StrandedonEarth
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So now it’s a litterbug….
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4 hours ago, TwoCalories said:
Well, I have a contribution to this thread: the HAL Tejas. Just... look at it... it looks like an F/A-18C, F-16XL, and MiG-21 all mashed into one aircraft.
Delta wing, single engine, no strakes? Doesn't look at all like an F-18 to me...
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Another article: IM-1 lunar lander tipped over on its side - SpaceNews
One tidbit that I don't recall being mentioned in this thread (emphasis mine):
QuoteControllers discovered the problem with the lander’s laser rangefinders after going into orbit around the moon Feb. 21 and deciding to use them to more precisely measure the lander’s orbit, which was more elliptical than intended. The lasers, though, did not work, and engineers determined that a physical switch — a safety measure on the ground because the lasers are not eye-safe — was not flipped before launch.
So in other words, a pre-launch (closeout) checklist failure/omission. I'm assuming there was a checklist, but that the switch was not on said checklist. Too bad the switch could not be flipped remotely....
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On 2/12/2024 at 3:32 AM, AlamoVampire said:
ts frowned upon by the good players to target juveniles but the more aggressive ones take pleasure in killing juveniles. Given the obscene penalties a player currently incurs upon death and (please if you doubt me google path of titans toxic players) the abhorrently toxic player base its a safe bet theres an undercurrent of deliberate griefing/harassment and sick sport fomented by a gm team that refuses to acknowledge it AND the fact the TOS forbids it, yet the officials do squat to stop it. All given one must believe evil out of the gate rather than give a beneficial doubt. Its just flat out that toxic.
Well, juvenile griefing could be curtailed if there was a more realistic game response. What happens in real life when the young of an animal is threatened or harmed? You get Momma Bear on your tail. If attacking/killing a juvenile spawned a full-grown bronto or T-Rex bot on top of you, with next-to-nil chance of survival, that should curtail such griefing. But the devs would have to see the need to make that happen. Unfortunately, the best way to make them see the need is if they lost player base due to juvenile griefing.
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On 2/16/2024 at 1:43 PM, darthgently said:
This seems like the place to put this. This should be a KSP2 mod. Space cat pic included with very short sci-fi story at link
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2024/02/16/the-tuna-equation/
Ok, that was cute. Ima gonna paste the pic from that story....
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22 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:Please - for the love of God...
Un-fix whatever it is that you just fixed.
I've enjoyed 3 days of these forums and now I'm blocked from S&Sf again.
I really enjoy S&Sf - it's a great community. Why do I gotta be the guy who gets nothing but 500 every time I try to see who is posting what?
(yes... I'm error 500 again)
Thanks fellers - just sad and frustrated.
At least I can backdoor in via notifications... But it's just frustrating when I get in for days and think (hope) it's fixed - only for it to revert after a couple of days.
Oddly enough, it still works for me, for now. I know it’s not fixed, because even when S&SF works, KSP1 Discussion still doesn’t. Which is no great loss, but when S&SF goes down it’s a great loss.
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12 minutes ago, SunlitZelkova said:
I’m surprised the US and Japan have had so many issues. In contrast, China and India have had success in the past couple years by comparison (Chang’e 5 and Chandrayaan 3).
Well, the US landers were developed commercially, while JAXA seems to have proven a design (materials) problem with their engines. China is a more mature program, and India is the exception that proves the rule that space is HARD.
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7 minutes ago, tater said:
Friend at NASA kind of annoyed they are calling it a success. In somewhat harsher language. LOL
Another friend via text:
We unloaded your new refrigerator in your kitchen, ON ITS SIDE.
We successfully landed your airline flight ON ITS SIDE.
We dropped the dumpster in your driveway ON ITS SIDE.
Well, it is still sending (whispering?) data. Call it a partial success. Certainly not a full success if some instrumentation wasn't working on descent. Sort of the equivalent of "Any landing you can walk away from"
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1 hour ago, cubinator said:
I wonder if they can get that third-person video of the landing and tipover, from that camera that they apparently launched out of the side(?). That would be especially exciting.
Yes, definitely hoping to see that. I'm also waiting/hoping for some official to admit they "kerballed" the landing. That's slang for a non-optimal but survivable landing that I would love to see adopted...
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20 minutes ago, Meecrob said:
I get where you are coming from; it is always best to consider all sides. However, I honestly do not think there any unworkable issues. I bet that the delay that will happen is because the agencies that do these assessments are severely understaffed.
Oh, there’ll be a lot of pushback from the environmental end. I think the original EPA license was for 4-6? launches per year, but having trouble finding that info…
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It’s actually been working for the last 72 hours or so (S&SF, but not KSP1 Discussion). Hope I’m not jinxing it…
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29 minutes ago, darthgently said:
Anyone else getting KSP server connection errors? Janky tonight.
Yeah, I had a 502 error several minutes ago. But for the last 72 hours or so at least I’m not getting the kraken ban error that has been the dominant state for months now.
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1 hour ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:
If NASA (et. al) would just study my KSP lander design, they'd know the proper next step is to stow the landing legs, use the reaction wheels via WASD to right the craft, then lower the legs again for the perfect landing.
I don't think their reaction wheels are quite as strong as the ones in KSP, and it looked like the legs were (non-deployabe/retractable) anyways. Otherwise that maneuver would be BadS...
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3 hours ago, PakledHostage said:
Length 22 metres, diameter 19 metres... what do you do if you find yourself in the middle of that in zero g? Blow hard and hope the delta-V is sufficient to reach the sides? Or will they put ropes across it like in the monkey cage at the zoo?
There’s probably an equipment core that’ll reduce the ‘stranded zone’ considerably. Not to mention, how do you get stopped in the middle in the first place?
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4 hours ago, farmerben said:
Hydrogen can be used instead of Carbon as a reduction agent in steel making. It looks possible for Earth to switch over entirely to this technique in <100 years, if green policies are a priority.
The difference between iron and steel is the carbon content, so carbon is still needed for steelmaking. Of course, that's bound carbon, so it still shouldn't result in carbon emissions if done right...
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If there was an omnidirectional radio transmitter at Proxima Centauri, how powerful would it have to be for us to detect it with current technology? Would it even be detectable over the radio noise from Proxima?
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1 hour ago, kerbiloid said:
(Silently tries to count on fingers, how many times had the global set of ideological and political doctrines been changed to the opposite last 500 years...
Tries to imagine the arrival of the alien species, which was appreciating the Earth civilisation 500 years ago.
What if they had arrived to greet the Albigenses or Huguenots, and ask for them?
The same is about any several centuries interval.)
They'd conclude there's no intelligent life here after watching Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies
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Time to get the hot -gas-gas thrusters working for the flip and ullage re-settling. Stage, full shutdown, flip, ullage, re-light. Possibly use asymmetric venting on the hot-stage ring to start the flip?
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On 2/10/2024 at 2:06 PM, DDE said:
Yes, but you can only use it if you haven't given up your landline. Shifting most use to mobile and the sheer quantity of spam calls has caused my family to systematically get rid of those.
Yup, 99% of the calls that came in on our landline were spam, so we finally killed it. Yes, 99%, that's not an exaggeration. Ok, maybe more like 95%
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5 hours ago, Nuke said:
until it makes orbit its just a lawn ornament.
*beach ornament
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1 hour ago, darthgently said:
Here is a fun rabbit hole of only medium depth. Babbage would love it
Here's a link to the blog, for those who shun xitter (I deleted my account, I'm not supporting that crud in any way, shape or form. It's frustrating enough that that's where SpX updates appear)
Reverse-engineering an electromechanical Central Air Data Computer (righto.com)
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2 hours ago, kerbiloid said:
Atmospheric N2 and electrolytic H2 produce NH3 ammonia.
Mars atmosphere is 95% CO2 and 3% N2: very little available nitrogen.
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41 minutes ago, SunlitZelkova said:
design bureaus were taxed the limit with work on missiles, launch vehicles, probes, the lunar program, the orbital Soyuz, and later Salyut.
And Venera…
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They must be confident that the permit is coming Soontm
Overview of all AI, not just LLMs
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Ah, but, what percentage would have to look up a given word, vs how many can infer the meaning (or have a pretty good assumption) from the context?