As far as "keel over" vs "heel over", t’s probably just likely that that’s how he conversationally is communicating the word (to be honest, to me personally it seems more awkward to use a term like a boat “heeling over”) — even if it’s not quite precise in the literal definition of the word.

I think you’re mistaken, as the term is most definitely “keel over”. The keel of a boat is the big fin sticking straight out the bottom to help keep the dry side dry and the wet side wet (resists rolling motions). Hence, rolling the boat is called “keeling over” because your keel is now above you and all your wet,…

I like to picture the snake screaming, “I regret NOTHING!” As he lept (rolled?) to his death. Maybe it was a suicide eating. Maybe the porcupine had to be taken care of. That bastard had stuck his quills where they didn’t belong one too many times and he had to go. This snake could be the hero in this story.

Thank God me too.In fact I am still chuckling.

It is not that hard for it to constrict a crocodile, most of crocodile strength is in the jaws but once constricted it is mostly powerless. Even humans wrestled crocodiles. For a Python it is much easier.

In a perfect world the porcupine survived being eaten and the fall the snake bursts open and it pops out look back like what bitch pees on the snake and walks away. lol

You don’t fuck with porcupines.

Maybe I’ve played too much Mortal Kombat lately, but I imagine that when the snake fell off the ledge and hit the ground, a big “FATALITY!” filled the screen.

I used to have a 2001 Audi A4, and the check engine light was a way of life. It came on for everything. The oxygen sensors. The gas cap. If it was raining. To remind you about endangered animals. When you were singing. When you were driving on dirt. When you had forgotten your grocery list.

Oh, shit. Sorry! I did delete your SS# from the draft, if that helps. Should I add it back in?

This is actually so accurate it hurts.

all we need to do is copy the Russian method of having autonomous docking systems on station modules that have integrated propulsion systems.

It was early in the design phase of the program. It’s questionable whether the current incarnation of the shuttle could pull it off. Re-entry from a lunar return trajectory puts more stress on the heat shields, air frame and crew than low earth orbit. It’s right at the design limit for the (now former) fleet. One of…

Yup, and boy would it work. 175 tonnes in LEO! A lot more than even the Saturn V was capable of.

“Would have?” The United States already had a heavy-lift rocket with five times the payload capacity of the Shuttle.

We wouldn’t have the ISS or the Hubble if it weren’t for the shuttle, among other very important things.

Sadly, the Soviet’s battlestation was never FULLY OPERASHUNAL!

It’s hard to say how reliable it would have been day-to-day since it only flew twice, but the four boosters on the Energia stack went on to have a very successful career as the Zenit launcher.

“Most people assume the Soviet space shuttles were just a cheap knockoff of the American shuttles because the orbiters look really, really similar.”

The other theory on the external similarity of the Shuttle and Buran is Soviet military brass insisting on external similarity to keep military parity.