Re: [lojban] Re: Lojban Kids Show - location

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 21 July 2010 17:28:20 CosmicRay wrote:
> L1 Pros:
> Closest to Earth, only 5.1ish seconds for Earth-Lojgugde comms
> Great place to hide the station in "plain sight"
> Relatively debris-free
> In the story, the solar panels in the sea around the Lojgugde Earth station
> double up as a Very Large Array radio telescope.  They point at the Sun
> during the day for their solar energy collecting mode, and don't have to
> change orientation to check on Lojgugde in their telescope mode.  At night
> they can orient in various directions to scan the outer reaches of the
> solar system for incoming potential dangers to Lojgugde.  They may,
> however, each have to be able to physically change shape into a parabolic
> dish with a pop-up feedhorn to switch mode.  Still, I think the idea's
> cool.
>
> L1 Cons:
> Unstable, most energy to maintain position
> Doesn't get the best view of the cosmos vs L2 (we could put a science
> observation station at L2 that doesn't rely on solar energy, nuclear fusion
> perhaps?)
>
> L4/L5 Pros:
> Stable gravity bowl, least energy to maintain position
> Gravity bowl allows for asteroids to be kept near the station during mining
>
> L4/L5 Cons:
> Distant from Earth, around 8 minutes for Earth-Lojgugde comms
> Gravity bowl means potentially plenty of random debris, might be a recipe
> for disaster Location might attract more attention from Earth-based
> scientists, be easier to spot with standard 'scopes, and generally less
> secret if Lojgugde is to be hidden from the masses
>
> Anyone want to add to those before a decision for the show is finalised?

I vote for the Earth-Moon L4 or L5. I don't care which, lo drata cu muvdu .i 
lo se drata cu klama fu zi'o. They're more stable than Sun-Earth L1 and 
closer.

Pierre
-- 
li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa

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