Minmus Taster

Gotta say, I'm really enjoying this. The game is optimized just enough to let me experiment a little!

Kind of reminds me of the old soviet orbiters shape. Oh well, another ambitious project we'll never hear from again

Alright, lets just try and forget this set out to be a realistic progression of a soviet moon landing timeline, this looks sick!

wen sep? I have my answer I guess, SES-2 SECO-2 Psyche away!

T-5 minutes Pre-flight adrenaline is flowing as expected

It's been awhile but I figure this is worth sharing, the US Coast Guard has recovered the remaining debris from the titan; I'm going to discuss the more grim things found in the spoiler section, if your sensitive to what I'm alluding to then you may want to skip it. I also hear a company is producing a movie based off the accident, can't remember most of the details but it's a bit early for monetization isn't it?

The nebula their in is quite bright, maybe there's s faint natural lighting?

A bulk freighter built in 1901 has been found in Lake Superior. Henry Steinbrenner sank in a Lake Superior storm in May of 1953. The ship had been carrying iron ore from Superior Wisconsin across the lake when it was caught in a storm. The vessel's telescoping hatch covers began to work loose through the night and despite attempts to save the ship it was hopeless. A distress call was issued at 7:30 AM on May 11th and the ship sank stern first shortly after. Out of the 31 crew of the ship 17 would not survive. Survivors were picked up by several nearby ships, the rescue was captured on camera and there are images of survivors waiting in a lifeboat and a raft waiting to be lifted onboard. The main cause of the loss was attributed to the choice to not install tarps on the ships faulty hatches before the storm. The wreck was located by two different teams this september at a depth of 230 Meters underwater. The wreck is lying in a field of its own cargo, implying it broke up during its descent and impact. The field of ore makes the wreck hard to distinguish in sonar images. It seems to be badly buried into the mud and much of the cabins seem to be crushed beyond recognition. So far only the stern has been explored, there are plans to return in the future to see what condition the bow is in.

Indeed! The last boat in the class is particularly interesting in that it had a standard bow and forward pilothouse (common practice at the time was to have the pilothouse forward on a lake bulk carrier) in an effort to keep the design relevant. It was also named for her designer (Alexander Mcdougall) and served until 1946! (As you can tell, I have an unhealthy obsession with these things)

Interesting! Kind of reminds me of the 'whalebacks' that were native to the great lakes more than a submarine. The whalebacks were designed by a local captain of the lakes in the Duluth/Superior region. The idea was to have a vessel that sat very low in the water when loaded (The Colgate Hoyt pictured above is not loaded) and have the waves wash over the ship safely due to its rounded hull. Other distinctive features was the 'snout' on the front of the ship, this gave the vessels one of it's more unfortunate nicknames; the "pigboat". The upper works were built around the idea of rounded structures called "turrets". They were also cheap to produce due to the way they were constructed. In total 44 whalebacks were built before funding would dry up and the concept proved unprofitable. One of the main issues was that the way the whalebacks were built, the supports needed for the hull structure decreased cargo capacity and limited the size of the ships. This made the vessels uncompetitive with the business of moving cargos on the lakes. The whalebacks core concept of riding through the waves was also fatally flawed as it made it easy for their faulty hatches to fail in bad weather. The hatches were also a nightmare when trying to load and the ships were easily damaged by the equipment. Even after the production of the ships ended the whalebacks continued to serve for many years in many different roles. Around half would be lost in storms and accidents over the coming years, additionally two 'semi whalebacks' which had a similar design were also lost. The final whalebacks served into the 1960's before being broken up. Today one example survives, the SS Meteor tanker ship (launched as the bulk carrier Frank Rockefeller) is preserved as a museum in Superior Wisconsin. I visited her this summer, an interesting ship to be sure but that's a story on it's own!

The title says it all, create an original character in the Kerbal universe, not sure if this fits here or in the fan works section so forgive me if this is misplaced.

Pretty sure I had a thread made like a book about kerbals backstory. It involved minmus coming in like a comet and nearly ending the world. It then became the catylist for Kerbals exploration of space down the line. I'd love to return to it eventually and finish it.

Pains me to say this but bill is (marginally) my least favorite. I love them all equally but bill feels like he just has the least character out of all the 5. Personal favorite is either Jeb or Tim C.

Found this on Youtube and watched the whole thing! It's a really wonderful video and I'm just realizing now it's actually a game! I can't wait to dig into the original creation but I highly recommend at least checking out this playthrough! It's kind of a thought experiment on alien oceans and panspermia if your interested in that. A WARNING THOUGH: The playthrough and probably also the game seems to contain a scene or two that might affect people with epilepsy. There's also some moments I personally found disturbing, nothing too graphic but the way it's presented is what affected me most, you'll see what I mean.

Helicopter is going up Did they really need to dangle it like that right next to a road?

Chute is out! LANDING!

Visual on capsule

Entry

I had a pretty strange dream, I saw the parachute on the capsule failing and the sample plummeting to the ground. Of course I then saw it crashing into a city and maybe also smacking Air Force 1 out of the sky? This is why I don't believe in dreams but you never know

Obviously this still depends on luck a lot of the time but I was wondering if there any specific locations that a particularly good at keeping the people inside safe. One that I'm particularly interested in is subway stations and if the shock wave would still be lethal on the bottommost level. Also I heard that just lying down could allow most of the blast to pass over you. Could this work? Are there any better options for protection?

The aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, and Yorktown have been surveyed. Yorktown was discovered by Robert Ballard years ago but hadn't been seen since and Kaga was located recently in 2019. Akagi was also located that year but only via sonar and is just now being dived on. The two other Japanese carriers, Soryu and Hiryu, have not been found. USS Yorktown: IJN Kaga: IJN Akagi: And here's the video these images were taken from:

Are there any other photo's of the lander/rover? Does Pragyan even have a camera?

Landing! Just hardly slept through it : /

Well a cyclogram would probably be part of the navigation system right? If there was an issue of some kind then the engine would default to the shutdown time mentioned in the article. It also makes sense they didn't mention it given that it was probably the results of not having ESA's planned landing equipment and having to rework the lander.

So an issue with the navigation system caused the engine to overburn? Would make sense considering they removed the ESA nav components and didn't test it afterwards.