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General Discussion / Re: The Trump Presidency

« Last post by LionKing on January 08, 2026, 04:54:52 PM »

"Trump told U.S. trade negotiators to warn South Korean diplomats that "if they don't give the concessions now, this crazy guy will pull out of the deal""

I tend to think rocketman is right. He might be faking madness and irrationality, but this does not mean he is a stable person.

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The Reality of Apollo / Re: Radiation VAB Data - Where?

« Last post by bknight on January 08, 2026, 12:28:15 PM »

Well, I attempted to download the app and got all the way to the end when the process called for another email address but not a personal.  So I'll let ou other guys work on it.

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General Discussion / Trump kills Mars Sample Return mission

« Last post by Ranb on January 07, 2026, 10:53:57 PM »

Trump wants to go to Mars, but it is not likely to happen in his lifetime.  https://www.newsweek.com/2025/04/11/donald-trump-elon-musk-space-mission-mars-experts-2053151.html

The Mars Sample Return mission is a work in progress with the first stages happening right now; the Perseverance Rover is gathering samples.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA-ESA_Mars_Sample_Return

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-s-mars-sample-return-mission-dead?

Congress backs Trump administration’s efforts to kill project that would ferry martian rocks to Earth

After years on life support, NASA’s plan to collect martian rocks and ferry them back to Earth has died. Yesterday, Congress released a compromise spending bill for the present financial year that backs the White House’s effort to kill the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program. Although the bill must be passed by both congressional chambers and signed into law, it effectively signals the end of MSR.

Trump is going to allow China to obtain the first samples from Mars instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-3

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General Discussion / Re: The Trump Presidency

« Last post by Obviousman on January 07, 2026, 10:10:58 PM »

Part of it is to distract people from the fact he was a close friend of Jeffery Epstein and those files will show he probably engaged in sex with underage girls. That being said, he is genuinely loopy; people think it is some type of clever ploy but no, you have a demented President under no-ones control.

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General Discussion / Re: The Trump Presidency

« Last post by rocketman on January 07, 2026, 05:43:23 PM »

It seems he is intending to seem crazy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

It is possible for there to be both fake and genuine madness present . . .

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The Reality of Apollo / Re: Radiation VAB Data - Where?

« Last post by JayUtah on January 07, 2026, 10:24:51 AM »

Does IRENE have an interface similar to the older AE8/9 AP-8/9?

It's just a different name for the suite of models. The Ax8 models are included, if you need them for legacy purposes.

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The Reality of Apollo / Re: Radiation VAB Data - Where?

« Last post by TimberWolfAu on January 06, 2026, 10:52:28 PM »

Canny fella that I am, I emailed them about it.

Turns out there was no big conspiracy, just the background links were broken (probably a result of other things being updated, see it all the time where I work).

The AP8/AE8 is working again.

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The Reality of Apollo / Re: Radiation VAB Data - Where?

« Last post by bknight on January 05, 2026, 04:13:14 PM »

Naturally, one of the first options for why it doesn't work is because it's a "cover up", nothing to do with systems/models become obsolete as newer and better systems/models come about, and so are disused or no longer maintained.

IRENE has been the prevailing standard for more than a decade. I'm not surprised to see links to older models fall dead. If you're using AE8/AP8 today, I assume you also use a butter churn.

Does IRENE have an interface similar to the older AE8/9 AP-8/9?

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The Reality of Apollo / Re: Radiation VAB Data - Where?

« Last post by bknight on January 05, 2026, 04:11:05 PM »

Why not ask the blunder to show his calculations on how much the astronauts should have received through the VARB?

He did this once before and came up with a Chernobyl-sized dose where he multiplied instead of dividing:o
https://i.ibb.co/XrH64nvv/Jarrahgetsitwrongbigtime.jpg

Even when he "corrected" it, it was an absurd claim. I did laugh at his "scientific posing" in his chair.

Wasn't that before he obtained his astrophysicist degree? Pushing numbers to like likes of Tim Finch.

During his Minor Degree, 15-30 credits, 5-10 courses with a minimum pass mark of 40% to gain the credits. I would call labelling that as making him an astrophysicist a bit of a stretch.

I'm not indicating he is and should have put quotation marks around the degree.  I was unaware of the requirments to get the degree as was many of us, thanks.

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The Hoax Theory / Re: Watching the detectives...

« Last post by jfb on January 05, 2026, 01:23:35 PM »

Meanwhile Rasa is assembling a whole new collection of smoking guns. Ooh goody!

He has declared that shadows are under studio lights (with converging light beams no less) because the shadows are blurry at the edges.

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This has to be performative; he has to be pretending to be that ignorant for his audience (who also have to be pretending to be part of the tribe).  I noticed this effect when I was a small child walking to elementary school early in the morning; I noticed it when playing with a flashlight.  I happened to look at an entry for solar eclipses in an encyclopedia one day and figured out what was happening. 

I was literally eight years old when I understood what was going on; I refuse to believe that people who graduated high school and have jobs and are allowed to drive on public roads have trouble with it.