PAGWGs? (Phat-Ass Great-White Girls)

I’ve done plenty of skate skiing, and thought about getting the skates as well, but never tried it so far.

Is it something you’ve done before, or are looking to get into?

While I agree with you on the difficulty of cryogenic fuel storage and re-fueling in orbit, the ISS does actually have some of it’s own rocket thrusters. They’re on the Zvezda module and are re-fuelled by Progress vehicles. Relevant section from the Wikipedia article on Zvezda:

The Service Module has 16 small thrusters as well as two large 3,070-newton (690 lbf) S5.79 thrusters that are 2-axis mounted and can be gimballed 5°. The thrusters are pressure-fed from four tanks with a total capacity of 860 kg. The oxidizer used for the propulsion system is dinitrogen tetroxide and the fuel is UDMH, the supply tanks being pressurised with nitrogen. The two main engines on Zvezda can be used to raise the station’s altitude. This was done on 25 April 2007. This was the first time the engines had been fired since Zvezda arrived in 2000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvezda_(ISS_module)

What I got was a bit bluer teal, I think. Didn’t feel like a colour that couldn’t be reproduced by adding a bit of blue to the mix, but definitely different than just the teal on the screen on its own.

Interesting video though.

Was trying to learn more about this trajectory when I heard about it the other day, and could only find that diagram without much useful explanation.

This article is nice, and explains a few more things about it. Thanks for posting.

They’re adorable!

Anyone know what the heck the Pozidriv/Round Hole combo is for?

Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. As a sort of smart cluster munition from space. Drop this anywhere, with a starlink receiver and control transmitter built in for the drones. Then dozens/hundreds of targeted strikes anywhere, without multiple missiles or deploying any troops.

It’s hard for me to see the value of a 500kg box of drones that can be delivered to anywhere the US military is, vs just many 500kg boxes of drones in vehicles wherever troops are deployed already.

If it doesn’t enable deploying troops, then whatever it is could likely just be sent the same way they are.

Nevertheless, an interesting technology, and will likely find a use, with a more specific use-case.

Judging by the average altitude above current sea level of the Netherlands, they may BE the climate refugees.

The Heroic games were definitely the ones to watch. But the whole event was quite good.

Only really watch DotA during the International every year, but quite enjoyed this one.

Do we have a sense of what that could have been? Looked to me like it was in the middle of the leeward side, but not sure of my perspective based on the camera view there.

Daily Rescue Octordle #1295 🔟5️⃣ 6️⃣🕛 🟥🟥 🕐7️⃣ Score: 6

Weren’t each of the pyramids built by one pharaoh? Then each would be about one generation of work only?