StrandedonEarth

Ah, the good ol' Beaver, I have a few snippets of memory of the many trips I took in that rugged bush plane, flying to and from Sandspit and Tasu between the ages of 3 and 7. And while I never rode in it, the Goose (first flown in 1937!) was a regular visitor to Tasu for the Prince Rupert run. The CP-140 Aurora anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Had a good tour of one at CFB Comox back when I was in Air Cadets. Along with the CH-47 Chinook (which also stopped at Tasu for a medevac). Isn't that the Comet, which revealed the secrets perils of metal fatigue? On the Wet coast, you don't tan, you rust! Ah yes, looks like the bird I rode on the Sandspit to RainVancouver leg. With turbojets, no stinkin' fans!

Ah yes, that was an anthem from my youth, when Canada blocked MTV in favour of the homegrown MuchMusic channel. Given MTV had the “I Want my MTV!” slogan at the time, that was quickly adopted by all the liquided Canadian teens “That ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it! Now excuse me while I install our new OTR microwave oven (joke; I won't be installing it); the custom kitchen is getting delivered/installed next Monday (no joke, we don’t even have a kitchen sink right now)

Hold my beer! (has ShockWave been in this thread yet?) Dayum, that would make a nice profile banner, if I didn't already like the one I have...

Once human space travel between places is occurring regularly, the correct terminology will be “how much do you mass?” (a very important measure for space travel, probably not left to the honour system)

With six people aboard, someone is likely to get kicked in the head. Almost happened with four, it looked like. All those somersaults…

"... And I want my money back!" Great tune, my favorite off that album (not a very high bar, I know, but hey) As for the hydroponics thing, I had my own little Aerogarden experiment going. I even built my own copy of it, not quite as efficient, but it worked. Currently mothballed during our kitchen reno, but the herbs were fantastic!

As I understood it, the original NASA countdowns were “T-minus…” with the T being short for Tmax , or Thrust Max. As in the moment when the vehicle reaches maximum thrust, which is usually when the clamps release. But that’s NASA. Other entities can focus the countdown around whichever mark/event they want. BO apparently chose “Engine Start “

I started thinking that maybe the goatee was getting long enough to be a safety hazard (I work around machinery) so my wife chopped it off with her Pampered Chef shears...

Will they do a full static fire of all 29-33 engines? I thought there was concern about pad damage.,., Regardless, whenever they do fire them all up, I think they should be playing this song. Heck, Musk should be in this getup, lol

Gotta love that Boca Chica rumble, no matter how short! Another step forward…

11:9 IIRC.

Fewer, not zero. Potentially less catastrophic, but still dangerous. If a stretched bungee cord snaps, that’s a lot of energy whipping around. It could easily take out an eye or worse. Steel cables that snap under load have been known to cut people in two Granted, modern bungee cords have many filaments, so a sudden, catastrophic failure is unlikely (if you see it starting to unravel), but still something to watch out for.

I just re-read the actual question in the topic: “How big…?” Answer: Big enough to kill you

But you also need to find the static friction, by which I mean how much force it needs to get it rolling, which will be more than it takes to keep it rolling. The higher thrust to get going requires a hole (depth TBD) in the grain for an extra initial spike in thrust. Of course, this should be tested from a safe distance, not from atop the skateboard the motor is mounted to!

This idea is only good for winning Darwin Awards. Because even if you survive an engine RUD, it’s still likely to destroy your reproductive capability if you’re practically sitting on it. That said, a pusher motor arrangement will not want to go in a straight line

Boston Dynamics: your turn!

Bay of Fundy, between the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick:

Those two white circles near the stern make me think the stern needs to look more like...

Well, the more effective way is to blast a hole near their feet, then eject the empty shell to show you really mean business. Yeah, you're still down one shell but at least it's not a live one.

Generate hot gas for the hot-gas thrusters by hot-staging?

… Until Felix Baumgartner tries to bail out at 85km… Seriously, some dudes or dudettes will want to skydive out of SS2 or SS3 at one altitude or another…

What, and let every crazy dictator know how to build WMDs and the rockets to deliver them? Worse yet, how to contact the extraterrestrials that brought the techs in the first place?!? ---------------------------------------------------------- As for my own random thoughts, I noticed this face of a quarry on a local mountain (cropped iPhone photo) and suddenly thought that it could be the top of Homer Simpson's head and they have his whole face carved behind that ridge... I should tweet this at the quarry company, maybe they'll make it happen lol...

It took me too long to learn to wear safety glasses when working under a vehicle. But for an older, dirtier vehicle, you may need this: Bonus: It would have protected you from the puppy licks: But yeah, if someone is doing some work for me, I introduce my dog, then lock her in a room until she settles down.

Oh hey, rep is back on the sidebar... As usual with any change, things look weird at first...