LordFerret

Heard this on the radio in the car today. Likey likey.

They also stink when you kill them. Can't resist.

After months in the making (literally, because of real life interruptions), I finally put Bug-Drop-1 down on Duna. This coincided with a relay satellite constellation mission and a SCANsat mission, all happening at Duna, one after another in preparation. With everything all set and ready to go, I picked a nice landing site to drop the bugs (4 little rovers)... kind of equidistant to the anomalies. The landing went fine. Then it came time to send the bugs out crawling. I sent one North and stopped for a rest after 5km. I sent another South, same deal. Then I send one West, and a mere few hundred meters from the ship it hits a damned seam on Duna's surface and flips. One down. Grrrrr. So I sent the Eastbound due bug out West as well, to check out what happened with the damned seam. Bad idea. Being extra careful didn't matter, it flipped too. GRRRRR. To put icing on this cake, I return to the lander to find that it's ever so slowly sliding downhill... I didn't use landing legs, so I'll suppose that's the reason.

Save and save! What is save! It is game, is it not?

Oh come now, Wiki has the basics of this information, starting with its mass. A single solitary little satellite, such complex math, so many variables, and we're to believe climatologists can model and give concrete answers on climate change. I'll sit back and enjoy my coffee now.

Almost forgot... Space Food Sticks Yea, that's right. A helmet with a hole in it. Think about that a minute. Somebody got paid to dream that up. lol

Well obviously you're referring to these...

I almost find that hard to believe, especially considering all the available science involved today. We're not talking Skylab here, this is 2017, the 21st century. After 60 years of launching rockets, you're telling me we don't have better ability to compute this?

Cool video. John Van Vliet is a major contributor to Celestia, and many of his wonderful works can be found on Celestia's Motherload. He also contributes to Celestia.Sci and its Celestial Matters forums.

Yes ^, and apparently they're not giving us much advance notice as to when or where.

Yes, it's Ludicrous Speed.

I used (still have) Nikon F2S equipment, and frequent lens changes out in the field along with less frequent focusing screen changes for use with specific lenses, would invariably end up allowing dust, dirt, grit, pollen (especially) on the mirror and such. Changing out a focusing screen exposes not only the mirror and focusing screen to contaminants, but the underside of the Photomic F2S finder as well. Now I don't know about you, but in looking through my viewfinder I demand a crystal clear view... my preference... just like I can't stand the windshield of my car being dirty - inside or out.

Same way one would clean and care for the mirror of an SLR! I'm dating myself here.

THX 1138 is on Turner Classic (midnight EST) - right now! Yay TCM!!!

dat purdy ! ... and I can see you in the beginning of the video, that evil smile. lol Kerbin is my dumping ground, or at least I attempt to make sure all junk burns up coming back in. I try very hard not to leave stuff floating around out there, but it is inevitable.

I think I've always found an annoyance in the fact that KSP's shuttle tail (rudder) does not open in the manner the real shuttle did... one side or the other doesn't quite cut it in my builds.

Big fan of that game, my dad was too. Those damned Mk-14 torpedoes though. So tell me, confess!, how many hours have you laid on the bottom, listening to the creaks of structural integrity slipping away, with depth charges going off all around you... and those pings, hoping not to be found, that telltale change in pitch when they've nailed you. Eh??? LOL!!!

You might want to try the ship's logbooks (deck logs), at the National Archives. This kind of information is available to family members, but it takes quite a bit of searching and homework on your part. I (we) have been there and done that, researching and tracing the footsteps of both my father (Korea) and his brothers (WW2, Europe & Pacific). Expect to make contact with the Navy and the National Archives in your quest; And, keep pushing, be persistent. https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy.html

Damnit!!! Either rain or don't! Make up your mind! Grrrrr

Stumbled across this article earlier this evening. Interesting. I've heard comment about such before, but this is the first time I've seen an actual article about it... one that gives a precise location no less. I suppose if you're a developing country with enough money and outside help providing ocean research resources (ships, ROV's, etc), you might find yourself some useful technology remnants there. Maybe? A spacecraft graveyard exists in the middle of the ocean — here's what's down there

Because after years and years of medical research, it's been shown there is no 'gay gene'... it's all choice.

The vote thingie is funky... even though I've voted my category, it tells me Part 2 is mandatory to answer. Huh? Anyway, I'm 61. I 'found' KSP when my cousin pointed out a school project her son had done using KSP. I grabbed the demo to check it out. Shortly after, I bought into v0.23.5. The rest is history. As for space stuff, I've been following my entire life.

The only way you're going to manipulate the climate of this planet or any other, is by controlling the energy output of the star it orbits... and that's not going to happen in my lifetime, nor yours. Please practice on some other star. Thank you.

Trying to imagine what that would do to the market. lol Someday, we're going to be rich.