Recent content by FADEC

Efficiency also is a measure of economy, as you certainly know. And by reading the forum, it turns out that you are a NASA critics as well, for the same reasons I am. How do I measure it personally? Well, by programs which are not bloated and primarily intended to create and keep jobs while...

I would like to see a doubling of NASA's efficiency rather than just a doubling of the budget.

It's always interesting to watch people react whenever I mention that I don't have a cell phone, that I never had one, and that I don't need one. It even caused this thread to appear and grow. I think the claim of cell phones = security mostly is a feeling or just another justification rather...

Yes. But it's not meant to be used for phone calls. I personally didn't buy it for communication anyway. I bought it to basically safe "weight" and money. Because I'm not in the mood anymore to print or buy thousands of pages of aviation and space flight literature and documents. That's why...

Most people I know use 1,800 to 2,000 kWh (while 1,800 mostly is assumed to be average). And they don't even cook on a daily basis. If I had a woodstove already, my consumption would be only a very few hundred kWh per year. Well, I live in a relatively big city. And I really don't know why I...

In fact I would like to live in a small timber cottage near or in the middle of a forest. No hot water (I already don't use hot water for showers), no electrical heating/gas heating/oil heating. Heat and warm water would come from my woodstove. I would need only little electricity for light (LED...

Some people are surprised that I can exist without a car and without a cell phone (while they are even more surprised of not having a cell phone rather than a car). But I'm surprised that they are surprised. Because it works. And why shouldn't it? It also worked before. It's not a real must-...

I think because it's a completely different sport, i.e. a duel and above all "fake"/exhibition fight. There are also thousands of people interested in marathon. Up to tenth of thousands participating, plus thousands of bystanders. That's another contributor, and another reason why I didn't...

This is one reason why I never liked football (not even when I was a kid) - because of its plebs and thugs. France, GB, Germany etc. it doesn't matter where. This kind of sport just attracts them. Of course I'm aware that the majority of fans are normal / nice people. But it doesn't take away...

Not quite related to Orbiter, but maybe it's also interesting to mention that I often dream about being weightless. It always is awesome and feels 100% real. I can feel how my clothes are weightless, and how difficult it can be to maintain the current position and orientation while working with...

Yes :) Even within the last decades! ---------------------- For non-Germans here: Before 1990... Since 1990... Actually Germany is a very strange country, as proved by our political history. But on the other hand our "Autobahn" (freeway) without speed limit even impresses Americans...

Thanks for all your replies. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who suffers from nonsense Orbiter dreams :lol:

As the title asks: did you ever dream about Orbiter or the Orbiter forum? It happened to me a few days ago, and it was quite crazy. I don't know if it's worth mentioning here in the forum at all, but why not. I'm not really responsible for what my subconsciousness does when I sleep. So I'm...

Never heard of him. But when I look at his career and how old he became, it seems he had a fulfilled and long life.

What airline pilots might enjoy during their layover...