Moscow admits it has no friends.

Just some some dude who wants cheap oil.

And some other dude who wants free real estate.

Agreed. Turning a profit from air-launched rockets is impossible with launch prices having fallen so dramatically with the arrival of Falcon 9, in particular.

There might yet be a market for soft-ride orbital spaceplanes that launch like this, or even from a runway. As opposed to "mere" hypersonic airliners.

But I wouldn't bet any of my own money on seeing these emerge by even 2050.

Well, they're each designed around very different payloads and capabilities. Very different risk profiles. With the space tourism side able to sell tickets FAR in advance due to facing little competition in the space tourism business, while the payload to orbit business is already competitive and growing more so.

The only benefit I saw in their even getting involved in orbital missions is to, if it worked and could turn a profit, help grow their experience with orbital flights in hopes of one day carrying passengers and not just satellites. Selling these costlier, but also far more enticing, excursions to future space tourists.

There's a lot more where that came from, asshole. Get out of Ukraine.

Boundless greed, entitlement, and outright fraud rebranded as "Effective Altruism."

Overwhelming bipartisan support in the legislature, like almost completely unanimous. The support of the FTC and the White House. The concern trolling over "safety and security issues" by hardware giants completely dismantled and refuted by a damning FTC report on these claims.

And the crooked-ass governor just steps in and turns a vitally necessary pro-consumer bill into a piece of anti-consumer legislation with amendments and an introduction that may as well have been drafted by Apple's lawyers, and probably was.

Oh, and this Teflon Don at the top is protected by New York's lack of any recall process. Wonderful.

No mention of what made the hearing "chaotic." Lame.

I was hoping for an early glimpse of how entertaining the trial will be to follow.

Tell them about the spiders at the same time. Upload to YouTube.

And depending on the vesting schedule, they might still be stuck in it when Meta declares bankruptcy.

What a shame...

I shot the Horsehead Nebula once in my backyard. Mistook it for a deer.

Also, you can call up to cancel and get their retention save offer.

Don't need to elaborate. You're looking to cut costs. For all they know, you're about to head out the door and pick up a T-Mobile box or something. Or tether your phone for a while. Who knows?

Probably better, for everyone involved, than using a government assistance program. More of a discount, more flexibility, and it's the cable company giving up that discount, instead of it being subsidized.

I would be VERY surprised if my cable bill went up next month. Since I don't have one.

It's Obvious Joke Tuesday, so...

FIFA was selling out before it was cool.

After that humiliating launch in Vegas, I suspect the only reason city officials are willing to give him the time of day is in case their town comes up a possible site for a battery factory, an assembly line, or even just a dealership in their struggling downtown where they'd like to see luxury brands set up shop.

Or in case he pulls an Amazon and buys a brick and mortar business.

Next, you're gonna be telling me their hardware isn't competitively priced.

Or that they're not as committed to the right to independent repair as they claim to be.

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