L20[09:12:56] <Mat2ch> I wonder if I should sell SpaceX the idea to land the ship on an old cargo freighter. Just add arms to catch it, fill the cargo hold with water for cooling the exhaust and you got a mobile landing platform ;)

L21[09:16:54] <skappy> Didn't they kinda already do that? Or do you specifically mean old freighters to cut down costs?

L22[09:26:18] <Mat2ch> I think the barges for F9 are all refurbished. But yes, an old frighter with azipods could be rather cheap

L33[10:43:52] <sandbox> !mission

L34[10:43:52] <LunchBot> Your mission today is to eat proper meals at the expected times, without being distracted by Science. It doesn't work, so you sell it for 20 times the price instead of your usual 10 times the price.

L37[11:11:44] <Mat2ch> I wonder what the decision process was to not catch the booster. If it had something to do with the antenna then it might have gone something like: Replacing the antenna, getting a crane for it, is much more expensive than the scrap value of the booster...

L49[12:29:58] <darsie> Mat2ch: Could be for a number of reasons. propellant filter clogged, comm issue, bad trajectory, ...

L50[12:31:34] <darsie> propellant low

L51[12:34:18] <darsie> Maybe a 'stress' test exceeding some limit.

L54[12:36:13] <darsie> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Ri1mWpkQk&t=98s

L56[12:39:55] <darsie> "Some sensor was out of range."

L60[12:51:45] <Mat2ch> oh, ok

L61[12:51:51] <Mat2ch> I haven't watched that video yet

L62[12:57:02] <darsie> "automated health checks of critical hardware on the launch and catch tower triggered and abort of the catch attempt." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Ri1mWpkQk&t=944s

L63[13:06:53] <Mat2ch> Could mean more than the radio tower is broken

L64[13:07:07] <Mat2ch> but could also mean that they have sensors checking for the tower health

L68[15:07:20] <sandbox> !mission

L69[15:07:20] <LunchBot> You attempt to use enough low thrust/high efficiency engines on your launch vehicle to achieve TWR>1 through lithoevaperation. You fly to a wrong orbit.

L70[15:25:00] <Judge_Dedd> Lol. Lithoevaporation

L77[16:06:07] <FLHerne> .mission fixup s/evaper/evapor/

L78[16:06:08] <LunchBot> New text is: You attempt to use enough low thrust/high efficiency engines on your launch vehicle to achieve TWR>1 through lithoevaporation.

L79[16:09:25] <FLHerne> Mat2ch: filling the cargo hold of a freighter with water would be disastrous due to free-surface effect (i.e. sloshing)

L80[16:09:49] <FLHerne> as almost demonstrated on our subscale version https://www.flherne.uk/files/VID-20240522-WA0011.mp4

L81[16:12:09] <Althego> is that sinking?

L82[16:13:10] <Althego> (also zis is german coastguard)

L86[16:28:12] <FLHerne> no, just full of water

L87[16:35:08] <Mat2ch> FLHerne: you would need some anti-slosh plates, yes

L88[16:35:29] <Mat2ch> but you wouldn't drive with it filled, just fill it in position

L111[20:25:37] <sandbox> !mission

L112[20:25:37] <LunchBot> Whenever someone says you can't do something (because it's impossible) you understand it to mean that you can't do something (because you're incapable), take it as a personal affront and vow to prove them wrong. Your kettle boils.

L113[20:28:10] <raptop> That's probably a good outcome

L114[20:33:11] <Mat2ch> yay, you made hot water!

L115[20:34:31] <xxcoder> without setting it on fire!

L116[20:38:41] <sandbox> it didn't say that it was me who put the kettle on

L117[20:45:29] <xxcoder> success is a success

L118[21:59:54] <raptop> !8ball Is nuclear energy in practice the power of a tea kettle?

L119[21:59:54] <LunchBot> The future is strangely clouded. I can tell you nothing.

L126[23:16:53] <raptop> !mission

L127[23:16:53] <LunchBot> You write fanfiction for various pairings at the KSC. A SQUAD employee materializes behind you.

L128[23:17:23] <raptop> Given the intentional absurdity of both parts, that should not be so coherent