Monday, February 29, 2016

Physicist Needed

When you write down sick ass dreams, more come to you. Months ago I was having a spell of good sleep and I retrieved this sick tale: Treasure Island. And no, it's not a shameless ripoff of Lost.


In the dream, I crash-landed by plane or something on an island. After taking inventory with the crew and coming together for mutual survival, we somehow ended up in the middle of a jungle. Zombies began to attack us out of nowhere, flanking people and dragging them away one by one.

I can recall macheteing zombies and people against the backdrop of a grand temple, perhaps a tomb sort of structure. Once the remainder of the crew and I made it here and stared upon a wooden patio overlooking a lake, we were surrounded on all sides and this Jim Jones sort of guy came out. He offered us a chance to survive and live on the island if we surrendered, but the condition was that no one may ever leave – or they would die. He told us this place was called Treasure Island.

Memory tells me that we all sat our weapons down and joined them, shaming the idea of a virtuous fight. Things became odd as they often do at the end of dreams, and I began to see a great rocket take off into the sky. Jim told us that he had no idea how to start a space program and would find difficulty in matching the exact coordinates on the ground to the trajectory of the ship in reference Earth's orbit. In other words, the small surface area of the island and the Earth's rotation made this mission impossible, or a real feat of physics.


I gotta return to the island, so I'm offering a small gift of one million dollars from my dog's millions to whoever can solve this issue. Lets say the island lies at coordinates -32.435°S 92.521°E, covering a surface area of 930 km². Assume the island is circular-shaped. We will call this spot viable, and it applies usque ad coelum ad inferos. We are using this shuttle for the hypothetical mission: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8514406/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/shuttle-numbers/#.VtPUKH0rJaQ. How do we keep our shuttle within this area at a 402.336km height in orbit? How would we actually get the shuttle to that height without breaking viability? Please include approximate measurements in your answer.

Físico necesitado en pronto!

Propósito en Español para ellos que están concernidos:

Necesito retornar a la isla, así estoy ofreciendo un millón de dolares de los millones de mi perra para quien se puede resolver el asunto. Decir que la isla esta en -32.435°S 92.521°E, cubriendo una área de superficie de 930 km². Asimismo, la isla es circular. Decimos esta área está viable, y aplicando usque ad coelum ad inferos. Vamos a usar esta lanzadera espacial para cumplir la misión hipotética: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8514406/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/shuttle-numbers/#.VtPUKH0rJaQ (en inglés). Cómo quedamos nuestra lanzadera en esta área a una altura orbital de 402.336km? Cómo llevamos la lanzadera a esta altura sin romper la viabilidad? Por favor incluye medidas aproximadas en tu repuesta.

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