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Hey, how do you think I got all my passengers to listen to the The Tragically Hip? [RIP Gordo]

Happy Channukah to all the Jewish Travellers out there Merry Christmas Good Yule Bitchin' Festivus and Happy [insert your solstice holiday here] And now a word from your steward, Hipster Santa:

Some people should not be trained in Robot Operations. Just puttin' that out there. Enjoy!

Yeah, I'd swap out 'Dandy' for 'Scoundrel', that's work.

I would do it like this: 1. Layabout 2. Rascal 3. Wastrel 4. Fop 5. Scoundrel 6. 'Gentleman' [with extra sarcasm]

And Rank 6 HAS to be 'Flashman'.....

An update I just saw today. The PRC's space agency has launched an unmanned 'lifeboat' to rendezvous with the Tiangong Station, where 3 'taikonauts' have been stranded for a week. The crew of Mission Shenzhow-21 will return to Earth as scheduled in Spring 2026. Link below...

This bit has been a Hicks family tradition literally since the day it aired. Think of it as a black humor version of watching the Ten Commandments on Easter :p Enjoy!

EVERY spacehand has 'housekeeping' work available at all times. Maintenance, cleaning, painting, classes, briefings, 'dog and ponii' shows, there is always plenty for the spacer with time on their hands to do... [PROTIP: ALWAYS go about like you're on your way to do something, ALWAYS have a...

So how are things looking for The Relief of Novy Kyiv? End of the month?

This was just announced so I don't know who is gonna be available to help. The Russians usually have something on the pad, but I don't know who might have something launch-ready within the time window.

It never is evenly distributed. That's why we were all agog when DGP's World Builder Handbooks divided the TLs of worlds into categories.

Three Chinese 'taikonauts' are stranded in space after their return capsule was hit by debris. https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/three-chinese-astronauts-stranded-in-space-after-debris-hits-their-return-capsule

We certainly have stereotypes and cliches and oftentimes those cliches are negative. This is part of humanity's subconscious habit of categorizing everything in terms of 'Us' and 'Them'. And, of course, most stereotypes have a kernel of truth buried in them somewhere. What I object to in the...

Vehicles of the Frontier: - Crawler I, pg 74 - Crawler II, pg 76 - Death Sled, pg 77