News Round Up 2018

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Well I have 20.... the battery portion only functions for stuff like on ride photos. The park entry and FP touchpoint operations never runs out.

Yea at least bands get used on occasion, not just a trinket.
 
Yea at least bands get used on occasion, not just a trinket.

But if you own two dozen bands - how often are you really "using" them.

I suppose it's no different than owning dozens of bracelets, except these can only be worn at one location. (Can't say I've seen anyone walking around Buffalo wearing a Magic Band.)
 
But if you own two dozen bands - how often are you really "using" them.

I suppose it's no different than owning dozens of bracelets, except these can only be worn at one location. (Can't say I've seen anyone walking around Buffalo wearing a Magic Band.)
No. I just have the 5 free ones we got for our last trip. In our ancient old motorhome I've got some ancillary gauges I've installed and I've wrapped them around the casing of those gauges. Something to look at on every trip until we go on the next one. I get the interest, but as collectibles they aren't my thing.
 
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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series Game of Thrones, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.

These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

http://www.starwars.com/news/game-o...e-and-produce-a-new-series-of-star-wars-films


so, um, more Star Wars
 
Just awesome. We are back to space travel!
Well... not really. Heavy will probably never carry a human. They are looking to the next system, BFR, for human flight past low earth orbit. But that was a massive success. The parallel landing was incredible. Be interesting to hear what happened to the core. I'm guessing they lost it off the drone ship. But still, huge success.
 
Well... not really. Heavy will probably never carry a human. They are looking to the next system, BFR, for human flight past low earth orbit. But that was a massive success. The parallel landing was incredible. Be interesting to hear what happened to the core. I'm guessing they lost it off the drone ship. But still, huge success.
True. It is a huge step. Watching the launch and landing was incredible.
 
Well... not really. Heavy will probably never carry a human. They are looking to the next system, BFR, for human flight past low earth orbit. But that was a massive success. The parallel landing was incredible. Be interesting to hear what happened to the core. I'm guessing they lost it off the drone ship. But still, huge success.
An article on the web said Heavy could carry 16 tons to Mars. So, not a person, but supplies - which would be vital for anyone visiting.
 
True. It is a huge step. Watching the launch and landing was incredible.
Yeah. When it lit up my heart was pounding. When it cleared the tower I was impressed. When it went through the whole sequence through core shutdown and separation I was simply astonished. I hope the core landed but it doesn't seem likely. Still, the two recycled pieces landed beautifully. I'm guessing they will figure out the core issue if it went wrong.

Most impressive is how modular the system is. Same boosters as the Falcon 9 in all 3 components and only the capsule and core need to be manufactured. Using reclaimed boosters they can do this more or less on demand instead of needing to have them "in stock" for customers. I don't think there will be huge demand, but the technical knowledge that can be applied to the BFR... just a huge stepping stone.

Next up for them is Crew Capsule for the Falcon 9. Then we can stop paying the Russians insane amounts of money for a crappy taxi service.
 
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