Proxima b - Exoplanet Discovered Around Nearest Star To Sun
The nearest star to the sun has been intensely studied by the pale red dot project and now astronomers working at ESO have announced evidence for a planet close to the star. Close enough to be in the habitable zone and with a mass that likely makes it a terrestrial planet.
Amazing high resolution photos of the Earth should show that the earth is oblate, but it's hard to see because the difference is about 0.3%. So here's a quick demo highlighting the difference.
Yes, I made this because of the number of individuals who claim they can't see this and therefore by extension the world is flat/spaceisfake. But mainly I made it because it's a short little demonstration of this effect.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjx0KcDH7pQ
Papers Please was recently released in its final form, live life through the eyes of a worker for the glorious state of Arstotzka, checking people's papers at the border. Deal with forged documents, smugglers, fugitives and terrorists.
http://papersplea.se
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT35eftGKdQ
Spending some more time playing around with Everspace, taking in the sights, killing the pirates, or getting killed.
https://everspace-game.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9hgo0Xfj8s
This was primarily another test, but there's a few cool things that happen (and a lot of rubbish things). I've tweaked the encoding settings to make it cope better with my terrible 1.5mbit upload speed.
Games Played
00:00:00 Kerbal Space Program http://kerbalspaceprogram.com
00:29:00 The Hobbit http://zxspectrum.net
00:31:00 Orbiter
00:31:51 Jetpac
00:35:30 3D Deathchase
00:37:30 Kerbal Space Program
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yPq4fxEo8Y
Navigating to other planets in Kerbal Space Program can be a tall proposition at first, requiring you to wait for exactly the right time to leave Kerbin so that you arrive at the destination at the same time as your destination does. Hitting a small target in a big solar system can be daunting, but, with a bit of knowledge and some tools to help find the launch windows you'll be going places in no time.
For starting out I recommend http://ksp.olex.biz to let you calculate you phase angles, or Protractor Mod if you want to do this in game (no URL because KSP.com is having trouble)
If you want to look at the actual theory then read about Hohmann Transfer Orbits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiB2ywSM6i0
Landing a probe on the mun, and in the process learning how to use Fuel Crossfeed to get more bang for your fund.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhs3cipRZCw
The one minute version of todays return to Earth
(full video incoming)
Music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin Macleod
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In the last few days a paper from the NASA Eagleworks team experimenting with the EM Drive has cleared peer review and been published. Does this really mean that one day we'll be using this technology to drive spacecraft?
Probably not.
Follow up with the The Results of The Best EM Drive Test Yet https://youtu.be/rJM6lP9CuSw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGcvxg7jJTs
I found this fascinating story about a computerized telemetry system which was designed to be placed in the heart of a nuclear warhead, replacing the plutonium pit in a test device. I'm not 100% sure this was flown because the documentation disappears about 20 years ago, which is likely to be the case if it was actually used in a test.
Some references:
https://www.lanl.gov/orgs/padwp/pdfs/2nwj2-03.pdf
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/661650
https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/607352/ITC_1998_98-04-2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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