[00:09:34] too bad that i require the app part that is not phone [00:10:06] i have a reasonably fine phone that is not-app [00:42:57] !!! https://twitter.com/ToughSf/status/1080246553527443465 [00:42:57] The Low Pressure Nuclear Thermal #Rocket concept achieves a new level of nuclear rocket performance using the same& https://t.co/ZxOKzdg1pO [01:11:33] nuclear thermal rocket is limited by reactor melting point. [01:13:00] colud get high ve when exhausting H. [01:13:22] didn't we ban nuclear explosions in space like 50 years ago? [01:17:16] (i probably don't know enough about how this is meant to work) [01:20:05] Apparently. It's a nuclear reactor, not a nuclear bomb. [01:22:18] Run reactor, use hydrogen in the primary cooling loop, vent hydrogen through a standard nozzle. [01:23:26] There are some details to get the hydrogen as hot as possible (and in the linked case to dissociate into monatomic hydrogen), but eh. [01:37:04] i can't imagine that being radiation free [01:37:22] and radiation in space will run unfiltered into every satellite... [01:38:40] uh [01:41:39] If you have a problem with parts of the reactor falling off, some problems. The exhaust should otherwise be remarkably radiation free (need 2 neutron captures on a typical hydrogen nucleus to get anything radioactive) [01:43:00] Neutron activation of the reactor proper, and general gamma emission while running are bigger issues, but 1/r² does wonders when 100 km is close. [01:43:43] You can also be somewhat cavalier because space is already a high radiation environment (if more from charged particles) [01:46:19] Hrm, that sentence about reactor bits coming off got mangled. [01:46:50] But if your reactor does much of that, you probably have bigger problems! [02:02:43] I just caught up with a ship in orbit I'm supposed to be rescuing someone from [02:02:49] how do I get them out and into my ship? [02:06:51] nevermind, got it [02:06:55] bracket keys [02:07:04] seems like that should be in a context menu or something [02:07:37] It's the standard focus change thing. [02:10:30] I'm sure I'm not the only person who accepted a contract like that without knowing what "focus change" means [02:24:57] ksft: Once you got near them (2.2 km) they should also show up in the tracking station. [02:25:34] with a fly button. [06:45:27] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o purpletarget|ktns' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [08:42:43] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [12:40:49] seems like that should be in a context menu or something <-- if you are close, you can (left)click on the crew hatch [15:01:47] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_h9CaUDHoU [15:01:47] YouTube - Marble Demagnetizer V3 - Marble Machine X #62 [15:43:26] bleargh siemens... software that worked fine for 5 years suddenly gives up... [15:43:55] and no debug output to figure out what's wrong [15:45:11] haha siemens. never go full retard [15:45:45] wasn't my decision, really [15:51:59] Fluburtur: \o/ [15:58:55] anyone around here familiar with both krpc and python? [15:59:39] i dont even have familiars :) [16:00:11] supposedly picture in 1 hour [16:03:45] Althego: ONE HOUR? [16:04:03] plus a bit for the usual useless talk [16:04:20] it says here 2 pm est, which is around 1 hour [16:51:06] https://66.media.tumblr.com/637015695d761247a8431b6b503d36f8/tumblr_inline_pbk8yz6KXS1txw19z_540.jpg [16:51:28] it is when I see things like that, I realise meme historians might become a real job [16:51:48] i d ont get it [16:52:15] exactly [16:53:39] https://66.media.tumblr.com/9c9435bd712f4baec531ae7765909207/tumblr_pkoipbFc5k1qewacoo2_540.jpg [16:54:58] neco coneco [17:00:33] heh stupid clock. 2 pm is 14, so it is 20 here [17:00:36] so in 2 more hours [17:23:01] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/186186471202357249/530073386626580481/DSC_0326.JPG [17:24:53] is that camera actuated? [17:25:02] yeah it can look to the sides [17:25:13] nice [17:25:23] I have the gps and video transmitter on the back [17:25:38] and the rc antenna is taped on the bbq stick [17:27:21] hah wintergatan video [17:35:28] youtube only wants me listening to gorillaz [17:35:36] hehe [17:35:41] but I dont want to, I have been listening to gorillaz for like 2 days [18:01:48] Eddi|zuHause: pretty sure I tried that... [18:03:40] I'm about to try to rescue a kerbal from a equatorial orbit at about 80 km, and they're about to pass over the KSC [18:03:49] when should I launch to intercept it? [18:03:58] an* [18:04:06] now, if "about to" is just right [18:04:14] in a couple of minutes [18:04:20] depending on your rocket, just before it flies over the ksc [18:04:47] it probably takes you a few minutes to reach 80 circular orbit, assuming thats what the kerbal is in [18:05:05] it's just over the continent that the KSC is on [18:05:27] I guess I should launch now [18:06:03] then you will eb too late [18:06:26] for such orbit it is better to be too soon because you can always be slower by going higher, but you cant really get faster [18:06:51] i would launch before it reaches the continent [18:08:19] ah, too late [18:08:29] yeah [18:08:31] I prefer to be late, because I fly to very low orbits and catch up and don't waste energy by uselessly making higher orbits than the target. [18:08:53] it's difficult to fly lower than a target at 80 km [18:09:06] I can do it easily. [18:09:19] I often aim for 70.5 km. [18:09:23] sometimes 71 km. [18:10:16] thats just when the atmosphere's finally thinning out ;D any RSS players here? [18:10:43] My KSP is always too recent for RSS ... [18:14:52] Fly shallow, stop thrust at about 68 km, then burn to orbit near Ap and don't let it fall behind you. [18:15:03] 68 km Ap. [18:15:29] you can fly lower [18:15:33] but it doesn help you much [18:15:37] the difference is too small [18:16:08] and remember while it is flying overhead you need minutes to get up to orbital speed [18:16:15] so it will catch up very fast [18:17:09] kill inclination during ascent. [18:17:21] as far as possible (0.1 deg). [18:40:48] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:44:42] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [18:44:42] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:01:09] there is something now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg [19:01:10] YouTube - NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV [19:04:23] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1WeBtaV_ZI [19:04:23] YouTube - New Horizons Press Briefing: Science Results & First Clear Photos from Ultima Thule [19:04:26] the faster stream [19:04:36] it is a snowman [19:04:44] at least 20 seconds faster [19:05:23] hehe went offline [19:05:31] but i saw the snowman :) [19:11:37] brown snowman... [19:23:18] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:32:38] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:40:28] I should make a thing to mount my parabola to a tripod [19:40:38] so I can put a antenna in there to get nice range [19:46:51] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/469779331564961804/530109710012252180/20190102204600_1.jpg [19:52:41] hehe the french journalist [20:04:34] are they like english scientists? [20:14:35] if you invert their charge, mirror them and move them backwards in time [20:23:00] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [20:23:50] hehe, it just occurred to me: "what does the scott say?" apparently nothing yet [20:32:03] ðŸ¦ŠðŸ’¬S [20:51:51] https://twitter.com/tsplanets/status/1080555085351010305 [20:51:51] Ultima Thule to scale with other objects in solar orbit that humanity has visited smaller than 100km across.& https://t.co/Zj4DTFrXtq [20:54:37] Itokawa looks so small there. [20:54:48] I thought of going there. [21:06:13] Sons and daughters of Kerbin: Ultima Thule is snow people! https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46742298 [21:06:36] Action: darsie suggested 'Frosty' as name for UT. [21:06:56] don't do that, we made a frosty app before and totally trademarked it [21:07:31] I guess you did that after the song 'Frosty the snowman'. [21:08:30] https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/csz/news/800/2019/1-nasaicyobjec.jpg [21:08:33] no it was a freezer app for college [21:08:46] the goal was to put things you've got in your freezer with an expiry date in the app [21:09:03] and then we'd tell you when something is close to expiry and what you could eat today and what you should put out of the freezer if you dont want to starve [21:09:22] but like any college project, we had a single scrum standup and then went back to procrastination [21:09:28] while one guy did half of the work to earn us a 5.5 [22:13:09] im watching a movie and the audio sync is terrible [22:13:55] stop doing that [22:14:34] why, you are afraid my brain will desync too? [22:15:24] it unnerves me [22:15:50] I could get some booze and get wasted, I wouldnt notice then [22:15:58] but getting drunk alone is boring and sad [22:41:44] Fluburtur: Get a refund ;). [22:42:10] a refund on streaming? [23:54:26] for audio sync i use vlc where i can adjust it