knotthatone

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you're meeting the cycler in its orbit, you're already on a free return trajectory back to Earth by definition. You need another burn if you want to stop at Mars and another burn after that to leave and get back on a trajectory to Earth. In any event, you need to bring all of that propellant one way or another through some combination of independent launches. I'm still not seeing what a rendezvous with the cycler craft is doing for an unmanned mission. Any delta-v you take from the cycler has to be put back via refueling or reboosting at some point or another.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm assuming that's what OP means. An Aldrin cycler is a cool idea and I'd love to see one developed some day, but I don't see how it helps unmanned missions significantly. You still need to independently launch and accelerate whatever you want to send to the same orbit for the rendezvous.

Makes sense for creature comforts (like life support and radiation shielding) for the long cruise but why bother for a robotic mission?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

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The what now?

This sounds strangely ominous.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

It's a shame this isn't working out, I was really hoping it would turn out to be a better way of doing self-checkouts.

The little convenience store on my way to work is nice, but I guess it falls apart in a larger store situation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Oh, are these legislators planning to pass laws cracking down in wage theft, safety violations and guaranteeing a living wage with basic healthcare and retirement benefits?

No?

Then they can fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'm converting from Firesticks once the new Apple TVs come out. I'm sick of the constant upselling and Amazon's been putting much more effort into blocking me from using a custom launcher than basic stability and usability.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I will always root for Trek to succeed. I'm hoping that by including Rachel Garrett, this isn't too timey-wimey and we get a well written TUC-TNG lost era story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I did, when I bought the device. And if the manufacturer does a good job, I'll recommend them to friends and family and likely buy more of their products.

The FOSS community does most of the heavy lifting with security updates anyway. Most of these things are running Linux, so they've already helped themselves to that community's work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't have a problem with a streaming service doing that. Hardware, no. If I bought it, I own it and the manufacturer can fuck right off.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I have nothing against advertising in general, but I won't tolerate OS-level advertising and I don't want ad-subsidized hardware.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

He's also been regularly compromised by sketchy backdoors placed by the manufacturer in his firmware and remote code execution exploits.

But to be fair, anybody on the bridge who knows how to work the consoles could kill everyone aboard if they wanted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I try to disregard his foolishness and think about all the hard working, and intelligent people that actually did the work and made this possible in spite of the spoiled manchild who insists on putting his stupid name a the top of the page.

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