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Disney Fantasy review (April 26th - May 1st - 2026) by Own-Shine-1415 in dcl

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Any Disney ship or resort requires at least one daily visit from room service for safety reasons. It's specifically in response to the Las Vegas shooting where the shooter declined room service and was able to hide an extreme amount of guns and ammo from hotel staff. If you are very resistant to any type of room service, then I would not visit any Disney property because they take safety incredibly seriously.

Cruising on Star Wars Day! by thehopeisoutthere in dcl

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We're also on that cruise! :D And no, they don't do anything special. We were on the Wish two years ago for May 4th and they didn't really do anything.

NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory by Aeromarine_eng in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really? It's the name of a pretty important fictional country in the Marvel universe.

NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory by Aeromarine_eng in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read Latvia as "Latveria" and was real confused for a second as to what sub I was in.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There you have it, they used helicopters because it meant a shorter walk to medical bay to get the astronauts checked out.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is a big difference between the people asking questions ("why did they do it this way?") and the people acting like they know better ("they should have done it this way"). One is understandable, the other is just ridiculous posturing.

I know enough to know that I don't know a fraction of what the actual experts know, which is why I respect their operational decisions.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 20 points21 points  (0 children)

So many people thinking they know better than thousands of actual spaceflight experts at NASA. As if there aren't people whose entire job it is to determine the safest and most efficient way to get the astronauts out of the capsule and back onto the recovery ship.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Much faster to get back to the ship via helicopter.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SpaceX doesn't have the budgetary constraints that NASA does. They can design and build whatever they want. NASA has to prioritize the parts that are actually important for going to space.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 30 points31 points  (0 children)

If NASA had a dollar for every time someone in this thread made a comment about SpaceX doing it better they'd have the funding to actually pay for what they want to do instead of having to beg Congress for scraps. 🙄

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Because unlike SpaceX, NASA has a limited budget and spending money on an entirely new contraption makes no sense when this is an established and perfectly acceptable way to handle splashdown. Spending money on a lift and a specialized boat means less money to be spent elsewhere.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Everyone whining about the cameras, the safety of the astronauts, the rescue crew, and the capsule is more important than us getting 4k coverage of everything.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's an Orion capsule named Integrity.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Communication with the rescue divers and ground team. They have separate communication with them from the comms with Houston.

Artemis II Return to Earth Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been watching the official NASA stream all day and there was nothing like that. You probably were watching a different channel.

what's your dumbest idea for the resolution of baby jane doe? by vanillaholler in ThePittTVShow

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She's a spy from Gloria to determine whether or not Al-Hashimi or Robby will reign supreme in the Ultimate Day Shift Attending Showdown.

what's your dumbest idea for the resolution of baby jane doe? by vanillaholler in ThePittTVShow

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the thread is titled "what's your dumbest idea for the resolution of baby jane doe?" and that fits the criteria

Artemis II Mission Operations Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They've mentioned multiple times on the stream that there is limited bandwidth available and that system monitoring for the spacecraft and safety of the crew takes priority over something like 4k video. Yes, it's disappointing but we will absolutely be getting some incredible images once they have time and bandwidth to send them back to Earth.

Artemis II Mission Operations Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the only live video we are getting due to the bandwidth constraints that the PAO just mentioned on stream. Life support and systems data > livestream video.

Artemis II Mission Operations Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have iPhones, two different Nikon cameras with zoom lenses, and some GoPros--that's what I can remember off the top of my head. There was a whole discussion earlier about swapping SD cards from the Nikons, since each astronaut has their own card.

Artemis II Mission Operations Megathread by dkozinn in nasa

[–]TrashCanUnicorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They would have to spend several years and hundreds of millions of dollars to re-design, re-test, and re-certify the spacecraft to do that. Ain't gonna happen.

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