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Squeezing extra performance out of Falcon 9 – almost at 17 metric tons to an actual useful orbit with booster & fairing reusable!

@culturaltutor Maybe it’s times for new roman

@slashdot Getting to orbit & back is harder than it may seem

It was inevitable https://t.co/gSm3mJ1aYa

@RenataKonkoly The caffeine one is most troubling

Which one would win?

@SKMorefield Some are indeed sadly anti-human

Countries should be increasing nuclear power generation! It is insane from a national security standpoint & bad for the environment to shut them down.

@teslaownersSV @ICannot_Enough LotR/HG2G

@ICannot_Enough It is safe to say that our output will not exceed the mass of the known universe

@ID_AA_Carmack Similarly high cycle life with nickel cathode is possible if optimizing for that. Adding silicon to (primarily carbon) anode, which improves energy density, reduces cycle life, due to large volumetric changes during charge/discharge.

@BillyM2k True

@MatchasmMatt @jasondebolt @heydave7 That, plus pessimism about the future / false overpopulation fears

@heydave7 Yes

(And I do think global warming is a major risk)

@teslaownersSV Yes

Mark these words

Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming

@SciGuySpace Good summary

@teslaownersSV Yes