lunar17

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That's a good point! Not having to move materials off planet will help keep them fresh. I also don't want to deal with spoilage, but I've just been avoiding going to Gleba!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

The Dutch coming in clutch with sensible laws once again!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

low skilled, high risk modern slavery type jobs, and for prison

I think you repeat yourself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yes... I noticed this also when I didn't have the crushers to feed ammo production and spent the new few hours getting alerts my latest space platform was being slowly reduced to rubble 🥲

 

I've seen discussions on which is the best planet to visit first, but I want to know which is the best planet to stay on! So far I've been to Vulcanus and Fulgora and I'm thinking of setting up a new center of manufacturing on Vulcanus because of how abundant basic resources are and to take advantage of foundries (and my operations on Nauvis have several bottlenecks I don't feel like fixing). From there I can launch a fleet of space platforms and blot out the sky! Have you thought about picking a new home from among the stars, and if so, which one?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

It won't, but it might produce mediocre drivel at low cost, which is more profitable than paying a team of creatives to make something actually good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

The news cycle moves a lot faster than scientific consensus.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

This is slightly concerning. Satellites don't tend to explode on their own, but it is a Boeing design with a history of leaky propulsion, so who knows?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Gotta create more terrorists if you want to fight a war on terror.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing. Read the article (it's not long); these robots are from a different company.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the linked article:

The 2022 injury rate at the company’s manufacturing-and-launch facility near Brownsville, Texas, was 4.8 injuries or illnesses per 100 workers – six times higher than the space-industry average of 0.8.

No mention of other industries, but a quick search shows that the injury rate is 2.4 in construction and 3.2 in manufacturing. However, it's important to note that all industries underreport injuries, especially SpaceX, as OP's article discusses.

Also, I think it's interesting to note that Texas, where SpaceX are moving most of their operations, has the most worker deaths of any state.

 
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