My bet is that part of is is that SpaceX can’t get access to TDRSS for live, high-bandwidth DLs - so they have to rely on ground reception. (Just like the RS of ISS, for the most part).

Unfortunately, in this case, the law explicitly gives them standing. But the speculation I’ve seen has been that this is bait for the Supreme Court to strike down so-called “third-party” standing in general - which has been used effectively in climate and pro-choice lawsuits.

Am I the only one who thought every spacecraft/rocket shown looked straight out of Kerbal Space Program?

God, yes. Someone sell a decent, _basic_ 4-door jeep/truck here in the states. Like a LR Series 3, but not Land Rover. Or a Nissan Patrol.

“I’ve found nothing a pellet grill does better than a smoker“

“I’ve found nothing a pellet grill does better than a smoker“

Finally, someone who agrees. I’ve been saying for weeks that the Orville is the best Star Trek show in production.

You completely miss the strategic purpose of having all three legs of the deterrent triad. SLBMs have a MUCH longer launch cycle, due to communication realities- therefore cannot serve as a credible rapid first-strike capability. Each leg contributes an overlapping set of capabilities.

In addition, the cost per…

It would make all cars more expensive - this just looked at the cost of the tax, assuming it was passed on to consumers. But if the competitive products were much more expensive, Domestic Auto makers could raise prices beyond costs.

And it would be shitty for workers - all cars more expensive == fewer cars made ==…

Great idea, but I don’t think the motivation will be there for manufacturers. 1. It will always be more expensive than the integrated system designed into the TV.
2. It will kill an upgrade path - how can they convince us to upgrade the whole TV?

My biggest issue with Tarkin wasn’t visual: it was audio. Cushing/Tarkin had that amazing upper-crust English sneer (“You’re far to trusting” or “but don’t worry; we will deal with your rebel friends soon enough.” or “Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.”). Whoever did the…

Turns out Farsi Island is fairly close to the west coast of the Gulf, so it’s not unreasonable that they drifted there on the way from Kuwait to Bahrain. What’s unreasonable is that boat 2 didn’t immediately tow boat 1, when they lost their engines and started to drift into the The Bad Place. That OIC had very poor…

fuel cell AIP is quieter than any Nuke boat. Rotating machinery is your enemy when quieting a sub, (followed closely by moving high pressure steam). If the only thing running is your main motor, that’s pretty damn quiet. (compared to a Nuke, which at at absolute min has main and aux seawater pumps, two steam turbines…

Right. Because Israel has threatened to wipe how many of it’s neighbors off the map? Because they have funded how many terrorists and revolutionaries in other countries?

It’s not a magic word - it’s proper analysis.

25 years ago I spent a week on trail of a submerged Kilo in an LA boat. I’m SURE we can still hold on to them.

Small side story - the same snail is used to make a blue dye that was (and now is again) to tint the ritual fringes that observant Jews wear. ( http://tekhelet.com/ ). (From Numbers: “they should make themselves tzitzit (fringes) on the corners of their clothing throughout their generations, and give the tzitzit of…

The dust is not from the landing per se - it’s from the Retro-rockets that fire just before landing.

Just about every Orson Scott Card book between the Ender’s series and Pathfinder. And maybe even Pathfinder. The Harmony books screamed “I need an editor!!!!!”.

Better title “Researchers find common household chemical in drinking water” - BTW, they houses there all have septic systems. It’s as likely to have come from the house it self as a well. They did NO research to indicate source.

It’s like finding dogshit in your backyard, and instead of assuming it’s your dog, you…

“peak price extortion?” Do you understand basic economics? Supply/demand?

John Young had the biggest balls of them all. He flew Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle. And, unlike Glenn, he actually flew everyone of them.