The Space Shuttle was very expensive and time consuming to refurbish. That includes the boosters. They cost more to refurbish than replace, but economics wasn't a prime driver of Shuttle operations.
Maybe a good analogy is landing a plane at the end of its flight vs dropping it into the ocean on a parachute. Landing is a lot cheaper and quicker to turn around.
With the extreme overreach by various Australian governments over the years, culminating in literal concentration camps incarcerating those exposed to COVID (never mind if they even had it), I've lost all desire to visit the country.
By all accounts it's beautiful, and I know the people are interesting and friendly. But their government, no.
Rhyming in name, but across the world, Austria's lost to me too for similar reasons.
Whenever it had to do anything positive - like diet or exercise - it became belligerent. At the end it withdrew from the program. So yes, it'll die soon.
Obesity is a symptom of degenerate behavior. It's a consequence of at least one of the 7 deadly sins.
Besides, this is a free speech platform. Reddit banned FPH. If you want restricted speech, *you* go there. If you don't like what you see here, look elsewhere.
For drone ship booster landings they now switch to southerly trajectories for polar orbits because of rough winter weather in the Atlantic. However, here it was a return to launch site landing, so in this case I don't know why.
I have one window open and still logged in, trying to upvote. The arrow changes color, but the number doesn't even after waiting a while and refreshing the page. It's been like this (for me at least) for a couple of months.
It's not a big deal (just Internet points, after all). But still, it'd be nice if I could vote.
Yes. It was mounted on an equipment panel which was deployed with a lanyard from the side by Armstrong while he was on the "porch." The camera was detachable. Once they were on the surface they detached and mounted it on a tripod. More information can be found here:
Once the motor shut down they were in free fall and thus weightless. That continued for something like three minutes until descending back into the thicker air, where deceleration reintroduced G forces. Finally, constant descent velocity left them back at 1G.
The cabin cameras all use wide angle lenses which normally introduce such distortions. Note the forward facing external camera does not distort. That's typical of rectilinear lens use.
They reach an altitude of around 85 km - far higher than even Concorde reached (around 20 km). Per US definitions that's space (above 80 km), but per international definitions it isn't (the Karman line - above 100 km). Of course, these are very fuzzy and somewhat arbitrary lines. And either way they are nowhere near orbital velocity.
I believe it's essential to be able to enforce posting and commenting rules, especially to keep out disruptive elements. Those who don't like it can create their own subverses and set their own rules, or none at all. If posts and comments cannot be deleted, there's nothing to stop trolls and lunatics from ruining subject-specific subverses.
ETA: In the sidebar I laid out the rules for the subverse. Without the ability to enforce them, what's the point of having a moderator?
For small rocket motors electric pumps have a weight and simplicity advantage. However, a significant disadvantage is the reliance on batteries. Rocket Lab is the first to do this as far as I know. So time will tell if it's a net positive (no pun intended). Meanwhile, the exact cause of this malfunction is yet to be revealed.
Deep space fundamental research is IMO a reasonable activity for NASA. Building launchers, lofting payloads and people, etc. is not. The private sector (real private companies, not the likes of Boeing and Northrop Grumman) are proven to be much more efficient at that.
dominus_stercae 2 points 1.3 years ago
I hear you. It cannot be unseen. Ever more obese people about, and this shows how bad it can get.
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dominus_stercae 1 point 1.5 years ago*
The Space Shuttle was very expensive and time consuming to refurbish. That includes the boosters. They cost more to refurbish than replace, but economics wasn't a prime driver of Shuttle operations.
Maybe a good analogy is landing a plane at the end of its flight vs dropping it into the ocean on a parachute. Landing is a lot cheaper and quicker to turn around.
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dominus_stercae 1 point 2.2 years ago
With the extreme overreach by various Australian governments over the years, culminating in literal concentration camps incarcerating those exposed to COVID (never mind if they even had it), I've lost all desire to visit the country.
By all accounts it's beautiful, and I know the people are interesting and friendly. But their government, no.
Rhyming in name, but across the world, Austria's lost to me too for similar reasons.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.2 years ago
Whenever it had to do anything positive - like diet or exercise - it became belligerent. At the end it withdrew from the program. So yes, it'll die soon.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.2 years ago
It's carer/feeder was also a fatass. Who died while the show was being videoed.
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dominus_stercae 5 points 2.2 years ago
Obesity is a symptom of degenerate behavior. It's a consequence of at least one of the 7 deadly sins.
Besides, this is a free speech platform. Reddit banned FPH. If you want restricted speech, *you* go there. If you don't like what you see here, look elsewhere.
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dominus_stercae 5 points 2.2 years ago
Butt-hurt fatass. Instead of being offended, put down the fork.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.3 years ago
For drone ship booster landings they now switch to southerly trajectories for polar orbits because of rough winter weather in the Atlantic. However, here it was a return to launch site landing, so in this case I don't know why.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.3 years ago
How's the saying go: "Found the fatty!"
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dominus_stercae 6 points 2.7 years ago
Fine all around! And you? On the subject of rules, is there a central repository, or does one just glean them from various comments?
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dominus_stercae 1 point 2.7 years ago
Turns out my CCP was too low. Just crossed the threshold with the comments in this very post. Thanks for the input!
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dominus_stercae 7 points 2.7 years ago
PS: That was it. Someone gave me an upvote just now bringing me to 10, and my upvote of your comment worked. Thanks again!
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dominus_stercae 7 points 2.7 years ago
Ah, that might be it! I'm on exactly 10 now. Thank you!
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dominus_stercae 2 points 2.7 years ago
Thanks for the response.
I have one window open and still logged in, trying to upvote. The arrow changes color, but the number doesn't even after waiting a while and refreshing the page. It's been like this (for me at least) for a couple of months.
It's not a big deal (just Internet points, after all). But still, it'd be nice if I could vote.
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dominus_stercae 2 points 2.7 years ago*
If you watch beyond the initial launch for a couple of minutes you'll see it fail in flight, per the title.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.8 years ago
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-142f0088c41f69ac2fb1d7bd48cf9c4f-c
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.8 years ago
Yes. It was mounted on an equipment panel which was deployed with a lanyard from the side by Armstrong while he was on the "porch." The camera was detachable. Once they were on the surface they detached and mounted it on a tripod. More information can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_TV_camera
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dominus_stercae 0 points 2.8 years ago*
Once the motor shut down they were in free fall and thus weightless. That continued for something like three minutes until descending back into the thicker air, where deceleration reintroduced G forces. Finally, constant descent velocity left them back at 1G.
The cabin cameras all use wide angle lenses which normally introduce such distortions. Note the forward facing external camera does not distort. That's typical of rectilinear lens use.
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dominus_stercae 1 point 3.0 years ago
They reach an altitude of around 85 km - far higher than even Concorde reached (around 20 km). Per US definitions that's space (above 80 km), but per international definitions it isn't (the Karman line - above 100 km). Of course, these are very fuzzy and somewhat arbitrary lines. And either way they are nowhere near orbital velocity.
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dominus_stercae 3 points 3.0 years ago*
Disclosure: moderator of /v/spaceflight.
I believe it's essential to be able to enforce posting and commenting rules, especially to keep out disruptive elements. Those who don't like it can create their own subverses and set their own rules, or none at all. If posts and comments cannot be deleted, there's nothing to stop trolls and lunatics from ruining subject-specific subverses.
ETA: In the sidebar I laid out the rules for the subverse. Without the ability to enforce them, what's the point of having a moderator?
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dominus_stercae 1 point 3.0 years ago*
For small rocket motors electric pumps have a weight and simplicity advantage. However, a significant disadvantage is the reliance on batteries. Rocket Lab is the first to do this as far as I know. So time will tell if it's a net positive (no pun intended). Meanwhile, the exact cause of this malfunction is yet to be revealed.
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dominus_stercae 3 points 3.0 years ago
Not to come across as pretentious, but I love the bokeh in this image.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 3 years ago
Congrats! I'm envious - looking forward to ditching my cable provider.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 3 years ago
Love the dust lanes. On that note: at dark sites one can see the dust lanes of our own galaxy with the naked eye.
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dominus_stercae 0 points 3 years ago
Deep space fundamental research is IMO a reasonable activity for NASA. Building launchers, lofting payloads and people, etc. is not. The private sector (real private companies, not the likes of Boeing and Northrop Grumman) are proven to be much more efficient at that.
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