I tried putting user_pref("network.enableIDN", "false"); in user.js, but that didn't work either. Looking in about:config the value is indeed set to false, but the spoof still works.
Thing is, the problem that destroyed Columbia was known about for 15 years. And had a nasty enough occurence only two flights before to ding one of the boosters. In fact, the second flight after Challenger came back with an underside that looked like it had been blasted with a shotgun due to foam coming off the tank.
Spotting the problem isn't the hard part, it's getting NASA to do anything about it before it's a PR problem.
Not exactly. Russia probably wouldn't be able to sustain their section for very long (and definately not anything better than things are now) at all. Eh, it's a bad deal all around, and I don't think anyone involved is really going to make the best of it.
Also, remember the Earth is in orbit around the sun, so to get to the orbit of Mercury you need to lose a lot of the energy Earth's higher 'altitude' gives you to start with. Plus you need to slow down enough to where you don't need an ungodly amount of fuel to slow down into orbiting Mercury itself.
#3 there is an urban legend. Fisher spent their own money developing the "space pen". And the US did use pencils for a while. But the problem with pencils is that breathing graphite dust isn't the healthiest thing in the world.
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Patrick is in fact about half an hour south of Cape Canaveral AFS.
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I tried putting user_pref("network.enableIDN", "false"); in user.js, but that didn't work either. Looking in about:config the value is indeed set to false, but the spoof still works.
Does an instant segfault really count?
Thing is, the problem that destroyed Columbia was known about for 15 years. And had a nasty enough occurence only two flights before to ding one of the boosters. In fact, the second flight after Challenger came back with an underside that looked like it had been blasted with a shotgun due to foam coming off the tank.
Spotting the problem isn't the hard part, it's getting NASA to do anything about it before it's a PR problem.
I just wanna rant about the doofus who followed me around my mom's condo building muttering "9/11", "you just don't get it", "do you live here", etc.
Ok, there, whew.
Each of the three major BSD flavors halt development , endorse Linux
What is it with these Microsoft clowns, that they can't fix every single bug? Buncha incompetent bozos.
Probably works or worked for microsoft?
I don't think anyone or anything could stand the sight of me before clothes or caffeine.
Yeah, god knows it really put mozilla development into overdrive.
It's not really that, think about who actually lives in D.C. Marion Barry is the cream of that crop.
And it's the height, it's the speed. Only about 7% of the fuel expended to get the shuttle into orbit is used for gaining altitude.
Not exactly. Russia probably wouldn't be able to sustain their section for very long (and definately not anything better than things are now) at all. Eh, it's a bad deal all around, and I don't think anyone involved is really going to make the best of it.
I get the feeling SETI was just an excuse. I've seen people fired for siller things.
Or the one proving beyond the shadow of a doubt it's actually sour, and black is white. I miss the coming ice age.
I haven't sat in that seat, but I *have* had my picture taken in the pilot's seat of the US shuttle Endeavour.
Of the betasite's download page?? That's getting a little pathetic, seriously.
Americorp, duh.
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/faq/faq_journey.html#5
It's harder than that, because you have to slow down enough to even get to that "immense speed generated by travelling towards the sun".
Also, remember the Earth is in orbit around the sun, so to get to the orbit of Mercury you need to lose a lot of the energy Earth's higher 'altitude' gives you to start with. Plus you need to slow down enough to where you don't need an ungodly amount of fuel to slow down into orbiting Mercury itself.
#3 there is an urban legend. Fisher spent their own money developing the "space pen". And the US did use pencils for a while. But the problem with pencils is that breathing graphite dust isn't the healthiest thing in the world.
AFAIK, the US suits haven't been used except when a shuttle is present.
Actually, it's the opposite. The US airlock was designed for compatibility with either type of suit.