For instance reaction wheels on space vehicles...

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alcaray — 4/29/2009 11:15:19 PM (archived)

...are designed to be as long-lived and as low-maintenance as you are likely to find. And they run in as clean an environment as you are likely to find (the opposite of contitions on asteroids). Fewer moving parts is a great boon on an asteroid. I think so, anyway.

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Changing an Asteroid's Orbit With a Tether - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2009 5:11:37 AM
- Asteroid Billiards - Eight Ball in the Side Pocket - David F Mayer - 4/30/2009 4:46:31 AM
- re: Changing an Asteroid's Orbit With a Tether. - Marcia - 4/27/2009 8:37:56 PM
- Nuclear explosive is a much more likely bet. - David F Mayer - 4/26/2009 6:39:39 AM
  - Problems with the nuke idea - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 1:05:24 PM
    - Objects the size of Texas cannot be diverted. - David F Mayer - 4/28/2009 1:45:20 AM
    - You sure about the dinosaurs not listening in time? - TB - 4/27/2009 2:39:17 PM
      - Yes, but... - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 3:25:53 PM
        
        re: Yes, but... - Marcia - 4/27/2009 9:23:23 PM
        
        Co-inhabiting the Earth - TB - 4/27/2009 10:13:27 PM
        
        re: Co-inhabiting the Earth - Marcia - 4/27/2009 10:40:17 PM
        
        Ever read Harry Harrison's Eden Trilogy? - Socrates II - 4/28/2009 12:49:38 PM
- Asteroid balls - azstrummer - 4/18/2009 4:50:56 PM
- I'm not sure he'll gain his Ph.D... - nick hoffman - 4/18/2009 1:15:23 PM
  - You could turn a tethered asteroid into a radiometer... - alcaray - 4/26/2009 9:29:57 PM
  - Maybe... - TB - 4/18/2009 4:00:50 PM
    - No need for a mass driver... - Emperor O.B. - 4/23/2009 5:43:11 AM
      - re: No need for a mass driver... - alcaray - 4/28/2009 9:11:53 PM
        
        All you need is a fywheel with paddles - nick hoffman - 4/29/2009 10:51:44 AM
        
        For instance reaction wheels on space vehicles... - alcaray - 4/29/2009 11:15:19 PM
        
        re: No need for a mass driver... - gbaikie - 4/29/2009 2:40:49 AM
    - The analysis has already been done: CAPS - E.P. - 4/18/2009 4:19:57 PM
- re: Changing an Asteroid's rotation With a Tether - Raoul - 4/18/2009 7:20:51 AM
  - Maybe the dinosaurs caught swine flu instead - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 1:12:45 PM

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