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Today, 08:30 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Starlink is likely the first commercial operator to have written off 64 satellites. :) If I'm not mistaken, SN9 is doing a static fire around this...

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Today, 05:21 PM

Swift replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

yes

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Today, 04:13 PM

Swift replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

mRNA vaccines did spring out of nothing in the last year, but are built on 30 years of research Harvard.edu wikipedia

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Yesterday, 07:35 PM

Swift replied to a thread East Carib volcanos firing up - La Soufriere in Geology & Planetary Surfaces

Coincidentally, my wife was talking about post-pandemic vacation spots the other day and was talking about St. Vincent. I said we might want to wait...

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2021-Jan-18, 09:08 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

But if you look for games on the Internet using Bing, likely the first result will be on game theory and the second on hunting. Somewhere near the...

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2021-Jan-18, 09:00 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

But SpaceX went from 1 Merlin to 9 and then to 27. So a small step like 3 to 4 is mathematically proven to be a lot more simple. (tongue still in...

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2021-Jan-18, 12:09 AM

geonuc replied to a thread Adventures in DIY in Off-Topic Babbling

Mostly finished with the router table cabinet. I still have to build in a peg board on the side opposite the power switch. And I think I'll paint the...

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2021-Jan-17, 08:48 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Tongue was planted in cheek. :) That said, I'll be the first to admit that rocketry remains extremely complex and there will always be hickups...

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2021-Jan-17, 07:24 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Well we can't all be MacGyver. ;) We still have way too many bookshelves with city guides, travel guides etc. Outdated by the time you went on...

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2021-Jan-17, 06:41 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Hey, give them a break, after all these engines are new, uncharted territory...Erm, anyway, Scott Manley has a video on the static fire so I'll be up...

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2021-Jan-17, 01:49 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

"fox" ;)

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2021-Jan-17, 01:36 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

I noticed that I got stuck at a certain level of knowledge/skill much more than today. Things like programming. If it wasn't in my book, it was...

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2021-Jan-17, 08:08 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

OK that doesn't sound good. I had to mute the video while I watched it, and somewhere between "grass in control" and "ho shutdown" I figured that the...

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2021-Jan-16, 11:19 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

OK. Things appeared to go well so I assume a parameter was creeping outside limits.

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2021-Jan-16, 10:44 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Was it supposed to do a full duration?

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2021-Jan-16, 10:42 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Looked like a success! Quite long static fire too.

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2021-Jan-16, 10:39 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

T-1:00 min. To test? From hold?

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2021-Jan-16, 09:54 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Test expected within 1 hour...

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2021-Jan-16, 09:43 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Test expected in 30 minutes (5PM EST)

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2021-Jan-16, 08:27 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

Depending on which language you're trying to speak, I'd say 3. In our backyard only a woodpecker to report. Or, in this case, soilpecker.

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2021-Jan-16, 08:14 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Reusable Rockets in Space Exploration

I think that someone forgot to tell them it was impossible. ;) Quite some players have nailed the trick with suborbital powered landings, but...

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2021-Jan-16, 08:10 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

I read somewhere (Twitter?) that 2 engines had some damage and needed minor repairs.

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2021-Jan-16, 08:07 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

Heads up: live broadcast starts in 24 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELHOXi2t3lk

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2021-Jan-16, 04:56 PM

Swift replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

I enjoyed Battleship too, even though I was constantly thinking of "that's not possible" or "that doesn't make sense" things.

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2021-Jan-16, 04:41 PM

Swift replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

Visitor to our backyard the other night, a coyote. Think I also saw him another night on the game camera, but it wasn't as good a video (not that...

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2021-Jan-16, 04:28 PM

Swift replied to a thread Middle-aged kit building in Off-Topic Babbling

I'll have to see if any of the Shapeways people make an N scale road runner. It might have to be a dog and a chicken. ;) I'm not a rivet...

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2021-Jan-16, 04:17 PM

Swift replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

KSC is run by NASA, Cape Canaveral was run by the Air Force (I guess it is now run by the Space Force).

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2021-Jan-16, 02:44 PM

geonuc replied to a thread Middle-aged kit building in Off-Topic Babbling

That's so cool!

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2021-Jan-16, 10:36 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread Marketing Spin in Off-Topic Babbling

"The Bouquet Residence" flashback intensifies... :) But I understand "Target" was a surname and not the word? Never knew that.

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2021-Jan-16, 10:32 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Ah the Big City, one step closer to an internet experience. We didn't have to ask "which stores has this town" but "which town has a store". :) ...

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