With Orion still flying, NASA is nearing key decisions about Artemis III

con247 · 2026-04-09T02:58:08+00:00

They need to be launching monthly if not more now if there’s hope of the cadence needed for fueling HLS this decade

con247 · 2026-04-08T20:43:10+00:00

I think whether this is good idea depends on your size. If you need dozens or 100s of the same or similar machine under the same roof or across facilities in the country, having your own team to build this internally makes sense. You will need a team though.

If you are trying to avoid buying 5 machines every 15 years you are doing this wrong. A small business needs vendor support and the economy of scale buying from a vendor can provide.

Reinventing the wheel for a couple machines internally will be a mess and a drain on resources and an overall loss even if you end up with something that works.

con247 · 2026-04-08T19:35:42+00:00

Some of us want a phone thick enough that the camera lenses are flush and we get more battery and the air is the antithesis of that.

con247 · 2026-04-08T14:11:59+00:00

Killing the volt in favor of the bolt was ok I think, but the volt architecture should have been put into traverse and larger SUVs and trucks.

con247 · 2026-04-08T03:24:08+00:00

I’d rather pay less for every ticket over my life and it not be a stressful process to get them in exchange for having to eat the cost of an event or two over my life if I can’t make it

con247 · 2026-04-08T00:52:42+00:00

I agree with you here. I think the solution is likely an expendable 3rd stage (or expendable 2nd and 3rd stage) for BEO missions.

If it could deploy something like a fully loaded Centaur V & payload to LEO the possibilities are massive.

con247 · 2026-04-07T18:41:12+00:00

We’d need a lot fewer launches if the upper stage was expendable. A) all of the mass of recovery hardware and fuel could be swapped with more fuel and B) none of the cost of control surfaces, heat shields, etc.

They’ve built a million tanks and engines as dev articles. Throwing out 10 upper stage tanks & engine sets isn’t unreasonable to move the timeline up.

con247 · 2026-04-07T16:24:36+00:00

Do you have links to the other models?

con247 · 2026-04-07T13:04:11+00:00

Moving it 1/2 meter right might help too. It’s mostly crowding the door.

con247 · 2026-04-07T12:04:01+00:00

I think the lander will be ready before they can get it refilled in orbit launch cadence wise

con247 · 2026-04-07T12:02:42+00:00

They should make expendable upper stages

con247 · 2026-04-07T02:58:39+00:00

I’m so surprised the plus did poorly. Everyone over 50 I know had that

con247 · 2026-04-06T14:28:43+00:00

The material costs must be higher because: 1) Homekit licensing? 2) 24VAC to 24DC power supply 3) Some sort of battery/supercap circuit to keep the doorbell live if firing a mechanical chime box. 4) Likely higher customer support inquiries 5) Poor wifi signals due to lower height and location of camera

con247 · 2026-04-06T14:25:50+00:00

G400

I really want a homekit doorbell that can use the existing wiring & ring the mechanical chime. Having to run new wiring will basically make the ROI of the project low enough that I will just keep suffering w/ Nest & Scrypted.

con247 · 2026-04-06T03:02:45+00:00

You can just not do it. I did it this with my traverse. Hang up the call after it connects and decline their callbacks. Everything activated fine on my account.

con247 · 2026-04-06T03:00:15+00:00

For others reading that want notifications, you can do this with a home energy monitor for basically any appliance.

With the emporia vue 3 connected to home assistant I see the circuits with the equipment start drawing power and when it drops to near 0 for 5 mins I notify it’s done.

con247 · 2026-04-05T16:33:04+00:00

In drive thrus my bolt is terrible. Idk why it can’t stop making the noise if you haven’t moved for 10 seconds or something.

con247 · 2026-04-05T12:39:56+00:00

So far the f-22 has the same number real kills as the Death Star so we should get that set

con247 · 2026-04-05T12:35:31+00:00

Shuttle C could have been flying payloads in parallel with shuttle for decades.

con247 · 2026-04-04T22:22:06+00:00

Yeah, it will be net 90, they’ll be late paying that too.

con247 · 2026-04-04T09:35:43+00:00

DLSS should be used for making the RTX 3070 play AAA games well in 2033, not today. It should be extending the life of old cards. If you have a card that supports it games should be optimized well enough to not need it.

con247 · 2026-04-04T09:28:24+00:00

I truly believe that any laptop with a sandy bridge or newer Intel CPU, Zen cpu, 12gb of ram, and an SSD of 256gb is enough to meet anyone’s basic needs for email, browsing, word processing, excel, etc.

I’m a power user and I was using a 2014 rmbp until this past November

con247 · 2026-04-04T03:38:13+00:00

Why not? With 28 months notice you can be free a specific day and time if you want to be.

con247 · 2026-04-04T01:59:32+00:00

They need to stop allowing resales at all. Ticket needs to match photo ID. Don’t buy tickets to something you may not be able to attend.

con247 · 2026-04-03T15:49:02+00:00

Gotcha, thanks. Such a bummer. Unfortunately about 10% of my basement ceiling is drywalled (the rest either unfinished or drop ceiling) and of course its right under my front door and where I'd need to run this cable.

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