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Still no winner prize is now $3,000 USDC

@amitisinvesting “Out of the 7 bull markets that extended beyond year 3, all saw further gains during the following year” This is a moot point, as if they didn’t see gains the following year, they wouldn’t be a bull market that extended beyond year 3.

WE APPROACHING THE THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BULL MARKET. October 12th, 2022 is when we bottomed 3 years ago. The S&P $SPX is up 89% since then. Some historical stats: - The average bull market since 1950 tends to gain 192% and lasts 5.5 years. - Out of the 7 bull markets that extended beyond year 3, all saw further gains during the following year. - Of the previous 10 bull markets, 7 of them extended beyond 3 years. This current bull market has been led by the productivity, margin enhancement, and earnings growth based on of one of the most transformational technologies of our lifetime being built out in front of us.

@Erdayastronaut I feel like this adds a ton of complexity and new engineering just for the sake of less refuel missions, i feel the HLS architecture is inefficent because it saves time, refuel missions are basically free time wise with a fully reusable rocket.

(Ultimate arm chair engineer warning, long but hear me out) Artemis is a mess. I've been working on a very deep dive going over all possible options to get humans on the moon with existing (and near future existing) hardware and I've discovered something quite interesting about the current plans for Starship HLS. Starship HLS should ABSOLUTELY not do it's own Trans Lunar Injection. SpaceX should do a "stubby" HLS which only has enough propellant to get from NRHO down to the surface and back. This only requires about 400 tonnes of propellant because you could remove something like 20 or 25 TONNES of tankage that is currently baked into the design that's ONLY used ONCE to do the TLI. A stubby Starship HLS now has MUCH greater margins too, almost 700 m/s of dV for a round trip between NRHO and the lunar surface. This also means its refueling requires substantially less propellant for the subsequent missions. It makes the refueling trans lunar tanker require much less propellant, which means it requires fewer launches to fuel that up as well. It all works towards much fewer launches all together, a much more efficient lunar lander that isn't carrying around an additional 25 tonnes of dry mass, a shorter vehicle which requires less hardware for the elevator, a lower center of gravity, much lower landed mass since it requires less propellant to get back to NRHO etc etc. It's a win : win. The only drawbacks I've found so far is the trans lunar tanker and HLS would need to be able to dock nose to nose and have heavy bracing to be able to perform the TLI docked with the Trans Lunar Depot, however this would certainly be less mass than the 25 tonnes of parasitic tankage we've removed. The other drawback is a trans lunar refuel depot that has minimal dry mass (and therefore only 2 Rap Vacs) would likely need to expend a booster to be able to get into orbit initially since it would take about 19 minutes for two Raptors to burn through 1,600 tonnes of prop, so you'd have to launch it with less than 600 tonnes of prop which still gives it enough dV to get into orbit if the booster is expended, but also can get the job done with just two Raptor Vacuums, would be be most efficient for all trans lunar refueling operations. BUT, THIS IS TRUE OF THE FULL HLS AS WELL! The numbers BARELY close with little margin for error and boil-off with a full height HLS doing its own TLI. A stubby HLS is almost the only real viable option that has much greater margins and requires far less to refuel once its at the moon. Best of all, cargo and crew volume remain the same for a stubby HLS Starship. There's almost no compromise other than the complication of having to do the TLI with two docked vehicles. Something that's never been done before, but certainly the juice is worth the squeeze over having an inherently inefficient lunar lander. I'm working on a very in depth deep dive on all things Artemis and this is just something that stood out. I can't wait to show you my full rundown. There's some interesting options out there that can help ensure the US beats China back to the moon while also aligning with long term sustainability goals. What're your thoughts @elonmusk?

The ULA snipers are getting out of hand 💀

@chespikmin So reall

@warlizard Could've just legalized everything therefore crime not possible

@Seb92367193 @mahaaaay 😭

@mahaaaay @Zoro9265

“you should join a run club” you mean a sex cult?

I've been thinking recently about what the first Starships to Mars can carry, given the risk profile of SpaceX's first attempts at Mars entry-descent-landing and the key uncertainties we need to understand around prospective landing sites. Spoiler alert: It's rods from the gods. Link below.

I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man

This is kind of random, but I want to share a personal story with yal. This is something I’ve struggled with for most of my life. Once upon a time there was a Golden Retriever named Zack. For the last 18 years, anytime I googled my name…this dog was the only search result. Page. After page. After page of Zack the Golden Retriever. I used to secretly hold a huge grudge against the person who chose to name their dog Zack, because imo that’s a pretty stupid name for a dog and doesn’t make sense at all. It’s been 3 years since the last time I searched my name. But today I realized that after all this time, I’ve finally won. It’s crazy how far I had to scroll down the list of results to find him. Even though he’s probably no longer alive…I feel like I beat that dog fair and square. I guess the message is…if you work hard enough, anything is possible. Never give up on your goals.

@Erdayastronaut Massive?

movie about a team of degenerate gamblers who single handedly contain a massive fire in order to win a huge score on Polymarket

@CSI_Starbase If i had to guess, i would say payload deploy will be before engine relight, so likely ship and satellites will be on a vastly different course at re-entry

Hopefully we get a view of these burning up behind the ship during re-entry

ur one crash out away from ur best lock in

@DavidValenciaTV me

who wants early access? 🐂 I will pick some people from the comments