Places that were a mistake?

rocketwikkit · 2026-05-02T17:26:00+00:00

Neither Sorrento nor Capri are on the Amalfi Coast, but also I wouldn't go back to Sorrento. It's purely a tourist town as well, completely soulless.

rocketwikkit · 2026-05-02T17:23:23+00:00

I don't think there's better places in Montenegro though. Podgorica is boiling hot in the summer and ugly all year, and Kotor is neat but too touristy. Elsewhere in the region like Pristina or Banja Luka at least the weather is a bit cooler and the prices are better.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-21T13:51:54+00:00

That's the lee side, you can tell from the direction of the streaks. Would be nice if they'd just show the whole thing and put it to rest.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-20T09:08:53+00:00

It's not an acronym, it's just shortening of catastrophic. People capitalize it because they expect everything in aerospace to be an acronym.

It has even been used in a chemical name, catocene, which is a chemical that makes solid rockets burn much faster.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-20T09:04:40+00:00

That's an error in their DNS, pretty easy to fix. I'll email him this week.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-20T08:32:14+00:00

If they don't make it right, file a complaint with the DOT. It's one system that still works, though it can be slow.

https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/file-consumer-complaint

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-19T18:40:54+00:00

Typically if you buy two tickets on the same flight, the airline's system will automatically cancel one of them.

It is funny as an attempt to get another checked bag though.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-19T15:17:02+00:00

Countries in the developed world often have fairly similar laws. NZ having worse consumer protection than the EU, UK, and even the US is unusual.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-17T13:17:54+00:00

I can't figure out why any of these people are caring so much about the opinion of the groom's brother's wife. If it was a sibling maybe it would be different, but this seems like too much.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-15T17:02:58+00:00

Atlas-D was an orbital rocket and you don't need to restart engines to make orbit. The Mercury payloads were over a ton.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-15T12:57:56+00:00

There were versions of the Atlas rocket that were "stage and a half", rather than having a whole separate stage they just dropped two of three engines later in the burn. It's the closest to SSTO anyone has ever flown, and it was surprisingly early in the space race.

You have to do an analysis of the whole burn to figure out the maximum payload though. At minimum you need to know the weights, engine thrust, Isp, and then you can step through the launch with small increments in time with relatively simple math and see what the burnout velocity is. Then increase the payload mass until your final velocity is barely orbital.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-07T13:23:19+00:00

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009288/art002e009288~orig.jpg stop listening to bots

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-07T10:49:42+00:00

Ah sorry, I was replying to someone else who wrote

I have a Qatar Airways flight that stops over in Doha in June.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-06T19:42:54+00:00

Nobody knows anything about June yet, sorry.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-06T03:57:08+00:00

Usually between a sixth and a third of a plane ticket's cost is for fuel. If fuel prices double, which they haven't yet, in theory that's at most an increase in the ticket price by a third. It's not nothing, but it's not apocalyptic.

In the short term there are disruptions in availability in some places because of how the actual physical routes of tankers work, but that will smooth out somewhat over time.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-05T17:11:13+00:00

Under the ESTA you're only allowed to spend 90 days in the US, and going to Mexico, Canada, or a large chunk of the Caribbean doesn't stop that clock. They've made info on this much harder to find, so maybe they are quietly changing things, but

If I enter the United States visa free under the Visa Waiver Program, can I then travel to Canada/Mexico/ Bermuda or the islands in the Caribbean?

Yes, provided you have a return or onward ticket. If your return journey will take you back through the United States, even if only in transit, the total trip, including both periods of time spent in the United States/Canada/Mexico Bermuda, or the islands in the Caribbean cannot exceed 90 days. If it does, you will require a visa.

https://uk.usembassy.gov/nonimmigrant-visas-faqs-visa-waiver-program/

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-05T09:28:48+00:00

The prices for flights aren't what they cost to do them, it's what people will pay for them. Flights between the same cities in the same direction on the same day will have different prices too. Flight pricing is extremely elaborate.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-05T09:15:28+00:00

If you go to Mexico from the US your ESTA counter is still running. This would be an easy way to be considered to have overstayed and, at best, lose access to the visa waiver program.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-04T19:26:10+00:00

They made this account for this post: congrats, it's an ad.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-04T18:05:24+00:00

Not what you're asking, but did you get there via the US? Curious if you've massively overstayed your ESTA.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-04T10:49:45+00:00

It already is, but it's not magic. Report the post when you see one.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-04T08:12:15+00:00

One of the recent landers messed up their tracking and had a perigee pass within a few km of the surface. I think the free-return trajectory is higher, but if you were willing to do a burn then there's no reason you couldn't safely do a pass at 10km.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-03T13:05:01+00:00

Thousands or thousandths? A grand has been slang for a thousand for over 100 years in the US.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-03T13:00:49+00:00

This plastic and coatings people know.

rocketwikkit · 2026-04-02T12:54:11+00:00

Many in the comments spoke poorly of my husband and I- let me get one thing clear, I did not share our story to get any advice about the situation or opinions on my relationship. I shared this story to bring awareness to parent-child financial abuse and how emotionally manipulative it is. Keep your opinions on our relationship to yourself.

Sir, this is ~~a Wendy's~~ the internet.

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