[05:10:11] lol scott about astra. call the next one rocket 3.11 for workgroups. they missed the windows of opportunity with this one [05:14:07] nice [05:14:35] But this also means that they need to skip 4 through 94 [05:18:24] i think there were version numbers windows 7 was 6.x [05:18:41] and this is continuous [05:19:04] Okay, just need to do very out of order numbers [05:19:23] just roll 2 10 sided dice for each one [05:20:34] heh [06:26:19] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt0l7yGzQ5s [06:26:19] YouTube - The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX): Exploring the Mars system with Super Hi-Vision (8K) Cameras [06:55:38] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir9jA43Eslw [06:55:38] YouTube - REMASTERED!! Life discovered on Mars in 1976! An exclusive interview with Dr. Gilbert Levin [06:55:52] mars is hot in this decade [06:55:57] (figuratively) [07:27:17] hehe, vacuum cleaning on the iss https://twitter.com/ivan_mks63/status/1304783116347768833 [07:27:17] Saturday at the @Space_Station is for maintenance and cleaning. ⏎ ⏎ We do vacuum cleaning, washing and tidying. We va… https://t.co/CLrbP1jEoR [13:01:08] so I had a group of tourists booked for a tour of the Mun - the pilot had the wrong flight plan and went to Minmus instead. how embarassing [13:01:22] hehehe [13:08:41] a common mistake [13:08:51] it does happen in real life [13:10:13] A rocket thought it was at a different space port than it actually was. [13:11:12] the missile knows where it is, at all times. it knows this because it knows where it isnt [13:11:34] This happened in Russia, IIRC. [13:11:45] ah i think i rememberthat [13:13:43] https://www.space.com/39270-russian-weather-satellite-doomed-human-error.html [13:16:25] Ahh, it made (wrong) orbit. [13:19:29] i want to buy an old factory one day [13:19:49] almost none remains here from the age of socialism [13:19:55] a few are still around [13:20:11] but usually they were torn down and there are new office buildings in place [13:35:53] flayer: What for? [13:36:06] to live and build in [14:54:22] the missile knows where it is, at all times. it knows this because it knows where it isnt <-- how very pratchett [14:54:53] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ [14:54:53] YouTube - The Missile Knows Where It Is... [14:55:20] i'm fairly sure i've seen this before [14:55:59] once during work we tried to figure out what this was saying for around an hour [14:56:23] ultimately i think it cant be serious because it is impossible to derive anything sensible from it [14:56:35] hence pratchett [15:14:55] the only thing faster than the speed of light is the speed of dark [15:15:02] cause dark is everywhere light hasn't been yet [15:16:14] Distant galaxies are FTL. [15:16:32] Distant galaxies are faster than the speed of light. [15:16:37] there's a few asterisks involved in that statement [15:16:43] Not necessarily faster than light. [15:17:33] no. their distance from us increases faster than the speed of light. from their point of view, they're standing still. [15:17:56] If you pull that card, then nothing is moving. [15:18:14] that'S the space between galaxies increases even when all involved parties are stationary [15:18:36] as lawrence krauss says. objects cant move faster than the speed of light, but space between them can do whatever the f it wants [15:19:16] i wouldn't be surprised if there were entirely different explanations for some of the specific things we are observing [15:20:10] with how fast things are moving, a hundred years from now these kind of conversations will appear like monkey sounds [15:21:06] since humans are still old world monkeys... [15:22:16] darsie: there's still a few bits of physics that are technically, from a mathematical standpoint, solutions to einsteins relativity equation, that haven't been actually observed [15:22:54] closed timelike curves [15:24:05] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o raptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [15:29:11] bleh... been on a sort of sabbatical from KSP for nearly a month and a half. Get back into it, 'wait.. what was I doing again?' >_< [16:56:37] umm.. wee? [16:57:51] stupid builds: rocket powered craft that cruises across the sky at high altitude for those 'above 18km' points.. or at least a test thing. Not sure I can qutie get over to the points, and get the trajectory turned enough to hit them all in one go [16:59:53] steam powered boosters in KSP when [17:04:01] fl-t800 tank with a trio of spark engines half way up, probe core on top with battery and chute. I might be able to get away with only two sparks? It cruises along ok, but keep ending up climbing despite twr says 1. I'm guessing it gets a little confused when you that high up but not past the 70km mark [17:05:23] bees: now filing a trademark, so that the exhaust products of the RT-10 (and perhaps RT-5) are considered Steam [17:07:48] lol.. technically the shuttle main engines just fired off steam as well. I mean.. H and O together... [17:08:08] steam rockets wouldnt be efficient [17:09:15] Althego: have you heard about Green Steam Rockets(tm)? [17:09:20] something something not stochiometric something Isp vs total energy [17:09:39] also known as ARCA? [17:10:20] or was that another rocket company? [17:10:21] JVFoxy: IIRC I can get to 24 km or so with a little Juno plane. [17:10:28] That was ARCA [17:10:37] ah the company that started with aerospike [17:10:39] No sensors, though. [17:10:45] just saw episode of mythbusters (ya I know rerun, I never got to see the last episodes) launching rockets powered by gummy sugar and Jamie's poo powered one. [17:12:10] darsie ya but you basically on a ballistic arc. juno's don't exactly preform well up past a certain point. [17:12:27] JVFoxy: Yeah, it'll flame out during the fall. [17:12:53] darsie could do something crazy in past versions of KSP.. [17:13:32] I made a stupid craft, pair of Mk1 commands back to back, 6 juno's in a circle around them. Gets up to around 550m/s [17:13:36] I circumnavigated Kerbin with a minimalistic Juno plane. [17:14:54] musta been slow going [17:15:19] IIRC, you can hit mach 1.3-1.5 with a single juno if you're careful about weight and drag [17:15:20] at least kerbin is small [17:15:47] Huh, that guest didn't even ask a question, and there was activity [17:15:56] yes [17:16:17] and yeah, ~3770 km isn't too extreme of a distance [17:17:53] I'm usually aiming for the pole or ice shelf and back at least. [17:19:16] I could design stuff, but I'm more of a casual type [17:22:25] ok weird.. think weight is bugged [17:22:53] with 3 empty mk0 tanks and sparks, weight is 17.396 [17:23:15] sorry.. 17.861 [17:23:20] swap them out [17:23:27] its 17.396 [17:23:51] put in 2 sets instead of 3, weight is close to 17.9 so.. umm.. [17:24:03] how is 2 heavier than 3? [17:25:46] oooh.. think someone did a 'whoops'. turns out, pulling an empty tank off, placing it back on, game acts like tank is full despite being drained. [17:27:25] hm [17:52:03] lol i started to watch technology connections ced series [17:52:10] i didnt know it was so long [17:58:14] JVFoxy, raptop: tiny Juno plane goes 674 m/s: https://i.imgur.com/xLxTHKC.png [17:58:33] whee! [17:59:04] 2 deg AoA. At 3 deg it flies too high and keeps flaming out momentarily. [17:59:41] darsie done something similar.. [18:00:05] lets see how high it can fall :) [18:00:19] I've done some simple crafts, piloted, where I have to take care they don't just blow up from heat [18:03:15] 24572 m: https://i.imgur.com/ize7ucg.png [18:03:30] nice [18:03:43] this could make the early career high altitude measurements [18:03:51] Not sure how much drag a small sensor would have. [18:04:11] Althego: That's easier done with rockets. [18:04:24] no, because the points are far away [18:04:29] I think. The small nosecone is rather late in the tech tree, IIRC. [18:04:49] ahh, high altitude *measurements*. I read records. [18:07:22] Also I'm using the okto2+RW. okto might have more drag. [18:10:32] got one contract, row of pressure readings above 18km, in a line down south of the mainland tip. [18:10:47] haven't accepted yet, been testing design ideas [18:10:51] that is the beginning [18:10:59] those can be easily done [18:11:14] with rockets [18:11:41] at the end of day 16 i still miss one node, quite useless, with the highest probe cores [18:13:41] well I do have a booster to get this spark thruster type craft up high enough.. its just the flightpath is annoying. get down there, then have to dogleg side ways [18:15:12] ok.. took a better look. One point is directly south of the center. Then the other two flank either coastlines almost down towards the mainland tip [18:16:14] I guess another way I could try is to do a jet plane, but with rocket booster or something. Try and see if I can ballistic arc the point, if i really wanted to [18:17:58] Barometer doesn't seem to cause drag. Got 22 km up with it: https://i.imgur.com/in24rho.png [18:19:06] ah the flat probe core.. though I'd worry a bit about power, no battery [18:19:48] Juno makes 1 EC/s. [18:19:51] IIRC [18:20:24] currently only 0.19 EC/s. [18:20:44] okto2 uses 0.03 EC/s. [18:22:03] okto2 stores 5 EC. [18:23:36] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l4M4PdiGpk [18:23:36] YouTube - A Breakthrough in the hunt for Metallic Hydrogen? [Update 2020] [18:26:56] I guess? I just like a little extra as a buffer.. [18:38:34] If you don't regenerate it, you'll run out of it. Unless you carry enough for the trip. [18:38:45] I save the weight of the batteryi. [18:39:16] I'm about 1/4 around Kerbin now. [18:39:31] 29 min MET [18:40:52] manual adjustments or use'n one of the auto pilot mods? [18:42:05] manual [18:42:48] mechjeb would have been useful there. [18:46:12] got one of them flyby wire mods.. forgot what it was called. Works.. somewhat. ust being able to maintain a certain altitude did so much to the range [19:03:53] oh no 1 hour long everyday astronaut video [19:04:24] at most 30 minutes remaining from this day [19:04:45] i guess i drop the mentour pilot video and i watch it on 2x speed as always [19:05:30] apollo vs artemis [19:06:41] huh.. mentour pilot [19:07:20] I've poked at a few of the videos, though already know quite a bit about the subject myself [20:02:55] starlink 12 has a launch date now. bit less than 4 days