NASAFanboy

North Korea's space program is as laughable as a actual Kerbal Space Program run by Kerbals (If anything, they have a success rate that is lower than my Kerbals when I first started)... Methinks Kim Jong Un plays KSP, very bad player, very much reason for many hilarious failures since he takes it so literally. *sarcasm*

I'd have to go with the STS, because it actually flew a flight that wasn't a test flight. Actual flying hardware always trumps what doesn't fly. This is like comparing STS with VentureStar; one flew, one didn't. The one that flew will always trump the one that didn't, because even though the Buran might've been superior, it never got to fulfill it's intended purpose.

Looking at all these pictures makes me both sad and nostlogic. Sad for the lack of progress made and knowing that the scientists and engineers who built them would be dissappointed in what actually came (And that they would lose their jobs after program cancellation too),and nostlogic for when NASA had guts, money, and a clear vision.

The atmosphere must be of a certain PSI to be even counted as a atmosphere; for this case, Pluto's atmosphere is a little controversial on whether it counts or not. Tritons atmosphere counts, for Triton (Atleast, by my standards, but I'm not in the IAU). A atmosphere must have multiple layers, be able for clouds to form, and be of a certain pressure. The points for a atmosphere are lowered by distanced from sun, so yes, that is taken into account. Edit: Checked on Triton, it's atmosphere doesn't count. For Pluto, we need more information before we can reclassify as Planet.

I personally rate the planets by "points". For example, a celestial body needs ten points to become a planet, not clearing out its nearby neighborhood would subtract points while having a atmosphere and a moon would add points. It goes somewhat like this system: +4 Points if Atmosphere Existant +5 Points if has cleared out nearby region +1 Points if has Moon +1 Points if of sufficient mass +3 Points if of sufficient size +1 Points if in a reasonable orbit Of course they can lose points like this -2 Point if not cleared out area -1 Point if no atmosphere -6 Point if not of sufficient size -9 Point if not of sufficient mass -1 Point if no moon -99 Points if a Moon Personally, I think a modified version of this would be best for figuring out what is a planet and what isn't. Just my opinion.

I'd rather just reclassify Pluto as a planet, then plug my ears to all criticism of this decision. Probelm solved?

Deciding whether to become a politician, businessman, or aerospace engineer. My classes right now are a pretty strange combination because of it. Might decide to become an aerospace engineer who dabbles in politics by running for Congress with a good idea about how the economy works. Congressional Aerospace Stockbroker?

It depends on your opinion and how you like your games. Tetris has had the biggest impact of every game culturally, but it's just not my cup of tea. But I still occasionally play it; even if you somewhat dislike it in some arenas, it is a game in which you cannot hate. But even if we went the path of Tron, Tetris is not movie material; it's simplicity for the sake of simplicity. If anything, I don't want it to be a movie; even though I am not very much a fan, Tetris still has this sense of wonder that it never loses and a movie is basically going to take that, kill it, then stomp on the remains.

I'd rather die than watch four hours of endless blocks falling down. Tetris has a major impact, but as a game, I find it wildly overrated. Doesn't really deserve or make for a good movie, but yet again, Hollywood has less brains (Generally speaking; we do have the smart ones) than a typical 'writer' who doesn't publish anything in their career

Best of luck to them, but I won't really count of it. Sounds more like a last-ditch attempt to keep face for stockholders than legitimate space effort, however.

I don't get how Ockhams Razor says there are no multiverses; atleast, I never have interpreted it that way. I tend to believe that every multiverses exist except for a multiverse that doesn't have multiverses (As in form of scientific law, such as you can't go over the speed of light and how a apple falls because of gravity). As far as I know, Ockhams Razor says that the less assumptions a theory makes, the more likely it is to be correct. The multiverse theories are making plenty of assumptions with little scientific fact, but it still is possible and somewhat plausible. I'm not physicist, but I'd have to say that our knowledge and technology simply isn't at all enough to make a conclusion about this at all. tl dr; they may exist, they may not, too early to tell, wtf does Ockhams razor have to do with this

I still wonder about the absence of 1.25 spacestation parts. Perhaps one of us needs to build a one-Kerbal space station?

Whether or not he was a war criminal is up to your opinion. Many at NASA say that his contribution to the Apollo program was invaluable, and his expertise and way of dealing with the public also helped to greatly sell the Apollo program. Von Braun also published many books about rocketry, and worked with aerospace companies before his death. Von Braun had no choice regarding slave labor (And depending on accounts, he either tried to stop it or tried to improve conditions) and he needed to accept the SS rank or else he would not have been able to continue his research. If I was in his position, I would've done the same thing - and since many at the time did not know about the atrocities committed, I believe many of you would also have accepted it reluctantly. There is a reason why Von Braun is still highly revered in space and rocketry communities. Most of this is opinion anyways - and the point is, I admire Von Braun. I know about his past, but his achievements are still something to be marveled at.

1. First homo sapien that either rubbed two sticks together to discover fire or hit a rock really hard and made a spark (Pun intended). Unfortunately, we don't know his name, so I'll call him "Grreukkk Strong Big". So Grreukkk Strong Big is the most important person in human history. 2. Wernher Von Braun. He spearheaded space exploration efforts in the early years of NASA. Many believe without him, the United States would've either never reached the moon or have delayed its first landing by a massive difference in time from the original 1969 landing date. 3. Newton. Defined physics, made a huge impact by using methods that even scientists use today. Even the top minds like Einstein admired him for his genius. He also highly advanced mathematics; in short, his contributions to math and science are almost priceless 4. Everyone. At this time and moment, we are defining our species interplanetary future. We are defining the boundaries of science, working through with robotics, and even playing with physics itself. Everyone on Earth at this era is important - because even though we don't have one defined frontier that everyone can access easily, the frontiers that we do have (Robotics, Space, Physics, Medicine, Technology in general), will define us for millienia to come. I'll start the list off. Bob, Tom, Tim.... (7,000,000,000 more)

Dreamchaser isn't giving up without a good fight. SNC just filed a legal protest with the Government Accountability Office against Boeing and NASA.

All I can say.

It won't have any effect on the chances. You should scrub flight if it doesn't go well and if you have a save. The game keeps the reliability and will come up with same failures.

Try hiring more experienced mission controllers and astronauts, they impact the manned missions and can heavily reduce your reliability if they are not enough trained. I helped to work on the scripts as a contributor, and while the early versions didn't emphasize the skills of mission control and the astronauts that much, the new versions have them heavily impact the success of the mission. Random factors can be more controlled with increased reliability too, but inflight events require participation of mission control and crew.

Who made you the driver of the Hype Train, and other than threads, what evidence legitimizes your status as the driver of the hype train? One could simply claim to be the owner of the Hype Train. The Hype Train is driven by the one and only Jebediah Kerman, for he is great, powerful, immortal, and produces hype with his mere presence on a planetary body. No mere human can take that role. The train is owned by the kraken and the space program as part of a joint venture.

Looks less like Miencraft and more like Roblox before it went bad. Other than the square blocks, I couldn't find anything very Minecrafty about it - the planets and graphics are Roblox-like while the vehicles remind me of stamper-build vehicles or the first planes way more. Have I enflicted the terrible curse of trolls by mentioning the game, or are we ok?

hypicle unit no.15 reporting for duty lets form a squad

*whiny teenage voice* The whole HypeTrain is soooooooo 0.23. *whiny teenage voice* The meme's dead, no need to push it further.

I think this is very, very inappropiate topic on the forum. It is just way too flammable. Also, I think you should open a thread entitled "Pawelk's Questions" and ask them from there instead of opening so many new threads. Most of these questions can be answered with a few posts anyways.

The equipment/most of the structure uses Polyvinylidene reinforced by aluminum. Checking the wiki article on matierals in a vacuum, it seems that we should be OK. Any thoughts?

Ouch. Is there ways to prevent or atleast minimize it (Metal framining, temperature control)? Also, would plastic produced from a 3d printer be any different?