Ontopic Mission to Uranus

[Mr. Argumentor]

We're gonna smash into shit in space!

NASA's DART spacecraft will crash into an asteroid tonight in historic planetary defense test

"Hitting an asteroid is a tough thing to do."

www.space.com

 

[ZRH]

We're gonna smash into shit in space!

NASA's DART spacecraft will crash into an asteroid tonight in historic planetary defense test

"Hitting an asteroid is a tough thing to do."

www.space.com

I mean, yay but I thought we were americans? We invented putting warheads on foreheads.

 

[Josh]

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes

Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels

www.ft.com

Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes​

Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels

 

[Jehannum]

Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes

Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels

www.ft.com

Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes​

Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels

Boy will that change the world when it finally makes it to commercial scale.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Boy will that change the world when it finally makes it to commercial scale.

Yeah, I'm waiting for it to get banned or funding to get cut.

 

[Jehannum]

Yeah, I'm waiting for it to get banned or funding to get cut.

I have hope that we might actually do the right thing, and make abundant energy.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I have hope that we might actually do the right thing, and make abundant energy.

I am in a pretty shit mood right now, so... yeah, hopefully

 

[fly]

I have hope that we might actually do the right thing, and make abundant energy.

Every year we're only about ten years away from it!

 

[Jehannum]

Every year we're only about ten years away from it!

Maybe you could get daddy Elon on it.

 

[fly]

Maybe you could get daddy Elon on it.

Yeah, some of us don't care who molds a better future as long as it gets done.

 

[Jehannum]

Yeah, some of us don't care who molds a better future as long as it gets done.

"by any means necessary" is seldom the motto of winners, FYI.

 

[fly]

"by any means necessary" is seldom the motto of winners, FYI.

That's seemingly directed at me, but I never said that.

 

[adi]

winners? of what

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Move fast, break things.

SpaceX's Upgraded Starlink Satellites Aren't Doing So Well

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the next-gen satellites are "experiencing some issues" and that some units might have to be destroyed.

gizmodo.com

 

[fly]

Yeah, its gonna be pretty cool when its done.

 

[Hoff Kinkmeister]

Yeah, its gonna be pretty cool when its done.

Maybe the real satellite cloud was the eldritch hydrocarbons we freed along the way.

 

[fly]

Starship made it almost 4 minutes! It exploded shortly after passing through Max-Q. Thankfully it didn't blow up on the pad.

 

[Petunia]

Starship made it almost 4 minutes! It exploded shortly after passing through Max-Q. Thankfully it didn't blow up on the pad.

that was an expensive 4 min
yikes

 

[Domon]

Starship made it almost 4 minutes! It exploded shortly after passing through Max-Q. Thankfully it didn't blow up on the pad.

It blew up in a very controlled way as well, I'm sure the telemetric and parametric data they got out of that will tell them exactly why it happened so they can fix it. They had at least 30 seconds of weirdness before it went into the death spiral