lunar17 7d ago • 100%
Gotta create more terrorists if you want to fight a war on terror.
lunar17 2w ago • 93%
Nothing. Read the article (it's not long); these robots are from a different company.
lunar17 1mo ago • 100%
From the linked article:
The 2022 injury rate at the company’s manufacturing-and-launch facility near Brownsville, Texas, was 4.8 injuries or illnesses per 100 workers – six times higher than the space-industry average of 0.8.
No mention of other industries, but a quick search shows that the injury rate is 2.4 in construction and 3.2 in manufacturing. However, it's important to note that all industries underreport injuries, especially SpaceX, as OP's article discusses.
Also, I think it's interesting to note that Texas, where SpaceX are moving most of their operations, has the most worker deaths of any state.
lunar17 1mo ago • 100%
My first thought on seeing this was "I wonder what ENB preset that is?"
lunar17 2mo ago • 100%
Such a shame, I was really looking forward to this based on the teasers shared on the game's Discord server. I guess it's just like big publishers to put more effort into marketing than development.
lunar17 2mo ago • 100%
One of the things I thought was neat when I visited Japan was that some places would give you change back in a dedicated little tray with rubber "fingers" that made the coins easier to pick up, so you didn't struggle to pick them off a flat counter.
lunar17 2mo ago • 100%
Do I have to take my shoes off? This sounds like a shoes-on activity.
lunar17 2mo ago • 100%
Cute, but I don't see Maiyuri dressing like that.
lunar17 2mo ago • 100%
Nice, good to see EVs that aren't crossovers!
lunar17 3mo ago • 100%
Fucking Reagan
lunar17 3mo ago • 86%
A quote from someone who will probably die long before we see the worst effects of climate change.
lunar17 3mo ago • 100%
We can hope
lunar17 3mo ago • 100%
Science is the pursuit of truth, which is antithetical to an administration of liars.
lunar17 3mo ago • 100%
Space Cadet Pinball is available as a Flatpak? There is still beauty in this world 😭
lunar17 3mo ago • 100%
Let's not body shame when we can brain shame.
lunar17 4mo ago • 100%
True, we've pretty much skipped the "socialist" part of "national socialism".
lunar17 4mo ago • 100%
🎶 turn up the radio 🎶
lunar17 4mo ago • 92%
That's not completely accurate. As the NASA link you shared explains, the normal orbit for the ISS is relatively low at 400km, where atmospheric drag and orbital debris pose a risk. The article agrees that the station could be raised into a graveyard orbit (where it could safely remain for several hundred years; this a standard way to retire space hardware), but this would require more delta V than for a controlled deorbit. In turn, this means a more expensive booster vehicle and mission.
So, the ISS could be safely preserved in high orbit, but no one is willing to pay the price to move it there. This makes me a bit sad, as it means the most expensive and impressive engineering project undertaken by humanity to date will be destroyed.
lunar17 4mo ago • 100%
So, I guess any kind of preservation is unlikely. I was hoping the ISS would be put into a graveyard orbit, so it could be kept as a monument, but there doesn't seem to be the will to do that. It's the end of an era, but hopefully that means a new chapter in space exploration is starting.
lunar17 4mo ago • 100%
My personal favorite is Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List.