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    Star Wars: SOLO (spoilers abound)

    Well love it, hate it, or just meh, it's here. I myself thought it was OK (I was glad I paid a matinee price). The kiddo (she's 7) loved it. No mystical force and no lightsabers. I thought Donald Glover nailed his role as Lando, and to see the 'Falcon in pristine condition was pretty cool.
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    The Cruiser goes to Disney World

    My thoughts on Disney: Now that we’re back from Spring Break and a long stay at the House of the Mouse I thought I’d collected my thoughts enough to put them down in one place in a (hopefully) coherent fashion. Disney can be overwhelming, there’s a lot of information in many different...
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    Vessel New Russian cargo ship

    Wasn't sure exactly where to put this... but http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a22477/russia-new-cargo-space-ship/ So it's bigger than Progress, but still not as capable as a Cygnus. Still an additional craft for the visiting vehicle category. Note the author, a well known name here on...
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    Science Science(ish) anyway...

    I couldn't figure if I should ask this here or the astronomy/night sky sub-forum; but given that that's mainly about observations and photography I figured here'd be best. Anyway, this deals with photography too, but mainly I'm looking for something for my telescope. I've got a 4" Celestron...
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    The Cruiser as a foster parent?

    Some of you guys may have seen in the random comments thread that the Cruiser family might be taking on a little girl as a foster kid (and probably later adoption). I figure instead of dropping my thought in the world of randomness I'd try to keep them tidy and in one place. Anyway, I got a...
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    Internet Educational learning

    I thought I'd drop this here for the aviation junkies. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/ww1-aviation I signed up, as I thought it sounds interesting (and it's free). Very similar to coursera.
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    Syracuse; Mission 1 (Victor's point of view)

    It was with great relief that Victor (Hugo) Patel watched the massive rocket riding on a column of flame and exhaust as it cleared the launch pad. The Energia stack looked somewhat ungainly and graceful at once as the stack began to pirouette towards the launch heading as directed by the flight...
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    Victor's Vignette

    Victor (Hugo) Patel leaned against the railing of the CSSC assembly building roof and did his best not to be awestruck. After several days with not enough sleep, he finally looked at the Energia rocket with its Buran-T payload container as it was crawling its way out to the big pad at Carl...
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    Request Russian inflatable module

    I just saw a link to this this over at russianspaceweb.com The full article is here http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/news/russia-is-building-an-inflatable-space-module-of-its-own-15706708?click=pm_latest I thought it would make a great compliment to the transhab and malerba.
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    Phantom departs

    After a flurry of well executed phone calls, emails, notifications and exchanged bottles of alcohol, the crew of Phantom Manufacturing that was loosely attached to SRC Polygon had managed to truck or fly in several tons of white sand, miles of colored lights and paper lanterns and copious...
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    Prepping to leave SRC

    “You must be out of your mind!” exclaimed Kirby “You don’t seriously think you can put up a fully functioning space station inside of thirty days?” Victor Hugo finished the last of his shrimp fried rice and reached for another eggroll. “Not out of my mind, and yes it’s perfectly doable”. He...
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    Phantom receives guests at Polygon

    John Kirby and Cleveland Davis stood just inside Polygon’s passenger terminal when the screeching of a hard-breaking golf cart diverted their attention towards the main doors. Maria Kolsov rushed in wearing her flight suit and flight bag, making a mad dash towards the woman’s restroom. A quick...
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    More from SRC Polygon

    Whether illicit or approved, every airfield is going to have one. There’s always a hole-in-the-wall swill serving joint somewhere nearby. They’ll be called by different names, but the wood paneling, dart boards, pool table, creaky leather and dim lighting provide a worldwide continuity. For...
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    News Bigelow and NASA. Irony?

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/01/14/nasa-awards-17-8m-contract-for-inflatable-addition-to-space-station/ So, Bigelow sells NASA something that NASA used to have? I love it.
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    Meanwhile, back at SRC...

    The Polygon Space Launch Facility was a hold-over from the cold war, Polygon administrators of the late 1980’s were forward thinking enough to peer into the future and see possibility, where the political masters in Moscow could only see a money pit. Rather than ride out the end of communism...
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    Battleships and me...

    My thoughts on the movie “Battleship”; from a battleship sailor… When I first heard that there was a movie to be released about my old ship I thought to myself “Dang, Michael Bay’s going to ruin another one…” I assumed that if I were to watch it in theatres that I’d need double hearing...
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    Phantom takes flight (Chapter 2)

    During the whole climb to altitude Kirby worked on the rather important task of, not panicking. Making conversation with Cleveland was secondary, but he managed to accomplish both goals. The lush green forests of Indonesia contrasted with the azure ocean again and again as the mated craft...
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    Phantom takes flight (Chapter 1)

    John Kirby, multi-billionaire and owner of Phantom Manufacturing strode out of the cavernous hangar into the sweltering equatorial heat of the Malay Peninsula. He spied his long-time friend, Cleveland Davis standing on the edge of the apron staring at the enormous aircraft on the tarmac. His...
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    Quandary over Phantom...

    Billy Tanner trudged into the “Cellar Door”, the officially the unofficial watering-hole located in the basement of the housing office at WideAwake International. He was enough of a regular for the bartender to know that he’d be asking for his typical rum-and-coke mixture before he headed over...
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    General Question "Unwrapping" ships to texture/repaint

    I actually couldn't think of a better word than unwrap, but here goes. I've noticed that the stock shuttle, shuttle-A, DG (and family) etc. have their texture laid out flat (which I understand), but they have multiple parts of the texture, representing different geographic locations of the...
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