Except that Thorium reactors work by breeding U-233, which can be used in bombs

Well the first recorded case of the Spanish Flu was in Kansas. The US expeditionary force brought it to Europe

Just bear in mind that is nameplate capacity. As in the wind turbine CAN produce up to 11 or 16 MW. You also need to take into account load factor. For wind, itâ(TM)s about 30% so multiply everything by 3

Cisco spent $6.7B on R&D last year, Juniper $1B.

And Cisco spent $6.7B on R&D last year. Your point?

Yup, mixed up my isotopes

Different isotope of Plutonium. Bombs use Pu-239, space probes use Pu-241

The Pu issue is a solved problem. 5% of the fuel used today in civilian reactors is MOX which adds some Plutonium to the Uranium to allow it to be burned together, no reactor modifications required

The US, Russia and India have all detonated U-233 based weapons. The US specifically in 1955 as part of Operation Teapot

Inspired is probable more accurate Yes, the Russian's developed the first full flow staged combustion engine and oxygen rich pre-burners, but that's like saying the engine in a 2023 Dodge Ram was "borrowed" from Nicolaus Otto. Different design, different fuel, different materials, etc etc etc. The Raptor and RD-270 are very different engines (beyond using the same combustion cycle). Just like the current Merlin is very different from FASTRAC

You do realize thar SpaceX deliberately doesn't rely on patents because that would effectively open up all of their designs to be copied by foreign nations. They rely on trade secrets and ITAR https://www.patentforecast.com...

The astronauts on Apollo 17 covered more ground and collected more samples in 3 days on the moon in 1972, than Curiosity has in 10 years. Yes, humans are more complex and more expensive to send, but they are orders of magnitude more productive

Ya, itâ(TM)s going to be a few years at least until Iâ(TM)ll even consider ditching the InReach

Itâ(TM)s primarily because Globalstar was the only provider with sufficient excess capacity to handle Applesâ(TM)s needs. Reading the SEC filing, Apple will have quite a bit of control over Globalstar. 80% of their capacity will be allocated to Apple, with priority over all other traffic. Globalstar spectrum will be placed in a holding company that Apple will have 50% of voting shares. Pretty much all of Globalstarâ(TM)s capital investments over the next 3 years are being covered by Apple.

For the longest time the NRA was completely opposed to any and all research concerning gun violence, and convince legislators to prevent funding of any kind flowing towards it