threelonmusketeers

threelonmusketeers, 2 days ago

Is this the first appearance of Steve Dallas? His character certainly seems fully formed…

threelonmusketeers, 1 day ago

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threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago)

Chewy -> Lion
Leia -> Dorothy
C3PO -> Tin man
That leaves Luke as… the Scarecrow?

Edit: I can’t believe I missed Mouse Droid as Toto!

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago

So where should it go? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Have you tried any of the other politics subs?

• !uspolitics
• !usa
• !politics
• !anime_titties

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago

!pareidolia

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago

I found it useful. It enabled me to break through a genealogy “brick wall” by connecting with a 3rd cousin who had more info on a pair of my (our) great-great-grandparents.

I’m not too concerned about privacy. I shed DNA all over the place just by existing, so I’m not really expecting that information to be private going forward.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago

That’s pretty cool.

I wonder if this manufactured sand could also be used for concrete, or whether the particles are once again the wrong shape and size.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago

UTC?

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago

Calvin’s mom even talked to Hobbes during the raccoon saga!

threelonmusketeers, 3 days ago

Starbase activities (2024-05-18):

• Overnight, tower segment 2 of 5 moves from Brownsville to Starbase. (Sean Doherty)
• GSEC-5 (cover of GSE-1) is removed. In the evening, a section is cut off the bottom and scrapped.
• Suborbital site dismantling continues: One of the three large black vertical tanks is dropped while being lifted by the GMK 7550 crane (slo-mo), and then loaded onto transport, slower-mo). No signs of injury. The tank leaves the launch site later that morning. The second tank is lifted in the late morning, and transported away in the afternoon. The third tank is lifted in the mid-afternoon, then dragged away and scrapped soon after. The large horizontal methane tank leaves leaves the launch site (right edge of video clip).
• Cryo tanker convoy continues, including one with a Space Shuttle painting. Potential full stack WDR on Monday.

Starbase activities (2024-05-19):

• Build site video tour: Parking garage construction continues. Tower segments are accumulating at Sanchez. Starfactory roof is completed.
• GSEC-5 (cover of GSE-1) scrapping continues: Sections 2 and 3, section 4.
• Tank removal from suborbital site continues.
• S26 is still sitting on the new flame trench at Massey’s.
• Tower segment 3 of 5 prepares to move from Brownsville to Sanchez. (Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, cnunez).

threelonmusketeers, 2 days ago

Starbase activities (2024-05-20):

• May 19th addendum, suborbital site dismantling: Several of the tall thin vertical tanks were removed the previous day (tank 1 and 2, tank 3, tank 4, tank 5), and transported in the evening.
• Overnight, the last piece of GSEC-5 (cover of GSE-1) is removed.
• Tower segment 3 of 5 rolls from Brownsville to Sanchez. This is believed to be the bottom segment, and Benedikt posts an interesting analysis ( tweet 1, tweet 2, tweet 3, tweet 4, tweet 5), on what might be expected regarding cryo pipes and tower cladding.
• **Main event: S29/B11 Wet Dress Rehearsal:**NSF and Starship Gazer livestreams. Road is closed, tank farm venting, chopsticks open and lower (NSF, LabPadre), roadblock retreats, tower venting (NSF, LabPadre, propellant load begins and progresses quickly, chopsticks raise and close, both vehicles are fully loaded, roadblock advances ahead of detank, depress vent.
• SpaceX confirms successful rehearsal, and posts some drone photos. NSF timelapse.
• Suborbital site dismantling continues: Miscellaneous equipment is removed.
• LR11000 crane prepares to remove GSE-1.

IFT-4:

• One of NASA’s WB-57 planes is scheduled for Imagery Support on Jun 1st, 4th, and 5th.

Elon updates on:

• IFT-4 timeline: “2 weeks” :)
• Rocket garden may be relocated
• "Staeship" launch pad plans: Two pads at Starbase, one at 39A, and one more TBD.

threelonmusketeers, 1 day ago

Starbase activities (2024-05-21):

• Overnight, after a brief issue with the load spreader, GSE-1 was removed, and scrapping begins (though slightly wobbly).
• S29: SQD retracts (daylight) ahead of S29 destack, which occurs mid-morning. (NSF 1, NSF 2, NSF 3, Vix, DeffJeff, Starship Gazer, NSF, Mary, clwphoto1)
• S29 rolls away from the tower, but hasn’t rolled back yet.
• Nice timelapse from NSF of S29/B11 WDR on the 20th.
• Build site video tour: Parking garage construction continues. Ship lifting jig stand is outside high bay.
• Suborbital site dismantling continues: One tank leaves on an SPMT.
• New road closures posted for 28th through 30th (05:00 to 17:00, non-flight activities), and Jun 1st through 3rd (00:00 to 14:00, flight activities!).
• New road delays posted for ship transport (May 21st), and tower section transport (21st, 23rd, 24th).
• Tower segment 4 of 5 prepares to move from Brownsville to Sanchez.

IFT-4:

• Will not feature propellant transfer, Pez door opening, Raptor engine restart, or “other items that SpaceX was working to demonstrate”, per Lisa Watson-Morgan, manager of HLS at NASA.

threelonmusketeers, 5 days ago

Wow, I didn’t realize they’d launched almost 20 of them over the years…

threelonmusketeers, 5 days ago

I’m very confident they don’t want someone who’s not NASA killing their very expensive instrument prematurely. They probably would feel better about a NASA astronaut accidentally killing the telescope

I wonder if Polaris II would ever become a joint mission with NASA? Perhaps with a pair of NASA astronauts and a pair of private ones?