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NerfSchlerfen t1_jeefuc1 wrote

They're researching conception and EARLY embryo development in space. There are known issues with human reproduction in space but likely many unknowns as well which this project is trying to investigate. Using human cells is more useful, cheaper and more ethical than sending animals into space to fuck. Yet the internet goblins are already calling it a "very bad idea."

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Belzebutt t1_jeebat3 wrote

For those saying “why not Starlink”. What they can get with 4G is to blanket a very wide area with coverage, and in this area several devices can get fast data access, and importantly the devices can be cheap, very small and very low power (rovers or people). The base station is also relatively cheap and small. Starlink around the moon implies a whole bunch of satellites ($), a ground terminal ($), and devices that use large, not very mobile, expensive phased array ($) dishes that need line of sight.

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Belzebutt t1_jeeadzm wrote

Completely unworkable. Going back to earth would increase latency by several orders or magnitude, making it useless. Putting a bunch of low orbit of satellites around the moon would be even more orders of magnitude more expensive. A local 4G station gives you wide area access with the right performance at the right price.

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Winjin t1_jee7sw2 wrote

I used Nokias for years since probably my second phone after Samsung C45, mostly Nokia 2100 and Nokia 6230 and 6230i. Then there were Lumia 820 and 625. I loved these to the Moon and back (pun intended) and still feel like Microsoft Phone was way better than the way it flopped.

It was fast on a budget, their flow keyboard was stellar (and is still available I believe) and quite sturdy. I loved the tiles design for when you only use a couple dozen apps and the rest sit in the list.

It wouldn't work for someone with hundreds of apps though, spread accross six to seven screens they almost never use, except if heavily using folders (that I still have to use though). That's what my current phone looks like, but it's mostly me, hating on the apps situation.

In my Android phone I've decided to just delete links to almost everything and just search for them.

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J0hn-D0 t1_jee7nla wrote

I’m nog smart enough for this but I like to philosophize about it. According to the conservation of energy law total energy of an isolated system remains constant. An example is when rotating on an office chair, speed changes when you stretch or pull your limbs together. So what happens to a rotating star when it decreases in size? Would it start spinning faster and could that cause this effect when exploding when it spins extremely fast?

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hypercomms2001 t1_jee7kg3 wrote

When you arrive on the Moon.. you will probably have to buy a burner phone, with expensive galactic roaming charges ... no doubt the phone company on lunar surface will screw you... with data rates of dial up speeds.... no first arrival moon party videos for home.... not unless you can wait five days for it to upload.......[ a future not too far away.....]!!

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Decronym t1_jee5n21 wrote

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |BFR|Big Falcon Rocket (2018 rebiggened edition)| | |Yes, the F stands for something else; no, you're not the first to notice| |SSH|Starship + SuperHeavy (see BFR)|

|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|


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