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This is very much a spherical CSM in vacuum calculation, based on the Apollo 11 flight plan [1]. I take point 2 of the assumptions to meant that no unlit part of the moon is visible. In a 60 x...
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Heteromeles (@153) said: I could be wrong, but I got the impression that werewolves are kind of 5-10 years ago too, coinciding with the vampires. […] And if we're really unlucky, the next big thing will be films glorifying hybrid war spun up by national propaganda divisions. Hmm, that's also kind of 10-20 years ago. There was this drama series which was basically one long national propaganda advertisement for torture and any other crime a big state actor could commit during asymmetrical warfare....
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Allen Thomson commented on
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Oh and I had to Wikipedia "boustrophedon" I first came across the term in the Korbluth-Pohl novel Wolfbane, probably when it was first published. Still worth a quick read....
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Scott Sanford commented on
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Could the Trumpolini administration deport Superman as an illegal alien because he has no visible means of support? Could they? Probably not, if only because shipping anyone to Krypton is problematic at best. (What do they do with former Soviet Union citizens who have never been to the Russian Federation? It must have come up.) Would they? Probably; the whole "truth, justice, and the American Way" schtick labels him as disloyal to Donald. Naturally this has come up before; the lovely Law & the Multiverse blog addressed Superheroes and Immigration Status and could hardly have omitted Kal-El's case. There's also...
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There was some interesting stuff on this subject in Supergirl Season 4. (which may be continued in Season 5)....
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madaz commented on
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It seems to me it is the tidal force,or gravitational tug thats pulls the wolf out. The light of the full moon ( inthe sky ? )interacts with his soul and not his eyes.Therefore he must have knowledge that the light is there.So Collins transforms when he knows a moon is lit up and he is at the exact point of gravitation tug equal to being on earth .Please forgive me if thiz is redundant as i have not read all 300+ posts....
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