Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago"SpaceX Starship will deliver so much propellant to LEO that fuel efficiency won't matter." --- Statements dreampt up by the delusionalhexbear.netimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1121file-text
arrow-up1121image"SpaceX Starship will deliver so much propellant to LEO that fuel efficiency won't matter." --- Statements dreampt up by the delusionalhexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeaver [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·edit-21 month agoIt is hard to overstate how delusional it is to think that chemical rockets could ever compete with nuclear thermal. It’s in the same category as scoffing at computers because you can just hire more people with slide rules to do your calculations.
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoI know what you mean but a fun fact here is that the people with the slide rules had the job title of “computer”, what they did was “computing”.
minus-squarejoaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month agooh my god what a fucking COOL ASS website, instant firefox pinned link honestly
minus-squareBeaver [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 month agoThis is what the web was like when it was actually good.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoDamn i miss websites made by just one person. You can feel human personality in the writing style. It’s fun to read cause it wasnt written by someone at work
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month ago casually linking to project rho Please, I had plans later!
minus-squareBeaver [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoHehehe, enjoy the rabbit hole
It is hard to overstate how delusional it is to think that chemical rockets could ever compete with nuclear thermal. It’s in the same category as scoffing at computers because you can just hire more people with slide rules to do your calculations.
I know what you mean but a fun fact here is that the people with the slide rules had the job title of “computer”, what they did was “computing”.
oh my god what a fucking COOL ASS website, instant firefox pinned link honestly
This is what the web was like when it was actually good.
Damn i miss websites made by just one person. You can feel human personality in the writing style. It’s fun to read cause it wasnt written by someone at work
I fucking miss the web
SO GOOD
Please, I had plans later!
Hehehe, enjoy the rabbit hole