John Clayton

Father, husband, sailor, flyer, diver, shooter, scientist, fixer, life on the edge, slave to two Border Collies.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@bubbleboi Real coders would do it in COBOL.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@NASASpaceflight A setback. But the BO NG is never going to be able to compete in the long run with Starship in terms of $kg to orbit and scalability. NG is a badly suboptimal architecture. Just license Starship.

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@elonmusk On the reentry, any ideas what this is? Perhaps some different leeward heat shield material?

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@actuspacex @LabPadre I know these guys are consummate professionals, and totally focused, but they missed the opportunity to go down in memo history if they had only brought a large can of WD-40 along for show.

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@Rainmaker1973 That just makes me want to slap on a scuba tank and dive to the bottom of that hole with my 4 closest suicidal friends.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@WarPath2pt0 Nice shooting! I wonder if dogs need hearing protection to avoid hearing damage from that close?

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@MorgothsReview I believe the correct word is now "cannons" according to J P Morgan.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@IterIntellectus There is an interesting experiment that has never been tried: Randomly assign half the states to only allow women to vote, hold office, and own property.

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@daveguitarjones Ok, this is freaking hilarious. My wife doesn't get it.

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@BuzzPatterson V97.33A.851606
This is the real ICD-10-CM external cause code for "Sucked into jet engine" (under air and space transport accidents). It's a genuine, billable code in the system—famous among medical coders and meme-worthy for how oddly specific it is.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@pronounced_kyle Elon would have caught that booster in his teeth.

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@stevenmarkryan I would suggest the bottom of Chandor Chasma for the first city. Huge beds of Kieserite for water and magnesium, and Sorel cement. Steep walls for radiation protection. Depth for increased atmospheric density.

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@charliebcurran This is the funniest thing I've seen this decade. Amazing work.

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@martinth3rd @herbertong @SpaceX A one way ticket for a chance to establish a Mars Colony are you kidding me? They will have no problem filling 10 million seats

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@elonmusk Spectacular videography. And a subtle reference to 2001 A Space Odyssey at 5:55 in the sound track.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

Grok Imagine is amazingly practical. Such a time-saver when renovating: after/before. Maybe 15 minutes of work.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@orsonscottcard Meet "Ender" my Border Collie. Your books are great work.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

@elonmusk The cause for the drop in fertility rate seems clear - the introduction of soap operas:

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"The full vision will happen..." The Starship architecture is close to the theoretical best of cost and cadence that can be done with chemical rocket technology and physics. SpaceX WILL succeed with this. Forget Starlink. It is an amazing money-printer, but pales in comparison to the opportunity convergence of low-cost-to-orbit and distributed AI in space.

[John Clayton @flyboyscout]

These puppies need your support. No living creature should be tossed aside. https://t.co/Opopd1oVnS is worthy, and I've adopted from them. https://t.co/OJJzv6NDwd