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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    SKT
    見習いボス
    @pechelman
    Joined: 26 Aug 2019

    @pechelman this is awesome. Thanks for sharing with us

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      endo
      見習いボス
      Joined: 29 May 2020

      "When all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt." 😲

      si tacuisses

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        pechelman
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 24 Jan 2022

        Anyone catch the launch?
        If not, scroll to 1h45m in. Such an exciting and stressful and fun evening on console last night.

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          I have to say that I cant watch something like this without my eyes filling with tears, in admiration and sheer "how the absolute fuck"......Amazing.

          And I loved the "Let's light this candle"......

          You in here?

          image.png

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            pechelman
            啓蒙家
            Joined: 24 Jan 2022

            Thanks for those words @Giles. I just watched the replay before posting this and also got a little teary. I was so focused on my systems and capturing data I didn't even really get to watch much.

            That's a different support room from where I sat, but it looks very similar. Ours was off of the video feed circuit so we didn't get uniforms to wear.

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              seawolf
              Mod Squad
              Joined: 28 Oct 2011

              Holy shit! Wow. I'm blown away.

              “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

              @zeebeeleather

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                I was only trying to get a good view......Sorry.....

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                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  mclaincausey
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                  Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                  Incredible. Much congratulations. There are few more meaningful endeavors for humanity than space exploration.

                  Think it, be it.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    And sorry to bring a negative to this thread. But for fucks sake, this use of lack of clarity is pitiful, or is it unwoke to say what actually happened....

                    "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause," SpaceX posted on X."

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Rococo
                      The Unwoven
                      @Giles
                      Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                      @Giles "One of our more resource intensive performance vectors..." Quote from the Simpsons parody of the military, wish I knew which episode...

                      "Style demonstrates the ability to meet the current challenges; it signifies being fully alive to the moment." - Richard Brody

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                        pechelman
                        啓蒙家
                        @Giles
                        Joined: 24 Jan 2022

                        @Giles space is really hard. They may not know exactly what happened yet, but I agree with you and I despise the dumbing down or obfuscation of information with things like "rapid unscheduled disassembly" phrasing. Just be up front; we don't know yet and will get back when we know.

                        But today's SpaceX launch was incredible. Even more incredible was this footage of the second stage breaking up over t&c
                        https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662

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                          steelworker
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                          Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                          Beautiful @pechelman !

                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                          Well, I have others.

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                            mclaincausey
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                            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                            Apologies in advance for any existential dread this creates, but here is a to-scale rendering of the solar system if the Moon were 1 pixel: https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

                            If we consider the solar system to include the sun’s gravitational influence all the way out to the farthest suspected reaches of the Oort Cloud, I think the diameter would be something like 6 light years. This is probably the most generous estimate as to the size of the solar system, as you could define the boundary to end at the heliosphere instead. The diameter of the Milky Way galaxy is something like 100,000 light years. So the most generous sizing of our solar system relative to (divided by) a fairly conservative sizing of the galaxy is 0.00006 or 0.006% of the galaxy’s width if I’ve done my math correctly.

                            Then the closest major galaxy, Andromeda, is 2.5 million light years away, and the observable universe has a diameter of 93 billion light years. To me the preponderance of evidence suggests that the universe continues infinitely beyond the boundary of this observable universe.

                            So that’s space. We are less than a speck in it.

                            What about time?

                            The universe is thought to be 13.8 billion years old. Most cosmologists believe that the universe will expand infinitely and ultimately reach maximum entropy and conditions where star formation is no longer possible, stars will burn out, and even black holes will evaporate. It will become impossible for life to exist. This will play out over 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years, and the dead universe will as far as we can tell continue in this state infinitely. The conditions where life is possible will asymptotically approach non existence over this time scale.

                            All this to say, we occupy a place in time in space that is beyond infinitesimal and we should embrace this with gratitude.

                            Think it, be it.

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                              mclaincausey
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                              Here is a counterintuitive fact. The coldest known place in the solar system is very close to home, on our moon, at 26 kelvins: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermite_(crater)

                              When you consider how close that is to the sun relative to the size of the solar system that is very surprising. At least to me.

                              Think it, be it.

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                                pechelman
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                                Joined: 24 Jan 2022

                                We often have little teambuilding trivia type questions like this in some meetings at work. I'm definitely going to use this. Thanks for sharing!

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                                  sophisto000
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 26 Feb 2025

                                  My neighbor works for a lens company and does some awesome photography with his perks. Here’s one of my faves he shot.
                                  unnamed.jpg

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                                    mclaincausey
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                                    @sophisto000
                                    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                    @sophisto000 stunning.

                                    Looks like it could be, or have been, a star forming region?

                                    Speaking of star forming, it’s fascinating to me that the most extreme physical environments and phenomena stem from the weakest fundamental force: gravity. Turtle beats hare!

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                      sophisto000
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 26 Feb 2025

                                      @mclaincausey
                                      http://hendrenimaging.net/astrophotography.html
                                      I’m well out of my depth here. Seeing this thread for the first time, and it made me think of some of the great photos he’s shared with me. There’s a brief description on the photo in the link, hope you enjoy!

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                                        mclaincausey
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                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        Wow these are fascinating. Thanks again!

                                        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2244

                                        Described as a young region only 5MM years old with a bunch of really big, really hot, really rare stars. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere near it but sure is beautiful to look at.

                                        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2264

                                        Think it, be it.

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