sephamorr · HackerLangs

vor 7 Tagendiscuss

The max steering angles of the phased arrays are much higher, the diameter is at least 10x what you say. And for the last few years, lasercoms can route traffic inside the constellation so a given sat doesn't need to be within sight of a ground station.

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letzten Monatdiscuss

On the platforms I've worked with, the weight isn't the issue so much as the quantity of expensive and vibe sensitive parts that are unsprung.

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letzten Monatdiscuss

The doubt is supposed to stay with you! You need to make sure there aren't other causes or contributing factors hiding behind 'the obvious'. There have been notorious cases in spaceflight where the issue was 'identified' and 'fixed', only for the same thing issue to happen in the next mission.

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vor 2 Monatendiscuss

This is correct. If you don't like heights, that's definitely not a reason to skip the tour, but you'll miss out on one piece (that I enjoyed).

sephamorr

vor 2 Monatendiscuss

Seconding this! Make sure you get the "special tour". It was an absolute highlight of my trip. If you are interested in power infrasture it's a must see. If you're afraid of heights, perhaps not so much.

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vor 2 Monatendiscuss

JetBlue is a small rival (JetBlue at ~5% of US traffic, Spirit at ~3%) to the big 4 United/American/Southwest/Delta (each with ~17%). At least on the surface, a larger JetBlue might be more competitive rather than forcing them into the unequal partnerships like they have with United at the moment. Certainly, some jobs would be lost, but I do think that Spirit dying is a worse outcome than joining another small airline.

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vor 3 Monatendiscuss

This is actually what is thought to partially have caused the damage seen previously. The new trajectory is supposed to just have a single heating pulse instead of two.

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vor 4 Monatendiscuss

Well, the IRGC folks actually fighting probably don't have a luxurious future in a reformed Iran, so they might not be far off fighting for their lives.

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vor 4 Monatendiscuss

The phones get larger and the UI gets less information dense every release. More padding, more offsets, more dead space.

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vor 5 Monatendiscuss

The document describes proof of effectiveness as supported by demonstrating "non inferiority to... a US licensed product". So yes, a (licensed) benchmark, but I see no references to a requirement for only testing against the best standard of care. It's a separate question about whether it should be though, and the cfr is quite vague throughout, so I would probably expect this isn't an illegal move (assuming arbitrary and capricious isn't held by a court), but I don't see it supported by precedent.

sephamorr

vor 5 Monatendiscuss

Except this is not how medical regulation has worked in the US. This particularly is a new and stricter standard required for this particular vaccine. Even the new Trump policies for COVID vaccines now specifically requires a placebo -- comparison against standard-of-care would not be accepted.

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vor 5 Monatendiscuss

Well, that's not 'mostly done'

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vor 6 Monatendiscuss

The point is that it's a technical criteria that allows you to exclude American production from Europe. It's just protectionism.

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vor 7 Monatendiscuss

Citation needed

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vor 7 Monatendiscuss

You say economics instead of emotion, but your last sentence is emotion. If capex is your concern, explain the purpose of canceling an almost-complete farm. If energy breakevens are your concern, explain how this breakevens compares against, e.g. oil liquids.

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vor 10 Monatendiscuss

In their defense, if "things get bad", they probably lose their job and will be forced to leave. It's hard to put down permanent roots if you can be kicked out in 90 days.

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vor 10 Monatendiscuss

I had the same thought as GP though, thought it was very clever.

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vor 10 Monatendiscuss

There have been numerous issues in the past with 'dead' satellites waking back up and activating transmitters again, generally making a mess of the spectrum. Some satellites have pyro-fuses on the power lines from the solar arrays that are fired during passivation to make absolutely sure that the sat doesn't ever recharge and wakeup.

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