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by nsf39k 5y ago
The technology and infrastructure needed to reach Planet 9, build a mining outpost, then transport everything back at a profitable cost is likely decades if not centuries away. That’s not counting the fact that Planet 9 is so far away tha
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by nsf39k 5y ago
I wonder whatever happened to the goal of humans on Mars by the mid-2030s.
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by nsf39k 5y ago
Many college-educated Chinese join the CCP since it’s essentially a requirement to move to senior roles in many organizations there. Exceptions exist, but I doubt there’s a single Chinese venture firm/unicorn that doesn’t have LPs or a
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by nsf39k 5y ago
Didn’t another scientist named O’Neill also propose using railguns to bring payloads into orbit from the moon? Would be interesting to use the moon to test alternative means of reaching orbit since the low-G environment and lack of atmosphe
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by nsf39k 5y ago
There’s this guy too ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagâri_Hasan_Çelebi ) who allegedly made a manned rocket flight in 1633 in front of the Ottoman sultan.
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by nsf39k 5y ago
The British Interplanetary Society proposed using a modified V-2 called ‘Megaroc’ to perform a manned suborbital spaceflight before 1950. ( https://www.bis-space.com/megaroc/ ) They were pretty visionary when it came to
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by nsf39k 5y ago
Odoacer also recognized Julius Nepos as de jure Western Emperor (although Nepos only ruled over a small rump state in Dalmatia) until Nepos was assassinated in 480. The Kingdom of Italy also maintained Roman institutions like the consuls an
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by nsf39k 5y ago
Maybe in another life. Aviation and space is my bigger interest, and I even dropped out of college last semester to pursue my own drone-tech startup full-time. I guess it's the vast remoteness of the sea and space that appeals to me. S
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by nsf39k 5y ago
The Dyer Midget is a pretty solid boat (about 8-ft long and costs $4k). I practiced sailing around on local lakes with it as a teen and love it. If you’re aiming for low maintenance, go for something that’s small and storable in a garage si
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by nsf39k 5y ago
This shit is crazy. I’m working with a user that’s doing stuff with aerial reconnaissance and the camera sensors they’re mounting on aircraft are usually only 120-150MP. Having a 200MP sensor on a phone really opens up the door to some insa
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by nsf39k 5y ago
I remember first hearing about the JWST in elementary school. Watching it get closer and closer to launch honestly feels like the end of an era.
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by nsf39k 5y ago
I don’t enjoy distance running but I still push myself to do it. Fitness reasons and it helps vent some frustration after a bad day. Writing short stories. Reading a short story by Clarke as a kid is what set me towards science and tech in
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by nsf39k 5y ago
Very much so - even if you’re partially immersed. Grew up with immigrant parents where Mandarin was spoken in the household but lived in a area with no other Chinese-Americans. Even though I was exposed to the spoken language daily, I wound