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I saw a lot of the crew dragon development over the years, but I was still amazed at how futuristic and cool it looked while they were flying the actual thing in the livestream. Not that other spacecraft like the Soyuz and ISS aren't crazy advanced looking, but they aren't anywhere near as sleek...

A free dark style like this one would be nice in the meantime. https://xenforo.com/community/resources/shades-of-grey.5812/

Looks good @c0ldshadow. Thanks. I'm liking the xenforo swap.

I was also in there and would appreciate being re-added.

Send me the list of labels you want, and I'll start counting them up Paul.

If you don't see an afterimage or have some sort of other vision issue, you should be fine. Even people that do get afterimages that last a few days/weeks can still turn out not to have permanent damage. Definitely a legally questionable and dumb salesperson. Probably not 3W either.

That's kinda how it is I guess. Compared to years ago, it's a lot easier to get ahold of a wide variety of completed laser components for a lot cheaper rather than using the knowledge online to make stuff yourself. There's definitely something going on with the forum SEO though. I used to see...

Sorry for being MIA guys. I've been ridiculously busy with a lot of personal issues, but I've got a batch of these to do for myself soon, so I'm just going to put out a feeler if anybody wants in on it as well.

Haha. I was supposed to be at Photonics West for an all expenses paid school trip, but I missed out due to personal issues last semester. They send a lot of SPIE student officers. It's really intended for industry insiders and technical experts though. Definitely would have wanted to see some...

Yeah. He's keeping us updated in the chat. Best to check in there for anybody interested. #diode-chat section. Laser removed Chat Invitation

Join the chat! Waiting on another batch now, and you'll hear about it there first. Lazerman is posting his updates there in #diode-chat. Edit: PM me if you have connection problems.

Did you try to join the chat Paul? We saw your name pop up. Having any issues?

Added a chat section for new diode discussion. See this thread: Laser removed Chat Invitation EDIT: Vets please use the link in the vet section sticky! Also, everybody has to confirm an email to use the removed chat for spam prevention.

Well guys, it's 2018 which may very well be the year new manned American rockets begin flying astronauts to the ISS. Also, space tourism might become a thing.

Well, Falcon Heavy is on the pad complete with its cherry red Tesla Roadster. Personally, I'd have offered to put whatever flat earthers decided would prove the Earth was flat and flown it. https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/28/falcon-heavy-raised-on-pad-39a-for-first-time/

Yeah, back on the ColdHeat, it'll totally toast smaller sensitive electronics if you aren't crazy careful. If you want a nice small, portable soldering iron, the TS100 can be had cheap occasionally if you can tolerate the slow boat from China. Just plug it into a USB powerbank and there you...

Speaking of that concept Paul Allen who funded SpaceShipOne just had his behemoth of a plane do its taxi tests. It's intended for exactly that purpose. Pretty crazy since it's the largest plane in existence. This sort of concept may very well be the most economical way of getting smaller...

Yeah. Pretty sure relight has been tested on almost every recent generation F9 from the launches I've watched. I do wonder how much higher the F9 first stage separation happens than the SS boosters now that I think about it. Both happen in the upper stratosphere iirc. I just want to see a...

Yep. I know they've tested relighting on the second stage with F9, but it'd definitely be something else if they can recover it of heavy. Still don't know if that's going to be attempted on the upcoming launch or not. It'd definitely be a more revolutionary step since first stage recoveries in...

I wonder if the Falcon Heavy is going to attempt a second stage recovery. While the first stage recovery is impressive and still a serious money saver, it's also not quite as necessary to use the thrusters. It'd be crazy to see a second stage booster make it back like the original plan though...