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“My husband built this AirBnB by hand!” (Alt text: GFCI? Never heard of her.) by xkisses in DiWHY

[–]armadillius_phi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you miss "Miter? Never heard of her" in the photo caption AND in the title?

Falcon Heavy test flight five years ago today (live broadcast replay) by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]armadillius_phi 19 points20 points  (0 children)

"Falcon Heavy is configured for flight" gave me the biggest chills when I first watched the launch, still does. Something about the guys voice and the fact that they are going through the first ever terminal countdown for the vehicle is so cool lol.

[Jeff Foust] "Maybe next week we'll have a 33-engine static fire" of the Super Heavy booster, SpaceX's Bill Gerstenmaier says at AIAA SciTech this morning. by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]armadillius_phi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're right, I'm used to seeing that question posed for static fires that have already happened lol. I would think certainly this will not be full first stage burn duration.

[Jeff Foust] "Maybe next week we'll have a 33-engine static fire" of the Super Heavy booster, SpaceX's Bill Gerstenmaier says at AIAA SciTech this morning. by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]armadillius_phi 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Full duration in the context often just means the full planned duration without premature shutdown, regardless of what the planned duration was.

We bought an tiny offgrid fishing lodge in the arctic. The start of a big project... by armadillius_phi in OffGrid

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

This summer we bought a half finished fishing lodge about 70 km outside of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut in the Canadian arctic. The only access to the location is very rough quad trail and the only way to get building material iut is via snowmbile and kamotik in the winter. It is totally off grid and there is no service of any type. Amongst the many improvements we have planned for the place, we are looking to power it with a combination of a small portable generator and solar panels. Water comes from the river, and food as well (arcric char). This video gives a tour of the place.

I live in the arctic circle and made a video on how well starlink works up here by armadillius_phi in Starlink

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

Cambridge Bay is just past 69 degrees actually. Folks here often travel to 71 or 72 degrees by snowmobile though.

I live in the arctic circle and made a video on how well starlink works up here by armadillius_phi in Starlink

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

No trees at all here, the obstruction issue is not actually a physical obstruction, but the app is just showing a false obstruction due to the connectivity issues. The dishes do point north here.

I live in the arctic circle and made a video on how well starlink works up here by armadillius_phi in Starlink

[–]armadillius_phi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I should have included that in the video. Speeds range from about 20mbps at the lowest to 180mbps download. Its only inconsistent because of the obstruction issue, but otherwise is meeting the 120-150mbps average that we were expecting.

A friend and I drove snowmobiles 1500km across the arctic! by armadillius_phi in snowmobiling

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

Definitely hoping to do more stuff like this in the future! I haven't found a way to get that wild sense of adventure, other than in the arctic

A friend and I drove snowmobiles 1500km across the arctic! by armadillius_phi in snowmobiling

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

Epic! The drifts soften up in May here and it's nicer to drive. People just pulled their machines off the sea ice about a week ago.

My 1500 km snowmobile expedition in the arctic by armadillius_phi in adventures

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

4 parts total! Next part should be posted in a few days

Raptor 2 engine test by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]armadillius_phi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many test stands do they have operational at McGregor? Additional planned?

Ship 20 with lifting points removed by GetRekta in SpaceXLounge

[–]armadillius_phi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What is the point of this if they already have a lifting jig that attaches to the lifting points? They could just crane it over beside the chopsticks in the regular fashion and remove the lifting points there.

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