via Daily Prompt: Bliss Enjoying the breeze inside the shade on a hot summer’s day. Curling up on the couch with a hot drink while it’s snowing outside. Spending a Sunday reading a good book. Spending a Saturday watching good college football. Solving a hard problem, acing a rough test. I’m surprised at how many … More Bliss
Earlier this week, the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory posted this video of the sun observed through multiple wavelengths in ultra HD (4k). This is a pretty amazing view of the sun. Making observations in different wavelengths allows astrophysicists to view different behaviors on the sun’s surface, and allows them to “filter” out certain behaviors so they can … More Solar Sightseeing & Science (in 4k)
I know, I just went through almost all of October without a single plot or update. I wish that wasn’t the case because I have actually learned some pretty cool stuff (I can now make some sweet 3D orbital trajectory plots), but the semester has been brutal and I haven’t had time to make a … More Coming Attractions
Reaction wheel functionality is slowly coming along in the attitude dynamics simulator. There’s some interesting changes with wheels that I had forgotten about since torque rods were the focus of pretty much all of my spacecraft simulation work. I’ve done some wheel based control simulations for high altitude balloons, but the scope of that was quite … More Reaction Wheels Rolling
Awesome video from NASA showing the view from New Horizons as it passed by Pluto last month. Exploration missions are the best!
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