From the rider’s complaints, the track is poorly banked. He’s getting thrown into the sides of the sled-thing.
Lateral and negative Gee forces included.
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I'd be all over that thing! The old wooden roller-coaster at the PNE in Vancouver was my favourite ride. Saved up my paper route money one year, road my bike all the way from Richmond to the fair grounds and rode that sucker 23 times in a row on a drizzly day so I got the front seat almost every time. My old man said the one before that that burned down was even bigger and scarier. Rattled your teeth good and tossed you around on the bench seat. No seat belt, just the metal cross-bar that the guy slammed down in front of you as the train rolled out of the station. After trying a couple of the new-fangled steel coasters I was not impressed. Smooth as silk and just not a scare in the ride at all. The old one always felt like you'd go flying off the track at every curve like the Mad Mouse ride did.
I forgot about that one but glad to see it made it home AOK. Very curious to see what they find with that and glad to hear that Canada gets a percentage of the sample for it's contribution of the laser altimeter system.NASA’s first asteroid samples land safely in Utah
NASA’s first asteroid sample landed safely on Earth on Sunday morning near Salt Lake City. The sample, which is a capsule of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, was released in a flyby of Earth by …
That's what makes it crazy fun instead of just a whoop-dee-do ride. See my above post for further detail on that side of the equation.
Winter park has one as well, it's rad. Try to hit it up each summer.
wtg NASA.....be interesting to read what they findNASA’s first asteroid samples land safely in Utah
NASA’s first asteroid sample landed safely on Earth on Sunday morning near Salt Lake City.
The sample, which is a capsule of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, was released in a flyby of Earth by NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft, which released the sample around 63,000 miles above the surface of the planet, NASA said in its announcement. The sample landed nearly four hours later in a targeted area of the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City.
The sample was taken by helicopter to a temporary clean room where it was connected to a continuous flow of nitrogen to keep out contaminants from Earth, leaving the sample pure for research.
Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble but will not be sure until the container is opened in the coming days, according to The Associated Press, which said the sample marks the biggest haul from beyond the Moon.
NASA said the samples from Bennu will help scientists better understand planet formation as well as potentially hazardous asteroids.
The sample will be taken to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where scientists will dissemble the canister, take inventory of the rocks and dust and eventually distribute the pieces to scientists around the world.
“Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team on a picture-perfect mission – the first American asteroid sample return in history – which will deepen our understanding of the origin of our solar system and its formation,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. “Not to mention, Bennu is a potentially hazardous asteroid, and what we learn from the sample will help us better understand the types of asteroids that could come our way.”
The landing marks the end of a seven-year journey since the Osiris-Rex spacecraft was launched in September 2016. NASA said the spacecraft arrived at Bennu in December 2018 and spent the next two years searching for a safe collection site. The spacecraft began its journey back home more than two years later in May 2021.
Bennu is currently orbiting the sun around 50 million miles from Earth, is about one-third-of-a-mile across and about the size of the Empire State Building if it was shaped like a spinning top, the AP reported. Bennu is expected to come dangerously close to Earth in 2182, possibly close enough to hit.
NASA’s first asteroid samples land safely in Utah
NASA’s first asteroid sample landed safely on Earth on Sunday morning near Salt Lake City. The sample, which is a capsule of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, was released in a flyby of Earth by …
Microbes, even dead ones, or signs of primitive life of any kind embedded in the rocks and protected from radiation by the regolith. That would be the most interesting thing they could find, however it is a particular kind of asteroid that has many interesting rocks, this one was essentially a flying pile of rubble and gravel.
this is where tastes differ. The rattly aspect is a detractor for me. Steel is the real deal imo. It allows a closer simulation of aerobatic maneuvers.That's what makes it crazy fun instead of just a whoop-dee-do ride. See my above post for further detail on that side of the equation.
Sure wish I'd had a go-pro for the old and much more dangerous rides I enjoyed in my youth. You'd think it was a train wreck all the way through and a lot of people would probably hurl watching the video. Plenty did on the real ride.
true, that flying pile of gravel and rubble also has gravity. It's been rumored it might hold semi-precious metals as well....remember your lithium, it might be there too....js
Put a big bag around it and drag it to earth orbit!
think the moon might have some trouble with that....lol....
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Actually, billions of asteroids of all kinds have crashed into the moon and it's all there, even finely pulverized and ready for refining.
SapceX has a better plan and inspired others, when it comes to launches these days, NASA is just another paying customer and getting to LEO for a fraction of the previous costs. NASA will move more into research and perhaps into a regulatory and international standard setting role, it will still do the science missions.no wonder the Shuttle was retired
Cost of space launches to low Earth orbit
Cost to launch one kilogram of payload mass to low Earth orbit as part of a dedicated launch. This data is adjusted for inflation.
that's true, and it still happens today....sometimes you can actually see it get peppered as well