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huffalump1259 karma

Not OP, but the SR-71 used an astro-inertial navigation system which tracked the stars even during the day.

Edit: Wikipedia link

Flight Manual section about ANS

huffalump160 karma

There's an achievement for 0 detections, right?

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Duct tape cardboard around the blades.

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  1. (I'm not blue origin but this is relevant): the SpaceX Merlin engines can't throttle low enough to hover. Their minimum thrust is too high. So the burn must be perfectly controlled so that the vertical velocity is 0m/s exactly when height is 0m (hoverslam), otherwise the rocket will crash or will shoot back up.

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That's a fantastic policy and should be in place in every school or library! Too bad it requires common sense...

And when books are banned because of content, it's funny to look at the Bible itself. There's lots of Satanism, demonism, rape, murder, sex, racism, backstabbing, normal front stabbing (has anyone read Judges? it's hardcore!), and just about any other topic that's used as a reason to ban a book..

Truth is, life is hard and kids will have to deal with these issues eventually... I'd rather not shelter them (but that's my opinion).