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Nota Bene': You can enjoy "Hermes BIG Challenge" solo

but better enjoyed with companion piece at the top of

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Below "Hermes BIG Challenge" Expanded Version.

Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 10:12 pm
Subject: Hermes BIG Challenge...

"Orion was a giant hunter who roamed the forests of the

earth with only his dog, Sirius*, for companionship. One

 day Orion saw seven beautiful sisters walking through

 the forest. Hoping to make one his wife, he chased after

 the girls and frightened them. They fled from Orion,

calling to Zeus for help. Zeus turned the seven sisters

 into  birds,**and off they flew leaving Orion alone once

 again."-C.E. Thompson, Constellations, Sunflower Publishing

HERMES' BIG CHALLENGE TO NASA: CHEAT THANATOS

                            Sub-Title: Atlas will Upset

             by Richard DePersio with Citizen Journalist

 

The death vigil has been launched. In attendance: BO who

has charged Thanatos with the rapid death of NASA; Mitt

who, if elected, would inhibit, not stop, the demise.

      Hermes has concocted a recipe to cheat Thanatos a la

Sisyphus. "NASA, says Hermes, "must go BIG." BIG would

serve a two-fold purpose: restore morale to NASA and

excite the public - who will pressure White House and

Congress to issue a stay of execution. 

      BIG means nuclear thermal. (Please read articles on the

stages below concerning: Project NERVA; Saturn S-N;

current NT R & D). We have been BIG proponents of NT for

 a long time. There will be members of congress and the

public whose opposition will be over safety concerns;

concerns which NASA can overcome even if NT stage is

on launch pad (a traditional chemical stage or two will

lift to orbit, NT would not be ignited on earth, nonetheless,

safety must be maintained regarding fission reactor and

hydrogen propellant. NASA might be able to construct the

NT rocket in low earth orbit - up to 600 miles or on moon).

     NASA hasn't made NT a priority. It must think BIG!

The rocket of choice for solar system exploration: Mars;

moons of Mars; asteroids; the outer planets. It would mean

reasonable transit times to and from destinations and it

would be cost-effective. (Some engineers contend that

NERVA facilities are salvagable; reactivating them may

 save $$$s).

     NASA and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research

Projects Agency) have partnered for the "100 Hundred

Year Starship Project." Initial funding: DARPA - $1 million;

 NASA - $100,000. Hopefully, 10:1 ratio will be  maintained.

 It will develop interstellar spacecraft and launch system

and create spin-off technologies a long the way (will largely

 justify costs; NASA has been completely or partially

responsible for over 30,000 discoveries and inventions

since its inception in '58 - one of the few successful

components of fed gov and can be constitutionally justified

 unlike most of fed gov!).

    While NT rockets are the rockets of choice for solar

system travel, it is insufficient for interstellar travel. However,

 NT can open up the solar system and its resources to

enable interstellar missions. Hopefully, NT research will,

therefore, become part of "100 Hundred Year Starship

project." NASA must enhance its own sending for NT

(spin-offs may help us become energy independent).

     Interstellar possibilities...Solar Sail: laser beam

supplying pressure, manned, hundreds of miles in diameter,

 maximum speed: 10% the speed of light, time to nearest

 star: 45 years; Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, manned,

nuclear bomblets, exploded behind craft, maximum speed:

5%, 90 years (see blue section below); Nuclear Fusion

Rocket (way beyond our present  ability), fuse deuterium

 and He-3 (plentiful and cheap to get on moon, see lower

 stages) for propulsion), 15%, 35 years.

     Pure Science: Increasing man's reservoir of knowledge -

an exciting and beautiful thing, It's what makes us human.

 Over time Pure Science finds applications (aka spin-offs,

aka Applied Science) making living more enjoyable and

comfortable. Get revved-up!

     You must think BIG to enjoy BIG benefits!!!

 Atmospheric physicists consider an altitude of about 300

miles as marking the beginning of space. The exosphere is

about 300 to 6000 miles above the earth. It is considered the

lower part of space. While aeronautical and aerospace

engineers identify 62 miles up as the beginning of space. The

German V2 during a test become the first man-made object

to reach space: it attained an altitude of 100. A few U.S.

X-15s flew above 62 miles. Spacecraft and satellites orbit

above 100 miles. Sounding rockets study the atmosphere

between 30 and 900 miles up.

 As you ascend in the air, temperature and density decreases.

Let's have our imaginary airplane fly to a higher altitude. It

acquires the same speed that it enjoyed at the lower

altitude but the density is lower, therefore the amount of air

diverted has been lowered (See "Hermes has a Message," two

stages down, "Hermes has more Messengers"). To maintain a

 constant lift, the angle of attack

(the leading edge of wing must rise) to compensate for the

reduction in air diverted. The velocity of the diverted downward

air increases. Speed is the same: lower density, higher

downward velocity; higher density, lower downward velocity.

Remember: Downward air, lift of wing; action-reaction.

Orion is teeming with compliments. Named after him:

a constellation; a nebula; an association of dozens of hot, new

stars. Let's not forget the Orion spur on which resides the

solar system ("Urania Presents" at

www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com ) Orion: "Aren't you forgetting

something? Rocketry." The Orion Sounding Rocket and the

 Orion Spacecraft with heavy-lifter. Also: Orion was an

experimental model of the exploding fission bombs tested in

 '68-'70 (explosives not fission bombs were employed). Orion:
"Would ever you do, don't tell Atlas ("Is there a God"/Urania

Moons You" at comsat) Sagittarius and Centaurus ("Urania

Presents" at comsat). You know how jealous they get!"

*The Dog Star follows Orion across the sky.

** Pigeons. Zeus having taken pity on them turned them

into pigeons and then  made them a constellation, Pleiades.

 Was that a favor!?! Eventually, Orion is turned into a

constellation with the unreachable Pleiades ahead of him.

Gods play hardball!

 We know Atlas is already distraught. Don't bring up

Pleiades if you see him - they were his daughters!