Nathan

The enemy's gate is down

[Stoke Space @stoke_space]

Stage 1 flight article is back at Stoke HQ in Kent, WA after a successful proto-qualification campaign.

Real hardware. Real progress. Real Rainier in the background. 🤘🏔️ LFG.🚀

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@BellikOzan @FightLike36 🎶Istanbul not Constantinople… 🎶

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@freddo411 @Robotbeat @danaen803 At the very least, people who are willing to do math so their points can be checked, versus feeling whatever they want must be true.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Robotbeat @NavyDigi I thought they’d recently restarted pursuing a reusable upper stage.

[Stoke Space @stoke_space]

Happy Flag Day, from our rocket factory family to yours.🇺🇸

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@wb_thorne @loganb I see you want to make this about Trump and attempt guilt by association. As you’ve diverted from discussing your original point to try a character assassination, it’s clear you just want to fight and troll. Farewell.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@wb_thorne @loganb This is about the liberals and Musk, not Trump. No whataboutism or deflection.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@wb_thorne @loganb High speed rail as offered by the liberals doesn’t appear to be all that fast, and the cheap energy isn’t cheap, once we try to make it baseload rather than intermittent (LCOE is an oversimplified comparison and misses costs such as curtailment and grid infrastructure).

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@DrPhiltill I’ve used both, but I mainly use Musk because calling him by his first name feels too parasocial and informal. The guy doesn’t know me and never will.

[ApoStructura @ApoStructura]

If she wasn’t working for Elon Gwynne Shotwell would be hailed as an incredible success story and the most powerful woman in aerospace.

Instead it’s radio silence from the media

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@REasther @DrPhiltill Keeping in mind that no one ever views themselves at the villain, if you examine what Musk said (and what USAID actually did), he is concerned about US debt, and most USAID money stayed in DC employing overly paid NGO workers. By far.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@NachoCat16 @BellikOzan @GunnelsWarren It’s a verbal sleight of hand they attempt to use, I think. Purchases towards their favored companies are good investments, those towards their enemies are subsides, grift, etc.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@luke_metro @somefoundersalt Fortunately SpaceX can rent hardware access to them for a pretty penny.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Devintcotter @BellikOzan One, that’s the whole point of the SLS, distributed launch is for losers.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Death1nFire @BellikOzan I am reasoning from first principles. ‘It’s a chain reaction’ is the media argument. We already build satellites to handle impacts. Your position is basically: “We will do nothing whatsoever to prepare for anything, and satellite destruction is an existential threat.”

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Death1nFire @BellikOzan Also, countries go to war despite risk to their infrastructure all the time. The major wars of the last century, and the mass destruction that resulted, are proof. Your argument is also predicated on us having zero military capability in space to do anything.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Death1nFire @BellikOzan All of our expensive infrastructure is already at risk: China and Russia both have nukes pointed at us. If it’s just an economic threat, the US has far fewer constraints, which would not help Iran in the slightest.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Death1nFire @BellikOzan Destroying thousands of satellites is an act of war that would force the US to massively retaliate. Destroying a few satellites is an annoyance but has a wider range of responses. You can’t use one to justify the other.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Death1nFire @BellikOzan The ability to hit targets in orbit isn’t the same as threatening to hit US cities with nukes. It’s not going to make anyone ‘immune’ unless they already have nuclear weapons, and Golden Dome may be available down the line too.

[Nathan @CosmoN8]

@Death1nFire @BellikOzan Kessler syndrome, despite popular depictions otherwise, doesn’t mean instant destruction. It’s a degradation of the space environment that reduces system lifespan and capability. If we can build ODCs, we can build a lot of active debris removal too.