Space X stuff

buy real estate in the path of migration

 

That’s man made change, correct. Man made climate change deniers, or just climate for short.

 

change was a big part of bill clintons campaign

 

Forgetting about variations in total solar irradiance already?

https://priuschat.com/threads/whats-the-biggest-threat-to-our-environment.149284/page-7#post-2123647

 

I was very busy then, and didn’t even have cable tv. But I know he was President twice and I voted for him. No one who lost made any claims they won with no evidence. I remember that too.

 

Curious that they still call it that.....

Irradiance or radiance?
(Sorry. inside joke.)
People seem to forget that we're 'made from stars' and that this rock might really not be quite so rocky.....

I've been tinkering with antennae theory and wave propagation lately - all quite beyond my grasp at present, but the idea that one can use a 200mW transmitter and some math to swap data with a station more than 1,000km distant is a little intriguing.
I cannot help but notice that 'things' are somewhat different, as they always are than they were when I took a couple of tests and received a 'license to learn....."

Teacher says that every time an election goes 'wrong' an 'election denier' is born.....
Personally, I think Richard was well named, and we were not badly served by P35 - warts notwithstanding.
HOWEVER (comma!)
Elections....
Presidents are SUPPOSED look at least a LITTLE larger in the rearview mirror.

P35 and P37 do if one is is at least a little honest.

 

musk to the rescue:

Crew-9 astronauts arrive at space station after SpaceX reports rocket anomaly

 

didn't sound too bad, but they won't fly again until they figure out the reason for the anomaly

 

Falcon is having a moment with its second, second stage abnormality but this latest one is relatively minor and not really a safety threat.....well......unless you live near the IO.
I was curious so I asked the Googles some questions.
Soyuz is the most frequently used launch vehicle in the world with something like 1700 liftoffs since the late 60's - but they've had a few bumps along the way too.
Falcons have been on the scene since something like 2010 and they are closing in on 400 launches.

My takeaways:
Space is hard.
My favorite Navy Admiral (Hopper) once said that ships are safe in port - but that's not what ships are for.

Also:
SpaceX is in no way comparable to whoever is running Soyuz this decade.
It's private.
Expendable.
Scalable.
AND - its replacement is on the pad as I type this - allegedly awaiting permission to 'slip the surly bonds.'

SpaceX will hit the pause button and investigate.
They will do a 'hotwash' and write down what went right and what went wrong.
THIS time, they will use ink instead of human blood.

If past is prologue, THAT will not always be the case!

 

"The best part is no part....."

X is going to pay for that over the long run by thwacking their foreheads into stuff that they do not see but eventually the juice will be worth the squeeze.
Unlike a lot of "science" these days, SpaceX seems to attract lots of volunteers to be squishy cargo.
Some people even PAY THEM for the privilege.

In orbit??
Not much.
That's the whole point of dynamic deorbiting.

I was tempted to say something snarky about the track over Yemen - but I'll cosplay a more sensitive being at present.