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  1. MinimumSky5
    You could put the upper stage of one onto the lower stage of another, but they really aren't the same rocket. And why would that offend anyone?
  2. MinimumSky5
    Just a small question about Titan 1. The suggested build (using the manual on Docdroid) has a sea level TWR of 1.07,which seems quite low to me. I've just checked the real missile, and it had a TWR of 1.25, so have I done something wrong, or is the engine a little underrated?
  3. MinimumSky5
    Also, you can't just attach the bottom node of the service module of the Soyuz capsule to the Atlas payload adaptor and press launch. Payloads are designed around the rocket they launch on, and it would be a huge task to retrofit either the Soyuz or the Atlas to play nicely with each other. By the time that was done, Starliner and Dragon V2 would be flying regularly. And no, please don't load our astronauts into the Dragon V1. There are so many ways that could go wrong.
  4. MinimumSky5
    Yes, in the heaviest configuration. I have no idea if they will, but it has been suggested that it could launch Orion to LEO.
  5. MinimumSky5
    I will never not be amused by the names that SpaceX comes up with!
  6. MinimumSky5
    Sulphur is a vital nutrient for life and a very useful industrial feedstock, but its also very common in C type asteroids and on Io, which is far easier to get to than in the gravity well of Venus. Also, if you did float a colony in Venus's atmosphere, it would be several kilometers above the clouds, complicating their collection.
  7. MinimumSky5
    I mean, it did launch... Whatever it was! That reminds me of that strange lightshow that a missile put on over Norway a few years back, a tank failure caused the missile to start rotating, creating a similar spiral pattern.
  8. MinimumSky5
    That seems highly premature given that we don't know why this one failed. If they've worked out why the Soyuz failed, great, but if not, let's not risk people lives. I mean, we've just had a great abort test for Soyuz, but let's take this slowly.
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    @kerbiloid it's not just how much supplies they have, microgravity is tough on humans and the crew need to rest at some point. I'd much rather have the crew come back on schedule, and leave the ISS unmanned for a few months, than conduct an unplanned experiment in human endurance. @Green Baron if that's an issue, they can reboost now to prolong the stations longevity, but it probably can be done remotely.
  10. MinimumSky5
    I've often wondered why NASA were told to use the RS25's, surely using RS68's would make more sense. Yes they don't have the same efficiency, but they're cheap and expendable.
  11. MinimumSky5
    @CobaltWolf you must be psychic or something, I was wanting to ask about how you could do LDC with BDB parts! Yes to all of the multimounts, they look good already, but I'd second the point from @debaker02, wouldn't the F1 look a bit big on this? What would the in game diameter be of LDC?
  12. MinimumSky5
    I don't find this that surprising, we have directly imaged this type of terrain on Callisto.
  13. MinimumSky5
    You can gets apps for your phone that reduce the amount of blue light that the screen gives off, and they've really helped me get to sleep earlier. Windows computers have this function natively.
  14. MinimumSky5
    First time ever, I'm not sure if there are even any privately owned Chinese satellites.
  15. MinimumSky5
    That rover is just Arianespace drumming up interest, isn't it? Just in case I missed a big announcement!
  16. MinimumSky5
    Because its going to be at least 10 years before BFR reaches a semi-reasonable launch rate, and until then, making the F9 even cheaper than it already is just good business sense.
  17. MinimumSky5
    Some smaller passenger jets have their engine pods at the rear, so their wings will appear clean. Maybe it's one of those?
  18. MinimumSky5
    Could you see engines on the wings? Did the wings have a straight rear edge, or was it angled?
  19. MinimumSky5
    Where was it? I'm thinking B - 1 bomber.
  20. MinimumSky5
    AFAIK, there is no plan to do a droneship recovery for the BFB, so it's likely a wasted exercise. It would also require the BFB to be modified to accept the lateral boosters and transmit the extra force to the BFS, and we saw with Falcon Heavy how difficult that is.
  21. MinimumSky5
    Plate tectonics would almost completely stop, as most of it is driven by old, cold and dense oceanic crust descending down at subduction zones. Without that, say goodbye to volcanoes, and without them, you have no atmospheric recycling. Carbonate Rock formation would lock up CO2, and plants would die in a few hundred thousand years. Well done @p1t1o, you've doomed the entire planet!
  22. MinimumSky5
    Yeah, no. The station isn't built for particularly high levels of thrust, and even with a low energy transfer, I highly doubt that it could be done. Also, even if NASA finally get SLS working, how are the Russians going to get to the station if its at the moon? Something tells me that they will want to keep an independent method to get to the ISS.
  23. MinimumSky5
    I feel so sorry for the people working on this launch, it must be hugely frustrating to have this many delays.
  24. MinimumSky5
    I doubt it was the nitrogen canisters. I defiantly saw the debris falling from either the second stage, or the first interstage, and all of the control propellants for the first stage are at the bottom of the stack.
  25. MinimumSky5
    Mission Completed! But about that "ice", which i also noticed. Isn't the Vikas engine fueled by hypergolics? i thought that they didn't need any refrigeration?
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