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  1. DDE
    If it's a MIMRV, the warheads do that themselves. Plus, both the Chinese and the Russians are researching hypersonic gliders for post-entry maneuvering.
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    Guys, sorry to hijack the thread, but since I see the guy's at the docking controls, does anyone know if the shuttle used its standard orientation for docking, or did they also do a "control from here" trick. I've got a friend who's wondering.
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    Not sure when it comes to SLS's upper stages, but this was planned with Orion by using an S-IV wet workshop:
  4. DDE
    Not in 1938, when this movie is supposed to take place.
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    Potatoroid!
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    Easily rectified by splitting the bus early. MIMRVs can do that easily. Also, penaids. Expect 50 or so fake targets for one real one.
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    Guys, just to be clear, the following is a really, really big rover. For me, anyway. Plus, I prefer aesthetically clean Sandbox designs. That's why I was wondering if a mixture of KAS part storage and an EPL survey stake would work out well. Well as in like Yeah, I'm a snob.
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    It seems that a given laser design can maintain continuous fire as long as power and cooling last. I'm not sure about the Navy's Free Electron Laser.
  9. DDE
    Presumably because I fat-shame my rovers.
  10. DDE
    That's a skycrane.
  11. DDE
    Why is this field even required?
  12. DDE
    The current trend with semiconductors is because the requirements for combat lasers have been reduced drastically. They're now designed to kill plastic drones and thin-skinned mortar bombs; combined with improved laser technology, this has allowed for the first lasers to be deployed in the field, but it's far from factual that these improvements can be applied to ABM work. In particular, beam combiners cannot be used to match singular emitters in terms of effective range.
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    Are we even sure 1 MW of the Skif-D was enough for ABM work? One should distinguish between the three layers of US ABM. The massive mid-course interceptors are a total failure, there's only 16 of them or so. Terminal defense (THAAD, Patriot) is more credible, but still highly unreliable without Sprint and its neutron bomb warhead. The only real hope is to deploy SM-3s close enough to beat ICBMs during the boost phase, back when the missile is big and full of fuel. Which is why Russian planes keep buzzing Aegis-equipped ships in the Baltic and the Black Sea:
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    Awh, look, it's the Americans copying the Glorious Motherland! /s
  15. DDE
    Hi all, Currently I'm busy elsewhere. However, I understand that there is a disturbance in the code coming up. To that, my response is "C:\Games\Kerbal Space Program 1.1.3\KSP_x64.exe" %command% -popupwindow Courtesy of @Manwith Noname or however the guy with that handle on Steam goes by here. Stay unsafe and play 1.1.3!
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    How low is your TWR and do you have a nuke onboard? If the whole transjection takes a week or so you could lock your crew up in the "storm cellar".
  17. DDE
    Sadly, clickbait titles are absolutely necessary these days.
  18. DDE
    They should try 'dihydrogen monoxide' for a change.
  19. DDE
    To be more articular, the Orlyonok is rated for a service ceiling of 3000 m; it's a Class B GEV.
  20. DDE
    Easy. The Orlyonok flies, albeit sloppily, and it is much more resistant to waves than a regular floatplane. Plus the broad wings are much easier to board. Combine it with the state-of-the-art medical center that could be installed onboard the GEV because, and you get the proposed Global Maritime Rescue system.
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    It can, in theory, do a lot of fun things, like carry an Orlyonok ekranoplan out to 1300 nautical miles for maritime emergency management purposes: Then there's the related Topic 52: Depends on how the Chinese eventually decide to play around with it.
  22. DDE
    I'm afraid that the erosion even from tiny impacts will irreversibly deplete your supply of matter. If you have matter to spare, you should put it into the shield in the first place.
  23. DDE
    Wikipedia alone is likely to provide enough information, especially on Western-made vehicles and payloads. You can then trace the elements of the launch vehicles, such as a Shuttle followed by a two-stage solid-rocket motor for the Galileo.
  24. DDE
    Well, there will be problems transferring heat, but those aren't based around material science. It's just at some point an NTR is a better option because there's no loss of energy due to numerous conversions.
  25. DDE
    None. So long as you have enough power to heat up a big enough resistor, you can keep increasing the remass flow.
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