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Most of what I've learned about playing KSP has come from reading, actually. There are a lot of good resources on the forums, and of course about orbital mechanics in general. Although, I do remember watching youtube to learn how to get to orbit, but that was before in-game tutorials existed, I think.

literally the third time you've rated my avatar so i'm giving you a 1/10

6/10 - a little too blurry imo, hard to tell who it is or what they're doing.

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You'd also need analogs for in front of, behind, above, below, etc. You're right that it wouldn't be hard, but to my knowledge there is no natural language which incorporates these concepts. What I wonder is if one could dream in 4 dimensions. If the language exists to describe them, I think it would might possible to mentally experience them as well. Mutlidimensional time would be really interesting as well. What if, in addition to moving forward and backwards in time, one could move left, right, up, down, and even +W and -W? Of course, there are probably limits to what we can imagine in our brains, but I do wonder.

7/10 - not sure what yours is, but I think it's a narwhal in space looming over the Earth with the milky way in the background. It would definitely be a 10/10 if I could tell for sure.

We can use language to describe the world around us. Most languages understandably lack ways to express things that don't exist in our experience, like non linear time or a spatial fourth dimension. However, we could conceivably create a language that could describe those things. If one were to become fluent in that language, what would their dreams (unbound by reality) be like?

daily reminder to alway rember happy day. Here's some more I found sitting in my bookmarks. I'm truly sorry:

The video and the song are stuck now.

8/10 - nothing more appropriate than a Kerbal on Kerbal Space Program forums. Also interesting suit color.

Way back in the 0.18.3 demo, I probably failed to get to orbit. It was so long ago that I don't remember now. I do remember finally doing a Mun landing in it though. I found this picture, titled "First Mun Landing.JPG," and it's dated 2014. I was playing before that though:

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I think that this would be a really cool place to insert cybernetics into a story. Space pilots might be 95% machine, but with enough humanity left to be relatable to readers. An explanation may be that when fights are run completely by AI, they result in stalemates and/or random wins (similarly to some video games where you can make bots fight each other.) Of course, like you said, it's all speculative. Hopefully, by the time we have space colonies and large craft, we won't be fighting wars anymore anyway.

What do you guys think space-warfare would really be like? It seems like every mainstream sci-fi does the whole space fleet thing: I don't think the idea of a space fleet is unreasonable, but I do think the distances involved here are. Even at the scale of these ships, a nuke going off in the center of the fleet would wreak havoc on them. So, a fleet would have to be much more spaced out. In addition, I think that their weapons would probably be at least as powerful as, if not more, than nukes, so enemy fleets would probably stay back a significant distance. I'm thinking that battles may take place at a range of a couple of light-minutes away. That means that there will be a lag in radar and sensors, making it more difficult to predict your enemy's position, and any weaponry would have to travel very fast to do be effective (it would not only have to cross the distance in a reasonable time, but be fast enough to not give the enemy time to dodge it.) I think the ideal weapon for this type of conflict would be 0.99c mass projectiles. Whole barrages could be sent at a time, aimed by a targeting AI which has learned to predict enemy movements (huge amounts of military R&D would be done to develop AI that could outsmart the enemy AI.) You wouldn't see the projectiles coming until they were already there, and a single hit would be devastating. They also won't lose their energy like a laser would. Or, if spacecraft could travel at this speed (and accelerate fast enough without turning flat,) it may be possible to send near-light "fighters" from bigger, slower "carriers." They would be similarly difficult to detect and dodge, and would be able to do hit and run attacks on vital targets more intelligently than a big tungsten rod. I don't know why more sci-fi doesn't make use of this kind of combat. Not being able to see the enemy, and trying to predict their movement and attacks would add a lot of tension and drama. What do you all think?

Some sketches from my calculus notes: I really need to get a good way to scan and digitize them. I think they'd look at least 10x better if I did. First, though, I should probably learn how to draw.

SPACE: SPoof All Cold-war Expeditions The truth is out there.

Just figured that I would mention that your planets don't have to be aligned to go interplanetary. In fact, you may find it easier (but much less efficient) to leave Kerbin's SOI, then intercept your target planet just like you would a space station or other docking target. I usually match inclination, then set a maneuver node at the right place. It will almost certainly take a lot more fuel, but if you're like me and you overbuild your missions, it works pretty well and you can launch any time. I never liked going interplanetary because I didn't like judging the angles by eye, and I didn't want to feel like "cheating" by getting something like Kerbal Alarm Clock to do it for me. Now that I know you can do it another way, I send many more interplanetary missions.

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Demonstrate the proper egg laying technique. The game ends when all but one player have laid an egg.

For the dough: Flour - 7 Tbs Baking powder - 1 Tsp Brown sugar - 1 Tbs Vegetable oil - 2 Tsp For the coating: Brown sugar - 5 Tbs Pinch of salt Vegetable oil for deep frying Prep. 1. Add the flour to the baking powder. Mix, then put it through a sieve into another bowl. In a separate bowl, mix your brown sugar with 3 Tbs of hot water. stir in the vegetable oil and add the flour and baking powder. Use a spatula to mix the dough, then knead by hand for two minutes. Wrap the dough in plastic, and let it sit for ten minutes. 2. Sprinkle a chopping board with some flour, and use your hands to press the dough to about a 1/2 in. thick rectangle. Then, use a rolling pin to bring it to about a 1/4 in. thick. Cut it into strips about 3 in. by 1/4 in. 3. Put about 1 1/2 in. of vegetable oil in a pot or pan, and bring it to a oil around 375 F. Fry for 3 - 4 minutes. 4. Place the brown sugar for the coating into a pan, along with 4 tbs of water and a pinch of salt. Simmer for 1 - 2 minutes until the mixture is syrupy, shaking the pan as you go. 5. Turn off the heat and add sticks of fried dough, coating them with syrup. Finally, return the pan to heat and simmer until the liquid has boiled off.

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