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totm dec 2023 Artemis Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Nightside's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Well, the scope and scale is certainly impressive, and I imagine it costs about as much too… Lego should put out cheap sooty Falcon 9 kits with all pieces except payload having been previously used … -
A classic medevac chopper:
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The Rest In Peace thread: Joe Flaherty, April 1, 2024
StrandedonEarth replied to StrandedonEarth's topic in The Lounge
Legendary hockey play-byplay announcer Bob Cole has died at age 90 Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 | CBC News -
For Questions That Don't Merit Their Own Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skyler4856's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Solar hot water is fairly easy, as long as you have something black and watertight. Wind generation requires less tech than solar PV, although concentrated solar thermal would be similar to wind, aside from steam handling. This assumes the sun is still shining, not blocked out by clouds. AFAIK, military industrial would be primary targets, with population centres being collateral damage. So most useful industry (not including useless consumer goods) would be wiped out. -
From what I saw from pork chop plots, there are some times where the dV cost doubles or triples or more…
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Okay, so a booster airframe has made 20 flights. Does it still have any of its original Merlins? What is the most flights for a Merlin engine? -
Bad science in fiction Hall of Shame
StrandedonEarth replied to peadar1987's topic in Science & Spaceflight
The Battlestar Galactica reboot was pretty good, and they took a more realistic approach to space battles, although it still seemed to somewhat degenerate into point-blank brawls… -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
You know, this is certainly a huge advertising/sponsorship opportunity for a business like that, preferably one with deeeeeep pockets -
The Rest In Peace thread: Joe Flaherty, April 1, 2024
StrandedonEarth replied to StrandedonEarth's topic in The Lounge
Yeah, the imgur community has not been kind about this. IMO he's not worthy of making the thread title. -
Every cat's name is the sound of the cat food can being opened.
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totm apr 2024 Voyager 1 in critical condition
StrandedonEarth replied to Minmus Taster's topic in Science & Spaceflight
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You could add SpaceShipTwo to that first list. There are also the Dragon capsules to consider. I wonder how Dragon turnaround compares to Shuttle turnaround…