07:25 <Althego> had ro deorbit a repair mission from lko. didnt have enough delta-v to return. satellite is between the mun and minmus. just who puts stuff there, there is nothing useful there

07:26 <Althego> but on this day 8 bob comes back with minmus science from all biomes

07:54 <Mat2ch> Judge_Dedd: Now that's an interesting article. Never thought that viruses could be helpful. Otoh they are just some RNA. So the question is: Did the hosts just evolve so far to use them in their favor?

09:55 <sandbox> !mission

09:55 <LunchBot> You add one more booster. You pass your exam, and are fully licensed as a pilot.

10:05 <Althego> hah but did you use the analog flight computer that scott manley did?

10:22 <darsie> No. I didn't use any computer. I'm a paraglider.

12:56 <Mat2ch> https://newatlas.com/aircraft/worlds-first-successful-aerospike-rocket-flight-test/

12:57 <Mat2ch> Aerospikes are happening!

13:10 <darsie> Hmm, Elon said to Tim that sea level and vacuum engines do the trick and are less tricky than aerospikes, or so. Also ... we'd still stage, right? We won't go SSTO to vacuum with aerospike. Hmm, staging is in vacuum, so maybe aerospikes on first stage can surprise us.

13:35 <Mat2ch> darsie: we will see. It's good to see it tested in real life.

13:35 <Mat2ch> The truth is probably: Having huge aerospikes is rather expensive. More expensive than what they save in fuel costs

15:43 <sandbox> !mission

15:43 <LunchBot> You attempt to turn off your SRBs. The hatchet is obstructed.

15:44 <Althego> hatchet? not hatch

16:13 <packbart> yes

16:33 <sandbox> !mission

16:33 <LunchBot> You speak in faux cyrillic, just to annoy the people who speak real cyrillic. This will be fixed in the next version.

16:41 <FLHerne> Althego: turning off SRBs is usually accomplished by cutting holes in the side so the pressure escapes sideways without producing net thrust

16:42 <Althego> non starlink falcon 9 launch in 40 minutes

16:42 <FLHerne> this can be done with a hatchet if you're quick

16:42 <FLHerne> and not in atmosphere so you can cling to the booster while you hack at it

16:42 <Althego> i choose cold air

16:43 <Althego> on the o-ring

17:12 <Althego> test alliance please ignore

17:21 <Deddly> Speaking in cyrillic, eh?

17:22 <Althego> liftoff

17:22 <Deddly> 1итеге5т1иб.

17:24 <Deddly> 1 саи а15о тота11г 5реак сгя1111с. Ешеи тне 1337 шеят1ои.

18:00 <xxcoder> ;mission

18:00 <LunchBot> You google big words found in ;mission. You grow some replacement Jebs in the clone tanks, but they eat each other.

18:00 <xxcoder> hmmm

18:00 <xxcoder> need to redesign jeb vat rooms

18:47 <sandbox> !mission

18:47 <LunchBot> You cut out all the intermediate steps, and only have landings. That's what happens when you measure once and cut your stringers twice. You discover a miniature giant space hamster.

19:44 <FLHerne> .mission add You design a rocket so energetically favourable that atoms realign themselves to form it spontaneously.

19:44 <LunchBot> Added mission: You design a rocket so energetically favourable that atoms realign themselves to form it spontaneously.

19:51 <raptop> Congratulations, you landed in the Forgotten Realms

21:11 <sandbox> !mission

21:11 <LunchBot> How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? Quoth the onboard P.A. system, "Trololololo lo lolo lolo lololololooooo"

21:12 <sandbox> heh

21:16 <raptop> Oh, good, the ship's computer has gotten sarcastic

22:17 <Judge_Dedd> !mission

22:17 <LunchBot> You put a partially-disassembled B787_300 into a very large plane. It's not stupid if it works... but in this case it was so very very stupid, immeasurably stupid indeed.

22:17 <Judge_Dedd> Don't judge me. It works