Uchuu Kyoudai: Space Brothers

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 71

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Damn that's harsh, one disorder after another. I suppose that unlike Sharon, there's still the possibility for Hibito to be cured of his panic attacks.

[David75]

HS - Episode 71

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Damn that's harsh, one disorder after another. I suppose that unlike Sharon, there's still the possibility for Hibito to be cured of his panic attacks.

Mutta is the head, Hibito the rest of the body.
When Hibito starts thinking, he panicks.

I'm pretty sure a mission with both brothers would be perfect.
After all, Hibito would know that with his brother on the Moon, he'd never had had to face a dangerous situation like he had.

[MFauli]

meh, i didnt need any problems for hibito. just focus on mutta :/

surely, hibito will overcome his anxiety. if i had to take a guess, it´ll happen when mutta finalizes a fail-save buggy, that restores hibito´s faith.

[Buffalobiian]

So how do you improve on a buggy like that? My first idea was to give it automatic weight transmission.

The next idea was emergency grappling hooks. :P

[David75]

So how do you improve on a buggy like that? My first idea was to give it automatic weight transmission.

The next idea was emergency grappling hooks. :P

This is after year 2025. I'm a little surprised they can't:
-Map the area they want to study
-Carefully plan safe routes, multiple ones, even with low speed zones for improved safety
-Have some kind of GPS, the second astronaut working as a true copilot, instead of deadweight

that can not prevent everything, because any positioning system can fail, but it would help a great deal.

[MFauli]

welll, why not simply:

1.) instlall some sort of sonar that permanently scans the ground in a 50-100 meter radius and automatically slows down speed when getting to close to a "hole"/edge

or

2.) as this is the future: some emergeny-hover device, like a bunch of air dischargers on the lower side of the buggy? Once you drive over an edge, air is being discharged (like they use for any maneuvers in space) and lets the buggy fly for a very limited amount of time, enough to have it reach safer grounds again.

since this is mutta´s only chance to get back to an astronaut´s life, it has to be something flashier/more awesome than just instructions of behavior

[Buffalobiian]

welll, why not simply:

1.) instlall some sort of sonar that permanently scans the ground in a 50-100 meter radius and automatically slows down speed when getting to close to a "hole"/edge

or

2.) as this is the future: some emergeny-hover device, like a bunch of air dischargers on the lower side of the buggy? Once you drive over an edge, air is being discharged (like they use for any maneuvers in space) and lets the buggy fly for a very limited amount of time, enough to have it reach safer grounds again.

since this is mutta´s only chance to get back to an astronaut´s life, it has to be something flashier/more awesome than just instructions of behavior

I would have thought to give it propulsions to travel in the opposite direction, such that if it detects you flew off an edge by driving forwards, you activate the reverse/up thrusters to push you back onto the ledge.

That wouldn't work out so well if you were trying to run away from aliens though.

As for the mapping thing, it really makes you wonder why it seems like such a hard task that no one even considers it.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 72

[MFauli]

ep felt super-short.

the "at a cheap price" sounded like it might come back to Mutta biting him in the ass.

And I agree with the other japanese astronaut, seeing Mutta train for lunar mission will only motivate Hibito even more.

[Buffalobiian]

ep felt super-short.

the "at a cheap price" sounded like it might come back to Mutta biting him in the ass.

And I agree with the other japanese astronaut, seeing Mutta train for lunar mission will only motivate Hibito even more.

I wonder if motivation would make things any better in practice, but it certainly sounds good. I'm sure it's the correct way to go about it in Hibito's case anyway since Asuma said so.

Do you watch the Hibbit Specials? They're pretty funny in a dumb way. I watch to find out what different animals all the various crew become.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 73

[MFauli]

oh god, damn all those flashbacks.

[Buffalobiian]

Mutta deserves a round of applause. Well done there. I wonder how realistic it is for him to get so much free help though, since he essentially worked around the budget problem by pulling some relationship cards.

[David75]

Well, an automaker could accept not getting paid for such a project because:
They are already to the point where most R&D is done, since they're just using another project here.
They expect an incredible image boost by being tied to NASA and Lunar exploration/buggy.
All in all, additionnal costs are probably very low compared to getting the same image boost via other means. If possible at all.

The surprise comes from the fact they really did use that GPS idea I mentionned last week.
This should be in a future 20 years from now, but they're only using nowadays tech and ideas.
It's not that it's bad, alternate reality and all. But having that as a major plot development is a tad weak.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 74

[shinta|hikari]

He actually said 6 and a half years.

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, picked that up as well. Ironically, I pick up less errors from HorribleSubs than say.. gg.

Actually.. maybe it's not that ironic considering it's gg.

I get that the vertical climb roll is meant to show passion, but it still seems kind of weird that it's your "ticket" to getting picked as opposed to other form of "real" merit. It's particularly the case since it merely looks like you're launching into space (for spectators) rather than the pilot themselves actually feeling like they're launching. (if that is also true, then it wasn't mentioned)

Not much rolling in Nanba's case. My favourite part was probably seeing Denielle again, scooting around the place like nobody's business.

If anybody is going to break the news of Nanba's lunar training, it should be Nanba himself.

[David75]

Mutta just happened to find yet another detail that will trigger a favorable opinion in that chief.

Sure, the VCR is just a stunt, quite easy for your fighter pilot*. But the important factor here is that it bears meaning to the one deciding whether Mutta gets to start lunar training or not.


* I was a little surprised an astronaut trainee with lots of T38 training could crash a plane while trying that move. I'm not sure if they said he was also a former airforce pilot, that would be even worse.
There are a boatload of technical problems that can cause a crash, but when you start a vertical climb, you are high enough and with enough power that if the machine is fine, nothing can go wrong. And it's not like it's difficult to perform or physically challenging either. Yet again, that plot device was dumb.

[shinta|hikari]

The guy crashed because of the fog, right?

The stunt is meant to show an astronaut's desire to go to space. If everyone is almost equal in other aspects, motivation becomes the deciding factor.

[Buffalobiian]

The stunt is meant to show an astronaut's desire to go to space. If everyone is almost equal in other aspects, motivation becomes the deciding factor.

My main issue with that is that it only works if you know the chief likes VRC. It's also the fact that they only mentioned that the climb looks like a rocket, not feels. If the vertical climb feels like a rocket launch then you could say that learning the trick was to satisfy his own ambitions/desire for space. On the other hand if you're only doing it because it looks like a rocket launch (and you can't see yourself launch) then it feels more like the move is to appeal.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that it feels like a "secret back door" type of method since it's not directly or logically linked to motivation per se. I'm with David in that the purpose of the stunt was because chief likes it.

HS - Episode 75

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Alright, I'll have to take some of that back. I still feel that the vertical climb didn't come about entirely naturally through Mutta's desire, but I'll take back the idea that simply creating something for looks is superficial and non-genuine.

This week's episode was rather emotionally charged, and I love it for that - be it the comedy or the tragedy. I contrast I was initially thinking that next week's ep would be a let down, but then a smoking Olga turned up.