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Today, 03:19 AM

docmordrid replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

The flaps can adjust pitch, yaw, and roll. and to a degree fore and aft position. Just don't think of them as traditional airfoils because they have...

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Today, 03:10 AM

ozduck replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

Italy, and subsequently the E.U, has just banned the export of some 250,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Australia. This is the first...

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Today, 02:53 AM

KaiYeves replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

We had to change our appointments, but my whole family got our first vaccination today!

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Today, 02:38 AM

cjameshuff replied to a thread Broken Cable Damages Arecibo in Astronomy

What they propose sounds like the equivalent of building a giant pointable dish, and then covering it with smaller dishes. I'm not sure how that's...

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Today, 02:35 AM

ozduck replied to a thread Whatcha Eatin? in Off-Topic Babbling

Yep, Pringles is the main one that I think of being sold as 'crisps' in Oz. And I forgot that Pop/Soda is also commonly referred to as 'cool...

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Today, 02:17 AM

Chuck replied to a thread Leave a Random Fact II: Baby Got Fact. in Fun-n-Games

The digits of the natural logarithm of 223091196 which is 19.223091196499503+ have the entire orginal nine digit number repeated right after the...

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Today, 12:20 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China's future space plans in Space Exploration

"China’s One-Two Space Punch: Space Station, Mars Landing" https://www.leonarddavid.com/chinas-one-two-space-punch-space-station-mars-landing/

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Yesterday, 11:06 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread NASA's VIPER lunar rover in Space Exploration

unless they are sending other things with it, it would be a overkill.

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Yesterday, 10:51 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Betelgeuse Fainting in Astronomy

Hubble solves mystery of monster star's dimming. The red hypergiant VY Canis Majoris—which is far larger, more massive, and more violent than...

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Yesterday, 09:58 PM

bknight replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

"Elon time"!!! Snicker

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Yesterday, 09:53 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Ah, I see the issue. SN10 is afraid of heights. Came down with weak knees. Good thing SN15 will have a new leg design instead of these placeholders.

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Yesterday, 08:05 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Whatcha Eatin? in Off-Topic Babbling

Indeed. I just can't have cookies/biscuits in the house. Except for two large sealed tins of Walker's Shortbreads which taunt me every time I go...

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Yesterday, 08:02 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Great video -- as usual! -- by Scot Manley on the Starship flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF9mdMI1qxM

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Yesterday, 07:40 PM

docmordrid replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

SpaceX's Principal Integration Engineer/webcaster "Big John" Insprucker refers to the belly flop a the "Adama Maneuver" and Garrett Reisman seconded...

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Yesterday, 06:59 PM

profloater replied to a thread Whatcha Eatin? in Off-Topic Babbling

Ha, for type two where GI, (glycemic Index ) is important, both peanuts and crisps (your chips) and even chips (fries) are better than biscuits,...

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Yesterday, 06:16 PM

grant hutchison replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

That said, my mother's care home here in the UK locked down only two weeks after Japan's did, and that's pretty much precisely the time difference...

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Yesterday, 06:01 PM

profloater replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

Thank you, I did not spot the link.

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Yesterday, 06:00 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Whatcha Eatin? in Off-Topic Babbling

Some products here, notably Pringles, are called crisps. Because they don't meet the legal requirements to be called "potato chips". Entree as...

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Yesterday, 03:53 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Given the "Elon Musk = ultrarich supervillain" meme, I give it 3 days max before somebody brings a can of paint and turns the sign into "Stark City".

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Yesterday, 03:50 PM

Fraser started a thread Mining Water and Metal From the Moon at the Same Time in Universe Today

In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is becoming a more and more popular topic as space exploration begins to focus on landing on the surface of other...

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Yesterday, 03:50 PM

Fraser started a thread China’s Super-Heavy Lift Rocket Will Carry 100 Tons to the Moon in Universe Today

China’s proposed next-generation rocket reached the final stage of feasibility studies this month. The planned launch vehicle, known as the Long...

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Yesterday, 03:20 PM

grant hutchison replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

From the JAMA paper I linked to: Grant Hutchison

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Yesterday, 03:12 PM

Fraser started a thread NASA Invests in a Plan to Build Landing Pads and Other Structures on the Moon out of in Universe Today

Materials are a crucial yet underappreciated component of any space exploration program.* Without novel materials and ways to make them, things that...

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Yesterday, 02:56 PM

profloater replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

Did Japan, or within Tokyo, shut down swiftly the visiting to “care” homes, as other countries, with benefit of hindsight, might have done,...

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Yesterday, 02:44 PM

bknight replied to a thread NASA's VIPER lunar rover in Space Exploration

Will they select a FH to launch or would that be overkill?

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Yesterday, 02:40 PM

Fraser started a thread The Mars Helicopter Could Charge up the Atmosphere Around Itself as it Flies in Universe Today

Plasma globes are a common enough sight in retails stores across the rich world.* If you’ve ever seen one and gotten a chance to touch it, you’ve...

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Yesterday, 02:38 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Missions to asteroid Apophis in 2029. in Space Exploration

A flyby this week of infamous asteroid Apophis, on March 5-6, 2021. Why astronomers are watching, plus info here on how to view the asteroid online....

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Yesterday, 02:20 PM

Van Rijn replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Sounds similar to Russia’s Star City, but a tad more public: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_City,_Russia

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Yesterday, 02:13 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Elon Musk Announces Plans To Start Texas City Called "Starbase". https://hypebeast.com/2021/3/elon-musk-start-starbase-city-texas-spacex-info

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Yesterday, 01:32 PM

grant hutchison replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

Yes, I misread Jens's post in two different ways, and kicked off about care home deaths, rather than nursing home and hospital cases. The figure for...

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