Defensive guerrilla warfare has always been a deterrent to imperialist ambitions.
Ukraine has just increased the effectiveness of guerrilla warriors by orders of magnitude.
I am no longer as anxious that Mainland China will take Taiwan.
@peterrhague Carlos Slim was the richest man on the planet when he dominated Latin American telecommunications.
With StarLink Elon is positioned to dominate planetary telecommunications.
I don’t think Neil Tyson knows this.
@Robotbeat People have been living up to 110 years for millennia.
Average life span has gone way up because of drastic reduction in infant mortality and childhood deaths.
Some people confuse that with maximum life span. Which has been the same for a long time.
@voidedintern Was it click bait when Sean Davis called out Tyson's false account of Bush's 9-11 speech?
And Tyson's Bush and Star Names story isn't the only example. The man fabricates history to push his science vs religion narrative.
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@peterrhague Geoffrey Landis would talk about a layer in Venus' atmosphere with temperature and pressure friendly to humans. And that a balloon city with nitrogen and oxygen would be buoyant in Venus' atmosphere.
But lack of a launch pad is a problem.
@peterrhague ZRVTOs (Zero Relative Velocity Transfer Orbits) between Sarmont tethers.
Tether mass goes exponentially with delta V.
Distributing the delta V over several tethers makes for practical taper ratios with existing materials.