StrandedonEarth

Maybe a new non-stick paint as well?

I came across a hilarious aussie comedy on Netflix, that was so NSFW/K and otherwise obscene that I doubt I can even name it here. Aussie welfare, uh, folk..

We also lost Lois Lane Margot Kidder (someone else with the "right stuff") yesterday https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/canadian-born-superman-actress-margot-kidder-dead-at-69-1.3928740. That didn't seem to get noticed here in The Lounge, and I didn't want to clutter the forum with RIP threads. I wonder if we should start a master "RIP thread" to mourn everyone in one place...

Crud. Sorry to hear that. That guy had The Right Stuff

From three years ago, not sure whom these were for...

No, because it would essentially be the same set of forces that the plane experiences when it's landing on a normal runway and turns on the brakes. Which is why the rear wheels are only slightly behind the CoM, but the front gear is way out in front of the plane. So that's actually the designed behavior and it's not going to pitch down by any appreciable amount. Well, the AoA thing won't happen. And unless there's a long strip of conveyor belt behind the plane, it won't get anywhere near takeoff speed going backwards that way. And even if it could approach those speeds... pretty sure that it would be horribly aerodynamically unstable in that configuration and would likely spin around. Whatever happens next would be unpleasant, entertaining, and likely fatal, but I'm fairly confident it would not involve "takeoff" in any meaningful sense of the word. Well, since we're dealing with a magic conveyor belt here, much of physics was apparently thrown out the window anyways. So my post was somewhat tongue-in-cheek anyways. I could argue that the nose wheel would probably seize first (only one compared to two main gears, yaddyadda) Or maybe it's a taildragger, hmm? Pitchdown behavior would also depend on the control surfaces, and sudden deceleration could throw the pilot against the yoke, also forcing a pitchdown. And nowhere did I say or imply that a backwards takeoff would be stable I don't think there's enough popcorn in the world for this thread...

Lol good catch. But I agree, when class is in, the student should be focused on the class. If schools want to move towards e-learning, they need to bite the bullet and invest in E-desks: where (part of) the desktop itself is a computer screen. It would only connect to the school server, providing classroom content and tools. Then there is no need for any other devices and they can be banned.

I think I used all my likes on this thread... I have trouble believing a conveyor belt can accelerate fast enough for friction from the aircraft's wheel bearings to counteract the thrust. If that was the case, the bearings would quickly seize. At which point, the conveyor belt would hurl the aircraft backwards. The sudden acceleration would probably cause the plane to pitch forward, giving the wings a positive AoA with respect to the direction of travel. The aircraft would then take off backwards . It would probably then crash back down as the engine slows the backwards velocity, assuming it didn't suffer a prop strike when pitching forward. Normal physics: yeah, the conveyor does nothing to the thrust accelerating the plane, which will take off normally. Special case: floatplanes fighting against the current will have difficulty taking off, as water offers much more resistance than wheels, until the floats start hydroplaning.

Volts have a fairly small battery; it has a gas engine for charging 'on the go.' Chances are you see it plugged in but done charging a lot of the time. Or if you pass it at the same time every day, it may have just gotten home.

Mastodon cluster test complete. Great way to get a campfire going...

In the Michener novel Space, the Americans were concerned about the reaction of the Soviets if they launched a satellite that would have to orbit over the USSR at some point, and so refused to allow a satellite launch when they could have. I don't know if that was ever a real-world concern.

I approve of the OP's taste in music. But when gearing for launch (especially a maiden launch), a little Rush is always appropriate, methinks... And when your probe is getting out of commnet range...

I believe the DA's would put that in the "Honorable Mentions / Future Inductees' category. What makes me facepalm? My teenage son. Like, daily.

There's a white Tesla roaming my corner of the Fraser Valley; I've found myself behind it a few times. I believe it 'lives' not far away from me, and even closer to my carpool buddy.

Did they give any reason / Have you asked why? These forums should be an exception as they are well moderated and likely to be educational or at least STEM oriented. But like all forums, I suppose, the potential of wasted time is quite high... Sometimes I think it would be easier if schools just created a list of allowed sites, although I'm sure it would end up quite short.

Lol, the wonders of coub.com, which only allows ten-second clips before reversing, yet the music goes on forever. That’s what happens when you join 2.5m parts by way of a jr clamp-o-tron. For the record, some parts eventually collided and blew the thing apart. But yeah, I found the perfect point to reverse the clip...

Eye-dee-ten-tee error: incompetent operator found!

Shouldn’t they be on the big island of Hawaii about now?

Good idea. Or how about transparent aluminum . Just need to find Scotty first...

This time, replace it with plexiglass

And the point of the Heavy was to be able to fly recoverable for missions that would have to expend a single-stick F9. It doesn’t really have the fairing volume to max out the possible payload. The other use would be BLEO missions I wonder how many reinforced F9B5H Center Cores they plan on building for the F9H

I dunno, that sounds to me like they really want to get the same core off the pad within 24 real-time hours, not labor time. As for a quick ASDS turnaround, a year or two ago Elon was considering giving it a quick “gas’n’go” at sea with just enough propellants to hop from the ASDS back to the pad. I wonder if that is still on the table...

It could be worse...

Pollo 13: Spanish movie about 13 chickens. Die Had: About a hard-to-kill man who had the die for minting $1 coins, but lost it....

Not just installed, hammered in upside-down