Michael Shook

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Rotational breakup as the origin of small #binary asteroids | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/nature07078
#asteroid #satellite #orbit #why #saved #pdf

Bob DuCharme (@bobdc) | Twitter https://twitter.com/bobdc
#interesting #eclectic #ibm #os #rdf #xml #sparql #docbook #xslt #cool #book #pdf

Fake Your Way Through Minis and Mainframes (formerly, The Operating Systems Handbook) http://www.snee.com/bob/opsys.html
#cool #os #ibm #saved #pdf

http://djm.cc/library/Calculus_Made_Easy_Thompson.pdf
#math #calculus #pdf #1910s #wishlist #saved

Quadcopter Dynamics and Simulation - http://andrew.gibiansky.com/blog/physics/quadcopter-dynamics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrM1iAd8ic
http://andrew.gibiansky.com/downloads/pdf/Quadcopter%20Dynamics,%20Simulation,%20and%20Control.pdf
https://github.com/gibiansky/experiments/tree/master/quadcopter
#quadcopter #drone #physics #math #simulation #video #gnc #flight #pid #cool #matlab #saved #pdf #code #octave

Why does deep and cheap learning work so well? http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.08225
#neural #network #nn #physics #math #why #harvard #via #mit #pdf

NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos
#asteroid #saved #podcast #pdf
http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.02522
#research #pdfpdf

#f104 #nf104a #nasa #zoom #flight #narrative #pdf
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0I3tnLjudc3S0x5MFJqMUtQQjg&usp=sharing
#november #2015

#surveyor #gnc #pid #how #moon #nasa #1960s
"vernier engine throttle settings were controlled using a proportional-plus-derivative
feedback loop closed around the measured vs. desired velocity magnitude as
a function of altitude, represented by the [~parabolic] descent contour"
Surveyor Spacecraft Automatic Landing System
Sam W. Thurman
AAS 04-062
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.504.9417&rep=rep1&type=pdf
#pdf #pdfpdf #gncgnc #pidpid #howhow #november #2015

#orbit #determination #history #satellite
http://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/TD/td2703/vetter.pdf
Fifty Years of Orbit Determination: Development of Modern Astrodynamics Methods
Jerome R. Vetter
#nasa #november #2015 #pdf #pdfpdf #saved

#game #phenomenology #dennett #minsky
http://gameshelf.jmac.org/PMW.pdf
#pdf #saved #august #2015 #book #1970s #boston #music #piano #philosophy

#parachute #pdf #august #2015 #design #analysis
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0I3tnLjudc3RXpvWGRyVnllRWc&usp=sharing

#parachute #spacex #airborne #factoid #space
Airborne Systems developed ... (SpaceX) The Dragon EDLS consists of three 116 ft modern concept ringsail main
parachutes – and, two 19 ft VPCR parachutes which are mortar deployed.
http://www.airborne-sys.com/files/pdf/space_and_recovery_systems_brochure_-_de.pdf
#pdf #august #2015

Paul Graham's beautiful "The Roots of Lisp" as a convenient pdf rather than vintage PostScript
#lisp #history #beautiful #eval #1960s #good #july #2015 #pdf #pdfpdf #code how #functional #programming #math #cool #wishlist
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0I3tnLjudc3S05ZaHpydE14TlE/view?usp=sharing
http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html

Hypothesis https://hypothes.is/a/4pSbWRxBRZS9EU0rVaL79Q
"Forexample, in a 2–MW wind turbine, the weight of the rotorand the tower is typically about 250 tons [10]. As reportedbelow, a kite generator of the same rated power can beobtained using a 500–m2kite and cables 1000–m long, witha total weight of about 2 tons only."
Is this a reasonable claim?
#wind #windturbine #test #quote #turbine #july #2015 #kite #annotation #pdf #comparison

Newton’s proof of Kepler’s second law
http://www.math.ku.edu/~lerner/m500f09/NewtonKepler.pdf
#physics #newton #proof #law #lawlaw #july #2015 #image #pdf #pdfpdf #orbit #space #moon #solarsystem #satellite #cool #saved

"in a 2–MW wind turbine, the weight of the rotor and the tower is typically about 250 tons [...] a kite generator of the same rated power can be obtained using a 500–m2 kite and cables 1000–m long, witha total weight of about 2 tons only."
#wind #turbine #windturbine #kite #comparison #energy #renewable #june #2015 #pdf #pdfpdf #power #electricity #saved #kitegen #physics #kitegen
http://www.dariopiga.com/Papers/Conference/ICREGA2010Kite.pdf

Dunvegan Space Systems http://www.dunveganspace.com/
#satellite #space #cubesat #small #detail #pdf #pdfpdf #saved #april #2015

Remarkable research and model (in Orbiter) of the Gemini rendezvous process
#rendezvous #gemini #how #orbit #howhow #howto #tutorial #orbiter #simulation #process #cool #interesting #1960s #math #apollo #moon #pdf #pdfpdf #history #space #aero #navigation
Gemini semi-optical rendezvous tutorial (v 0.3) http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4127

J Terry White - NF-104A - Bob Smith - Chuck Yeager

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#space #f104 #flight #1960s #history #pdf #pdfpdf #cfd #cfdcfd #rcs #rcsrcs #x15 #x15x15 #march #2015

Bob Smith: http://nf104.com/

http://hydrogen-peroxide.us/uses-biprop-combustion/AIAA-2005_3537_Boom_and_Zoom_History_of_NF-104A%20AST.pdf

White Eagle Aerospace: Home

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Aerospace Training Class - Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics

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