@aaronmhedlund @Andrewnsnyder Pretty sure Lewis was riffing a bit on Milton too
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A very confused man
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A very confused man
@dannykoop
Property manager, sci fi writer, dad, husband, bad Christian, seminary student
San Diego, CA Katılım Mart 2009
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I hold a Ph.D. in theology, which is rarely something I advertise, but it's significant for this statement:
C.S. Lewis's "fiction" has likely done more to open my eyes to the unseen realm than anything that might traditionally be classified as "theology."
Screwtape alone has accomplished this, let alone the Ransom Trilogy.
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It seems the mantle is more heterogeneous (hence, more interesting) than expected, due to less-than-complete convection
Geology Page@GeologyPage
Sampling the deep graveyard of Earth’s earliest crust | #Geology #GeologyPage #earth This finding is unexpected because the plate tectonic regime of our planet progressively recycles crustal material via large-scale mantle convection ... Read more : buff.ly/44qjH8l
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The inability of ppl to engage any topic thoughtfully never ceases to amaze: "You have a slightly different view than me? We'll, I'll show my rational superiority with hysterical ad hominems and straw men arguments to demonstrate what an utter fool you are!"
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I suppose I reluctantly agree with something like Augustine's Just War theory in extreme cases, perhaps defending invasion or defending your family. But as I've grown older and as a dad (who has lost little ones) I just see sons and daughters going off to die senseless deaths.
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Why are we still using end notes? Citations should appear at bottom of page like God intended. (Academic reading is enough work without all the page-flipping).
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Next week, Dr. Richard Middleton will be speaking at RIT and the University at Buffalo in a captivating conversation that delves into the question, "Why are we all flawed? A scientist and theologian discuss."
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Haha, great description of the 3rd book of the Pentateuch (Crouch, "Culture Making" p.128.)
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The SVP of the Air Safety institute died in a plane crash. Had an emergency on take off and didn’t make it back to the runway. This is the kind of thing to make pilots think hard about the risks. avweb.com/aviation-news/…
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@GunsAndRockets1 @torybruno @OGridPete @Space_Strategy Apollo astros were a different breed. New folks probably don't want to poop in ziplock bags, understandably. Also 30 day Artemis missions instead of Apollo's one week.
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@torybruno @OGridPete @Space_Strategy If the lunar capable Project Apollo crew capsule only massed 5.5t for a crew of 3, then why is an 11t mass Orion crew capsule required for a crew of 4?
The Orion capsule was from its conception in 2005, oversized and overweight for 4 crew lunar missions!
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Anyone know why we can’t just place a crew dragon on a Falcon Heavy and send astronauts to Gateway?
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@BellikOzan Also hypothetical lunar Dragon wld need beefier heat shield for faster reentry, no?
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The difference in consumables is a few hundred kg (Dragon is 12.5t loaded), and Dragon has enough space for a crew of 4 for that duration (cozy, but enough).
So, no.
Also, see Soyuz.
(Lunar orbit insertion I've addressed elsewhere -- still don't need nearly Orion mass)
Tory Bruno@torybruno
@OGridPete @Space_Strategy Dragon is designed for the short trip to ISS in LEO. A lunar capable capsule like Orion must be designed to support a crew for a much longer span of time and is, consequently, much heavier.
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@EarthFall10 @LCS_Big_Mike Good point. Not trying to be cantankerous--orig. question is good. But cannot think of single fixed reference point over this amount of time. Lat/long is tied to specific points on current map in combo w/ equator, which in turn is derivative of poles. EVERYTHING has moved.
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@LCS_Big_Mike @dannykoop Over the time periods we are talking about the hight of geostationary orbit would be diffrent cause earth had shorter days back then.
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What I want to know is where pangea was on the earth.
Like if a geostationary satellite was over the earth then & remained in the exact same spot up to today-
Where would the satellite be if it was over pangea? Over the pacific? Asia? Europe?
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@DerekdotSpace Yeah. I'm giving this platform a few months to figure this out. It's annoying
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Wow. I genuinely have not see the Twitter bot problem be this bad before.
It’s literally every 5-10 seconds a bot account is liking a tweet I either made or am mentioned in.
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@smartereveryday @matthew_d_green There are, but you're probably too polite to say them
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@matthew_d_green There should be a word for when you click a button and it changes to something different the millisecond before your finger hits the screen.
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The hardest problem in computer science is making buttons you can actually press in Safari before they slip away from you.
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Not fast enough with the phone camera but pretty sure I just saw smoke trail from a #missilelaunch southeast of San Diego. #USNavy
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