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"Revolutionary Space Diving Suit" - and 12Blocks...

HannoHanno Posts: 1,130
edited 2013-05-28 15:54 in Propeller 1
Hey!
Here's a cool father's day present- and it mentions my 12Blocks...
http://www.universetoday.com/102289/revolutionary-new-space-diving-suit-will-rival-anything-youve-ever-seen-in-the-movies/
Hanno

Comments

  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-05-28 11:26
    Um, no thanks on the suit. It is cool to see 12Blocks in the press.

    Do you get one of his Gravity Development Boards to help with 12Blocks support?? :smile:
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2013-05-28 11:38
    Very cool Hanno!

    Wish they had mention Parallax Propeller in the quote


    "The GDB will replace the Arduino Uno® as the preferred high-level prototyping environment"
  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2013-05-28 14:30
    According to Mr. Sanders, “The GDB will be the first space-rated open hardware electronic prototyping board, enabling any type of person to create space qualified hardware."

    So the Propeller is "Space qualified" ? When did that happen ?

    Bean
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-05-28 14:48
    Whole thing sounds bonkers. For a start propellers don't work in space:)

    Blaze recons on getting over a million dollars from his "Gravity Development Boards". Sounds like a lot of Props:)
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2013-05-28 15:02
    The GDB does have a Propeller on it, but it also has a Xilinx, which I think might be the "space-rated" part. Triple-redundant processors can be implemented in the Xilinx to provide some protection against radiation effects.

    I wonder if they're are talking about jumping from 100,000 feet, or do they really mean from space, which would be 62.5 miles or higher? I think the aerodynamic forces from jumping from space would be too high to survive with just a space suit. I also wonder about the gyro-boots that are used for stablization. And then there's the rocket motors used for landing during the final seconds of the descent. I think the developers may have read too many comic books and seen to many action movies while they should have been attending Physics classes.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-05-28 15:27
    Low Earth orbit it said. So slowing down from that to landing speed would normally cause you to burn up. I would never have imagined they could get enough thermal insulation around a human body in a suit to prevent that but that's what they are suggesting.

    What is the terminal velocity of a skydiver? From that we can work out what kind of thrust is going to be needed to slow you to soft landing speed at the last moment. Is it feasible to carry that size thruster and fuel?

    I would have thought you would need something like the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig from 1954. Forerunner to the jump jet. Perhaps a bit smaller with modern rocket power.
  • HannoHanno Posts: 1,130
    edited 2013-05-28 15:45
    A customer sent me the link- I know just as much as you guys. I do hope I get a demo when they've ironed out bugs...
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2013-05-28 15:51
    Heater. wrote: »
    Whole thing sounds bonkers. For a start propellers don't work in space:)

    Are you saying "it's impossible" ?

    Then it shall be done. :)
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-05-28 15:54
    Ooops...Careless words cost lives.
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