If I stole $40M from the CIA, I'd be worried about a lot more than extradition.

"Other" rare earths? Lithium is an alkali metal, not a rare earth.

Are you saying that this is one of them? At some point, yes, you will hit a point where a booster is uneconomical or unsafe to re-use, but that point is surely a long way off from one or two flights if the Falcon 9 is anything to go by.

According to the Pringles website there are a few ingredients that you didn't list:

I don't personally have them in my pantry, and I don't think I could find them at my local grocery store.

How would you recommend getting around for the 20-30 years before this urban redesign is complete?

I very much wish that prior generations had started the transformation 20-30 years ago, and I would support politicians who advocate for starting it now, but we have to be at least a little pragmatic about what to do in the meantime.

Arguably it's not "necessary" to prolong your life beyond the point where your offspring can survive without your support. Somewhere between mid-30s and early 50s, depending on how late you have kids?

But if I'm healthy enough to enjoy spending time with the people I care about, see the world, pick up new hobbies, etc., then yeah, living to 100 seems pretty great.

The definition of "processed" that has resonated with me in this context is "foods that you couldn't plausibly prepare in your home kitchen."

Bread? Fine. Pringles? Probably not.

A longer period of time with those you love, engaging in the activities you find fulfilling, not being held back by poor health?

Are the launches that SpaceX performs for NASA not funded from the NASA budget?

But that's a moot point, unless your argument is that the launches shouldn't have happened in the first place. If we take for granted that US government needs to put things in orbit, I haven't seen any compelling argument that there's a more cost effective way to get it done than paying SpaceX to do it for you.

Your points are so closely aligned with it that I suspect you watched the same video as I have, but I'd highly recommend this video from Perun (and his channel in general) to anyone who finds the subject interesting: Wagering on War - How Insider Trading Destroys Armies

Hate to break it to you, but the UK is way ahead of the Yanks on this one.

That's only "sane" if you're confident that the demand will persist. If the AI bubble pops and all that extra generating capacity is no longer needed, you're going to look pretty silly if you've spent hundreds of millions on infrastructure that's now sitting idle.

Up/Down are pretty vanilla. The Top quark is my personal favorite for weirdness, with its mass (as a single elementary particle!) being comparable to a Tungsten nucleus.

It can be done. In the area I live you can only leave a scooter in a designated parking area. If you don't do so and verify with a photo taken when ending the ride you can be fined ~$20-30.

It significantly reduces the usability of the service (it's a PITA when you arrive at a parking zone to find that it's full) but also significantly reduces the negative impact on the general public.