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Latin_For_King t1_j969esi wrote

Reply to comment by chetanaik in Blue Origin makes a big lunar announcement without any fanfare | Making complete solar cells only using materials found in lunar regolith by chetanaik

I know that. Thank you. My point was that Blue Origin said they want to build solar panels on the moon, from the moon. They also said they wanted to build low earth orbit and deep space rockets... 15 years ago. The rocket thing is not making much progress for as long as they have been at it, so how do you think their solar cell project will go?

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Latin_For_King t1_j8yhigg wrote

Reply to Blue Origin makes a big lunar announcement without any fanfare | Making complete solar cells only using materials found in lunar regolith by chetanaik

Blue Origin has never made a single orbit of the planet yet. The guy has delusions of grandeur and no results yet. I say ignore Blue Origin until they have achieved SOMETHING. Barely breaking the Karman line and then falling immediately back down does not count as space flight in my book.

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Latin_For_King t1_iujc37u wrote

Reply to comment by johnnyjfrank in eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000

He did out our government agencies for spying on Americans, so that could be seen as traitorous, but he outed spying on Americans, so that was patriotic?

I am on the side that the government should have no right to any of my data without due process (warrants in advance), so I would consider his actions more patriotic than anything, but I totally get why he fears for his safety.

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Latin_For_King t1_irb823l wrote

Reply to comment by swarmy1 in Many scientists see fusion as the future of energy – and they're betting big. by filosoful

>only crappy clickbaiters

Click bait has only been a thing for the past few years, and I have seen these fusion stories since the 80s

Similarly, I am in aerospace machining, and "they" have been saying that 3D printing is going to put us out of business in 10 years since the late 80s. 3D printing is still a very long way from overtaking standard machining processes.

I think it is more wishful thinking and being overly optimistic.

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Latin_For_King t1_ir6klg5 wrote

Reply to comment by filosoful in Many scientists see fusion as the future of energy – and they're betting big. by filosoful

>Once harnessed on a commercial scale,

This is the key sticking point. I am nearing 60 years old and we have been about ten years away from this for about 35 years now. We are still at least ten years away from it now. Fusion is definitely the future, but we need immediate bridge solutions to get us TO that future.

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