They do have funding, just not as much as Blue Origin asked for.

Right, but it will be the same as if you fell at that final velocity (25mph based on sakim’s calculations above) with another person on your back. Even though you could do a static lift of the suit using a few fingers, it will still hit like a sack of bricks when you fall.

The problem with jumping in a suit like that on the moon: It might “weigh” only 30 lbs when you are carrying it while walking, but it still has all of that 180 lbs mass when it comes to inertia. So when you land after that jump, you still have to stop the full mass.

I’m not sure you want to. Too little tongue weight, or even negative tongue weight, can be a major contributor to fishtailing and spin-outs.

If that winch jams, you are stuck far from being able to fix it. An elevator could be designed in a way so the mechanism is accessible to the astronauts riding it. Or a device that clamps onto and climbs a static cable or track would be a useful backup. It might even use the same track as the elevator, so they…

Probably worse injuries, though. They will be in a spacesuit with a large backpack of life support gear. The weight of carrying the backpack might be low, (the Apollo backpack weighed 13 lbs on the moon) but it still has all of its inertia (84 lbs for the Apollo backpack) that your body will have to stop when you…

But all of that risk happens before the crew is even launched. By the time the crew board the lander, it’s fully fueled and tested.

The same tanker may be used to deliver multiple loads of fuel. Maybe they have two tankers and alternate them. There’s also a lot of [deleted] in this document, which might indicate some kind of fuel depot.

Politics. Congress has mandated that SLS and Orion are part of the moon project, so until that changes, they have to find a way to make it work. What you describe may be what they do after SLS has completed its minimum number of flights for the mandate.

The ISS is a bit heavier than that, so make it two launches. Although the Starship itself might have more interior livable volume than the ISS does, so there’s that. But your point still stands, that’s a huge amount of whatever they want to ship up there.

It’s not unused if the same subcomponent gets used on both the ‘Vette and a Silverado. Not the whole instrument cluster, but some of the plastic pieces that are part of it.

One nice thing about Google: You can enable multiple MFA devices on the same account. So you have one device for you day-to-day, and a separate Yubikey you can stick someplace safe. Either one will unlock it.

All that and you forgot to mention the miss distance. Which is 8.9 times the moon’s orbit. (From EarthSky’s article.)

The contract doesn’t just say pay x% for theater sales. It also spells out that the initial release is in theaters only. And Marvel’s chief counsel (i.e. a top lawyer working for Disney) admitted in a 2019 email that a contract negotiated under the assumption of theatrical release must be renegotiated if they change…

It has been ruled illegal to force you to provide a password. (Because that is a form of testimony) But if the key is a physical thing (a file or USB stick) they can force you to provide it. And if it’s a cloud service, they can issue a warrant to the third party.

They were not arrested nor charged. (Except for the speeding) The only thing the cops found was an empty bag.

The same could be said for taking something (the empty bag) when they are not being charged of a crime. Others have said the best option was probably to leave it on the roof. But I think putting it in the patrol car would be a no-go, since it is not being used as evidence.

Yes. It’s not a calculation so much as just getting a feel for where the plane is headed. After you make a few dozen landings, you know what angle your glideslope makes to the horizon, and you know how to adjust for best glide. (And also how to shorten that glide so you don’t overshoot the target.) Then it’s a matter…

To add some perspective: When the Golden Ray sunk in Georgia a year ago, it cost $788 million to cut it up and remove from the harbor.

Just getting it out of the little bathtub it sits in will be expensive, since the water is not deep enough in the nearby channel. And for a proper environmentally safe sinking, they need to remove anything that could contaminate the ocean. It even still has asbestos in there, so that would be an expensive remediation p…