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by tectonic 2y ago
This is false, if your SBSP conversion efficiency on the ground is better than solar panels on the ground then you will add less energy to earth by collecting the power in space and transmitting it to the ground then by changing the reflect
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by tectonic 2y ago
Thank you for summarizing!
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by tectonic 3y ago
Came here to post the same thing, The Story of Earth is excellent!
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Everything we're looking forward to in the space industry in 2024(orbitalindex.com)
1 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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by tectonic 3y ago
That’s horrible, I’m sorry for your loss.
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by tectonic 3y ago
This is super cool, thank you for making it!
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China's 2030 Moon landing is taking shape(orbitalindex.com)
2 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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by tectonic 3y ago
ProjectionLab is fantastic, thank you for making it.
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The world’s first methalox orbital launch(orbitalindex.com)
3 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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New Horizons might end up looking back at old horizons(orbitalindex.com)
3 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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Starlink V2 Minis achieve magnitude 7(orbitalindex.com)
3 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX's Transporter 8(orbitalindex.com)
1 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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by tectonic 3y ago
A decade ago I wrote an extension called SelectorGadget ( https://selectorgadget.com/ ). It's effectively unmaintained, but it still works and people still use it. I make no money from it and never have. Every few months
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Eventually everything will evaporate, not only black holes(newswise.com)
1 points by tectonic 3y ago|4 comments
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In-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) is developing rapidly(orbitalindex.com)
1 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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NASA has funded a bunch of early stage technologies(orbitalindex.com)
101 points by tectonic 3y ago|28 comments
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by tectonic 3y ago
Actual press release: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-... NASA needs multiple lander options; putting all their cards on a lunar Starship landing was always a bit ridiculous, even if it seem
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A China space news update(orbitalindex.com)
1 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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Juice will be the first mission to orbit a moon beyond Earth(orbitalindex.com)
3 points by tectonic 3y ago|0 comments
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Soyuz 5 Is on Ice(orbitalindex.com)
2 points by tectonic 4y ago|0 comments
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by tectonic 4y ago
Cool! I made something similar that lives in a browser extension: https://github.com/cantino/browser-friend
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by tectonic 4y ago
I just released something like this embedded in a browser extension. Except the prompt includes a TypeScript interface that GPT4 is asked to follow. Works very well and reliably uses tools like Calculate, RequestDOM, etc. https:/&#x2F
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Show HN: GPT4 embedded in a browser extension with the ability to use tools(twitter.com)
2 points by tectonic 4y ago|0 comments
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by tectonic 4y ago
Yes agreed. Teflon is shorthand for all of the fluorinated hydrocarbons in my mind. I know they’re not identical but they’re close enough and most if not all will end up being found to be toxic. The problem is a lack of a precautionary prin
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by tectonic 4y ago
See this site: https://www.foodpackagingforum.org/fccmigex
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by tectonic 4y ago
Glass, metal, ceramic, old fashioned plastic. The problem is generally packaging materials not things like Tupperware or glassware.
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by tectonic 4y ago
Yup: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/dan...
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by tectonic 4y ago
Yes to both of those.
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by tectonic 4y ago
Just. Stop. Putting. Teflon. On. Everything. Figuring out what does and does not have PFAS on it to protect my family is exhausting and infuriating. I’ve emailed with manufacturers, sent stuff to labs; basically, no one seems to know how mu
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Deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica could be collapsing(straitstimes.com)
4 points by tectonic 4y ago|0 comments

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