When it comes to outsourcing, aircraft engines are the exception that proves the rule. Jet engines are built by separate manufacturers due to economies of scale for manufacturers and technical expertise that does not translate to the rest of the aircraft, making it exactly the kind of product a...
In September, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the first commercial customer for a flight around the moon in his company's forthcoming BFR rocket: Japanese billionaire, entrepreneur and art collector Yusaku Maezawa, who plans to invite a handful of artists to join him on a weeklong flight to the...
And as we established, here’s what SpaceXreallydoes: It’s an innovation machine, trying to solve one big problem—the astronomical cost of space travel—because that’s the key to making humanity a space-faring civilization that can become multi-planetary and back itself up on other hard ...
[many] use Russian rocket engines that were made in the ’60s. I don’t mean their design is from the ’60s—I mean they start with engines that were literally made in the ’60s and, like, packed away in Siberia somewhere.” 2) Not enough vertical integration. We mentioned SpaceX’s...
I agree with this. For Metaculus, resolving a question as “ambiguous” at present never does any harm – the questions don’t “collect” any money, so lack of a payout is easy to do. This does happen though it can usually be avoided by tweaks to the question early on (indeed a ...
Despite being the prime suspect in the attack, Tyrion casually hands over plans for a saddle Bran can use to ride. Because that's just the kind of thing the coolest protagonist in Westeros does. A few episodes later, using that saddle, Bran has an encounter with some wildlings. That's ...
Not a "Cutting Edge" Rocket: The Blue Origin rocket does not rely on never-before-seen, whiz-bang technologies. It is not fully reusable, unlike what SpaceX is trying to make possible with Starship. Significance of the New Glenn Launch: Blue Origin's Entry into the Orbital Space Race: ...
While NASA aims for the 2030s, others hope to get there years sooner.Crowdfunded Mars Onehopes to do so in the next decade, but has had trouble getting both funds and traction. Most notable are Elon Musk and SpaceX: Musk aims to put boots on the fourth planet from the sun in the ...
A gas engine requires a transmission, a tailpipe, gears, and a bunch of other grease-covered shit; an EV has none of those things—when you open the hood, it’s more storage space, like the trunk. Gas engines need oil, which means they need oil changes; EVs don’t. The extra ...
But if that’s the answer, why are so many of the world’s smartest people so worried right now? Why does Stephen Hawking say the development of ASI “could spell the end of the human race” and Bill Gates say he doesn’t “understand why some people are not concerned” and Elon Mus...