Recent content by Darklurker

W-2 contained a spectrometer from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and a Varda enhanced pharmaceutical reactor for the company's in-orbit manufacturing plans. That sounds like a good opening line for a sci-fi horror movie or video game.

Ad Astra Tabernamque

I got about half way through Doom 3 and just got bored. At the time, Unreal Tournament 2004 was much more fun, whereas Doom 3 was a lot of drudgery and was so dark it was annoying. Quake 4 was better, but just seemed repetitive after a while. Doom 2 is still my favorite Doom, especially with...

I confess, I've never been a big fan of Musk or his projects. But I've got to admit - visually Starship is a proper-looking rocket. That's the "futuristic" one we've all been waiting for since the 1960's...

Looks like B00Bs to me. I'll leave with you...

Better late than never, I suppose...

So, err, there are international treaties about exploring the moon, which 95% of the world's countries will never have a rocket capable of reaching. But no treaties about billionaires littering the night sky with satellites so they can make more billions selling Internet access. What a time to...

What more proof would anyone need? Praise His Noodly Goodness!

So quantum batteries can be on fire and not on fire at the same time?

While NGC 1356 is located between 500 million and 600 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy with which it appears to be exchanging stars and gas is located at a considerably greater distance away. LEDA 95415 is actually 840 million light years away from us, meaning there is a vast 290 light...