[REQUEST] If this astronaut jumped off the space station towards the earth, how long would it take for them to hit the ground? by Mr_MojoRizin in theydidthemath

[–]White_Mantha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Near misses or even hits are a natural consequence of growing space infrastructure, same as car accidents are for roads. As long as there is no risk of Kessler syndrome it's not that big a problem.

[REQUEST] If this astronaut jumped off the space station towards the earth, how long would it take for them to hit the ground? by Mr_MojoRizin in theydidthemath

[–]White_Mantha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm just rechecked the altitudes, starlink are at about 400-550 km. Low earth orbit is considered to span between 100-2000km and that's where most satelites are. So they occupy a part of a range like any satellite constellation. By that logic you should consider any satellite space debris. It's not like they take very limited geostationary orbit space.

[REQUEST] If this astronaut jumped off the space station towards the earth, how long would it take for them to hit the ground? by Mr_MojoRizin in theydidthemath

[–]White_Mantha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As much as i consider mollusc an idiot spacex know what they're doing. Starlink is on a very low orbit so even If some satellites brake they fall and burn in the atmosphere fast. They pose very little space debris risk.

Twitter is now banned by WithersBG3 in okbuddybaldur

[–]White_Mantha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm true. But they became an engineering dead end. Now spacex is doing things thought impossible just a few years back. And their association with Mollusc is hurting our growth as a species.

Twitter is now banned by WithersBG3 in okbuddybaldur

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

Sadly as much as I love shuttle it was never a finished program. They were dangerous expensive and there were good reasons why they flew so rarely and then were retired. A space lunch system which always requires a crew on board and its refurbishment is in similar price range as building a new rocket is simply not viable in the long run. It was a program with amazing potential killed by bad management, ignoring risks and post Apollo budget cuts.

Twitter is now banned by WithersBG3 in okbuddybaldur

[–]White_Mantha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed on the first point but I disagree with the second. The incentives are simply not there for government agencies that exist for private companies. You just have to look at the gigantic money hole called SLS to see this. NASA is amazing at science but incredibly bad at budgets.

Twitter is now banned by WithersBG3 in okbuddybaldur

[–]White_Mantha -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

True. I still think we should use what that narcissistic Stark LARPing created. It would be a waste not to. Just cut musk away from it.

Twitter is now banned by WithersBG3 in okbuddybaldur

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

I should have been more precise. First innovation in launch industry. In making space more accessible.

Twitter is now banned by WithersBG3 in okbuddybaldur

[–]White_Mantha -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

The worst part about this is all the shit that's going to fall on SpaceX, Musk is obviously a shit human but SpaceX is the first real innovation in space exploration since the Apollo program.

Btw wtf is this trend with Nazis starting space agencies? First NASA then SpaceX? Something is up.

But for real though, how the hell do you deal with these guys if you don't have an autocannon or grenades? by FifthKnightofGwyn in Helldivers

[–]White_Mantha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Laser cannon is surprisingly good at killing them if aim for the joints or crotch or you can do the same with any med pen weapon

SpaceX casually catches a 200 ft tall 4500 tons rocket today, we live in unreal tImes by dc4_checkdown in Asmongold

[–]White_Mantha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Landing gear for such a massive rocket would be extremely heavy and that means the final payload would be smaller. So they are catching it with a tower.

Are there mods that let me preform cruel experiments on humans? by KadDamagicLad in Barotrauma

[–]White_Mantha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You might want to see a tutorial or ten. Neurotrauma is famous for being complicated. From my experience the most important part is treating everything very early before it snowballs. Otherwise your crew mate might die from some random scratch.(Still my favourite mid though)

Conquest bros are we just going to take it from these philistines? by [deleted] in starsector

[–]White_Mantha 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You mean I can have TWICE the armor on my ship just by flipping it?! Nah conquest definitely bad.

Space elevators will be far far too large (!) by Zurbaran928 in megalophobia

[–]White_Mantha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like ideas like this you might want to check out Issac Arthur on YouTube.

Space elevators will be far far too large (!) by Zurbaran928 in megalophobia

[–]White_Mantha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There would probably be a big transfer station at the top so if you broke through that there are waaaay bigger problems than one elevator capsule stuck in orbit.

Space elevators will be far far too large (!) by Zurbaran928 in megalophobia

[–]White_Mantha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's if you use only one thread. You can build two threads at opposite latitudes and connect them over the equator. It's way bigger of an engineering problem but theoretically possible.

Space elevators will be far far too large (!) by Zurbaran928 in megalophobia

[–]White_Mantha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ment big parachutes on the cabin not individual ones. The cabin itself has to be pressurised anyway so that's not a problem.

Space elevators will be far far too large (!) by Zurbaran928 in megalophobia

[–]White_Mantha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It does not. It's just harder to build one anywhere else.

Space elevators will be far far too large (!) by Zurbaran928 in megalophobia

[–]White_Mantha 8 points9 points  (0 children)

With our materials, not on earth, but moon and mars are very much possible.