JoeSchmuckatelli

I'm so used (now) to seeing sooty SX rockets that I'm kinda enthralled by the brand new one they lifted at VBerg. Really interesting how sooty it got from just one flight. The glaring difference between the exposed surfaces and those masked by the landing legs was cool to see. (Oddly, I'm getting a flash-back to seeing Star Wars for the first time, with dirty hard-used looking craft - which was a departure from the pristine look preceding SciFi craft used)

Okay - no nibbles, so I have to explain mine. My wife declared that she and her friends are sick and tired of winter and Covid. So they're planning a "Grey Gardens" party. (Everyone dresses up in outdated finery and they basically drink together). She asked my 14 y/o to make her a 'meme' from an image from the movie. Party is happening around Easter. This is what he put together. (I think it's hilarious)

Yeah, I'm mildly horrified by that. (It's my house; and I take care of myself and the people who live here)

They're showcasing how Grogu becomes a Mandalorian

Shrug - you've seen one reusable orbital class rocket... you've seen them all (Guy in the orange)

I would not call anyone's successful space program 'lacking in courage'. You've astronauts up there who were not only brave enough to go - they were confident enough in the maturity of the systems (human and mechanical) to put their lives in other's hands. (FWIW - any nation wants to avoid the 'embarrassment' of failure, but it's the brave who are willing to risk it) That said; yeah, Webb was a gamble - but at some point it got 'too big to fail' so people's careers were set on 'if it doesn't blow up during launch it better darn well work!'

Saw that yesterday - crazy!

Interesting. Is this a 'we plan to use both anyway, so make sure 2 is ready when we launch 1' scenario? (SX notwithstanding, that philosophy is a strong departure from traditional space development) - will they follow the same strategy w/r/t the observatory, do you think, or would something like that be a one-off like Hubble or Webb?

Hope not. Also hope the PR department is going to ask for false color given that they learned how much the public enjoys them!

Yeah - that's what I'm afraid of.

@tater - that last one really showcased the exhaust of the two rockets interacting with each other... really cool!

My son and I tried a previous version... and found it buggy. Can't help with your specific issue; but I certainly sympathize. (We had the Field Not Found issue between saves)... Can you revert to a previous and try that?

Okay... who remembers this movie? https://imgur.com/nHysxRY (Scene may have been modified a bit... bonus point if you can figure out the context!)

Oh - I agree. They're moving forward and showcasing a functioning system. I just have a hard time getting over snark, sometimes.

"This is a very exciting day" (from the video)

The 'public relations' coolness of the Chinese inclusion of a self-monitoring camera is noteworthy. I wonder if (even though it doesn't add to the 'science') follow on missions from other nations will include such 'look at me' stuff - taking a page from their playbook. Ultimately, showing the public what they're getting for the money is beneficial. (I note the recent 'why we don't have a Go-Pro on Webb' articles - but for the next Mars insertion? Having a camera that can capture parts of the Seven Minutes of Terror would be cool

More info on why it will take so long before we see images from Webb: James Webb Space Telescope (nasa.gov) I note that they do not mention 'Instrument coolers' so I'm presuming that being shielded from the sun, radiative cooling will take care of that. Sadly my google-fu is failing me (I recently saw an explanation for how fast radiative cooling works to take something down to equalibrium with the cosmic background radiation) and I don't have the maths / education to try to work out the rate of cooling for a thing in shadow in space is... but apparently its 'months-long'.

Marines take care of our uniforms. Always clean and spiffy.

The adventures of Lance Corporal Schmuckatelli and Corporal Binatz are legendary throughout the Corps. Of the two, Joe Schmuckatelli is better known, and is often the cautionary tale. He's a known Libbo Risk.

Looks like an alternative to Satisfactory, but more Sim-City like than first-person. Home - Satisfactory Game

At least Grognak has a protective covering in the most common target of fire-breathing wyverns!

I think there is a danger to the over-washing. Okay, danger is perhaps not the correct word - but you can read dermatologist-written papers about how the skin has natural ways of keeping itself clean, fighting infection and that good old soap and water damage that. So - once you start washing, you have to keep washing because you've gotten rid of the natural defenses and must rely upon the external. Then you also need to apply some kind of lotion to keep the skin 'healthy' - which traps dirt and bacteria - and again need the soap and water to clean all that off... it's a cycle. But when you look around the world at people and places where the 'soap and water, regularly throughout the day' thing isn't feasible... I don't know. I've been to some pretty gross places - and in those places really stringently followed the 'wash hands before eating' thing, but otherwise washing for any other reason (aside from after downloading used food) wasn't practical, and nothing bad happened. The locals all have some very interesting taboos, that when you break it down are health related. Don't show the bottom of your feet in a place where you have a lot of animals everywhere and basically spend the day walking through fertilizer. Don't put your feet on furniture - and certainly not the table. Don't use a utensil that has hit the ground (really, outside of NA & EU and a few other places... DON'T!) Don't shake or touch someone with your wiping hand. Don't eat pork (mind you, I love bacon, but there's a reason 'Desert People' have this taboo). Being 'too clean' is a very WEIRD thing, and it has some negative effects: Is it possible to be too clean? - Vital Signs - UCLA Health - Los Angeles, CA If being too clean makes us sick, why isn't getting dirty the solution? (theconversation.com) ... This link (above) is a quite good article. Important to note: if you are WERID - you kind of need to stay WEIRD:

That vid is fantastic... thanks!

You guys are some seriously OCD people who've never lived outdoors much, aren't you? (grin) I'll agree that washing your hands is good practice - but, lets be real. If you walk into a bathroom, don't touch anything but yourself and don't pee on yourself... just how necessary is washing before and after? Not much. *Note, this applies to standing and peeing, not cleaning up after numero dos. Always wash hands after that, even when in the desert. What you need to wash from is other people's snotty hands on the doorknobs / handles and any other surfaces you might touch. That's a city-dweller thing. You should always wash hands before preparing food and eating. Good practice. But anyone who's spent more than a few hours out of doors and without an easily accessible clean water source can tell you, obsessively washing your hands is not really a requirement... it's a nice to have. Caveat: I am a habitual hand washer, and like Tater use the 'open the door with a pinky / back of the hand' in public.

To follow up: I sympathize. I just started watching Expanse and now have to avoid every single thread about it.