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- 2015-01-12 04:10pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Brummie caliphate uncovered by Fox News
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4297
Re: Brummie caliphate uncovered by Fox News
As said elsewhere, my dads family is from around here. This is just... wut
- 2014-12-18 06:47pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8550
Re: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
Yeah. The decision not to have Orion or something like it goes to Nixon, and frankly Nixon wasn't a conservative in the modern sense of the word (see rapproachement with China, see universal health care plan, et cetera) Nixon picked the Shuttle mainly because it promised large numbers of launches p...
- 2014-12-17 04:58pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Challenge to SDN.net: History of Everything, in Video
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5616
Re: Challenge to SDN.net: History of Everything, in Video
That's great for general overall history. Any specific suggestions for - space exploration the BBC series 'Space Race'. It's a four part dramatised history of everything from the flying of the V-2 to the Moon Landing. Not entirely accurate, for instance it treats Glushko as Korolev's arch-nemesis, ...
- 2014-12-15 01:18pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8550
Re: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
I would say that the potential for Asian economies like China and India becoming much, much bigger than the US means good things for unmanned and manned space exploration alike. This. I'd be exceedingly happy whether the US, India or China reach the moon next. I don't particularly care where they'r...
- 2014-12-12 03:52pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8550
Re: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
Well let's be honest. There is really not much NASA could do within reasonable funding to top Apollo. And doing something incredible by definition requires them to. Well... And I only choose to bring this up again because I've been doing loads of research recently into the history of spaceflight......
- 2014-12-10 05:35pm
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Kerbal Space Program, Revisited.
- Replies: 589
- Views: 320253
Re: Kerbal Space Program, Revisited.
7th December 1958, the first lunar flyby mission was conducted by the GDR.
Link to the thread where this story continues.
(I just liked the picture)
Link to the thread where this story continues.
(I just liked the picture)
- 2014-12-10 03:23am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6971
Re: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
That's the Germans. The threat of strategic bombing diverted 88's into defending cities and industrial areas instead of them being shipped to the front lines where they could be used as anti-tank guns. Oh, the Germans did it on a vastly larger scale. But arguably, even having AA gun defenses anywhe...
- 2014-12-08 05:31pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6971
Re: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
During WW2, Americans feared air raids, so AA guns desperately needed as tank killers on the front lines where diverted to protect American cities, despite the fact that NO HOSTILE NATIONS HAD THE ABILITY TO HIT ANYTHING BUT COSTAL CITIES IN AMERICA. That's the Germans. The threat of strategic bomb...
- 2014-12-07 05:14pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6971
Re: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
Thanks for the corrections, but what I was referring to is the idea that you don't need a large army if you have eanough nukes. The idea fell through after the Soviets devaloped their own nukes. *FTL Civ uses FTL sensors to spot inbound RKV* *FTL ship jumps out to just in front of it* *Ship dumps s...
- 2014-12-07 03:24pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6971
Re: FTL Civilization Meets STL Civilization
Massive Retalation (a Truman doctoring that called to nuke the ever living f__ck out of the Soviets if they moved into the rest of Europe) Ignoring the rest of whatever the hell this is: 1) Reta lia tion. 2) Eisenhower, not Truman 3) You realise MR, like MAD, is a deterrence based doctrine, wherein...
- 2014-11-30 03:24pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Michael Brown Case
- Replies: 501
- Views: 51468
Re: Michael Brown Case
Well, I never heard anything about Lots Of Money(TM). I did hear about him having to resign for whatever reason, just that his lawyer said not to until things were resolved for image reasons. Re: lots of money, the numbers being thrown around are six figs of donations (circa $400,000) and similar f...
- 2014-11-06 03:17pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8550
Re: Orion spacecraft prepares for first test flight.
When the title said Orion I was hoping it would be something cool. Turns out it's only another chemical rocket. :( Sweetheart, the US doesn't even have a crewed flight vehicle at the moment. In those terms, this is fucking awesome, whether it's launched on a chemical rocket or a thermonuclear engin...
- 2014-11-03 02:37am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test Fligh
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3065
Re: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test F
Soo... possible preliminary result is co-pilot error in unlocking the manual feather control early, leading to early feather extension, leading to aircraft exceeding flight parameters.
I think?
I think?
- 2014-11-02 09:39am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test Fligh
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3065
Re: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test F
The Saturn IB used the SIVB stage, instead of the SIV stage. Ah, but the IB used the 200 series while the V used the 500 series. They had minor, but important differences, such as the 200 series being unable to re-ignite for TLI. :P (The differences here are actually important. The 500 series was p...
- 2014-11-02 09:31am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Doctor Who S34E11: "Dark Water" *Spoilers*
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19345
Re: Doctor Who S34E11: "Dark Water" *Spoilers*
or Moffat is now trying out having a transgendered villain. I really, really hope that either Missy basically doesn't reference the swap, or they treat it as something normal for Time Lords/Ladies. I really don't want that man to have a crack at a trans villain. As if we didn't have enough shitty s...
- 2014-11-02 07:01am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test Fligh
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3065
Re: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test F
The SIV on the Saturn I had 6 RL10 engines with 90,000lbs of thrust, while the SIVB on the Saturn V had a single J2 engine producing 225,000lbs of thrust. It was essentially a different rocket with a similar lineage.Beowulf wrote:The SIVB stage of the Saturn V was tested in prior rockets. Namely, the Saturn I
- 2014-11-02 03:40am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test Fligh
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3065
Re: Virgin Galactic Announces Loss of SpaceShipTwo on Test F
That last phrase is more significant than it seems at first glance. All previous manned rockets had been tested stage by stage, unmanned, before the whole thing was tested, still unmanned. The C-5, later the Saturn V, was tested in an all-up fashion simply because it would have cost so much to do n...
- 2014-11-01 01:58pm
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5243
Re: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
Well it worked for them last time, didn't it.Simon_Jester wrote:So, essentially, you have recreated the historical Decisive Battle doctrine/strategy of the IJN?
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*cough*
- 2014-10-31 07:55am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5243
Re: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
Unless the game ignores Japan's supply issues during the 1940s Mass producing the Yamato-class is unwise as that class nearly bankruptured the actual japanise economy back during its production and even once it was done it was such a fuel hog has Japan didn't have the fuel to really run them proper...
- 2014-10-31 07:36am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5243
Re: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
Japan is cool.darthkommandant wrote:Ok I think ill use japan but not ally with Germany and see what happens? I also want to mass produce the Yamato class.
I'll leave my opinions on building lots of battleships for another day...
- 2014-10-31 07:09am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5243
Re: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
Ive got an idea RPM VWP with soviet union? Keep in mins ive never played them but it should be hilariously hard for me. The Soviets, if you can manage the effects of the purge adequately (or just never use it) can have a huge world bestriding army by 1939. Basically, I'm not the best person to ask....
- 2014-10-31 05:35am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5243
Re: Anyone interested in a Hearts of Iron 3 STGOD? NSFW
To be honest, it's kind of hilarious when you let the German's run as AI. I'm writing out an AAR on the HOI forum as an expansionist Turkey (It's mid-1941, I've taken Bulgaria and just finished a hellishly long conquest of Greece). The fall of France came in April 1941, with Italy taking almost the ...
- 2014-10-29 10:47am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Unmanned Antares rocket explodes on takeoff
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4353
Re: Unmanned Antares rocket explodes on takeoff
Sigh....one of my former coursemates is using this to harp on about how the Russians are useless, that for every success they have 32.something failures (but won't provide evidence for) and that the Russians lost two crews in the last two years due to rocket malfunctions. For reference, he's an ex-...
- 2014-10-28 09:09pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Unmanned Antares rocket explodes on takeoff
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4353
Re: Unmanned Antares rocket explodes on takeoff
A good point, these engines aren't exactly shiny new, bleeding-edge technology. The Russians did come up with some very good designs, though, and this is one of them; I can't find reliability numbers for the engine itself, but so far the refurbishment deal's gone quite well (until a couple of hours...
- 2014-10-28 08:40pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Unmanned Antares rocket explodes on takeoff
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4353
Re: Unmanned Antares rocket explodes on takeoff
My guess is that one of the engines malfunctioned, throttled up or something, and then exploded, damaging the other engines and leading to unfocused burning that caused the rocket to fall right back down again. It only has two motors. If one blew, it is very likely to have taken the other one compl...