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Polaris Station – Novelette Part 8
(Continued from Part 7) “Houston to Captain Parker, Emergency. I repeat, Houston to Polaris Station, we have an emergency.” Kendall looked up at A4 who stopped the recording. “We copy, Flight. Give us the scoop.” “M-479 has been compromised. I … Continue reading
Polaris Station – Novelette Part 7
(Continued from Part 6) Kendall and A4 discontinued their inspections and looked up at the momentum stream. “Go ahead, Flight.” “It occurs at approximately 12 hour intervals over the equator. The last several events were initiated roughly along 120 degrees … Continue reading
Polaris Station – Novelette Part 6 with Illustration
(Continued from Part 5) (Figure – This is a collage of several vantage points in the story. In the background is the Earth at night with lights of North America showing. In the lower right is the Earth with two … Continue reading
Posted in STEM
Tagged 2001 Space Odyssey, astronomy, gravity, maglev, magnet levitation, Momentum Satellite, NASA, Orbital Mechanics, robot, weightlessness
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Polaris Station – Novelette Part 5
(Continued from Part 4) Kendall finished his breakfast in the control room while checking status monitors for the 4.3 meter Hubble-7 telescope as well as the primary solar and the Arctic earth scanners. All nominal and ready for Earth and … Continue reading
Polaris Station – Novelette Part 4
(Continued from Part 3) Kendall discovered the message by accident when the station vibrated. Next to channel seven on the inertial display, the decryption read, “The gauntlet is thrown.” “Who’s on my private frequency?” Kendall spoke to an empty control … Continue reading
Polaris Station – Novelette Part 3
(Continued from Part 2) Another person stood and commanded attention by his full gray suit and well groomed hair. “I have a question,” he said in a respectful tone. “Yes, sir,” Kendall and Katya said in unison. “Katya, I understand … Continue reading
Polaris Station – Novelette Part 2
(Continued from Part 1) Katya’s eyes narrowed, her head tilted down. “As stated in the presentation, it would be a fraction of the cost of what we would lose in productivity due to a day’s loss of the internet.” Kendall … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, STEM
Tagged cold war, geostationary satellite, momentum, satellite, satellite launchers
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Polaris Station – Novelette Part 1
Kendall Parker retreated from the podium, conceding the remainder of the speech to his colleague at the 2027 International Space Environments Conference. He sat down, silent, probing each face in the audience, desperate to know their reaction, anxious for Katya … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Engineering Education, STEM
Tagged orbit, polaris, radiation, solar
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A Continuous Ring of 175,955 Satellites
Just after sunset, Kendall and Katya took a walk up their favorite canyon, their last opportunity for two years. “Can you believe we’ve come this far,” Kendall thought back to their graduate days. “To think that the research of two … Continue reading
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Tagged arthur c clarke, astronomy, geostationary, gravity, Newton's Law's of Motion, orbit, Orbital Mechanics, science, space elevator
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