The unit I would like to see the end of is Tonne.

1000 Kilograms is a Megagram.

"All rockets basically do is throw mass out the back to move forward with an equal and opposite reaction since we don’t have massless drives like using light for propellant."

Photons have mass. So you can get thrust by shoving light out the back. Of course you can't get to orbit that way, but from Earth orbit to Mars orbit it would work.

"They'll insure darned near anything."

Except passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

What about the ones in New Scotland Yard?

Slashdot is the only Social Media that I use.
I have been a user here for more than 25 years.
Therefore I am at least 25, no age verification needed.

Trump has at most 2.75 years left in power.

Next January there will be a new bunch of people in charge of congress.

Pork will need to be reallocated.

The Sherwood Oaks Residents Association had no comment to make.

Say what?

Anyone got a picture?

Is the VPN on by default?

(If I wanted to use a VPN, I would use one that comes with the security software that I paid for)

I wondered if anyone else spotted that

Is probably not a good idea...

"Electricity isn't something that needs to be conserved - it's not shipped around the world in any significant quantity and generally is made as it's used"

Wrong

In much of the world the main source of electricity is Natural Gas.
Which is fine if you live in North America, but for EUrope and Asia it has to be imported. Because of damage to the LNG facilities in the Gulf, production won't be back to full capacity for years, even after the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.

I think they are trying to say AI Controlled Planes.

Planes are powered by kerosene.

(and its getting expensive)

I think he means Moon Landing Hoaxer.

Although there maybe a subset of Flat-Earthers that believe that the moon is a crescent shaped piece if cheese and we are on a dish sitting on the back of turtles all the way down...

Polar orbit costs more to get it there (deltaV) and it would have to be higher than LEO.

Also what about maintenance and upgrades?