volvolugnut wrote: ↑06 Jan 2022, 17:37 Anyone of you other kids feel the two adults in the room are having a serious conversation and are ignoring the children's noise?
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Yes, I eat at the card table in the kitchen with the other kids, just like Thanksgiving.

Some discussion of the Webb space telescope in another thread, but here's a spot just to talk about this amazing project. https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html Check the link above regularly to see which bit is unfolding every day, and where it is, and how fast it's going. Today ...

These accomplishments require we use ALL of our talent of humankind…….

“On today’s episode of This Old Volvo Site....”

* Plumbing Bites! Unless it's Shark Bites. Had to replace two shutoff valves before I could repair the kitchen faucet. 3rd time using various types of Shark Bites on plumbing projects. Plumbers won't use it but definitely a quick permanent fix for DIY'ers. https://www.lowes.com/pd/SharkBite-Brass-1-...

Any spouse who drives a 17 year old car is a keeper. Mine roofs, too.

Webb is closing in on the L2 "insertion burn" today. "Next Steps: Conduct activities to plan and execute MCC2 - the insertion burn for Webb's L2 orbit. The vast majority of the energy required to place Webb in L2 orbit was provided by the Ariane 5 rocket. After release of the observat...

When repair manuals were printed on paper thicker than toilet paper ( yes Haynes I'm referring to you ), because they knew you were actually going to be using it.

I found this and thought it'd be good to keep around. Fredrik Rantala: The engine code does NOT in any way tell how strong it is. All redblocks have their own strong points: B19 late models have VERY thick cylinder walls, like 5mm so they can take ridiculous amounts of boost, like 5bar+ B21 have mor...