Oooooh, it's a rangefinder! And the rocket is a grappling device!
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Magnetic dynamics don't seem to have much to do with this. We ought to be able to replicate the effect with a rope........
At least the brainteasers test a slightly more relevant skillset than behavioral interview questions ("Tell me about a time when you solved a difficult problem," or "Tell me about a time when you disagreed with somebody on your team") do.
I find it interesting how much the presence or absence of a hashtag moves words around. I've been trying to find one that crosses the slope = 1 line...
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Looks like a pretty sexy airplane.
Okay, in the title, "exact" —> "estimated." That's the whole point.
I agree with you. It's no accident that a ton of science happened on the missions following Apollo 11.
Bzzt! SpaceX gets most of its revenue from commercial launch. For example, the biggest commercial launch contract ever at about half a billion dollars. NASA gives SpaceX <$100 million.
They don't allow bees in here.
It's a twofold problem - not just the Administration, but Congress, which is more concerned with artificially maintaining jobs in their districts than in developing a self-sustaining space program. In general, it's the same problem that plagues all levels of American society and economy: prioritizing short-term gains…
+10 for the Gliese 581 system.
Well, the program kind of did end after Armstrong's boots hit the lunar ground. Nixon signed the order cancelling Apollo almost immediately thereafter.
It's important for them to be willing to try approaches that can fail. If all NASA does is take sure bets, we'll end up with....the slow-moving NASA we have today. SpaceX's advantage is having a billionaire with a consistent drive behind them. Musk is willing to take risks in order to reap later rewards. Congress…
The governing equations are actually exactly the same. And TEMAC is right - the physics are also just like balancing a broomstick on your hand. In these systems, the side-to-side motion of your hand is like the action of control thrusters or gimbals on the main rocket.
Yeah, there have been a good number of pre-OT Han-and-Chewie books. I do remember Paradise Snare expanding on Lando's "after what you pulled" comment pretty well. I like the Star's End ones the best, personally. :)
I'm pretty sure you just summarized one of these:
I've always thought that good PKD short stories tend to make good movies, even some major plot points change. Paycheck was a good movie, even if it's missing that absolutely wonderful twist at the end. Minority Report was good, even if John Anderton is trying to take down Precrime instead of save it. And Blade Runner…
I'm surprised I had to scroll down so far to find somebody posting "Star Wars," and so I was about to do it myself.