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@Exogynous

Old geek with an interest in many things. Hard rule #1 Block me to stop me replying and you get blocked. 100%, no exceptions.

Wherever I am at the time Katılım Mayıs 2022
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NeilT
NeilT@Exogynous·
I got to 3,000 a year with no booster launching more than once per day and no ship launching more than twice a week in any cadence. This was with 5 pads and a build cadence lower than that stated by SpaceX. The bigger constraints will be LOx and liquid Methane capacity in the short term.
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3DDaniel
3DDaniel@ThreeDeDaniel·
I am REALLY curious whether #SpaceX will actually manage to launch 1,000 #Starships per year if it develops additional launch infrastructure in Louisiana. They would need some serious production capacity, a large fleet of reusable vehicles, and extremely fast turnaround times. Even Falcon 9 does not launch anywhere near 1,000 times per year, so I am genuinely curious whether Starship will ever achieve this cadence once it becomes operational. To reach 1,000 Starship launches per year, SpaceX would need to average almost 3 launches per day or roughly 19 launches per week nonstop
Eric Berger@SciGuySpace

Here's why SpaceX is interested in a massive chunk of land in Southern Louisiana. arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/…

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NeilT@Exogynous·
@Yrouel86 Said by people who didn't understand what the existing service was and how the replacement outclassed it.
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NeilT@Exogynous·
@xdNiBoR Not just Bechtel. They are in a long queue.
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Robin
Robin@xdNiBoR·
Jared saying "Cost overruns" whilst showing a video of the mobile launcher just made my day. I really really hate Bechtel for screwing up so badly and wasting so much money.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman@NASAAdmin

The NASA logo is recognizable around the world because of the near-impossible feats we have accomplished and all we are still capable of achieving. In some years past, we became comfortable moving at a different pace, one inconsistent with Mercury, Gemini, Apollo or Shuttle. We started outsourcing capabilities that should be essential to any organization built around technical, operational and engineering excellence. For a period of time, we tried to make everyone happy. In most cases, that means no one is happy, because the headlines the interested public was waiting to read took far too long, cost way too much and, in many cases, were never realized at all. The best and brightest across NASA show up to work each day looking to change the world, and that meant dusting off the playbook from decades past and getting after it. We are rebuilding the workforce after a level of outsourced staffing that was indefensible. We are pausing and pivoting away from programs that were not on a path to success, freeing up billions of dollars in resources, and refocusing on the President’s national space policy and the objectives outlined through Ignition, including the missions no other agency, company or even nation is capable of achieving. And we are off to a good start. This is how NASA made the history that inspired so many of us, and this is how we will do it again.

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NeilT@Exogynous·
@xdNiBoR Strike one on the chart. Several to follow.
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Robin
Robin@xdNiBoR·
RIP HughesNet This was totally expected if you compare their actual service with what Starlink has to offer 🤷
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Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt

US satellite internet provider Hughesnet has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to @Starlink. In a quarterly report today, EchoStar also noted that its broadband subscribers had fallen to 622,000, a loss of 59,000 during Q2. “We continue to experience increased competition from satellite-based competitors and other technologies," it said.

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NeilT@Exogynous·
@InspM0r0s3 @Vikingr1776 Yes because banning guns in the UK instantly stopped all pistol killings in the UK. It is over, done. Right. Never happens.
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Inspector Morose
Inspector Morose@InspM0r0s3·
@Vikingr1776 Duh. The problem is guns. One day this guy is popping off shots at an active shooter - the next he’s threatening his ex-wife or putting it against his temple because he can’t problem solve. There’s no ‘good guy’ test.
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Echo of my 4Fathers
Echo of my 4Fathers@Vikingr1776·
Let me point something out here. Our hero shooter may not have scored a hit on the bad guy. Our hero shooter may have received effective fire when he engaged the bad guy. Leftist weirdos may try to use these facts AGAINST our hero. The reason why we cheer is not because he "won" the gunfight. We cheer because in a world full of people running away or recording on their phones, our hero acted selflessly and put his life on the line for others. "Greater love hath no man." To me, the outcome doesn't matter. What matters is whether or not you have the spine required to fight back against evil when it appears. The valkyries don't take the winners to Valhalla, they take the warriors.
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NeilT@Exogynous·
@BrianRoemmele Now if you can cure Apahantasia I can speed read. Otherwise.... No.
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Brian Roemmele
Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele·
In 1993 I built this device in my garage that MIT said in 2016 treats Alzheimer’s. Today I use a device built by a company in Canada. But I am working on a new device with a local AI model to operate and track the progress. Here is my 1993 pile of junk, yes I was so cheap I use PVC pipes as my container.
Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele

The MIT research you should know about now. This will impact you or someone you love. “Unique visual stimulation may be new treatment for Alzheimer’s” Nothing has come close to this treatment thus far. It’s not a drug. See the device below.

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NeilT@Exogynous·
News as surprising as the fact that paint dries after you have put it on with a brush. When your competitor has 2x your performance it is an issue "to be managed". When your competitor has 20x the performance your companies death warrant has been issued. This is more like 50x to 100x.
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Sawyer Merritt
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt·
US satellite internet provider Hughesnet has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to @Starlink. In a quarterly report today, EchoStar also noted that its broadband subscribers had fallen to 622,000, a loss of 59,000 during Q2. “We continue to experience increased competition from satellite-based competitors and other technologies," it said.
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Ryan Caton
Ryan Caton@dpoddolphinpro·
NEWS: @SpaceX has replaced the Mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles with @Tesla Cybertrucks for crew emergency egress at Space Launch Complex-40. 📷 1. @NASA / 2. @Tesla
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NeilT@Exogynous·
Starting to realise? I saw the USSR, warts and all. They had the people convinced that the "elite" stole everything from the "people". Whilst some of the poorest in the USA lived a richer life than those under the blanket of communism. There is no end to the lies they will tell. Because the very "truth" they believe in is a lie.
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Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt·
Racist Commie Mamdani is going to make you show ID in his markets. You want your government-subsidized arugula? Show your papers! Ask for ID to vote? BIGOT!!! Are you starting to realize what disingenuous lying buffoons these commies are?
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Jaime Visser
Jaime Visser@jaimevisser·
@Exogynous @TheEVuniverse So the options for 3-phase are either always having a fat connector or just having one for fast-charging. I think the fast-charging only option is the best compromise here.
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NeilT@Exogynous·
Places people don't want and very few can live and work become exceptionally useful places to build something more metropolitan areas don't want. At the size of this it is likely to become the main base for Starship. Which means new roads, significant jobs, new mall's and other facilities. Of course the 'mentalists will scream and shout but I doubt they will get much purchase.
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S.E. Robinson, Jr.
S.E. Robinson, Jr.@SERobinsonJr·
SPACEX: According to local reports, the final stages of a deal are in place for SpaceX to build the new spaceport on Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and Governor Jeff Landry is expected to make an announcement this month. SpaceX would gain control of the land through a coastal lawsuit settlement in which ExxonMobil turns over property it has owned since the 1950s. Included in the deal are coastal restoration provisions. The sparsely populated site offers Gulf and Intracoastal Waterway access for barges, a midpoint location between Starbase and the Florida Space Coast, and natural gas supplies. Only a fraction of the over 130k acers would be used for actual launch infrastructure, with the rest as a buffer. If this is true, the project will undoubtedly create thousands of jobs. Louisiana has passed liability protections for aerospace operations, and the FAA recently proposed waiving more than a dozen environmental laws for launch licenses. The location will support orbital launches and is the perfect spot for SpaceX to launch Starmind AI Datacenters to sun-synch orbit.
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Jaime Visser@jaimevisser·
@Exogynous @TheEVuniverse 3-phase means 22kW at-home charging. The type2 connector actually goes up to 43kW on some cars before needing CCS. This means that we only need the sluggish CCS2 cable at fast chargers. The base type2 connector isn't much larger than NACS.
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NeilT@Exogynous·
Whatever his training, whatever anyone is saying, he stood up against a semi auto rifle, at a distance it could be used effectively; with a pistol FCS.` Anyone who does not immediately understand the huge cojones that implies needn't bother with technicalities or whether he hit anything or not. 90% of all rounds in WWII were fired to keep the other guys head down. It is one thing shooting up the unarmed and an entirely different thing trying to do the same under fire. The "big guy with a gun" wimped out immediately he came under fire. Which means lives were saved by people with pistols and willing to make the exchange. For which, my respect, regardless of whether they were "doing it right" or not. The fact they were "doing it" says everything.
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RÈBELs RÄÎDÈRs
RÈBELs RÄÎDÈRs@Rebels_Raiders·
As far as we understand, the guy who engaged the mass shooter in Idaho was running an FN Five-seveN with an Axiom suppressor and seemingly trains or at least dabbles with Center Axis Relock. This is the kind of guy a lot of you would’ve made fun of if his training videos were circulating a week ago. Maybe the better takeaway is that instead of the constant optimization fetishization that gets pushed, we should accept that once your gear is inside a reasonable performance envelope, the practical application of skill under pressure is what actually matters. It’s all LARP until it isn’t and reality doesn’t care about your pursist approved set ups.
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NeilT@Exogynous·
@Khaledhzakariah Some people are just aasholes. It doesn't need to be a race or religion thing. They're just what they are.
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Khaled Hassan
Khaled Hassan@Khaledhzakariah·
On October 7th, 2023, we were at a family event that had been planned weeks in advance Obviously, I was in a bad mood, and I was glued to my phone as more news about what was happening in Israel was coming in. A British family member of mine found this unacceptable. How could I keep scrolling on my phone and not enjoy this family gathering? I explained what was happening and why it was very difficult to enjoy the day. Instead of showing any kind of understanding or sympathy, they argued with me about why I cared about Israel and tried very hard to convince me that it wasn’t my country. They insisted I shouldn’t care that much. A few days later, I met a neighbour at the supermarket. He described what happened on the day as "complicated". This was the same week, so before any substantial destruction or fatalities in Gaza. I will never forget the depravity, cruelty, and indifference of some white British people towards Jews. But, I suppose some don't even care about British children being raped by illegal migrants. Why would they care about Israelis?!
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@DropzoneBrief We know who the chickenshit was the second he came under fire from a weapon a thousand times less dangerous than the one he was using at that range.
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Davenport
Davenport@DropzoneBrief·
There's so much negativity going around about this cat it's unreal. "Terrible training, his gun was sub par,why didn't he use cover, he didn't even hit the shooter, etc, etc...." Y'all need to step back and reevaluate. Yes some things could have been done better, but this guy stepped out on the two way range and engaged in a gunfight. Just that act alone redirected the shooters attention off of killing, to self preservation. He should be celebrated for saving lives.
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Nobody who has not stood in the butts, heard the crack as the supersonic bullet goes through the target, followed by the boom, 300 yards away, then turns and looks at the hole right through the eye of the human silhouette; will ever understand the sheer bloody nerve that took. Training helps. But you need balls of solid plutonium to stand up and do that. Or you need to be totally unaware of the consequences.
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Mark
Mark@Mark60480727·
@DropzoneBrief ANY man that steps forward with ANY pistol to take on a bad guy with a full size AR in an open field fire fight has balls the size of Jupiter. Period. All of the keyboard warriors saying different are posers.
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@JoeTegtmeyer @cybertruck @Tesla I suspect there were a lot of orders made where people had a use case which has not happened yet. Those people who ordered to get a place in line won't take up the offer to buy. It pulls the whole list forward and changes the demand curve.
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Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎
Something about @cybertruck production seems really off to me as over the past two or so months I’ve been watching for the big uptick in production at the Giga Texas outbound lot consistent with wha @Tesla stated was when initial deliveries of the $59K AWD version would start. But I have not observed this occur. Last week we heard Tesla was having a dispute with Angstrom Automotive concerning tooling and parts deliveries that are affecting Cybertruck orders, possibly running out of key parts very soon. This week people are getting notices their $59K Cybertruck preorder that had an April 2027 or later availability date are now ready for delivery … over 9 months earlier than the original availability date. This seems similar to what happened with the original orders where the long list was gone through rapidly with only a small fraction of the preorders actually being filled. Is history repeating itself? People who preordered a $59K truck and expecting a spring 2027 delivery now being told their delivery is imminent may be put into a bind because they were not expecting this to happen so soon, but it also makes me wonder what is really going on.
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NeilT@Exogynous·
The only somebody and something which can retuen these samples before 2033 are SpaceX and Optimus. The thing is that everything you need is already on the SpaceX "to do" list. Well. Except the return vehicle but that is not a showstopper. You could commission a single Starship, a variant of the ISS deorbit vehicle and an uprated starfall. Add two rad two hardened and regolith protected Cybertrucks with solar arrays in the bed, 4 Optimus in permanent ambient pressure rad and dust suits and with some data and training on Earth deserts and the Antarctic and you are there. Only SpaceX has what you need. They gain a lot of experience operation on Mars. Win, win and costs you less than any alternate full and viable offer.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
The last Administration was right to cancel the MSR architecture. It had become another attempt at a “make-everyone-happy program,” with too many contributors, too much complexity, and costs that were growing to 11B+ and 2040's mission return time. To be clear, I very much agree on the importance of retrieving those samples and the scientific breakthroughs that should accompany them. Something or someone will eventually go to Mars and bring those samples back to Earth, but it needs to be done in an affordable and achievable way.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
Launch and landing costs are a reality for any mission, so setting those aside, if PROMISE costs even 20% of your low-end estimate, we simply will not fly it. That said, it would be crazy not to take advantage of hardware taxpayers have already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in, along with Pu-238 that continues to decay and lose roughly 2% of its potential each year. More than a decade has gone by. How much of this Pu-238 do you want to waste waiting for a mission that does not even exist? I understand the community sometimes likes to take a long time to reach consensus, but under this Administration, we can just do things and put wins on the board for the Moon Base and all the science and discovery it will enable. In my humble opinion, less debate and more frequent wins make it easier to advocate for more resources to do more science.
Planetary Society@exploreplanets

NASA wants to send Perseverance's engineering twin to the Moon — reusing hardware sounds like a budget-friendly, quick option. But would it actually save money? Our Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier ran the numbers. Spoiler: it would still cost a fortune and it wouldn't be fast, either. planetary.org/articles/the-c…

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