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That made me smile.
They are certainly a well employed Lawfare capability to punish selected targets.

We are currently discussing this in the EMC2 News thread...

The focus here would be to augment other funding sources to ensure the work can be sustained. Literally, a "Kickstart" effort. While grants and such are available, they tend to not be enough or last long enough unless your project is connected. I think some great points have been raised about primin...

Seems to be some permitting drama for flight 5, tied to a few folks (Anti-Elon Crowd?) stirring the EPA pot.
SpaceX posted a detailed bitch about it.
spacex.com/updates

September 10, 2024
STARSHIPS ARE MEANT TO FLY

https://www.emc2fusion.com/

EMC2 is working towards another go. There has been progress on the sims side.
What do you all think about crowdfunding as a way to try and help them out?
How could an effort like that get the word out to generate support?

Crazy is as Crazy does. It does seem to present as a complex interwoven enemy of my enemy is my friend (for now) construct with a range of relationships from coincidental to fully vested and integrated. Kind of reminds me of the anti-nuclear movement in the 70s to 80s who eventually killed American ...

I am not sure I would say that it is mostly friendly. I think there is a high degree of competing going on based on what I've seen/experienced. That said, it is not overtly hostile. I also re-read my post, and want to clarify that personal benefit was meant to be oriented to company benefit, vice in...

Now that is interesting.
Lots of thoughts circulating in my mind seeking cohesion, direction, and purpose.
Kind of like an uninsulated coil of wire.

Some of the naysaying is highly likely linked to entities seeking to undermine positions of others in order to improve their own. Specifically along the lines of funding access and levels and additionally costing for access to other's work. Given the jump in money made available for fusion efforts t...

I gotta say, I too hope they keep the silly populist politics out of the project's reality and just focus on science. You couldn't be more DEI if you did.
In other news, that is a big hole!

People with extreme positions tend to be the least informed about the issue they proclaim the extreme position for. Modern populist culture is also deeply rooted in the Information Age. Every clown now has a podium, and to quote a wise song, "We can do "The Innuendo", we can dance and sing, When it'...

Interesting note, the vehicle has gained a little altitude over the last few days, with a slight drop in velocity.
If its dead, I would expect it to start losing speed and altitude as the atmosphere drags it down.
That is of course if the tracking data is good.

Things seem to be dragging out a bit with no news. Generally, no a good sign. Barry-1 has two drives installed, so two chances some data is collected. Also, with both v. one running, it provides a possible confirmation stream that would not exist with just one device. My understanding is one drive i...

True science seeks to uncover what we don't know we don't know.
I applaud all these efforts as each has contributed to the list of things we know we don't know.
Here's to more in 24!

I am hoping we make it through another year without getting hit by a pop-up asteroid. The other stuff I can live with.