<raptop>
"A Louisville, Kentucky company known as Omega National Products claims to have made 90% of the disco balls used in the United States during the disco craze, and remains a supplier.[3][2]"
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<Eddi|zuHause>
that doesn't quite answer the question
<Eddi|zuHause>
i've been thinking, wouldn't it be a much better idea, instead of enlarging a disco ball to be the size of the moon, to cover the moon surface with regular sized disco balls?
<Mat2ch>
Interesting question.
<XXCoder>
more scattering of light
<XXCoder>
it'd look a lot more blue/white
<Mat2ch>
But I would just use panels, because they are easier to stack and transport
<Eddi|zuHause>
but wouldn't panels have the problem that you need to orient them randomly?
<Eddi|zuHause>
the cost of moving stuff into space is usually given in terms of mass, how negligible is volume?
<Mat2ch>
The panels could be very light. Plastic-foam-plastic-reflectiveFoil
<Eddi|zuHause>
yes, but you could make the disc balls of the same material
<Eddi|zuHause>
*disco
<Eddi|zuHause>
(also, at that scale, you're probably better off transporting a disco ball factory to the moon)
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<Althego>
cant you just paint it with white 2.0?
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<Eddi|zuHause>
!mission add Your birthday present to Jeb will be a ride on the biggest rocket to ever launch from Kerbin.
<LunchBot>
Added mission: Your birthday present to Jeb will be a ride on the biggest rocket to ever launch from Kerbin.
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<FLHerne>
.outcome add Val learns too much science and OOMs.
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: Val learns too much science and OOMs.
<Althego>
oom?
<Althego>
out of memory?
<XXCoder>
or out of mana. depends on context lol
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<Mat2ch>
Althego: White 2.0 would make diffuse light. We have to paint it with mirror paint.
<Althego>
dont you need a smooth surface to start from?
<XXCoder>
white 2.0 would turn moon into extremely bright object
<XXCoder>
alt it doesnt matter, moon is actually quite dark
<XXCoder>
theres just no competition
<XXCoder>
so white 2.0 probably would make full moon much brighter. dunno on exact math would be though lol
<Mat2ch>
But to get a disco ball you need flat pieces of something that reflects in one direction
<Mat2ch>
otherwise you wouldn't get those spots everywhere
<XXCoder>
yep. ironically except for flashes, disco moon is much darker
<Althego>
rotates slowly not much of a disco ball
<XXCoder>
if you just want bright, just paint it with white 2.0 lol
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<KrazyKrl>
;outcome add Val shakes her head as she stops reading "KSC's Slightly Deadly Mishaps, Year 1, Month 3, Volume 4, Part 2"
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: Val shakes her head as she stops reading "KSC's Slightly Deadly Mishaps, Year 1, Month 3, Volume 4, Part 2"
<KrazyKrl>
;outcome add That expanding gas cloud didn't not contain any Kerbals.
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: That expanding gas cloud didn't not contain any Kerbals.
<KrazyKrl>
;mission
<LunchBot>
You try reticulating KSP's splines. The Kraken drinks all the mystery goo.
<Althego>
the gas cloud was made of kerbals only?
<KrazyKrl>
it didn't not contain kerbals.
<Eddi|zuHause>
!outcome add And everyone lived happily ever after.
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: And everyone lived happily ever after.
<Eddi|zuHause>
dunno where that sentence actually came from, it wasn't in the original german fairy tales... they end with something roughly like "and if they didn't die, they're still living today"
<Althego>
could be english local
<sandbox>
;mission
<LunchBot>
You discover the world's only oracular duck and use it for mission planning. Your tourist explodes.
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<Eddi|zuHause>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You settle the question of "best space YouTube personality" with a build-and-pilot-your-own-rocket competition. Your missions are so successful people think it was all done on a sound stage.
<Althego>
hehe
<Eddi|zuHause>
... they are probably correct in that context :p
<packbart>
Elon didn't get the Memo
<packbart>
(although I doubt he ever "piloted" a rocket)
<Althego>
is he a youtube personality?
<Althego>
he is certainly used as clickbait
<Althego>
but he is not a youtuber
<packbart>
hm. and maybe doesn't even have personality. yeah, you're right, I guess :)
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<sandbox>
;mission
<LunchBot>
In an attempt to save money on fuel you fit fuel lines from your engines to your tanks. It took some serious convincing for the investors to believe it was a success.
<raptop>
!mission add You attempt to pump additional solid fuel into your SRBs.
<LunchBot>
Added mission: You attempt to pump additional solid fuel into your SRBs.
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<darsie>
In an attempt to save money on fuel you fit fuel lines from your engines to your tanks. <-- How does that work?
<raptop>
Trying to recucle the fuel somehow, I think
<Althego>
reticulating splines
<packbart>
Fractal engines only burn a fraction of the fuel, so you'll always have some left in the tanks
<raptop>
*reduce
* raptop
pokes hands
<raptop>
Hrm, wouldn't the fractal engines also have only a fraction of the thrust?
<Althego>
only if they are a fractional engine
<Althego>
fractal engine would be different
<Althego>
like maybe infinite surface in finite volume
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<packbart>
I remembered a weird old story with a spaceship that had a "fractal" cargo space and could magically compress stuff to 1/10 its size repeatedly. young-me was not convinced
<packbart>
although I think that is one of nerdsplanations of the Tardis interior volume
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<sandbox>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You simply select the worst possible option, weighting for factors like 'will we all die?' You come down with a bad case of Raptor Cough.
<raptop>
hmm
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<Mat2ch>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You ask Sinnerman where he's going to run to. When asked to explain your behavior, you can only offer a sheepish chuckle and the inexplicable craving for cream cheese.
<Mat2ch>
hrhr
<packbart>
Well I run to the rocket
<Mat2ch>
Run to the hills!
<Azander>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You attempt to modify your save files using a line editor. Your kerbals wind up learning Semaphore.
<XXCoder>
hah good missions
<XXCoder>
;mission
<LunchBot>
Taniwha rolls his eyes, then rolls your eyes. Your rocket barely survives; and all the in-flight entertainment is destroyed... Except for the VCR and a VHS tape of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
<XXCoder>
ugh trip back is going to be so bad. thanks taniwha