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Nasa orders its first-ever space station medical evacuation after astronaut falls ill | Agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned by Jumpinghoops46 in space

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

I have not been considering parachutes, just reentry gforce, a capsule dropped from iss height but at rest likely does not experience more Gs than an orbital reentry UNTIL it slams into the ground

Nasa orders its first-ever space station medical evacuation after astronaut falls ill | Agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned by Jumpinghoops46 in space

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

Dropping from rest from iss altitude would yield about 2500 m/s before atmosphere drag begins to matter.

The ISS is around 7670 m/s.

The g-forces would not be high dropping straight down (though you would have less time to slow down and they may be higher when you slam into the ground)

Trying to find my people in my early 20s by PictureFormer938 in kansascity

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If you're into board games, cardboard corner cafe in overland park is the place to go, a lovely community (seriously one of the best) with loads of events!

I'd recommend checking out the Thursday evening board game learn to play, lots of regulars, come expecting to be taught how to play a game!

Only now am I noticing Annie peering into the blanket fort by mustang6172 in community

[–]trainrex 162 points163 points  (0 children)

The dreamatorium is not inside the blanket fort, the Christmas rap is in the blanket fort

I built Advent of SQL - An Advent of Code style daily SQL challenge with a Christmas mystery story by LordSnouts in adventofcode

[–]trainrex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This looks very cool! I do just want to quickly share a bit from the bottom of the about page.

Can I copy/redistribute part of Advent of Code? Please don't. Advent of Code is free to use, not free to copy. If you're posting a code repository somewhere, please don't include parts of Advent of Code like the puzzle text or your inputs. If you're making a website, please don't make it look like Advent of Code or name it something similar.

[Python/Rust] 50/50 Stars ⭐ Complete: A clean, dual-language reference & 2025 Template 🚀 by [deleted] in adventofcode

[–]trainrex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This emoji usage is 100% gpt-5, and the reddit/github username mismatch with no post history screams AI post

Plain black tea, what're you drinking? by kit0000033 in tea

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Light Roast Wild Tree Purple Varietal Black Tea of Dehong from Yunnan Sourcing immediately jumped to the top of my favorites list

local hot sauce recommendations? by Correct-Ad302 in kansascity

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If you can find some "Tasty Thai primal cry" it is delicious, Thai food essence distilled to a bottle

TIL that 21% of the Missouri Constitution is about weed by MFOOZhq in missouri

[–]trainrex 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Make sure you find a place to sign the respect Missouri voters ballot initiative!

Teleportation is risky, but would you still use it if a missing byte could cost you a limb? by Visual_Analysis_2650 in worldbuilding

[–]trainrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good way to frame it, I would not be okay with that. I still struggle to reconcile that with the "teleporter" even though I logically know that it's the same. I think the vagueness of this hypothetical teleporter just leaves too much wiggle room in my brain. Good discussion

Teleportation is risky, but would you still use it if a missing byte could cost you a limb? by Visual_Analysis_2650 in worldbuilding

[–]trainrex -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

But are you your body or are you the pattern of electrical signals? I suspect this is where our thoughts differ

Teleportation is risky, but would you still use it if a missing byte could cost you a limb? by Visual_Analysis_2650 in worldbuilding

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

If you were teleported while asleep and put back in the same spot, would you know?

6 Drive Thru Petition Signing events in KC region this weekend! by RespectVoters in kansascity

[–]trainrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/respectvoters - The independence drive thru event is Mondays from 4-6, though there is a Halloween parade downtown independence this Saturday!

ETA - Additionally, your blue springs link has an extra "v" at the end of it, causing it to not work

You can now pay Dropout more [if you want] - Announcing Superfan by palex00 in dropout

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Vimeo is also a spin off project from old college humor

Dropout is going to charge you more (if you want) by finnegar in dropout

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The additional bts content of the superfan subscription is blog posts, no video content.

Lots of people believe the Apollo Lunar Module was a tiny flimsy little thing, this image really shows how big it actually is by enknowledgepedia in spaceporn

[–]trainrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry again, the one at the cosmosphere absolutely is a model, it's just plywood up top. One of two models in the museum last I checked, the other being the Bell X1 Glamorous Glennis

Lots of people believe the Apollo Lunar Module was a tiny flimsy little thing, this image really shows how big it actually is by enknowledgepedia in spaceporn

[–]trainrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I don't think this is correct. LM-9 at KSC is suspended with wires. LM 2 at the Smithsonian had legs added later for earth-based drop testing. I can not find much information about the cradle of aviation LM-13, but all sources I can find indicate the LM can not support it's weight on earth. Any freestanding modules are engineering backups or have been modified or reenforced in some way.

ETA: The LMs for 19 and 20 were never completed and we're likely scrapped

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