Two things can be true at once. Musk is terrible. Starship is mainly being developed with private funds.
May 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Two things can be true at once. Musk is terrible. Starship is mainly being developed with private funds.
I encourage you to find funding that is specifically earmarked for Starship. I do not think it's as much as you are letting on here.
The unfortunate fact is that nobody on earth is close to matching Spacex on cost, capability, and reliability. They are a decade ahead, at least.
The unfortunate fact is that nobody on earth is close to matching Spacex on cost, capability, and reliability. They are a decade ahead, at least.
May 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I encourage you to find funding that is specifically earmarked for Starship. I do not think it's as much as you are letting on here.
The unfortunate fact is that nobody on earth is close to matching Spacex on cost, capability, and reliability. They are a decade ahead, at least.
The unfortunate fact is that nobody on earth is close to matching Spacex on cost, capability, and reliability. They are a decade ahead, at least.
That is for launch services on Falcon 9, not development of Starship.
Falcon 9 is the cheapest, most frequently flying, and safest rocket in history. It is also arguably the most environmentally friendly since it is 2/3 reusable.
Falcon 9 is the cheapest, most frequently flying, and safest rocket in history. It is also arguably the most environmentally friendly since it is 2/3 reusable.
May 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
That is for launch services on Falcon 9, not development of Starship.
Falcon 9 is the cheapest, most frequently flying, and safest rocket in history. It is also arguably the most environmentally friendly since it is 2/3 reusable.
Falcon 9 is the cheapest, most frequently flying, and safest rocket in history. It is also arguably the most environmentally friendly since it is 2/3 reusable.
It's fine to criticize SpaceX. They aren't meeting their own development schedule and they're led by a dangerous egomaniac.
But they aren't shooting for a Saturn V. This rocket has about twice the thrust at liftoff and must be recovered.
But they aren't shooting for a Saturn V. This rocket has about twice the thrust at liftoff and must be recovered.
May 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's fine to criticize SpaceX. They aren't meeting their own development schedule and they're led by a dangerous egomaniac.
But they aren't shooting for a Saturn V. This rocket has about twice the thrust at liftoff and must be recovered.
But they aren't shooting for a Saturn V. This rocket has about twice the thrust at liftoff and must be recovered.
One of the best rides ever
May 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One of the best rides ever
Not that I'm sympathetic to their methods. I just feel like it's weird to show up and burn out before the ideology you named yourself after even got going.
May 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not that I'm sympathetic to their methods. I just feel like it's weird to show up and burn out before the ideology you named yourself after even got going.
I keep wondering, what happened to antifa? Like, now that we have a race based immigration crackdown, now that academic freedom is under direct attack, now that the President freaking took over the most prominent national arts institution... they just gave up
May 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I keep wondering, what happened to antifa? Like, now that we have a race based immigration crackdown, now that academic freedom is under direct attack, now that the President freaking took over the most prominent national arts institution... they just gave up
He's so scared of everything.
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
He's so scared of everything.
Well they might also be witches.
May 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Well they might also be witches.
Maybe we need to let old things die, Ben
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May 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Maybe we need to let old things die, Ben
Oh, this was back c. 2006. I regret I don't have it now, but I wasn't in a place to accept it then.
May 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Oh, this was back c. 2006. I regret I don't have it now, but I wasn't in a place to accept it then.
Ah. I had a coworker who was an Amiga fanatic that offered me his backup rig because (I suspect) his wife wanted him to downsize. I wish I had the time and space for that now.
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ah. I had a coworker who was an Amiga fanatic that offered me his backup rig because (I suspect) his wife wanted him to downsize. I wish I had the time and space for that now.
Do you really have an Apple ][ in your basement?
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May 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Do you really have an Apple ][ in your basement?
Someone who simultaneously claims to be persecuted and winning right and left
May 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Someone who simultaneously claims to be persecuted and winning right and left
I was prepared before the foundations of the world.
May 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I was prepared before the foundations of the world.
Surely, this is the Andy Kaufman gif?
May 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Surely, this is the Andy Kaufman gif?
I aaaaalmost brought this up, even though I've never played it. My son has and loves the OST.
May 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I aaaaalmost brought this up, even though I've never played it. My son has and loves the OST.
And that means there will be no other clients if this one goes down.
May 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
And that means there will be no other clients if this one goes down.
Marco Rubio's statements that completely contradict his prior statements make a lot more sense if you view him as, essentially, a mob lawyer.
May 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Marco Rubio's statements that completely contradict his prior statements make a lot more sense if you view him as, essentially, a mob lawyer.
Ostensibly, that's why two days' worth of requests were lost. They restored from the most recent complete backup.
May 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ostensibly, that's why two days' worth of requests were lost. They restored from the most recent complete backup.
"meet the New Boss, who threatened 'The Boss'"
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May 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"meet the New Boss, who threatened 'The Boss'"