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We should clarify that it's the American Dennis and not the British one. There are differences, which I learned the hard way :( [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.184|172.69.43.184]] 06:48, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | We should clarify that it's the American Dennis and not the British one. There are differences, which I learned the hard way :( [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.184|172.69.43.184]] 06:48, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | ||
| + | :I expanded (and moved to a Trivia section) the interesting facts of this coincidence. (And I didn't add [https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/10/18/the-odd-case-of-dennis-the-menace/ this link there], but maybe it's of "not even Trivia" interest, so you can have it here instead.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.37|172.70.86.37]] 10:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | ||
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I'm really surprised that "regular slingshot" is "no" for spacecraft instead of something like "not yet". [[User:SystemParadox|SystemParadox]] ([[User talk:SystemParadox|talk]]) 09:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | I'm really surprised that "regular slingshot" is "no" for spacecraft instead of something like "not yet". [[User:SystemParadox|SystemParadox]] ([[User talk:SystemParadox|talk]]) 09:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | ||
| + | :There's definitely spring-type "delivery systems" (analogues of the elastic slingshots, arguably) which hasten the detatchment of items on a multi-launch 'racked' delivery system. There's also the (proposed, SFAIK not yet tried in anger) rotating-tether release system, akin to biblical sling(shot)s, that would actually be what the gravitational slingshot is most similar to by pure analogy. | ||
| + | :If we ever get a space-elevator and 'drop' things off from the counterweight station, then that would effectively be a biblical slingshot on a planetary scale. (If we time the drop right, or very wrong, with a heavy enough load or even most of the counterweight itself, such that it ends up eventually impacting Earth or any other inhabited lump of rock, it could well also be a matter of a ''planetary'' slingshot with effects on a ''biblical'' scale!) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.37|172.70.86.37]] 10:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | ||
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Hi 172.71.150.236 03:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi 172.70.210.5 04:27, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- 'Lo172.69.195.201 10:14, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
We don't put tables in the transcript, which is supposed to be screen-readable. Tables are not screen-readable. Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 04:25, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- I now see the hidden "Tables are bad?" content in the incomplete transcript notice! Cute! Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 04:33, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
We should clarify that it's the American Dennis and not the British one. There are differences, which I learned the hard way :( 172.69.43.184 06:48, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- I expanded (and moved to a Trivia section) the interesting facts of this coincidence. (And I didn't add this link there, but maybe it's of "not even Trivia" interest, so you can have it here instead.) 172.70.86.37 10:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
I'm really surprised that "regular slingshot" is "no" for spacecraft instead of something like "not yet". SystemParadox (talk) 09:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- There's definitely spring-type "delivery systems" (analogues of the elastic slingshots, arguably) which hasten the detatchment of items on a multi-launch 'racked' delivery system. There's also the (proposed, SFAIK not yet tried in anger) rotating-tether release system, akin to biblical sling(shot)s, that would actually be what the gravitational slingshot is most similar to by pure analogy.
- If we ever get a space-elevator and 'drop' things off from the counterweight station, then that would effectively be a biblical slingshot on a planetary scale. (If we time the drop right, or very wrong, with a heavy enough load or even most of the counterweight itself, such that it ends up eventually impacting Earth or any other inhabited lump of rock, it could well also be a matter of a planetary slingshot with effects on a biblical scale!) 172.70.86.37 10:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
