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Cleaning Up Litter In Space

by Hans F. on Sep 10, 2009

Here on Earth, we hear about the environmental problems that littering can cause. What about littering in space? The problem may not seem very important because, frankly, we don’t spend much time in space (if any) compared to on Earth. Also, space is quite a vast space, for lack of a better word, and it [...]

Monte Carlo Simulation: What Is It?

by Hans F. on Sep 3, 2009

Sometimes engineers and scientists are faced with a problem that is not easily solvable with an algorithm that leads to a definite answer. Perhaps the problem is very complex and has many components to it, or the inputs to the problem are not constant and could vary. When faced with a situation like this, Monte [...]