Looks like SLS will be getting their second mobile launcher after all, guess they should be able to pick up the pace a bit.

I've just finished "The Case for Mars" proper, no have the Epilogue and Addendum to go!

@Edlothiad Well done! I constantly try to get people to read that, so...

@kimholder It seems like David wants me to call in to an OT day, likely a Tuesday evening, and possibly help answer questions that might come up, or something like that. Trying to work out the details, but...

He often asks new guests to call an open lines before giving them a show of their own. That was part of my thing about you calling in Sunday.

Right.

For people who aren't well known already, it makes sense.

A factor here is that i plugged the idea of having a moderator come on to talk about sx.se before, and it all fell through.

So, it may now be that he wants proof of seriousness before he hands you a date.

I thought he was the one who decided he didn't want to do a show on it?

The way he told it, he sent an invite at least to Tildal, and there was no response. I thought he'd sent it to you as well, but maybe i'm recalling wrong.

Yep, it went to T. He copied me on it.

I never had an invite that I am aware of, although I remember hearing about it a bit.

david did, that is.

i think you guys decided to put T on it? i really don't remember.

Hop David was on once based on my vote that he might be a good guest.

also, before my first show, i'd called in several times.

I for one, welcome our new Space Show Overlords. As a trusted member of this community, I can be relied upon to recruit slaves for the underground call in show.

LOL

I thought you were one of those slaves?

Tomato-tomato.

knowing david, he might like that idea...

Ha... i wonder if i have any culpability here...

It seems like you invited Tildal because you had his email, and that was about the point in time he stopped being a moderator?

i found the email i put your contact info in. i'd suggested 4 possible guests in that email, and you were one of them.

but from the rest of the email, that occurred after T didn't follow through.

Hmmm.

Oh well. It doesn't really matter.

there had to have been a discussion here about it at some point. i don't think i would have put forward his name unless i'd gotten an indication he was the one who would be doing it.

As I recall, it was a pretty short time frame from him doing relatively well on the site to not wanting to be a moderator...

straw on camel's back was my impression. he didn't let on until it was really too much for him. all extenuating circumstances unknown.

Yeah, that is true enough.

moonwards.com/machinesPower.html#STeMP

i did it with a new add-on for blender i got that does the javascript for me

as for the content, i always feel a need now to put a disclaimer that this is for an advanced colony in a speculative future, though everything is meant to be technically plausible.

@motosubatsu I was going to post the what-if baseball link and saw you had it - definite upvote!