Wow, people are really clueless about how nuclear power plants really work. It's really not that dangerous to fall into the water.
Did you read the report? Doesn't sound like it was safe for him.
Readit Newsdestitude commented on A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-co... · Posted by u/nvahalik
destitude commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone
Now we know why Isaacman was removed from nomination because he wouldn't have put up with this BS.
destitude commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone
Considering nobody in the world can compete with SpaceX currently this seems purely political in nature. The EU is struggling to even come up with an answer to reusable rockets. China is the closest and will likely have something equivalent to the Falcon 9 within the next 2 years. But someone in the USA? People are delusional. Sure it is always best to have competitors but how did that work for Boeing/NASA/Starliner? You can't have two players/competitors if there is only one player in the entire world. And the reason why you need reusability is so that it is actually sustainable to use it! Does anyone here thinking this is a good idea have any idea how much it costs to launch SLS just once??
destitude commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone
> Starships will drop the cost to other bodies
Assuming SpaceX can deliver it. They've failed to do a successful test flight with even a fraction of the officially planned capacity. Who knows how long it will take them, if they can even pull it off, to deliver it.
They could have delivered today if they weren't concerned about reusability.
destitude commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone
That is a trick question designed to make people argue and feel like there is some science or math to it. There is not. Nobody here can accurately predict weather far out enough to be a factor in this decision. The truth will vary by demand by family which may have variability throughout the year or decade. Another variable is the number of cloudy days which will vary as climate changes.
The answer is somewhere in the neighborhood of as much as one can safely store and afford accepting that batteries have a short life. Much like wells in cold climates the batteries should be in an underground insulated vault made from higher quality concrete as to keep fire hazards away from the home. That is also where whole-home generators and fuel belong, in their own vault so they can be easily maintained without having to rent an excavator to dig out the tank.
Even on cloudy days you can generate power. Unless it is very thick clouds I generate enough for my base loads even in complete overcast skies because I have an "excess" of PV panels.
In case you didn't realize he is looking to store ALL of the summer generation into a battery and generate zero power in winter.. so rely entirely off of a battery during winter.. which is absolutely no feasible for a normal person and nobody would ever do.
Why worry about panels and batteries when you can have an Egg?
https://enron.com/pages/the-egg?srsltid=AfmBOoqW03cqyIhQ0OlG...
And the price of the egg?
Balcony solar is absolute awesome in germany. I get about 30% return on investment per year on my small solar panel. Hard not to do it. I have no idea why it is still a little niche
For some reason in the USA there is only a single state that has approved that (Utah).