avmich

63 ms·

781.
by avmich 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane Methane is a strong GHG with a global warming potential 84 times greater than CO2 in a 20-year time frame. Methane is not as persistent a gas and tails off to about 28
782.
by avmich 3y ago
The conspiracy theory part is about this - > if he didn't capitulate on Ukraine then Russia would knock his satellites out of orbit Kinda hard to comment on flagged origin. Do you see why it's a conspiracy theory?
783.
by avmich 3y ago
And 2 to 4 steering engines, 3 tons of thrust each, counting them we get to 32.
784.
by avmich 3y ago
Let's focus on the last part, I think it's more interesting. > As I understand it, the disadvantages start once you want to put large payloads beyond orbit. Starship's main goal is to put a payload on the moon (this is wha
785.
by avmich 3y ago
> I understand you're trying to frame the question like that You don't seem to understand me at all. elteto listed a few things, which can be agreed with, and yet which aren't enough to explain cryptoegorophy's questi
786.
by avmich 3y ago
> It's not a spectrum where people eventually just dismiss extremely concerning things because someone made something cool. That's the matter of the question. Elon Musk has some significant achievements which shouldn't be
787.
by avmich 3y ago
I mostly agree. The only thing which I'd learn more about is > I've never seen a counterexample Perhaps that Voltaire's "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" was made
788.
by avmich 3y ago
I wonder what analysis was done by the professor. The N1 failures were attributed to the engines, NK-15, which had too aggressive parameters for the time. The next generation of engines, NK-33, showed much greater reliability. With the syst
789.
by avmich 3y ago
Details matter. There's the war going on. Unfortunately those teenagers in the aggressor's army have to be targeted, otherwise they'll play to the aggressor's hand. Do you like to make decisions like that? You don't
790.
by avmich 3y ago
I remember works of Musk before 2002. And I don't see where it is > but you're not free to call me out when I do so in the GP post, literally or in meaning. So... I think you're at least exaggerating too much, at least in
791.
by avmich 3y ago
I agree that people can be very irrational :) . But yet your leading phrase really deserves justification, smelling conspiracy theory from a mile.
792.
by avmich 3y ago
Right, but does it all outweight the benefits he brought?..
793.
by avmich 3y ago
I can literally argue with almost every point here but I don't see the benefits, so I won't. I'm just again puzzled how different people can see the very same facts in different light - omitting inconvenient parts and emphasi
794.
by avmich 3y ago
"Now it is clear that anyone working with rocket fuels is outstandingly mad. I don’t mean garden-variety crazy or a merely raving lunatic. I mean a record-shattering exponent of far-out insanity. There are, after all, some chemicals th
795.
by avmich 3y ago
Yeah, that was a bit odd - the main part Boeing - seemingly! - provided was the connection to the markets and to the regulatory environment. The rocket was Ukrainian, with Russian engine and a booster stage, and the launch platform was of N
796.
by avmich 3y ago
I'm amazed at how swiftly opinions like this change with the appearance of new facts.
797.
by avmich 3y ago
> Right now they haven't even proven that the many engine design is actually workable They don't need to prove it to people who accept as the only proof the demonstration of the fact. Remember you can have proofs in different w
798.
by avmich 3y ago
Another example would be Spruce Goose - which still has its name in the list of the largest aircrafts. So, no, Starship already has a place in history.
799.
by avmich 3y ago
I disagree with both. > One explicitly, that Starship will work in anything resembling its current design and promised operational paramters. We have a test flight behind us, which showed many tens of seconds of the stack flight. That&#x
800.
by avmich 3y ago
You'd lose your bet :( .
801.
by avmich 3y ago
USA (!) company Sea Launch managed to launch Zenit rockets from equator, so here's the precedent...
802.
by avmich 3y ago
Quick, name the date of the event? Without checking the sources? Not 9/11, right? Chernobyl also demonstrates this effect that humans avoiding the place are beneficial to the wildlife. While both Bhopal and Chernobyl events are pretty
803.
by avmich 3y ago
Elon recently admitted (again) the planned frequency of Starship launches could be too high even to Cape Canaveral (10/day), so ocean-based launch platform may become necessity. By the same logic Boca Chica doesn't look like a lon
804.
by avmich 3y ago
These days launching East isn't that important as it used to be at the height of the Space Race. However some 1/5 payload advantage is still interesting, so the factor is definitely taken into account.
805.
by avmich 3y ago
They have to follow the rules no matter what. Which they do.
806.
by avmich 3y ago
I'm thinking about rebranding SpaceX with Gwynne Shotwell persona - I think she at least spends greater fraction of her time on SpaceX matters than Elon these days.
807.
by avmich 3y ago
Methane is gas, liquified methane spills evaporate and go to atmosphere. Not perfect, but no land poisoning either. SpaceX does use hydrazine-related components in Dragon and Crew Dragon, but they don't launch from Boca Chica (and rath
808.
by avmich 3y ago
I think it's better to write 10 quadrillions rather than 10 thousand trillions. Also I think frequency and power measurement precision are not mutually limited by the Heisenberg principle, as E = ħω .
809.
by avmich 3y ago
How would you challenge bad laws if the Supreme Court doesn't care about issuing contradicting rulings?
810.
by avmich 3y ago
So many strongly worded accusations, but do we have reality behind them? Of course USA has problems, it's a big system, but how justified are the overall estimations in corruption, downfall, dying, arrogance? Besides, it's not the

More ›