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Orion designs also use the intense radiation of a nuke to vaporize a thin layer of the ablative pusher plate, generating some more thrust. Rocket engines, solid or liquid, are essentially continuous, controlled, directed explosions. Put an explosive charge in a tube and you'll create thrust. But for evasive maneuvers, I'd suggest something like sepratrons pointed sideways

I must crush you!

Probably not glacier. Flying Dutchman?

Yes, knowing that you have enough TWR and dV to get off of Tylo or Eve is very valuable data, saving lots of game time in failed missions. But the Mun and Minmus can done "by the seat of your pants"

That's probably why it was abandoned: all those nasty critters moving in

Well, there are some tribes in Africa and the Amazonian basin living in simple huts, who live on earth. To be precise: their huts have earthen floors. Or dirt floors, if you prefer.

A comet?

Spreading manure everywhere

Nice Korolev Kross, IIRC 8/10

LOL Calvin rocks! I was going to follow up with SPaceMan Spiff's ship, but it doesn't really belong in this thread.... *runs off to another thread*

Now, if they could just make an in-game app for that...

I agree, after the delays in the last few launches (not always SpaceX' fault) it's nice to see them put one on the pad and launch it with no extra mucking about

Ok, so it's a minivan. What makes this 2014 Grand Caravan my new favorite? Because it's brand new, and it's MINE. Well, ok, my wife will mostly drive it. And it's the first vehicle either of us had had that's less than 10 years old!

He narrated many things, including this, as well as Civilization IV. LLAP

Farewell Spock. I hope some of your ashes join Scotty's where they belong: in space

Deploy? Deploy what? My lander is my rover, as well as my return vehicle.... This was actually a rescue rover, from back before I got better at precision landings.

Apparently it's something reflective. Ice, metal, glassified regolith, similar to trinitite?

I don't know enough Python to know where most of the quotes are from unless it's from the Grail. But I just have to say.... NI!!!!

Occasionally I'll bring my laptop over to some friends' house and we'll fire up StarCraft, 3 against the world

Did someone say panda?

Some sort of burr-type plant, the sort that inspired Velcro? or Pollen?

I just landed a 2-stage Moho lander with 4 48-7S's surrounding an LV-909 on the descent stage. Oodles of TWR to make it easy.

There was a weird cloud formation in the Fraser Valley Sunday morning, nicely lit by the rising sun: (sorry for the huge pic) More pics The consensus (aside from aliens and chemtrails) is that it's a cloud formation called a 'fallstreak hole.' I'm thinking it's a jet contrail. Thoughts? Edit: I forgot the disclaimer, I did not take any of the pics, just linked them from the GlobalTV facebook page