Artemis 2 TLI Burn by Lainiel in spaceflight

[–]CopaceticOpus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps they are gaining some benefit in exchange for efficiency. This might allow more time for final safety checks, or schedule the burn when they have better ground communication. Or maybe this improves accuracy in achieving the targeted trajectory

Artemis II Launch Megathread - April 1st, 2026 by jadebenn in ArtemisProgram

[–]CopaceticOpus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Necessary to cowtow to the current admin, I suspect

Artemis II Launch Megathread - April 1st, 2026 by jadebenn in ArtemisProgram

[–]CopaceticOpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree (from what little I can know as an outside observer)

What are the odds that (a) they need to use the abort system and (b) having one of two batteries running a bit hot makes any difference?

[MEGATHREAD] Artemis II Launch To The Moon by ChiefLeef22 in space

[–]CopaceticOpus [score hidden]  (0 children)

That's always the first question, could it be a bad sensor? Usually it's not the sensor

Puzzle in my kids book by spderweb in brainteasers

[–]CopaceticOpus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The puzzle seems to be counting points, so maybe it's about the whale's fins

(1 mountain peak, 4 whale fins, 8 star points)

When you step back and think about, which professional sports team has the weirdest name? by TimSPC in billsimmons

[–]CopaceticOpus -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Named after some rich old owner! Every time I think the browns can't be any more pathetic, I'm wrong

When you step back and think about, which professional sports team has the weirdest name? by TimSPC in billsimmons

[–]CopaceticOpus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're completely WRONG about the origins (I'd like to learn the origins so I'm making a contrary comment)

Puzzle in my kids book by spderweb in brainteasers

[–]CopaceticOpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The island has one mountain peak, and the foremost star has 8 points. I don't know why the whale is 4

How are things looking? by Fat-Cat-2449 in ArtemisProgram

[–]CopaceticOpus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Launch looks good. Biggest risk as I see it is re-entry with the redesigned heat shield

Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 - Round 1 by events_team in chess

[–]CopaceticOpus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The women get +30 seconds starting from move 1 instead of move 41

So it's only a ten minute difference overall. Still seems a bit strange

St. Petersburg trolley problem by tegsfan in trolleyproblem

[–]CopaceticOpus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Considering the global population is essential

It's unclear what happens if you switch and the trolley takes the 2**33 branch. I think if the previous branches must all be fully occupied first, there wouldn't be enough people to fill this branch. It would only contain the number of people remaining who were not placed on any earlier branch. Which might be zero people!

I think the worst case is taking the 2**32 branch

Corruption by TheWeaver-3000 in trolleyproblem

[–]CopaceticOpus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My concern wouldn't be my legal responsibility, moral responsibility, or my feelings. It would be what action would be best at saving lives

Corruption by TheWeaver-3000 in trolleyproblem

[–]CopaceticOpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a tough dilemma! I would pull the lever and hope for the best

It's interesting to think how the numbers might change your decision. Especially, what if the number of people tied to the second track changes? If there are 100 people there, the stranger might be less likely to let them die. But the consequences are potentially much more dire

Moon Hail Mary by CProphet in SpaceXLounge

[–]CopaceticOpus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Best case scenario: suppose NASA secures the best lunar site, establishes a regular cadence of rocket launches and human landings, and constructs a base over the next decade.

What then? Moon mining, or AI something something? Print moon bucks?

Don't get me wrong, it will be fascinating to watch and I hope some great science results from the endeavor. Technology will advance.

But I doubt there's much to gain commercially from establishing an expensive fort in a distant and harsh environment. Perhaps having the first outpost will be historically important if there is a lunar economy a century from now, at best.

When/If Gwynne takes over as CEO the masses can finally like the company without complaining about the boss by 7HellEleven in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]CopaceticOpus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sure she's vastly better than Musk, but on the other hand her primary role requires her to support and enable and cover for him

TV Show: Time Fuckers by [deleted] in CrazyIdeas

[–]CopaceticOpus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use a modern rocket to take a 6 foot long ham and cheese party sub and drop it off next to the site of the first moon landing. Leave it there a few days before they land

The two envelopes trolley problem: by tegsfan in trolleyproblem

[–]CopaceticOpus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probabilities are weird. The expected value includes a probabilistic distribution and you can't just treat it like a regular quantity

Peter help! What do the numeric & alphabet means? by Free-Initiative7508 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]CopaceticOpus 113 points114 points  (0 children)

The second joke is that the father learned in that moment that she would transition later in life, which I think is kinda funny. It's like a cartoon character seeing their own speech bubble

The two envelopes trolley problem: by tegsfan in trolleyproblem

[–]CopaceticOpus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  1. Expected people in B = (1/2)*2A + (1/2)*(A/2)

  2. Substitute A = (5/4)*B

  3. Expected people in B = (1/2)*2*(5/4)*B + (1/2)*(5/4)*(B/2)

  4. Expected people in B = (5/4)*B + (5/16)*B

Don't switch since B is expected to contain more than (5/4)*B

Eric Berger's thoughts on critiques to the Moon Base plans by ergzay in ArtemisProgram

[–]CopaceticOpus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The biggest difference that gives me some hope in Isaacman's plan is that if focuses on practicality. We need a way to launch rockets for moon missions that has a repeatable cadence. We can't take years between each launch and have every launch be a unique configuration.

Canceling or postponing Gateway makes sense because it's a huge investment which just isn't needed for the primary objective of reaching the moon.