Recent content by Dickie

I'm glad you said that - that was my take on it as well. I was getting slightly worried that I was watching something which should have been great about spaceflight but I was distinctly take it or leave it! I couldn't work out what I didn't like about it, aside from seeming overly dramatised and...

I'm not sure that is strictly true any more, some types of modern Gen IV reactors produce vastly reduced amounts of waste. The type of nuclear plants which produce large amounts of waste are typically those who also produce materials suitable for weapons production as a 'by-product' which is...

So I came across The Right Stuff series on Disney+ and was curious if anyone else here had seen it and what they thought of it?

So, here's a random question. Over the years I've ended up with my data, files etc across several ecosystems such as photos in Google photos, general stuff in Dropbox and notes in Evernote. I've also ended up with a OneDrive account as I use MS Office. I'm debating just throwing my lot in with...

@80mileshigh - you are seriously one of my favourite people right now! Loved your previous Deepstars and this looks fantastic, can’t wait to give it a go...thank you!

Just finished watching “Challenger: the final flight”on Netflix, some interesting interviews and worth a watch. Even SWMBO found it interesting...! https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81012137

I mentioned it on the Discord as well, but I've created an Orbiter Forum Fantasy F1 league for anyone who is interested: https://fantasy.formula1.com/league/236551?ftm=share I've not used this particular one before but used to play the old Badger GP game years ago, it can be reasonably...

Would this be an application for SABRE? If this is only operating at 60,000ft then the SABRE would still be in air-breathing mode, although the performance would still be impressive. I'm assuming cost is a factor, as is the readiness level of SABRE - I'm sure I've heard somewhere that the...

I think it's common to use a phrase along the lines of "going around the room" to give everyone an option to raise any points or to confirm if they're happy with a decision. When I've heard it used by Gene Kranz in recordings, books or documentaries that seems to be the context, rather than...

From your initial post I suspect you are slightly ahead of my level of understanding (I've not heard of calculus of variation yet) already but in case it helps, I had a Google out of curiosity and some parts of it seem to be covered in "Engineering Mathematics" by KA Stroud. Not sure if you've...

I suspect it will be incorrect drills from the firing unit. Firing ASCM with other shipping nearby always has the potential for hitting the wrong target especially if there is no datalink to the missile. At least for Harpoon, to try and disguise the firing unit it is common for the firing unit...

Aha, thanks all! In short, we are looking at travelling with a 3.5 year old and a 6 month old towards the end of March. Questions we have really are how easy is Vancouver as a place to get around with young children, what the weather is like that time of year and specifically we have read a bit...

As the title says! I have a couple of questions about a trip to Vancouver and was hoping to find someone with a bit of local knowledge if possible?

Slightly late in with a borderline necro-post, but in answer to the question at the top of the page the mast near the bow was an anemometer as the ship's built in system hadn't been fully calibrated and certified for use at that point.

You are correct, any island state or globally connected economy has the same issues. There's something of a Trump-esque argument along the lines of some nations taking advantage of the security other nations provide. That said a lot of similar sized developed nations do contribute individual...