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[disasteriod]

The Awards Show actually Says A lot About Caine

I feel like people may gloss over the favourite character awards as Caine being self absorbed or hankering for validation, but it's a lot more than that. I think it's Caine's way of giving validation and meaning to the rest of the cast; a way of showing he listens and cares about them that failed rather miserably.

Firstly, you'll notice how he literally decided to half-ass an adventure (they all get guns) in favour for preparing for it. It may not look like he went to prepare for it afterwards; you just see him sitting in a beach chair sipping a drink (turns out he was also preparing for the exit adventure, and also waiting for the adventure to start so he could actually leave). The man's whole schtick is adventures. So the awards show must've been pretty important for him to forsake that.

But what does that have to do with Caine trying to be a good ringmaster? Well, an awards show requires you be attentive to the candidates to judge who should be the awardee. An award show is acknowledgement of some sort of achievement or anything that's celebratory. It's a much more meaningful experience that you can have in a digital world (where one may feel that their experiences are not real (thus, not meaningful) , as gangle has expressed) since its not a simulation or a preset experience or a game of pretend. It has possiblity, thus meaning. Caine decided to go and do something new, to show his circus members that he noticed them and appreciated them.

You can even tell this from the awards he's giving out. We, as the audience,miss most of the awards show because Jax left in the middle of it- but when we are returned to that scene you can here Caine rattling off the last of the subcategories. This is notable on two levels. Caine wouldn't have bothered with subcategories if he'd just wanted to pat himself on the back. Secondly, he actually had reasonable categories and is shown to have actually put thought into who should win. Some may argue that, sure, it's probably the most obvious to us that Zooble gets the award for sailor mouth; but a person who doesn't listen wouldn't notice that Zooble curses and swears the most out of everybody - and it's also important to note that Zooble spends a non-insignificant amount of their time hiding from him. Caine also has been implied heavily to be the one who set the cursing censor in place, which should imply some distaste towards swearing on his part (although he did technically swear in episode 8, it's still debatable whether he considered that swearing when he just declared himself as god) so having him acknowlege that characteristic of Zooble in a positive way is his way of saying 'Looky you! You're an important individual with individual traits! Have a star for that!' The teeth man really listens.

But!! It's still a bad idea on his part. Which takes us to the favourite character award. I need to emphasize that while Caine's intentions to show the cast he listens and pays attention to them, he also has the not-so-hidden desire to be praised and validated through this activity. This can be seen with how he included himself as an option for favorite character. It's not a bad thing! But this did rub the circus members the wrong way. Because Caine himself is the ringleader of the entire awards show, this comes off as self centered and insensitive. Since everything in the circus was made by him and controlled by him, the awards show and the favourite character award feels like a farce, another tedious, ending-already determined 'adventure' that the circus members have to deal with.

Which brings out another point of this. Caine's purpose as the ringmaster of the digital circus is inherently doomed since the people got trapped there. Nothing in the circus feels meaningful, and therefore nothing he does is. Caine is incredibly tone deaf to the desire of leaving the circus. He doesn't seem to understand that they're trapped here, and that their priority in the circus is to escape. He doesn't understand how the people simply can't enjoy his adventures and his activities; because what the circus members want is to go back to their lives, not a emotional rollercoaster of a plot.

So far, what I've gathered is that we have Caine. He genuinely loves the humans placed under his care (however mistakenly). He tries his best to make them happy and wants to receive appreciation for that. He can't, because the game is rigged against him (quite fairly). And he can't fathom why. That's his main flaw; although he really tries to listen and to communicate that, he has the curse of being oblivious. This award show was his way of saying 'You guys are so cool and lovely!!!! Please love me back!!!!'. Unfortunately, he rolled a nat 1 in the perception category, distancing him further from bonding with the humans.

TLDR; Caine is an oblivious little meow meow that tries to win a game rigged from the start that he is also cursed to be disadvantaged at. In his quest to communicate his appreciation, his lack of emotional intelligence causes him to make things about himself.

Edit: please look at this drawing I made of the teeth man

[slightly-sigilant]

I want to write a full thing on doubt and plurality another time, but seeing some posts around here has lit a fire under my tail to at least ramble about our experiences with it.

Long story short: we're at the point where we don't really experience doubt anymore, but it wasn't always like that. Over a decade in the making, by this point.

When I say that we don't experience doubt, I don't mean that we never ever get thoughts like "are we making all of this up?" or "are we mistaken?" They still pop up now and then, but we kind of shrug them off and get on with our day, like any other intrusive thought. It's kind of like "is the world actually an elaborate simulation and everyone is fake except me?" - where it's like, "cool theoretical, bro! I guess there's no way to prove that the world isn't a simulation, technically... but I don't see how pondering this brings anything of value to my life, so I won't." An idle curiosity, rather than an acute distress.

See, the thing is, often plural folks in doubt approach it by trying to find something that Proves They're Plural For Sure and Makes The Doubt Go Away Forever. This can mean looking to outerworld folks (medical professionals, other plural people, singlet friends and family) to Validate them. Or it can mean tallying up their separateness, number of switches, etc etc to compare themselves against some standard of True Plurality. We did these things, too! And guess what? None of them helped us. No matter who validated us, it wasn't enough, because we'd always find ways to wonder if we were Just Tricking Them or if they were Just Humoring Us. No matter how many experiences we tallied up as "proof," it wasn't enough, because we always found ways to move the goalposts, to find some other impossible standard to measure ourselves against. It's not enough, it's not enough, it's never enough.

Here's another thing about us: we have OCD. Not the quirky "I'm so OCD" kind from Hollywood. The diagnosed-and-medicated kind, the kind that becomes debilitating to the point of self-harm without our pills, the kind that still surfaces in twisted thought patterns and itchy impulses even if said pills curb the worst of the outward symptoms. And here's a thing about OCD: nothing you do ever satisfies it. Do a ritual, act on a compulsion, and at best, the relief is only temporary. The thoughts abate for only a brief time - and then they come rushing back in. Do the ritual again - but you didn't do it right, so you have to do it again, and again, and again--

It's never enough. The only way to win is to not play.

You see the parallels, yeah? We eventually saw them, too. ("UGH, so this is OCD too? How many more times do we have to do this?") So we set about figuring out how to not play.

What helped:

We stopped asking outside people for validation. Full stop, cold turkey. External validation was always a doomed endeavor - none of those people, not even the professionals, lived in our head, had to navigate our reality with our tools. They could help us, but they could not be our authorities. If the urge arose, we would refuse to say or type the words; we would instead find some other topic to talk about.

We stopped comparing ourselves to other systems. This was harder, since it all happens internally; we had to learn how to watch our thoughts and redirect them whenever they started going down that lane, even if that meant closing the thread we were reading on other people's experiences and doing something else.

(Yes, it was hard. Yes, the doubt screamed and threatened and begged. Especially since we did much of this before we were on pills! But the only way out is through.)

We did still reflect on our experiences, but instead of holding them up against some arbitrary Real Plurality Scale, we paid attention to the ways that treating ourselves as plural helped us, in ways that treating ourselves as singlet wouldn't have. Sometimes that meant "by talking with the other people in my head I was able to avoid making a bad decision." Sometimes that meant "there was a voice screaming and raging nonstop until I talked gently to them and we figured out what was wrong." Not all of the experiences were fun, but they were helpful.

Likewise, we paid attention to the times we doubted our plurality - specifically, the ways that doubt either did nothing or actively got in the way of us getting shit done. (Which was pretty much every time! It turns out that calling yourself fake doesn't make what you're experiencing go away, golly gee goodness!)

We tried to figure out where the doubt was coming from. Internalized ableism. A lifetime of having our personhood erased, our experiences dismissed. Societal stigma. As LB Lee said in The Importance of Being Real, it's easier to fixate on "am I faking" than it is to address any of the actual problems underneath.

We took a sabbatical from the plural community and its endless slapfights. Made some cool friends. Touched some metaphorical and literal grass. Lived our life without trying to label every part of it. Let ourselves be people, not discourse talking points. Realized how small and petty all the slapfights, all the accusations of "faking" that we had internalized really were.

And whenever doubt did show up, we would answer it with: "We aren't sure and we can never be sure, but this is what works. And getting mired in doubt doesn't work. So we won't." (And yes, it felt absolutely fake at first. But the more that we said it, the easier it became. The only way out is through.)

Ten-plus years of this. A long road. But all the better that we started when we did. Take what's helpful - I don't think you need OCD for advice to be relevant - and leave the rest. Good luck.

(Addendum: there's another class of question that comes up, that's more nuanced than "am I mistaken?" Questions like "is this healthy?" or "how real is this, really?" To which I say: good questions! what does it mean to be "healthy"? to be "real"? who decides what is "healthy" and "real" and by what criteria? what does "health" look like for the disabled? "reality" for the neurodivergent, the mentally ill, the marginalized? when we ask whether something is "healthy" or "real," what is our aim in doing so? And so on, and so forth. These questions can be valuable to engage with, but only if you actually engage with them. Going "this can't be healthy, this can't be real, why can't I just Stop" isn't engagement, it's self-flagellation. Learn the difference, and learn how to step away when you know you can't engage productively - just like with randos on the internet.)

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THIS BLOG IS A SAFE SPACE FOR NON-HUMAN PASSING MUTANTS. HUMAN PASSING MUTANTS DNI

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every time I see a human talking about "how cool it would be to have superpowers" or some shit like that I loose it a little bit more. do these people realize that being a mutant isn't just fun powers. like even beyond the shit I deal with trying to get jobs or all the relationships that have been ruined once people realized I'm a mutant. abilities aren't just fun and games, I have a friend who can't touch people without nearly killing them, I burned down three buildings before someone finally taught me to control my abilities, and these people are all like "wouldn't it be great to fly to work every day??" just admit that you see us as comic book characters and not real people with real struggles

#actually mutant #jay .txt

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self diagnosing is great and all but most of you people aren't telepaths, you're just hyperempathic

#actually mutant #actually telepathic #hyperempathy #crosstagging i know but some of yall need to see this #tilley speaks #it can be dangerous to go around acting like you know peopels actual thoughts when its just your brain

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#vent post #sometimes I get really mad at magneto #like I think he's done a lot for mutant rights and stuff #but I'm so fucking tired of everyone assuming that I'm evil just because of my powers #like jesus not all of us are trying to start atomic wars #some metallokinetics just use their abilities to make cool sculptures #but I can't get a spoon from across the room in front of strangers without someone mentioning jfk

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Is your mutation physical*, and how old were you when it manifested?

physical; since birth

physical; before 10

physical; before 16

physical; before 20

physical; 20 or later

non-physical; since birth

non-physical; before 10

non-physical; before 16

non-physical; before 20

non-physical; 20 or later

not a mutant

Voting ended onApr 20, 2024

*physical mutation meaning something that is ALWAYS physical, not just something you can turn off and on whenever

#ig my mutation IS technically physical its just not visible to people most of the time so i feel weird claiming that #but like i was born with the tattoo marks #the powers didnt come till later tho #so idk which to pick

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HEY! shout-out to people with *weird* mutations. Mutations that don't look cool, mutations that are gross, mutations that are dirty, mutations that you can't tell people about because they always cringe. You're just as valid as every other mutant out there. Your powers don't need to be palettable to humans for you to be treated with respect.

#THIS!!! #rb

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god i am so tired of the hypocrisy in this community. the double standards are insane. its okay to have 'scary' powers but the moment someone's abilities are scarier than like, pyrokinesis you're evil and dangerous to be around. 'acceptance' for you people only means nice mutants who've never hurt or scared anyone ever.

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non-mutants can reblog this btw

#srb #actually mutant #getting real tired of this

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okay like. i get that were all about acceptance and pride or w/e but no one in this tag has ever had friends irl i swear. if someone asks you not to read their mind you shouldnt. honestly you shouldnt be using telepathy on people at all without their permission. mutant abilities dont disclude you from respecting peoples boundaries

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i swear to god you people are such hypocrites. its all 'mutant and proud' until someone has a power you dont like. its always about keeping the humans feeling comfortable instead of thinking about how it feels to never use your powers because theyre breaking 'boundaries' that were made up by humans in the first place

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dude do you hear yourself right now

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Hey, I like your point op, but maybe you should stop trying to speak over actual telepaths and let them decide how to use their powers themselves???

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i. i am a telepath.

#duddeeee telepaths are insane #used to be friends with one SO glad i broke that off before it went too bad

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[mydeltadiary]

I, personally, would've loved a "care for the babies" minigame, if it happened from an earlier chapter. We kinda got it at the Mike battle? The Diner and Teatime scenes should've counted. But the game can't deny us choices and then blame us for their absence. If this were That Game from the start, or if it were just a care-for-Kris simulator the whole time, that might've been okay. But like, it needed to make up its mind, because you can't just show the Player their body was discarded, show the Prophecy panel calling Kris "THE CAGE," show that this is the Be Yourself story in a myriad of ways, and then tell the audience through Mouthpice Ralsei that we need to give even more to our kidnapper. If we had our own body, nobody would get to blame us for any of this.

If we got the chance, from the beginning or very early, to show them all--Kris included--the love that we Already Had, the opportunity to actually act on it, then nobody would rightly be able to tell us we weren't doing enough. Give Kris the octopus ball in Ch1, pat Ralsei on the head from the battle box, point Susie in the direction of the nearest cake with our goofy little red Soul Arms. Technically, we already have been caring for them every time there's been a battle. Because of the fact that we've been stuck with Kris, there's a convenient excuse to dismiss that. "You made them do it. They helped by providing the body (after they effectively murdered yours.)" This us-Kris fusion is us when we need to be lectured/vilified and Kris when we deserve praise/compassion.

But, then, if the game allowed us to show we cared from the start, it'd not only have to contend with the fact that we didn't have to be told, but also the fact that we existed, and that those goobers we were helping were ignoring us and taking us for granted because we "couldn't be revealed" for reasons we still don't know. So, instead, our hands being tied against taking care of Kris's health is written as our fault and the good we have done is Just Our Role (:

We're not "neglecting" Kris just because we're so goddamn trapped by Kris, themself, that we can't even hug or talk to them or alert their parents or feed them or make them go to bed for real. Cheezus.

That moment we help Monster Kid while facing Undyne with zero prompting from the narrative or characters was perfect. Like I said, even if I were a turbogigaKrisworshiper, I'd still be miffed at the game stealing my thunder by telling me what I should do.

Tl;dr, the better route would've been to allow us the chance to do something good earlier and either punish or refrain from rewarding if we never took the chance to do so. Not: setting us up to "fail" this... invisible test by providing zero avenues of giving care as ourselves, independent of Kris.

(And also like, what, did Toby see all the fanart & fics involving Kris and presume 100% of us were just hate-drawing them? Was he just in some weird corner of the fandom where not a single soul celebrated them? Huh?? You'd have to be in the most obscure backrooms on the internet to miss the sheer avalanche that already supports and defends them, even against valid criticism. Dude.)

[adventuresofyarndoandyarnscar]

Shakedown Day 3: All together now

(ICYMI: Catch up with the day 1 and day 2 reports)

McLaren's third and final day of running in the Barcelona shakedown was also on the final day of the shakedown for all teams. With the exception of Aston Martin, who ran briefly on two days, and Williams, who did not participate in the shakedown, all of the other teams completed three days of testing either yesterday or today.

Mercedes completed the most laps of any team during the shakedown, with over 500. This bodes well for the reliability of the Mercedes Benz power unit, which the MCL40 also uses. Ferrari, Red Bull, and Haas reportedly each completed over 300 laps across their three days of running. McLaren totaled 291 laps for 1,355.187 km across their three days.

Remarks today from both Oscar and McLaren's engineering technical director, Neil Houldey revealed that there were some issues on their first day of running in addition to the fuel system issue that was reported on the second day that limited the number of laps Lando was able to complete on Wednesday. Those issues were described as "small," and the extensive laps completed in the morning session by Oscar and in the afternoon session by Lando would seem to indicate that those issues were resolved.

This morning, Oscar completed 80 laps for 372.560 km with a best lap time of 1:17.446 (4th of all drivers on track for the day). His total for the week amounted to 128 laps for 596.096 km.

In the afternoon, Lando logged 86 laps for 400.502 km and a best lap time of 1:16.594 (2nd, reportedly +0.1s off George Russell's best time today in the Mercedes). His total for the week amounted to 163 laps for 759.091 km.

According to Oscar, the smooth running today allowed for the team to test out "a variety of configurations and settings" to get an understanding of the ways the MCL40 would behave across a race weekend. Lando mentioned that they were able to run the car under both low-fuel and high-fuel conditions and gain a better understanding of the behavior of the tires. Oscar and Lando both made remarks about getting used to the car and getting a feel for the differences between it and the MCL39. Both also stressed the value of the shakedown as well as the upcoming tests in Bahrain to better understanding the car holistically--what works, what doesn't, what performed as expected, and what didn't--to both generating data for and providing subjective feedback to the engineering teams to extract the most performance from the car.

Lando and Houldey also emphasized the importance of these first days of real-world running of the car to improving the realism of the simulator using the telemetry data they were able to gather. Improved simulator realism means better-prepared drivers once they're in the car for the first race of the season in Australia, but it also can mean better predictability for how the car may handle under different conditions and on tracks it hasn't run on before (which would basically be all of them except Barcelona and Bahrain by the time the season rolls around) as the team's simulation and development drivers log laps to generate this sort of data.

Houldey confirmed a number of things that they focused on that I'd previously hypothesized, including gathering meaningful aero data via flow visualization and other methods, various sorts of benchmarking, validation of the new straight and cornering modes, and gaining a deeper understanding of the complexities of the new power unit, particularly relating to deployment and harvesting, which are expected to be important to on-track strategy during races.

Coming out of the shakedown, the mood seems mostly positive from both Oscar and Lando, though it's clear both are still getting comfortable in the car. The vast majority of reporting and data about these test sessions have come from the teams themselves, meaning that perhaps things are painted to be a bit rosier than they are, but combined with the limited track observations from outside media that have captured many of the struggles on track throughout the week, McLaren don't appear to have experienced any truly major issues with the MCL40 that they haven't mentioned. Comments from the engineers in McLaren's end-of-day reports are also fairly optimistic with regards to the team's ability to take the findings from this week's running and make valuable improvements before testing begins in Bahrain on February 11.

[dangerousthingobservation]

Short SB.5

In the history of aviation, experimental aircraft hold a special place. Firstly, because they are so diverse. The most famous are undoubtedly record-breaking or "first-time" aircraft, such as the American Bell X-1 or the French Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton. Similarly, technology demonstrators remain highly publicized experimental machines, like the British Hawker-Siddeley P.1127 Kestrel or the Soviet Sukhoi T-4 Sotka. It would be intellectually dishonest to forget the failed aircraft, those that either lost a competition or never managed to convince any market. Here again, examples abound, such as the French Dassault Aviation Super Mirage 4000 or the American Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK.

Finally, there is a type of experimental aircraft that is often overlooked: flying testbeds. Their mission was to validate a concept without going as far as a technology demonstrator or even a prototype. One of the most famous examples comes from Great Britain: the Short SB.5 single-engine jet.

During the first half of the 1950s, the Royal Air Force was determined to maintain its dominant position in Western Europe, even though the French Air Force had now fully returned to a high international standard. It therefore needed to find a high-performance fighter, the development of which was entrusted to the company English Electric under the temporary designation P.1. However, the initial sketches of the aircraft revealed difficulties with the use of a highly swept wing and a purely horizontal tail. When English Electric categorically refused to develop a testbed to validate its concept, the British government decided to proceed without its consent. It was in this context that the Air Ministry issued Operational Requirement 100 for an experimental aircraft dedicated solely to low- and very-low-speed flight testing.

The aircraft manufacturer Short was entrusted with the technical aspects of OR.100. Their objective was to demonstrate that the future P.1 fighter would be capable of taking off and, more importantly, landing without any problems. The flying testbed was then designated SB.5 in the manufacturer's nomenclature. English Electric provided them with the plans and dimensions for the wing design. This involved a variable-geometry aircraft, a technology still in its infancy in the UK.

In fact, the Short SB.5 was a simulated variable-geometry aircraft. Its wing angle of attack was not modified in flight but only on the ground by a team of technicians. The angle varied from 50° to 60°, and then to 69°.

Not intended for anything other than low-speed testing, the prototype only resembled a fighter. It was far from having the capabilities of one. First, it wasn't entirely constructed of metal, as part of the wing was made of plywood. Second, while it did have a tricycle landing gear, it was fixed. A retractable mechanism was deemed unnecessary since the SB.5 wasn't authorized to exceed 350 knots, or approximately 650 kilometers per hour. Otherwise, the aircraft had a surprising T-tail with a triangular horizontal stabilizer. It was in this configuration that the experimental aircraft's first flight took place on December 2, 1952.

The first tests of wing angle changes were carried out in the summer of 1953. Two years later, engineers at the Royal Aircraft Establishment and Short's team reached the same conclusion: the T-tail was completely unnecessary. It was replaced by a vertical tail with a small delta wing at its base. Flight tests continued to determine the optimal angle of attack for the English Electric P.1, whose development was proceeding in parallel with that of the SB.5.

Ultimately, the tests demonstrated that the best angle of attack was 69°, being the most stable at low and very low speeds. In early 1960, the RAE terminated the OR.100 program, effectively scrapping the SB.5.

However, the Empire Test Pilot School acquired the aircraft in the summer of that same year. After fitting it with a Martin-Baker ejection seat, the school entrusted the Short SB.5 to its student test pilots so they could learn to fly jet aircraft capable of slow, low-speed maneuvers. Completely repainted in royal blue, it served there until the end of 1969. It was then delivered to the RAF Museum at Cosford, where it is still preserved today.

A little-known aircraft to the general public, even in Great Britain, the Short SB.5 is symbolic of an era when computers did not allow for complex physical calculations and when test aircraft were still necessary. Without it, the legacy would never have existed.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

“origami” airless wheel to explore lunar caves

New variable-diameter wheel overcomes steep terrain and harsh lunar conditions, paving the way for subsurface lunar exploration

A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed a transformative wheel capable of navigating the Moon’s most extreme terrains, including steep lunar pits and lava tubes.

The study presents a novel "origami-inspired" deployable airless wheel that can significantly expand its diameter to traverse obstacles that would trap traditional rovers. The research was published in the December issue of Science Robotics.

The Challenge: Small Rovers vs. Big Obstacles Lunar lava tubes and pits are prime candidates for future human habitats due to their natural shielding from cosmic radiation and extreme temperature fluctuations, but accessing them is perilous. Deploying a swarm of small, independent rovers can be an effective strategy to mitigate the risks associated with a single large rover. This strategy ensures mission continuity through redundancy; even if some units fail, the remaining rovers can complete the exploration.

However, small rovers face an inherent physical limitation: their compact wheel size severely restricts their ability to traverse steep, rugged terrains like lunar pit entrances. While variable-diameter wheels could theoretically solve this by offering high traversability on demand, creating such a system for the Moon has been a formidable challenge. Designing a lightweight transformable wheel that can withstand the harsh lunar environment—specifically the abrasive dust and the vacuum that causes metal parts to fuse ("cold welding")—has remained a significant engineering hurdle.

A Transformable Wheel for Extreme Environments To conquer these obstacles, a research team, led by Professor Dae-Young Lee from KAIST’s Department of Aerospace Engineering, developed a new type of compliant wheel that eliminates complex mechanical joints. By applying the structural principles of the “Da Vinci bridge” combined with origami design, the team created a wheel that uses the flexibility of its materials to transform.

Capable of expanding from a compact 230 mm to 500 mm in diameter, the wheel allows compact rovers to maintain a low profile during transport, yet scale significant obstacles once deployed. Crucially, by utilizing a specialized elastic metal frame and fabric tensioners instead of traditional hinges, the design ensures reliable operation in the harsh lunar environment, effectively resisting the risks of cold welding and mechanical failure caused by fine dust.

The team rigorously tested the wheel’s capabilities using artificial lunar soil (simulants). The wheel demonstrated superior traction on loose slopes and proved its structural integrity by withstanding a drop impact equivalent to a 100-meter fall in lunar gravity.

Scientific and Engineering Significance The project brought together experts from major Korean space institutes to validate the technology's potential. Prof. Lee highlighted the wheel as a practical and reliable solution for navigating the Moon's most difficult terrains, expressing optimism that this unique technology would position the team as leaders in future lunar missions despite remaining challenges involving communication and power.

From a scientific perspective, Dr. Chae Kyung Sim, Head of the Planetary Science Group at KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute), emphasized the value of lunar pits as "natural geological heritages," noting that this research significantly lowers the technical barriers to accessing these sites and brings actual exploration missions closer to reality. Furthermore, Dr. Jongtae Jang, Principal Researcher at KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute), underscored the engineering rigor behind the design, explaining that the wheel was meticulously optimized and validated using mathematical thermal models to endure the Moon’s extreme 300-degree temperature fluctuations.

TOP IMAGE: Lava Cave Exploration1 Credit KAIST

LOWER IMAGE: Wheel Structure Credit KAIST

[hils79]

Hils Watches Pit Babe - Ep 5

Love that Charlie somehow made it from inside to Babe before anyone else who was actually on the track

Okay, I don't know why I'm expecting realism in a live action omegaverse drama but I was surprised that they carried on with the race after Babe's car exploded. Checked in with a friend who follows F1 (thank you @kthxrawr) and apparently they would stop for a bit but then carry on. The more you know.

If this drama gives me magical healing cock I will forgive it anything

I have many weaknesses and one of them is characters who repeatedly put themselves in danger to save the other

LOL Babe pretending to be asleep while Charlie gives him a sponge bath, but then peeking when Charlie isn't looking

I don't know why I was totally fine with Charlie giving Babe a sponge bath but as soon as he kissed his hand while Babe was 'asleep' I was like 'dude, consent is a thing'

I mean it's fine Babe clearly doesn't mind but technically they are still broken up

I did wonder if they were brothers when they were being all touchy with each other. I should have said something then I would look all smart now

Being an introvert isn't suspicious behavious, Alan. Stop victim blaming.

I think Jeff might actually be my favourite. He raises so many valid points. I love that he didn't accept Alan's bullshit and just sarcastically agreed

I can't believe they decided that at the end of a tense and emotional scene, when Jeff is crying in his car, that this is a good time to do some car product placement

Well you told him Jeff and Charlie were having an affair and he didn't say 'don't be stupid Jeff is Charlie's brother' so of course he didn't know.

Well, I guess they're back together now

I still lowkey ship them

Way needs a nice boyfriend so he stops pining over Babe. What about Pete, the handsome CEO

Bro, you really need to get away from your abusive dad. Also, today one of my kpop kids pointed out that Garfield looks quite a lot like Hongjoong's brother and I can't unsee it now.

Omg Pete the handsome CEO actually is one of Tony's adopted children? Is literally everyone in this an alpha?

Oh my god did the accident make him lose his alpha powers? Is that a thing that can happen???

Right. Again, I know I'm stupid for trying to apply logic to a live action omegaverse drama, but if this is a world where alphas exist and everyone knows about them are there not doctors that specialise in this sort of thing?

Dude, you have never raced before in your life

I mean he's right. I'd be so pissed off if I had the opportunity to race in the big league and instead they picked the boyfriend of the best racer, who has never raced before and crashes when using a simulator

Wait, I thought Babe can't drive. Isn't that why they need a replacement in the first place?

Right this will probably be the last liveblog for a while. I'm heading up to Scotland for a week to visit my parents and they'll expect me to do things like socialise instead of yelling about a live action omegaverse drama.

So, back in a week or so!