Quote from: CJ on 03/22/2015 10:30 pmQuote from: Zed_Noir on 03/22/2015 08:03 pmMusk is in full Doctor Evil mode. Check out his current twitter avatar. Musk's twitter pageHrmmm... just the other day, a friend of mine was saying that, in his opinion, SpaceX might launch the BRF suborbitally from the Hawthorne plant where F9 is built, as way to get it to Brownsville or the Cape. I was so sure he was wrong, my reply was that I thought it about as likely as Elon Musk using his Dr. Evil pic for his profile pic. So, um, maybe they really will launch BFR from the SpaceX parking lot in Hawthorne? I don't see how it's possible though; that much thrust would surely scorch the painted lines that denote the parking spaces.Oh look!! Flying Teslas...
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 03/22/2015 08:03 pmMusk is in full Doctor Evil mode. Check out his current twitter avatar. Musk's twitter pageHrmmm... just the other day, a friend of mine was saying that, in his opinion, SpaceX might launch the BRF suborbitally from the Hawthorne plant where F9 is built, as way to get it to Brownsville or the Cape. I was so sure he was wrong, my reply was that I thought it about as likely as Elon Musk using his Dr. Evil pic for his profile pic. So, um, maybe they really will launch BFR from the SpaceX parking lot in Hawthorne? I don't see how it's possible though; that much thrust would surely scorch the painted lines that denote the parking spaces.
Musk is in full Doctor Evil mode. Check out his current twitter avatar. Musk's twitter page
But think of the gained efficiency of the solar panels on top of the covered parking spots.
Breaking News about the CRX-6 launch! It's now one day closer than it was yesterday. Surely, this is reason to party?
Quote from: CJ on 03/24/2015 06:55 pmBreaking News about the CRX-6 launch! It's now one day closer than it was yesterday. Surely, this is reason to party? Yes.
Quote from: mtakala24 on 03/24/2015 07:13 pmQuote from: CJ on 03/24/2015 06:55 pmBreaking News about the CRX-6 launch! It's now one day closer than it was yesterday. Surely, this is reason to party? Yes.Wow that is funny. This picture was made on mathematical olimpics in Poland long long time ago. One of those guyz is Tomek Czajka - he won world championships in programming. And now best part:https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Tomasz/CzajkaI am not sure if it is him or not but... Software Engineer at SpaceX
Quote from: mtakala24 on 03/24/2015 07:13 pmQuote from: CJ on 03/24/2015 06:55 pmBreaking News about the CRX-6 launch! It's now one day closer than it was yesterday. Surely, this is reason to party? Yes.Wow that is funny. This picture was made on mathematical olimpics in Poland long long time ago. One of those guyz is Tomek Czajka (second from left) - he won world championships in programming (TopCoder?). And now best part:https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Tomasz/CzajkaI am not sure if it is him or not but... Software Engineer at SpaceXEdit: Yep it is him.
WOW. That funniness was totally unintended.This picture has circulated with the name of teekkaribileet.jpg here in Finland for ages.Teekkari = M.Sc. student (in engineering) (=nerd?)andbileet = party.OMG the world is funny place.
Breaking News about the CRX-6 launch! It's now one day closer than it was yesterday. Surely, this is a reason to party.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 03/22/2015 08:03 pmMusk is in full Doctor Evil mode. Check out his current twitter avatar. Musk's twitter pageAt the time I checked out his Twitter page, this was his most recent post:"Reading Look to Windward by Banks. He is an amazing writer. Pantheon level."Looking at the list of Culture ships in Look to Windward, I see the following intriguing names:Resistance Is Character-FormingPoke It With A StickAll The Same, I Saw It FirstZero CredibilityAwkward CustomerThorough But... UnreliableAnother Fine Product From The Nonsense FactoryConventional WisdomFine Till You Came AlongI Blame The ParentsA Momentary Lapse Of SanityExperiencing A Significant Gravitas ShortfallI don't know if there will be more than the two announced ASDS vessels built, but maybe once we start seeing F9 stages being reused multiple times (perhaps ultimately into the hundreds of launches?), they might also be given individual names from the Culture series.
Quote from: CJ on 03/24/2015 06:55 pmBreaking News about the CRX-6 launch! It's now one day closer than it was yesterday. Surely, this is a reason to party.Unless instead of getting one day closer, we keep cutting the time in half and will never reach T0!Considering how the ground hog really worked us over this season I vote we break the curse by roasting the bugger in the flame trench!
Ground hogs are actually rather tasty, farmers used to pay us farm kids $4 a head to shoot them because they ruined crops. The bonus was taking them home so our moms could make dinner of them. Stew was great, but I fear the trench may turn it into jerky.
I think BEAM's going uphill on CRS-8?
Quote from: andrewsdanj on 03/26/2015 07:15 pmI think BEAM's going uphill on CRS-8?Sure is, yep.
I recently saw it used to show the difference between nerds (top) and hipsters (bottom).
QuoteI recently saw it used to show the difference between nerds (top) and hipsters (bottom).Wait...... that's all I need to become a hipster? On second thought, I'd much rather learn to sing opera so I too can visit the ISS. You go Sarah Brightman! (Whole new meaning to space opera)