@Erdayastronaut HLS is the reason China will probably beat us to the Moon. Starship refueling is too complicated and Blue Moon is too far behind.
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Is Starship HLS really is a viable option for NASA and SpaceX to get humans back onto the surface of the moon for the Artemis Program?
We'll go over why it's so tall, why it uses Methalox instead of hypergolic propellants, explain why it requires 15 or more launches for a single lunar landing and we'll even go over alternate options that could maybe simplify or speed up the process.
00:00:00 - INTRO
00:03:20 - OVERVIEW AND NEED-TO-KNOWS 00:16:30 - IS STARSHIP TOO BIG AND TALL?
00:35:40 - IS METHALOX THE WRONG PROPELLANT? 00:43:50 - WHY ORBITAL REFUELING?
01:20:30 - CHANGING TO LOW LUNAR ORBIT 01:35:40 - PROPELLANT SUPPLIES ON EARTH 01:38:25 - SUMMARY
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@Avesvery JJ is an exaggerator and an imitator. A quick look at what he did with his two Trek movies should’ve been enough. People screaming at the top of their lungs because intensity, and overly exaggerated scale because he seeks to inspire awe with bigger numbers instead of bigger ideas
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Not sure if this is an unpopular take, but JJ was a reasonable choice for director. The real issue was that he was also the creative lead.
Even if they had the trilogy planned out it would've been bad with JJ at the helm, he's just not a creative person. They needed a new Lucas.
The Sietch of Sci-Fi |@TSoS_
Starkiller base is one of the dumbest things in Star Wars, a 3rd Death Star several times more powerful than the first 2, constructed in secret by an Empire 2.0 that should not have resources of that kind. All so J.J. Abrams could replicate the ANH Trench run (in a worse manner).
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Starkiller base is one of the dumbest things in Star Wars, a 3rd Death Star several times more powerful than the first 2, constructed in secret by an Empire 2.0 that should not have resources of that kind. All so J.J. Abrams could replicate the ANH Trench run (in a worse manner).
The Sietch of Sci-Fi |@TSoS_
I'm bored and I'm sick, so fuck it: Sequel Trilogy rewatch.
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@TiagoNugent Its existence is extremely odd. Why would they need such a battleship if Mars has no space Navy and the Moon has no enemy powers settled?
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I realized why the military ship in the latest FAMk episode is bugging me, if you remove the centrifuges it just looks like it's from Star Wars lmao
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NASA has released the outline of the Artemis III mission plan.
As a reminder, the original goal was to land two astronauts on the lunar south pole. However, in February, Jared Isaacman changed everything: now the Orion spacecraft will be launched into low-Earth orbit, where it will practice docking with lunar landers.
It will dock with prototypes of Blue Moon from Blue Origin and Starship HLS from SpaceX. Astronauts may also transfer to at least one of these spacecraft during the mission.
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@jimstewartson It’s true that LLMs crippling limitation is models not being able to learn in real time. It’s a fundamental flaw of the technology.
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No you fucking idiot.
Computing needs to get better at using electricity.
The human brain runs at 20 WATTS.
This conman wants to build TERAWATTS so chatbots can hallucinate faster.
The LLM approach is FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG and he’s too stupid and arrogant to get it.
Chief Nerd@TheChiefNerd
🚨 JENSEN HUANG: “The amount of energy that we need for computing is probably 1,000x more than we currently have.”
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@Bernstein Troy was not a blockbuster when it came out. Fell short of expectations. This focus on the movie now is some MAGA thing to cling to because they are compelled to dunk on the Odyssey casting. Almost nothing about the Troy movie has ever been considered “definitive” until now
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Again: 41 year old guy here. At the time Troy came out, Pitt’s casting and performance were considered a movie-ruining disaster.
Joseph Kahn@JosephKahn
I watched TROY again and I think the problem is Brad Pitt is the definitive Achilles. Anything below his feral physical perfection comes off like weak ass cosplay. Every man is Elliot Page compared to this guy.
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@TaupeAvenger I dream of a baseball that converts half of the parking space into commercial restaurants and bars plus other stores. The upper floors would be apartment housing. Then replace the lost parking spots with large parking structures.
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It’s criminal that LA hasn’t redeveloped Dodger Stadium’s parking lot.
BaseballHistoryNut@nut_history
Dodger Stadium aerial view
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@bennyjohnson lol one authoritarian to another, of course they rolled out the red carpet. this is as significant as him getting the fifa world cup peace price. imbecile
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When Obama visited China, he was forced to exit off the “ass” of Air Force One because they didn’t even get stairs for him.
Trump just got a red carpet hero’s welcome with 300 students waving flags and chanting.
It feels good to be respected on the world stage again 🇺🇸
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These visual effects are 41 years old and they still blow our minds.
“The Return of the Jedi” (1983)
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The evolution of the Arwing through the entire Star Fox franchise 🚀🦊
Which version is your favorite? 🤔
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@kaptan_nemo_ @ScottLikedSLS Titan’s nights are also 192 hours long.
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@ScottLikedSLS titan is a tidally locked moon, it looks like they landed on its dark side
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Titan, famously a white and grey world.
Apple TV News Hub@AppleTVNewsHub
The first steps on Titan! #ForAllMankind
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Para los que decian que los nuevos diseños se parecen al box art del starfox de Super Nintendo. Pues para su mala suerte no se parecen, si hicieran un diseño parecido a a ese arte seria algo parecido a esto.
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@Thevine_ntwk @SeducedPigeon @forallcurious It doesn’t but nothing in either religion or science proves or disproves the existence of a singular god that created everything. That’s why what you practice is called faith, not fact. So don’t go around scolding those who do not share your faith - most of the universe doesn’t.
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@SeducedPigeon @forallcurious Yeah.
But most people who know nothing about science thinks it provides the evidence of God not existing.
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🚨: Nobel prize winner physicists, Roger Penrose says the Big Bang was not the beginning of our universe, rather it was the end of the previous one
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Okay, I've seen countless claims that the new Star Fox character designs are "inspired by the puppets." I've yet to see a single person do any comparative analysis of the designs to justify that claim. These are my cursory observations:
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Ryan Reynolds’ career is toast, he’s going down with Blake. He tried to distance himself and stayed away from the courtroom, but the emails and texts popped up, he tried an interview where he said that his wife, a proven liar had the most integrity of anyone he knew. That went over like a lead balloon, so he skipped the Met Gala, and let her preen on her own. Now he’s taken the most painful selfie known to man, with a smile that doesn’t reach his eyes, pretending he still likes Blake Lively after she tanked both of their careers.
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