I wish we had the green house gas quotas to smoother the rich people that do this for no benefit.
The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon
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Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon
#52"The Inspiration4 crew will receive commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero gravity, and other forms of stress testing. They will go through emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial and full mission simulations" I would give my looks at limbs, then…
I wonder how expensive they'd have to make the training (just the training, not the actual trip to space) to break even on that, and whether that would be a viable commercial side project.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Becoming space faring could allow us to have a trillion humans and have the planet be effectively a nature preserve. So long term net positive environmental impact I expect.
There's no need for a specific number of humans larger than what's necessary to continue the species indefinitely. We can easily become sustainable on Earth as we were for thousands of years with or without space colonization.
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#54Back when I worked on cargo dragon, there were definitely some coworkers crazy enough to ride C1 up for a few orbits if it were allowed. They would have been fine with just a couple seatbelt straps too...
what was the work environment like? do you have an opinion on elon musk? whos more right, his detractors or his proponents? i coulnt help but notice that you suffer with an inflammatory disorder -- just wanted to mention that eliminating carbohydrates is one of the most effective methods of reducing inflation that ive come across. dont write it off until you check out the success stories on meatrx.
It's been almost 8 years since I was there. Working on flight software was probably fairly unique compared to other parts of the company. We were critical path for the company more often than not, so there was a lot of visibility and support, and a lot of praise when we hit milestones. Other engineering disciplines often worked harder than us, but didn't get the same praise due to less visibility. Folk at SpaceX are allowed and encouraged to work unsustainably hard, though, and so there's lots of depression leading to burn-out. My manager cared about my well being and it was possible for me to strike a sustainable balance; I had to consciously prioritize it though. I liked most of my coworkers and I'm pretty laid back socially, but a few drove me crazy. We'd play lan games on occasion. The froyo and eventual coffee bar and cafeteria were nice, and most of the company parties at the time were over-the-top. The first 20 seconds of a rocket/spaceship launch that succeeds or fails as a direct result of your work is a notable high.
I wouldn't say I know Elon Musk, but I attended meetings with him on occasion, and happened to sit next to him once at a fancy team dinner. I never directly had a negative experience with him, and in all the outrageous stories that I heard both sides to, he seemed to be acting rationally. He's definitely an intense, awkward dude. If there's a problem he thinks he can solve, he solves it; if you say a problem can't be solved and you don't have hard physical evidence, he'll fire you. As long as you act in good faith, he seems willing to move mountains for you if it will help reach the company goal. He has flaws like any human/martian hybrid, so I imagine some of his detractors are right about some things and some of his proponents are wrong about some things. I certainly wouldn't bet against him though.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not car-hours, but a Falcon 9 launch apparently has similar impact to a 777 crossing the Atlantic. Not nothing, but surprisingly little all things considered. https://www.treehugger.com/spacex-launch-puts-out-much-co-fl...
Difference being the per person emissions. 4 people, vs upwards for 250. But still not nearly as bad as I thought it might be.
per capita, sure. Another way to think about it is this capsule is flying what, twice a year? One 777 will do 2 trips in 24 hrs, 365 days a year. Then add up the thousands of planes doing that a day. I'd be worried if we ALL had a reason (and the means) to take frivolous space flights. Which may come some day out of all this, who knows anymore!?!
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Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon
#57"The Inspiration4 crew will receive commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero gravity, and other forms of stress testing. They will go through emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial and full mission simulations" I would give my looks at limbs, then…
I would give my...Stadia...to be one!
Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Becoming space faring could allow us to have a trillion humans and have the planet be effectively a nature preserve. So long term net positive environmental impact I expect.
There's no need for a specific number of humans larger than what's necessary to continue the species indefinitely. We can easily become sustainable on Earth as we were for thousands of years with or without space colonization.
There's no need for a specific number of humans larger than what's necessary to continue the species indefinitely.
"continuation of the species" is an arbitrary, and arguably pointless, goal though. I think we should be aiming higher than that. If exploring the universe is a possibility then a trillion people might well be necessary - the universe is a big space. Heck, we'll probably need a trillion times that number.
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#59It's a sweepstakes??
Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
what was the work environment like? do you have an opinion on elon musk? whos more right, his detractors or his proponents? i coulnt help but notice that you suffer with an inflammatory disorder -- just wanted to mention that eliminating carbohydrates is one of the most effective methods of reducing inflation that ive come across. dont write it off until you check out the success stories on meatrx.
It's been almost 8 years since I was there. Working on flight software was probably fairly unique compared to other parts of the company. We were critical path for the company more often than not, so there was a lot of visibility and support, and a lot of praise when we hit milestones. Other engineering disciplines often worked harder than us, but didn't get the same praise due to less visibility. Folk at SpaceX are…
Haha human/martian hybrid