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That sort of thing is pretty common, actually, I think. The Soyuz has a similar thing, when the ship is "captured" it just means there's a tiny part of it that's grabbed onto the docking port, then once it settles a bit they pull it in closer so as not to damage anything delicate.

Crew is on lunch break.

I was right! So cool to see the view looking to and from the station simultaneously.

Hey, I might be in the background in a few minutes!

Indeed, heating still occurs IRL, but you would have to be going much faster than in KSP to see plasma. Not typical for a hypersonic plane, but common on reentering orbital spacecraft.

The real anomaly is that the video didn't even cut out before the landing!

I think it's a red light on one of the tower structures. The way it showed in the same place

guys there's a map on the secondary camera

Basically just swapping the order, I suppose. If the situation were close enough to those they intended to test under, I can see it. But it's likely they'll want to do a test at Max-Q anyway.

Like a fourth down?

15 minutes to go!

Seems this ship does have SuperDracos.

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Then it happened three times on one planet alone. This really could swing either way.

I wouldn't be surprised finding critters deep under Europan or Enceladian ice, in their oceans. But something similar enough to us that we can begin to hold a conversation? I wonder if one per galaxy is accurate.

What's wrong with waiting until 2AM on a Friday night? Just binge Star Trek as necessary until the time comes, like me.

I believe the inner hatch in that case is equipped to rapidly close automatically, likely sparing anyone station-side of it from certain death. ======================= Seems the webcast is going to be much longer than usual - starting around T-50 minutes. Also, I really like that mission patch.

You know what they say... ALL TOASTERS TOAST TOAST

Then expect nothing at all.

If you're drawing something, it won't look just the way you first intended it to. That's just the way the universe works. I think if you draw something without that expectation, you won't have to be disappointed in the final result, because you didn't create something wrong, you just created something new.

@p1t1o

I think Barzon Kerman will be back.

Awesome clouds!