seanflyon

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by seanflyon 12y ago
There's platinum in the asteroid belt
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by seanflyon 12y ago
Everything you said is true, but high tensile strength carbon composites have come a long way since the 90s. High pressure tanks might be a lot lighter than they were 20 years ago.
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by seanflyon 12y ago
While I find Mr. Sprey hyperbolic, I think that article is not entirely valid. For example the claim "by and large most everyone agrees that the F-35 is as maneuverable as an F-16" is not remotely true. If you want an opinion tha
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by seanflyon 12y ago
I don't think we want to colonize or otherwise subjugate anyone and our military is vastly larger than it needs to be to prevent others from subjugating us.
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by seanflyon 12y ago
My first contract (with Electronic Arts) had a clause something like "We own anything you make in your free time, unless you work in California where we can't legally say that so we only own what you make during work hours or with
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by seanflyon 12y ago
I had though SpaceX was unrivaled in cost effectiveness but the PSLV is giving them some stiff competition. (cost and payload numbers from Wikipedia) Cost per kg to GTO: PSLV $10,368 Falcon9v1.1 $11,649 Cost per kg to LEO: PSLV $4,615 Fal
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by seanflyon 12y ago
It is so expensive to get all the fuel and supplies from earth to mars precisely because you have to pay a rocket scientist to make a very large rocket
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by seanflyon 12y ago
Most elementary school aged kids I have talked to play Minecraft. I heard from a teacher that it is the vast majority.
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by seanflyon 13y ago
I don't think that that is the right way to look at it. Yes those people employed by startups would be able to find work elsewhere, but if they did would they take a job that would otherwise go to someone else? Also the startups that