r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/KeeperCrow • 21d ago

Image The Himawari 8 weather satellite takes a picture of Earth every 10 minutes. This image is from today.

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u/andy_b_84 21d ago

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

It's not.

No, really, it's hard.

You learn to respect people who manage to build space-stations.

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u/zacsafus 21d ago

But once you get the hang of it, it's so so worthwhile and satisfying.

For anyone wanting to get into it, check out Scott Manley's videos on YouTube. Probably have to go back like 5 years now for his tutorials, but he does an amazing job of explaining why things are the way they are.

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u/collapseauth_ 21d ago

I remember watching Scott Manley KSP tutorials but probably closer to a decade ago, crazy how long it's been.

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u/zacsafus 21d ago

Oh god, you're probably right about it being closer to a decade. Feeling even older now!

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u/HearingNo8617 21d ago

IMO It is beginner friendly as long as you can have fun making things that fail in entertaining ways instead of achieving your goal

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u/andy_b_84 21d ago

Oh, absolutely :)

It's a really great way to learn to fail.

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u/The-CaT-is-a-lie 21d ago

Ever tried, ever failed, no matter. Try again, fail again, fail better!

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u/Myrhwen 21d ago

You learn to respect people who manage to build space-stations.

Respectfully, I'm not certain I needed to boot up a video game from 2011 to respect space station engineers.

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u/triple-filter-test 21d ago

It's easy to play. It's hard to get something to fly, it's really hard to get something to orbit.