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The idea is that simply going for Those last few percentage points of reliability causes you to spend a lot more money with demishing returns, eg adding back up components of the back ups etc.

Off course we are talking about cargo flights, which almost all launches are.

There are reasons to go for reliability sometimes, eg human, and that could be achieved by using the new rockets for humans and older ones for cargo.

But spending an extra $500 Million to reduce the risk of losing a $50million cargo from 1 in 20 to 1 in 1000 doesn’t make sense, unless you are spending the governments money and a spotless carreer is important to you.
 
Although your eyes might tell you differently, these two photos are exactly the same. For instance, the kerbs should appear parallel if the two photos are identical, but to me they seem at slightly different angles.

 
bellenuit said:
Although your eyes might tell you differently, these two photos are exactly the same. For instance, the kerbs should appear parallel if the two photos are identical, but to me they seem at slightly different angles.

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An allegory that even an individual will engage in self conflict to prove him/herself right at the expense conciliation.
 

Seen these vids the other day somewhere else. Blew me away tbh. Had never thought about it before. Seems like the network is vast enough to with stand attach during hostilities/war...

But I wonder if there are enemy states out there that pre-installed some kind of cutting device on enough cables to shut down a continent/country if provoked???
 
Blue and black or gold and white?

Yanny or Laurel?

I toggle between both, but not willfully.
 
An interesting discourse on willpower and some common misconceptions:
 
cynic said:
An interesting discourse on willpower and some common misconceptions:
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Thanks for sharing this, cynic. I think it's some really interesting and valuable information, I really enjoyed it and it does a lot to explain us. A lot of people could benefit greatly from this. I have extreme willpower when I choose to use it, and this has helped me to understand how some people are so lacking in it, and also explained why I have failed in the few times I have. It really resonated with me, thank again!
 
Value Collector said:
I didn't realise there was stars smaller than Jupiter.

It made me wonder why Jupiter has not turned into a star.
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So I just looked it up,

Turns out Jupiter would need to be about 80 times its current mass before it turned into a star, however at that mass it would actually be smaller in diameter due to the increased gravity making it more dense.

So yeah, Stars are much heavier than Jupiter, however the smaller stars may look slightly smaller than Jupiter even though they have a lot more mass due to them having more gravity.
 

Neutron stars are about the size of a city with a mass 1.5 times the sun.

Mind boggling to contemplate.
 
The centre of the milky way is Sagittarius so best view is 30deg south ...good excuse to visit Coffs Harbour
 
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