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Because of my consulting gigs, I know of at least 3 multimillionaires (>$100MM), who are hoarding air tanks (similar to scuba tanks, but there is already a smal
by joering2 5y ago
Because of my consulting gigs, I know of at least 3 multimillionaires (>$100MM), who are hoarding air tanks (similar to scuba tanks, but there is already a small company that produces much larger, home-style tanks for this purpose) because someone in Musk circles told them Musk is doing so, so they assume this could be end-of-the-world scenario.
Imagine our atmosphere to be like a giant balloon. And SpaceX rockets are scratching [2] that balloon surfaces every time they go up [1]. Who knows, maybe one day one of the rockets will scratch it enough and our ionosphere goes pop, so to speak.
[1] conspiracy theory much? Here is an article based on scientists approach: https://fortune.com/2018/03/26/elon-musk-spacex-falcon-9-ionosphere-hole/ https://fortune.com/2018/03/26/elon-musk-spacex-falcon-9-ion...
[2] funny story, a friend who works for NASA told me years ago how upset the management was when they found out that SpaceX rockets are not flying flat enough to enter the Orbit in a gently manner. There is no gov. oversight (yet) because there are very few companies that can reach LEO so in theory regulations are not important, but few people know NASA spent more money flying rockets because they fly them in a way not to tore holes in an ionosphere which probably I don't have to tell you how important it is to ALL life on Earth. In some way, today's SpaceX is a space pirate, and had there been proper regulations, they would have not be saving anywhere near as much money as they do now flying when comparing to NASA.
- misiti3780 5y agoI don't understand how this is relevant?