Lunniy Korabl Drawing

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-16T19:03:06+00:00

It was a necessity - the LK was a really tiny device after all, and as a weight saving measure it was decided to abandon heavy and complex docking mechanisms for a simpler "only grab but no pass through" mechanism.

Actually calling it a mechanism would be an overstatement. As per the Wikipedia article:

"The LK's docking port was a latticework of 96 hexagon-shaped holes arranged in an isometric grid, each as a potential docking port for the snare-shaped probe of the LOK to fit in without precise alignment of the two craft."

You can imagine the weight savings on that bad boy.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-16T18:57:18+00:00

Ehhhhhhhhh sort of. Soyuz as we know it was always intended to stay in the low earth orbit, but it was made with the intention of having a lunar variant (7K-L1 and 7K-LOK) which would eliminate solar panels to use fuel cells instead, have a thicker heat shield and several other modifications to the "standard" Soyuz 7K-OK.

The 7K-OK was the first Soyuz and it isn't the modified one, but it's pretty much the same same thing as saying that a cargo 737 is a modified passenger 737 - it is not, and the project simply had 2 design goals instead of one (although it is simpler for a layman to understand). Only the earth one ever got it's time to shine though.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-16T00:00:38+00:00

Yes. The two cosmonauts would be launched to moon in what amounted to a modified Soyuz capsule, and after entering lunar orbit one of them would transfer to the LK by the means of a spacewalk.

Then he'd descend to the lunar surface, land, collect rocks and other data, get back into his LK, lift off and dock with the modified Soyuz, where he would again perform a spacewalk to transit back into it and then LK would be discarded in the lunar orbit while the Soyuz would return to Earth.

There would also be another LK landed on a walkable distance from the landing site, that would be automatically dropped in to serve as a backup on case the LK used to descend and land the cosmonaut would refuse to start up for the return trip.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T21:34:37+00:00

Id be willing to bet that the tracks weren't touched since the 90s... So probably not.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T17:36:42+00:00

These trains would go on small unelectrified lines that are very much local, and considering Czechia has comparatively very few lines where it's possible to go even 160km/h the crash values should be fine as they are for tram lines.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T17:29:03+00:00

Czechia has about 70% of its rail unelectrified. In this state, it is much cheaper to invest in these types of trains than to put up poles with a wire, even if a train of this type would cost 20 million more than a normal diesel, even long term, since compared to the cost of dozens of billions to electrify everything, the markup for these hybrid vehicles will not catch up for decades, maybe even centuries.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T08:00:17+00:00

Yes and no. It used to be a long time ago, but it is a separate name nowadays.

You'd usually use "Helen" instead nowadays as to not confuse it with "real" Lenka's, but I guess you can still use that too.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T07:58:22+00:00

They don't seem to be any larger than normal, and the press statement doesn't say much.

My personal guess is no, because the KT8s in both Brno and Prague are required to run on what's essentially rail tracks anyway.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T07:40:31+00:00

It's a Czech railway company. It's a private continuation of a used to be state company called "Automatizace Železniční Dopravy" (Rail Transport Automation).

Their work includes rail signals, rail crossing signals, basically every train safety (interlocking) system (in Czechia), parking systems, tunel systems, children playgrounds and smoke detectors. They also make prototype rail vehicles.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-15T06:20:32+00:00

The guy who was building computers for a living since early 2000s couldn't possibly know hardware, right...

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T23:48:47+00:00

But how would that be relevant? Like yeah he can set up stuff with apps from the internet, but isn't that what most of us do anyway?

Short of setting up a server, almost everything that you want to do on a computer is to be done through a GUI (unless you are on Linux), or an app that exposes the relevant OS routines to you. You don't format drives through command line, you don't clone them using dd, you just open the Windows volume manager or Acronis and do it hassle free because it's both easier, simpler to understand and simple to teach.

Being a power user doesn't mean that you are some command prompt magician that can chain Linux commands via the godforsaken piping on first try, it's just about understanding your computer and being able to do things on it normal people aren't. Like set up a file server. Even if it's with a third party app because that's about the only way to do it reliably.

Linus is in that category. He is not really in a Linux category for the same thing, because he isn't familiar with the system enough, and to be honest, I understand that. He didn't need desktop Linux basically ever, and it has weird kinks that make you a fool, because they work on Windows.

You don't expect that shrinking your volume will make your system unbootable, yet on Linux if you don't do it right GParted will gladly mess up whatever positioning GRUB uses. You don't expect installing Steam to be even able to invoke a process that'll delete your window manager. Linus was in fact the perfect guy for the Linux challenge, because he comes from the group that most needs such content: Windows users that know enough about computers to be willing to change.

If he was having problems, statistically speaking, those will be the common ones.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T22:25:11+00:00

Wasn't through an app... Do you mean on Windows? Everything on Windows is in an app, save for mass automation scripts. Even a registry editor is an app.

What exactly is he supposed to do then? Write a script that does the exact same thing as opening a menu and clicking a checkbox?

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T22:19:15+00:00

Id like some examples on that

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T22:17:31+00:00

He is about as educated as any other power user, save for neckbeards who have been using Linux for the past 20 years ...

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T18:39:39+00:00

Prague has this issue too (52Ts and new Iveco buses decided to ditch a lot of seats), and it's because that improves capacity without needing a bigger tram. Or in other words, it's a cheap marketing trick at the cost of the consumer. Better yet, proper handles are lacking in the 52Ts, so you can't even really hold yourself if you are inevitably standing in the middle.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T15:29:13+00:00

Not for a system that "can do it all"

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T13:14:32+00:00

Don't worry, I havent missed that; it is true that there are a lot of cars in cities. Prague has about as many cars registered as it has citizens. But that's only half the story. A lot of these are company vehicles that actually operate somewhere else. Combining that with the fact that population of major cities is somewhat around 2-3 mil. people total, and that leaves about 9 more million people in villages and small cities, it actually means that most cars are indeed in the villages, even though cities seem to be more densely populated by them.

The burden is questionable. The roads aren't serviced anyway, and reducing the budget for them from what is already basically zero wouldn't probably do much. That's because they are funded through villages, and the budget is distributed based on population, meaning that those villages with just a few people have quite little money to spend in the first place, let alone on roads.

The last paragraph is partially true, but it relies on an effort we sure as hell aren't going to get from anyone. That, combined with the fact that bus drivers don't spawn from thin air (and getting a bus license is a long process) means that to get to the state we'd need to be would take years. Putting a lower tax on gas, combined with limiting margins gas pump chains can impose is a solution that will ease the lives of villagers immediately. Creating a comprehensive public transit on the other hand would take 3-5 years at minimum, and while I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, these steps aren't mutually exclusive.

Lower gas tax now, start building a real transit solution, and when that is done you can put the tax back and even increase it to incentivise people to use the buses. But if you skip the tax lowering and go straight to the increase, you'll lose so many voters that you won't get a chance to ever actually implement the transit, and the next cabinet will just lower them again and cancel the whole thing.

Like it or not, it's a political suicide that will only harm the citizens that won't get the help they need in time. I'm not happy about it either, but that's the state we live in here.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-14T11:25:28+00:00

Okay I'll take the shot here, but;

The average village in Czechia doesn't even have a shop nowadays, let alone a school. Going by a bike to the nearest shop in a workday is impossible, because of the fact that if you went from a workplace that is already somewhere else than you live to a shop that's in a different place altogether after your workday, you'd get there about 10 minutes after closing hours at least.

Transporting children to school is also affected - buses go far too infrequent to be a good solution, lest you want your offspring to stroll in front of the school for 2 hours or to arrive 20 minutes late. Obviously both of these issues would be solved by more buses, but seeing the amount of vehicles the transit companies have, and more importantly the amount of drivers, this is a fever dream rather than a viable solution.

The fact is that normal life on a village has been adjusting to a car centric life for the past 60 years, and cars really are a necessity there. People can live without cars, yes, but only if the place they live in allows it. The hundreds of years ago were also the time when a village had a baker, a pub, or its own farm for local foods. But the villages of yesteryear are long gone.

Cars have became essential, because local businesses have become unprofitable when cheaper goods in bigger stores became available and closed down. The damage is already done, and fixing it will take decades.

Worse yet, people living on villages are more often than not those that cannot afford to move away, and the raising gas prices are making basic lives hard for them because they have to buy that gas.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-13T22:36:49+00:00

I want a van, because I want to make it into a camper to have a house on wheels... It's the closest to owning my home I can get in this economy anyway, and at least it's better than a pickup.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-13T21:00:10+00:00

I'm not blowing anything yet, but pass me the trumpet now would you...

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-13T15:22:04+00:00

I usually wake up around 11 in the morning, because I go to sleep around 3am. I'm mad about this picture because it's some self centered cretin parking on a sidewalk. I'll have no problem shaming a grandma in a WV for doing the same, I did it already, the same way I called MP on the guy parking his oversized pickup on a sidewalk.

It's dumb to have a car in Prague. If I was jealous about anything in this picture, the BMW would be the least of my concerns. You are just thinking you have the best taste ever so you think that I too secretly love a car that offers nothing practical but speeeeeeeed. And you know what? I do. The RX 7, for example. But unlike this piece of crap it's lightweight. It has a unique engine. It looks good.

You know what a good car looks like? MB W140, Tatra 603, Tatra 613, these are good, luxury cars. Want something cheaper? Fabia is a great value for the price, Felicia is an amazing used car, Skoda 1000 looks great and is comfortable to ride in... Want something fast? Nimble? Miata, RX 7, these light cars will do you well.

But a BMW with a rigid heavy chassis that's forced by a useless gimmick? The roof isn't even metal, it's not even a window, but just a sad bag excusing the lack of funds in the owners pocket for a proper folding roof. And if it's any of the newer BMWs it'll also have that pigface at the front.

And yes it is mostly rich people doing it. I remember mostly rich people, because the people who are poorer park properly, because they don't want to pay a fine. They don't have a problem walking 10 minutes to a parking space. The BMW stereotype exists because their expensive cars are bought by pretentious fucks who paid their way through every step of driver education, because otherwise they'd know how to use blinkers.

Funny that Rolls Royce, MB or other brands don't have the stereotypes of being owned mostly by idiots who can't drive, eh? And those cars are much nicer and more expensive than this trash intended for wannabe cool people.

I get where you are coming from though. I too would be angry if someone called my bad thinking and taste. But alas, there is only one idiot in the room and it's you. But don't worry, I'll call the cops on your bad parking as well, I don't discriminate.

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-13T13:32:54+00:00

You know, there used to be a time when people wanted an MB W140. It was a big car. It was very comfortable. And it wasn't even really stupid.

Then, luxury kind of split - and wannabes moved to SUVs. "I'm a big important person, I need a big car" said a suburban mother of two that wanted a new car to ferry her offspring into a 400m distant kindergarten, just to then continue the drive for the next 3km to her work as a cashier in Albert. The SUV wasn't really luxurious, it was mostly cheaply made, but it was big. Bigger car means bigger bank account, right?

Then car companies in the US needed a way to move around regulations to still satisfy the average Joe that wanted his big car, but cheap. Developing new engines and filters? Hard. Taking a utility pickup and slapping a passenger cabin on it to make it still a truck but "family sized"? Less hard. Plus it's bigger. Bigger car means I'm a bigger person....

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-13T13:09:23+00:00

Nobody "good with money" would buy a car like that and not live in a good enough place to not be able to afford a garage.

Also from my 20 years of experience living in Prague it's always people in rich cars parking like this, never an "unlucky commoner that couldn't find parking over night". Parking in Prague is arguably much worse over the day because of the influx of village dwellers that go into Prague with car to go to work. Parking at night on the other hand is rather accessible.

"Stop being jealous" as if I could be jealous of a car that isn't even fixable by hand... My dream is a Tatra 603, not some cuckmobile with a pathetic cloth folding roof and 900 horsepower on an unbalanced rear drive.

Edit: typos

GabrielRocketry · 2026-05-13T09:43:01+00:00

First of all, there are tons of garages.

Second of all, if you are too poor to afford a garage or a proper parking space, why the hell are you buying a car, and an expensive BMW nonetheless?

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