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  1. Thunder Chicken

    Internet Video Thread

    Is this official? The O Fortuna remix and the A-300 elephant walk are amazing:
  2. Thunder Chicken

    clbk_consumebufferedkey functions merging

    You can just take the code from both of your original callbacks and put them in the same callback. You don't need to try to combine the second keypresses into a separate if loop.
  3. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    Stuff that is simple on Earth at 1g can be pretty complicated when in space in a tumbling metal can installed between two cyrogenic tanks. That's specific. Did this ever happen?
  4. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    Looks like there was a booster engine failure on relight and the booster exploded.
  5. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    There goes the fin...
  6. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    I'm getting Willy Wonka boat ride vibes from this video:
  7. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    I must admit though, Starship delivers some pretty lovely video.
  8. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    It's cartwheeling in its own gaseous emissions (that doesn't read well at all).
  9. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    Wow, that's not a good ride.
  10. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    Is this the same flight plan as last time, re-entry in Indian Ocean?
  11. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    The acceleration vector is rotating (visualized by the fluff in the payload bay). It's tumbling.
  12. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    I keep pressing T when Starship is in coast phase.
  13. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    They're venting badly, something is broken.
  14. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    They're venting a lot of gas for a shutdown state. And is that yaw intentional?
  15. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    We're in the witching minute where things started going wrong on past missions.
  16. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    No flames coming out of the body flaps yet, that's nice.
  17. Thunder Chicken

    News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

    Love how all the engines in the stage make one big shock diamond.
  18. Thunder Chicken

    Humor Random Comments Thread

    Unlikely, as they had time to send a message that they dropped the weights. The acceleration forces caused by dropping the weights were minuscule compared to the massive hydrostatic load on the hull. Once the hull monitoring system started picking up damage that triggered alarms, they were as...
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