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Tim Dodd's recap of changes for IFT-4:

Yeah... I'm not a materials science expert by any means. Just that if there were a way to combine the advantages of a single "surface" like the ablative heat shields (for these purposes, I understand they are individually filled "cells"), along with the multi-use capability of a tile, that would...

I was thinking of the heatshield itself to be applied in an epoxy-like fashion, in essence taking @Ben W 's idea of attaching the edges a step further and avoiding them all together (the best edge is no edge!). The honeycomb structure it's applied over would be the mechanical fastening to the...

The head of ABL's take on this (have to scroll up in the X posting) and Elon's response:

It would be interesting if they could develop something with the consistency of epoxy they could apply directly to a honey-comb like structure attached mechanically to the skin...

Didn't Elon also say that it the liquid could (somewhat counter-intuitively) get "shock frozen" in the pores when the ship slams in to the atmosphere?

I don't understand "relative speed" here. Isn't temperature tied to absolute speed (along with air density & duration)?

His stance here is in line with my other post... Taking a balanced stance towards it is likely to cause less knee-jerk reaction by folks, and likely allows for greater adoption long term. Let's face it, folks willing to sacrifice money, convenience, or lifestyle for the environment are probably...

Acceleration can be gradual, right? And non-linear... ramping over time often makes sense.

Agreed. This is one of the things Elon has recognized about EV's early on: relying solely on climate activism for sales and motivation for folks at large won't move the needle enough. You need to appeal the average Joe... and the Leaf ain't it. Hence: - He made EV's that are stellar performers...

I'm catching up ... @DarkandStormy , you posted this in the evening... do you enjoy coffee then too, or is it another beverage?

Apologies for the misattribution. I guess when @SO16 took up the mantle of arguing for that, I fudged that up on a reply. It would seem that a miltary (like the Ukraine) would have at least "rudimentary electronic communication" even if supplied by allied nations. Not sure that's evidence that...

IIRC this was the judge that in her ruling the judge called Musk's compensation an 'unfathomable sum.'. What bearing does the amount have on if it's a legal agreement or not? Seems a bit that feelings may have influenced the ruling to some degree.

Latest... it appears they found another unlikely failure mode, but apparently have a work around and are still targeting 6/1.... https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-and-boeing-are-getting-comfortable-launching-starliner-with-a-known-leak/

They need to level their camera... the ship and tower look like they are tilting over... lol.

I wonder if the antennas on IFT-3 melted due to the re-entry plasma...

Sure thing, apologies for the diversion... wasn't interested in the politics, actually, but rather if there was any "official" opinion of Starlinks criticality for these types of events... Nonetheless, I'll bow out.

Lot of things are important. Starlink undoubtedly is as well. You simply asserted the Ukraine would have already lost without it, long ago no less. I did not know if you had seen a statement by someone with firsthand knowledge to the effevce it prevented the Russians from winning some time...

Just like to see evidence for categorical assertions. While folks may hold strong opinions, that's not the same as stating something as fact.

Why couldn't it have been 1.21 GWh??

Paywalled. Does it have something to support your assertion, or are you just avoiding answering directly?

Again, not trying to be argumentative, but what evidence do you have for asserting that the Ukrainians would have lost without Starlink (and "long ago", implying it's not only critical but overwhelmingly so)?: There are other communications/data dissemination methods.... radio being a...

Because it was the best solution for a useful capability? I'm questioning what evidence there is that it's the critical capability that has prevented the Russians from winning? Wars have been fought and won without it in the past... in some cases by armies less technically sophisticated.

Obviously Starlink is a useful resource, but do you have anything that describes it as being THE critical capability in the war that has prevented the Russians from winning?

The NYT article is paywalled, but the excerpts posted here don't seem to imply that to me. What gives you that impression?

I had wondered if this hot-stage ring jettison is just temporary during this testing phase, just to increase the chances of getting the booster back in one piece...

Interestingly, SpaceX also says there was blockage that prevented the roll control thrusters from operating correctly on Starship: Are those RCS thruster using ullage gas as Elon mentioned (to Tim Dodd)? If they are gas, the valves aren't flowing liquid... so I wonder what got clogged in them...

Huh, interesting. Nope, not in Service+ and I don't know how to do that. Mine is a 2013 with MCU upgrade (Intel based). It's also prior to FSD hardware (computer, cams, sensors, etc...) but I wouldn't have expected that to change basic stuff like chassis equipment status...

Ooooh.... ahhhh.... pretty: Longer with sync'd sound:

Looks like road closures a day on each side of that:

Zombie post alert... but this was funny:

You don't have this?:

The epic 11 page multi-quote replies would surely ensue...

I tend to agree. nVidia is certainly well known amongst gamers and folks who know how to build a PC. That population, however, is a minority of folks in general, I suspect, which is probably a much more representative of investors. While more investors may be aware of NVDA now, that's likely...

Yeah, that's a good point about volume production being necessary because they single-use only... I'll point out that you described as ramping up to production, whereas that pic calls them in production... 😜 I'd probably also think it was funny if somebody sends a pic of their house build...

June 1st, anyone? https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/2024/05/22/nasa-mission-partners-assessing-launch-opportunities-for-crew-flight-test/

Yeah, calling a stack of metal sheets 3 rockets in production is kinda chukle-riffic... 😂

Don't make him spit out his coffee.

Well, that's not who it appeared you were talking about when you said: That's more along the lines of Iger when they threatened to pull ad $$$ from a commercial entity, which is what was addressing. But he's certainly said his share of things he may have had second thoughts about...I know I...

Berger eXclaimed about Bruno's tweet: Then I saw this posted...

So you make a vague assertion you are unwilling to support. Gotcha.

So give us an example where he's "cozying up" to climate change deniers in order to support such endeavors, as opposed to attempting to build a bridge that might allow inroads to change their stance. Or at least they are the lesser of two (17?) evils...

So, @DarkandStormy , we know from your trying to hand-wave the Pepsi truck thing away that's it was hard to admit you were wrong, Here's your chance to try again!

You'd rather CEO's kow-tow to profit over principle? I, for one, find standing up to folks based on something other than the bottom line a bit refreshing. There's enough potential customers that you don't need to pander to those not acting in goof faith. Short term profit take a hit...

A quick note: LLM's are the software that needs GPU-type compute to train/run. So, competition amongst LLM's means more demand for compute such as from Nvidia.

How's the coffee?

Like when I gotta record the football game... personal media blackout.

I was thinking about what they could do for the areas near the front where geo-locations could change rapidly... I was thinking of some method of 2FA, which your chain of command essentially is... but it would seem that it would have to be very quick, or risk comms dropouts. Perhaps a variable...