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  1. Marc_G

    Baltimore Bridge Collision and Collapse

    I'm a Baltimoron, through and through! 😀
  2. Marc_G

    Baltimore Bridge Collision and Collapse

    As others have said, the magnitude financially of this situation is huge. I'd say it is probably one of the biggest [edit: man-made] disasters in the history of the country. I mean: -Loss of ~6 lives and some vehicles. The biggest tragedy in all this, but the smallest $ cost. -Cost to remove...
  3. Marc_G

    NASA Eclipse App

    I will likely participate, weather permitting. Thanks for the notice.
  4. Marc_G

    Movies that scared the crap out of you?

    You guys will laugh, but more than a decade ago I was watching "The Fourth Kind" (quasi alien abduction movie, starring Milla Jovovich) and for a while I got pretty scared. Felt foolish after the movie.
  5. Marc_G

    Need Help With Video CD Conversion

    Another question: is the disc a DVD, or is it actually an older format CD hosting video files?
  6. Marc_G

    Need Help With Video CD Conversion

    Interesting! Can you provide a screenshot of the directory of the disc?
  7. Marc_G

    Need Help With Video CD Conversion

    Are you sure the disc is not a Blu-ray? Or, does the disc mount on your computer, but the file format/encoding isn't recognized? I used to rip a lot of discs to files but it has been a while and the tools may be different now. Try MakeMKV which is what I use for a lot of stuff. Once you get it...
  8. Marc_G

    Forget reusability — Concentrate on colonizing Luna

    Tempted to read this; have seen the reviews and such before
  9. Marc_G

    What are you reading?

    http://dennisetaylor.org/status-of-things/
  10. Marc_G

    What are you reading?

    #5 due out September!
  11. Marc_G

    What are you reading?

    "Heaven's River" which is the Bobiverse series #4. Will finish the last few pages tonight; looking forward to volume #5 this fall.
  12. Marc_G

    Forget reusability — Concentrate on colonizing Luna

    True enough, but I think of "colonizing" a place meaning that a sustainable self-sufficient situation would be happening. I sorta doubt that happening there anytime in my or my kids' lifetimes. I see more of a place where people are stationed before rotating home.
  13. Marc_G

    Forget reusability — Concentrate on colonizing Luna

    I don't think colonizing the moon is likely to be a thing any time soon. Sustained human presence maybe. But a colony? Why? Pick any remote resource-starved place on Earth that nobody wants to be, and you could create a colony there a lot more easily and cheaply.
  14. Marc_G

    When is the Starship orbital launch?

    https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/thursdays-starship-flight-provided-a-glimpse-into-a-future-of-abundant-access-to-space/ Nice writeup, with as a bonus, a cost comparison to SLS at the end.
  15. Marc_G

    When is the Starship orbital launch?

    Here's the Teslarati review of the flight. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-third-test-flight-new-details/
  16. Marc_G

    Update on Voyager 1 Telemetry issue

    They are making some progress. They now have a memory dump from the FDS to review: https://www.space.com/voyager-1-communications-update-fds-memory-issue
  17. Marc_G

    When is the Starship orbital launch?

    And AP is sounding upbeat:
  18. Marc_G

    When is the Starship orbital launch?

    The camera was on one of the flaps, so when the flap actuated, the perspective changed. To me it appeared the ship was under pretty active control. Maybe not perfect, but the bits worked!
  19. Marc_G

    When is the Starship orbital launch?

    CNN has had upbeat coverage about progress despite loss of ship. Hell, those videos were worth the whole flight!
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