Beckett
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The ISS's structural integrity is far more marginal than is being publicly discussed. We are having multiple, and increasingly frequent, leaks from heavily fatigued node segments in the Russian section. When Aluminum gets flexed it fatigues and gets harder, increasing its tendency to crack. Cracks concentrate forces at their tips, and spread over time. Multiple cracks have been discovered. There is no "factor of safety" associated with this failure mode. None of the structural pressure vessels are meant to crack. We are not even single fault tolerant on the structural integrity of the station. We could wake up tomorrow and find, with zero warning, that it has failed catastrophically. Whether that means a leak slow enough to close some hatches, get the crew out or at least into safer parts of the station, is a roll of the dice. It could also depressurize in less than a minute.









Elon Musk, 2.5 years ago: “Victory [for 𝕏] would be that the most far-right 10% and the most far-left 10% are equally upset. I don't think this is a situation where you're going to get necessarily a lot of praise. You're just going to balance the anger.”

MacKenzie Scott (Bezos) does not get enough attention for the impact she's having on the state of the world. Her primary causes are Equity™, sewing racial division and supporting illegal immigration. Her method is “trust-based philanthropy" - giving $16 billion in no strings attached grants to over 2,500 NGOs and nonprofits. Her primary impact is feeding the NGO / non-profit complex - a jobs program for entitled liberals who think their overpriced degrees are worth framing. And they embrace fanatical ideologies to assuage their guilt, make themselves feel superior & charitable, and mask their hypocrisy. MacKenzie Scott gives millions of dollars to groups with with stated missions like "Empowering Latinx immigrants," "Deportation Defense," and "Justice and equality for LGBTQ immigrants." She received 19.7 million shares of $AMZN in her divorce ($38.3 billion) and has already given away $16 billion in the last 5 years. But, she's still worth $36 billion thanks to the rise in Amazon's stock price. So, she's just getting started... Chart: @notcomplex_







