does someone have a telescope pointed at the moon so we can have a third, third-party view of this landing?
Private company landing on the moon today
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#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
You conveniently left out the part of licensing the time. You can license with the BLM for access to government control land. Ranchers do it all the time. Special events like Burning Man also do it. You just have to contact the correct agency to do it. But of course, it so much easier to make a know it all sarcastic filled internet rant than do anything approaching useful information to a conversation.
Do you not see how that just furthers the parent's point? If I have to license usage of something, I don't actually own it.
Ownership rights and various kinds of access rights are not identical and often conflated.
For example, if I own a water well, I don’t necessarily have the rights to do whatever I want with it. Some jurisdictions might let me pump out as much water as I want, but even those will punish me for blatantly polluting it (one would hope).
What some people think of as something akin to “total ownership” — completely unlimited access — would be tantamount to putting one’s “rights” above everyone else’s. Even dictators usually have some limits on their power, whether by laws, norms, or geopolitical pressures.
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#153I believe they are part of the recently setup homesteading program similar to what Alaska setup in the 80s. If they can put a stake in the ground they get 20 acres around the stake.
Reassuringly anachronistic to use acres as a unit of measure on the moon.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
The walkie-talkie toys I had as a kid in the 90s had at least 10x the range of modern home wifi routers. Not to mention how far radio stations broadcast. I'm guessing that's the context they're working from.
That's because of different frequencies and power caps that are enforced by the FCC. If your WiFi broadcast with the same power, the frequency space would be unusable by your neighbors for their WiFi. The range of WiFi is very purposefully sabotaged to make it useful for more than just you.
I wonder how much power the wifi antenna on the cubesat is pumping out.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Every country has it's tradeoffs. Some have high tax and a good social net, some the opposite. Each of those have their advantages. But for 40% income tax, you would expect a hell of a lot more than what you're describing. Ironically the government could dramatically improve matters by interfering in your private life less, probably saving you money in the process as well.
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#157Landing in ~ 8 hours. "The Odysseus moon lander is aiming for a 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT) lunar landing" https://www.space.com/intuitive-machines-odysseus-moon-landi...
Pretty cheeky of Columbia to sponsor this. They couldn't even make the shoes I bought that were 'absolutely waterproof' actually waterproof. A super light rain would result in wet feet. This didn't even happen in normal sneakers.
But it is all about image I guess.
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every country has it's tradeoffs. Some have high tax and a good social net, some the opposite. Each of those have their advantages. But for 40% income tax, you would expect a hell of a lot more than what you're describing. Ironically the government could dramatically improve matters by interfering in your private life less, probably saving you money in the process as well.
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> Go away, libertarian. I am not one of you.
A little bit less anger is called for here. I'm not an American voter but this sort of thing is just a turn-off and pushes people away into the extremes.
Wanting lower taxes and more individual freedom != Randian libertarianism, in much the same way as wanting a better safety net != Marxism.
You complain about both abortion rights and paying 40% tax. Well, the state is spending some of those taxes to police your abortion rights. You can get two birds with one stone - either lower taxes or more spending on other things, and also stronger individual rights.
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you ever been to the US? You sound like a provincial who reads too much propaganda.
I visited all states in the western half and it was shocking to see that the infrastructure outside of the cities is more or less comparable with the poorest parts of eastern Europe. It did not change my opinion of the US for the better.
Your comment was about the treatment of women, though, not infrastructure. You probably know that Florida and Alabama are not in the western half of the US. Texas is so big it's often considered its own place, but much of Texas is considered part of the American South in culture and geography. Did you visit Texas? If so, which parts? Much of Europe can fit comfortably within the landmass of Texas, so maybe you just don't have an appreciation of the scale of the U.S. and what that means for politics, infrastructure, culture, etc... Having lived in France, Italy, and the UK for extended periods, I can say that your comments about Europe's superiority don't resonate.
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#160See also https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/us-nears-attempt-fi...
(via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39468115, but no comments there)