tingilinde

after the cnc chainsaw ...

not lost in space

Patching software on a helicopter sitting on Mars is impressive, but a more interesting story took place about five years ago as the New Horizons spacecraft approached Pluto.

 

log carving in the worst way

cosmic rays and electronics

Japan's NTT suggests 30 to 40k soft errors in their communications devices come from cosmic rays.

a tip of the hat to Dan.

 

This is a real effect and one of the main reasons ECC RAM is used in high reliability devices.  I came across a paper that suggested 1 TB of RAM would see a few tenths of a soft error per day.. this is reduced to near zero per year with ECC RAM.   Computers in space are radiation hardened. 

 

ingenuity

Background on the little Martian helicopter.

 

windmill efficiency

a bit and hand-wavy, but a nice intro

real flying saucers

The mesosphere is difficult to study - the atmosphere is too thin for balloons, but too thick for satellites.  Perhaps flying saucers will do the trick... but it won't be easy.

 

 

 

monitoring smoke with cellular radio signals

The particulate in smoke can impact radio signal levels adding to wildfire information.

 

 

getting ready for the flight of ingenuity

Something to be excited about.  A powered flight on Mars

It's not simple.

 

 

 

university rocketry

From USC's program a few years ago.  Probably a great way to teach engineering and a gateway to industrial opportunity

 

here's the longer version