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This federation stuff has caused a bunch of tension. We should come together as a community by building a space programme. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by happybadger@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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It's hard to define what "Hexbear" is anymore, with so many of the posts coming from random Lemmy instances. Our brand and subculture are diluted and it shows. A lot more confrontation and friction in threads. So it got me thinking. How can we recapture the authentic sense of what Hexbear is and do something nice for the world as a community?

If you've been watching India's moon mission, you know how happy everyone looks in the footage. They're so proud of their work and the whole nation is congratulating them. Actually the whole world. It's a massive publicity boost and unites an otherwise polarised nation. Well what's stopping us from doing that? Think of all the cool things we could accomplish with a space programme. Designing new rockets, exploring new galaxies, maybe colonising a planet or two as a forum. We would let everyone know what Hexbear represents and could mine asteroids for orbital factories that supply our fleet of ships. One thing we might build is a Dyson Sphere, or maybe even a generation ship to raise the next ten generations of our families together on our way to another solar system. I'm a plant scientist and could probably even grow lettuce in microgravity.

We can do this. I just ask that you trust me and send me the money to do so.

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[-] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

remember those "Chinese spy balloons"? We totally could do something

[-] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

The hexbear space programs goal should be to put gigatons of gravel in orbit to kickstart Kessler syndrome.

[-] Zuzak@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

We must protect the rest of the universe from EarKKKth

[-] Judge_Juche@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I have played Kerbal Space Program, which is like a PhD program in aerospace

[-] PeoplesRepublicOfNewEngland@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Has the sequel stopped being a disaster yet? Actually got to the Mun and back in KSP2 but the aerodynamics were borked as hell last time I tried

[-] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hahahaha nope.

It's so bad that I'm honestly starting to think KSP2 was just a scam. KSP1 unmodded still has many more features and gameplay mechanics than KSP2 does. With mods, the difference is astronomical. KSP2 has slightly better graphics than unmodded KSP1, but with mods the difference is once again astronomical.

You can make KSP1's graphics look massively better than KSP2 with mods, and even the most graphically taxing mods only require something around a 1070ti. KSP2's recommended graphics card is an RTX 3080, and for all that power you get a shittier looking game and lower frame rates with stutters. That's absolutely disastrous.

In the months following KSP2's release, the daily total playerbase of both KSP1 and KSP2 halved according to steam statistics. A ton of players left KSP1 for KSP2, realized it was garbage, and were so soured by the experience that they never even returned to KSP1. It's almost certain that the game will never have all the promised features because it's most likely not selling well enough to continue development long enough at the very slow pace updates are coming out right now.

Edit: Almost forgot to mention the most comical part of this. After all that, KSP2 in early access costs more than KSP1 completed.

[-] PeoplesRepublicOfNewEngland@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Sad!

I already wasted my money and put too many hours in to return it so will continue to monitor its miserable progress

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

while I support disassembling earth for resources, let me assure you that your instance's culture still stands out plenty among all the Reddit clones

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[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

I can only support this if we go wandering earth and take the earth with us

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

We would be the most powerful forum in the solar system if we all come together and build the Badger-class Dreadnought. The earth would be forced to go wherever we want.

[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

arm-L yuri arm-R

[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

And don't forget Valentina

arm-L valentina arm-R

[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I used to build bombs from fireworks and chemicals I found in the garage as a kid, I'm pretty sure I can design and build a rocket engine

[-] seeking_perhaps@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Aerospace engineer here - I'm in. Hexbear to the Moon!

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

It would be much cheaper to replicate the Spanish Space Program. Hypothetically. In Minecraft. [PARODY].

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I disagree. We should host the Olympics instead.

This would get especially funny when we get to the part about deciding which countries get to use their flags and which athletes have to enter as independents because of the various atrocities their nations have performed and liberals would mald.

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Hosting the Olympics would be exclusionary. I can't run or fence well enough to participate as part of the Hexbear Nation so I'm just left selling hotdogs or delegating where chairs go. With a Starfleet, everyone can participate. We can fly Badger-class fighters in a squadron, haul ore in our Badger-class freighters as a convoy chain, or branch out into the universe on our own in Badger-class generation ships. You give me $50k or whatever you've got today and within a year* you could be destroying Neptune with a Badger-class titan. Just for fun with your friends.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Is this one of those GameStop things

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I may invest SOME* of the funds raised in surefire ways to 10x-1000x our budget, yes.

[-] Lochat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Dyson sphere? Outdated scifi. How about a Dyson hexagon?

Also, if a mod doesn't delete this you're cowards.

[-] Targuinia@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

we build the one from stellaris

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

This kind of collaborative brainstorming is why it's such a good idea. NASA has one brain per engineer. We have 20k brains and a couple engineers. There are so many ideas we could feed them. I don't care what shape the Dyson enclosure is, only that we show the Fediverse that we're still a forum by enclosing the sun.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Fill the space balloon with all of our collective semen / whatever the ladies shoot out their pee holes. Just get it all out and be done with it.

Thank me later, Volcel Police.

[-] VOLCEL_POLICE@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

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