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Yesterday, 07:22 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread I am so old... in Fun-n-Games

In a closer-to-life variant: "I am so old, I remember when the amount of transistors was stated on your radio. Spelled out in full. Because it was...

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Yesterday, 07:19 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread The Big Bang Industry in Fun-n-Games

Of course it's correct! As I told you, it was MY son who said it. And Moby, Sagan and many others before him, but mostly my son.

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Yesterday, 05:46 PM

grapes replied to a thread Thanks to the posters on this forum for helping me write four books in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Unwittingly? Duh :)

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Yesterday, 02:52 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Mars rover news in Space Exploration

I think that if we'd have a rover with those capabilities, there wouldn't be a lot of reason left to go to the moon with humans.

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Yesterday, 02:46 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread The King is dead, long live the Queen! in Off-Topic Babbling

I've been in the A380 factory in Hamburg, but I've never flown in an A380. When I went to Australia they put me in the oldest, crappiest 747 they...

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Yesterday, 09:15 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread Mars rover news in Space Exploration

It's because you're a rovist. All rovers are beautiful! #nuclearroversmatter :p

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2019-Feb-14, 10:27 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Marketing Spin in Off-Topic Babbling

"This is not your typical ". Any typical ever.

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2019-Feb-14, 10:26 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread The King is dead, long live the Queen! in Off-Topic Babbling

I've seen loads and loads of flowers being unloaded (from MD11 and 747 but that's not relevant) at Schiphol. Apparently they get air transported an...

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2019-Feb-13, 04:47 PM

grapes replied to a thread zero dimensional point particle in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Electrons are often considered just points (and/or waves) as far as size, but electron spin is a non-point characteristic, no?

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2019-Feb-13, 04:30 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Is there a very user fiendly high-level computer language system? in Off-Topic Babbling

I once hit the "run" button after some coding in the PLC of an active dredge vessel, after which the entire vessel went dead exactly 200ms later....

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2019-Feb-13, 01:46 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Can anyone explain the "suck in a bubble" part? It seems to me that all liquid in the tanks would be nicely down low as the craft is decelerating...

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2019-Feb-12, 03:53 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

In true Chuck Norris mode, it would be the ISS that docks to Starship. Not the other way around. ;)

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2019-Feb-12, 12:05 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Is there a very user fiendly high-level computer language system? in Off-Topic Babbling

Decent social media software has notification settings.

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2019-Feb-11, 08:02 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Cheap construction method + reusable load of identical high performance engines will bring down costs a lot, but these kind of statements (and, for...

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2019-Feb-10, 07:33 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Middle-aged kit building in Off-Topic Babbling

I've also started a kit. It's an Alpine A310 V6. The nifty thing about it is it's in 1:1 scale and it comes assembled. You just need to completely...

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2019-Feb-10, 07:31 PM

grapes replied to a thread Would it be possible to jetpack back to Earth from the Moon? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

But we're talking about teen try Whatever (humongous) energy you need to get out of the earth well is returned to the astronaut at teen try, the...

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2019-Feb-10, 07:21 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Ah that explains why I saw them where I saw them. Regarding rocket engines, would many small (ahem) ones be less loud than a few huge ones? I...

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2019-Feb-10, 06:29 PM

grapes replied to a thread Solar shield idea to address climate change. in Science and Technology

Or, the 6 looks like a b. A fine line, I guess. 50km in radius is pretty big! Not sure what current technology would handle that. Let's see,...

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2019-Feb-10, 05:44 PM

grapes replied to a thread Mercury as Winter Evening Star in Astronomy

Thanks Curt! will watch for it I've seen it from suburban shopping center parking lots, and people still insist it is difficult :)

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2019-Feb-10, 05:32 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

I haven't really followed up on the BA146 (and I'm not going to google it now to pretend infinite wisdom) so it might indeed very well be long out of...

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2019-Feb-10, 09:54 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Also, 2019 airliners are acting in a different economic reality than even SpaceX rockets. Airliners need to be extremely reliable, which is also true...

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2019-Feb-09, 02:26 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread The Big Bang Industry in Fun-n-Games

Actually, my 4 year old son just solved this mystery. He told me today that "after the big star exploded, they put the pieces in the dumpster". So...

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2019-Feb-07, 11:59 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread San Francisco Sea Serpent in Conspiracy Theories

That site is a bit hard to digest. Are there any better photos or videos than the few grainy stills and old damaged photos overhere? ...

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2019-Feb-06, 09:14 PM

grapes replied to a thread The Football Planet in Astronomy

I wasn't sure what you were considering the "center" for the centrifugal velocity. If you follow each point of the planet, it describes a circle...

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2019-Feb-06, 04:45 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread The Big Bang Industry in Fun-n-Games

The Big Bang Industry sells Universes As A Service. Basically, if you're in need of a Universe, you can use one from them for free. But you'll have...

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2019-Feb-06, 08:03 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread Swimming with biggest Great White Shark in Off-Topic Babbling

I thought the sequel was "How To Avoid Huge Starships"?

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