Recent content by scaesare

That's an interesting idea... could cure in an oven and yet still apply en mass...

We had some discussion about this previously... a couple posts I made with pics/video... other folks chimed in too... Some of the recovered tiles on the beach that seem to have fallen off we've had close up pics of, and interestingly the mechanical " sockets" the pins seit in seemed to not...

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.