cover of episode Ep 296: Supercon Wrapup with Tom and Al, The 3DP Brick Layering Controversy, and How To Weld in Space

Ep 296: Supercon Wrapup with Tom and Al, The 3DP Brick Layering Controversy, and How To Weld in Space

2024/11/15
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Elliot指出，英国的第一颗通讯卫星Skynet 1目前不在其预定轨道上，并且移动的时间和原因不明。这引发了人们对太空碎片和卫星安全的担忧。Al Williams则补充说，早期卫星的文档记录通常难以查找，这增加了调查此类事件的难度。

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The story of Britain's first communications satellite, Skynet 1, which mysteriously moved from its intended orbit and has been lost for years.
  • Skynet 1 was launched in 1969 and was not where it was supposed to be when people went looking for it.
  • The satellite appears to have been moved sometime in the 1970s, but there are no records of who moved it.
  • The satellite is now in a different orbit, and the reason for its movement remains a mystery.

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In this episode you'll get to hear not one, not two, but three Hackaday Editors! Now that the dust has mostly settled from the 2024 Hackaday Supercon, Al Williams joins Elliot and Tom to compare notes and pick out a few highlights from the event. But before that, the week's discussion will cover the questionable patents holding back a promising feature for desktop 3D printers, a new digital book from NODE, and the surprisingly limited history of welding in space. You'll also hear about the challenge of commercializing free and open source software, the finicky optics of the James Web Space Telescope, and the once exciting prospect of distributing software via pages of printed barcodes.