JoeSchmuckatelli

I've always kind of read anti-chirality arguments as contrarian. Sure, a possibility (someone far more educated and better with maths points out a potential problem with being too hopeful vis panspermia). But such a result just strikes me as less than likely. Kind of like mathematically it really is possible for me to flip a coin 100 times and get 100 heads with a fair coin. Possible? Unlikely.

Fair Skies and Smooth Sailing, Boys! (Is there a Japanese equivalent to that old saw?)

I've read that in relation to all the Hot Jupiter's we've found. Aren't they still debating on why our system has distant Gas Giants? I know there is one talk about the 3:2 Jupiter-Saturn relationship and migration... but has there been anything new lately?

This is true. May not be fun... but it is a fact.

I hate anti-chirality - because we can't eat it. Sure, we find a great planet with oceans and plants and animals... but everything from the bacteria to the topsoil is fundamentally unavailable to us. No growing plants or farming Cattle on that planet. All we could do is study it while the food we brought with us lasts. What an enormous let down that would be! Thanks for the link: it does talk directly about what I was speculating on above:

Thanks. I'm just trying to get a frame of reference to understand all the quibbling over the flight model. I remember planes being fun in my first run-through, but barely used them the second time I played a campaign. And like I wrote: i'm far from current on KSP's issues.

It's scary how close we've gotten to the power of mother nature. While visually similar - according to some studies, comparing volcanoes to Nuclear Weapons explosions can be misleading to the point of being useless. Comparison of Mount Saint Helens volcanic eruption to a nuclear explosion. Technical note (Technical Report) | OSTI.GOV @SunlitZelkova - I think you'll like this blurb: Comparison of Mount Saint Helens volcanic eruption to a nuclear explosion. Technical note (Technical Report) | OSTI.GOV But - we are not 'weapons planners' so I'll ignore that for now. This is Mt. St. Helens from 35 miles away: *"The ash cloud produced by the eruption, as seen from the village of Toledo, Washington, 35 miles (56 km) away, northwest from Mount St. Helens." Courtesy of Rocky Kolberg/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0* Independent theoretical and empirical analyses indicate that the explosive yield of the eruption was approximately 35 megatons. Mount St. Helens Eruption of 18 May 1980: Air Waves and Explosive Yield | Science For a point of comparison, this is a photo of Castle Bravo - On March 1, 1954, it was the highest yield test in the United States’ highest-yield nuclear test series, exploding with a force of 15 million tons of TNT. It was also the greatest single radiological disaster in American history. Castle BRAVO, 62 seconds after detonation. “This image was take at a distance of 50 [nautical miles] north GZ from an altitude of 10,000 feet. The lines running upward to the left of the stem and below the fireball are smoke trails from small rockets. At this time the cloud stem was about 4 mi in diameter.” From DTRIAC SR-12-001.

If you want to see how big an event a volcanic eruption is... This is from Oahu, 200 miles away from the Kilauea eruption. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/05/17/hawaii-volcano-honolulu-eruptions-seem-close-and-far-away/620015002/ EDIT -- I strongly suspect this was NOT taken on Ohau.

I'm a huge proponent of the 'Kerbilopedia' idea (figured it would give guys like JustJim longevity, if nothing else and be a ton of fun) but I doubt it will be included (if ever) but as a DLC. I'm fairly confident that they already have a plan for how Science will go - and we just don't know what that will be. We've certainly thrown a lot of really good ideas at the wall, but I like to think that Science is largely feature complete at this point and they're just waiting to add that layer of complexity until after they've proofed the fundamentals via Sandbox. It is the one update I'm looking forward to the most, as 'doing science' was one of the things I enjoyed, even if it was often repetitive... I just liked that aspect of the latter KSP builds. It gave me something to do beyond landing and planting a flag. (ISRU was always too frustrating - b/c the very next time I loaded into that body, my rovers and craft had lost their minds). Someone above suggested that the K-Pedia isn't that hard to do... but without any response from the dev team, I'm not holding my breath.

They benefit the environment. Lots of stuff eats them. Past efforts at eradication have been harmful way beyond intent.

Don't know how I missed this (clearly wasn't paying attention!) SteamPunk Rocket! Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft (msn.com)

That kid with the pile of napkins was me, yesterday!

Let me clear up my own confusion. Oahu is considered 'dead'. https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/oahu-eruptions.html The big island is the active volcano over the hot spot. There are 4 volcanoes on the island. There is also an active volcano on Maui, and an active sea mount. https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/active-volcanoes-hawaii

The other island (Oahu) - this is The Big Island (Hawaii) whoops! The other volcano on Hawaii. Kilauea. This is Mauna Loa. You are probably remembering https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/recent-eruption This was very exciting not long ago

Hawaii lights up. First time since 1984. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/worlds-largest-active-volcano-mauna-loa-erupts-hawaii-not-publish-pre-rcna54571 To be fair, it's been grumbling for a while now.

It would be cool to see people up there again

Now that I see Aziz's post I remember the atmosphere density bar when looking at rockets. Or maybe I was only looking at it w/r/t parachutes! I don't remember 'feeling' my aircraft behave differently though. Maybe they did. I do think that there was a difference in how engines performed. But what I don't remember was 'feeling' lift and performance changes. Shrug. It's been a long time since I have played.

I can smell coffee again! Orange is faint. Banana, nope. Garlic is just pungent and salsa is acid-sweet. Progress!

I forget... Did KSP (stock) have different density at different altitudes that made planes behave differently based on the configuration and engines?

Your mother smells of elderberries.

Just gonna leave this here: 100

Yeah - it's a shoo-in... presuming they do it right. And that's a fairly safe bet.

Haven't seen a speculation post in a while. There still a chance B7 will push SS sometime in December?

Truth.

This is a test. Next post should get us to 100 hype.