of the rocket, and in a position where they can be ejected upwards and away from danger if a problem occurred during launch. Putting your crew right next to the danger (or in this case right on top of it) and giving them no means of escape is exactly what makes the STS so dangerous, as made painfully obvious by the final flight of Challenger, STS-51-L.
An air-dropped spaceplane, however, all you have to worry about is designing the craft to be able to cope the intense forces to which it will be subjected. Scaled Composites accomplished this with the same materials you'd use in a kit plane. One of the main safety features being that if the rocket fails, you just glide back down to a safe landing, because you're already at around 50,000 feet and have more than enough dick room to land anywhere you please.
A high-altitude balloon is probably our only real option, though. We don't have $25 mil for a spaceplane, and even if we did, we don't have the kind of organization required to pull that together. Besides, I'm sure manned spaceflight isn't our top priority, we can feel just as cool if we just get a little payload up there.
We could do like the pictures in OP and fly a FP-themed teddy bear.[/QUOTE]
there is provision in the space shuttle for the crew to escape using parachutes interestingly enough
[QUOTE=mike;24570636]there is provision in the space shuttle for the crew to escape using parachutes interestingly enough[/QUOTE]
Fun fact: It essentially works by ejecting the cockpit area of the space shuttle.
Fun Fact #2: When the Challenger exploded the cockpit did eject and it was confirmed that the extra oxygen supply inside deployed, indicating the astronauts survived the initial explosion. Sadly whole thing burned to a crisp shortly after because it was engulfed in flames.
[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24570507]It would also be nice if you could send me a set of 10x30 meter solar batteries, a ~60 meter antenna and a long wave transmitter so I could broadcast to where you live and across the whole Earth.
:downs:[/QUOTE]
Or I simply do it from here...
ODST Army anyone?
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