It was Jack Lance, who wrote Enigmash. Tragically, he died in 2023 at the age of 25. Jack Lance superlatively creative. I cannot find the words to express how much the world lost. I do not know of a finer puzzle designer.

https://jacklance.github.io/games.html

nilstycho

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Oops, you're right. I read that factoid [1] while searching for information about the 2025-077C, but it was about a different 2021 launch.

[1]: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/15/three-nro-satellites-l...

nilstycho

·hace 9 meses·discuss

I think that Centaur was sent into solar orbit.

nilstycho

·hace 9 meses·discuss

I think there are only two US rocket stages in LEO that were launched in the past 21 months:

1. 2024-125H — Firefly Alpha FLTA005 Stage 2, launching demo cubesats for NASA

2. 2025-077C — Orbital Minotaur IV (8) Stage 4 (Orion 38), launching a few spy satellites

Fun fact: the first stage of the latter rocket was manufactured in 1966.

nilstycho

·hace 10 meses·discuss

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”

nilstycho

·hace 10 meses·discuss

Do you have any tips for how to work on this with kids?