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Yeah. Well I was already interested in spaceflight since I had seen the launch of STS-125 in person, but my dad is somewhat of a disappointed physicist. He graduated top of his class at one of the best universities in the world for physics, but is in a different field now (life happens, etc.), so he was able to teach me a lot. It's not just about him though; I have a younger brother and after some help from me he was able to dock independently when he was 7. So far as I can tell it really just boils down to interest and effective teaching. I have really strong spatial reasoning so I assume that's the main reason. I'm not sure if maneuver nodes were even a thing then though, it was ages ago.
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Well I guess I should give y'all an update: I'm now attending college and am having a blast. I knocked out my first quarter with great grades under twice the normal courseload, so I think I may be able to graduate in three years instead of four. I've also been able to get into research for next quarter on observing the early behavior of supernovae and perhaps other transient events. I'm still super into engineering and spaceflight though - to satisfy that, I've been working on portablizing my homemade fusor. Hopefully I'll have that done in a couple months.
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Entropian started following 2023 Thread of the year
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Hey guys and thanks for the TOTY! I didn't expect anything at all from that thread and I'm happy that people felt moved by it. I guess it may be time for an update of sorts to that thread...
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it does now
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At this rate they could just keep launching and have the rockets build the trench for them xD
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Am I crazy or was there a noticeable tilt when it was lifting off?
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That was the most Kerbal launch I've ever seen The engine failures and the ridiculous spin was awesome, I'm mindblown that it didn't break up from aero forces when it was practically perpendicular to the airflow xD
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[New] Space Launch System / Orion Discussion Thread
Entropian replied to ZooNamedGames's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I'm here with Joe on this one - your answers are nearly always well thought-out, informative, and detailed in many ways. It's really great when you take the time to answer interesting questions -
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Entropian replied to Rich's topic in Kerbal Network
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Entropian replied to Rich's topic in Kerbal Network
Can someone please delete this thread? It looks like my base knowledge was wrong and I don't want it to be spread: Thank you! -
Pretty much stated in the title. Buying KSP2 directly from the Private Division store (currently) bypasses all the infuriating DRM content that Steam and Epic seem to have in their installs. Given the experiences people have been having with the KSP1 PD launcher, I expect KSP2 to be annoyingly difficult to separate out from the Steam and Epic control mechanisms, especially when modding comes around. So yeah, if you want to be sure of an easy experience with mods later on, avoid Steam and Epic. Get it directly from PD. Here's the link to KSP2 on the PD store for those interested: https://store.privatedivision.com/game/kerbal-space-program-2 Please note that I am not saying that you should not buy KSP2, I'm just saying that if you do want to buy it, get it through the PD store.