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Agentgonzo I'm thinking how it would be possible to optimize even more that path you took. I'm thinking if it would be possible to accellerate to an even higher speed, using hover thrusters to mantain altitude (just as you recommend not to do ;) ), and use up all the propellant for...

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I think it would be more acurrate to vew the problem utilizing energy, since you need to take into account that the ship is high over the ground, and when it lowers its altitude, its speed is going to raise. Ship Energy = Kinetic Energy + Potential Energy = .5(ship mass)*(current...

Completed the flight with 1989 seconds. I only dumped part of the fuel before flight, everything else was as the "Takeoff to ISS" scenario has it. I sustained wing damage and lost the elevons; had to land using RCS! Agentgonzo that flight sounds just about perfect. It is a very good idea to...

That rotating docking sequence could make anyone of us start swearing.

I'm aching to try this out.... but unfortunately I got 3 projects for monday and a couple of final exams. Gave it a very hurried try and blew my scramjets midway...

Thankyou for that correction Eagle.

Well not exaclty. For these reasons: *Living is valuable in itself: I dont live to obtain something after I die; I live because living is good in itself, therefore living has sense *I have empathy for other people; I value their life, health, happiness, prosperity, etc. Therefore i want to do...

THEN JUST LEAVE, DONT POST HERE, OUT!!!! Just kidding. ;)

Exactly. ;) Really?...It wasnt plagiarism! hehe

The thing is, we have to think in terms of justified beliefs. Not in terms of what is true and what is false. This is because we live in a world of probabilities, therefore it is literally impossible to be 100% sure of anything, impossible by the way nature is. Therefore everything is possible...

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What about evolution, then? Well, this is what I think of this. How could I say that my belief in something that I know just barely about is more justified than the belief held by not one, but thousands of people that have dedicated their whole lives to understand that single topic, and take...

Getting into a shuttle bus on a mall, and then realizing it was a taxi...

:mellow: Didn't get what you mean.

Thanks Simonpro and bujin for answering my question. I find the ongoing discussion on the origin of morality extremely interesting. I enjoy philosophy, and for the past two or three years I have dedicated considerable time to try to answer these questions for myself, I find the topic of...

I have a question for those who live in Europe. I've read that the level of atheism in many countries there tends to be relatively high compared to the Americas (more than 12%). Is this true? What type of atheists would be these, those that simply do not think about gods, or those that negate...

(Did he really say that??)

:lol: Nice

That might well be. My thought that maybe there were more atheists on this forum was based on the impression I have gotten over the past years, and some polls on the old forum, but maybe I'm wrong on that. If it were true, it would be interesting to know why that is. I think its a good...