>> ^Chaucer:

armadillos are nasty nasty animals. They are a haven for diseases and parasites.


Sadly true. They also like to dig up little holes all over the place looking for bugs, which can be a nuisance if they do that in your yard. I know this from experience.

They're such cute little pestilence bearers, though!

armadillos are nasty nasty animals. They are a haven for diseases and parasites.

>> ^doogle:

Armadillos look like a possums with armour made from victorious fights with oversized insects.


To me they look half pig half mouse..

Armadillos look like a possums with armour made from victorious fights with oversized insects.

It is an armadillo, a rolly polly/pill bug, etc.

>> ^jmd:

wow, terminal velocity can create sonic booms?


If shaped and created the right way, yes. You just need to compensate for the flow of air on the object (since this thing is made to "slice" or "cut" through the air in the first place you can see why it might just end up doing what it did).

>> ^MonkeySpank:

Better graphics than RAGE, but the physics are kinda meh. Needs more work.


Agreed, and what's up with the fake-as-shit lens flares? That's SO 2003.

>> ^Zawash:

Needs more Blue Danube.

Needs more Bobby Prince.

It's all about trajectory. You launch at an angle and force that compensates for drift and earth movement, etc. I bet they expected it to land anywhere within a few miles as it's a chute recovery system. Rockets don't fire on high-wind days because it throws trajectory off.

Yep, expert over here. This guy.>> ^Fletch:

>> ^ponceleon:
>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
>> ^Sagemind:
Actually, considering how high it went up, It's quite amazing how close to it's original launch site it landed.

I thought the same thing, if that would of hit someone...ouch.

Was it just luck or does it guide itself at all on the way down? It just seems SO improbable that it would come back down so damned close!
Do you actually think Carmack can design an engine nowadays that isn't on rails? Just because you can see all that landscape doesn't mean the rocket can actually go there. The only way back is through the same boring airspace it had already cleared.

>> ^ponceleon:

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
>> ^Sagemind:
Actually, considering how high it went up, It's quite amazing how close to it's original launch site it landed.

I thought the same thing, if that would of hit someone...ouch.

Was it just luck or does it guide itself at all on the way down? It just seems SO improbable that it would come back down so damned close!
Do you actually think Carmack can design an engine nowadays that isn't on rails? Just because you can see all that landscape doesn't mean the rocket can actually go there. The only way back is through the same boring airspace it had already cleared.

then again knowing carmack the thing probably has 20 gps channels running and microsteering fins

>> ^ponceleon:

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
>> ^Sagemind:
Actually, considering how high it went up, It's quite amazing how close to it's original launch site it landed.

I thought the same thing, if that would of hit someone...ouch.

Was it just luck or does it guide itself at all on the way down? It just seems SO improbable that it would come back down so damned close!

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

>> ^Sagemind:
Actually, considering how high it went up, It's quite amazing how close to it's original launch site it landed.

I thought the same thing, if that would of hit someone...ouch.


Was it just luck or does it guide itself at all on the way down? It just seems SO improbable that it would come back down so damned close!

>> ^Sagemind:

Actually, considering how high it went up, It's quite amazing how close to it's original launch site it landed.


I thought the same thing, if that would of hit someone...ouch.

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>> ^Zawash:

Recovery thingy deploys @3:26, and breaks off @5:00.
Needs more Blue Danube.


Ha! I was singing it to myself.