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by lutorm 3y ago
Where are you located? Here in the US they're incredibly rare and except parts that were used on other bikes that were actually sold in the US, you pretty much have to order from the UK. I had to order my BT-090's from thevisorsho
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by lutorm 3y ago
I have exactly the same bike as well! :)
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by lutorm 3y ago
My money is on the 360-degree crank Honda V4s as in the RC30/NC30 bikes: https://youtu.be/uTxe1_MPdiw
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by lutorm 3y ago
Traditional aerospace is not -- ULA has shown zero incentive towards driving down launch costs, their interest is more in keeping prices up on their USG gravy launches. Falcon is not fully reusable, there's a hard cost floor from the n
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by lutorm 3y ago
Well, a focus on being able to get to Mars basically means "figure out how to launch stuff extremely cheaply". I think they've been clear that SpaceX is not going to build a Mars base, they just count on it happening once y
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by lutorm 3y ago
Speech isn't a particularly useful input method ... until you lose the use of your hands. Then it suddenly is a lot more attractive.
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by lutorm 3y ago
Here in HI you are not allowed to do electrical or plumbing work unless licensed, your own home or not.
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by lutorm 3y ago
Yes, the key is that all circular orbits at the same altitude must cross, and if the orbits cross there is a potential collision. Satellites at the same altitude can only avoid collisions by controlling the position in the orbit. Also, mean
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by lutorm 3y ago
those orbits have zero coverage at greater than 53 degrees latitude That's not actually true -- the horizon distance at those altitudes is several thousand km, and one degree of latitude is about 100km, so the satellites are actually
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by lutorm 3y ago
Swarm is a subsidiary of SpaceX. Also, the Starlink modems need a huge amount of power compared to the Swarm network, not really a similar application.
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by lutorm 3y ago
Yeah, I always read it as Häh-agen-das as well.
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by lutorm 3y ago
I love IKEA but I'd have to disagree with their QA being top notch. I can't keep track of how many times I've had to go back because some piece in the flat pack was damaged.
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by lutorm 3y ago
It requires a license though, otherwise it's illegal in most places. Youtube can't help with that.
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by lutorm 3y ago
That's fair, my point was just that you made it sound like "mature aerospace companies" were some special beings that didn't make mistakes. It's good to learn from other people's mistakes, but you also can&#x27
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by lutorm 3y ago
Correct, but the FTS used by SpaceX is actually autonomous. There is no guy with a red button any longer.
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by lutorm 3y ago
Are you asserting that we gain better insight into the reliability of a system by thinking about it deeply rather than by observing it perform its function? Because I don't believe that for a minute. I'm not saying you can get by
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by lutorm 3y ago
actual fireworks There's something called FTS. Said fireworks were responsible for todays RUD... ;-)
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by lutorm 3y ago
A decade ago, the word was that SpaceX would go public "when we are reliably launching F9." Then Tesla went public and Elon decided he didn't want anything more to do with public companies. If anything, I think that statement
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by lutorm 3y ago
... they have wanted to rapidly iterate rather than fundamentally understand some of their design issues. You say this with seeming knowledge of the thoroughness of SpaceX's failure investigations. Care to elaborate how you can say t
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by lutorm 3y ago
A mature aersopace company would have processes in place to check the material for these specs before use. Would a "mature aerospace company" also know to not use O-rings outside the temperature range specified by its engineers?
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by lutorm 3y ago
If what you're saying is true, how come astronaut programs have many more applicants than they can take? People have other goals in life beyond economic incentives. People volunteer for the military, and I don't think anyone'
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by lutorm 3y ago
I mean, the whole point if failing fast is to stop failing faster. If you just keep failing fast without end you're not going to be around long...
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by lutorm 3y ago
Have you heard of instances where airplanes failed due to something as basic as a nut or a screw not meeting the required specifications? Oh yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unapproved_aircraft_part For example: T
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by lutorm 3y ago
There were 135 space shuttle launches, of which 2 failed. There have been 162 launches of the F9 block 5 with 0 failures. Why do you think we have more knowledge of the long-tail probability of the Shuttle than F9? True, few of those F9 mis
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by lutorm 3y ago
This is true -- there is a lot of small number statistics in estimating the reliability of launch vehicles. And there are a lot of small risks you never see until you accumulate a lot of lunches. But that question is completely incidental t
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by lutorm 3y ago
No. All aircraft are designed and built to amazingly high standards because, in such as complex high-energy environment, there is no money to be saved by building less-than-perfect machines. But this is totally false. There are entirely d
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by lutorm 4y ago
Not if you use heat pumps...
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by lutorm 4y ago
estimates, which turn into deadlines Well, that's the problem right there. An estimate is not a promise. It should not be treated as such.
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by lutorm 4y ago
At least in that case I'm the one deciding how long to keep the data. They can't get a warrant for data I don't have. I frankly don't understand why anyone would keep weeks of security camera footage around.
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by lutorm 4y ago
You can also work on rockets! SpaceX flight software is all C++.

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