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[N_Molson]

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Those atomic rockets look perfectly safe :

 

[RisingFury]

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Those atomic rockets look perfectly safe :

The launch gets really exciting

 

[MaverickSawyer]

In the name of random (predictably by this time...)

Can anyone think up a good caption for the picture?
My idea is along the lines of:
-Where do you hide your free energy?! Speak or die!
-Never!

"You have such an electric personality."

 

[Codz]

Anyone interested in Europa Universalis III or Crusader Kings II should check out this Humble Bundle.

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

 

[goaowonk]

Those are Steam-only... ;(

 

[Kendo]

Some great pictures there.
We have the Great Central Railway just few miles away, in Loughborough, Which is a few miles left of its former day. They have an impressive collection of steam engines which they run for the public. They are re-building one of the bridges to join up with a few more miles of track. All done with donations and volunteers.
It,s the only 2 way track left for this kind of thing, in England.
Just out of interest, some of the film, The Great Train Robbery was filmed there. The film crew and actors closed it down and took over the place for a while.
I still miss the steam trains even now.

 

[Pipcard]

So the Falcon Heavy can now carry into GTO what an Ariane 5 carries into LEO?

 

[Urwumpe]

So the Falcon Heavy can now carry into GTO what an Ariane 5 carries into LEO?

Didn't see it fly yet. :facepalm:

Also, the website says now a more realistic number of 21,200 kg to LEO, what is the same performance as the Ariane 5, but the Falcon Heavy has a 50% higher take-off mass.

The higher numbers from 2011 had been pretty hot air.

EDIT: Found out what steam engine that was on Sunday. The 41096 is a class 42, build in 1939 as freight train engine, refitted for oil firing in 1960 and was doing freight and passenger service until 1971. Produces 1450 kW indicated power (almost 2000 PS). It is today operated by the "Warnetalbahn" museum railway south of Brunswick. The Warnetalbahn was once part of railway that connected Brunswick with the Ruhr region.

 

[Pipcard]

No, it says 21,200 kg to GTO, not LEO.

 

[Urwumpe]

No, it says 21,200 kg to GTO, not LEO.

Yes - with 66% tons more lift-off mass than the Ariane 5 ECA and without any further details like launch site, perigee altitude of GTO or even launch version.

Also, they changed the homepage again, looks like the old data from August 2013 had now been replaced by the Elon Musk calculations again.

 

[Astronut25]

:woohoo:
I've got an interview for the position of Configuration Engineer at Erickson Air-Crane today, manufacturer of the most powerful civil heavy-lift helicopter ever. Wish me luck.

An interesting fact: the S-64 Aircrane can out-climb an F-14 Tomcat, and sounds great doing it.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RzZ-6YXHLg"]Sikorsky-Erickson Air Crane - 'Incredible Hulk' - Start up & Take Off [/ame]

 

[RisingFury]

An interesting fact: the S-64 Aircrane can out-climb an F-14 Tomcat, and sounds great doing it.

I supposed that depends on how you define "out-climb", because in both the service ceiling and climb rate, the F-14 comes out on top

 

[Astronut25]

I supposed that depends on how you define "out-climb", because in both the service ceiling and climb rate, the F-14 comes out on top

I guess I didn't ever really do any fact checking. The engineers say that, the pilots (including military pilots) say that, it is even mentioned in the movie "Big Miracle".

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Fun fact: the turboshafts used on the S-64 are derived from the engines used on the Rockwell Saberliner. They just bolted a second turbine section to the back and hooked the output shaft to the gearbox.

 

[goaowonk]

I have a question for our British orbinauts: how often has current Gibraltar vs Spain troubles been at news this summer?

Just curiosity, not controversial.

 

[RisingFury]

I guess I didn't ever really do any fact checking. The engineers say that, the pilots (including military pilots) say that, it is even mentioned in the movie "Big Miracle".

Than it *has* to be true! :lol:

 

[Evil_Onyx]

I have a question for our British orbinauts: how often has current Gibraltar vs Spain troubles been at news this summer?

Just curiosity, not controversial.

It was prominent during the whole excessive queues at the border, artificial reef and airspace restriction thing. I think it would be more prominent if we did not have other bigger problems in the world.

I find it interesting that the United Kingdom's position has not changed (in the last 100 years) and the situation has some similarity to the Falklands situation.

 

[Quick_Nick]

I'm not familiar with his work, but I bet many of the rest of you are:
RIP [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Pohl"]Frederik Pohl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[Athena]

How much force would it take to break a human spine?

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Depends on the method you use to break it, and what you define as a "break".