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1) What exactly is this "cutting-edge modularity" CIG speaks of in the 600i and what tangible benefit will this have? The 600i can swap out the luxury suite for an exploration package, but it's not a BUK. You buy one or the other ship. 2) What is the benefit of having two scanners on the...

That's very kind of you to say, but I am way too busy with other things to write, and I'm not really as expert as it may seem. If you want to study post-modernism, I suggest watch a few YouTube vids of Steven Hicks and Jordan Peterson. They're both quite good though Peterson gets drawn off...

If I may play philosopher for a moment (my trained profession), the reason journalism has changed from pretending objectivity and actually seeking it, to pretending objectivity and completely abandoning it, is the rise of the Post-Modernist world view. When you deny the very nature of objective...

What he said. I think for VR to be a compelling option for SC, you would need to be able to map your sim pit into the illusion, so that when you look down you see your hands on sticks or whatever controls you're using. I'm not holding my breath for that, though who knows what will be a decade...

That's a perfect opportunity to test out the Vanguard sporting the S5 Absolution Distortion Cannon. It fires a spray of pellets and not many of them would need to hit a Bucky to knock it senseless. I'd love to see a vid of that, and to find out what happens with the Bucky after you catch your...

. . .though it's more like 2 months from now, given it will likely be the end of June. What are you looking forward to? Myself, I am waiting breathlessly for the Bounty Hunting dynamic to come into its own, and for the Vanguard Sentinel and Harbinger. I'm very interested to see how the...

Toys recommends Discord to all TESTies regularly for good reason. Even I can tell it's the place for the cool and happenin' peeps. Just go. Won't kill you.

See time index 3:05-3:45 here: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7empX4EToJI

Thanks! I had never seen this above.

That has been the rumor for some time, and the rumor proved to be true in part since they did rework the frame and gave the larger door to all the variants. If you'll recall, the Hoplite originally had a different frame with a wider ramp to servcie the squad function, and it was not swappable...

Happy Birthday! I want to thieve your waffles.

Sounds just right save I would not go hot anywhere they brag about making your food inedibly hot. Places like that I order medium. Some people go too far.

True, and they may leave it, but since the time that ships like the Polaris and even the Redeemer were planned, the available guns have gotten larger. I think the Kraken has S8 guns. IIRC, when the Polaris was designed, the chin mount was supposed to be S6, and that was the largest mount...

I'm curious now that they have added S6-10 weapons if there is a plan to adjust ships in the pipeline. The Polaris' guns seem undersized given the mounts on the HH.

Very cool. If we ever get to build our own digs at KSC, maybe you can design them for us! I'm hoping for a 100 year lease on all the lands West of the old Shuttle landing strip, so enough to put all operations at the same location, developing over decades. It is extremely inefficient to have...

WOOT!!! Nimitz class! Rock on, brother!

Part of my training is in philosophy of technology, and I have been very focused on space sciences for the last 15 years. So by studying how spacecraft do what they do, it naturally occurs how one might improve this or that. So instead of sitting down to ask "what can I invent?", I ask "how...

Most startups do begin with an exit strategy in mind, where they hope to go IPO within 5 years. We're not that way at all. Especially if the thruster works, we're expecting exponential growth for more than the next decade, so leaving before then doesn't make sense unless you want to retire...

I somehow missed the Hawk was flying. So have you used the EMP on it? What do you think of it?

I had a similar experience. Not only did I pursue a PhD because my ex wanted me to teach at university, but I changed careers twice, so now I have three undergraduate majors, a minor and I work in a seemingly unrelated field. My friends give me grief pretty often for all the hours I work...