Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to boot a computer but does nothing else.
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to boot a computer but does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit
using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of its
systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to
boot a computer but does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:2au1nht859smomen2vnr9c99oe23distkd@4ax.com:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit
using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of its
systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to
boot a computer but does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
The article actually does call it that. In the URL you snipped out,
even.
Idiot.
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to boot a computer but does nothing else.
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-unmanned-solar-powered-space-plane-days.html
On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:18:55 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:2au1nht859smomen2vnr9c99oe23distkd@4ax.com:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach
orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of
its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of
code to boot a computer but does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
The article actually does call it that. In the URL you snipped
out, even.
Idiot.
I don't care what the article calls it.
Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:dtn2nhpf5i34g50a9ahh27nkdv9tuuuber@4ax.com:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:18:55 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:2au1nht859smomen2vnr9c99oe23distkd@4ax.com:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach
orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of
its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of
code to boot a computer but does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
The article actually does call it that. In the URL you snipped
out, even.
Idiot.
I don't care what the article calls it.
Then why did you claim it didn't call it was the article called it?
Moron.
On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:30:03 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:dtn2nhpf5i34g50a9ahh27nkdv9tuuuber@4ax.com:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:18:55 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>news:2au1nht859smomen2vnr9c99oe23distkd@4ax.com:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach
orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran some of
its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of
code to boot a computer but does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
The article actually does call it that. In the URL you snipped
out, even.
Idiot.
I don't care what the article calls it.
Then why did you claim it didn't call it was the article called
it?
Moron.
I didn't.
Why no windows on the plane?
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran
some of its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to boot a computer but
does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 7:04:17 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:39:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Did it get lift-off using solar panels? No. Did it reach orbit using solar panels? No. The solar panels ran
some of its systems. Much as a CMOS battery maintains a tiny bit of code to boot a computer but
does nothing else.
It isn't a solar powered vehicle, and is not called one.
Um, it's not *designated* as a solar-powered vehicle. Some people _did_ call it one,
however; the title of the article was "Unmanned, solar-powered US space plane back
after 908 days".
So at least somebody called it one. And people reading the article would have >understood that just meant that it recieved power for its onboard systems from >the Sun.
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