Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

[dxmnkd316]

Cool update data now that the two shield pallets are deployed- there's temp data for the telescope.

Spring like day on the hot side (one sensor at 20F the other at 49F), but blazing cool on the other (-71F and -244F).

i had to read this three times before I read "deployed" instead of "destroyed"

[Kepler]

Love KSP.

There are a handful of intelligent games; I think I have all of them, at least the ones on Steam. I'll make a list tonight.

As promised:

KSP
Spacechem
TIS-100
5-D Chess
Engare
Sokobound
Splice
while True: learn()

[Jimjamesak]

As promised:

KSP
Spacechem
TIS-100
5-D Chess
Engare
Sokobound
Splice
while True: learn()

Hearts of Iron IV. More specifically the Kaiserreich mod. One of the best Alternate history stories ever made.

[Kepler]

Hearts of Iron IV. More specifically the Kaiserreich mod. One of the best Alternate history stories ever made.

Have they used that engine for WW1 or before? I love the HOI game play and UI, but WW2 is boring. Give me the War of the Austrian Succession or the Thirty Years War.

There are beautiful versions of these but the learning curve is simply too high for me.

[Kepler]

Hearts of Iron IV. More specifically the Kaiserreich mod. One of the best Alternate history stories ever made.

Excellent article. I will try this. Thank you!

[Jimjamesak]

Excellent article. I will try this. Thank you!

That article barely touches upon the Second American Civil War, something that could be a whole mod in and of itself.

[Kepler]

The sunshield is all nekkid now.

[dxmnkd316]

That article barely touches upon the Second American Civil War, something that could be a whole mod in and of itself.

I thought the game was based on alternate history???

[Kepler]

I thought the game was based on alternate history???

There are alt history mods like Kaiserreich (Germany wins WW1, Kaiser rules, no Nazis, makes playing the Germans way better). But the base game is pure realism.

Or you made a joke and whoosh.

[MichVandal]

The sunshield is all nekkid now.

The next part has to be super stressful- since it's the majority of the single point failures.

[MichVandal]

The part that had the MOST single point failures has passed!!! Both sides have the sun screen booms extended. Now they just need tightened.

That's a HUGE step.

And not without a lot of stress, as it appears that some of the sensors were not seeing the shield cover getting rolled up. But all of the actuators released and it's out.

[Kepler]

The part that had the MOST single point failures has passed!!! Both sides have the sun screen booms extended. Now they just need tightened.

That's a HUGE step.

And not without a lot of stress, as it appears that some of the sensors were not seeing the shield cover getting rolled up. But all of the actuators released and it's out.

So how many of the 343 or whatever have they passed?

[MichVandal]

So how many of the 343 or whatever have they passed?

There were near 170 clasps that had to release to pull that all the way out- but I'm not sure what the total status is....

[MichVandal]

Tomorrow is going to be tense. Literally, not figuratively- they are going to tension the sun shield after the team gets some rest.

[MichVandal]

Tomorrow is going to be tense. Literally, not figuratively- they are going to tension the sun shield after the team gets some rest.

This next step is being delayed a day, so that the team can better analyze Webb while it's travelling in space. Hope this is good news, since the rest of the deployment does not really need a fixed schedule.

BTW, the fuel savings looks to have doubled the active time at L2.