Peterinvan
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Don't worry. They will never land as long as we have CovidDespite the naysayers above, I have to wonder what the little UFO thingies zipping around are all about...
Don't worry. They will never land as long as we have CovidDespite the naysayers above, I have to wonder what the little UFO thingies zipping around are all about...
Your math is off by 1000. It is $203.13 per person. Unless you are Eureopean and the comma is really a decimal point.The program total is projected to be $65B. US Population is, say 320M. My math says this $203,125 per US person.
Huh? How? $65,000,000,000 / 330,000,000 = $197 per US person. Or is my Mac's calculator software screwed up?The program total is projected to be $65B. US Population is, say 320M. My math says this $203,125 per US person.
You beat me to it by seconds! I bow to the master.Your math is off by 1000. It is $203.13 per person. Unless you are Eureopean and the comma is really a decimal point.
My math says "per launch"The program total is projected to be $65B. US Population is, say 320M. My math says this $203,125 per US person.
Yeah, but commercialization at best looks like my children's lifetime, not mine. Here's the latest fusion power news, and it cost gazillions to get this far:Bottomless pit it may well be - but eventually it will be cracked, and when it is the BP turns into the horn of plenty.
I do believe they also have run the same test and not been successful at recreating the event. They have failed to get those results in three attempts since then.Yeah, but commercialization at best looks like my children's lifetime, not mine. Here's the latest fusion power news, and it cost gazillions to get this far:
Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Ignition Confirmed in Record 1.3 Megajoule Shot
LLNL's National Ignition Facility achieved a significant milestone in fusion research in August 2021, with a fusion yield surpassing 1.3 MJ. The team is now working on improving the experimental design and understanding the new experimental regime for better fusion performance. After decades of iscitechdaily.com
We're still decades away from commercial fusion power.
SMRs are the near future of nuclear reactors. Fusion was and always will be 20 years away, at least for the next century.I do believe they also have run the same test and not been successful at recreating the event. They have failed to get those results in three attempts since then.
Agree. I like NuScale:SMRs are the near future of nuclear reactors. Fusion was and always will be 20 years away, at least for the next century.
Because they're small, standardized, and modular.
My bad. I used the European definition of a billion (a million million)Your math is off by 1000. It is $203.13 per person. Unless you are Eureopean and the comma is really a decimal point.
Plus cost estimates I've seen are currently around $28 billion so far. Expected per launch cost is $500 million (some think it might be higher). Not making excuses, the program is obscenely expensive and very under-performing. No need to exaggerate.
Artemis-1 is now scheduled for a launch attempt on Saturday, September 3, 2022. The launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. EDT and closes at 4:17 p.m. EDT.
So we're gonna have black shirts in space?In other spatial news:
The Space Force Unveils its New, Sci-Fi Worthy Uniform
The uniform is a marked departure from the dress blues of the Air Force, from which the Space Force was spun off in 2019.www.military.com
Well, apparently it's a prototype -- I guess this is a beta test.