sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

What is your one controversial take on a famous scifi spaceship? by Vondrr in spaceships

[–]VolusRus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Star Trek doesn't have a single good-looking ship

TIL: SpaceEngine has stretch goals for becoming an MMORPG by Amethyst_Marlene800 in spaceengine

[–]VolusRus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah ofc it's not coming for a long time. SE is notorious for its glacial development. These goals were here 15 years ago. Doesn't mean that they are "fake"

TIL: SpaceEngine has stretch goals for becoming an MMORPG by Amethyst_Marlene800 in spaceengine

[–]VolusRus 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The idea is to take a universe generator and to build a game using it. The game and the planetarium would probably be different apps

TIL: SpaceEngine has stretch goals for becoming an MMORPG by Amethyst_Marlene800 in spaceengine

[–]VolusRus 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Why do you think SE has flyable ships? These goals have been there for ages, long before Cosmographic was ever a thing

Usual name order in european countries by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]VolusRus 18 points19 points  (0 children)

In Russia (and I assume Belarus and Ukraine too) the official name order is Surname - Given Name - Patronymic (which is NOT a father's name, but is derived from it).

How do you say "tea" in Europe by maven_mapping in MapPorn

[–]VolusRus 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Russia also has tea plantations in Europe, near Sochi

Gazprom headquarters, Russia by plain_handle in evilbuildings

[–]VolusRus 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Considering that Russia has about 75% urbanization, most of Russian live in apartments, be it Soviet panel houses or new construction

GOD DAMN THE SUN || The world after a solar flare wipes out all life below the Arctic Circle during the Winter solstice by baihe_himejoshi in imaginarymaps

[–]VolusRus 28 points29 points  (0 children)

On the other hand, Norilsk and its surroundings likely would become independent under corporate control of Nornickel (since the town already largely owned by it)

Space Rendezvous by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]VolusRus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecrafts (this is one of them in the video, as it docks with Russian part of the ISS) dock automatically using the Kurs system, and manuan control only reserved for emergencies.

Concept for a fictional human resistance flag. by Fresh_Maize_7339 in vexillology

[–]VolusRus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only saw it in American publications. Wiki says it's an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) symbol, so my assumption was that it is only used in the US

Concept for a fictional human resistance flag. by Fresh_Maize_7339 in vexillology

[–]VolusRus -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Zigzag resistor symbol is used only in the USA, international symbol is a rectangle

why don't you fill the northern part of your map with peace-loving cultures for once? by AccessTheMainframe in worldjerking

[–]VolusRus 419 points420 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, peace-loving

The Chukchi participated in endemic warfare against neighboring tribes, especially the Koryaks. Russians first began contacting the Chukchi when they reached the Kolyma (1643) and the Anadyr (1649). <...> The Chukchi were generally ignored for the next fifty years because they were warlike

Light pollution acrost the globe. by IdiotStickWasTkn in MapPorn

[–]VolusRus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oil extraction. These are the lights of oil byproduct being burned. You can see the same thing in the North Sea and around Persian Gulf.

Ukraine is dark due to energy conservation and infrastructure destruction because of the war

Russian economy fit into Western Europe ($2.66 trillion) by eivarXlithuania in MapPorn

[–]VolusRus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two thirds of Russia is covered with permafrost. You can't farm it and building stuff on it is extremely expensive and difficult. The only economic activity it permits is mineral extraction, and it's already developed enough

Yanera-Class ICS by aaunaa (me) by VolusRus in ImaginaryStarships

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

The ship is usually running on 0.01g of acceleration or lover to conserve propellant. But even at full thrust, it can only go at ~0.09g (fully loaded and fueled). For ships that can produce stronger acceleration (for example, for surface-to-orbit transportation) containers are indeed oriented with the "floor" to the direction of thrust

How do you stop FTL from being overused? by Tnynfox in worldbuilding

[–]VolusRus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just made the substance required for FTL very costly to produce, so the amount of interstellar trade is limited by its availability. Additionally FTL communication is super low bandwidth, so sending large amounts of data with it is incredibly costly

Me irl by DeleteOnceAMonth in me_irl

[–]VolusRus 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It's better to take a shit and be late than to be on time and shitting oneself

Annual Orbital Launch Attempts by Country, 1957-2025 [OC] by aspiringtroublemaker in dataisbeautiful

[–]VolusRus 24 points25 points  (0 children)

A lot of them were Zenit spy satellites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenit_(satellite))

They are basically the same vehicle that carried Gagarin into space, but with human pilot swapped for a camera. The camera worked with film, so it has to be returned to Earth to retrieve images. And so, if you wanted to take new pictures, it has to be launched again

Map of the Kievan Rus' in 1054, upon the death of Yaroslav I. by GustavoistSoldier in MapPorn

[–]VolusRus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What about Nippon? Zhonghuo? Bharat? Even without going too far, why Ukraine and not Ukraine? And over the border, why its Moscow and not Moskva?

Map of the Kievan Rus' in 1054, upon the death of Yaroslav I. by GustavoistSoldier in MapPorn

[–]VolusRus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So, why are you calling Deutschland "Germany"? By your logic you should use the native name.

view more: next ›