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    It absorbs heat ... and converts it into useful energy? My friend, you have created a way to short-change thermodynamics. I would suggest that maybe it has to be compressed in really complex, massive facilities with huge power requirements? And then it stays stable until you detonate it, like mmH? IDK, but I think that might work better. Of course, it would be better to use it in a different kind of engine; Orion drives are pretty niche applications; they work best for pulses which don't scale down well. Maybe something like ICF, where you blast fuel pellets with lasers? I would imagine that would be more efficient...
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    Agh, my eyes! Do your research, people! LOL
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    Sooo, does this totally-not-antimatter annihilate on contact with matter? 'Cause if it does, then it's not better...
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    For a plain ol' Orion launch, the safe distance is x, where x equals 1/2 the circumference of the Earth.
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    ... Do these people do anything original?
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    IDK if anyone's posted this yet, but... This is hilariously specific.
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    I wonder if we're reading too much into this? Maybe it's not as complex as we think...
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    Here's a piece on the USSF Pegasus launch. Well, here... It took less than four months to design, test, and integrate this payload, which is nicknamed Odyssey. Still no details on the mission. They're CLASSIFIED.
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    Build a Shkadov thruster. Call it a ship. Occasionally dump collected solar energy into a Dyson laser. Voilá! Then name the ship the Fiat Lux.
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    I'm figuring this is a prototype for the upcoming hypersonic weapons tracking megaconstellation. The MDA has been studying this for a while now. The only alternative is "to wallpaper the Earth with radars", so it's a pretty good deal. https://spacenews.com/u-s-would-need-a-mega-constellation-to-counter-chinas-hypersonic-weapons/
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    I think that, short of utterly failing to complete the game, there's nothing the KSP2 devs can do to mess this up. They have a solid concept and the talent and drive to pull it off. The only thing which would damage KSP2 in my eyes would be a lack of complexity. i.e., a minimal resource or colony system. IMO, KSP1 will survive, but as a curiosity, not the main attraction. KSP2 looks like an equal of Stellaris in terms of UI and graphics, and storytelling potential as well. So KSP2 vs. KSP1 becomes like Stellaris vs. Risk. KSP2 looks set to be so much "deeper".
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    Kerbal: Skylines confirmed.
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    I live in Texas, so I guess I can point out that when we say "South Texas" around here, we're not including DFW. Just the southern coastline and the grasslands down there. West Texas happens when you get to the desert-y, arid areas, and the mountains, and East Texas is where all the pine trees are. DFW falls in Central Texas, and boundaries get fuzzy around the Panhandle. That stuff about lightening Starship is interesting. The idea that it could do even better than promised... Nuts!
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    A Japanese rocket named "Epsilon"? Why? Doesn't Japan have a perfectly good list of mythological and conceptual names? They could have chosen something more significant than a letter of the Greek alphabet...
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    I wonder if that's connected with the infrared-based, hypersonic-vehicle-tracking megaconstellation the DoD wants...?
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    It really seems like something's not adding up here... Hopefully we get to see more information.
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    Excuse me while I throw up...
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    TheBeardyPenguin and TAPE Gaming did something along those lines a while back. Their YouTube series is worth watching, even though they never finished it.
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    Solution: Kerbal Skylines Program.
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    DARPA is using drones loaded with what appears to be the high tech equivalent of Silly String to foul the rotors of enemy drones. Here. Might help put an end to all those drones which have been flying (unauthorized) over nuclear power facilities here in the US.
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    Fair enough.
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    @KerikBalm brings up global warming. I guess that's a great example. IMO, we can discuss the science behind it, i.e. "does CO2 really affect the climate edit: in a major way?" or "does increased plant growth occur as a result of increased CO2; and does this act as a feedback loop?". What we can't do is discuss things like "we should enact x law to combat global warming". We can even note the fact that a country has passed a particular law, but we can't pass judgement on it. Say, as an example, Spain decides to outlaw gasoline. We can say, "Spain's banning gasoline usage". We can't say, "This is a great victory for science!" or whatever, because that would reflect personal beliefs. Again, this is just how I think the rules are interpreted. I wonder if one of the mods could weigh in?
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    I guess I think that any time we try to use science to support one particular philosophy, or one particular way to act, it's crossed the line into philosophy/religion/politics/whatever. Any judgement on the way someone lives is derived from assumptions about morality, and not purely from science. We can go on to argue about which moral ideas, philosophies, religions, etc. are correct (surely there is a correct view?), but that falls outside the scope of this forum. But that's just my opinion.
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    Wow, that guy... He just keeps dropping all sorts of gems.
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    Because a bunch of dudes said so, and have some evidence to back it up? Sounds like the same situation Copernicus and Kepler were in when they said something different. Nothing is settled. Ever. We can always reexamine our theories. Only math can be "settled". It uses rigorous proofs, instead of conclusions drawn from evidence. But even there, axioms can be discarded or assumptions changed. I absolutely agree with @DDE. 2b is here for a reason. I have my own views, and I like the fact that this is one of the few places on the Internet where I can hold them without having a string of ad hominems thrown my way.
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