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Comment Re:9WM? (Score 2) 46

> All that stuff has to react rapidly

Just to add color ... equipment that has to do a lot of work quickly, even if intermittently, has a huge draw. Like your well pump or air conditioner when it starts up.

Now imagine you need to start a few dozen air conditioners simultaneously. The startup energy can be 10x the operating energy.

I've been doing the math on some of this for home solar. In my case I can ramp up the voltage over a few seconds but AIUI rockets still need instant action in many cases.

It's possible future reusable spacecraft could be more proactive, lowering costs and necessary chassis strength. Most of our technology starts off brute force and gets refined with more elegance but also more complexity over time. We're still early days in spaceflight.

Comment Re:"Just for stealing a couple of suitcases" (Score 2) 100

Bruce66423 commented: "Just for stealing a couple of suitcases from a car. Funny how the elite punish those who inconvenience them. Can you imagine an ordinary victim see their offender get that sort of sentence?"

I would hope so. Why shouldn't you do time for theft?

He got off with a very light sentence. Kelvin Evans has lengthy criminal record, near two dozen arrests with a half dozen trips to jail.
And he was on parole when he stole Beyonce's stuff.

My belief is that Beyonce didn't want the hassel of being involved with a trial and giving depositions and so on, so her lawyers were looking to just be rid of him and let the prosecution know that.

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