CatastrophicFailure

December 31, 2017

Interesting useless factoid I just ~~made up~~ compiled:

Out Of 90 worldwide launch attempts this year, 18 were from SpaceX. That’s Around 20%. So they, alone, launched as many rockets as China (more, if ignoring China’s 2 failures), nearly as many as Russia (20), and about 2/3 of all US launches (29).

So they were effectively the third busiest launch provider in the entire world, and their only real competition in terms of numbers were the world’s second and third largest economies. :cool: Russia’s still the third largest behind China and us, right?

...and people said they’d never even hit double digits this year. :wink:

lies, damned lies, and statistics pilfered from Wikipedia.

December 30, 2017

NO.

Tho it seems @Ten Key is around...

December 30, 2017

20 minutes ago, DAL59 said:

How exactly are they going to get the boat in the right spot with wind and all? Does the faring have any thrusters?

What @IncongruousGoat said, also the fairings are supposed to have steerable parawings, so hitting a great-huge-net-sized net in the middle of the ocean shouldn’t be that insurmountable.

December 30, 2017

Dagnabbut I'm trying to sleep, here! Go pester @qzgy.

December 30, 2017

Booyah!

@dundun93 again

December 29, 2017

4 minutes ago, tater said:

Russian rockets without flush interstage fairings do so largely because they hot stage, right?

Right, all that exhaust needs somewhere to go. The aerodynamics Of such always confused me, tho...

December 29, 2017

27 minutes ago, PB666 said:

look again its already gone.

Nah, based on @tater‘s retweet it’s just having a nice lay down after all that Heavy lifting.

December 29, 2017

4 hours ago, Zeiss Ikon said:

If it stays high enough, long enough, yes they can.

BRB, going to juice some Kerbals... <_<

3 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said:

I’m interested too. Are the rings possibly made up of something like the terrain scatter that you find on planets and moons??

Nah, it’s basically just an image for eye candy. ;.; One of these days, there will be a space game with particle-based, physical, gravitationally accurate ring systems. And it will be glorious... :cool: and probably pay-to-play...

December 29, 2017

On 12/25/2017 at 7:24 PM, Geschosskopf said:

Geez, the geographical breakdown of that pic of planting the flag at the summit

I think this thread will for all time hold the record for most Wilhelm Screams ....

So...... Triti and Lodvin., Which one's the Keymaster and which one's the Gatekeeper? And who gets to choose the form of the Destructor?

Aaaaaaand there goes a mental image I did not need. *shudders*

On 12/27/2017 at 7:42 AM, NotAgain said:

ALIEN SKIES: An extensive saga of falling down ever increasingly tall hills...

Hm. I may need to find some taller hills... :ph34r:

December 28, 2017

1 hour ago, CanOmer said:

Guess the purpose of this vessel:

17 minutes ago, DiamondExcavater said:

Proposing, or getting married?

Well, someone’s about to vomit and then pass out, so you’re not too far off. :wink:

December 28, 2017

17 minutes ago, cubinator said:

There are aerodynamic issues that come into play, you can't just put a bigger fairing just like you can't just put moar boosters on the side. In some cases it works out but I don't think FH can take much more fairing size. It's long been talked about as a issue with the system.

MOAR... fins, maybe?

December 28, 2017

2 hours ago, TheEpicSquared said:

Edit: Fully vertical now.

Behold, O ye of little faith! It rises! :confused:

Lo, it was written: a seagull shall herald the coming... something something... naw, it’s way too early *yawn* dats coo doe

...aaaand there go all my likes for the day, too.

December 28, 2017

So... just who has clicked this, the unclickable, the most?

because... reasons... <_<

December 27, 2017

30 minutes ago, Racescort666 said:

Is there a good resource to follow in order to find out when FH static fire will be? I'm leaving for Daytona tomorrow and I'd hate to miss it.

I would think you’ve got a few days, at least. The static fire won’t be this week, sadly. What we will see first (maybe this week) is FH rolled out and erected at the pad for fit and fueling checks. Might even need more than one, the static fire will come some time after. (Read: days)

December 27, 2017

3 hours ago, Just Jim said:

It's also my vote for absolute favorite Zombie scene in a cartoon:

Note to self: need more B-17s... :ph34r:

December 26, 2017

You sure? If that picture were any grainier you could mash it & brew beer. -_-

December 26, 2017

Thanks to @Just Jim, these two have been duking it out in my head all morning...

(well, actually it’s the 1994 MTV Unplugged version, which apparently doesn’t exist on YouTube because copyrights. :huh:

December 26, 2017

5 hours ago, Agustin said:

*some assembly required.

4 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said:

Things do not seem to be going well for that kerbal.

Hey, any landing you can walk away from... <_<

December 26, 2017

8 hours ago, Just Jim said:

And this is just awesome.

December 26, 2017

8 hours ago, Just Jim said:

an island in the middle of the Sea of Snark called Kokomo

So... sounds like they got there fast... then took it slow... [cue epic sax]

8 hours ago, Just Jim said:

But his eyes... his eyes...

:wink:

8 hours ago, Just Jim said:

Damn fool kid tried to saddle up to Saffron right after the kidnapping,

If she’s anything like that other Saffron, can’t say I blame him... <_<

20 minutes ago, qzgy said:

Ah that one. I've heard of it, but never watched it. Something to binge then!

If I can find someplace to watch it.....

If you don’t have Netflix it’s also on iTunes. And worth the coin if you get the boxed set from Amazon or even used off eBay.

December 26, 2017

1 hour ago, qzgy said:

Ah. I don't follow television, nor am I old enough to now some of the shows used.

This is one that’s worth seeing :wink: . I think you’d enjoy it.

December 25, 2017

On 12/22/2017 at 2:25 PM, KSK said:

What's old is new again.

And what a blast from the past. The level of detail you put into these sequences never ceased to amaze me. How much is borrowed from actual Apollo procedures?

December 25, 2017

1 hour ago, insert_name said:

did triti hit her head and become a Mexican space pirate or is that supposed to be a raldean?

Asking the real questions... :wink:

December 25, 2017

Year 8, Day 28...

'Twas the night before [nonspecific solstice celebration],
And all through the Space Center,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a--

JIMINY JUMPED-UP CHRISTMAS, DID YOU GUYS SEE THE SIZE OF THAT THING?!?

Holey flarp, that thing had teeth like THIS! Somebody call an exterminator! Dangit, Vlad, I've told you not to leave food lying around like that, it attracts... creatures!

Anyways, the crew continues to push on towards Rald's north pole. The low plains have given way to middling midlands, driving them back into their suits...

...so thankfully we can't see Jencine in those awful shorts anymore. Hey!

Spoiler

The ~~RaldBase~~ ~~FrankenFrog~~ ~~BaitFish~~ whatever they're calling it now looses an outrigger wheel on this side hill, but the punchy bunch doesn't let it slow them down.

Which might explain a few things. No sane person would do that...

The destination begins to rise over the distant horizon...

This towering spire at the exact center of Rald's north pole is what the orbiting imgur detected. What mysteries might it hold?

I really don't want to know. But somehow I think advising the crew to run and hide would be pointless at this, er, point.

At last... there it is...

This is what they've come all this way for, this is the end of the road. This... is just plain nuts. It's like four kilometers straight up, all the readings on everything are off the charts.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

I'ma go poke it with a STICK!

Triti, no! We've been through this already, we do not go around poking strange eldritch things with sticks!

Woooooo hooooo!!!

Stop, Triti!

After everything that's happened already, are you sure you want to go do that?

Flarp, yes! I'll show that thing who's boss!

Triti, you've got to stop! You're being tailed by a bizarre disembodied flying mustache hiding in the sun!

Bah, I'll shave when I get back.

That's not what I meant. Sort of.

There's the summit!

Give it up, Triti! You can't make it!

Victory is an act of sheer will!

Don't you see that giant gaping gash in the very fabric of space and time?

I brought duct tape.

You can't make it! The JetWing barely flies at all at that altitude, you can't possibly hover in for a landing!

Wanna bet?

Triti, noooooooo!!!!

Here I come, thing, ready or not!

Triti!

Uh oh.

Get away from it!

I feel funny. Everything tastes all purple.

Come back, now!

Whoooooaaaahhhh....

Triti!

Ah hah! Victory is...

Aw, crap.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!!!!

No, Triti!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!!!!!

Oh, no! Triti!

.

. . . Triti?

.

Wait.... wait, there's something moving... what is...

.

You....

...'ve got to be kidding me.

Spoiler

And now that I've wasted nearly me entire time as TOTM, I finally have an update!

...And I heard him exclaim,
As he rose out of sight,
"Merry Flarpsmas to all,
And to all a-- crapshouldacheckedstaging *thud*crash*BOOM!

December 25, 2017

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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