Matthew F. Reyes

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• Commented on YouTube Fail - Blocks NASA Video

  How ironic, BBC foolishness just got exposed on a related issue regarding their attempts at Digital Rights Management...

• Commented on India's Launch of GSAT-5P Fails (with video)

  Darn. They say that it was as problem with the first stage, but it almost looks like the 2nd & third stages sheered off while the first stage kept firing....

• Commented on Is NASA Advertising Allowed or Prohibited?

  According to: http://bit.ly/NASASpinoff As a result of a 1958 congressional mandate, NASA, in 1962, created the Technology Utilization Program. It was supported by Technology Utilization Offices at each of the field centers and four Industrial Applications Centers (IACs). The number...

• Commented on Frank Sietzen Recovery Update

  Looking forward to more of your contributions online. Take it easy, but get well quick!...

• Commented on NASA Ames Makes Payloads Out of Phones and Toys

  Yes...you're right! There are many other volunteer and student groups that are exploring the possibilities with SmartPhones and we have all been surprised at the robustness of these devices. Is there not an educational value in learning what problems would...

• Commented on NASA Ames Makes Payloads Out of Phones and Toys

  You are 100% correct...the hardest problem with any satellite is the space qualification process and smartphones were not designed for spaceflight. But what if a bunch of volunteers and students manage to fly a smartphone and get it to work...

• Commented on NASA Ames Makes Payloads Out of Phones and Toys

  @That Guy Rest assured, we haven't flown anything from the list of vendors you provided.However, there is preliminary data to suggest that your assumptions may not be entirely correct. See the activities with the crew at NoiseBridge, where they flew...

• Commented on NASA Ames Makes Payloads Out of Phones and Toys

  @whyisthat1 See my Tweet image which is our first crack at trying to understand what these phones are capable of in what environments. Indeed, you raise good points that we are aware of. As you see in the image I...

• Commented on Video: Using Cellphones as Payloads

  Hi Papa... Some of the questions you're asking are answered already in the video description, but you have some other good ones. Not all rockets will spin and tumble, but we have a few good guesses with what's going on...

• Commented on Charlie Bolden's BP Moment

  There is enough argument for the OMEGA project to remain under NASA's authority if you think about it. First off, NASA has had a long and clear history of jet and rocket fuel research, and the OMEGA project has always...

• Commented on NASA OIG is Not Pleased With ZeroG

  Additionally Robert, I don't know what kinds of planes you've piloted or worked on, but obviously you've never worked with the FAA or a DER on basic hydraulic systems as I have. Engine oil pressure never goes to zero, and...

• Commented on NASA OIG is Not Pleased With ZeroG

  Robert, Having worked in the trenches on both side of this fence, I am quite comfortable saying that WRT parabolic flight, NASA's safety standards are FAR, FAR more stringent than the FAA's. Moreover I have never met anyone---on either side...

• Commented on NASA OIG is Not Pleased With ZeroG

  A few comments regarding the cost of the program. First off, if NASA sold the C-9 the best they could get out of it is scrap unless a foreign carrier wanted to pay pennies on the dollar. Nobody would spend...

• Commented on An Editorial That Is NOT Written By A Moon Walker

  Wouldn't it be great if someone stopped and actually calculated how much it would cost to follow the CAIB's "Continuing to Fly Recommendations", including: •increase the orbiter’s ability to reenter the atmosphere with minor leading edge damage to the extent...

• Commented on Obama Backs New Launcher and Bigger NASA Budget

  Could this possibly be Shuttle-C or some sort of Side mount heavy launcher?...