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by lavezza 7y ago
I've seen people rationalize Hitler, so I'm at least second ;)
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by lavezza 7y ago
Ok, that's a fair criticism of my reply. I think I'm preconditioned to take any date Elon throws out with a huge grain of salt, enough to not really put any faith in it. Others could definitely be misled.
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by lavezza 7y ago
They just hang a weight off the steering wheel. A lot simpler than building something that scrolls the volume button.
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by lavezza 7y ago
Also a Tesla owner (Model 3, have the FSD upgrade). I think Elon has a particular way of seeing the future. There are people that say FSD will never happen. But do they really mean that? Will people in 10,000 years be using a steering wheel
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by lavezza 7y ago
Changing the volume via the left scroll wheel is also accepted as steering wheel input. I normally flick the volume up one level. When the next nag starts, I flick down. I find this easier than applying turning force (which I agree has too
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by lavezza 7y ago
Elon has a charitable foundation. This donation could have come from those funds. I'm assuming those funds would not be considered part of this wealth in regards to his cash-poor status.
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by lavezza 7y ago
I know I'm late to the discussion, but I've worked on a very large LabVIEW program with ~10 active developers and source control was extremely important. But I'm talking about SVN with the option to lock files. If by source c
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by lavezza 7y ago
No. I have a Model 3 and there are several games in the arcade. I've played the old-school lunar lander while waiting to pick people up. The racing game is new, I'm guessing the software update will be pushed out soon.
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by lavezza 8y ago
Falcon 1 launched successfully on the last 2 flights (F1-4 & F1-5). But only F1-5 had a paying customer. F1-4 was a dummy test payload.
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by lavezza 11y ago
This looks like a good place to start. http://iment.com/maida/computer/redref/index.htm
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by lavezza 13y ago
I don't think a lot of SpaceX employees actually live in Hawthorne. Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, etc.
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by lavezza 13y ago
I think most other providers feed telemetry into STK ( http://www.agi.com/ ) to get the animations. There really isn't that much effort involved if using STK.
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by lavezza 13y ago
"Mendham High School student Justin Beckerman builds one-man submarine" -from the article (highlights on the side)
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by lavezza 13y ago
A little more difficult than that. I grew up in Pennsylvania. My zip code was for the town next to the township I lived in. There were taxes for stores in the town that weren't levied on the township (two different local gov'ts). Also, PA d
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by lavezza 13y ago
http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/se7_JpbtPwA&rel=1 Version with different music. Heard it works in other countries.
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by lavezza 13y ago
Aerojet, the company that reworks the old engines before sending them to Orbital, purchased 36 engines. That's enough for 18 Antares rockets. That will cover the current CRS contract and maybe a follow-up or some commercial satellite launch
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by lavezza 14y ago
It is the exhaust of the gas generator. You can see a good view of it here: http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=37 You can read about the Gas-Generator Cycle for rockets here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-generator_cycle_%28rocket%2
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by lavezza 14y ago
Two of the pods have 5 thrusters. Those pods have two thrusters point "up". That give a total of six pointing "up". These are the thrusters used for the deorbit burn and having two extra is for redundancy
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by lavezza 14y ago
They formed United Launch Alliance (ULA) for EELV. They formed United Space Alliance (USA) for the Space Flight Operations Contract.
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by lavezza 14y ago
I'm not sure about Curiosity in particular, but I work in the space industry and can say that commands are normally timestamped and encrypted. The encryption stops someone from commanding the spacecraft, the timestamp stops someone from rec
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by lavezza 14y ago
From their careers page: "Our Flight Software Group currently has opportunities developing software for embedded flight hardware using Linux and VxWorks as well as ground simulation software using Linux."
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by lavezza 15y ago
I had a roommate years ago that worked as a salesman at CarMax. He had about the authority to haggle as the kid taking your order at McDonalds. I think the volume is so high that if you don't want it at the marked price, someone tomorrow wi