Van Rijn
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Eh, just add an articulated head, fur, and have it bark and say, “Hello, my name is Rags,” and nobody could tell the difference between one and other...

Ha! That’s a good one. I’m used to them now, but those headless robot dogs sit in the middle of the uncanny valley and looked very strange to me...

There are some other cool things there, like work on developing a simple dust removal system for solar panels (would be really useful on Mars) and a...

Thanks, that makes sense.

I’ve had zip type packages that sometimes work. It reminds me of the “easy open” packages for hot dogs and such, which might just be possible to...

If I’m understanding the abstract, this drive requires very dense mass, so perhaps possible in theory but not with foreseeable technology and perhaps...

I have no real answer, but I would think they would need to lock to be effective. Different question if anyone knows: What are these “boots”...

I received three letters from EDD (state unemployment department). The only thing is that they are addressed to someone that has never lived at my...

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

I’ve always heard/read it as “RUD” or “Rapid Unplanned Disassembly” which is the basis for the joke I mentioned above, “Rapid Unplanned Launch.” ...

This is probably the best spot to ask without starting a new thread - I was wondering if folks here have an Instant Pot or similar item and if they...

I've seen the series. The look of it, at least, is very much like ST:TNG, much better than ST:D's weird alternate universe look. I kept watching,...

Here is a short (approx. 1 minute) edited video with the later event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzhP3Q5fku8 I've seen some joke comments....

Of course, I don’t claim expertise here, I just remember reading an article where a doctor made a distinction between gross compromise of large parts...

I believe it is primarily due to a large number of older people in those crowded settings which have a less effective immune response even if healthy...

Yes, it strikes me as a disingenuous hook for the article. I’d expect that Virgin Galactic is dropping on news of further testing (itself delayed)...

That’s one reason for companies to get into the business for their own purposes. SLS will never be used for commercial purposes even if it gets used...

I think that without additional qualifications, saying the planet is terraformed makes the question unanswerable since there are too many...

That would make a lot of sense, it would certainly help on cost and complexity, but who knows if it will happen. It could introduce other development...

Okay. I see your argument but I made different assumptions. I’ve thought a bit about possible terraforming techniques, and for a planet too close...

That’s the claim. So what do you think about the article? For sure, Mars is better than Jupiter’s moons or Titan or other outer worlds in terms of...

I expect something like them will be built too.

Only that? I would have thought to have sufficient light to be equivalent to what the Earth receives in optical (for terraforming) that the UV would...

If it’s terraformed - that is, modified to support Earth life - there would need to be an optical filter between the surface and the sunlight, or the...

As I mentioned earlier, I would go up to $10,000 for that type of short suborbital hop. Mind you, I doubt they could make money with the SS2 on...

Yes, cost aside, before I’d be willing to fly in one, I would want to see a good number of successful flights without any worrying anomalies. I’m...

Sorry, but if I *had* a ticket, I wouldn’t give it away. But I am not interested in spending $250,000 or whatever they’re saying now for one.

I have to say that I now have almost no interest in them. When they started up I was interested since it was a rare example of commercial space...

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I’d be happy to see another Newspace innovative competitor to SpaceX, but I’ll wait and see if they can actually...

Your post 16 links to this NASA page which has a short comment on the Moon’s rotation: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4709 Which says: An...