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Safety Dance posted:NASA still hasn't paid the fine for littering A radio station eventually raised the money and paid the fine for them FuturePastNow fucked around with this message at 20:51 on May 4, 2021 |
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Murgos posted:If China actually wants to be taken seriously in space then they need to start playing like an adult and cleaning up their messes when they are done with their toys. What's anybody going to do to China about it? You can't fine them, they have their own launch sites so you can't stop them from throwing stuff in orbit and/or littering on your country. Nobody is going to start ASAT blasting their satellites, both to keep from making more of a mess in LEO and to avoid escalation in space. Their trash could wipe out a couple of skyscrapers in Manhattan and the only thing that will happen is a bunch of lawsuits get filed and ultimately don't collect, one of Jinping's toadies issues an insincere apology, and a couple dozen people in China's space program get disappeared.
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Murgos posted:If China actually wants to be taken seriously in space then they need to start playing like an adult and cleaning up their messes when they are done with their toys. Well it can’t come down over London, Paris, or Moscow because their latitudes are higher than its orbital inclination.
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Midjack posted:What's anybody going to do to China about it? You can't fine them, they have their own launch sites so you can't stop them from throwing stuff in orbit and/or littering on your country. Nobody is going to start ASAT blasting their satellites, both to keep from making more of a mess in LEO and to avoid escalation in space. Their trash could wipe out a couple of skyscrapers in Manhattan and the only thing that will happen is a bunch of lawsuits get filed and ultimately don't collect, one of Jinping's toadies issues an insincere apology, and a couple dozen people in China's space program get disappeared. I mean, broadly speaking that's what diplomacy is all about. No, we're (hopefully) not going to start WW3 if some booster lands in the middle of Manhattan, but there are a myriad of ways to exert pressure on a country, and if they literally killed hundreds or thousands of Americans you can bet there would be a pretty loving robust application of that pressure, definitely more than some worthless lawsuits.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I mean, broadly speaking that's what diplomacy is all about. No, we're (hopefully) not going to start WW3 if some booster lands in the middle of Manhattan, but there are a myriad of ways to exert pressure on a country, and if they literally killed hundreds or thousands of Americans you can bet there would be a pretty loving robust application of that pressure, definitely more than some worthless lawsuits. China owns most of our debt, a shitton of nuclear weapons, all the factories making all the stuff we need, and a lot of the raw materials for what little we still make here. They also have several key US allies within easy bomber range of their borders. They have us by balls, they know it, we know it, and we aren't doing poo poo to them.
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May 5, 2021 03:08
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Imagined posted:China owns most of our debt China owns 5% of our National Debt. Most is owed to Social Security.
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May 5, 2021 03:16
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Imagined posted:China owns most of our debt, Ignoring for a second that this number was always foreign held debt imagine that you’re in some stateless ancap dystopia and own a giant Waco like compound with the most military equipment in the world. Some bank issued a mortgage for it denominated in currency you yourself issue. Who has who by the balls in this example?
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May 5, 2021 03:28
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Imagined posted:China owns most of our debt, a shitton of nuclear weapons, all the factories making all the stuff we need, and a lot of the raw materials for what little we still make here. They also have several key US allies within easy bomber range of their borders. They have us by balls, they know it, we know it, and we aren't doing poo poo to them. The fake news about debt that was covered aside, it's a mutual balls having. They make our stuff, we make the paper they need for packaging. We have the markets they need for selling things. Our allies have markets China needs to sell things in. They can't just pull our pants down without their pants being pulled down too.
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May 5, 2021 04:20
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Imagined posted:China owns most of our debt, a shitton of nuclear weapons, all the factories making all the stuff we need, and a lot of the raw materials for what little we still make here. They also have several key US allies within easy bomber range of their borders. They have us by balls, they know it, we know it, and we aren't doing poo poo to them. what exactly do you think they could do by holding our debt? china: pay us now usa: no that could certainly impact the "credit rating" of the usa, but it's not like we have no international sway. if we did it for dumbass reasons that's a thing, but if they dropped a satellite on Manhattan or caused a big diplomatic incident, we also have that stick to play. neither side wins in such a situation, especially since we have been making payments for years and years and that cash flow helps China significantly. everyone knows they manipulate their currency value, they need USD as much as we need liquidity.
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shame on an IGA posted:1/(1000pi) candela per square cm Lamberts are an old bizzaro metric unit; it's CGS like a dyne or an angstrom.
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Imagined posted:China owns most of our debt, a shitton of nuclear weapons, all the factories making all the stuff we need, and a lot of the raw materials for what little we still make here. They also have several key US allies within easy bomber range of their borders. They have us by balls, they know it, we know it, and we aren't doing poo poo to them. This is a hot take worthy of Fox News National debt https://www.thebalance.com/who-owns-the-u-s-national-debt-3306124 Raw materials imports https://wits.worldbank.org//CountryProfile/en/Country/USA/Year/2016/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/ALL/Product/UNCTAD-SoP1 Not gonna bother with the rest but this is a bad thread for petty lies and hot takes. Full of pilots and engineers the pedantic kings.
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May 5, 2021 12:28
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I dunno I think one person telling me I'm an idiot wasn't enough, I need a half dozen more.
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May 5, 2021 13:17
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Imagined posted:I dunno I think one person telling me I'm an idiot wasn't enough, I need a half dozen more. FAR 24.301(b)a.1) clearly states that in order to be certificated incorrect you must have received referential links.
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May 5, 2021 13:30
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https://twitter.com/launchstuff/status/1389593013446496256?s=21 Canada alert level: 
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Nebakenezzer posted:https://twitter.com/launchstuff/status/1389593013446496256?s=21 Except for the 2% of Canada that has 25% of the population, of course.
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Nebakenezzer posted:https://twitter.com/launchstuff/status/1389593013446496256?s=21 https://twitter.com/RDhaniswara/status/1389794706100416518 heh
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Nebakenezzer posted:https://twitter.com/launchstuff/status/1389593013446496256?s=21 Thinking about how to calculate what the ocean/land ratio is if you exclude above/below certain latitudes
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May 5, 2021 18:07
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Nebakenezzer posted:https://twitter.com/launchstuff/status/1389593013446496256?s=21 My bet is the same county in Australia that skylab landed.
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May 5, 2021 19:35
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PCjr sidecar posted:Except for the 2% of Canada that has 25% of the population, of course. If that happens the rest of Canada will just blame the victim
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May 5, 2021 21:28
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SpaceX just stuck the landing on SN15. If you didn’t catch the livestream, you didn’t miss much. There were clouds and the onboard video had transmission issues.
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May 5, 2021 23:54
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PCjr sidecar posted:Except for the 2% of Canada that has 25% of the population, of course. Nah. There’s zero overlap. The rocket body has orbital inclination 41.5°. Canada’s southermost territory is about 41.67° N.
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I bet it lands in the ocean, given that only about 25% of the grid image contains land.
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Platystemon posted:Nah. There’s zero overlap. Eh, take it up with the person who drew the grid square over the gta.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I mean, broadly speaking that's what diplomacy is all about. No, we're (hopefully) not going to start WW3 if some booster lands in the middle of Manhattan, but there are a myriad of ways to exert pressure on a country, and if they literally killed hundreds or thousands of Americans you can bet there would be a pretty loving robust application of that pressure, definitely more than some worthless lawsuits. Ask the 2 Michaels and the Uigurs how well China responds to international pressure.
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Imagined posted:I dunno I think one person telling me I'm an idiot wasn't enough, I need a half dozen more. Try doing a modicum of research before just making poo poo up next time.
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Sagebrush posted:I bet it lands in the ocean, given that only about 25% of the grid image contains land. TBH I'm sure was the conclusion of the Chinese Space Agency
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:I will not Good username/post combo
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I saw a KC-46 the other day. the silhouette at long range was a little confusing for a moment since the refueling pods on the wings made it look like a 4-engine until I figured that out. I was pretty sure no 707s were around here. pro: it was flying, did not appear to be on fire con: probably still can't refuel another plane in conclusion, boring flying tube is also boring in USAF grey
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May 7, 2021 00:30
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Psion posted:I saw a KC-46 the other day. Horrible creatures.
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StandardVC10 posted:Horrible creatures. not an emptyquote  e: finally, remembered the right emote
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Yeah, they've been showing up on ADS-B Exchange but as B762s, not KC46es. And never more than 3-4 at a time.
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Does that mean Boeing found all the bonus parts?
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Speaking of ADS-B, this is a callsign you don't see very often: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae11f6 Biden's supposed to be down in Louisiana, why is Executive One coming from Colorado Springs? EDIT: Never mind, it's Executive One *Foxtrot*. "If the president's family members are aboard, but not the president himself, the flight can, at the discretion of the White House staff or Secret Service, use the callsign Executive One Foxtrot (EXEC1F)." BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 01:49 on May 7, 2021 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Speaking of ADS-B, this is a callsign you don't see very often: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae11f6 Yeah Jill Biden was in Vegas to present some teaching award this morning, must’ve had an event in Colorado after that.
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Countdown to RWM saying it was a flight just for the dog
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Platystemon posted:Countdown to RWM saying it was a flight just for the dog Pilot for Jill Biden was a major -> Flight was just for Major Biden - > "Should we be paying for flights for a dog? Why don't the Democrats want you to ask these questions? Shouldn't you be allowed to ask why Joe Biden constantly has his dog flying around the country?" - Tucker Carlson
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Mover brought a Go Pro with him for a check flight around/over Nawlins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hL4Vy05Qzk
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yeah, they've been showing up on ADS-B Exchange but as B762s, not KC46es. And never more than 3-4 at a time. They show up as 762’s for ATC as well. We see them fairly regularly on one of our AR tracks.
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