<Althego>
nextrocket.space does nto show this because it is not orbital
<Mat2ch>
So, the DM-1 failure was something happening right before the ignition of the Super Dracos. Somewhere in the ignition system, they said
<Mat2ch>
Althego: mph? feet? What is this? 1950? ;P
<Althego>
yes
<Althego>
some comments complained too
<Mat2ch>
That's the problem with Blue Origin. They don't think very far ahead. Just think inside their little world.
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<packbart>
I read a NASA article about the Sky Crane where they managed to use ft and m in the same sentence
<Althego>
hehe
<packbart>
("xx m above the surface, the crane lowers the rover on a yy ft long cable" - or something similar)
<Althego>
dont worry just multiply it by 0.3048 :)
<Althego>
this one is easy to remember because only 1 off from 2028 which is a round number :)
<Althego>
*2048
<Althego>
i also know nautical miles (1852 m) because those happen often, and by extension knots
<Althego>
all the others are just random
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<Mat2ch>
All those old units are random
<Althego>
i am not satisfied with si either. mostly because of the kg as base unit
<Mat2ch>
I don't get why they still use knots and nautical miles
<Mat2ch>
what would be beter?
<Mat2ch>
*better
<Althego>
those have some small merit. because i NM is 1 arc minute
<Althego>
at least on average
<Althego>
in north and south direction
<Althego>
but because degrees are already arbitrary, so it is exactly the same as any other non si
<UmbralRaptop>
le grande k has been deprecated!
<Althego>
yes luckily
<Mat2ch>
well, since there are only a few times in the life of a ship where you go directly north or south, nm doesn't make sense at all.
<Althego>
but still the base unit has a prefix which is dumb
<UmbralRaptop>
And yes, degrees are bad. BOTE calcs with angles and distances would be way easier if we used radians
<Althego>
nm is nanometer, NM is nautical mile :)
<Althego>
i think we should base angles on semicircles, gets rid of pi
<Mat2ch>
you're right
<Mat2ch>
NM doesn't make any sense at all anymore ;P
<Mat2ch>
Can we please go full SI everywhere? That would be so nice
<Althego>
cant, degrees are always in wide use
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<packbart>
not before everyone drives on the right side of the road
<Althego>
which right :)
<Althego>
that is completely arbitrary
<Althego>
maybe we could fix it, not side by side but one atop the other :)
<Althego>
no, then which should be on top. i got it, double helix like dna
<Althego>
perfect, neither ever wins in every direction
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<JVFoxy>
uff...
<JVFoxy>
I played flight sims for a while, got used to knots for speed. Maybe not so much NM..
<JVFoxy>
when I got into flying with ultralights though, my surprise when they talk about speed as mph, and we live in Canada where the KPH is all over the place
<Althego>
yes americans diffused their silly units into the world through aviation
<Althego>
altitude in feet and feet per minute as vertical speed and knots for speed
<JVFoxy>
I don't mind the feet thing.. heck I got size 12 feet myself..
<JVFoxy>
yet here, places still use meters for height of mountains.
<JVFoxy>
ah well...
<Althego>
there is this joke here, a made up unit, fathom per lord's prayer
<Althego>
obviously a unit of speed
<JVFoxy>
fathom.. makes me think depth...
<Althego>
star wars day is close, sw sale on gog
<Althego>
also scott
<JVFoxy>
meeting on the 4th.. they really laying into it...
<packbart>
Althego: a Lord's prayer in the Gospel of Matthew or Luke?
<packbart>
it's a difference of several seconds, at least
<Althego>
not specified. but the more vague the unit is, the better it is for the purpose of the joke
<packbart>
I guess so. I actually tried to find a value for "average time to say a Lord's prayer" on the Internet to no avail ;)
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<kmath>
<✔NASAInSight> Just a blissful day on #Mars as feathery clouds roll by me and the Sun shines on the horizon. ⏎ ⏎ More:… https://t.co/JllRAJ7vCS
<Althego>
still no word on the mole
<Althego>
what i dont get how the camera got so dusty after landing when there were transparent covers on all of t hem
<Althego>
it seems noe the spots are gone, so probably wind has blown them off
<Althego>
the sunrise and sunset picture look good too
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