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Comment Re: Mental gymnastics (Score 2) 41

Because it was the first v3, they didn't want to risk the tower, and it was a wise decision as the engines of the booster had a problem. So I doubt they'll try to catch the booster on next flight until the prove the engines will keep going. But I do see them trying to catch Starship on next flight, as it has been proven now multiple times they can land Starship exactly where they wanted it, even with a completely redesigned Starship v3. Also, I doubt they will try to catch both until they have 2 towers functional (second might be in miami) as they will need to test, reliably, how fast they can move the booster, unless they'll also create a booster with legs.

Comment Only hurt your own citizens (Score 1) 122

By blocking chinese connected cars will only hurt your own citizens as they have to pay a LOT more to get a US based car with the same options. And US connected cars are just as easily read by chinese hackers as the chinese ones, just like with the ban on chinese network hardware, that hardware is proven more secure as US hardware, and still no proof shown they have backdoors for chinese governments, and that's why US government doesn't want US citizens to have the chinese hardware as it's much harder to hack/spy on for themselves, but china just uses the same backdoors on US hardware for spying too. Congress only cares about its own carmanufacturing friends by introducing this bill, it doesn't give a crap about their own citizens being able to buy affordable cars.

Comment Re: CIA (Score 1) 73

Why is he a traitor? Because he wants to do research but cannot do it in the US because he got sentenced? It's not like the US isn't attracting chinese scientists to their labs, funny enough if you look at many 'US' patents, it got chinese names on it.. It's US its own fault he went to china to continue his research, and with that loosing valuable knowledge..

Comment Trailer with battery/solar (Score 2) 138

I wonder if the range can be extended by having extra battery in the trailer (newly designed and optimized) and have lightweight solarpanels as the cover. Yeah the solar panels won't add that much, but it can be enough to run the refrigerator of the trailer or some extra power. Also, docking stations should be adjusted so these (any EV) truck can be charged while (off)loading the cargo, do extending the range a bit between each station and making it viable for longer ranges. Also adding charging pads to all highways between cities can make sure these trucks can even be charged while driving (already successfull tests have been done in some countries).

Comment Re: Oh no! (Score 1) 89

Viewing movies and series on the big screen or in perfect 3D. Using it for fitness or relaxation exercises, using it for education and even using it for multimonitor (remote) working. But the Pro is just too expensive. They should have ditched the frontscreen when they refreshed it and with that drop the price a bit (it would probably still be $3000+, meta had tested it in their labs and came yo the conclusion it didn't really add anything except extra cost.

Comment Re: Fascinating how some still believe in VR succe (Score 1) 89

There are still people who think all other people mind wearing a VR helmet for hours because they mind it. There are a lot of people who don't mind.. but they do mind spending toward $4000 to have great visuals... And yes not everybody wants it, but there are also many who don't want to play golf or american footbal or baseball or surf or ride motorcycles or play tennis..... It's not for everybody like so many other things..

Comment Re: Alloy exposed to salty, humid sea air (Score 1) 34

So? That still is the problem caused by Thales, as ALL their current modules seem to be be affected by the same problem. So I highly doubt its due to transportation as its also found in modules still in europe. And if it is caused during transportation it just mean Thales didn't ship it properly as they damn sure knew about the exposure to sea air. But if its that corrosive due to a bit if sea air, how well does it stand in space environment/radiation? Thales is responsible, so should also cough up the extra cost of fixing the problem out of their own budget.

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