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How much is the 890 mission paying these days?

FYI, here's the current speed calculator: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16LuddI3xsVsIk6lRBrQ8SZEIgAsXGmpTsB1Hss6AYjM/edit#gid=2128480749 It's broken in several places (such as you can't remove the multi-tool) but what I can tell you is, for movement of 0.95, if you lose a frag grenade...

Triple reduncancy is an older method that works on volitile systems but is power hungry. There are actually several methods and some kinds of components like MRAM are radiation tolerant by nature. Each component needs its own fix.

Actually the one time it was used was just after it replaced an earilier air-fuel bomb, In 2017, Trump dropped one in Afghanistan to evaporate a poppy field and say to the Taliban, "here's what we can do." There's a flash and everything within a 1,000 yard radius is vaporized. Mushroom cloud...

We know we're due for a pair of large explorer ships built from medium components (my favorite), meaning something larger than a Vanguard but oufited nearly identically. Stuff close to the Connie and MSR in size. So the Origin 400i is a luxury explorer for a team of 3 and the Drake Corsair is...

Most space radiaton hardened transistors are made from silicon carbide or gallium nitride. In general what you want is a substrate with a high band gap. Carbon forms like nanotubes, graphene and the like don't have well understood bandgaps. They can be modulated and current studies are...

Montoya, there are no buttons on what you posted. Looks like just an image without a link.

It is indeed amazing stuff. I'd be interested to learn more about how well it can be hardened against space radiation. There's no industry so affected by the need for smaller, lighter using less power than aerospace.

It doesn't match the SQ42 timeline, but I'm holding out for the Corsair. I expect one will be the Origin 400 series. . .yawn.

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The thing I would like to see with the Ballista is the rear trailer detaches, and the cab can haul up to X of them at once. Then the trailers are remote operated from a base. So suppose you can fit one cab and three trailers in a Herc. That would then become the standard deploy unit. Adding...

Most shipping is done with huge C containers that huge gantries lift off ships and put onto trains and trucks. When the container reaches it's destination usually a single unloader will empty it. I'd be happy to see ships with installed tractor beams simply snap all cargo to grid in no time...

Ooof. Mark him as a power monger, who gets that cooperative play is powerplay. Has anyone lined you up to murder Vanduul as part of a Privateering gang? You know, they all deserve to die.

Also hard to see the need for a rolling ambulance when we have a flying one.

View: https://youtu.be/ZGhbEQZ5vgM Fan looking for work at CIG methinks.

It's perfectly legit for Lucasfilms and Disney to use cuts from other Lucasfilm works, but I don't think they'd steal from a movie about Jesus' temptations, even if they owned the rights. Good catch. Must be fan made but illegal to put both the Disney and LucasArts banners on it, and immoral...

Refueling in flight is a crazy cool requirement that combined with drone tankers could give these incredible range. https://newatlas.com/aircraft/afwerx-high-speed-vtol-challenge-showcase/?fbclid=IwAR3-HwYk8K21ofjo1zp8dIMYcTSGsgQ_QYt5YePo_P2_Ual_vJuN3NfA_Wo

On the aging thang, I think it's well to keep in mind that Ewan McGregor did not age 20 years between Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith, but you would have to say he is well into his forties in Espisode 3. So he really should be in his sixties in A New Hope. The incongruous thing is...

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7nm chips came to market in less than a year. It's important to rush because the competition is usually just right behind, and if you can beat them by an entire year you can own the market. "75% less power" is especially interesting in that it may be suitable to break the 5Ghz wall. Brave new...