/2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-11374 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:32:41 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-11374 Congrats, and as much as I don’t want to do space travel, you are doing great and impactful work.

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-23440 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:32:41 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-23440 Congrats, and as much as I don’t want to do space travel, you are doing great and impactful work.

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-11373 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:10:12 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-11373 Congratulations, Gentaro!
Also as a non-expert scientist, I enjoyed how you tackled to show the possibility of bringing a very cool concept to a real world.
Best wishes to you, wherever you go from here!

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-23439 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:10:12 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-23439 Congratulations, Gentaro!
Also as a non-expert scientist, I enjoyed how you tackled to show the possibility of bringing a very cool concept to a real world.
Best wishes to you, wherever you go from here!

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-11372 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:59:36 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-11372 Hello, Dr. Leary. A minimum length requirement wasn’t found due to the simulations being independent of length. However, the results on the Orbit Transfer showed a 0.1% change in the orbit size, so when the orbit is several thousand kilometers in radius, that makes a change of several kilometers. Repeating that process will give us large changes over time. So, as long as the tether length allows for the precise movement required, that length would work.

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-23438 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:59:36 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-23438 Hello, Dr. Leary. A minimum length requirement wasn’t found due to the simulations being independent of length. However, the results on the Orbit Transfer showed a 0.1% change in the orbit size, so when the orbit is several thousand kilometers in radius, that makes a change of several kilometers. Repeating that process will give us large changes over time. So, as long as the tether length allows for the precise movement required, that length would work.

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-11371 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:30:04 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-11371 What a great project Gentaro! What tether length would you need in order to generate an macroscopically observable difference in orbital motion for a small spacecraft, as compared to not having a tether?

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-23437 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:30:04 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-23437 What a great project Gentaro! What tether length would you need in order to generate an macroscopically observable difference in orbital motion for a small spacecraft, as compared to not having a tether?

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-11370 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:21:57 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-11370 Congratulations, Gentaro! I second Seifu’s comment – I actually learned a little through your explanation, and I have zero knowledge of this field. Very cool to imagine and define the possibilities.

]]> /2021/04/03/gentaro-nakata/#comment-23436 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:21:57 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7321#comment-23436 Congratulations, Gentaro! I second Seifu’s comment – I actually learned a little through your explanation, and I have zero knowledge of this field. Very cool to imagine and define the possibilities.

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