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    Shhh.... Well... Um... That is, er, technically, one Gaelean day is only 15 hours, while the mission clock still counts 24-hour days, a ratio of 1.6, so if you figure that one Gaelean year is 340+-ish days, multiply by the ratio, carry the 1, divide by zero, apply pi R squared, calculate the tyranny of the rocket equation (then correct for imperial vs metric units) subtract the gravitational constant while compensating for E=mchammer (ΔV/2legit-2quit), consider pi r round, cake r square (m3 cake!), and figure for the quantum uncertainty x-y=1, then you see Time is strange here. Vlad did it.
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    So on the real thing, that bit in the middle is the single combustion chamber feeding four separate nozzles, right?
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    Year 3, day 13... Over three years, now. Most everyone has adjusted to the pattern here, these dates are becoming more of a formality. Three years now with no contact from home. No one will say it out loud, at least not yet, but I think we've all given up hope of ever hearing from home again. The strange, starless skies continue to beckon. If we can't go home again, maybe we can at least find out why. Or even... where... Yet we press on... Another simple satellite today. Our communications network is becoming quite robust, if just a touch underused. Just call it a simulation. I'm sure that'll buff out...
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    Sigma Dimensions. It's bundled in with GPP, just requires moving a .cfg into the game folder. Pretty stable, but MCE keeps trying to give me contracts with orbits a couple thousand km below the surface.
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    I said module, not modules. When you have a single space that large, it's easy to add the optional master bath.
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    @kerbiloid the point of linking the article was for you to actually, y'know, the article. It went on to give a pretty through rundown of what Dragon brought back, among which: And seeing how a Dragon has never returned empty, NASA obviously has a need for significant downmass since the end of the shuttle era. (Also, that first pic is Skylab, not Mir, and my point was that the ISS does not have a shower...)
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    https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/19/spacexs-dragon-supply-carrier-wraps-up-10th-mission-to-space-station/ IIRC it's commonly used to return some very heavy equipment for analysis. The only other option is a tiny little reentry pod that goes in a Progress. And starting in another flight or two, that several tonnes heavy capsule will start getting reused. (Also, kinda pointless having enough water for a bath if there are no real bathing facilities aboard. Skylab had an actual space shower, but it was also a much bigger module.)
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    Repeating that feat at this point has them starting from virtually the same point as SpaceX (or anyone else), so...
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    I didn't say anything about timeframe. But yes, SpaceX will beat NASA to Mars. Just like they'll beat NASA getting people into space. Just like they'll beat NASA going around the moon. So will BO, for that matter. SpaceX entire focus from the very beginning has been getting people to Mars, and it remains so. The whole commsat/cargo business is merely a means to that end. NASA, on the other hand, is mired in politics. Its focus is scattered, as it should be, but it completely changes every 4-8 years (hey, remember the ARM?). I'll be very surprised if SLS ever flies. Maybe as a one-off. Yay! I found a valid excuse to take the day off to watch it, too! Well... poop.
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    My friend, SpaceX's plans to go to Mars are entirely dependent upon reusability, specifically with their BFR. Each begets the other. So, this is not the Lunar XPrize team? Are they still on the manifest for "this year" then?
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    Hi, quick (hopefully) question here. I'm a bit confused after searching thru the thread, does SSTU play nice with SMURFF and/or KR&D? Running a 6.4-scale game here, and despite the tremendous utility of the SSTU setup I'm starting to regret not going with Real Fuels like my last game.
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    Paging @OhioBob, requesting immediate deployment of weapons of math instruction.
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    Note to self: get beyond LGO before all the good biomes are claimed. Hmm, I suppose I'll have to pay more attention to that. Might be a while, poor Triti is still a bit... testy.
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    Hmm, noted. How can us users help?
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    @Galileo quick question... I noticed I can't seem to get biome-based EVA reports in LGO, just the "low in space" one. Is this a GPP thing or might it be related to Kerbalism?
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    Year 2, Day 298... The big day has finally come. Vlad headed off toward Triti's room with a tank of nitrous oxide, a bottle of chloroform... and no questions asked... I probably should have asked some. I still have no idea where he went. Instead I had to send Andrei in with a big sack. After some screaming and a few minor lacerations, we finally got Triti into the capsule. I'll have to send Andrei a 'Get Well Soon' card once he wakes up. I told the engineers to paint the inside a nice, calming, blue, but, well... We decided to just let Triti swim back. It's only 600km or so. Swimming is good exercise, she should be nice and tired. Really wish I knew what Vlad did with the last of our chloroform...
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    https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/18/ses-10-telecom-satellite-fueled-and-readied-for-launch-on-reused-rocket/ Interesting bits in here. Apparently the boosters for the FH demo might be USED cores. Good way to save a couple bucks but sounds kinda daring, too. Also, booster for SES-10 was refurbished in 4 months. GS says their short-term goal for refurbishment is to cut that down to two months, with less than a day turnaround on a longer timeframe.
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    . . . And now I can't, either.
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    Run! He's deploying weapons of math instruction!
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    No, not that way! The other way!
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    So... anyone know why they made the change to the StrongBad? That is, dropping it at liftoff instead of beforehand like at Pad 40?
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    'Fraid not. That's a little beyond me.
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    Would they need to do that, tho? Last I saw, Cygnus is next in the pipe to the ISS.
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    This. Commence bedroom chilldown! (Would so sleep in a LOX tank at night.) ...? Groom Lake sure starts school early these days...
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    So long unnamed first stage, you served us well...
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