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This is why I stand clear from water-cooling for now. Too complex, too many things that can go (very) wrong. Like mixing water and electricity.

 
Although I have gathered enough knowledge on American, European, Indian, and Russian space programs for more than six years, I often feel like I know nothing about the land that sent men to the Moon. I have watched Hollywood movies and American TV shows, but still feel like I know nought about the States. The only American news I get are Trump vs. Biden (previously Clinton, now Harris) and major accidents.
On the other hand, I know many things about the UK, despite not being known for its national space program (Black Arrow is what I know about the British space program), thanks to its colonial rule of India. Although we are happy that we are independent from the country for 77 years (and counting), most people of India know nothing much about its major ally. Most Americans of Indian origin (including Suni Williams) are Gujaratis, who are known for their entrepreneurship. And I'm from a different state (West Bengal), which is not really known for business.
 
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Sbb1413 said:
Most Americans of Indian origin (including Suni Williams) are Gujaratis, who are known for their entrepreneurship. And I'm from a different state (West Bengal), which is not really known for business.
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By my cultural heritage (50% Saxon), I should be raiding Roman cities by ship. Which I don't do (because there is no roman city left). Why don't you try to be more than your past?

Also, try looking at India as people would see it from outside, you can maybe also notice something important: The same little you know about the big USA the people outside India really know about India. I work together with Indians and am now employed at a big Indian enterprise. I slowly learn the everyday differences between working in Germany and working in India. And I am far from fully understanding how living in India would be like. I also slowly notice that Indians don't really think the same about other Indians as Germans would do about other Germans. Its a really exotic culture clash here and I am sure, I drive my Indian managers and coworkers crazy with my character.

Tip for understanding better: The Americans that landed on the moon were not the same. Not of a kind, no clones of a mystical race. There are MANY different talents and skills that came together. A part of the team were even former Germans from Operation Paperclip. Or an Egyptian.

Even the astronauts were not born to be astronauts. Neil Armstrongs father had nothing to do with engineering at all, but had a pretty mid-level job. John Young had to grow up without his parents, because his father went to the Sea Beas after a long time of unemployment and short term jobs, and the mother was hospitalized with schizophrenia. Buzz Aldrin was maybe the most elite of the group, his father already legend as the first US test pilot.

If you would have seen them at that point in their lives, just short after the end of World War 2, would you have guessed that these young men would be walking on the moon just 25 years later?


And now tell me, where do you want to walk in 25 years? 😉
 
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Urwumpe said:
If you would have seen them at that point in their lives, just short after the end of World War 2, would you have guessed that these young men would be walking on the moon just 25 years later?


And now tell me, where do you want to walk in 25 years? 😉
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That's a nice thinking. Of course, I may not walk around in India even 10 years from now. I may be in Europe, Australia, US, Canada, or even the Elon City on Mars. I may also tour the Indian outpost on the Moon, or watch the vastness of space from the Gateway.
 
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That's a nice thinking. Of course, I may not walk around in India even 10 years from now. I may be in Europe, Australia, US, Canada, or even the Elon City on Mars. I may also tour the Indian outpost on the Moon, or watch the vastness of space from the Gateway.
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And now, what do you think, can you do tomorrow to spent the first day on following that dream? Thats how you make it real. Dream big, but act on what you have in front of you. You can't just book a flight into the future. But at same time, all the things that might stop you on one day, leave you frustrated or slow you down, won't be there all the time. And make sure, you will also have the people around you in 25 years, that feel the same about your achievements.
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I was barely of legal age when construction of the ISS in LEO started. Now I am in my 40s. Life progressed on the entire globe and new history was written into the books. Well-known people passed away, as well as less known but no less important people: friends and maybe family members. But that giant international spacecraft, that meanwhile houses 7 people (and housed nearly 300 so far I think), is still up there and will still be there for at least 6 more years, until my 5th decade of life. To me, human space flight actually is almost like a "friend". No matter what happens in life and on this (sometimes damned) planet, it always was and always will be there. It's actually way more than just a hobby.

These are the thoughts, that come into my mind while I watch such videos:

 
What a story... When things can go wrong, they can go very wrong...

 
The second part turned out to be even funnier. I completely lost it one and a half minutes in when he casually mentions people flashbanging themselves with LEDs because the brightness is not measured in lumen. And it only gets better from there.
 
Did not expect to meet the bosnian ape society on this forum. Just... the possibility never occured to me.
They're great, though. They taught me all I know about chess!
 
So, being on vacation I finally got the time to prepare a simulated PPL skill test (Private Pilot Licence) in MSFS under real conditions and guidelines. Since I am not a "casual aviator"/gamer, and since the weather is always shit in Germany (and especially now during fall), I thought it might be a good idea to switch the location, kinda, and choose Florida (West Palm Beach International) instead. I knew it was going to be very different due to the differences of the air space structure, charts and regulations. But it turned out to be very interesting and educational.

I didn't know/expect that the FAA has a nice, educational channel on YouTube. There even is a good video for pilots flying to/from West Palm Beach International for their first time...


And if you think Germany is a bureaucratic country, you haven't seen the federal aviation regulations and small-printed hints on flight plan documents of the US 😅
 
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