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> After multiple inspections and sealant applications, Nasa reported in January that pressure readings suggested a stable configuration had been reached - though there remained uncertainty about whether the leak had truly been sealed or whether air was simply escaping elsewhere. I'm clearly not understanding what they're trying to say here. If _one_ leak was sealed, but the air was "escaping elsewhere", it would stil…
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Is there any rocket-builder without a history of blowing things up?
Obviously not. Blowing things up is the reason for rocketry to exist and its historical basis. A fun fact about SpaceX: Remember our esteemed national American hero, and spiritual father of SpaceX, Wernher von Braun. Wernher wrote a book about Mars referring to "The Elon", an imaginary Mars governing body. The father of Elon Musk claimed that Elon's name came from there. Well at least, that's what he claims. Reality…
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>Why did you feel the need to post this comment? Maybe parent feels like rocket science is a field that should have few launch failures? I can't give you a quantitative answer since I'm usually focused on new research rather than what company/nation did said research... but their stuff does seem to blow up on the launchpad more often than NASA's :-)
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I’m imagining the robots from Silent Running 1972.
I’m imagining a pool snail
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Yes, including the BBC’s: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/all#:~:text=our%20style...
That certainly explains it; this particular acronym is even called out distinctly in the style guide. But "Nasa" still looks weirder to me than "NASA" does. Like writing "The Scsi bus went Awol" instead of "The SCSI bus went AWOL" also looks weird.
Buddy, you don't need to hand it to the top-level comment here. I am giving you permission to disagree with the style while admitting that the comment is bad. Be free.
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As for MDS/TDS, be careful about accusing other people of those. Its not really about politics, more about bring your character into question of supporting pedophiles.