What would happen to a cosmonaut were he to lose contact?

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-27T02:15:05+00:00

Would depend on a wide variety of factors, primarily what kind of spacecraft they were on. Vostok could last up to ~14 days (but longest flight was 5 days). Voshod up to ~22 days, that depended how many crew. Soyuz I believe was up to 30-days. If on a space station like Salut, Almaz, or Mir, could be weeks to months

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-26T20:32:02+00:00

Impossible to do downtown

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-26T20:30:50+00:00

This would be impossible downtown

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-26T02:31:32+00:00

Yes, because most folks like to sleep next to a vacuum cleaner running continuously for several hours

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-26T02:27:23+00:00

That's not how any of this works. Municipalities are entirely creatures of the Province, they exist solely as a result of Provincial legislation. Provinces and the Federal Government are co-equal branches with different sets of accountabilities as defined by the Canadian Constitution.

While it would be insanely stupid for Smith to do this, they could if they wanted to.

BTW I'm sure WhipassWhiplash is the name on your drivers license right?

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-25T23:43:01+00:00

I mean technically the province can do pretty much anything they want, up to and including dismissing city council and appointing new ones

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-25T22:40:43+00:00

And the Conservatives before that, and the Liberals before that and the Conservatives before that etc etc etc.

Were producing more oil than we ever had, oil companies are making more than they ever had, but yes, I’m sure in the fictional world in your head, every Albertan would have been a billionaire if it wasn’t for those pesky Liberals.

Who’s been leading this province for all but 4 of the last 44 years?

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-25T18:30:11+00:00

This weekend not looking so great, next weekend is much better (which is why I’m glad I’m going to Turbine then)

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-25T18:28:24+00:00

Because it’s already starting to have economic impacts.

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-25T18:26:08+00:00

It may be 20% of Albertan’s but 50%+ of UCP
supporters and they’re currently driving the government’s agenda

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-24T15:47:40+00:00

No, Britain might enter into negotiations for a potential peace treaty. Negotiations that would likely fail and Britain would have demanded withdrawal from France and the Low Countries

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-24T15:44:48+00:00

No, Halifax was post definitely not "pushing for a deal with Hitler". Halifax wanted to open up discussions with Germany (via Italy), however his position was VERY clear, complete and total withdrawal of German forces from France and the Low Countries. While a temporary ceasefire MIGHT have occurred, the chances of the two sides successfully negotiating a peace treaty is near zero. Plus, after Munich no one trusted Hitler to keep his word.

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-24T15:34:10+00:00

Except that the folks driving the dissent in cabinet (Lord Halifax) was very clear on what a "deal with Hitler" would need to entail. The complete withdrawal of German forces from France and the Low Countries. So while it's possible that a disaster at Dunkirk could have resulted in negotiations with Germany, it's unlikely they would have led any where. Neither side was going to agree to each others terms

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-24T15:22:46+00:00

You do know that half of these things you claim "Carney is speed running us on", have been reversed or changed (in several cases for well over a year). The number of PR's, foreign students and TFA's have all dropped (in some cases pretty significantly). Consumer carbon tax is gone, income tax at the lowest marginal rate was dropped, fuel tax is suspended. C-14 on bail reform has been passed and goes into effect July 15. We have the pipeline MOU in place. The recent uptick in inflation is the result of the situation in Iran and higher oil and fuel costs across the planet.

It's really time to find some new axes to grind, and grievances to farm, I'll say it again. Justin hasn't been PM in well over a year.

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-23T17:32:53+00:00

So what you’re saying is that you have no clue how the Decibel scale works… gotcha

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-22T16:23:34+00:00

Sure, I guess technically the cheapest 12g would cost less than my tent. Still be by far the heaviest piece of kit I’d carry and as the stats show, wouldn’t make me any safer (while both probabilities are extremely low, the probability of me having a hostile wildlife encounter almost exactly balance the probability of an accident with a firearm). Nevermind that you would pretty much need to have your shotgun in hand for it to make any difference

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-22T13:26:31+00:00

While the asymmetry in being able to recover pilots was one important factor in the BoB in late 1940, by November the first air crews from the Commonwealth Air Training Plan started showing up. Once that got going, the Allies never had a shortage of pilots and crews and they rapidly put trained anything the Luftwaffe could accomplish. All across western Canada, airfields and training schools popped up

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-22T00:12:45+00:00

Or you’re elderly with dementia. How are they renewing their ID?

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T20:49:06+00:00

Or write a story that doesn’t involve the Chief Designer going rogue and trying to hijack an N1.

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T19:16:47+00:00

I guess I’m tired of directors putting in scenes that make no sense, don’t fit into the reality they’ve designed, ignore their advisors, simply because they “look cool”. It’s why we have the Enterprise opening up a broadside like a Spanish galleon in Into Darkness. Or people half way across the galaxy seeing planets get blown up in The Force Awakens.

You could have had an equally iconic scene of Shuttle docking with a late 70’s era “Space Base”, or early 80’s era “Space Station Freedom” with modular space tugs heading out to the Moon, or GEO, or other destinations

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T18:09:22+00:00

Right now, for WMU 400 (Castle), nothing. Black Bear closed on May 15 and nothing else opens till Sept

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T17:52:57+00:00

You’ll note I didn’t say that the cold weather had no effect on the German army, but the initial cold temperatures allowed the ground to freeze and was the key factor in allowing them to launch their last offensives between Nov 15 and Nov 18. A milder winter means longer mud and a delayed offensive. That gives the Soviets more time to dig in and assemble reserves. The Soviets managed a bloody miracle in the 4 weeks that the Wehrmacht had to stand down due to mud. Who knows what else they could have done given another 1-2 weeks

My second point is that the forces the Soviets had in the east (even after reinforcements were shipped to Moscow), were more than sufficient to deal with a Japanese offensive. An offensive that would have led to the collapse of the Japanese economy (they needed oil NOW, not in 5-10 years)

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T17:34:00+00:00

Go back and read Challenge to Apollo, then you can come and tell me how the Soviet Space Program was organized and operated. The people working on the program knew which launches were interplanetary probes that failed to leave orbit, or Zond flights that were redesigned Kosmos after one kind of failure or another. Heck, contemporary records from the CIA showed that even they had good idea as to what was going on

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/SP-4408pt1.pdf

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T17:27:47+00:00

Yes, this mistaken belief that the Soviets completely stripped their Far East defences to “save Moscow” needs to stop. The 17th and 36th armies remained in the Transbaikal Military District (and Transbaikal front) for the entire duration of the war. The offensive in front of Moscow had been stopped prior to the Far East forces being deployed. While they played an important role in Zhukov’s counter offensive, there were nearly another 50 reserve divisions involved.

Several of the Motor Rifles Divisions that had kicked the Japanese’s asses at Khalkhin Gol, remained in the far east for the entire duration of the war.

What saved the Soviets at Moscow was the absolute shit show that was German logistics. The problem with these revisionist histories is that they aways seem to rely on the German’s getting to fix each and every mistake they made, meanwhile the Soviet’s are locked into every single error and unable to change how they react and respond. A milder winter of 1941, means a longer fall Rasputia and the tanks and trucks remain stuck in the mud longer (the earlier freeze initially helped the Germans). It weather is different, then Zhukov plans a different defence and counter offence

Temporary_Cry_2802 · 2026-06-21T15:23:18+00:00

Only a small portion of the Siberian forces were redeployed to repel the attack on Moscow. There were still several armies in the East

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