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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Indeed! As opposed to that which is normal but not nominal, or nominal but not normal. -
That's because it is a college school project video. All those interns, you know...
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Woohoo for the static fire! As for the glowy bits: Chunks of ice maybe? -
For Questions That Don't Merit Their Own Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skyler4856's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Hmm. In Larry Niven’s “Known Space” literary universe, there is an egg-shaped planet called Jinx. Seen from space, it is banded like an Easter egg: the poles are in vacuum and the equatorial region is a high-pressure hell, inhabited by bandersnatchi. The human-habitable zones are in between, of course. IIRC that world is described in World of Ptaavs -
I guess I'm not really surprised. I just noticed two of my videos linked in my sig have been copyright blocked by SME because of the AC/DC music. I suppose it's absolutely no coincidence that AC/DC just released a new single with an album coming out next week. Especially since another video that has music by another group owned by SME was not blocked. *digs around* After looking at what stuff I've uploaded, I have 6 copyright claims of which three are blocked. The third one is of a mohole glitch which has Chris Isaak music and a whopping 9 views lol. But for the other songs they're not concerned about blocking it? *digs more* Oh, I see. For the claims that weren't blocked they apparently run ads on them instead, payable to the copyright owner. That's fair. Why couldn't they do that with the three that were blocked instead of alienating me?
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Finally Peeled that Gold Foil Off the Windows
StrandedonEarth replied to Nate Simpson's topic in Prelaunch KSP2 Discussion
Those are gorgeous! -
KSP 22: Catch!
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Favorite rocket/ spacecraft?
StrandedonEarth replied to Clamp-o-Tron's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Saturn V, which stopped flying before I was old enough to be aware of it. Followed by Shuttle, of course -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Did it scrub yet? Did it scrub yet? Did it scrub yet? -
totm april 2020 Coronavirus
StrandedonEarth replied to Xd the great's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Quite plausible, as even regular eyeglasses help protect the eyes from droplets from people “speaking moistly”. Safety glasses would be even better, protecting most angles. In other news, when schools are separating kids into cohorts to limit spread, whose the moron who thought it would be a good idea to run dance classes involving kids from many different schools? 30 cases from that dance studio, involving kids at twelve different schools.... As a result, the kids’ ice hockey season has been paused -
totm march 2020 So what song is stuck in your head today?
StrandedonEarth replied to SmileyTRex's topic in The Lounge
One of the most “Aw cmon, seriously???!!??”” moments in my life. Steppenwolf played at Breakers in Pt Roberts, Washington state a mere week before my twenty first birthday. Being that the drinking age there is 21 and Breakers is (or was) a nightclub, I couldn’t go (or at least, I wouldn’t have gotten in) -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I’m sure some kerbals considered a coal/LOX slurry... -
Apparently BO has gotten the BE-4 turbopumps sorted out and is or will be ramping production, good news for them and ULA e: forgot tweet
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I agree with all the other answers here. I’ve launched many draggy, hammerhead payloads in KSP; you just need even bigger fins at the bottom. I mean, I’ve used FAT-455 wings as fins to stabilize an un-fairinged (that’s probably not a word, but it was too big to fit anything) station hub during launch. -
For Questions That Don't Merit Their Own Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skyler4856's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I've read the discussion on this, and it seems to me that a lot of details are lacking. I assume the agent shot his nemesis in the head and saw him go down, so he likely did suffer a concussion and appeared killed from a distance, and should be nice and bloody too.. But with what weapon, and from what range? Bear in mind this is titanium over skull. So if this assassination was with a .50cal sniper rifle, then this isn't very believable, due to likely penetration and sheer brain-scrambling-energy delivered. But a handgun, especially from range? I could believe that. As for anything in between, depending on angle of impact, etc.... -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
StrandedonEarth replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Now they just need to get someone up there with a Jiffy marker ( gotta have that xylene) to draw windows on it -
Experience is a great teacher. i learned pretty quick that having the specialized tools for drum brakes would help a lot, but I wasn't about to buy them either. On my last few cars it seems that I can't even get the drum off to just check the brakes. Which is probably a good thing from a brake dust point of view.