Byron Blakey

Mechanical engineering student, semi-profesional beerpong player, squash crazy South African

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@BjornLomborg @jordanbpeterson Although the long-term data is probably not available, the effects of contraception on population decline and aging populations is concerning. It is probably best to investigate this before promoting contraception. There’s no point in a rich country if no one is being born.

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@DonutOperator The most important thing is to build interest and passion for a direction in life. School work is useless unless there is a purpose for it, and if there is a motivating purpose, school work will become a breeze. Help the kid find his passion before doing any actual school work.

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@ape_board @pronewchaos @mars_protocol @ape_board please include xmars holdings too 🙌🏼

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint.

Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

I'm in the US for the first time in 2 1/2 years, and talking face to face with people is immensely more productive than talking over Zoom. If Zoom were the default and someone just invented face to face, it would seem like an amazing step forward.

[DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION @dstigovza]

The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Aerospace Systems Research Group (ASReG) has successfully tested a powerful liquid propellant rocket engine as the first step towards developing a launch vehicle for placing satellites into Earth orbit. @UKZN #itspossible https://t.co/7SADZDAmcY

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@torybruno it is my name day today, can I get some ULA swag? 🚀

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@SciGuySpace @CJHandmer 100%. It’s time to think about orbital structures, habitats, mechanisms and economies

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

The paper "Metal additive manufacturing in aerospace: A review" is officially accepted and published as of today! A huge thank you to all of my co-authors, I am incredibly grateful for all your excellent inputs and hard work. This…https://t.co/zNkWXYqJmd https://t.co/NEgWZXUFOp

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@SpacecoastPix @torybruno No one has tried using additive manufacturing techniques, specifically direct energy deposition (DED), at this scale before. These technologies are very new and are seeing high rates of development - only time will tell but they could be very disruptive

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@stivinet @torybruno Additive manufacturing is being tested/used on almost all in-development rocket engines and even on some legacy engines. For example, SpaceX’s raptor engine is roughly 40% by mass additively manufactured

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@timcortesi @stivinet @torybruno Relativity space is using Direct energy deposition (DED) methods to build their tanks. This process generally has accuracy and minimum feature size issues at the small scale, but large scale parts have more potential - defiantly a company to watch

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@InfographicTony @MarcusHouse @FelixSchlang @Erdayastronaut @totalspace360 @SpacesFuture @SpaceIntellige3 With the engines still attached, that is crazy

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@flylinuxinspace @astroride2000 Imo there should be 3 categories for spacefarers:
Space tourists - you go for a joyride in space
(Needs new term) - people who work or live in space with not much training
Astronauts - highly trained with in-depth knowledge of craft and safety systems

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@flylinuxinspace @astroride2000 It is much more than this. Astronauts are often engineering/stem graduates and have a lot of flight hours as experience - although the latter is not so important anymore.

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@QwQiao @lexfridman is very active in the AI field and hosts a podcast with guests from many technology backgrounds - including crypto

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@gregoryasmith @elonmusk @KerbalSpaceP What phenomena causes these electric arcing issues?

I imagine that these space tethers would be placed far outside of the atmosphere so that they lose as little momentum as possible. They are not for raising craft out of the atmosphere, only energy transfer in orbit

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@elonmusk @KerbalSpaceP If KSP2 includes capabilities of designing/testing space megastructures such as skyhooks, I would personally spend hundreds of hours optimising planet to planet transportation mass transfer using skyhooks

[Byron Blakey @BlakeyByron]

@elonmusk @KerbalSpaceP Skyhooks are an interesting concept for this, they effectively act as rotational energy storage devices in orbit. Kurzgesagt has a video describing the uses of this technology:
1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook https://t.co/24AD5tx6Ve