[00:45:09] Does anyone use MKS? [00:49:11] masochistic klaustrophobia simulator? [00:55:00] Yes, exactly... [00:55:19] Or, were you serious? [01:05:54] no, silly reference to USI-LS [01:07:31] Do you know if the drill cooling used to work [01:07:56] I think it did, but I'm not certain [01:08:07] no, I don't know. what I do know is many complain about core heat's wonkiness [01:08:33] Yeah, it's hard to figure out [01:08:39] (and I don't know if that's justified or not) [01:08:47] It would be nice if there were some clue about it in the VAB [01:09:10] It seems simple. Then I try it and nothing works [01:10:53] that sounds typical for RoverDude's stuff [01:11:20] (seems simple, but getting it to work requires an army of micromanaged details) [01:11:21] And the parts have numbers on them that seem meaningless, but probably aren't [03:30:52] I think I can stop stressing about my hard drive 330 hours in...lol [04:15:21] Sons and daughters of Kerbin: For obvious reasons, Airbenders and the Fire Nation cannot into space. [04:16:16] Nuclear fires! [04:16:39] Whoooo what have they done to my precious java applet!? [04:17:02] Also: I can see the list of banned users. Huh. [04:19:33] The power of gravitational lensing taken to its logical extreme https://phys.org/news/2018-04-gravitational-lensing-sun-like-star-massive.html [04:20:02] oh, right. Esper switched their webchat client. [04:21:07] The whole paper, Kelly, Diego & Weiner (teehee!) "Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens" Nature Astronomy 2018 is at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0430-3 [04:21:27] UmbralRaptor: The text is obnoxiously larger, but it now feels like I'm in 2007 instead of 1997! [04:21:32] https://imgur.com/gallery/7l24e [04:21:32] https://i.imgur.com/aDnUoF9.gifv [04:24:04] What . . . ? "The time has come to think seriously on decommissioning satellites cleanly and safely in an environmental fashion instead burning them in the atmosphere and throwing the remaing rubbish in the sea!" [04:25:02] Oh dear. "By simply reversing the orbital velocity, the satellite will come out of orbit and fall to earth at terminal velocity where it lands safely by parachute to be collected for recycling." [04:25:50] "Simply". [04:26:15] Yes, they "simply" need the equivalent of an orbital launch vehicle. No biggy. [04:26:34] I know a tyrant that they should become acquainted with. [04:27:41] Lord Newton or Count Tsiolkovsky? [04:28:24] Or, beghast, Princeps Gravity itself!? [04:28:49] hah [04:29:57] Could be worse, I did see more claims today that rockets no work in space. [04:31:45] h_i [04:38:58] Ahh, here we go! The exact text: "What would a rocket push against in a Space vacuum? Wake up sheeple. NASA admits it can't get past the Van Allen Radiation Belts (dome). Look it up." [04:42:27] "Don't get me wrong I know that Boeing & Lockheed are great companies they literally have had no competition in the past sixty years and have been siting around bank rolling on uncle Sam. Now they are likely a decade behind SpaceX in R&D." [04:45:48] I'm not even sure Boeing and Lockheed Martin *had* any orbital launch vehicles until they bought out General Dynamics and [04:46:02] McDonnell Douglas [04:50:20] And, aside from a landing first stage, I really wouldn't consider there being appreciably far ahead in the R&D of anything; particularly since SpaceX deliberately went for simplicity in the design of the critical Merlins. [04:54:39] Back to the ugly: "amazing how people believe anything even it goes against REAL science. you ll believe anything in the MS media. steering braking propulsion and combustion are impossible in vacuum Einstien." [04:55:35] lol [04:56:02] surely a flat earther [04:56:06] Dear lord! If only chemical rockets brought oxidizers with them to compensate!!! [04:58:14] Althego: Oh no, that person's not a Flat Earther. They are, however, a Holocaust denier. [04:58:23] eh [04:59:19] And electromagnetic wave deniers, it seems. "They must find a metal and electronic components that will withstand the hot and cold extremes. they also need a medium on which they can propagate waves of communication. No airwaves in a vacuum." [04:59:41] Photons don't real. [05:00:06] and we see by invisible tentacles coming out of our eyes and touching stuff [05:01:08] Ah! We can use semaphore! [05:01:24] Oh, damn, but in what medium will the light rays from the flags travel? [05:01:47] must be the ether [05:02:06] Aether. Ether's what refills your magic. Aether's what waves travel in! [05:02:21] Action: Scolar_visari curses local vendors and their outrageous Ether prices. [05:02:27] hehe [05:02:37] I can buy a Phoenix Down for the same price! [05:03:08] mine ethereum instead :) [05:04:16] How about we mind Elerium and start building our first Firestorm? [05:05:45] element 115 is is moscovium :) [05:08:01] Clearly that needs fixed! [05:09:13] Though I suppose there's some wiggle room in the Island of Stability for an Elerium analogue? [05:09:31] Or it *could* just be Zro. [05:13:51] Action: Scolar_visari goes off to snort Spice Melange off the back of a bloated Navigator. [05:13:58] lol [07:52:35] Raidernick: everything you released is indexed [09:52:29] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o APlayer' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [11:14:32] WOOO [11:14:37] got Kerbalism Jenkins working [11:14:38] Greetings! [11:14:58] yo [11:15:26] Fluburtur: yo! How's your rocket plane project coming along? [11:15:37] I did a test yesterday [11:15:47] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4030Dwu6ztM [11:15:47] YouTube - entropy 6 thrust reading [11:15:54] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8EI9WdtTQ [11:15:54] YouTube - entropy 6 high speed [11:18:18] funny. The oxygen adds 50 g or so :D [11:18:38] My network connection is sadly too slow to view it atm. What were the results? [11:19:11] almoqt 500g of thrust as peak [11:19:55] then it blew the nozzle again. :D [11:23:02] Oh, that's a pretty ok thrust. [11:25:24] you really need a fix for that nozzle... [11:25:28] or a mill [11:25:49] I planned to put screws over it but I didn't get it far enough in the casing [11:27:49] Build a turbopump :D [11:27:53] well, you could get metal tubes from somewhere cheap, like a scrapyard and make the nozzle by heating the tube and pushing it in until you have the nozzle shape [11:28:36] but then you should get a blast shield [11:28:52] if that explodes it will create shrapnels [11:29:16] Metal can be dangerous...wouldn't be especialy lovely to have a anti-personal RPG in your usage :D [11:32:24] but he could get more thrust with it and maybe reuse it [11:35:08] also [11:35:14] i'm backporting Kerbalism to 1.3.1 [11:43:52] backporting sounds like a pain. in anything [11:46:37] actually [11:46:39] it was easy [11:46:49] i just had to remove a mission builder check [11:47:04] at least i got a jenkins running now [11:52:11] and who knows how many nres are remaining :) [11:57:57] https://gfycat.com/CharmingAcrobaticHoverfly [11:58:10] well I could reuse my plaster nozzles if they didn't fly out [11:58:37] this is an ingenious invention [11:59:38] wouldnt better fixing of he nozzle on the engine solve this? [11:59:46] or maybe the whole engine would explode [11:59:59] nah it would keep pulsating [12:00:33] you need an (infinitely) variable nozzle! [12:00:58] aerospike [12:01:00] otherwise you can try out a dozen designs until you get one working [12:02:40] im gonna re-design the next one a bit better [12:02:47] different design than the last one [12:18:39] best would be an iris [12:18:46] to simulate variable nozzle size [12:21:18] and change it until you get rid of the oscillation [12:21:32] alternatively ask spacex to simulate your solid rocket :) [12:23:12] plaster, should be possible to increase the size in nozzles with a thin file. [12:23:23] decrease, less so. [12:24:17] also easy to split them, but if you're throwing it away as an unsuccessful experiment *anyhow*... [12:25:14] or I could test the nozzle designs with a compressor [12:25:29] but I doubt it will be able to reach the presure that the rockets have [12:28:20] and also doesnt have the feedback effect on combustion. n ocombustion [12:28:22] dry ice and some kind of pressure vessel would give you plenty. [12:30:26] In the States, a quarter block (20 pounds I think?) is about $15, and will last several days in a picnic cooler. [12:34:25] or you switch over to propulsion by rocket nozzles. [12:35:01] Just add fuel|nozzle|fuel|nozzle. This also has the advantage that you loose weight in flight :D [12:35:50] eh [12:36:04] the nozzles take a long time to cast so im not sure it is efficient [12:38:10] how many rockets can you make? [12:38:32] a lot still [12:57:16] I should go for a walk [13:05:32] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o APlayer' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [14:44:48] http://time.com/5225670/spacex-space-junk-cleaner-launch/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter [14:44:52] what is this [14:45:04] i havent seen anything big in the trunk [14:45:20] or is this a late april fool? [14:46:56] there was something yellow there [14:47:02] that may have been it [14:47:45] Althego: They did launch such a thing, but it was only meant to capture cubesats deployed specifically for this test [14:48:21] Nothing interesting, at least not more interesting than the rest of all those similar tests they launched [14:48:34] Althego: I guess it's pretty small and just for testing stuff [14:48:44] So I wouldn't expect something big [14:48:51] yeah they launched test targets [14:48:56] also they want to try to use a net, which can be stored in a tiny space [14:48:57] https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RemoveDEBRIS-in-build-Nov-2017-Credit-SSTL-Max-Alexander.jpg [14:49:00] not too big [14:49:12] ah, the yellow thing :) [14:49:41] the yellow thing was actually the backplate [14:50:55] all 3 big things in the trunk appear to be white [14:52:15] also I'm not so sure that the whole thing is yellow. What you see is some kind of comb aluminium plate [14:52:16] not even scott said anything. but he is in hawaii or something [14:52:23] it's only yellow on the inside [14:53:18] ah thius is the harpoon thing [14:54:00] it is yellow in the animations too :) [14:54:55] I think I finally have a working design for my 3d printed landing gear [14:55:36] https://youtu.be/BPQHG-LevZM?t=1810 [14:59:22] Hm, what do they do with the cover of the solar panels? [15:02:21] flush down the drain :) [15:07:50] Ah, I see. Test targets for the harpoon! [15:20:25] there she blows! [15:20:43] soon we have to limit the wild satellite hunting [15:20:53] to avoid extinction [15:24:18] oooo nice there is thujnder here [15:24:21] fairly close [15:24:26] like 2 seconds away [15:27:30] https://xkcd.com/1232/ [15:27:40] my only complaint is that it isn't night [15:27:49] so I can't take nice thunder photos [16:04:00] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [17:17:17] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:20:47] there shouldnt be a long silence here [18:21:35] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:28:47] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [18:28:47] True [18:30:51] Action: UmbralRaptor x_x [18:33:50] hah you gor rid of the laptop? [18:36:16] is it just me or do USI Construction Port Jr.s not connect to standard Docking port Jrs? [18:37:04] Althego: more of just alternate nicks at this point. [18:44:04] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:45:04] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [18:45:04] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:58:45] Connections problems, UmbralRaptor? [19:00:04] Phone plus meh WiFi. [19:00:16] Bouncer is, uh, very dead. [19:08:53] Action: APlayer gives UmbralRaptor a defibrillator [19:09:14] If nothing else helps revive it, high voltage must do [19:10:36] High enough to produce x-rays via bremsstrahlung? [19:10:41] hehe [19:13:10] High enough to cause a current that heats up the object to make it emit x-rays as blackbody radiation [19:13:25] hehe [19:14:56] High enough energy that the object may exist, or may not exist. [19:15:32] Absolute hot + 12 degrees [19:16:40] Action: UmbralRaptor hands KrazyKrl a 2-level system, with >50% of the "particles" in the excited state. [19:16:57] population inversion [19:17:12] make some lazors daddy [19:26:21] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:28:51] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [19:28:51] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:29:17] Action: UmbralRaptor 🔪 2.4e9 packets/second. [19:31:12] Action: UmbralRaptor totally misread this as "deleting exoplanets" https://twitter.com/NASA_TESS/status/979706815339466752 [19:31:12] <NASA_TESS> There are a ton of ways to find #exoplanets, and many @NASA missions like @NASAHubble and @NASAKepler - have alre& https://t.co/QHxYTjMp1A [19:33:12] hehe it does look like deletinf [19:33:17] maybe a deathstar [19:36:13] Don't let Mike Brown near them. [19:36:19] hehe [19:36:30] he just killed one planet [19:36:36] not even exo [19:37:07] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/186186471202357249/430812987066941455/DSC_8631.JPG [19:37:11] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/186186471202357249/430813008348971009/DSC_8632.JPG [19:37:40] based on ksp experiences this will flip over in a second and break the wings [19:38:12] not if I take off before the wheels start to move [19:38:18] hehe [19:38:19] which this plane should be able to do [19:38:27] they why have wheels [19:38:40] but yeah I need to have the wheels a bit more separated [19:39:02] and the wheels are mostly there to give some ground clearance to the prop [19:39:07] and take off and land from the ground [19:40:01] make a vtol [19:41:50] lights out [20:41:34] Garr, this home server is so slow you can see the individual packets of data being transmitted [20:53:59] lol [21:50:21] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [21:55:03] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [22:02:09] http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/youtube-shooting-police-headquarters-california-1.4603582 [22:28:13] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v erio' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [22:29:56] this guy got to about 4 levels of recursive rescue missions. [22:30:07] I generally love his series, but wow. [22:33:20] recursive colonization missions, you mean? [22:48:25] recursive colonization missions, you mean? [23:36:38] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Supernovy' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [23:36:53] Evening, Gentlemen. [23:42:03] random question: youtube has developed this habit of showing translated video titles. anyone know a way to disable this without switching the language of youtube itself?