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KiwieeiwiK t1_j6jjy55 wrote
Reply to comment by corsairealgerien in Number of manned orbital launches by year, 1961-2022 by firefly-metaverse
the current timeline has NASA getting humans back to the moon slightly before China but that could change
Either way I don't think either space program sees the other as an adversary in any way, it's purely political games. China would happily collaborate with the US on space tech, however it is against US law for NASA to cooperate with China
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6enwee wrote
Reply to comment by PA2SK in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
Can you name any? Or a source to any? By the sound of it you've found quite a few
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6enhng wrote
Reply to comment by crankyape1534 in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
Awesome! Hope I can make it to Hawai'i some day
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6emc3k wrote
Reply to comment by PA2SK in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
The smart geologists being... Who?
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6ejibz wrote
Reply to comment by crankyape1534 in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
Awesome! Glad you saw it in the rain, we're in a real drought at the moment and it just isn't the same place!!
When did you visit?
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6ej762 wrote
Reply to comment by buccsmf1 in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
It's actually a fjord, not a sound, but either way it doesn't matter because both sounds and fjords and connected to the sea. The water it falls into is the sea. By this logic we might as well rule out the Moloka'i cliffs because they fall into a bay and not the sea.
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6eiy26 wrote
Reply to comment by PA2SK in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
The inclination from the summit of Mitre Peak to the sea is steeper than the cliffs in Moloka'i. The Moloka'i cliffs are also a summit, they're from a mountain that falls into the sea, same as Mitre Peak. There's really no metric that says Moloka'i is a sea cliff and Mitre Peak isn't. Mitre Peak is taller, and steeper.
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6eiapt wrote
Reply to comment by slugator in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
The entire east side of the mountain is a cliff face from the summit to the sea, it has an average inclination of 60°
The tallest cliffs on Moloka'i (the ones in OP's photo) are 1,013m high with an average inclination of 55°
Mitre Peak's eastern face is both taller and steeper than those in Moloka'i.
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6eejr0 wrote
Reply to comment by crankyape1534 in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
Not denying it! There isn't really a need to compare them as they are both stunning in their own right. I was just correcting a bit of misinformation. Awesome photo by the way
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6eedpk wrote
Reply to comment by buccsmf1 in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
And yet they are not.
The cliffs that all these articles (travel aggregate sites are not good references lol) are talking about are 1,010m high with an average gradient of 55°. The eastern face of Mitre Peak is 1,683m high with an average gradient of 60°. So it is not only taller but steeper as well.
Sorry but they're all wrong. Doesn't matter how many times something is repeated, it doesn't get more correct just because more people say it.
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6cs60g wrote
Reply to comment by Charlatangle in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
I mean yeah I guess, but it's really only in the interests of the tour companies that are trying to get people to visit there to have that info spread. And the million websites that are trying to make a buck off repeating info with no checking
I didn't mean native Hawaiians for the record
Greater Polynesian solidarity
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6cjjhi wrote
Reply to comment by james___uk in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
We look forward to having you here :)
The Hawaiians like to claim they have the biggest, but by any definition of a cliff, ours is one! And it's much taller haha
KiwieeiwiK t1_j6cha3z wrote
Reply to comment by james___uk in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534
Nope that's in Milford Sound, New Zealand. Mitre Peak, summit to sea, 1,683m. The Kalaupapa cliffs of Hawai'i are just over 1,000m
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyfcss5 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Chinese milestone sets stage for new space race with U.S. by Soupjoe5
>Does this have relation to China announcing they will build several thousand nuclear warheads in the coming years?
These are numbers from the Pentagon, not from China. They went from 200 warheads to 400 and the Pentagon said "If they keep going at this pace for more than another decade, they will be at 1,500 warheads!!"
It's a nonsense idea.
Think about why the Pentagon might want the American people to be scared of a rising Chinese army. What benefits could they get from pushing the idea of a warhead gap?
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyfc8xg wrote
Reply to comment by laterlifephd in Chinese milestone sets stage for new space race with U.S. by Soupjoe5
And yet their space program is running almost on par with NASA, and is overtaking ROSCOSMOS. Being late doesn't mean being bad!
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyfby2z wrote
Reply to comment by HildemarTendler in Chinese milestone sets stage for new space race with U.S. by Soupjoe5
There was no end game to the first space race, the idea of humans on the moon being the finishing line came much later, and mostly after the US had done it and the USSR had failed to. The space race began in 1955, before anyone had even got anything into space, the idea that "we are going to walk on the moon before you" was some kind of goal of the US is absurd.
The first real target of the space race was to get a satellite into orbit.
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyfbh9o wrote
Reply to comment by windmill-tilting in Chinese milestone sets stage for new space race with U.S. by Soupjoe5
>The ISS was launched 20+ years ago. Di the technogical advances even 3xist then?
No, but that's their point. It isn't "China's space station is better because China is better", it's "China's station is better because it's newer"
It's not a criticism of the US or Russia or the ISS project as a whole. Newer things are just better.
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyc2jky wrote
Reply to comment by toodroot in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
Fucking hell it's you again, back with this Energia shit.
I really want to know which youtuber you watched that talked about the Energia! It's very clear you haven't got any new information since you last posted. They haven't uploaded anything recently?
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyc0k52 wrote
Reply to comment by toodroot in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
The issue isn't in thrust or fuel tolerances, the rockets used on the core stage are only able to be fired once since they use pyrotechnic charges to get the turbines to start spinning on the pad. Replacing them would mean completely redesigning the entire rocket, you can't just take off one rocket engine and add a different one like in Kerbal Space Program, it takes years of rigorous testing and certifying. And it would require many more launches of core stages we have no guarantee would come down from orbit anyway.
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyc08rq wrote
Reply to comment by TaskForceCausality in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
"Made in China" is a reputation gained because westerners demand to buy the cheapest shit possible. It is western companies that skimp on manufacturing costs that make those goods poor quality.
Chinese space program is cutting edge and they've never lost a single astronaut. Which you would know if you were anything but a raging reactionary
KiwieeiwiK t1_iyc01ue wrote
Reply to comment by Cyclonit in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
China is actually generally just as good as every other country in modern times. The only modern exception is the CZ-5B because it is fitting a very specific function the CZ-5 was not originally designed to fulfill, and an alternative was too many years away. It's only got one more planned launch left anyway
KiwieeiwiK t1_iybzfrm wrote
Reply to comment by toodroot in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
For the record the villages are evacuated before the launch by the government for this reason.
The reason they built their launch site inland and with villages downrange was to protect it from either Soviet invasion from the West or US naval attack from the sea. In the 1960s/70s that was a very real threat.
KiwieeiwiK t1_iybze5g wrote
Reply to comment by hurffurf in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
Last planned launch, but if they add more modules they will probably fly another CZ-5B. Unless they have designed something else in the mean time
KiwieeiwiK t1_iybz18z wrote
Reply to comment by asamulya in Chinese astronaut Deng Qingming finally fulfils dream of travelling in space after near-25-year wait by Saltedline
Personally I find this subreddit one of the most "China neutral" subs around. Yes there's always reactionaries posting the same old tired lines, but they're generally ignored and/or disagreed with. Very happy this sub can find common joy and admiration with all nations and people!
KiwieeiwiK t1_jac2wfz wrote
Reply to comment by Bewaretheicespiders in China unveils lunar lander to put astronauts on the moon by kevindavis338
There's 6 Apollo descent modules still sat on the moon's surface. Debris is routinely crashed into the moon to get rid of junk floating around. This isn't really that weird