Cuky

Well, some of you (or even most) might not agree with me, but I am choosing not to take a vaccine. And not because of all different theories that are circulating around but because of my personal experience. Before this all started my personal doctor tried to convince me for quite a few years to take a flu vaccine because I am a bit overweight and I have asthma. So, after few years of her trying to convince me I cave in, take a flu shot. My arm was swollen for more than a week and after about 3-4 weeks I got my first case of flu in like 10-15 years. And I was stuck in bed for more than a week. Then few years go by without any problems but she still persisted. So again, after few years I took the flu vaccine again and again had a really bad case of flu. That time I said "never again" and I haven't had any flu cases any more. Then covid came. In my previous company 2 coworkers who I worked with daily and had close contacts with both got it. And they had a nasty one but both came back to work within a month. Just a week later 3 more coworkers from another store got downed either with positive test or had to self isolate. I had no problems. All in all almost 90% of my ex coworkers had either contracted it or had someone in their family get it and I haven't had a single cough. Ok, I had a nasty case of bronchitis (yes I tested for covid and was negative) sometime last winter but that was all. When I changed company my new boss went to get vaccinated since he works at customers homes (HVAC, water, electricity...) His wife had covid during winter, he was home with her and haven't had it. After he took vaccine he was down for a week and almost died. Said he'd rather be unable to work than to take another shot. If time comes when we won't be able to choose than I will get the vaccine. But as long as I can choose I'll take my chance without it.

I first saw this game on one of the many torrent sites and didn't think much of it. Then, I accidentally stumbled on one of Scott Manley's Interstellar Quest videos (it was 3rd or 4th episode if I remember correctly). I then downloaded the game, saw that I am able to run it on my then PC so I bought it and started playing. But now I am in a bit of a trouble as to how to introduce my friend to KSP. She recently started an engineering degree at university and is absolutely interested in space, planets, stars, possibility of alien life and is kinda interested into rocketry and technology around them. So I mentioned KSP few times but I'd like to show something to her because it would explain the game much better than I can do with words. So in last few days I was searching on YouTube trying to find a more recent short video (2-5 minutes) that would actually show to a newcomer what the game is. And I just couldn't find anything with as little modded content as possible (because I want to present her the game as it is when you install it, mods come later). So if any one of you knows of such video please share a link with me

And yet they are furious that they aren't getting those big contracts from NASA

Just seen this video I know SLS and basically most of hardware being prepared for Artemis program might be considered to be already outdated, but I really hope Artemis 1 will be a success and that we'll get few more missions out of this program. It is actually exciting for me to see all those different super powerful rockets being designed and built and hopefully flying soon.

Thanks, I definitely missed on connecting that in my head.

I'm sorry if I come out as ignorant, but I can't wrap my head around how that new law in Texas has anything to do with retaining or recruiting employees, either women or men partnered with women. I know I may be missing an obvious thing (known to happen to me) so I'd like for you to please clarify that so that I can understand what discussion here was about.

Actually the problem wasn't that pilots haven't followed the procedures, problem was that MCAS system introduced on 737 MAX (because of larger engines positioned more forward and up than on previous 737 models that changed planes flight characteristics) wasn't mentioned in any of the manuals because Boeing tried to hide it so that them and aviation companies wouldn't need to spend more time and money to re-certify pilots to fly on 737 MAX.

[snip] why are you comparing Starliner to Starship? Those are not only a completely different concept but one should have been operational by now (Starliner) while the other is still in prototyping phase (Starship). What I was comparing Starliner to is it's main competitor, which is Dragon. They have the same mission objectives (to reach ISS and ferry astronauts to and from it). Dragon did that on its first try, heck even Dragon v1 got there on its first try (and that was SpaceX's first ever spacecraft and Falcon 9's 2nd ever flight) while Starliner, after almost 2 years of fixing problems that were discovered in investigation to mission failure of the first flight they still get "unexpected" problems that prevent them to launch. Say what you want, but you can't spend 2 years fixing problems only to find more problems and not consider that project a mess. Why weren't those problems discovered before? Why haven't they done a more thorough job of actually checking every system on that craft before they put it on the launch pad?

I really hope so. In current climate if Dragon has some mishap it would probably be a year or two before they are able to fly it again and in that time Starliner would be desperately needed. And even when both crafts are working flawlessly it is great to be able to depend on both. No, the main goal was to test the ability of Starliner to rendezvous and dock with ISS, to show that it is capable of that before they put astronauts in it. Mission goals were the same as with Dragon's Demo-1 mission which was also the maiden flight of the ship and it was actually successful. And your replies to my posts suggest that I am knocking down Starliner from the standpoint of being SpaceX fanboy, which I am not. I thought it is possible to actually point out problems with something without that meaning that you're "fanboying" their competitor. I just see Boeing blundering around both with their airplanes (numerous problems with fuselage and wing boxes on 787 and 737 MAX for example where they even had to postpone deliveries of some 787s because they needed to fix production problems on them). Their competitors, both in civil aviation and space exploration, aren't perfect, they all have problems. But seems to me that in last 2-3 years Boeing is topping the "problems leader board" wherever they are. And that is a shame really, having grown up with Boeing being the embodiment of near perfection with great planes and almost no problems.

True, but what was supposed to be tested was the Starliner's ability to rendezvous, dock, undock and come back to Earth using its automation. And it failed miserably at that. Basically, it managed to get into space and return back, but failed the main goal of that mission. And that was, what, 20-21 months ago. And then they said all was ready, went to launch pad and discovered even more problems with the craft. Problems big enough that it warranted taking Starliner off the top of Atlas rocket and transport it back to the factory. Starliner at the moment is nothing but a big mess. Hopefully, all will be fixed and they'd be able to offer reliable taxi service to the ISS together with SpaceX so that NASA and others don't depend solely on Roscosmos. But, looking at Boeing's record in last few years, I won't hold my breath that they'll be operational soon.

Oft-1 goals were to get to the ISS, dock with it and then return safely. Starliner couldn't even rendezvous with the ISS because of malfunctions and it barely managed to get back in one piece

Starliner has been moved back to the factory to fix issues with valves. No new launch date has been set https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-oft-2-spacecraft-factory-return-photo

True. But you don't expect people on senior and lead positions to leave practically at the same time.

Haven't seen this one posted in here, but I think it is a cool shot

They probably considered that but apparently it doesn't cause enough of a problem to bother washing those boosters after landing. And this way they can easily show "look, this booster had flown already" and if it is even sootier than "look, this booster had flown a lot"

First of all, if any one from SpaceX reads this thread - Congratulations. As always you guys and girls take what is deemed to be impossible and prove that it in fact is possible. On the other hand, I'm very disappointed in the media coverage yet again, at least here in Croatia. When starships were blowing up there were articles all over the place how "Elon's rocket has failed yet again", but now when test goes successfully I couldn't find even one article about it.

It would be embarrassing for Boeing if that wouldn't be the case. It is 11 years since Starliner was announced and it is 10 few months short of 10 years since NASA awarded a contract to Boeing. Since then Starliner only flew once and that flight was riddled with technical failures and they were lucky to even recover the capsule. For such an experienced company with such big budget and huge contract from NASA in comparison to their competitors it is embarrassing to be so far behind. And they are so damn slow at working out their issues as it has been almost one and a half year since first test flight that failed.

Isn't it something like this: 1. Dragon Cargo Dragon (discontinued) Crew Dragon (planned at first, but never produced) 2. Dragon V2 Cargo Dragon Crew Dragon I haven't seen V2 Cargo Dragon ever referred to as Cargo Crew Dragon tbh. Though I heard them refer to it in live streams as a Dragon 2 Cargo variant and Dragon 2 Crew variant.

Maybe for better tracking reliability

Any of you guys seen this? I have seen part 2 as it was recommended by youtube to me today. It is mostly mocking comments that defended SpaceX. I still have to see part 1 though

I would say that on the right is the vacuum nozzle for Merlin. Both are displayed behind "Falcon 9" sign, and Raptor has nothing to do with F9

That solved the problem. Thanks

I have a huge problem with KJR - Next. Earlier I was using "Continued" version in my save and it was fine. Then I installed "Next" version, more precisely 4.0.1 and now the ships that I used to launch without a problem destroy themselves when coming out of time warp. I then tried to test something: 1. I launched that same ship fully vertically just to get into space to see if that was a fluke. When exiting time warp it destroyed itself. 2. I removed only other mod added between two play sessions, that being Snacks!. Ship destroyed itself on time warp exit. 3. I removed KJR - Next 4.0.1. and launched it again. It was a bit wobbly on the launch, but it did not destroy itself when exiting time warp 4. I have installed KJR - Next 4.0.2 and it was again destroying itself What was happening is that when I would exit time warp all of my parts would just collide with each other. Here is a log from that last test: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lgAmLUbQNtr6Ifcxw8UwMybIq2yPYKg5/view?usp=sharing Then I installed Snacks! and KJR - Continued 3.4.0 back into my game and problem was not there.

I for example can't get speeds higher than this from my provider: I have asked for higher speeds because they have them as options. It would cost more, but hey you can't have something for free. But they say that line that comes to my building just can't handle more bandwidth so I am stuck with those speeds until they do something about their infrastructure. They started upgrading here in Croatia about a year or two ago, but they are doing it on county by county schedule... and it is going really slow. Who knows, maybe SpaceX would be able to provide faster internet for me.