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To clarify something not made explicit in the article, the second stage performed its first burn nominally, the one that immediately proceeded from the first stage burn, but the second burn (still of the second stage) did not go correctly. Firefly’s statement is not clear whether the engine completely failed to… Read more

It’s almost like it’s rocket science or something! Read more

I might have once delivered a pizza to the wrong orbit.  Totally embarrassed and didn’t get a tip, either.
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I know it’s never “that easy” but they should have slapped a NASA equivalent to a gopro on the side of the spacecraft. How cool would it be to beam down quasi-live video footage from 1 or 2 AU? Yes, the footage will just be a bunch of stars and other bright points of light in the distance, but conceptually... it would… Read more

I worked on this project! Well, not DSOC, but Psyche. Super exciting to see it work so well. Read more

or they could just be using 100mbps as “most” and then indeed 267 as mentioned is faster. Read more

267 mbps -transmitting- is faster than most upload speeds for “broadband” internet. So maybe they mean transmitting. ie sending. Read more

So, 19 million miles may be impressive when compared to signals on our planet. However, Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles away. Can this type of signal work over those distances? Read more

I, for one, welcome our new orange fluffy, space-dominating overlords!
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Great, now whenever we’re invaded the aliens will want to speak to an orange cat that’s sharing one brain cell with all the other orange cats in the world because they think we sent them a video of our leader.   Read more

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You keep on knocking but you can’t come in !!! Read more

Monkeys, scratching at rocks. Read more

Have they tried wrapping part of their shirt around the lid to give them more grip? That works for me. Read more

Bro. Give me a fucking drill and a sledgehammer and I'll have it open by end of day.  Read more

Phillip’s Head screws? Really? Read more

Can't the reverse of closing the container be done with the same mechanism? Read more

They should have mixed a little WD40 in with the Nitrogen. How about call the nearest auto mechanic they’ll have those drilled out in 15 min. Read more

use a cheater bar on the Allen wrench Read more

Religion is just a dumb fuck test.  Read more