What a dumb thing to RISK getting boycotted over.

Their animations show about a 30 degree angle, and a protective heat shield that separates to reveal a rocket for the orbital insertion.

That looks like LCD? (Not OLED) So it will be glowing even when it’s mostly black, right?

For some reason I always imagined these avoidance maneuvers were done in an arbitrary direction determined by what would be most efficient to widen the gap. (And therefore often be to the left or right) Even with my many hours of KSP, it never occurred to me that they would often just go higher, since they have to…

One of the reasons I heard the bat was allowed to compete with birds was because every other mammal New Zealand has is marine, and many of them also face extinction threats.

SpaceX last month launched an all-private-money, multi-day flight called Inspiration4. There was no NASA involvement or money except perhaps for range control or coordination.

Because AA depends more heavily on a hub and spoke approach, while Southwest operates many more point to point flights. Southwest operates at Love Field, but it doesn’t depend on it unless you are actually going there. And as Clay mentions, Love’s only runways are already aligned with this wind event, so they could…

This kind of display is also used in electronic viewfinders for cameras that have an eyepiece.

So they might have had it running by now, if they started in 2017 when it was being discussed?

They don’t spend that much time in the full suit, because it’s bulky and less comfortable. Most of the time it’s just normal pants and shirts. They put on the full pressure suit only when performing the undocking, and again for the actual reentry, since those are the highest risk of a depressurization event.

That’s true, but it’s the number of orbits beforehand that can vary. In this case, they will be trying  to minimize it by not undocking until it’s almost time. But in most missions, it’s not the primary concern in the scheduling. Usually they want a time slot that is over the US or Russia for best downlink coverage,…

The toilet actually handles those separately, so that part might be ok.

Not to mention the low CG.

Long Beach just finished a bridge replacement to raise from 155 ft of clearance to 205 feet. This will allow even the largest container ships to use the north end of the port.

They are talking about existing medallions. The license commission already got their money, thanks to the loans. This does change the value of an existing debt. But the loan company was part of the negotiations with the city, so it’s not unilateral.

It sounds like Marblegate, the loan company that handled most of them, is eating some of the cost, and the city is providing funding, as well as now being the guarantor on those loans.

I’d love to see a starshade telescope get deployed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Worlds_Mission

As long as it doesn’t get regulated to the point of government endorsed monopolies like the cable companies.

My Ford has automatic windows, but only when I move the switch further. I have no problems opening windows just a crack. There is a clear detent before it goes into automatic mode.

This. If you fight with physics, chances are you will lose.