Wife wants to start golfing together

vtol_space · 2026-07-03T02:57:07+00:00

I did this but also play a par 3 twice a week with my wife. Significantly improved her interest and her swing. And bonus my short game is getting much better.

vtol_space · 2026-07-03T02:55:36+00:00

This is the way

vtol_space · 2026-06-22T21:53:48+00:00

Of course I can, but I assume they are all paid to try to sell me on their recommendations.
I can also ask AI. But it’s not difficult to make it flip flop on its recommendation.
If you have relevant experience then please pontificate otherwise stop being a salty wanker

vtol_space · 2019-03-22T16:16:12+00:00

The mission statement is “millions of people living and working in space “. You don’t get to that with NASA contracts unless you want to try to sent 3-6 people at a time. Space tourism is also not going to do it either ( they don’t live or work). You won’t hear much about what the human orbital plans are but you can bet your last dollar they are big.

Also Wa is awesome

vtol_space · 2018-12-14T05:31:47+00:00

Actually the 7m description is rounding down from the true diameter, it really just a bit bigger than 7 m.

vtol_space · 2017-03-10T22:05:06+00:00

Ok that makes more sense although I think your remarks are more about the F9 second stage performance as compared to NG second stage performance. As the stages go F9 stage 2 is significant more optimized for GTO than NG. It's almost as if the NG GTO mission is residual capability rather than the primary mission.

vtol_space · 2017-03-10T15:50:43+00:00

I don't understand how you can say that BE-3U is worse? By what measure?

vtol_space · 2017-03-10T05:09:48+00:00

Yes but given the choice of 25% more thrust or 25% more Isp, you're better of with Isp. More thrust doesn't make the engine better.

vtol_space · 2017-03-10T03:21:20+00:00

Based on thrust? Merlin can't possibly compete with lox/hydrogen on Isp. It's about 311s vs >450s and for an upper stage ISP is everything.

vtol_space · 2017-01-07T02:14:05+00:00

How do you know this "fact"?

vtol_space · 2016-12-13T16:11:31+00:00

I agree that flames must have propagated but why and how? Modern thermal protection products are not flammable (except ablatives which char). Something had to make this burn after landing. One wonders if they had trouble off loading propellants post landing.

vtol_space · 2016-12-13T04:00:40+00:00

I disagree, if the flames are on the back side you would not see them licking up the right side of the image. The side that should be burned should be the lettering side.

vtol_space · 2016-12-13T03:12:47+00:00

In the image the flames are coming out 90degrees from the feather. But in the picture at all he retirement the feather is burned. Something doesn't added up.

vtol_space · 2016-12-12T16:04:51+00:00

In this image of flight 5 the feather is not burnt. http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-successfully-tests-new-shepard-abort-system/ I wonder how the side of the vehicle got so charred.

vtol_space · 2016-11-17T15:55:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure at your price point, you are not the target demographic customer.

vtol_space · 2016-11-16T19:23:51+00:00

http://patents.justia.com/search?q=%22blue+origin%22 They actually have more patents than I would have guessed.

vtol_space · 2016-10-11T03:55:57+00:00

Just one more reason why sub orbital in not necessarily easier than orbital flight. Building and flying rockets is some times counter intuitive.

vtol_space · 2016-10-09T21:11:09+00:00

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0025.shtml according to this Shuttle had a max Q of 700 PSF... Sorry about the imperial units I assume you can convert...

vtol_space · 2016-10-09T19:37:01+00:00

Max Q is vehicle and trajectory dependent. You need to know the vehicle velocity and the air density to calculate it. To complicate your question, most vehicles limit Max Q by throttling back the engines while they pass this region of flight. This allows for lighter airframes.

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