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thx1138- t1_jczx4p3 wrote
Reply to comment by peffervescence in Wildflower Blooms in Southern California after a Record Water Year! [OC][2101x2500] by cubedude719
Allergy season this year is gonna be rough.
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Reply to TIL: "Jamaica Mistaica" is a song Jimmy Buffett wrote about the time Jamaican police shot his plane. The plane was also carrying U2's Bono when police, suspecting it was being used to smuggle drugs, began shooting. The plane (and its bullet holes) is now displayed at Buffett's Margaritaville. by theotherbogart
Sting tried to save us all.
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Reply to comment by Polygnom in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee
Yeah I guess my thought was that CoM on a rather asymmetrical structure such as the ISS may be hard to control from... but then again they have actual rocket scientists so maybe it's not :D
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Reply to comment by Raspberry-Famous in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee
Maybe silly question, but would there be any advantage to doing at least a partial disassembly before deorbiting? Seems like it would be easier to control by dividing it into a handful of sections.
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Reply to comment by SlavaUkrainiFTW in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee
Yeah at first I was bummed to hear it had a deorbit date, but it looks like the new thing is all the spacefaring nations are going to start building their own space stations. The US is looking at several solutions and may do more than one of them at once. It sucks that it's time has come, but the biggest achievement of the ISS was building it in the first place. We all worked together and learned a lot, now the next phase is going to be ground-up rebuilds using everything we learned. It's still progress!
Also unless someone else builds a Starship they're going to have a really hard time keeping up with the US in the future.
thx1138- t1_jc4x2ue wrote
Every time I hear the phrase "the ends of the earth" -- I think of this place.
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Reply to comment by Solmors in "Beach Logs Kill!" Second Beach, La Push, WA, USA. [OC] [3000x4000] by evilleppy87
Well that's horrifying.
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Reply to comment by Pithy_heart in "Beach Logs Kill!" Second Beach, La Push, WA, USA. [OC] [3000x4000] by evilleppy87
Can someone explain what we're even talking about here? Grew up next to the ocean, but in Southern California, so I have no frame of reference.
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Reply to comment by FreeGuacamole in Akaka Falls, Big Island of Hawaii [2800x3733] [OC] by SwellGuyScott
"You're welcome!"
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Reply to comment by weaselmaster in TIL Snow is an excellent insulator because it consists of about 90–95 percent trapped air (fresh). This is the reason why igloos are warmer inside than outside, and why some animals in colder regions build snow caves to spend the winter while hibernating. by SunCloud-777
The air in the snow is fresh. Scented with lavender.
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Reply to comment by makesyoudownvote in TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza is not the largest pyramid in the world, Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid in the New World, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today. by Mind-Matters-Not
I mean I think a pyramid is kind of an easy design to fall upon. It's what's inside and the layers that make them so amazing right?
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Reply to Experts Grow New 3D-Printed Nose On Woman's Arm After She Lost Hers To Cancer by Several_Cabinet_9725
"Looks like you've got a case of nose-arm." -- Doctor from A Million Ways to Die in the West
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Reply to comment by rtphokie in How Google Alerted Californians to an Earthquake Before It Hit by max-venum
>San Hose
Patron saint of gardens
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Reply to TIL The fiddle part in "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is taken from a Vassar Clements song called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" by purplechinacat
This is not, the greatest fiddle solo in the world, this is just a tribute!
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Reply to comment by Cinsev in Signatures of alien technology could be how humanity first finds extraterrestrial life by WallStreetDoesntBet
I can't wait for NASA to announce the discovery of alien intelligence with a useless red circle.
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Reply to comment by snigherfardimungus in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
Haha right??
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Reply to comment by alvinofdiaspar in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
Yup. GPS is not geostationary.
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Reply to comment by Tractorhash in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
Then it should be "retrograde orbit at geostationary orbit altitude" or something
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Reply to comment by koohikoo in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
Not to mention they're designed to have short life spans and continually be replaced.
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Reply to comment by the_underachieveher in Larch Season in Switzerland [665x1000] [OC] @larsgebraad by larsie001
It's only a bloody parking offence.
thx1138- t1_is1zwzu wrote
Airwolf theme intensifies
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Reply to comment by dkepp87 in TIL that 12 million "Shrek Forever After" drinking glasses (sold by McDonalds) were recalled in 2010 for containing the toxic metal Cadmium in their painted decorations by black_rose_
Grah!