Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab
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@Kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
As for Rocket Lab, it's be spy satellites most likely, but often commercial flights don't want to share competitive advantage/details.
Yeah. It took around 10 weeks or something from the signed contract until the launch. That is usually 2 years apparently so quite some advantage!
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@Kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@BerniesCorner said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
When's Musk's green hydrogen car coming. Possible game changer for all.
Well Musk calls Fuel Cells "Fool Cells", so not very likely.
Once Tesla moves into tanks that might change...
Hyundai unveils world’s first hydrogen-powered, silent stealth battle tank
The K3 will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells and feature other advanced tech to become one of the world's most sophisticated tanks.
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@nostrildamus but will it have lasers?
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@NTA said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@nostrildamus but will it have lasers?
water cannons, I want water cannons! That shoot acid!
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@Kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
Should get some real progress now on the number of flights now the lawfare drag should get lifted. Going to be an exciting year ahead.
Flight 6 in T-minus 7 days
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@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@Kirwan how do you harden a drone? Genuine question - I see drones as massive, but also not yet having drone defences going
have you seen the video going around that is supposedly a Ukrainian drone with a stick taped to the front tring to take down a russian one by flying the stick into the props?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@Kirwan how do you harden a drone? Genuine question - I see drones as massive, but also not yet having drone defences going
have you seen the video going around that is supposedly a Ukrainian drone with a stick taped to the front tring to take down a russian one by flying the stick into the props?
I was thinking of that one!
and the one taken down by a fisherman throwing a fish at it
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no idea how real it is but the one their trying to take down (and failing) doesnlt look like the kind you can buy at JB HI FI
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@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@Kirwan how do you harden a drone? Genuine question - I see drones as massive, but also not yet having drone defences going
Hardened against jamming. It's a new arms race.
And I'm not talking about defence against a handful of drones, think about the displays you see with thousands of drones all perfectly making patterns.
Now imagine each with a grenade doing kamikake raids with tens of thousands of them flying into the battlefield costing $50 each. Modern warefare is going to suck.
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@Kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@Kirwan how do you harden a drone? Genuine question - I see drones as massive, but also not yet having drone defences going
Hardened against jamming. It's a new arms race.
And I'm not talking about defence against a handful of drones, think about the displays you see with thousands of drones all perfectly making patterns.
Now imagine each with a grenade doing kamikake raids with tens of thousands of them flying into the battlefield costing $50 each. Modern warefare is going to suck.
I wonder how shares in Cyberdyne systems are tracking right now...
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Doubt that they would do worse than people. We don't have a great record.
Maybe I should make more of an effort to talk to Mr Beck next time I'm stalking him at the airfield:
Peter Beck a billionaire as Rocket Lab shares surge 45% on first Neutron contract
The firm's stock has quadrupled in value since August on a string of good news.
