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  1. https://imgur.com/gallery/x1zrbUi Its an battery powered compressor taped to the wheel.
  2. Art would be the obvious place to look, but it does not show it's folding. But its pretty simple to make and probably more sturdy than an fixed one in wind. head with 6-12 flexible mountings, equal number of spines. and ring to hold them out and an locking pin to keep ring in place, turn upside down to open insert pin.
  3. Its lots of reconstruction of ancient sites, sometime just to protect them from weather but more important prestige and make them better tourist destination, this has happened for hundreds of years now.
  4. Issue is that even at WW 1 naval combat took place at so long range its not cinematic anymore because of rangefinders and fire control tables who was analogue fire control computers. But then you got planes doing dog fighting and attack runs in WW 2 or star wars. Remember starting seeing WW 2 clips of the Pacific and it looked just like Star Wars, it was obvious the other way around But wonder if both ship artillery and planes was used the same time anytime against ships outside of battle of Samar. Perhaps at Guadalcanal? Now for coastal operations this was standard but you usually used one of them I imagine.
  5. Today you don't dump fuel unless its an emergency forcing you to land like engine out, can not retract landing gear and your circle or get an fine. During an air force practice an B 52 pulled in front of line because an engine out, F 16 pilots was not impressed.
  6. Back before WW 1 volley fire at extreme range as out to 2000 meter was an thing, this is why you can see rifles with sights with settings for this extreme range. I assume this was mostly for harassments and making the area unsafe and it would be more effective on an large group of enemies.
  7. One issue is that tank guns can not be elevated very high. The reason self propelled artillery's has so large turrets is to allow for high elevation. The indirect fire part is mostly just an module in the fire control computer.
  8. Yes, I don't think you can pirate an salvage operation in progress unless it obviously failing. Friend of mine and some of his friends rescued an large sailboat at drift and took it into an harbor. They was shocked by the payout $2000 each back in the 80's who was serious money for an teen.
  9. Make me think of Sealand and the offshore AAA platforms during WW 2. Idea might make some sense, but would it be much cheaper, powerful or more survival than a warship who can also do other stuff? It would also be very heavy targeted like US picket line destroyers during WW 2 in the pacific.
  10. Sounds a bit like an video game economy, in games you might so expensive loot you have to buy something from the store to be able to sell it, you can then sell this back later. Central planning require high control so would probably work much less well before the printing press and the phone. Note the US used central planning for big businesses during WW 2, it worked well, it would break down over time but its an tool. Free marked is that you have many sellers and buyers. You want to buy an computers, its many options, select the one who fit your need, If you are on an plane and want an beer your numbers of suppliers are limited, granted the plane has to carry the beer and the extra fuel to carry more cargo but they are also the only seller.
  11. It was misery for him but an group of Polynesians would probably enjoy the place. People lived all over the world long before metalworking. The Inuits lived on Greenland and you had people living in deserts. Antarctica was the only big we missed, suspect Inuits would manage it there to if some had transported an tribe before they started trading much
  12. This an airplane is fully fueled then its has enough fuel for its flight+ safety margins and perhaps some extra in some cases like headwind and few other airports to depart to. Planes crossing the Atlantic has so much fuel the can not land without dumping or burning some of it, Same plane model do 2-3 hour flights and can just turn around and land.
  13. Well it changed quite a lot, but basic is the same woodworking is woodworking if you use an stone ax or an CNC Its still individually crafted items Weirder employment was rare in the ancient world but might get some use in Rome, you was an slave, or you was working for hourly payment as an field worker or an expensive specialist like the philosopher the senator hire to teach his kids. Thin it was some sort of apprentice system but not like today then you work at an job for years and then switch. Its not that low skill labor was expensive, you had starvation wages in 18th century. They paid so little you could not buy food to survive, it was typical child or female work, the husband was suppose to bring most of the income and the rest was an bonus. You can not run slaves this cheap they need food to survive and be able to work and you need others to watch them.
  14. Its an conspiracy theory that an previous cosmonaut ending up in China perhaps after doing an orbit. Unlikely as Soviet union is hard to miss, for an second stage fail I agree but US and Soviet early had an agreement to return astronauts, and US was an abort option for Soyuz during the cold war. NASA even had the recovery manual for Soyuz back then. How to open the hatch, Dangers like primed but not fired retro rockets and antennas popping out. This was restricted but to be released to rescue personnel if needed much like it was in Soviet. If the Soviet managed an orbit and ended up in China they would screamed and US would agree.If an fail,yes the second rocket failed, sure you had the same problem comrade.
  15. Yes one at work was in Stavanger the oil capital in Norway, he lived in north of Norway there you needed an local flight he took an ferry to Denmark and back and it was cheaper than hotel in Stavanger, yes its an expensive place in Norway who is an joke. And the ship is an party boat. Note its also an car ferry
  16. Center of Egypt, combine it with wally of the kings but book now as prices will go up.
  17. Yes but its far fewer wars. Ukraine and Gaza is the obvious one, its others but its more civil wars in failed states, stuff nobody want to touch or they know they will get the blame. Or why nobody will intervene in Haiti. But the end of the cold war ended lot of the faction faced conflicts and lots of the propped up governments fell.
  18. They don't have an stationary Voyager probe? Pretty sure everything newer has the computer in some NASA or other agency storage. For an rover you want the physical rover and the computer.
  19. Yes it was no way they could go to war with each other. Also invading other countries to loot and enslave them is luckily an thing of the past also counties rarely go to war with each other after industrialization. Less so to the last 50 years.
  20. One major change is that technological progress was not really an thing. Yes it happened but you had to be an historian to notice it. Medieval Europe was far more mechanized with water or wind power than Rome even if they had it. Including inverse paddle wheel boats who was mobile mills you tied up in an river to grain grain. Not sure if they was moved around but it make sense, at end of 19th century it was roaming threshing machines often pulled by an steam engine who powered it then in use. My grandfather got one of himself and he shared an electrical engine with the next farm and engine was even in use then I was a teen and my grandfather was alive for cutting firewood.
  21. This, settlement has to produce something to be able to import stuff they need who is a lot, no it does not need to make an profit, firefighting department does not make any money but they are still funded. Science is the obvious one and I want something like the Antarctica stations on Mars. But that is an research station not an city. And you need a lot of stuff to be self sufficient on Mars. Solar panels or nuclear reactors, space suit and life support systems and the ability to repair and replace all this including the production equipment. I say millions of people at an minimum. And I can not find anything on Mars outside of science. On the Moon you have science, tourism. Down the line you have sending stuff to earth orbit, who could be anything from helium 3 to water or even just rocks as armor then you have an launch rail and its empty and we have power. In orbit you have repair and upgrades of satellites later construction. Obviously tourism and science. Manufacturing in micro gravity.
  22. Think this has been part of disk management since the start at least early dos versions had this. More critical systems should have it much earlier. Still the ones who build this craft should get serious credit.
  23. Now he could tell smart people about it and give them resources. just knowing its possible makes it much more relevant. Or why everybody want to reuse rockets after SpaceX showed that it work. Romans probably did not had the precision to make steam engines back then they made the first they was horrible and they only worked because they was in coal mines so they was easy to fuel. They could make primitive cannons who they wold love. printing press would also be something they could to and would spread knowledge a lot more and germ theory who is probably the most important ones and something you could easy test if emperor. Use treatment of wounded gladiators as an example, one school uses good hygiene and sterilization with wine, control group does it the standard way. Note the survival rate difference. The gladiator schools would obvious go for the one there more survived. And he should write stuff he know down. stuff about steam engines, America India and China (who they know about but no details) electricity and fusion who would not be very useful in his lifetime but would be as the tools got better. It would not be an well known book as it would be for emperors and scientists close to them, and scientists would probably be their title. But Romans was not very nice people to say it mildly, and an world then they had telegraphs, steamships and muskets would probably be bad.
  24. Yes heard good thing about the show, however SPECIAL is game mechanic and feel a bit weird to have in an show? Rather you would be say very strong or agile?
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