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It's getting slashdotted into the ground. But This one should work.
It's not actually that insane of a plan. The saucer-section contains a rotating crew compartment behind the hull. Having the nuclear reactors seperate from the crew modules in the engineering section makes perfect sense from a safety standpoint. And the nacelles, I think, would make damn fine radiators.
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Looks like we should revise the Vesta entry a bit, to bring it up to http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120514.html]current RL knowledge.
[size=smaller](And of course I know "we" means "I". Maybe later this week...)[/size]
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Fenspace theme tune?
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robkelk Wrote:Looks like we should revise the Vesta entry a bit, to bring it up to current RL knowledge.
(And of course I know "we" means "I". Maybe later this week...) It'll be interesting to see someone retrieve and return the little probe. Curious, who would get it? Artemis Foundation or the last remnants of NASA that did not go with Artemis?
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Dartz Wrote:Fenspace theme tune? And now I'd like to see an AMV done to a studio recording of this song. 
blackaeronaut Wrote:robkelk Wrote:Looks like we should revise the Vesta entry a bit, to bring it up to current RL knowledge.
(And of course I know "we" means "I". Maybe later this week...) It'll be interesting to see someone retrieve and return the little probe. Curious, who would get it? Artemis Foundation or the last remnants of NASA that did not go with Artemis?
TSAB: "This probe is the property of the United States of America. We demand you give it back!"
Fen: "First you pay the parking tickets for this thing standing around on our asteroid for years!"
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Some they will and some they won't, and some you just cant tell:
http://www.tecca.com/guides/crazy-transportation/
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Because we all know many fen are alwaus plotting something (Oscar probably keeps a checklist somewere in Castle Marduk's dungeons):
http://www.centives.net/S...eatable-evil-overlord-2/
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Rakhasa Wrote:Because we all know many fen are alwaus plotting something (Oscar probably keeps a checklist somewere in Castle Marduk's dungeons):
http://www.centives.net/S/2012/the-cost ... verlord-2/ That's well within Noah Scott's budget... or alt-Fenspace's Noelle Scott's budget.
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Magnets... that grip to stone.
http://blog.makezine.com/...id-grabbing-microspines/
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Yeah, ATC nearly blew out his vocal chords doing that. He even sung a couple of bars for my brothers and I when we got to meet him.
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Originally posted elsewhere but it seems I'm the only person who goes there now....
Anyway:
Linky: http://www.pcauthority.co...can-learn-by-itself.aspx
To cut a short story shorter, it's a Robot that can learn from prior experiences, and is capable of making decisions based on those prior experiences.
We have met our future and it's name is SOINN. .... not as cool as 'Boomer' IMHO.
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Dartz Wrote:Originally posted elsewhere but it seems I'm the only person who goes there now....
Anyway:
Linky: http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/2658 ... tself.aspx
To cut a short story shorter, it's a Robot that can learn from prior experiences, and is capable of making decisions based on those prior experiences.
We have met our future and it's name is SOINN. .... not as cool as 'Boomer' IMHO.
"The new robot, dubbed SOINN (Self-Organizing Incremental Neural Network), was developed by the Hasegawa Group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology." What was Sora doing in Tokyo, this close to the start of the Boskone War?
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With Liberty and Spaceflight for All:
![[Image: 657480main_image_2276_800-600.jpg]](http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/657480main_image_2276_800-600.jpg)
(So, the Intrepid is an aircraft carrier, and Enterprise is going to be on display there permanently... If she's on-deck, that would make for a wonderful photo )
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Someone has kept playing the same CIV2 game for 10 years... and its not a nice world he is playing in.
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments ... zation_ii/
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Yeesh. I would never have let it get that bad. I'd have socked it to my aggressors hard and fast - nip the problem in the bud, so to speak, using a full-spectrum and comprehensive response.
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A strangely appropriate song I stumbled across on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s5KtpQV_ns
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Today's xkcd
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Entertainment Weekly's list of the 23 Coolest Onscreen Spaceships
I'm not sure I agree with their rankings, but it's still a good list to loot... er, mine for ideas here.
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I'll just leave this one here. *Walks off whistling innocently*
http://fc09.deviantart.ne...lor_XJ9_by_Koku_chan.jpg
App that mixes Second Life and Facebook via just your web browser:
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Recalling an earlier discussion.
32MJ of BOOM
![[Image: IA6Em.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/IA6Em.jpg)
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These images are warships from Spacebattles, so they may be slightly excessive for fens, but deary me, they are Fenspace to a T...
Since they are big images, linky:
Also, on second though, excessive for fens? I suddenly noticed than most of Spacebattles forum would be fen... Those guys do not know the meaning of "excessive". Even if the waved weapons do not work, I suspect you can find one or two of those somewere.
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