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  • What do you use jugs of ice for?

    I freeze gallons of water to put in a cooler on camping trips, but idk what I would do with them in the winter.

  • I have a friend who won't put his kids in the back of his Tesla because of this.

  • People don't want the Fediverse. They want Twitter before Elon. They don't care that Meta owns Threads.

  • Coffee is only a few bucks at a coffee shop, a few cents at home, and free at work. Now, getting some daily overcomplicated concoction, on the other hand...

  • What is Russia's motivation for confirming this?

  • Is the downside that quote posts make it easier for people to dog pile? That seems like it should be less of an issue because of defederating instances with that proclivity.

  • There are private/paywalled Discord servers and forums out there, too, so this could replace some of those. I think the Reddit format is better than a lot of alternatives, so I don't actually hate this idea.

  • I'm not really into the idea of moving everything to a baby Google, even if they're currently good about privacy. They just added an AI tool to email and a crypto wallet, which could be either awful or great signs depending on your perspective.

  • So does Valve?

  • I was kind of hoping for Impulse Space, but they're probably too unproven.

  • One of Starship's engines on the lowest setting would tear the station apart. Regardless of whether they make this based on Starship instead of something more reasonably sized like a Dragon or Falcon 2nd stage, it'll still need either a new engine design or a big cluster of Dracos. It'll be something custom.

    Regarding their Artemis work- the payments are milestone based, so they get money as they pass milestones. Engine relights and ship to ship prop transfer are some of the next ones.

    Regarding their other customers- the Starship manifest includes another moon cruise, several satellite launches, and a lot of Starlinks.

  • Serious answer- SpaceX is building the deorbit vehicle then turning it over to NASA, who will have full control over it.

  • There's no way Russia builds a new station. The timeline for them getting Nauka to orbit basically proves that it's impossible. They've been trying to buddy up with China to visit theirs, though.

  • I'm just waiting for the moisture farmers to get landspeeders

  • Maybe? Soyuz is too cramped, but Dragon might be able to fit extra people. A few years ago a NASA astronaut flew up on a leaky Soyuz, so they looked at using Dragon as a lifeboat:

    https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-dragon-rescue-spacecraft-soyuz-leak

    Dragon was drawn up to fit 7 people, with 3 seats on the bottom and 4 on top. They ended up changing the seat angles for reentry, so now they only have 4.

    --

    Starliner is still their emergency ride home in case a real alarm goes off, but they want to study the leak issue as much as possible before they separate their service module, which burns up during reentry.

  • Realistically, there's a SpaceX Dragon docked to the ISS, so that's probably their emergency shelter and ride home.

  • This process led to Falcon, which is one of the most reliable rockets of all time. The launch rate and reuse are unprecedented. Iterative design is a big part of how they got there. Their prowess in manufacturing and mass production is another large part of that success.

  • It sounds like they still have some hope of bringing it back, so, fingers crossed.

    It looks like more Venus probes will start launching over the next few years. There's the Rocket Lab / MIT mission first, then more from the US, China, India, and Russia to close out the decade. Plus ESA's next probe in 2032.

  • Space @beehaw.org

    Before Ingenuity ever landed on Mars, scientists almost managed to kill it

    arstechnica.com
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Space industry urged to take a broader view of sustainability

    spacenews.com /space-industry-urged-to-take-a-broader-view-of-sustainability/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets

    arstechnica.com
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Japan’s SLIM spacecraft lowers orbit ahead of Friday moon landing attempt

    spacenews.com /japans-slim-spacecraft-lowers-orbit-ahead-of-friday-moon-landing-attempt/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Peregrine lander suffers anomaly after launch

    spacenews.com /peregrine-lander-suffers-anomaly-after-launch/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    NASA report studies options for a future national laboratory in orbit after ISS

    spacenews.com /nasa-report-studies-options-for-a-future-national-laboratory-in-orbit-after-iss/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    To sustainably develop space, we must manage orbital capacity

    spacenews.com /sustainably-develop-space-manage-orbital-capacity/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Daily Telescope: Tracking the Sun’s path every day across the sky

    arstechnica.com
  • U.S. News @beehaw.org

    Southwest Airlines fined $140 million over last winter's meltdown

    www.axios.com /2023/12/18/southwest-airlines-fine-meltdown
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Three robotic missions target Moon landings over one week in January

    spaceflightnow.com /2023/12/06/three-robotic-missions-target-moon-landings-over-one-week-in-january/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Hubble glitch renews talk about private servicing mission

    spacenews.com /hubble-glitch-renews-talk-about-private-servicing-mission/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Amazon adds Falcon 9 to multi-billion-dollar Project Kuiper launch campaign

    spacenews.com /amazon-adds-falcon-9-to-multi-billion-dollar-project-kuiper-launch-campaign/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date

    www.jhuapl.edu /news/news-releases/231128-dragonfly-mission-development
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Astrolab announces first customers for commercial lunar rover mission

    spacenews.com /astrolab-announces-first-customers-for-commercial-lunar-rover-mission/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    NASA acknowledges possibility of short-term post-ISS gap

    spacenews.com /nasa-acknowledges-possibility-of-short-term-post-iss-gap/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Virgin Galactic to halt Unity suborbital flights by mid-2024

    spacenews.com /virgin-galactic-to-halt-unity-suborbital-flights-by-mid-2024/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Small launch companies struggle to compete with SpaceX rideshare missions

    spacenews.com /small-launch-companies-struggle-to-complete-with-spacex-rideshare-missions/
  • Space @beehaw.org

    Psyche on Its Way to Metal-Rich Asteroid

    spacepolicyonline.com /news/psyche-on-its-way-to-metal-rich-asteroid/
  • Space @kbin.social

    NASA should consider commercial alternatives to SLS, inspector general says

    arstechnica.com
  • Space @beehaw.org

    How wrong were space SPAC projections?

    spacenews.com /how-wrong-were-space-spac-projections/