Space1 Temperature Winter Climate Rocket Launch

Typical perfect winter launch conditions include flat land for many miles in every direction, a white snow field cover with few snow drifts and ice, a clear blue sky and no wind. However, what is the effect of the freezing cold on Space1 equipment for launching Safety Rockets?

SPACE1 TEMPERATURE WINTER CLIMATE ROCKET LAUNCH
Temperature is a concern during conventional space launches. NASA showed the world that launching in freezing temperatures with rubber O-rings on the SRB solid rocket boosters was a condition to avoid, when the space shuttle Challenger blew up.

How does temperature effect Space1 systems? The Safety Rocket does not use rubber o-rings but does contain other systems. How do these systems perform under winter conditions? Can we launch space tourism rockets in the cold winter, from more polar vantage points? What is the limit of cold for space launches? And if the design for winter launches is a go, what are the advantages in doing so?

The system can be divided into the rocket, launch system, space capsule, space suit, and avionics. The rocket has engines, the capsule has cameras and windows plus a pressure related environment, and the space suit has electronic and mechanical sensors.

More testing is needed for the engines to record and study performance under freezing temps. Electronics have posted operating temperature ranges. However, it becomes necessary to fully understand the way a sensor operates.

The sensor that uses heat cannot exceed the specs for ambient temperature, such as the accelerometer. The pressure detector will be affected by temperature. Cameras may have windows and lenses that frost over. Thawed ice on components, with conductive dust or lint contamination, may short circuit, so keeping items sealed in a clean environment is required. Humidity control is important. The case for engines and dry weather is to avoid static electricity which can cause engines to ignite prematurely and parts to have spontaneous combustion.

Sensors related to limits of their thermodynamic environments and vibration will be studied. Numerous unmanned test flights are scheduled after the Madonna Concert during winter of 2016.

Other Side of the World

OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
If you travel to the other side of the world, from America to Asia, expect some very interesting things are are "equal but opposite."

For example, my home town is cold in the winter and when the wind picks up, we have a chill factor index. So if the actual temperature is -12 degrees, a wind can take this down to -50 degrees.

In Asia close to the tropical zone, the opposite happens. The actual temp may be 70 but the heat index (in the shade) can go up to 80 or more.

Brain Cortex Jar Study Part 54

BRAIN CORTEX In the forth corridor, the spirit thermometer bisects the compartment making space for dual desiccators at this location. The jar has three remaining full size dessication compartments created by the corners of mounted power units. The jar study verifies the necessity of a sizable desiccation system. After the jar is hermetically sealed, RH will settle although the temperature may fluctuate based on the external temperature variance and heat given off by the internal energy source.

BRAIN CORTEX JAR STUDY PART 54
As work progresses on the construction of a brain in a jar and electric devices are coming together, experiments are conducted on the atmosphere occurring inside the jar.

With the jar kept a bit ajar on the lid, the temperature and humidity are monitored without the Desiccator Unit in place. As the temperature drops below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, we see the RH shooting up to 65 without any indoor climate control in place.

High levels of humidity are to be avoided inside the jar to prevent any surface sweating condensation and resulting corrosion, and as a result of this study, the jar will received a Quad Desiccator to bring down RH.

It's recommended to keep the jar sealed, activate the QD, and monitor the internal temperature particularly during charging to prevent any overheating conditions.

Desiccators can be removed for dessication recharging, by removing heat safe chemical crystals in the container and baking the contents on a metal pan in an oven to remove their moisture content. Instructions are on the web and follow all safety precautions.

The QD will reside in the four remaining corners produced by mounting the Power Units. In the fourth containment, a space bisection results leaving two narrow vertical corridors which are perfect for mounting cylindrical desiccators, one one each side of the spirit thermometer.

The QD is currently under construction, mainly involving a large collection of the dessication chemical. The dessication chemical is free by scrounging assorted sources and packaging.

Robot Explorer Cold Temperature Log 12

Car dug out of snow but no place to go

ROBOT EXPLORER COLD TEMPERATURE LOG 12
On Moon Titan, temperatures can reach -278 degrees Fahrenheit. Is is possible to find a place

Walls of snow on planet Earth

on Earth which is very cold to test components inside the Titan Moon Robot Explorer?

Not as cold but very cold is the Antarctica region, which during July of 2013 reached a very cold temperature of -135.3 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a NASA satellite.

A pot of dry ice is -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit and a flask of liquid nitrogen can reach -346 to -320 degrees Fahrenheit. So it seems we don't actually need to go to the Earth's polar region to test the Titan Moon Robot. The testing can occur in the lab in a bed of liquid nitrogen with an environment warmed to -278 degrees Fahrenheit.

What about snow? Although it snows in many places on Earth, snow is around freezing temperatures of +32 degrees Fahrenheit and is too warm for testing the Titan Moon Explorer Robot.

Robot Explorer Index
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/09/robot-explorer-index.htm

Photo Source
http://staff.psc.edu/awetzel/snowFeb2010.html

Brain Cortex Spirit Thermometer Install Part 47

Thermometer locates between two power units

BRAIN CORTEX SPIRIT THER- MOMETER INSTALL 

PART 47

Position black and red wires behind the thermometer

It's important to monitor the jar's core battery temperature status when recharging. This inexpensive and simple solution will do just that!

At the moment batteries become warm during the charging process, it's an indication the charging process is complete.

It may also indicate that the trickle charger is trickling too much and adjustment to the charging power grid is required.

Unit is next to the solar panel grid

This blog details the installation of a low cost small spirit thermometer inside the Brain Cortex jar. The thermometer is placed in a position, opposite the electric thermometer and lower in between two twin power units to read their heat signature.

The position of the single spirit thermometer is a drop down in between the corners of two twin power units.

The spirit filled traditional small thermometer has ~ -30 to +50 degree Centigrade scale, intended for food freezer use. The unit is part number G-590. The glass tube is the same length as a 1.5-volt D-size battery. 

It has a scale in one degree increments. The goal is to attach or place this thermometer to the proximity of a battery and monitor the charging temperature during the charging process, and continuously monitor the battery temperature to assure everything is nominal.

Accurate reading of the tiny scale may need a magnifier

The thermometer can stay mounted inside the jar, remaining with close contact with a single battery for continuous monitoring and inspections.

The analog temperature will be read through the transparent jar by visual inspection, as the unit is placed in contact with the interior transparent jar wall.

Early tests show the higher mounted electric thermometer reading 73 degrees Fahrenheit and the spirit thermometer, which contacts the jar floor, reading 72 degrees Fahrenheit, a nominal temperature difference of 1 degree due to the strata positioning.

Like other traditional thermometers of this type, there is no maintenance. Purchaed from a dollar store, at more than a dollar, the cost was NT$85. The thermometer may be purchased at this source: http://www.double-sun.com.tw

The spirit thermometer can be used in tandem with the electric thermometer, obtaining a cross gradient and cross section of battery and jar room temperature, for better assessment of the jar's Eco-environment.

Principle concern is for the electronics, especially the Parallax Propeller chip which is rated at a median temperature of 50 C during tests according the to specification sheet.

There is a meltdown jar temperature and this limit may be reached long before the Propeller chip upper limit is reached.

LINKS
Index to the Brain Cortex
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html
Thermometers
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/10/brain-cortex-thermometers-part-9.html
Electric Thermometer Source
http://www.double-sun.com.tw

Brain Cortex Thermometer Hygrometer Install Part 46

The electric unit is a combo thermometer and hygrometer for monitoring temperature and humidity inside the brain cortex jar. In the first experiment, a small high intensity lamp was placed near  the jar in an orientation that would have capacity to charge the inborn solar panel. What was noticed after 5 minutes, the internal temperature rose to an excess of 80 degrees F. and the humidity exceeded 53% RH. To normalize the jar'd environment, the lid was removed. It's not expected that high intensity lamps will often charge the jar brain in close proximity so this is an extreme case and lid removal may not be a frequent requirement.

The rating of the Parallax Propeller chip median of temperature tests is 122 deg. F. according to the Propeller Data Sheet V12, and it's expected the jar would not reach those temperatures in a temperature stable room environment. At maximum chip temperature extremes, it's likely the polymer jar substrate would melt. The polymer jar was chosen over a glass jar due to its light weight, ability to resist impacts, earthquakes, and ease of which components and structures can mount to its surface. Jar specifications may be established at a future date.

BRAIN CORTEX ELECTRIC THERMOMETER HYGROMETER INSTALL PART 46

It's time to install the electric thermometer and hygrometer monitoring unit to measure the temperature and relative humidity inside the brain cortex jar, making sure the brain is comfortable inside its new home.

The unit is mounted with one half-inch angle bracket, a quarter-inch brass spacer, two washers and a nut.

The hole in the polymer jar is just under the red lid, and is low enough so as not to interfere with its placement.

At the given angle of the jar wall under the lid side, mounting the angle iron here places pressure on the electric unit, keeping it in place, without any mechanical connection.

The bottom of the unit rests on the top of one twin power unit without any fasteners needed. The top of the unit is anchored using a small angle iron that keeps constant pressure on the case (as seen in the photos). Just enough clearance allows the jar lid to screw on tight.

The LCD faceplate is easily read through the transparent three liter jar with ambient light and no back lighting is needed.

The module has a self contained button battery, easily replaced after a year or more of operations. The unit is constantly on.

This unit is a Taiwan battery operated (LR1130) electronic thermometer and hygrometer, part number TH-233B.

It has a temperature range from -50 to +70 degrees Fahrenheit, or -58 to +158 deg. F. The hygrometer ranges from 20% RH to 99% RH. The accuracy is +/- 1.5 deg. C. The unit housing is 75(L) x 65(W) x 13(D) mm. Cost was NT$200.

This unit has a large digital LCD display with a segment font, and is easily read when accessing the home jar interior status from the outside of the jar. The temperature and relative humidity will be read through the trans jar but there is no direct connection to the Brain. The unit is for monitoring purposes only.

Other than a poke hole for changing the Centigrade reading to Fahrenheit, this unit has no controls and runs automatically. For more information, refer to the index/directory in the links below.

LINKS
Index to the Brain Cortex
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html
Thermometers
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/10/brain-cortex-thermometers-part-9.html
Electric Thermometer Source
http://www.double-sun.com.tw

Near Space Flight

Near Space seen from inside a spacecraft

BIG BRAIN ULTRA SPACE PROGRAM EXPLORES NEAR SPACE

THE ULTIMATE NEAR SPACE FLIGHT ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2013

The Highest Coldest Deep Freeze!

Sunday February 3rd, 2013: Sunday’s first manned launch of 2013 into Near Space, high above the Earth’s Troposphere, was very successful.

Near Space is very hostile. What little air is present at these high altitudes is too thin to breathe and if exposed, the temperature would freeze a human in seconds. Air pressure is also too thin and would kill an exposed human - a pressurized spacecraft is used to compensate. That's why the Big Brain Space Exploration Initiative has chosen to explore next space inside an environmental spacecraft, insulated, heated and pressurized.

ABOUT SPACE PHOTOS
Because this is a manned space flight, the camera is kept inside the spacecraft and views produced are through the spacecraft window. The window has incurred the recycling ravages of space, inclusive of spotting, abrasion, warping, moisture condensation, dust, frost, and other markings. 

THE SPACECRAFT
The NES is a re-useable Near Earth Spacecraft, capable of lofting equipment and humans into Near Space. Each Near Space flight is contracted by the Big Brain Space Initiative as part of the USP Ultra Space Program and the Ultra Space Administration USA. With this spacecraft, the initiative is to explore the region of Near Space (A sequential stepping up from Micro, Next, to Near, then beyond.) The A340-300 supports takeoff weight of 597,450 pounds with a range of around 7,400 nautical miles. The craft can cruise at Mach .82 at 7.8 miles altitude. With a thrust power of 34,000 pounds each, the CFM56-5C4s engines (see photo) are the most powerful built. The entire craft has a length of 208 feet. The Near Space astronaut is huddled inside the spacecraft compartment, watching the shrinking Earth and the disappearing weather and clouds, and recoding flight data. With this craft, there is no opportunity for spacewalk. The Near Earth Spacecraft NES is designed for Near Space and can be launched daytime or nighttime.

Sanctioned flights above the Sea of China

FLIGHT SANCTIONING
These flights are sanctioned by Mainland China over free territorial domains located above the South Sea of China (see map).

RISING ABOVE WEATHER
These launches rise above weather, which only exists in the lower Troposphere. Therefore, the launch into the overcast raining sky made little difference in the eventual position reached.

Massive Near Space Engine

KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE?
Unusual but interesting knocking sounds were heard during the flight, both during ascent and descent. It appeared that internal structural supports and internal external controls were responsible, in particular supporting structures that contacted other structures, shifting payload, and external conceiled hydraulic controls and the hydraulic actions of changing surfaces and matierials.

OVERVIEW
This day's launch was the first space flight in 2013, a human suborbital flight, part of the Big Brain Initiative, and it set several records! A new Ultra Space Program record for the highest altitude reaching into the stable zone of the Stratosphere (where astronauts are still protected by the harmful rays of the sun from the Ozone Layer) and for enduring the coldest temperatures on any space flight in this space program were set.

NIGHT LAUNCH
A following night launch was less eventful, as lesser altitude resulted with warmer temperatures and not much appeared on the cameras in the darkness of space.

OBSERVATIONS
Observations were made through the Mesophere, Thermosphere (ionosphere) and exosphere. Each day and night launch lasted about 2.5 hours. About 200 photos were taken revealing important preflight data, space activities and inflight data.

STRATA
During the day launch, a dramatic sequence of images resulted, showing the penetration through the various strata.

ASTRONAUT
Our astronaut has supplied many notes - at the 7.6 mile mark, above the thick atmosphere of the Troposphere, the journey is very smooth without vibration, pockets, or turbulance. During the night launch, no stars, Moon or planets were seen. This may be due to the degrading condition of the view port window or its high reflectivity causing limiting magnitude or light absorption.

FUTURE FLIGHTS
Future flights may carry a space telescope for viewing into space above the atmosphere. Some motion, vibration, drifting and the view port window condition will need to be controlled.

RECORDS SET
Highest Altitude
Coldest Temperature
First Complete Sequence Record Through-Strata

LAUNCH ONE DATA
Day Launch
Flight Time 2.5 hours
Reached 7.6 miles into Near Space
Endured -90 deg. F. temperature
Fastest Downrange Speed 458 mph
Downrange Headwind 71 mph

LAUNCH TWO DATA
Night Launch
Flight Time 2.5 hours
Downrange Speed 628 mph
Altitude 6.5 miles
Temperature In Flight -47 deg. F.

BIG BRAIN SPACE PROGRAM
The Big Brain Space Program is a privately funded program conducted by the Big Brain Machine Initiative - a real machine intelligence entity (with hundreds of thousand of processors) invented and created at Humanoido Labs HLU that's exploring space and the surrounding Universe.

Big Brain began as a parallel processing machine several years ago, made from Parallax Propeller chips, and has now evolved into a supercomputer supported at Humanoido Labs HLU.

The Big Brain machine began exploring Micro Space with small machines and sensors. Living Insectronauts were launched. This led to Next Space and the first human flight. The Big Brain found a way to explore Near Space with human astronauts which has led to launches with more technical equipment and a powered space craft vastly more sophisticated than balloons (see engine photos).

The Ultra Space Program has found ways to safely explore space from the inner Quantum World all the way out to the EOU Boundary edge of the Universe. The machines used to explore these domains are covered in previous blogs. Stay tuned as we will describe our spacecraft in the future.

LAYERS
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html 

December Space Launch 2

BIG BRAIN SPACE LAUNCH 2
SETS HIGH ALTITUDE RECORD!

Capsule atmospheric pressurization and heating is required at this altitude

BIG BRAIN REACHES INTO SPACE The second space launch took place during December, on December 8, 2012, and reached the highest altitude ever set by the Big Brain space program (manned), extending into Near Space well above the 6.7 mile mark (when Photo 1 was captured).

PRELIMINARY DATA
Temperatures were -46 degrees F. while accelerating at 600 miles per hour during re-entry. Data will undergo analysis over the next two weeks. Eighteen instruments carried aloft were the same as on the December Flight One lofted earlier.

THIS IS THE CONTINUING AND UNFOLDING SAGA OF THE BIG BRAIN'S MACHINE GROWTH WITH ITS REACH INTO OUTER SPACE.. Stay tuned as we continue to explore hobby space and pave the way towards more remarkable things...

IMAGES
The first digital image (above) was taken at ISO80 and f5.6 at 1/1000 second exposure, showing the Earth and a heavy cloud base. The second photo was taken at 3:02 pm, later in the flight, and shows the "eye" of a massive cloud weather front.

SPACE TECHNIQUES
Big Brain trips into space thus far are all relatively short suborbital flights. Human trips made into Near Space are more complicated, expensive and require more safety. One approach is to lease a launch vehicle. There are now many private companies (not run by the government) that can offer space time. Leasing can sublet safety and control, parts, design, and engage a ride aboard a system with many bugs worked out. This can save time, effort and money. Time and development revenue saved can go towards expanding the space program. As space programs evolve to explore deeper into space, cooperation can improve safety, cut time, and offer a path higher and deeper into the cosmos.

Looking up into the atmospheric launch hole

WHO OR WHAT CAN EXPLORE SPACE?
Big Brain has at least five types of outer space exploration programs. The first program is in Micro Space and makes use of recruited insects known as insectronauts. The next level of space, known as Next Space, utilizes humans currently coined as astronauts. NS astronauts can hitch a ride aboard the worlds greatest Mega Project, for example, in China. The next level after Next Space is Near Space, also employs human astronauts. Going beyond farther and farther into space, we find Solar System Space, and Deep Space, explored by machines. For Big Brain Space studied, machines have explore 5 levels (Micro Space, Next Space, Near Space, Solar System Space, and Deep Space). Machines include Big Brain's telescopes, supercomputers and various machines (like the QuadLyzer), and use of NASA provided space junk, for reuse and recycle.

Button up. Would you jump out 7 miles high with -50 deg. (and -200 wind chill)?

DATA & ANALYSIS
The third photo is processed. Clouds are part of a four month continual seasonal weather front. This flight confirms that -50 degrees F. and the chill factor of rushing wind require cold protection for both human and robotic space flights. It also shows that a powered and controlled "slower than NASA" re-entry is capable of eliminating the need for a heat shield. This flight also examined the water content and vapor above the record setting height of 7 miles.

The LU technique is used during every space launch. When peak altitude is reached, a look up approach can study the next mile or so of space. During this launch, LU discovers various strata conducive to specific space craft.

Three weather gradients become obvious at this altitude

It proves there remains considerable water, at least enough to form heavy cloud cover, and vapor at that height. The flight also shows considerable weather gradients where vast clear strata regions exist above and below fronts. What was found inside the strata is remarkable.

Large Earth span from the A2 vantage camera approaching 40,000

APPLICATIONS
Speculation shows science stations and "Near Space satellites" could be placed within these stratas for protection. The strata itself may be conducive to flying special lofting craft. This opens up the possibility of light weight, ultra light "Lofted Science Packages," designed to stay aloft with longer time periods based on air pressure, wind forces and air directions. Also studied is the placement of tethers for space craft, space stations, harbors of scientific equipment and sub-orbital satellites, and great refueling stations and observatories. Exampling tethered BTs, or balloon telescopes can free drift image the solar system such as the Earth, Moon, or study the cosmos above most of the atmosphere. These flights pave the way for next science.

Jet Stream

BIG BRAIN MONITORS JET STREAM TO SEE THE UNIVERSE

The Jet Stream above Asia

Reference Map of Asia

The Big Brain has devised a way to see the Universe through crystal clear seeing conditions by monitoring the Jet Stream. The Jet Stream is a fast changing high velocity wind vortex in the upper atmosphere that grossly degrades seeing conditions. By going to this site, the Brain can monitor and view Jet stream conditions and know when to conduct telescopic observational programs extending to other planets and the far reaches of the galaxy and Universe. Look for gaps and holes, curvatures where the Jet Stream is absent. Maps are available for most world locations and include additional important climatology maps such as visibility, wind, dew point, humidity, wind chill, heat index and temperature. (source of land reference maps)