Hanging out in orbit let alone another planet for any significant length of time (decades or centuries) and returning means having sufficient ∆v at your disposal that you can go into and out of the gravity wells at will... Not just when chemical rockets assembled at great expense and time can be constructed on earth.

They got pushed into this role (2013) due to the shortage of ch53s for use in afghanistan. since the last of those was built circa 1978 the supply is, well, limited.

engine out is a pretty common problem space for GA aircraft

A 767-200 in non-commercial service has operating costs in the neighborhood of $13k an hour, a Gulfstream V is order of $8k. This is probably somewhat closer to the gulfstream then the 767 but it’s gonna be way more expensive then a smaller/more modern corprate jet. if you figure 10 passengers at $8k an hour you’re at…

The yuppy who spilled cristal/coke in the back of their e32 750il highline is now all grown up...

you’d think the mall ninja configuration would have a holosight and laser illuminator in some visible wavelength.

most components of a hybrid drivetrain are extremely durable. the least durable of which is the battey, which is composed of individual cells whose chemistry makes them easy to source.

battery chemistry / energy density is improving at a rate of around 7% a year so performance is doubling on a rather short timescale, which assumes of course that you hold other improvements constant which you don’t have to, greater, range means smaller battery, which makes for a lighter car, which enables greater…

yeah exactly...

Been to Bejing? very large car centric cities have range / speed / safety not to mention weather considerations that drive cars and public transit (buses trains subways) into a common set of design tropes.

given lte 2 3 4 5 7 12 and 20

it’s a magazine. you might call it enblock but the reciver doesn’t contain a magazine, hence the varying sizes.

0-6000M/s in a 20 meter long barrel is several hundred thousand G’s

You don’t really know what people cross-shop... Which was actually my point respecting the price these these are demanding in the aftermarket and therefore the accessibility (not how great a car it is), when we replaced an e90 335i in 2013 one of the things I drove which was a riot but not probably a great DD…

For every e60 m5 produced there are 50 regular 5 series with a variety of trims and options. so if you're flipping between a 550i that has lower maintenance, better fuel economy, and not an smg that you have to fight while parking or in regular city driving. and an m5 that's wild fun when you cane it, it's pretty easy…

mysteriously banked corned with guardrail

yup, monument valley

for a simple statement of fact we have:

hilarious turbo lag circa 1953