oses

RocketLab's largest hurdle was certifying their generalized AFTS software for any rocket and any spaceport, this won't be an issue for SpaceX.

that part definitely stood out to me as well. I mean, clearly there are some parts of spacecraft / mission design that are best done in person, but the recommendations of the IRB definitely won't help the staffing issues.

The engine situation actually looks even more grim for New Glenn than what you portray. The differences between making an engine survive flight once and one that can be reused are not insignificant.

The initial PS3s also did the same to keep PS2 backwards compatibility.

At the latest Q&A Elon said they were not focusing on the energy side of the business because it would require them to not make a number of cars due to being limited on battery / inverter supply.

This becomes exponentially harder as they add more and more power hungry vehicles to their lineup (see Cybertruck / Semi) and market more Mega/Gigapacks to grid operators.

It makes sense for Tesla to try to get as many batteries as possible from as many sources as possible.

this greatly depends on the university.

The first university I went to allowed calculators and required TI nspire for calc 2. When I transferred the second university did not allow graphing calculators and covered half the content in the same period of time. (calc 2 content was covered in calc 1 at first university)

I'm not sure I agree that him being on this first trip is him making it 100% about himself. I think its more him trying to show that it is safe enough even for him to go on.

The combination of Methane and the full flow staged combustion cycle also means significantly reduced coking in the engine, so it drastically prolongs the time between engine refurbishments.

Between where I live now and where my parents live, there is a distinct lack of dc fast chargers (most are in dealers where you need to be there during business hours to use as they regularly park cars in those spots), while there are plenty of superchargers. I really want to buy a used i3 for my daily driver, but there is no way I'd be able drive it to my parents without borrowing my wife's car.

IIRC it depends on if it was ordered with FSD or bought it as an upgrade. My understanding is if it wasn't originally ordered with it, the new owner has to upgrade again to get it.

(Since its on the monroney label they have to keep it for cars that are ordered with it originally)

Looks like that article may be out of date, according to experian [1] 4 states completely disallow using credit scores to set auto insurance rates, and 3 more restrict it. However, this is still significantly more than "some states"

[1] https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/which-states-pro...

UEFI updates can now be delivered by vendors thru Windows Update now : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/br...

belly-flop landing ...

Seems less likely that SN6 will be used for 20km flight + belly flop due to the change from 301 to 304L. If I had to guess, I'd say it's likely SN6 will be used w/ nose-cone and LOX header tank for additional short duration hops.