The important take away for me, is that it is a reminder that rewriting/refactoring is a big part of quality, and should be in the back of a creators mind when considering the ends.
More whataboutism,
I read "skin in the game" it was ranty and poor, but beyond that, there is absolutely skin in the game for everyone when we are discussing a massive country falling into totalitarianism.
I like that advertising mascots were mentioned, like the Geico lizard. I also think software tools like standard Adobe illustrator tend toward a cartoon infantile look. Probably as a side effect for the need to make things vector scalable. It tends toward a flat big shape paradigm.
It also could be that companies like the idea of the customers as dependant upon the product, and infantilization fosters dependancy
On Mercury, it seems the impact that created the Caloris basin [1] may also have created a seriously busted-up region at its antipode (opposite on the planet from the impact) [2]. This may have happened due to shock waves propagating through Mercury's interior, focused by reflection at the planet's surface onto an area opposite the impact. There are alternate theories.
A few years ago, I looked into whether the Deccan Traps eruptions might have been either triggered or enhanced by similar antipodal seismic wave energy from the Chicxulub impact. Based on Earth's continental positions about 65M years ago, it seemed possible, maybe plausible. There were some papers discussing the possibility, but I don't have the data at hand.
> A few years ago, I looked into whether the Deccan Traps eruptions might have been either triggered or enhanced by similar antipodal seismic wave energy from the Chicxulub impact. Based on Earth's continental positions about 65M years ago, it seemed possible, maybe plausible. There were some papers discussing the possibility, but I don't have the data at hand.
Could it be worked backwards, there a re a number of flood basalts, some as recently as 10mya, is there any evidence of impacts for any others? Or is there some reason the Deccan traps stand out compared to the others?
I mean, this is definitely my goto theory. Everything tied up in one single package.
But, unfortunately, just because we like something, doesn't mean it really went down that way. And rightfully so, a horde of nerds will come out of the woodwork, to inform us if we were to claim the validity of an event, without true evidence in hand.
Either way, it won't stop me from harboring a deep suspicion that this is exactly what happened.
Mostly, my own belief is founded in similar conceptual origins for the moon.
Maybe volcanic debris somehow interacted with a passing object (like Messenger-1) and changed its trajectory to pass through Earth?
It's very human to want to connect these events into a cohesive narrative, but there is still the possibility that they were independent events in our universe.
Whether that is possible or not, the primary theory for the Deccan Traps is that they were initially formed as India drifted towards Asia and passed over volcanically active area that lies under the present Reunion islands.
I say neigh (sorry if you didn't catch that joke, I'm a little horse).
If x/0 =0 then, since division is inverse of multiplication x= 0*0 this fails to hold for any x not 0
But the story says there is no defined multiplicative inverse of zero (undefined) so that they are free to choose any value they want. And they choose 0.
This is unsatisfactory to me because it seems to break the intuitive pattern of x/n getting larger as n approaches zero from the positives. 1/4 .25< 1/3 .33 < 1/2 .5 < 1/1 1 >1/0 0 >1/-1 -1 < 1/-2 -.5 < 1/-3 -.333
You see that sign flip thingy happening around 1/0?
This blows my mind and I have naive questions.
How can the materials withstand such forces? Is a piece inside replaced (he said without taking it apart)? Is ablation a factor at all?
It's important to note that the first stage (which is about 70% of the rocket) is the part that is being reused. The top of the rocket (the second stage, the fairings, and the payload) are not reused (At least not yet. They are working on recovering fairings and there are rumors of second stage reuse).
When the stages separate, the first stage is going about 1.5 - 2.5 km/s. Then the second stage takes the payload the rest of the way to orbital speeds of 7+ km/s, and the first stage returns to earth.
So the first stage is going fast (several thousand miles per hour) but not as fast as things that re-enter from orbit. It still does need heat shielding, but not as much as the space shuttle or a capsule.
They've worked hard to get rid of pieces that have significant re-engineering. A good example is the grid-fins which have been moved to titanium, because they old ones were being worn away.
presumably a combination. Most parts on the rocket don't actually see that much stress. Find the parts that take the most stress. Then either make them stronger; or make them quick/easy to replace quickly and cheap to manufacture.
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