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Digby wrote:

Puja wrote:

Digby wrote:

We supplied some tech into NASA a few years back, well actually the UK Space Agency but on a combined initiative, it's not my experience these people aren't focused. And none of them came across as being as drugged up as Musk so I'd venture they were actually more focussed. Which isn't to say people looking afresh at a situation can't spot a better way of doing something, but that holds for things Musk is doing as well as Musk looking at others.

And it is somewhat about the money, doing stuff in space is very expensive. Until the pandemic we were doing quite a lot of work with a particular group of mathematicians worked through a combined group out of a well known Uni in the USA and being paid for largely by a well known delivery company and web provider (and others) around quantum computing but a few bits on the side too, and when the topic formally or otherwise went across to some of the work and differences in work for what it was going to take to run ops out of say a space station or even a moon base, well there was something of a gulf between that and Terran operations. At some point I'd like to get back to this as despite it being by far the worst paid work of the week it was if not quite great fun then certainly very interesting, other than having 5-10 mathematicians continually mock my sorry level of mathematics, especially the one who despite thinking he was so good with numbers figured on the back of Brexit that Trump would have the USA additionally invest $250 billion into the UK economy per annum

I think we're using the word focussed in different ways here. In terms of being able to focus on work, you're absolutely right. We're talking about what area their work is focussing on - Musk's space agency has one goal, which is setting up an extra-Earth colony (and earning funds that go towards that goal). He doesn't care about the makeup of comets, researching Jupiter, robotic exploration, etc. So while his budget in total may be lower, his budget specifically for getting humans into space if higher, because it's focussed.

Puja

But he's still piggybacking a lot of the existing knowledge/resources in his aim, it wouldn't be possible without all that ancillary work having been and being done. And he's still tinkering on the margins in many ways, even if in a very public fashion, and even if it's mostly very welcome from the various space agencies (not sure about the likes of Russia and China in saying that)

And still, whilst I don't know also how much the manned mission to Mars and the possible establishment of colonies is being budgeted for by just NASA I'm confident it'll be more than Musk is going to spend. Understandable when a smallish chunk of their budget would wipe out Musk in just a few years, again assuming Musk even could convert his wealth to cash

morepork wrote:

Digby wrote:

Puja wrote:
I think we're using the word focussed in different ways here. In terms of being able to focus on work, you're absolutely right. We're talking about what area their work is focussing on - Musk's space agency has one goal, which is setting up an extra-Earth colony (and earning funds that go towards that goal). He doesn't care about the makeup of comets, researching Jupiter, robotic exploration, etc. So while his budget in total may be lower, his budget specifically for getting humans into space if higher, because it's focussed.

Puja

But he's still piggybacking a lot of the existing knowledge/resources in his aim, it wouldn't be possible without all that ancillary work having been and being done. And he's still tinkering on the margins in many ways, even if in a very public fashion, and even if it's mostly very welcome from the various space agencies (not sure about the likes of Russia and China in saying that)

And still, whilst I don't know also how much the manned mission to Mars and the possible establishment of colonies is being budgeted for by just NASA I'm confident it'll be more than Musk is going to spend. Understandable when a smallish chunk of their budget would wipe out Musk in just a few years, again assuming Musk even could convert his wealth to cash

He is a fucking tourist with accountants.

Digby wrote:

morepork wrote:

Digby wrote:
But he's still piggybacking a lot of the existing knowledge/resources in his aim, it wouldn't be possible without all that ancillary work having been and being done. And he's still tinkering on the margins in many ways, even if in a very public fashion, and even if it's mostly very welcome from the various space agencies (not sure about the likes of Russia and China in saying that)

And still, whilst I don't know also how much the manned mission to Mars and the possible establishment of colonies is being budgeted for by just NASA I'm confident it'll be more than Musk is going to spend. Understandable when a smallish chunk of their budget would wipe out Musk in just a few years, again assuming Musk even could convert his wealth to cash

He is a fucking tourist with accountants.

So like you but with accountants?

At least you've got your wish for Twitty to ban the orange one, and bravely with days to go of his Presidency and only year after year of out and out lying mixed with racism and threatening violence

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:Wtaf is going on with the Qanon caucus in the House bringing weapons? It's hopefully only a matter of time before one of them literally shoots themselves in the foot

Digby wrote:Biden talking about guns, which is perhaps useful if he can get something useful done, and perhaps useful if he fails but can create a better situation for someone else to push gun control forwards

Sandydragon wrote:

Digby wrote:Biden talking about guns, which is perhaps useful if he can get something useful done, and perhaps useful if he fails but can create a better situation for someone else to push gun control forwards

With millions of Americans on the verge of supporting a civil war, most of whom regard the requirement of manliness to own several automatic weapons, my hopes aren’t high.

If the sight of an armed mob in the Capitol Building or multiple school shootings isn’t enough to change minds, I’m not sure what is.

morepork wrote:Q Barbie on the anniversary of Parkland High School Shootings:




So much fuck.

What a horrible shameless degenerate.

Digby wrote:

morepork wrote:Q Barbie on the anniversary of Parkland High School Shootings:




So much fuck.

What a horrible shameless degenerate.

In fairness I think 30,000 armed guards at every school would provide a lot of security. Whether it's a plan anyone wants to pay for I have my doubts, and then you might need to merge some schools as I suspect you'd very quickly run out of there being enough adults to work as school guards, and there might be some issues if every adult worked as a school guard.

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

Digby wrote:

morepork wrote:Q Barbie on the anniversary of Parkland High School Shootings:




So much fuck.

What a horrible shameless degenerate.

In fairness I think 30,000 armed guards at every school would provide a lot of security. Whether it's a plan anyone wants to pay for I have my doubts, and then you might need to merge some schools as I suspect you'd very quickly run out of there being enough adults to work as school guards, and there might be some issues if every adult worked as a school guard.

She might mean 30,000 armed guards per child. They need to start cloning stormtroopers.

Digby wrote:

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

Digby wrote:
In fairness I think 30,000 armed guards at every school would provide a lot of security. Whether it's a plan anyone wants to pay for I have my doubts, and then you might need to merge some schools as I suspect you'd very quickly run out of there being enough adults to work as school guards, and there might be some issues if every adult worked as a school guard.

She might mean 30,000 armed guards per child. They need to start cloning stormtroopers.

I shouldn't have assumed she was proposing limited protection only. Though I seem to recall it's a matter of fact the cloning didn't go well, thus the clone wars?

Mikey Brown wrote:

Digby wrote:Why did the artist put so much more effort into the face of Biden than the generic brown faces to still have that not especially look like Biden?

Puja wrote:

Digby wrote:Why did the artist put so much more effort into the face of Biden than the generic brown faces to still have that not especially look like Biden?

It's Jimmy Carter isn't it?

Interesting how bombing the Middle East is now a bad thing compared to Trump sending missiles in.

Puja