Got it in one. I knew one of you denizens of OZ would know this. All three players got it right too.
Cool that it’s all real places! When I saw the title I thought it a Star Trek game, but then I noticed Janus.
It includes everything in the Solar System that we have a nice picture of, up to and including Arrokoth.
OK, I'm used to stupid color names, but that takes the cake. The only cake. No cake will ever be taken again.
Good for him.
Our monthly large club launch was Saturday, I woke up Sunday morning to see reports of tornados north of here and a big one passed 5 miles south of our launch field. That is after it demolished a large gas station on the internet. A lot of people had stopped at the gas station seeking shelter, and one of the people had the sense to get everybody into the restrooms just before the tornado hit so there were no injuries. Elsewhere along the path 7 people were killed. I was thinking that a gas station is a bad choice for tornado protection, I'm sure there are lots of them that barely hold themselves together, but it worked for around 50 people. Somebody inside the gas station was taking cellphone video- it doesn't show much, just some wind blowing debris inside right before the lights go out and you hear a lot of people screaming in the background. The tornado also passed around 1/4 mile away from a high school I designed, no word of any damage yet.
What is that?
A 100 megawatt generator on a gas turbine
And what is the turbine on? It almost looks like a ship?
It's a peaker unit.. it sets on standby until the grid needs the extra power then it pumps electricity into the power grid.. but to answer you, it's on a turbine deck in a generating station in Missouri
Think of it as a huge jet engine that produces electricity
Ok I know what a turbine is, the background of the original pic looked like a ship to me! And as far is I know ships don’t have turbines so that’s why I asked.
You may want to Google that.......turbines are common.
They use diesel engines.
Diesel cycle engines are more common than turbines, sure, but there are plenty of ships that use turbines as well. Usually burning diesel fuel, but that's another story. They make a lot of sense anywhere you need high power, low weight, and relatively small engines, and those concerns trump fuel consumption. Medium size fast combatants, fast ferries, and (slightly weirdly) icebreakers are all great applications for turbines.
Also Abrams tanks, for example.
Most of our engineers come from the navy.. they have turbines in their ships, including nukes
