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nyrath

@nyrath@spacey.space

Star map and Atomic Rocket geek. The hard-science SF writer's tech support. The website is at
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

Refugee from the decline and fall of Google Plus.

In my long and misspent youth I did the artwork for various TTWG such as Ogre, WarpWar, GEV and such.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

nyrath, to random
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From https://x.com/beanhowitzer at the hell-site.

Little thing says it likes Space War.
Audience thinks it means cheesy fake-ass space-opera space-war crap.
What time really means is hard-science-fiction scientifically-accurate space war.

https://x.com/beanhowitzer/status/1791616943230697624

nyrath, to random
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Spaceplanes: why we need them, why they have failed, and how they can succeed

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4791/1

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@nyrath, dibs on pointing up in the night sky at the orbiting laser armed DE-STAR and shouting: That's no moon!
https://2016.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/solar-system/asteroid-mining/projects/laser-ablation-for-asteroids-mining

nyrath,
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@Hcobb

DE-STAR

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a very long time...

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2018/10/05/de-star-and-breakthrough-starshot-a-short-history/

nyrath, to random
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What the US Navy Taught Me About Starfleet

A presentation by my acquaintance Christopher Weuve

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-atajUIuvwo

nyrath, to random
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And they told us to tell you hello

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/manamplifier.php#curiosity

nyrath, to random
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Derek Lowe's "Things I Will Not Work With", a series about insanely dangerous chemical compounds.

In this episode, The Higher States of Bromine.

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/higher-states-bromine

nyrath,
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My personal favorite is dioxygen diflouride

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride

nyrath,
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@Sevoris @michael_w_busch @klausman

The entire space exploration and development world is impatiently waiting for somebody to invent faster-than-light communication

futuremania, to scifi German
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"Magic Moon" - Der 14. Captain-Future-Roman gehört zu denjenigen Erzählungen, die bislang nicht ins Deutsche übersetzt worden sind - dafür aber wurde er als Animé-Episode verfilmt (Titel: "Die Rolle seines Lebens")...

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@futuremania

ianRobinson, to books
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Finished rereading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

Enjoyed it. And lots of it I didn’t remember. So it was like reading it anew. I rated it 5⭐️ before. Would do again.

Now on to the other three books in the Wayfarer Series which I own but haven’t read.

https://books.apple.com/gb/book-series/wayfarers/id1101607635

nyrath,
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@ianRobinson

One of those nice, cozy, "found-family" working class starship crew type scifi novel.

isaackuo, to random
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Full length Wicked trailer just dropped and I'm shook.

Wow, you can hear how much Ariana Grande loves Kristin Chenowith.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COmYeLsz4c

#Wicked #MusicalTheater

nyrath,
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@isaackuo

My wife and I are eager to see this movie.

We've only seen one (1) musical on Broadway, and this was it. A package bus-dinner-Broadway deal.

All because my wife was flipping channels and happened upon Idina Menzel performing "Defying Gravity" in a music award show.

Princejvstin, to random
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William Tenn's "The Brooklyn Project" is a better butterfly effect story than Arthur C Clarke's "A Sound of Thunder"

nyrath,
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@Princejvstin

Ummmm, I think ASOT was by Ray Bradbury

thisnorthernboy, to scifi
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Interstellar Craft.

nyrath,
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@iamgerardthomas @thisnorthernboy

The key to Blender 3d for me was the admonition "One hand on the keyboard, the other on the mouse".

I printed out a list of the more important keyboard commands, taped it next to the monitor, and started doing tutorials.

I was hating life for about five days.

On the sixth day I grudgingly tried the next tutorial, and was surprised to find everything was unexpectedly easy!

thisnorthernboy, to scifi
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Building a sci-fi asset library.

nyrath,
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@thisnorthernboy

The first of many parts libraries, I'm sure.

nyrath,
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@thisnorthernboy

You technically do not need more than one part library.

But practically if the single library has a gazillion parts, it will take a long time to find the parts you need. At some point it will take a shorter time to make the part from scratch, which kind of defeats the purpose.

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Well, my smartphone just screamed at me. It informed me that at 5:00 EST the army Corp of engineers will be using explosive cutting charges to slice up the part of the collapsed Francis Key Bridge which is currently draped over the cargo ship.

They said anybody within 2,000 feet should either wear hearing protection or hide inside a house.

I will comply...

nyrath,
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YIKES!

Dang, that was loud. I could feel the shock wave pass through my head

nyrath,
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https://www.wbaltv.com/article/key-bridge-demolition-explosive-precision-cuts-baltimore/60776230

nyrath,
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@swope

Yes, the crew was "sheltering in place" on board the ship when the explosives were detonated. Something about they have to keep the generator running or something bad happens.

The crew has been onboard ever since the accident happened.

nyrath,
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@jstevenyork @swope

At home. Approximately 1.4 miles from the detonation site. The warning said anybody within 2,000 yards should be indoors or wearing hearing protection.

nyrath,
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@n1vux

No lingering effects I noticed.

I say it "felt" like a pressure wave moving through my head, but I was probably just feeling my sinuses expand. If it was strong enough to slosh my brain, all the windows in my house would have imploded.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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That Blender is completely free is amazing.

nyrath,
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@Adam_Cadmon1

Blender 3D would be an astonishingly powerful modeling app if it cost three figures. The fact it is free makes it the best app ever.

nyrath, to random
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Trade Study of Lunar Power Plant Technology (PDF file)

TL; DR:
Orbital mirrors are the lowest-cost option for powering a lunar base.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373693610_Trade_Study_of_Lunar_Power_Plant_Technology

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https://subspacechatter.substack.com/p/dont-take-whats-happening-to-star

androidarts, to random
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Micro-robot sketches

nyrath,
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@androidarts

Ack!
And as I gaze on your stunning artwork, my TV is playing an episode of Stargate SG-1 featuring the dreaded micro-robots they call "replicators"

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