I was wondering about a polar mission with those side mounted solar panels, perhaps their angle can change. For polar operation the solar panels would be like sails on a rotating mast, since the sun would be on the horizon most of the time. They would rotate with the sun every 28 days and when the batteries are full can be turned edge on to the light to save wear and tear. Such a power station could power a polar base and a rover which can recharged regularly from it. Location is everything however and the higher the mast the more consistent the power.UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey to the moon. In a statement, Japan-based ispace inc. announced it had completed the integration of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We are pleased to have finished the first phase of the Mission 1 with the final preparations before launch completed,” said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “To do this, we utilized a design and development model that balanced reliability and low costs by employing proven technologies and components from around the world,” he added.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) invited viewers from all over the world to watch the launch live at 12:39pm UAE time (GMT+4).
The rover will land on the “unexplored moon surface at Atlas Crater, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”)” in April 2023, the center said.
“The target site criteria were carefully considered by the Emirates Lunar Mission Team, including the duration of continuous sun illumination and communication visibility from Earth,” the MBRSC said in a statement. Once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon rather than a direct approach.
If the lunar mission succeeded, the UAE would be the fourth country to land on the moon. The 10kg Rashid rover will study the properties of lunar soil, mobility on the lunar surface, the petrography and geology of the moon, dust movement, and study surface plasma conditions and the moon’s photoelectron sheath. It will send data and images back to Earth, using two high-resolution cameras: Microscopic, and thermal imaging ones, said the mission’s team.
The lunar mission was the latest of the UAE’s effort in space exploration. Earlier in February 2021, the UAE made history by landing its Hope probe to Mars, becoming the first Arab nation to launch an unmanned mission to the red planet.
UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday. Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey...www.arabnews.com
The thing about compulsory is people who are not politically astute are voting..which was at least one reason we have Electoral College..mr 1700s farmer wasn't usually politically astute- he may not even have any schooling..someone had to keep them from going off the rails if they existed, which they didn't. Rails.Voluntary voting is flawed. It means a political candidate must rile up their supporters to get them to vote. It means that making it harder for your opponents supporters to vote is nearly classed as a legitimate strategy. .
Compulsory voting means that political candidates have to vie for the middle ground and making it easier for people to vote is the job of the government.
Worse yet, no outlet to re-charge..that is my biggest fear..major solar flare that destroys our electrical grid..everyone's electrical grid.
I think a better idea would be to pay people to vote say a couple of hundred bucks, those who choose not to vote in effect pay a fine to those who do, pick up a check when you vote in person of it will be deposited to your bank account by mail. The carrot and stick approach will target those who don't vote, the poor and the young more effectively. Don't want to vote, pay the 200 dollar fine by not getting your check. If you have been convicted of hate crime, or vote cheating or rigging, or are nuts, you don't get to vote since you are anti-social, and voting is a social act.Voluntary voting is flawed. It means a political candidate must rile up their supporters to get them to vote. It means that making it harder for your opponents supporters to vote is nearly classed as a legitimate strategy. .
Compulsory voting means that political candidates have to vie for the middle ground and making it easier for people to vote is the job of the government.
We did the $200 fine with ACA and look how that turned out.I think a better idea would be to pay people to vote say a couple of hundred bucks, those who choose not to vote in effect pay a fine to those who do, pick up a check when you vote in person of it will be deposited to your bank account by mail. The carrot and stick approach will target those who don't vote, the poor and the young more effectively. Don't want to vote, pay the 200 dollar fine by not getting your check. If you have been convicted of hate crime, or vote cheating or rigging, or are nuts, you don't get to vote since you are anti-social, and voting is a social act.
Like religion; you have the choice to not be part of Christian Nation.Aside from Australia there are not many examples where compulsory voting leads to anything good. Voting is a right, not something you force on people. Not voting is a vote too. Voluntary voting isn’t a cause for a lack of accessibility either, that’s just connecting dots that aren’t linked. Democracy itself is flawed, it’s naive to think compulsory voting can fix that as it’s based on the false assumption it leads to something better.
All stick and no carrot, no law against the government giving money away in exchange for public service, no service, no pay.We did the $200 fine with ACA and look how that turned out.
Perhaps the flaw is not in our stars, but in ourselves as the bard would say. Democracy is flawed because people don't vote on policy or issues and are swayed by other, often false concerns, culture wars and such. While free speech and a free press are necessary and valuable to the functioning of a democracy, the spread of disinformation and lies by the internet is problematic. There are two ways to suppress the truth, censor it if you are able to and to bury it with bullshit, smoke and mirrors. The decisions we make are only as good as the information we have to work with and many work with "alternative facts".Aside from Australia there are not many examples where compulsory voting leads to anything good. Voting is a right, not something you force on people. Not voting is a vote too. Voluntary voting isn’t a cause for a lack of accessibility either, that’s just connecting dots that aren’t linked. Democracy itself is flawed, it’s naive to think compulsory voting can fix that as it’s based on the false assumption it leads to something better.
Reminds me of a high school friend, his dad was a history teacher, typical bearded gray yarn sock and sandal type. Knowing little about what communism actually entailed, everyone "knew" it's bad, craziness from behind the wall. One day during a group session of consuming beer and weed, this friend says it's not the system (communism) that's bad, it's just humans who aren't suitable for it. I remember everyone looking judgemental like wtf our mate's a commie. But it made sense at the time, figured his dad gave him that wisdom. Till many bags of weed later I realized it's horseshit, if a political system isn't suitable for humans, it's a bad system. The flaws in ourselves (let's face it, it's not us, it's the others who are flawed ) should be considered and addressed in any system applied.Perhaps the flaw is not in our stars, but in ourselves as the bard would say.
nice, hope they make it......godspeed UAEUAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey to the moon. In a statement, Japan-based ispace inc. announced it had completed the integration of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We are pleased to have finished the first phase of the Mission 1 with the final preparations before launch completed,” said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “To do this, we utilized a design and development model that balanced reliability and low costs by employing proven technologies and components from around the world,” he added.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) invited viewers from all over the world to watch the launch live at 12:39pm UAE time (GMT+4).
The rover will land on the “unexplored moon surface at Atlas Crater, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”)” in April 2023, the center said.
“The target site criteria were carefully considered by the Emirates Lunar Mission Team, including the duration of continuous sun illumination and communication visibility from Earth,” the MBRSC said in a statement. Once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon rather than a direct approach.
If the lunar mission succeeded, the UAE would be the fourth country to land on the moon. The 10kg Rashid rover will study the properties of lunar soil, mobility on the lunar surface, the petrography and geology of the moon, dust movement, and study surface plasma conditions and the moon’s photoelectron sheath. It will send data and images back to Earth, using two high-resolution cameras: Microscopic, and thermal imaging ones, said the mission’s team.
The lunar mission was the latest of the UAE’s effort in space exploration. Earlier in February 2021, the UAE made history by landing its Hope probe to Mars, becoming the first Arab nation to launch an unmanned mission to the red planet.
UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday. Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey...www.arabnews.com