PakledHostage

It's possibly still too political for this forum, even over 75 years later, but the bombing of Dresden during WWII is claimed to have intentionally been designed to create a firestorm that would burn off all the oxygen and asphyxiate as many people as possible. The facts support that a large percentage of the approximately 25 000 civilian deaths were due to asphyxiation, so it seems to have worked.

Fair enough, but there's a lot of historical context associated with the original usage of that phrase that doesn't apply here, and that's what makes using it pretentious.

Just happened to look at this thread about 20 seconds before ignition. It's kind of cringe inducing. "Astronauts" going to "space"... yeah whatever. More like some rich [diminutive of Richard]s going on a glorified carnival ride in a rocket that looks like a [diminutive of Richard]. I mean "Let’s light this candle"? Give me a break... Using a phrase of that historical significance for this flight is super pretentious.

New desktop wallpaper for my phone, methinks.

I agree it's a click-baity title, but he's a well known and not bad pop science channel. Edit @Superfluous J: I just took the time to watch it (I was somewhere noisy earlier when I posted the link) and it's as expected. About 14 minutes long, well presented and informative. I didn't see a single ad (and I don't have YouTube Prime, or whatever that's called). Maybe give him a chance, rather than judge the book by the cover (so to speak)?

Anton Petrov has posted a new video on this topic. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I'll leave the link:

There was this article about 6 months ago about a potential new technological solution to the problem of boiloff: https://www.nasa.gov/general/electro-luminescently-cooled-zero-boil-off-propellant-depots/

And crashing into the ballpark fencing as it runs while totally focused on making the catch?

I should add that I went flying yesterday evening and it seemed to be messing with the VHF reception. We could hear ATC and ATC could hear us, but we couldn't hear any other aircraft on the frequency. I was talking to a HAM radio guy today and he agreed that the solar storm was probably to blame. This event was clearly extraordinary, but how does it stack up compared to something like the Carrington Event? During that event, auroras were also reportedly visible into the tropics. This must have been close in some regards?

I had to get up early for a lesson that I couldn't be tired for, so I had to sleep through it. The internet abounds with beautiful photos from the local area, so it was clearly a good show.

Also helps if you're at a high magnetic latitude. Much of Manitoba is at a higher magnetic latitude than even Alaska. Minnesota often sees them for that reason, too. There's extremely strong activity as of this writing. Minnesota and the Dakotas would have a good view at the moment if there are clear skies. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast

I wasn't. I was talking about grass roots advocates who go onto coment threads about everything they see as a threat to the status quo, and shriek "I'm melting!". Change is happening. Maybe more slowly than it should be, but it is happening.

While that's true at the corporate level, with companies like Royal Dutch Shell rebranding themselves as "Energy Companies" as they diversify into renewables, it hasn't reached the grass roots level. That guy in the pickup truck coal rolling the Tesla behind him at the red light isn't bright enough to have the corporate foresight of the industry's leadership.

[The internet]: EV's have the potential to significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for transportation. [Oil industry advocates]: "I'm melting!!!" (a la the Wicked Witch of the West, having been doused with water)

Current generation batteries (such as Li-Po batteries) have problems, it is true. But that doesn't mean we should throw the baby out with the bath water. New battery technologies are being developed because there's money in doing so. Solid state batteries are an example. Flow batteries are another.