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← NASA's flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries.

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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under solar solar Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: NASA's flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries. NASA's flagship programmes eat the budgetof the robotic science missions thatactually make the discoveries. Last stated 2 years ago 2 Oct 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: NASA's Moon programme is still designed for a launch market that no longer exists. — tap to centre the map on it NASA's Moon programme is stilldesigned for a launch market that nolonger exists. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Oct 2021 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2021-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: NASA's Space Launch System has consumed more than a hundred billion dollars and delivered almost nothing. — tap to centre the map on it NASA's Space Launch System hasconsumed more than a hundred billiondollars and delivered almostnothing. Last stated 2 years ago 2 Oct 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: NASA has deferred its next great telescope so far that the people who would build it will have retired first. — tap to centre the map on it NASA has deferred its next greattelescope so far that the people whowould build it will have retiredfirst. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Selling information rather than matter or power to Earth is the only space business that has ever paid. — tap to centre the map on it Selling information rather thanmatter or power to Earth is the onlyspace business that has ever paid. Last stated 7 years ago 20 Aug 2019 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2019-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Robotic foundation models will not come out of a research lab, because building one is more like the Apollo programme than like a science experiment. — tap to centre the map on it Robotic foundation models will notcome out of a research lab, becausebuilding one is more like the Apolloprogramme than like a scienceexperiment. Last stated 12 months ago 12 Sept 2025 SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nine tenths of the cost of Mars Sample Return comes from a single planetary-protection requirement. — tap to centre the map on it Nine tenths of the cost of MarsSample Return comes from a singleplanetary-protection requirement. Last stated 12 months ago 13 Sept 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The goal of spaceflight is the whole solar system, not any single destination the experts are arguing over. — tap to centre the map on it The goal of spaceflight is the wholesolar system, not any singledestination the experts are arguingover. Last stated 12 years ago 18 Sept 2014 WH Wayne Hale — holds since 2014-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder needs ambition rather thana sense of duty, because a startupis grueling enough that dutifulnesswill not carry anyone through it. Last stated 4 days ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 5 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aim for moonshots: they attract the best people, leave you the path to yourself, and even sixty to eighty percent of one is a terrific success. — tap to centre the map on it Aim for moonshots: they attract thebest people, leave you the path toyourself, and even sixty to eightypercent of one is a terrificsuccess. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SP Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy willneed more people working the land,and that is not the same as goingback to the past. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one. — tap to centre the map on it An off-grid data centre can deleteits uninterruptible power suppliesentirely, because the battery bankoutside already is one. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Batteries will replace transmission as the cheapest way to keep the lights on, and the grid will shrink rather than grow. — tap to centre the map on it Batteries will replace transmissionas the cheapest way to keep thelights on, and the grid will shrinkrather than grow. Last stated 9 months ago 8 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-12-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre NASA's flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries. Last stated 2 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Casey Handmer Read this korrent →