Ontopic Mission to Uranus

[Domon]

It's not going to work for you.

Albuquerque is not that big. When they say it wont work in cities, they mean like NY or san fran.

 

[fly]

Ever?

They said it can't handle the user density in metro areas. So not for a long time at least.

edit: Musk specifically says rural areas. I don't know a lot about Albuquerque, but I'm guessing it isn't rural.

 

[fly]

Albuquerque is not that big. When they say it wont work in cities, they mean like NY or san fran.

We'll see, but I don't think that's what they meant.

 

[Jehannum]

They said it can't handle the user density in metro areas. So not for a long time at least.

I'm willing to wait. Anything that brings competition to my market is going to help.

Right now my choices are 5G, Centurylink DSL at 20Mbps, or Comcast.

So we have Comcast.

 

[Josh]

They're offering it here in Nova Scotia now, which 45N cuts through.

I think all of us take high speed internet for granted. Would you want to live in a town where you only have dialup internet? Could you operate a business without it these days? I think starlink will literally save small towns.

Here's a map of Nova Scotia where >1mbps internet is available. There might be DSL outside the splotches but they don't count it if you can't get it reliably, eg if you have several customers sharing 1mbps.

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Oh wow, I did not realize that the beta was being offered in Canada yet. I thought Starlink just got the first portion of government approval and thought they still had other regulatory approvals to go through. Awesome!

 

[fly]

Holy shit, Arecibo completely collapsed. +++++++++++++++++++++++

 

[Domon]

aw fuck. that sucks.

I hope everyone is safe and noone was hurt.

 

[fly]

aw fuck. that sucks.

I hope everyone is safe and noone was hurt.

It seems that it was expected after the two previous cable breaks, but still kinda sad.

 

[Domon]

It seems that it was expected after the two previous cable breaks, but still kinda sad.

yeah, i just didnt expect it so soon, as so completely. Looks like all the cables were on the way out at the same time.

Im surprised they didnt have routine maintenance checks like bridges

 

[Jehannum]

yeah, i just didnt expect it so soon, as so completely. Looks like all the cables were on the way out at the same time.

Im surprised they didnt have routine maintenance checks like bridges

No point in maintenance if you can't afford to replace the cables.

 

[Josh]

I hope they build a new one at the site or similar location. Need to one up the Chinese with their 500 meter radio observatory.

 

[fly]

I hope they build a new one at the site or similar location. Need to one up the Chinese with their 500 meter radio observatory.

I fully support any e-peen space races.

 

[Strings]

We're not mature enough yet.
Who didn't know that, duh.

Former Israeli space chief says aliens exist, and Trump knows about it

A "galactic federation" has been waiting for humans to "reach a stage where we will understand... what space and spaceships are," Haim Eshed said.

www.google.com

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

 

[Domon]

that bellyflop procedure to bleed off velocity was super cool

 

[fly]

You missed the RUD.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Neat idea. I'd love to see some of the designs of them

Japan to create first wooden satellites that completely burn up on re-entry to eliminate space junk

The satellite would burn up without releasing harmful substances when it comes back to Earth

www.independent.co.uk

 

[fly]

Neat idea. I'd love to see some of the designs of them

Japan to create first wooden satellites that completely burn up on re-entry to eliminate space junk

The satellite would burn up without releasing harmful substances when it comes back to Earth

www.independent.co.uk

While I appreciate the efforts unless the PCBs, solar panels, antenna arrays, propellent, etc are wood - does this even matter?

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

The main source of mass would be the body. Make that consumable and the rest should also ablate away as it comes down (I would think, at least)

 

[Strings]

Termites innnnnn spaaaaaaaaace