>>6314208>How does the computer system match the optical clock frequency etcQM: This is a very good point! I have to confess I do not possess enough technical knowledge to fully know.
My understanding is that all the program sequences are prepared beforehand (see this ancient pic related mission sequence excerpt from NASA) basically, the instructions are a predetermined series of UTC timestamps, sent in advance via uplink, move thruster this amount at some universal SCLK count time T, T+1, T+2 etc. in some future date; there is no realtime control. NASA calls this the clock coefficients. Because the spacecraft internal SCLK is synchronised to exact Earth SCLK, by the accurate hydrogen masers ?? the instructions execute in the future exactly and there are no latency issues with delays or speed-of-light travel, it is all determined and pre-calculated in advance (incorporating beforehand elapsed delays, signal sent RTLT, round trip light time).
I am not sure if deep space operations spacecraft are even capable of real-time control because of the vast distance and latency (maybe there is some semi-autonomous execution?)
I know however vaguely from my own background in investment management the VAMPIRE SORCERY that the quant hedge funds like Renaissance and HFTs (high frequency traders, they hire NASA rocket scientists) they are said to use atomic clocks to gain an edge on trading data and algorithmic execution from the pricing feeds from various exchanges, given the volumes and enormous back-and-forth real-time trades they execute at lightning speed, there clearly must be some means to exploit atomic clock processing edge, I just don't know the details I am afraid!
Oh, and you also have +10 TRL points!
You can allocate max up to 9 (Full readiness) on any concept you possess, from here.
>>6314069You can also initiate some investment between 1-9 on any legacy or future concept from this list
>>6312933 If there is some class of historical spacecraft that you feel is missing, or some near-futuristic concept you want to develop, you can write-in (I will research and download more NASA papers lol)
>>6314217>Mars Launch, not readySo what you can do is because you also have LEGACY designs, you can send probes and observers and things it does not have to be a fully groundbreaking landmark manned colonisation. Remember the game title is called ROBONAUT hehe
Anyway, I will leave this allocation choice open for a while, for players to ponder, hehe
