lunar17 Now • 100%
From the linked article:
The 2022 injury rate at the company’s manufacturing-and-launch facility near Brownsville, Texas, was 4.8 injuries or illnesses per 100 workers – six times higher than the space-industry average of 0.8.
No mention of other industries, but a quick search shows that the injury rate is 2.4 in construction and 3.2 in manufacturing. However, it's important to note that all industries underreport injuries, especially SpaceX, as OP's article discusses.
Also, I think it's interesting to note that Texas, where SpaceX are moving most of their operations, has the most worker deaths of any state.
lunar17 Now • 100%
My first thought on seeing this was "I wonder what ENB preset that is?"
lunar17 Now • 100%
Such a shame, I was really looking forward to this based on the teasers shared on the game's Discord server. I guess it's just like big publishers to put more effort into marketing than development.
lunar17 Now • 100%
One of the things I thought was neat when I visited Japan was that some places would give you change back in a dedicated little tray with rubber "fingers" that made the coins easier to pick up, so you didn't struggle to pick them off a flat counter.
lunar17 Now • 100%
Nice, good to see EVs that aren't crossovers!
lunar17 Now • 100%
Fucking Reagan
lunar17 Now • 95%
A quote from someone who will probably die long before we see the worst effects of climate change.
lunar17 Now • 100%
Science is the pursuit of truth, which is antithetical to an administration of liars.
lunar17 Now • 100%
Space Cadet Pinball is available as a Flatpak? There is still beauty in this world 😭
lunar17 Now • 100%
Let's not body shame when we can brain shame.
lunar17 Now • 100%
True, we've pretty much skipped the "socialist" part of "national socialism".
lunar17 Now • 91%
That's not completely accurate. As the NASA link you shared explains, the normal orbit for the ISS is relatively low at 400km, where atmospheric drag and orbital debris pose a risk. The article agrees that the station could be raised into a graveyard orbit (where it could safely remain for several hundred years; this a standard way to retire space hardware), but this would require more delta V than for a controlled deorbit. In turn, this means a more expensive booster vehicle and mission.
So, the ISS could be safely preserved in high orbit, but no one is willing to pay the price to move it there. This makes me a bit sad, as it means the most expensive and impressive engineering project undertaken by humanity to date will be destroyed.
lunar17 Now • 100%
So, I guess any kind of preservation is unlikely. I was hoping the ISS would be put into a graveyard orbit, so it could be kept as a monument, but there doesn't seem to be the will to do that. It's the end of an era, but hopefully that means a new chapter in space exploration is starting.
lunar17 Now • 100%
My personal favorite is Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List.
lunar17 Now • 100%
None of those words are in the bible
lunar17 Now • 100%
I'm really tired of republicans calling anything democrats do "radical" or "extreme" when they're just pushing for the most mild stuff. I would die for some actual radical left ideas.
lunar17 Now • 100%
Lazerpig! Your 3rd or 4th favorite animal historian!
lunar17 Now • 66%
So what you're saying is that companies will start hiring LLMs as "independent contractors"?