[00:05:36] <Guest59803> My hard drive crashed a few days ago, and when I downloaded KSP to a new computer my Career game was still available - I guess it was saved on Steam? Anyhow, I re-installed Kerbal Engineer, and was playing around with new games in Sandbox mode, while I waited to see if my hard drive could be recovered. While in Sandbox mode I see the HUD's from Ker
[00:05:37] <Guest59803> bal Engineer, but in my Career game none of the KER windows will appear. I have the KER icon on the right side of the screen, but it's black and there's no response to clicking it, as in my Sandbox games. Any suggestions?
[00:06:15] <Guest59803> I've deleted KER folder from Game Data and replaced it, but no change.
[00:14:41] <Guest59803> I just noticed that KER is available in the Tracking Station, but not in flight, or the SPH/VAB.
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[13:02:17] <Althego> https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8705/nasas-insight-flexes-its-arm-while-its-mole-hits-pause/?site=insight
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[18:32:53] <Althego> scott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by1xpy8ob8E
[18:40:21] <JVFoxy> ... something about someone's metal spheres...
[18:41:08] <JVFoxy> is it me or does saying the 'B' word starting to feel a bit.. wrong?
[18:44:34] <raptop> booster?
[18:45:38] <Althego> boost::? :)
[18:46:18] <JVFoxy> other word for spheres
[18:46:31] <JVFoxy> in relation to Scott's video
[18:46:47] <Althego> i think balls are an ok word
[18:47:18] <raptop> yeah, that's an okay word. Especially for spheres covered in pentagons and hexagons, or with "spalding" written on the side
[18:57:38] <JVFoxy> ok... guess just my stupid paranoia..
[19:00:02] <JVFoxy> other than that, anyone else been sky watching lately?
[19:01:29] <packbart> nah, it's been too cloudy all nights
[19:07:40] <JVFoxy> ya most nights here too.. got to see jupiter, Saturn, Mars last night. Sometime during sun-up, clouded right over
[19:21:16] <JVFoxy> I guess I haven't really given sky watching much consideration given how things been at home. Its only since I've spent some time at a friend's...
[19:25:09] <raptop> unfortunately, current apt is really bad for any sort of viewing and my current transit options are limited, so no taking a telescope to a park
[19:38:29] <JVFoxy> I took my field scope and tripod to a friend's place. Has an apartment with a balcony that faces south.
[19:38:52] <JVFoxy> I was looking at a telescope at a thrift store, but didn't get it, was missing the eye piece sadly
[19:41:35] <raptop> Unless they're doing a weird bespoke thing, that's not a problem?
[19:41:57] <raptop> like, as long as the focuser is there, you can just drop in an eyepiece
[19:42:06] <raptop> (hopefully 1.25")
[19:43:08] <Althego> yes you could have probably just bought one
[19:45:37] <raptop> Incidentally, I'm reminded of when I probably could have easily gotten a 4.5" on a nice GEM, but skipped because the focuser only supported 0.965" eyepieces
[19:49:02] <JVFoxy> wasn't sure what size/focal it would been, or where I could have gotten something.
[19:50:05] <JVFoxy> telescope was a reflector type, though felt pretty light even with the built on tripode
[19:57:14] <JVFoxy> not sure if this was the exact model, but looked pretty similar, https://static.bhphoto.com/images/images2500x2500/1499359010_994421.jpg
[20:06:26] <raptop> Probably something like a 4-5" newtonian?
[20:06:36] <raptop> Also, wow, that mount looks like the worst of all worlds
[20:07:00] <raptop> lacks the stability of a dobsonian, and the aiming prows of a GEM
[20:07:26] <raptop> *pros
[20:08:08] <flayer> sigh
[20:11:01] <flayer> ik voel me misselijk
[20:13:16] <JVFoxy> Raptop not exact tripod but was similar... just felt too light and cheap
[20:13:38] <JVFoxy> I'm sure it holds but eh... just this idea that there'd be other problems with the scope itself that wouldn't make it worth things
[20:15:55] <raptop> something like https://photos.app.goo.gl/3CubwNqyTqfm8EGc6 with a counterweight sticking off the side?
[20:25:06] <JVFoxy> no countrweights at all. Just pan/tilt, handle/twist lock like in pic. Hinge part was a bit different, closer to the body
[20:25:33] <raptop> urg, flimsy alt-az of some sort?
[20:25:45] <JVFoxy> ya
[20:28:18] <JVFoxy> if I had the money, I would get a equatorial mount with compensating motor drives. then I could start looking at doing time lapse and filtered pics. Post processing..
[20:29:17] <JVFoxy> till then, its just my Bushnell Sentry and maybe some day find a digital camera mount
[20:33:37] <JVFoxy> in any case.. need to do some stuff, clean up..