"Dragon Now Mated to Space Station"
...
"This morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was successfully berthed to the International Space Station"

Wait... how the... I'm confused.

Obviously dragons mate in space. They need the extreme temp of re-entry to incubate their eggs to make it possible for them to hatch. They do so in mid-air and use their winks to break their fall so they don't splat. The weak don't survive birth.

Elon Musk must be breathing a big sigh of relief after two close calls in a row.

Hunh, I knew that dragons mated in flight, but not in space. I guess after ending the threat of Thread they decided to try a few new things.

/wonder what that would feel like to their riders back in the weyrs
//not at ALL obscure

Anne McCaffrey's estate nods approvi-

L33t Squirrel: Hunh, I knew that dragons mated in flight, but not in space. I guess after ending the threat of Thread they decided to try a few new things.

/wonder what that would feel like to their riders back in the weyrs
//not at ALL obscure

Dammit.

Elegy: Elon Musk must be breathing a big sigh of relief after two close calls in a row.

Elon knows and understands that this is rocket science and that he's very likely to lose several missions before he sets foot on martian soil.

But I'm sure he has a big grin.

And I bet this'll be the end result:

Ok, so they're paying $1.6 billion for 12 deliveries.  What would that have cost NASA?  $6 billion?  $8 billion with over-runs?

Damn you Xaro Xhoan Daxos!

Daenerys Targaryen ermahgerd. She sounds unyque.

Moon is no egg, Khaleesi. It is farking known.

The space station does have thrusters to boost its orbit or make orbital changes in case some bit of space debris is detected that might get too close, but those are gross maneuvers, not the fine ones you need for mating.

Is this article about NASA or online dating?

Gawdzila: "Dragon Now Mated to Space Station"
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"This morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was successfully berthed to the International Space Station"

Wait... how the... I'm confused.

Why?

Confusing "berth" with "birth"?

It's perfectly cromulent English...

LDM90: Daenerys Targaryen ermahgerd. She sounds unyque.

Actually, she's just Uncommon.

iron de havilland: Why?

Confusing "berth" with "birth"?

Sigh.

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I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

Moon is egg.  It is known.

Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

oh god that's almost as bad as naming your son Frodo.

Gawdzila: iron de havilland: Why?

Confusing "berth" with "birth"?

Sigh.

/[thatsthejoke.jpg]

Ah. So it was a weak attempt at humour.

Gotcha.

wedun: Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

oh god that's almost as bad as naming your son Frodo.

Frodo is a stupid name.

Some pics from Chris Hadfield's twitter feed...

Mount Etna

It's not like that biatch is coming Westeros anytime soon.

Gawdzila: "Dragon Now Mated to Space Station"
...
"This morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was successfully berthed to the International Space Station"

Wait... how the... I'm confused.

mark12A: Whew! I glad it succeeded. Big Aerospace would have used a failure to knife SpaceX and resume pushing bloated, overpriced crap spacecraft and boosters on NASA...

So privatizing space colonization is good ?  At what point do we have space laws and courts ? Is the constitution valid in space ? Will we need passports, what corporation / government will issue them  ?  Gutting NASA was an intentional 'land grab' by the corporate class, only they grabbed space and unlimited and ungoverned natural resources with it.   The worst fark over in the history of mankind, and we bought it, "to save a few dollars".

I mooshed mark12A between my toes once.

Is the constitution valid in space?

Yeah, because inalienable, but you are prohibited from making territorial claims.

HotWingAgenda: Anne McCaffrey's estate nods approvi-

L33t Squirrel: Hunh, I knew that dragons mated in flight, but not in space. I guess after ending the threat of Thread they decided to try a few new things.

/wonder what that would feel like to their riders back in the weyrs
//not at ALL obscure

Dammit.

Ruth should be willing, but possibly not capable.

Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

It's a nice name but she would spend her entire life explaining how to spell it, and by the time she hit 12 she would have gotten everyone to call her "Danny" or something instead.

Rule 34 please.

Mimic_Octopus: mark12A: Whew! I glad it succeeded. Big Aerospace would have used a failure to knife SpaceX and resume pushing bloated, overpriced crap spacecraft and boosters on NASA...

So privatizing space colonization is good ?  At what point do we have space laws and courts ? Is the constitution valid in space ? Will we need passports, what corporation / government will issue them  ?  Gutting NASA was an intentional 'land grab' by the corporate class, only they grabbed space and unlimited and ungoverned natural resources with it.   The worst fark over in the history of mankind, and we bought it, "to save a few dollars".

I want my 40 asteroids and an ore freighter.

WippitGuud: LDM90: Daenerys Targaryen ermahgerd. She sounds unyque.

Actually, she's just Uncommon.

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She's unique too!  (that's what the flag by her name means.)

/nerd

Mimic_Octopus: So privatizing space colonization is good ? At what point do we have space laws and courts ? Is the constitution valid in space ? Will we need passports, what corporation / government will issue them ? Gutting NASA was an intentional 'land grab' by the corporate class, only they grabbed space and unlimited and ungoverned natural resources with it. The worst fark over in the history of mankind, and we bought it, "to save a few dollars".

I'd rather it be done by corporations than not at all. Besides, corporations and government are nigh-indistinguishable at this point anyway.

Jument: Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

It's a nice name but she would spend her entire life explaining how to spell it, and by the time she hit 12 she would have gotten everyone to call her "Danny" or something instead.

Perhaps or she might just use her middle name, Pond.

wedun: Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

oh god that's almost as bad as naming your son Frodo.


I was LEGOLand Florida with my son last year. I didn't hear a parent calling their child Frodo, but I did hear another child saying, "Come here, Legolas!"

I guess the parents liked The Lord of the Rings.

roughridersfan: wedun: Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

oh god that's almost as bad as naming your son Frodo.


I was LEGOLand Florida with my son last year. I didn't hear a parent calling their child Frodo, but I did hear another child saying, "Come here, Legolas!"

I guess the parents liked The Lord of the Rings.

You heard someone calling Legolas in Legoland?  I'm calling shenanigans.

Well, maybe not entirely inconsolable...

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roughridersfan: wedun: Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

oh god that's almost as bad as naming your son Frodo.


I was LEGOLand Florida with my son last year. I didn't hear a parent calling their child Frodo, but I did hear another child saying, "Come here, Legolas!"

I guess the parents liked The Lord of the Rings.

I had a friend named Turin, and his hot sister was named Arwen.  Their dad also had a huge Frank Zappa collection on vinyl.

RatMaster999: roughridersfan: wedun: Cuthbert Allgood: I love that name. If I ever have a daughter she will be known as Daenerys

oh god that's almost as bad as naming your son Frodo.


I was LEGOLand Florida with my son last year. I didn't hear a parent calling their child Frodo, but I did hear another child saying, "Come here, Legolas!"

I guess the parents liked The Lord of the Rings.

I had a friend named Turin, and his hot sister was named Arwen.  Their dad also had a huge Frank Zappa collection on vinyl.

It's a good thing he didn't name her Nienor. Ewwww....

I hope Asselis Mika didn't get crushed.  Cormac wouldn't be pleased.

Obscure?

RobSeace: roughridersfan: I was LEGOLand Florida with my son last year.

You were? That sounds like a lot of work... How does one get a gig being a theme park, anyway?

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read some Earthsea books- some can join with the land and make things not happen. I guess it would also work for making things happen.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea