Two words: Rabo Encendido

Just to add my two cents: I hated all forms of exercise other than swimming, which I can’t do easily where I live. I especially hated running (ok, really I mean jogging). Then I found podcasts. Now I am working my way through a Couch to 5k program and I can pretty much just cruise by making sure I’ve got a podcast or…

Having looked into SSTO quite a bit for work, it looks like they’re just not going to happen anytime soon. Everytime they’ve tried it, they can’t scale the propulsion system. The volumes of propellant needed balloon rapidly in order to output the power required over the duration of the burn. And they have yet to…

Homemade vanilla extract is the solution to your quandry!

This is not judgement of Ron. Just the acknowledgement of a weird coincidence:

I came here for one reason, and one reason only:

Quick lesson for people confused about if this is a white or a latino guy. The answer is probably “yes” on both counts. Cubans (making an assumption here based on my heritage, my birthplace and his location) come in several different phenotypes including the olive brown skin most people think of, but also include…

But dat Power Glove, yo!

I miss Buckhannon. Went to Wesleyan (lots of scholarship and grants involved), graduated in ‘98. I’m half Hispanic, with olive complexion and tan at the drop of a hat. I did get looked at funny sometimes, but never ran into anything worse. Now, I didn’t spend a lot of time off campus, but everybody shopped at the…

If you really want to get into the weeds on the inflatable structures in space issue, I recommend you check out project Echo.

I came here to say just this. The airlock was far less complex and never intended for extended/long duration use.

This is almost exactly how I finally quit as well. Cold turkey was a disaster and the patch made my cravings worse. Glad to see it worked for someone else!

Rutan Varieze

Curiosity is already nuclear powered! You just need an uprated RTG! Easy-peasy...

Going to have to call “shennanigans” on the Ed White entry. While he was a badass, the details of the story as printed are clearly those of Alexei Leonov, the cosmonaut who was the first person to perform an EVA.

Just took a 10 day trip to Maui where we rented a condo. It was sort of stocked with stuff. The one thing I wish I would have brought with me? My knife. Had to go out and buy one while I was there. The knives were so bad I could (and did) whack the palm of my hand with the "edge" with no damage to even the topmost…

I think it has some decent competition for that title...

I love their Lilly Flagg Milk Stout... Some of their new cask aged stuff is pretty good as well!

Best candy bar in the history of mankind. I buy a case whenever I go to Canada.

We call it the Doberman Cycle at our house...