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greenTurtle1134

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  1. +1=-2 Toward ℕ! (Natural numbers, a.k.a positives)
  2. I shoot the alligator with a gun (Chekhov's gun) and then turn it on the next guy. (Edit: The gun, not the alligator) The Chekhov thing means that the gun was mine to use because I needed it.
  3. +1=-8 Edit: I freely admit this post was in error, sorry. Please strike above information. Am I allowed to +1=-9?
  4. So... @KAL 9000, you and @lajoswinkler share a universe/planet/plotline/cannon? Can you make this clear, so it doesn't look like you're roleplaying?
  5. Small? NO. The probe itself yes, but in the spirit of the Surveyor landers I made a descent SRB out of duct taping 7 Altairs so- well... Have pics tomorrow!
  6. 1+1=2 I will not put a witty comment this time- oh shoot.
  7. 1+1=2 Oh come on! 1-1+1-1+1-1+1-1... is divergent! Fix this, guys, or this could be a while!
  8. MOAR BOOSTERS NUMBERS! 1+1=2 ...and still will, no matter what you do. BTW, the first number is previous, the second is the change. (Kinda hard to see with ones...)
  9. And... 1+1 still equals 2! Setting a new format for reporting numbers!
  10. Thanks for the clarification. That was bugging me, though I doubt I'll try a RSS save. Then I'll just give the probe+deceleration cluster. Needs to be thrown onto Lunar impact. That's alright, just gives me more time to write the descent autopilot.
  11. The probe already has avionics built in, and removing it is going to mess up all the delta-V calculations. Ditto for the launcher, a Atlas-Centaur replica. I could remove and redesign if you want me to. On that note, another quick question: When those avionics rings say "6 minutes of control" does that mean 6 minutes on the ring's internal battery, which can then be recharged, or does it mean that regardless of EC availability after 6 minutes it goes "NOPE"? Bit of info about failures: As a rocket travels through space on free-fall, the only force acting on it is gravity. As it climbs out of the massive potential well of our home planet, it loses momentum to gravity. But that momentum doesn't just disappear (like it does in KSP.) The equal and opposite force on the rocket is on the Earth itself. The Earth takes on the momentum that the rocket loses. The momentum is returned when the rocket crashes, so the final momentum cannot change, but during the free-fall the Earth will have a changed velocity, and move slightly. So through your (inevitable) future failures, remember: Whenever a rocket falls from the sky, that means someone is moving the Earth. Yes, I know the rocket's exhaust also transfers momentum to the Earth. But that happens much faster, so the velocity created by the launch lasts longer than that created by the freefall, so... the Earth still moves, just in the opposite direction.
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