[DHT]Osiris
Lifer
Gonna have to start putting cow scoops on the front/top of launch vehicles.
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Elon Musk now owns 9.2% of twitter...update.. will soon be the sole owner as Board of Directors accepts his purchase offer
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MrSquished
Lifer
A genocidal evil country also got the same treatment. I'm sure that would be edited out in the US as well as Israel. Chucky Schumer would make sure of it.
Jaskalas
Lifer
Unfortunately, orbital mechanics and kinetic energy are going to make any such concept pointless.
The launch vehicle will be a sitting duck. And you will either shield it heavily enough, or launch it off the ground. Not both.
cytg111
Lifer
I fucking hate this timeline. The "Hitler was right" crowd is going to have a MASSIVE uplift from all of this ... couple that with deglobalization and population declines ... Trump might not succeed in ushering in The Fourth Reich ........ But its going to happen anyway.
Fuck this shit.
[DHT]Osiris
Lifer
I know, it was a joke. A true kessler syndrome without a workable solution shuts a civilization down for centuries/millennia.
Paratus
Lifer
The small bit of good news is all commercial satellites and launches in low earth orbit (LEO) must have an end of life plan where they deorbit within 5 years.
The Kessler syndrome risk isn’t directly from all the new satellites being put up, i.e. we are no longer launching satellites that will be left up there until they become debris (MMOD) guaranteeing Kessler syndrome occurs.
The risk is from orbital debris already there and being generated by satellites and rocket bodies than did not have this requirement, hitting, disabling, and generating more debris from the huge number of new satellites that would otherwise not become debris at the end of their life. The more satellites
The bulk of the debris up there right now is due to a couple of anti-satellite weapons tests, dead satellite collisions, and exploded rocket bodies. A small number of further events like this will cause a Kessler syndrome
BTW when you see stories about why don’t we save the ISS by pushing it up into a higher orbit instead of doing a controlled descent into the ocean the Kessler syndrome is why. We don’t need 1 million pounds of new MMOD.
The Kessler syndrome risk isn’t directly from all the new satellites being put up, i.e. we are no longer launching satellites that will be left up there until they become debris (MMOD) guaranteeing Kessler syndrome occurs.
The risk is from orbital debris already there and being generated by satellites and rocket bodies than did not have this requirement, hitting, disabling, and generating more debris from the huge number of new satellites that would otherwise not become debris at the end of their life. The more satellites
The bulk of the debris up there right now is due to a couple of anti-satellite weapons tests, dead satellite collisions, and exploded rocket bodies. A small number of further events like this will cause a Kessler syndrome
BTW when you see stories about why don’t we save the ISS by pushing it up into a higher orbit instead of doing a controlled descent into the ocean the Kessler syndrome is why. We don’t need 1 million pounds of new MMOD.
K1052
Elite Member
From what I read to boost ISS to an orbit above most of the debris requires 1) traveling through the worst debris orbits at huge risk 2) a shitload of thrust from something that does not currently exist.
[DHT]Osiris
Lifer
Even 5y of kind-of-kessler for our civilization would be catastrophic, and probably plunge us into a near apocalyptic event.
Paratus
Lifer
Yup.
Even deorbiting the ISS is going to take a brand new vehicle, USDV, which is mostly propellant. Unsurprisingly end of life for ISS has been kicked down the road for years and it’s only now significant work is being done.
If USDV fails consider taking a nice trip to Norway or the southern most islands of New Zealand.
It would, but it really depends on where the worst of the MMOD is. The upper portion of low earth orbit is probably the most likely area. Geosynchronous/Geoststionary wouldn’t be affected so satellites there would continue to function.
Brainonska511
Lifer
(link seems broken for some reason, so here's a screenshot)
Musk is such a moron. Vacuum is in fact a great insulator, and we have examples of this in everyday life, like putting your coffee in a thermos to keep it warm.
Musk is such a moron. Vacuum is in fact a great insulator, and we have examples of this in everyday life, like putting your coffee in a thermos to keep it warm.
K1052
Elite Member
See also why the ISS has giant ass radiators mounted to it.
nakedfrog
No Lifer
Within three years?
Here's what Google's current moonshot thoughts on it are:
"Historically, high launch costs have been a primary barrier to large-scale space-based systems. However, our analysis of historical and projected launch pricing data suggests that with a sustained learning rate, prices may fall to less than $200/kg by the mid-2030s. At that price point, the cost of launching and operating a space-based data center could become roughly comparable to the reported energy costs of an equivalent terrestrial data center on a per-kilowatt/year basis"
Not that he's got a proud and storied history of being full of shit or anything...
Brainonska511
Lifer
This guy is such a dunce.
K1052
Elite Member
I would probably not call that a "vision". Ketamine fueled delusion perhaps.
Heartbreaker
Diamond Member
IMO, this is loyalty test. If you stay and work for a boss who makes absolute lunatic claims, you are the kind of gullible sheep that Musk wants.
Musk has his own cult that is every bit as delusional, as MAGA is for Trump.
Musk want's his cultists working for him.
So it's easy to convince them to work 120 hours/week without overtime to save humanity or whatever other BS he tells them.
nakedfrog
No Lifer
I think this is even better.
"First, he said, the company would build 'a self-sustaining city on the moon,' then travel to Mars and finally explore star systems in search of aliens."
There's, uh, some flaws and details to work out in this plan...
MrSquished
Lifer
He is nothing but a hype man snake-oil salesman who was so hyped up and good at selling that he did draw actual smart and talented people around him who did some great shit - but ultimately, held back by him. SpaceX works because he is far less in control of things. That's the only reason.
Meanwhile, Elon also wants to build a tunnel linking Universal’s theme parks in Orlando, because the damp, marshy soil of central Florida is renowned for its stability and totally won’t result in Interstate 4 being consumed by a massive sinkhole.
As opposed to South Florida with much more solid bedrock, much of Central Florida is also known as karst terrain. Porous limestone full of underground rivers and sinkhole potential. With huge risk of flooding any underground structure anyone tries to build.
JFC! ... Can’t he pick just ONE unrealistic project to focus on? I guess the ketamine won’t let him? Megalomania and a sense of omnipotence and mild hallucinations. are common feelings associated with a ketamine high. They’re also common feelings associated with great wealth. Put the two together in an already-susceptible persona and you’ve got the recipe for an absolute basket case of a human. With truly horrifying levels of power to affect their worst impulses.
As opposed to South Florida with much more solid bedrock, much of Central Florida is also known as karst terrain. Porous limestone full of underground rivers and sinkhole potential. With huge risk of flooding any underground structure anyone tries to build.
JFC! ... Can’t he pick just ONE unrealistic project to focus on? I guess the ketamine won’t let him? Megalomania and a sense of omnipotence and mild hallucinations. are common feelings associated with a ketamine high. They’re also common feelings associated with great wealth. Put the two together in an already-susceptible persona and you’ve got the recipe for an absolute basket case of a human. With truly horrifying levels of power to affect their worst impulses.
An analysis of Musk’s tweets in January revealed that he somehow missed posting white supremacist shit five whole days in January. Fortunately, he was on top of things the other 26 days.
www.theguardian.com
Jeez Elon! it wasn’t even Black History Month, pace yourself!
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
Jeez Elon! it wasn’t even Black History Month, pace yourself!
Brainonska511
Lifer
He's such a dumdum; and so many people listen to his bs, even after some of these projects (like the Vegas loop) turn out to be pure garbage.
cytg111
Lifer
WHAT a pathetic little bitch ... Oh my fucking god. Hahahahahahaha ... the guy that was begging to go but was considered too lame to go to Epsteins island...Musk's X blocked video of Vance getting booed at Olympics ...
'No One Should Have a Copyright on Vance Being Booed': Video From Olympics Blocked on X | Common Dreams
US Vice President JD Vance was booed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Italy, but at least one widely shared video of it was swiftly scrubbed from X.www.commondreams.org
I have given up on any real expectations of learning the truth about what’s going in the country from most of our press.
If you're outraged by X's censorship (and this is just the latest in a long list of it), then you should ask yourself: Why are you still using the platform?
Ditch X and its censorship becomes meaningless. Stay on X and you keep giving Musk the power and control. If anyone is still using X, they shouldn't be surprised this censorship happened.
But, if you are surprised by Musk's censorship, then you're an idiot.
VashHT
Diamond Member
I'm going to guess that elon has claimed liberals make everything about race.An analysis of Musk’s tweets in January revealed that he somehow missed posting white supremacist shit five whole days in January. Fortunately, he was on top of things the other 26 days.
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
Jeez Elon! it wasn’t even Black History Month, pace yourself!
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