If you don’t like its suggestions, you can simply ignore them, and you’re unlikely to spend much time wondering why it recommended what it did. Timeliness vs. human involvement: How fast does the decision need to be made?Decisions that need to be made quickly are prime candidates for ...
the private missions will be only about 10 days at most. While SpaceX hasn’t disclosed specifically how much each of the current contracts are worth, previously announced
Even after you sync up with Daylight Saving Time, here are some guidelines for a good night's sleep every night: Routine: Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day of the week. No napping: If you desperately need a siesta, limit it to a 15- to 30-minute nap in the mid...
And as far as transportation goes, regular old cars and light duty vehicles on the road make up over 50% of the transportation industry’s global CO2emissions. So let’s pretend Starship does end up launching and producing as much as the entire airline industry currently does, and it does ...
A cache miss, on the other hand, means the CPU has to go scampering off to find the data elsewhere. This is where the L2 cache comes into play -- while it's slower, it's also much larger. Some processors use an inclusive cache design (meaning data stored in the...
Rocket Forge: How Much Will It Cost? - An unofficial estimate Space.com: Private Spaceship Completes Second Rocket-Powered Test Flight - 4/8/04 USA Today: Feds give private spaceship go-ahead to expand flight testing - 4/8/04 Space.com: Passenger-Carrying Spaceship Makes Desert Debut - 4...
Each OMS engine can produce 6,000 lb (26,400 N) of thrust. The OMS engines together can accelerate the shuttle by 2 ft/s2 (0.6 m/s2). This acceleration can change the shuttle's velocity by as much as 1,000 ft/s (305 m/s). To place into orbit or to de-orbit takes about ...
Dear Startup: You have no idea how much that costs- “We are completely clueless about how long things should take.” Here is atrick to handle expectation of unreasonable estimates. Escalation of commitment- A.k.a. sunk-cost fallacy, or the rational explanation of why the hell do we stil...
BUT somehow by some arrangement, someone pastured cows in it. I don’t know how many per acre, but that was POOR land. We were at enough altitude I couldn’t grow any flowers, pretty much at all, and our neighbors had landscaped with “native plants” that were spiky and ugly. (And...
Starship 19311 silver badge1414 bronze badges Add a comment 2 (I originally planned to make this just a comment, but then I realized that I have too much to say for a comment. I'll still try not to repeat what was said before and keep on topic.) Please, feel sorry for your fr...