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The Atomic Man-Boy posted:SpaceX was hosed from the jump because it turns out that the entire impetus for the space race was to develop bombs that could make it all the way to Russia/China and you can’t reuse bombs. you just wait till musk's new company bombx starts promising reusable battery-electric bombs, which are so much more greenwashed than those legacy one-shot internal combustion bombs (revenue source: selling carbomb credits to legacy bomb manufacturers)
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The Atomic Man-Boy posted:SpaceX was hosed from the jump because it turns out that the entire impetus for the space race was to develop bombs that could make it all the way to Russia/China and you can’t reuse bombs. they don't re-use the entire rocket though, just the part that gets it a good amount of the way up which you could theoretically apply to anything you need to make go up very fast (i think spacex has already approached the military of space based equipment delivery LOL) the thing about ICBM's tho is once you launch those then re-using the boosters is uh, not probably high on your list of concerns!!
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May 4, 2021 16:24
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Lady Militant posted:they don't re-use the entire rocket though, just the part that gets it a good amount of the way up which you could theoretically apply to anything you need to make go up very fast (i think spacex has already approached the military of space based equipment delivery LOL) the thing about ICBM's tho is once you launch those then re-using the boosters is uh, not probably high on your list of concerns!! If you don't mind inhaling toxic rocket fuel compounds, they'll make fine shelters in the coming nuclear winter.
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May 4, 2021 16:48
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:If you don't mind inhaling toxic rocket fuel compounds, they'll make fine shelters in the coming nuclear winter. Love the fumes.
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May 4, 2021 16:52
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Lady Militant posted:they don't re-use the entire rocket though, just the part that gets it a good amount of the way up which you could theoretically apply to anything you need to make go up very fast (i think spacex has already approached the military of space based equipment delivery LOL) the thing about ICBM's tho is once you launch those then re-using the boosters is uh, not probably high on your list of concerns!! Not only did they pitch it, they got a contract signed lol quote:SpaceX and the Pentagon just signed a contract to jointly develop a new rocket that can launch into space and deliver up to 80 tons of cargo and weaponry anywhere in the world — in just one hour.
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May 4, 2021 16:54
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Smgdh can't even deliver a Daishi, it's like why the gently caress even bother?
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Trabisnikof posted:Not only did they pitch it, they got a contract signed lol Considering how loud and bright returning rocket cores (or spaceplanes) are, it may be one of the least stealthy deployment options conceivable. These things shine like hell on IR and half the missile detection systems are already designed to look for exactly those signatures for ICBMs on launch. Not to mention the huge fireball from retro propulsion and the dual sonic booms.
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May 4, 2021 17:16
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https://twitter.com/carlomarzetti/status/1389619393194348547 Tesla has only ever made a profit on carbon credits and their biggest buyer just announced they'll no longer be purchasing them Based on prior history I imagine stock price will go up 40%
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Okan170 posted:Considering how loud and bright returning rocket cores (or spaceplanes) are, it may be one of the least stealthy deployment options conceivable. These things shine like hell on IR and half the missile detection systems are already designed to look for exactly those signatures for ICBMs on launch. Not to mention the huge fireball from retro propulsion and the dual sonic booms. Defense spending is about spreading money around, anything else doesn't matter. There's a reason the US military repeatedly got owned by goat herders.
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Lady Militant posted:they don't re-use the entire rocket though, just the part that gets it a good amount of the way up which you could theoretically apply to anything you need to make go up very fast (i think spacex has already approached the military of space based equipment delivery LOL) the thing about ICBM's tho is once you launch those then re-using the boosters is uh, not probably high on your list of concerns!! lmao, space-based equipment delivery??? I guess the really bad ideas keep coming back no matter how many times they reach someone with actual oversight powers and get shot down that's some 1950s-vintage poo poo
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Main Paineframe posted:lmao, space-based equipment delivery??? Elon's so good at space-based exploded rocket part random delivery even the Chinese are copying him!
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May 4, 2021 19:02
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showing drop pod animations from starcraft as proof of concept and the military just signs me a check for $Texas
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MunchE posted:https://twitter.com/carlomarzetti/status/1389619393194348547 I applaud Tesla for this pivot away from relying on carbon credits Genius move by mr musk
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Main Paineframe posted:lmao, space-based equipment delivery??? the least they could do is revive project Pluto
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Egg Moron posted:I applaud Tesla for this pivot away from relying on carbon credits Why sell carbon credits when you can do bitcoins?
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FAUXTON posted:lol "war is a bonfire, you don't need to make something that lasts a moment longer than the statistics give it in combat" isn't some MIC conspiracy, it's the fact that they were building those disposable hummers and charging 250k a piece how is what you just said any different from what they said? you are both saying they made poo poo load of money to make lovely humvees that need to be replaced often
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May 4, 2021 21:02
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Karl Sharks posted:how is what you just said any different from what they said? bullets need to be replaced often and nobody gives a poo poo
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May 4, 2021 21:19
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Huh. the one that was just recently back from a year long trial in orbit doing who knows what?? yeah probably
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May 4, 2021 21:59
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I really hope this is a reliable and true article https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ordered-provide-elon-musk-compensation-plan-documents-shareholder-lawsuit-2021-5
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May 4, 2021 22:50
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Mr. Sharps posted:the one that was just recently back from a year long trial in orbit doing who knows what?? yeah probably I had been assuming that they planned on slowly replacing spy satellites with those, since they can move around better than satellites and it’s easier to upgrade the hardware. But screwing around with foreign satellites is an interesting mission for them too.
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May 4, 2021 23:11
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Everyone talks about how awesome the Hubble is and how much it’s added to our knowledge about the universe. But it’s kinda crazy when you realize we have like 15 Hubbles- and all but one are pointed down at the earth.
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May 4, 2021 23:12
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Everyone talks about how awesome the Hubble is and how much it’s added to our knowledge about the universe. But it’s kinda crazy when you realize we have like 15 Hubbles- and all but one are pointed down at the earth. it's even crazier when you realize people by and large only started giving a poo poo about this when some jackass tweeted out a picture from one lol
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May 4, 2021 23:27
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Everyone talks about how awesome the Hubble is and how much it’s added to our knowledge about the universe. But it’s kinda crazy when you realize we have like 15 Hubbles- and all but one are pointed down at the earth. those other 15 are also probably a decade or more advanced than the one used for astronomy
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May 4, 2021 23:36
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Huh.  its what they use to carry the jewish space laser
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STS had a lot of problems. The reusable spaceplane idea was a loser from the start, the AF requirements didn’t help, and Nixon’s budget cuts forced the engineering in ways that made construction cheaper, with a ruinous cost for maintenance and operations down the line.
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May 4, 2021 23:40
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Everyone talks about how awesome the Hubble is and how much it’s added to our knowledge about the universe. But it’s kinda crazy when you realize we have like 15 Hubbles- and all but one are pointed down at the earth. i think of this event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_Office_space_telescope_donation_to_NASA
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So has anyone related to SNL acknowledged that the show is being nakedly used to pump DOGE? I know the show itself sucks and everyone associated with it at this point is shameless as gently caress, but it would be cool if someone at least said "yeah, we know what's happening and we don't care."
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they don’t care, op
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yeah but i want Lorne to say it
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Bulgakov posted:i think of this event I'd love to work someplace like the NRO, drowning in so much cash you can build two space telescopes then decide you don't even need them and no-one bats an eyelid. "umm NASA, do you want these or should we just go ahead and recycle them as beer cans"
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lmao that in five years every current SNL writer will just get to say, “uh yeah the show was bad because of uhhh Lorne Michaels. Certainly had nothing at all to do with us being mediocre writers” heck even Lorne Michaels currently abdicates responsibility for the show sucking. back when they were going to film several episodes back to back for covid reasons he released a presser stating “I dunno this could be a bad idea!” to cover his own rear end.
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Spergin Morlock posted:
Sort of, except instead of reflecting the light with a mirror the JSL is just a big compound lens that focuses sunlight onto the area to be scorched.
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a new study bible! posted:So has anyone related to SNL acknowledged that the show is being nakedly used to pump DOGE? I know the show itself sucks and everyone associated with it at this point is shameless as gently caress, but it would be cool if someone at least said "yeah, we know what's happening and we don't care." I wish I could find the review of the memoir of Colin Jost (head writer and extremely boring Weekend Update guy) because it went over how he seemed legitimately too dumb to understand companies that advertised on the channel were putting the kibosh on certain skits that mocked them.
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May 5, 2021 01:13
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lorne would never let them do that to us!
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Huh. Was that the X-33? I think it had composite materials issues that they figured out later, but it was too much effort to resume research after it had been scrapped. My first project as a web developer for the State of Montana was setting up an info page on it, because it was supposed to bring economic development to the state by being tested at Malmstrom AFB. Weird looking little thing.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Was that the X-33? I think it had composite materials issues that they figured out later, but it was too much effort to resume research after it had been scrapped. My first project as a web developer for the State of Montana was setting up an info page on it, because it was supposed to bring economic development to the state by being tested at Malmstrom AFB. x-37b
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Was that the X-33? I think it had composite materials issues that they figured out later, but it was too much effort to resume research after it had been scrapped. My first project as a web developer for the State of Montana was setting up an info page on it, because it was supposed to bring economic development to the state by being tested at Malmstrom AFB. The X-37 is the one flying around right now, I think. At least the one they admit is flying around.
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Spergin Morlock posted:
I kinda dig that idea. I go get my son circumcised and the mohel says "Just take the kid outside with no pants on and hold him up Lion King style, hold very still and the space laser will take care of the rest"
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Huh. I think they basically admitted at some point that it was just to test advanced military space systems, materials, radars, antennas, trusters, cameras, etc before they actually developed actual satellites that used them, i.e. stuff they were almost certainly secretly doing from the Space Shuttle bay before the program was ended. The secrecy made a lot of benign things look sinister, like the fact that the technicians that went up to it were in like major hazmat gear turned out to have a really benign explanation, that it's thrusters used hydrazine which is super, super, super toxic.
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