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Wow... I liked the pig w/ lipstick

Thanks tbx!

By all means, DO be careful. When you gain momentum slingshotting 'round a planet, the planet loses some momentum. Slingshot with care, lest all our planets spiral into the sun :P

Ahh, pity I missed it...is now "invalid item."

Did you include a mesh/texture for Heidemarie 'Toolbag' Piper? :P (Not my label...see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/20/second_iss_spacewalk/ )

Ah yes. What were those "no-no" topics again? The ones that people strive to avoid in formal settings (i.e., one's office or a public forum) in order to keep feelings from getting hurt? Sex Religion Politics ... Sports:rofl:

I can't wait until the maiden flight of an F9. Two engines cutoff late in the burn? Interesting! I assume it will be the center engine, then one more...so they'd have an unsymmetrical pattern of engines firing...

Has there been a marked decline in knowledge and understanding of the world? Probably not. What's been going on, IMO, is that the "dumb" folks of the USA have been really emboldened lately, that stupidity and ignorance have become popular, and even celebrated the last few years, more than...

Holy Smokes, I have a doppelgaenger! :P

I didn't see the video, but isn't it easy to edit out the "right" answers and just show what appears to be dunces? One coud show anything he wants in a video... Edit: Just watched it. Yes, they were dunces, but the same morons appeared multiple times.

USA was not always a dominant nation...wasn't until end of WWI, which was well into the 20th century. And it probably won't always be in the future. David Brin's novel "Earth" provides a vision of a near future world with ahem global warning issues and a no-longer dominant USA. (Brin said...

And in case some of your fellow students, less enthusiastic about space exploration, start up the usual whining about "money should instead be spent on _____" (fill in the blank) you ought to direct them to read Dr. Stuhlinger's letter: http://www.resonancepub.com/space.htm (Scroll down this...

Well, I haven't made nearly as much progress as I would have liked, but <poetic> I do think what I've got will make a good contribution to the constellation of add-ons... </poetic> I consider them only 80% complete at this point, but I will soon upload them both to the hangar. And I can always...

Really cool. Your "deck" appears to be the right half of a larger cockpit, just the pilot's seat (not the commander's?!). I'll have to study your posts to get some good ideas :speakcool: One idea for you: Put in a mirror along the dividing line between left and right, it might make your...

I've always hoped that propulsion technology with "magic" Isp (like the DG) were possible. You give me great hopes for the future of spaceflight!

Bummer! BTW, it's "Nuclear Fusion" Ta-

I like to think of Global Warming as yet another test for humanity. Are we smart enough as a species to do something about it in time, if there is something we can indeed, do? While trying to live our lives here, etc.? Fortunately enough people these days are concerned about the...

This fall I'll find a way to show a new kind of status: Has a cold. 2008 has been my worst year by a long shot. I lost count at 25 times. Probably due to my family: 3-year old boy in preschool for his first winter, and wife works at a Hospital for children. The boy is constantly drippy and...

Yes, wow, 666 seconds (11 min 6 sec for those freaked about 2000/3) is almost absurdly fast. But I'd say theoretically it should be possible to launch and "merge" with an object already in orbit, just like merging onto the freeway, such that one could get the time to orbit + docking to an...

OOh, this one's my favorite. ;)