Dartguy
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Please excuse my ignorance, but these are just mockups of the Starship, right? I mean, the finished product isn't going to look like some old farm silo, right?
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4 hours ago, Chemp said:
Looks like they scrubbed it. Next Spaceflight lists it as NET January 2020 now.
I'm actually not too unhappy about that. To watch the launch, I would have had to hurry home after work. Not a great prospect if you're riding a bicycle and there's ice on the streets.
Yes!!! I am going to the Rolex 24 this weekend, leaving tomorrow. Hopefully it will be launched before Sunday night!
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I like darts
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Sony is dead to me. I'll never give them another penny.
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Magnum PI was my favorite show of all time. I made sure to visit several several of the sites from the show when I visited Hawaii.
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51 minutes ago, StellaGraham said:
I like horse racing
I live about 10 minutes from Churchill Downs, but never have been to the KY Derby.
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I forgot to mention Cool Hand Luke as a favorite of mine. Paul Newman was one of the coolest people to ever live.
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The African Queen is my favorite. Just can't beat Bogart and Hepburn.
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No, only mammals produce milk.
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Crab legs.
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I've been playing it for a few months, and I am terrible! But it is very fun with friends. I ran over a guy last night in a Dacia, too much fun!!
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Thanks! I absolutely loved your Apollo 16 site! Wasted most of a work week nerding out!
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2 hours ago, Ignath said:
I just got a chance to watch (missed it yesterday and been really busy so didn't have a chance to get to it until now). I noticed at ~21:01 to 21:04/21:05 in the video, something whizzes past the F9 core while it's on its way back to land. Anyone know what that was? Here's a link to the video at around that time:
https://youtu.be/PhTbzc-BqKs?t=1263
It looks dark when against the blue of the planet, but almost grey when it gets into the darkness of space. Chunk of ice? Meteorite? Satellite? It moves past really quickly and doesn't really appear to come from the stage, but below it.
I saw that, too. Glad you posted this. It can't be a satellite or meteorite. My guess would be part of the launch that was falling faster than the booster as it was flipping around, then the booster caught up and passed the chunk of whatever it was.
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I made 2 tandem jumps when I was young. Absolutely awesome!
I found out not long ago that the trainer I jumped with died in a tandem jump. He actually flipped himself under the tandem partner and absorbed the impact, saved that guy's life.
His name was Mike Costello, a real hero.
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Please post the videos when you have some finished. I also race online, been in a league for over 10 years.
I used Windows Movie Maker, but I believe that is no linger available.
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15 hours ago, Cheif Operations Director said:
Capable of taking the picture in your profile picture just with more clarity
I found a used Celestron C8 locally on Craigslist for $300, also found a Neximage 5 camera for $50. That combination can lead to some pretty incredible photos with some work on your part. I am still learning and don't have much time to get out at night, but I enjoy it. You can, too!
With just a cell phone camera, you can take pretty good photos with enough trial and error. I have some earlier in this thread from this scope and a Samsung Galaxy 6
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I was surprised to read that some of the expert mirror-makers recommend using your bare fingers to clean mirrors, once wet with soap and water. Just rub any debris away. I assume fingernails are not to be used, though.
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On 2/1/2018 at 5:59 AM, p1t1o said:
My main use will be flight simulators, so the lack of walking is a non-issue. The immersion in flight sims is reportedly a game changer, and I readily believe it, it does seem better suited to that kind of simulation than an FPS.
I am sure flight sims will be the same as racing sims (which is all I do), if not even more immersive. I tried TrackIR a few years ago and after about 5 minutes, I had a bad headache. With Oculus, no ill effects and the realism is incredible. Only drawbacks are not being able to see the keyboard and the resolution is not where it needs to be, yet. But that is easily forgotten once the adrenaline kicks in.
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I've never tried the Vive, or anything else besides the Oculus. I can tell you that the Oculus is incredible for racing, which is just about all I do on the gaming PC. I went from triple screens to Oculus and the difference in immersion is like night and day. Going from one screen to 3 was a huge difference, the difference to the Oculus in infinitely more.
I have a R390 GPU and is runs it just fine. The only thing I would worry about is the cost of upgrading your GPU, if needed, is very high now because of all the bitcoin mining.
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23 minutes ago, _Augustus_ said:
In other news it looks like I might be going down to Florida from the 5th to the 11th or so; hopefully the FH launch happens around then...
Nooo! Test it today, and launch it this weekend! Seriously, if it doesn't get launched by Monday, I hope it'll hold until you are there.
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I was shocked to hear about this last night. I had a big crush on her when they did "Linger". Such a cool voice.
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13 hours ago, Racescort666 said:
I hope it's during the Rolex 24 because there was a launch during the 12 hours of Sebring last year and they basically stopped reporting on the race for a few minutes to talk about rockets. It was awesome.
Man, I hope so! I'll be at the Rolex.
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I should have jumped at that chance to buy one or 2 of those. I was close, but I have never tried grinding a mirror and want to try something smaller for the first time. Good luck with yours!
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Looking better for a late January launch of the Heavy. I'm going to be in Daytona the last weekend. Man that would be great if it happens then!
Mike Huges is at it again; RIP 22 Feb 2020
in Science & Spaceflight
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And, he earned his Darwin Award..
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/22/us/science-channel-mike-hughes-dead/index.html