Poorly chosen quote on loading screen
The anonymous quote "The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire," makes absolutely no sense in the context of a game literally called Space Engineers. It showed up for me again the other day and I'm getting so tired of it.
I realize hydrogen is weightless in the game and hydrogen tanks fairly light, but come on! Here in the real world, fuel is heavy. So heavy that even atmospheric planes carry as little as they can safely get away with. If you want to actually go to space, every extra gram of fuel you carry with you is a gram of something useful that you can't bring.
Please, can you consider replacing this quote with something different? I really like the lines from Yuri Gagarin; perhaps more astronauts/cosmonauts could be included? Michael Collins had some real gems, for instance.
You can always have more fuel to do most things, but a fire requires fuel to burn. So you're supposed to not fuel the fire if you're on fire. It's most likely a funny metaphor and won't easily get removed.
You can always have more fuel to do most things, but a fire requires fuel to burn. So you're supposed to not fuel the fire if you're on fire. It's most likely a funny metaphor and won't easily get removed.
I decided to look it up. It’s an aviation quote that some believe was quoted by Charles Kingsford-Smith, but the earliest reference was from the 1974 the book “Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus”.
The quoted text from a source:
“What happens if one engine quits?”
According to my recollection most DC-3s eventually arrived at their destination if they carried enough fuel. In my private manual I firmly believed the only time there was too much fuel aboard any aircraft was if it was on fire. As for single engine emergencies, I had enough familiarity with the proper mixture of fright, sweat, and faith to remain convinced “it can’t happen to me.”
So to what it actually means, I don’t know yet. You’re free to look it up.
I decided to look it up. It’s an aviation quote that some believe was quoted by Charles Kingsford-Smith, but the earliest reference was from the 1974 the book “Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus”.
The quoted text from a source:
“What happens if one engine quits?”
According to my recollection most DC-3s eventually arrived at their destination if they carried enough fuel. In my private manual I firmly believed the only time there was too much fuel aboard any aircraft was if it was on fire. As for single engine emergencies, I had enough familiarity with the proper mixture of fright, sweat, and faith to remain convinced “it can’t happen to me.”
So to what it actually means, I don’t know yet. You’re free to look it up.
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