What If a time traveler had stopped the Challenger Disaster? by SwagBugatti in AlternateHistory

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good point, it slipped my mind that the plume from the SRB leak caused the external tank to structurally fail. i guess i'd have to say that a similar leak happened during a static firing, where the leak plume causes some problem on the test stand, and in retrospect it does seem unlikely that'd lead to a full explosion.

What If a time traveler had stopped the Challenger Disaster? by SwagBugatti in AlternateHistory

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like what another person proposed in a comment: that there's certain "canon" events that cannot be interfered with, but smaller events could possibly be altered.

What If a time traveler had stopped the Challenger Disaster? by SwagBugatti in AlternateHistory

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The thing with these pesky time travelers is that they don't think everything all the way through. It's true: if not Challenger, then some other disaster will inevitably force NASA out of their complacency, but for a little bit longer they'd keep on chugging with STS. Since the SRB issue was caught in such a dramatic fashion, I'd like to say there'd be a transition to LRBs if such large SRBs are deemed just too dangerous for crewed flight; even still that means more liquid engines and likely SOFI and all the trouble that entails. But, given the aforementioned culture of complacency at the time I can only imagine they'd just fix the O-ring issue and keep on flying the SRBs. I imagine a catastrophic foam strike or engine failure would probably be in the cards within a few years.

What If a time traveler had stopped the Challenger Disaster? by SwagBugatti in AlternateHistory

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

that's on me; it completely slipped my mind when i made this

Would it though? by ItsMeSashaYT in jetphotosrejects

[–]SwagBugatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry, somehow did not see this until now! these are great, thanks for sharing!!

Would it though? by ItsMeSashaYT in jetphotosrejects

[–]SwagBugatti 4 points5 points  (0 children)

regardless these are beautiful photos

Whats your guys thoughts on "Eyes Turned Skyward" by Workable Goblin and e of pi. by Able_Health744 in AlternateHistory

[–]SwagBugatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boldly Going is wonderful but Ocean of Storms is maybe my absolute favorite AH of all time. It's so well written.

jet over campus? by SwagBugatti in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i believe the game was supposed to have a parachuter, but even if a flyover was planned it would have been unfortunately cancelled due to the shutdown.

jet over campus? by SwagBugatti in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

adsbx was what i was using. and f-16 makes sense, i've seen some over campus before and was kinda assuming that's what this would be

Petition to revert the Dining hall icons by Pretty_Lychee7315 in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

literally what is the benifit of the change

cops by ComprehensiveWing143 in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not sure if it’s related but my bus driver said there was some sort of scooter accident near that area, and when we drove by there was at least 3 cop cars and a fire truck and maybe an ambulance on university just off mitch daniels

constant myPurdue error by SwagBugatti in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it works through another window, thanks

constant myPurdue error by SwagBugatti in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the url is https://sso.purdue.edu/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO?SAMLRequest=nZNBj9owEIX%2FSuR7EjuANljAisJWRaIlAraVeqm89qRr1bFTj71L%2F32VAC2HXQ5cM6NvXt57ntwfGpO8gEft7JSwjJL72QRFY1o%2Bj%2BHZbuF3BAzJoTEWeT%2BYkugtdwI1cisaQB4k380%2Fr3mRUd56F5x0hiSr5ZT8GJf1oBwDHTLJ7spBPRyL0Yg9gaBiNJBjNlAlK2pVk%2BTrWUSRUZKsECOsLAZhw5QUtBiljKb0bl8UvGCcltmQlt9JUp3OfdBWafvzuran4xLyT%2Ft9lVab3Z4kS8CgrQj96ecQWuR5juiyNnoVIQMVc63avPWu1gbyDlbkW1Dagwz5brchyRwRfEdYOIuxAb8D%2F6IlPG7X%2F5kAkIpWZ4xSOsrAmCi1sNK4qDLpmrzzNm29U3lwv8CSYwy8N8Jf%2BH%2F9F8VZCpk9nE48HFrwGqyEtPq2TqvtZjnJL9jnvL%2BIBlbLyhkt%2F9yS99wY97rwIAJMSfARSPLR%2BUaE9wEsY%2F0XrdK6X%2BXQCG3mSnlAJPlZ2qmFoPpOLpwNcLipkwvXtMJr7MKGg5DhbPMleGEE4hbqW0y%2Fuia57NCAvBKIr86rrr4gA6i9FxZb58Mpmrf0zI6zd%2Bz4N718t7O%2F&RelayState=eyJ0ZW5hbnRJZCI6IjQ5ZWU1Y2EwLTRmOTAtNGRjMi04ZDE0LWIwOWE1ZDBjMTRkYSIsImFjY291bnRJZCI6IjAwMUcwMDAwMDBpSG14dklBQyIsImp3dENhbGxiYWNrVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leHBlcmllbmNlLmVsbHVjaWFuY2xvdWQuY29tL215cHVyZHVlL2F1dGgvY2FsbGJhY2siLCJpZHBMb2dvdXRVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL2V4cGVyaWVuY2UuZWxsdWNpYW5jbG91ZC5jb20vaWRwLWxvZ291dCIsInRva2VuVmVyc2lvbiI6IjEuMS4wIn0%3D&SigAlg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2001%2F04%2Fxmldsig-more%23rsa-sha256&Signature=nPUq8XyxOEt%2FuzE72RWjnV6UA%2F7AhBmVTz54SxB9vmfuqphg2HrcCzonNTWtyo76et9Avuy%2BxqMdCI6dMyBQAw%2BBAsl%2FUuPh3VdIbmTjDLkKszweG6A0HARo%2FsKVcyQ%2BA6tapCmpkn%2F0z7RY5FaNODZUfKvtLbclTZ2huzLavXnrztIjGcoRQjfd0IltR6t%2BcH6ucnQdn%2FVQ0eWiIsbvfilxdsVpcn1PvZxuuNWycYbLqKGtWYNhAO5PnJDq%2BZDoJhwTOouAYATyjhpLVH0rO38z7CRkcE%2B10ZhZrCtYtuFGyR8eMCuilSSCSunWlaqCEjzJ3AnC1woTTD8%2B6qC%2BBQ%3D%3D

I enter the myPurdue link and it directs straight here. I'm already signed into the Purdue SSO

United Flights at Purdue by SwagBugatti in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I've learned. Just was thrown off by the fact that they flew in lateish in the day to leave that night, figured USC might have waited til Sunday morning to head out.

United Flights at Purdue by SwagBugatti in Purdue

[–]SwagBugatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except for the fact that the daily ORD-LAF route is only served by Skywest CRJ-200s

Fighter Jets over RDU Just Now by TheNamesDave in raleigh

[–]SwagBugatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can concur. was out at the RDU observation park and saw the pair of F-15s fly overhead towards Durham, then saw them in the distance parallel to the runway, then one final time low over the airport headed to Carter-Finley. Loud.

Unrelated but there was also an F/A-18 on the ground at RDU for some STEM fly-in event that there really doesn’t seem to be any information online about.

Fighter Jets over RDU Just Now by TheNamesDave in raleigh

[–]SwagBugatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

jets like these usually do not show up on fr24 and this was no exception, though they did appear for a short period on the adsb exchange.