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Eat shit Tory https://i.imgur.com/AC4XQSw.png Holy fuckin shit !!!!! I love this timeline. |
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Originally Posted By Cobradriver: Holy fuckin shit !!!!! I love this timeline. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Cobradriver: Originally Posted By Chokey: Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: Originally Posted By Chokey:
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Eat shit Tory https://i.imgur.com/AC4XQSw.png Holy fuckin shit !!!!! I love this timeline. Is that an actual tweet from Bruno,and not some fake bullshit? If so, I agree with the "holy shit" and lols. |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Is that an actual tweet from Bruno,and not some fake bullshit? If so, I agree with the "holy shit" and lols. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By Cobradriver: Originally Posted By Chokey: Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: Originally Posted By Chokey:
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Eat shit Tory https://i.imgur.com/AC4XQSw.png Holy fuckin shit !!!!! I love this timeline. Is that an actual tweet from Bruno,and not some fake bullshit? If so, I agree with the "holy shit" and lols.
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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DeltaElite777: It's not enough to just para bellum. If you really vis pacem, you gotta convince any potential troublemaker that not only can you push their shit in Genghis Khan-style, but you will.
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Originally Posted By Chokey: more frosty in Elons pic
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Tory is a good man. |
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It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
now with Community Notes. https://i.imgur.com/1raKTAk.png View Quote Holy shit |
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"the science" /duh si-ens/ noun: progressive postmodern religious dogma not based in tested hypothesis or facts used to advance an authoritative political ideology
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Originally Posted By Chokey: he's been taking a beating this weak on X. https://x.com/torybruno/with_replies View Quote Nick |
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Originally Posted By SuperHeavy: "Not a JV team that teams up on products. I liked this guys youtube videos but he comes off aa an ass in tweets. When was the last time ULA got something into orbit using their own propulsion?
View Quote I think in that context he means Joint Venture and not Junior Varsity. Not real sure what the argument is however. |
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Originally Posted By SuperHeavy: "Not a JV team that teams up on products. I liked this guys youtube videos but he comes off aa an ass in tweets. When was the last time ULA got something into orbit using their own propulsion?
View Quote 'JV' as in 'Joint Venture', not Jr. Varsity. I've worked with ULA, I actually think that, for Oldspace, they're a pretty good company. Their engineering is certainly pretty quick to get on stuff and get you an answer. Much faster, in that way, than Boeing, Lockmart, or NG. That doesn't mean SpaceX isn't kicking their ass, because they are, but... I think Tory got caught out there, not realizing what SpaceX thought was possible. It's also worth pointing out that ULA is, at it's core, an integration company. They build rockets, from parts bought elsewhere. They don't build rocket engines, so if he wasn't following closely, he might have legitimately thought that was a bare engine. |
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Originally Posted By Furloaf: I think in that context he means Joint Venture and not Junior Varsity. Not real sure what the argument is however. View Quote In Aerospace, it's very common for 2 companies to build something together... while also making competing products, even products that compete with the product they make in the JV. What he's saying is that ULA, like any other company, has shareholders. In this case, those shareholders are Boeing and Lockheed Martin. But ULA isn't 'their' company, and they don't compete with ULA, and they don't get stuff for free from ULA, any more than you would get stuff free from a company you held shares in. If Boeing needs a rocket, Boeing pays for it. I would guess that this is around the Starliner Debacle, and the fact that if Boeing needs another Atlas V... there isn't one that isn't sold. And Boeing owning 50% of ULA isn't going to change that. But I'm guessing - I didn't read the thread. I suspect it's unrelated to him getting schooled by Elon. (I actually feel a little sorry for Tory, who is legitmately from everything I've heard, a good guy. I don't know him, but I've met people who've reported directly to him, and to a man they like him... which is kinda rare for a CEO. But he's getting hammered... and deservedly so... on X right now) |
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Seriously... unTex the Mex..
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"Freedom isn't free. It costs a hefty fuckin' fee. And if we don't toss in our buck 'o five, who will?"
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Tom Sawyer.
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Originally Posted By Cobalt135: Take it easy on the guy. He is just used to looking at the new engines arriving in the shop... https://d3ezn0y6hdgq62.cloudfront.net/assets/photos/engines/be-4/be4_flight1_horizontal.jpg View Quote He's just happy to have ANY engines arriving in the shop. He may be grumpy that he doesn't have a real payload arriving in there either. |
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Originally Posted By Cobalt135: Take it easy on the guy. He is just used to looking at the new engines arriving in the shop... https://d3ezn0y6hdgq62.cloudfront.net/assets/photos/engines/be-4/be4_flight1_horizontal.jpg View Quote That's a lot of spagett! |
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The long term future is a mash up of Idiocracy and 1984. "Ow, my balls" meets "He loved Big Brother". The boot on your face will likely be a big red clown shoe, but it'll be there regardless. - pmacb
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Originally Posted By RarestRX: That's a lot of spagett! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RarestRX: Originally Posted By Cobalt135: Take it easy on the guy. He is just used to looking at the new engines arriving in the shop... https://d3ezn0y6hdgq62.cloudfront.net/assets/photos/engines/be-4/be4_flight1_horizontal.jpg That's a lot of spagett! That is 10 years of BE-4 development. And 10 years of Raptor development... The Raptor 2 was rolled out in Jan. 2022 I believe. That in itself is so simple looking vs. any other rocket engine. Very impressive to get from V2 to V3 in about 2 years. Not to mention the Raptor is the only FFSC (full-flow staged combustion) engine to ever make it beyond a test stand and onto a launch vehicle. |
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Originally Posted By Cobalt135: That is 10 years of BE-4 development. And 10 years of Raptor development... The Raptor 2 was rolled out in Jan. 2022 I believe. That in itself is so simple looking vs. any other rocket engine. Very impressive to get from V2 to V3 in about 2 years. Not to mention the Raptor is the only FFSC (full-flow staged combustion) engine to ever make it beyond a test stand and onto a launch vehicle. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUf7hLSWQAA5L0F?format=jpg&name=large View Quote What I've gleened from the Youtube vids, is the big upside to the R3 is the lack of heatshield and everything that goes with that. It saves literally tons of weight on the vehicle. I can't tell you how stoked I am watching what Elon is doing. It's incredible. (And if they catch the Booster on Flight 5...holy shit man). |
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The long term future is a mash up of Idiocracy and 1984. "Ow, my balls" meets "He loved Big Brother". The boot on your face will likely be a big red clown shoe, but it'll be there regardless. - pmacb
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Originally Posted By RarestRX: What I've gleened from the Youtube vids, is the big upside to the R3 is the lack of heatshield and everything that goes with that. It saves literally tons of weight on the vehicle. I can't tell you how stoked I am watching what Elon is doing. It's incredible. (And if they catch the Booster on Flight 5...holy shit man). View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RarestRX: Originally Posted By Cobalt135: That is 10 years of BE-4 development. And 10 years of Raptor development... The Raptor 2 was rolled out in Jan. 2022 I believe. That in itself is so simple looking vs. any other rocket engine. Very impressive to get from V2 to V3 in about 2 years. Not to mention the Raptor is the only FFSC (full-flow staged combustion) engine to ever make it beyond a test stand and onto a launch vehicle. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUf7hLSWQAA5L0F?format=jpg&name=large What I've gleened from the Youtube vids, is the big upside to the R3 is the lack of heatshield and everything that goes with that. It saves literally tons of weight on the vehicle. I can't tell you how stoked I am watching what Elon is doing. It's incredible. (And if they catch the Booster on Flight 5...holy shit man). Yeah, I'm going to make sure I catch the Flight 5 livestream. |
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CNBC’s story on Starship’s launch operations in South Texas is factually inaccurate. Starship’s water-cooled flame deflector system is critical equipment for SpaceX’s launch operations. It ensures flight safety and protects the launch site and surrounding area. Also known as the deluge system, it applies clean, potable (drinking) water to the engine exhaust during static fire tests and launches to absorb the heat and vibration from the rocket engines firing. Similar equipment has long been used at launch sites across the United States – such as Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Stations in Florida, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California – and across the globe. SpaceX worked with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) throughout the build and test of the water deluge system at Starbase to identify a permit approach. TCEQ personnel were onsite at Starbase to observe the initial tests of the system in July 2023, and TCEQ’s website shows that SpaceX is covered by the Texas Multi-Sector General Permit. When the EPA issued their Administrative Order in March 2024, it was done without an understanding of basic facts of the deluge system’s operation or acknowledgement that we were operating under the Texas Multi-Sector General Permit. After we explained our operation to the EPA, they revised their position and allowed us to continue operating, but required us to obtain an Individual Permit from TCEQ, which will also allow us to expand deluge operations to the second pad. We’ve been diligently working on the permit with TCEQ, which was submitted on July 1st, 2024. TCEQ is expected to issue the draft Individual Permit and Agreed Compliance Order this week. Throughout our ongoing coordination with both TCEQ and the EPA, we have explicitly asked if operation of the deluge system needed to stop and we were informed that operations could continue. TCEQ and the EPA have allowed continued operations because the deluge system has always complied with common conditions set by an Individual Permit, and causes no harm to the environment. Specifically: - We only use potable (drinking) water in the system’s operation. At no time during the operation of the deluge system is the potable water used in an industrial process, nor is the water exposed to industrial processes before or during operation of the system. - The launch pad area is power-washed prior to activating the deluge system, with the power-washed water collected and hauled off. - The vast majority of the water used in each operation is vaporized by the rocket’s engines. - We send samples of the soil, air, and water around the pad to an independent, accredited laboratory after every use of the deluge system, which have consistently shown negligible traces of any contaminants. Importantly, while CNBC's story claims there are “very large exceedances of the mercury” as part of the wastewater discharged at the site, all samples to-date have in fact shown either no detectable levels of mercury whatsoever or found in very few cases levels significantly below the limit the EPA maintains for drinking water. - Retention ponds capture excess water and are specially lined to prevent any mixing with local groundwater. Any water captured in these ponds, including water from rainfall events, is pumped out and hauled off. - Finally, some water does leave the area of the pad, mostly from water released prior to ignition and after engine shutdown or launch. To give you an idea of how much: a single use of the deluge system results in potable water equivalent to a rainfall of 0.004 inches across the area outside the pad which currently averages around 27 inches of rain per year. With Starship, we’re revolutionizing humanity’s ability to access space with a fully reusable rocket that plays an integral role in multiple national priorities, including returning humans to the surface of the Moon. SpaceX and its thousands of employees work tirelessly to ensure the United States remains the world’s leader in space, and we remain committed to working with our local and federal partners to be good stewards of the environment. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
CNBC’s story on Starship’s launch operations in South Texas is factually inaccurate. Starship’s water-cooled flame deflector system is critical equipment for SpaceX’s launch operations. It ensures flight safety and protects the launch site and surrounding area. Also known as the deluge system, it applies clean, potable (drinking) water to the engine exhaust during static fire tests and launches to absorb the heat and vibration from the rocket engines firing. Similar equipment has long been used at launch sites across the United States – such as Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Stations in Florida, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California – and across the globe. SpaceX worked with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) throughout the build and test of the water deluge system at Starbase to identify a permit approach. TCEQ personnel were onsite at Starbase to observe the initial tests of the system in July 2023, and TCEQ’s website shows that SpaceX is covered by the Texas Multi-Sector General Permit. When the EPA issued their Administrative Order in March 2024, it was done without an understanding of basic facts of the deluge system’s operation or acknowledgement that we were operating under the Texas Multi-Sector General Permit. After we explained our operation to the EPA, they revised their position and allowed us to continue operating, but required us to obtain an Individual Permit from TCEQ, which will also allow us to expand deluge operations to the second pad. We’ve been diligently working on the permit with TCEQ, which was submitted on July 1st, 2024. TCEQ is expected to issue the draft Individual Permit and Agreed Compliance Order this week. Throughout our ongoing coordination with both TCEQ and the EPA, we have explicitly asked if operation of the deluge system needed to stop and we were informed that operations could continue. TCEQ and the EPA have allowed continued operations because the deluge system has always complied with common conditions set by an Individual Permit, and causes no harm to the environment. Specifically: - We only use potable (drinking) water in the system’s operation. At no time during the operation of the deluge system is the potable water used in an industrial process, nor is the water exposed to industrial processes before or during operation of the system. - The launch pad area is power-washed prior to activating the deluge system, with the power-washed water collected and hauled off. - The vast majority of the water used in each operation is vaporized by the rocket’s engines. - We send samples of the soil, air, and water around the pad to an independent, accredited laboratory after every use of the deluge system, which have consistently shown negligible traces of any contaminants. Importantly, while CNBC's story claims there are “very large exceedances of the mercury” as part of the wastewater discharged at the site, all samples to-date have in fact shown either no detectable levels of mercury whatsoever or found in very few cases levels significantly below the limit the EPA maintains for drinking water. - Retention ponds capture excess water and are specially lined to prevent any mixing with local groundwater. Any water captured in these ponds, including water from rainfall events, is pumped out and hauled off. - Finally, some water does leave the area of the pad, mostly from water released prior to ignition and after engine shutdown or launch. To give you an idea of how much: a single use of the deluge system results in potable water equivalent to a rainfall of 0.004 inches across the area outside the pad which currently averages around 27 inches of rain per year. With Starship, we’re revolutionizing humanity’s ability to access space with a fully reusable rocket that plays an integral role in multiple national priorities, including returning humans to the surface of the Moon. SpaceX and its thousands of employees work tirelessly to ensure the United States remains the world’s leader in space, and we remain committed to working with our local and federal partners to be good stewards of the environment. View Quote Why would there be elevated levels of mercury? I can’t imagine any industrial processes he uses that would cause the leaching or discharge of mercury. Interesting that they required him to get an individual NPDES permit instead of staying registered under the multi-sector. I don’t see why unless both pads combined exceed the daily max for the permitted flow under the multi-sector. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
CNBC's story on Starship's launch operations in South Texas is factually inaccurate. Starship's water-cooled flame deflector system is critical equipment for SpaceX's launch operations. It ensures flight safety and protects the launch site and surrounding area. Also known as the deluge system, it applies clean, potable (drinking) water to the engine exhaust during static fire tests and launches to absorb the heat and vibration from the rocket engines firing. Similar equipment has long been used at launch sites across the United States such as Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Stations in Florida, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and across the globe. SpaceX worked with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) throughout the build and test of the water deluge system at Starbase to identify a permit approach. TCEQ personnel were onsite at Starbase to observe the initial tests of the system in July 2023, and TCEQ's website shows that SpaceX is covered by the Texas Multi-Sector General Permit. When the EPA issued their Administrative Order in March 2024, it was done without an understanding of basic facts of the deluge system's operation or acknowledgement that we were operating under the Texas Multi-Sector General Permit. After we explained our operation to the EPA, they revised their position and allowed us to continue operating, but required us to obtain an Individual Permit from TCEQ, which will also allow us to expand deluge operations to the second pad. We've been diligently working on the permit with TCEQ, which was submitted on July 1st, 2024. TCEQ is expected to issue the draft Individual Permit and Agreed Compliance Order this week. Throughout our ongoing coordination with both TCEQ and the EPA, we have explicitly asked if operation of the deluge system needed to stop and we were informed that operations could continue. TCEQ and the EPA have allowed continued operations because the deluge system has always complied with common conditions set by an Individual Permit, and causes no harm to the environment. Specifically: - We only use potable (drinking) water in the system's operation. At no time during the operation of the deluge system is the potable water used in an industrial process, nor is the water exposed to industrial processes before or during operation of the system. - The launch pad area is power-washed prior to activating the deluge system, with the power-washed water collected and hauled off. - The vast majority of the water used in each operation is vaporized by the rocket's engines. - We send samples of the soil, air, and water around the pad to an independent, accredited laboratory after every use of the deluge system, which have consistently shown negligible traces of any contaminants. Importantly, while CNBC's story claims there are "very large exceedances of the mercury" as part of the wastewater discharged at the site, all samples to-date have in fact shown either no detectable levels of mercury whatsoever or found in very few cases levels significantly below the limit the EPA maintains for drinking water. - Retention ponds capture excess water and are specially lined to prevent any mixing with local groundwater. Any water captured in these ponds, including water from rainfall events, is pumped out and hauled off. - Finally, some water does leave the area of the pad, mostly from water released prior to ignition and after engine shutdown or launch. To give you an idea of how much: a single use of the deluge system results in potable water equivalent to a rainfall of 0.004 inches across the area outside the pad which currently averages around 27 inches of rain per year. With Starship, we're revolutionizing humanity's ability to access space with a fully reusable rocket that plays an integral role in multiple national priorities, including returning humans to the surface of the Moon. SpaceX and its thousands of employees work tirelessly to ensure the United States remains the world's leader in space, and we remain committed to working with our local and federal partners to be good stewards of the environment. View Quote |
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Between this and the letter the EU sent Elon today (how DARE he have a livestream with TRUMP!)...
...he's got some leftist panties in a bunch. I'll stop it there to avoid going off topic, but man, if you're not far left these days, look out, they're coming for you. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
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You must play the game. You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit the game.
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote The man is working against all odds. It is truly disheartening the crap the government heaps his way. In another era, he'd be considered a national treasure. |
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Fetchez la vache!
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No one cared who I was until I put on the mask
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Originally Posted By kallnojoy: The man is working against all odds. It is truly disheartening the crap the government heaps his way. In another era, he'd be considered a national treasure. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By kallnojoy: Originally Posted By Chokey:
The man is working against all odds. It is truly disheartening the crap the government heaps his way. In another era, he'd be considered a national treasure. I think the harder the problem, the more determined he becomes. The left will shatter themselves against the immovable object that is Musk. |
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Originally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: I think the harder the problem, the more determined he becomes. The left will shatter themselves against the immovable object that is Musk. View Quote Ever since this project began I've had premonitions about an army of idiots attacking the Boca Chica site and burning it to the ground. Perhaps out of greed, more likely just sour grapes. Musk would rebuild of course. Probably next to Cape Canaveral and what he would build would probably be heavily fortified and scary. If he had not declared war before then he would after that. It sure does come across that he wants to get to Mars before this country turns into Venezuela part dos. |
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It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.
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Originally Posted By HeavyMetal: Why would there be elevated levels of mercury? I can’t imagine any industrial processes he uses that would cause the leaching or discharge of mercury. Interesting that they required him to get an individual NPDES permit instead of staying registered under the multi-sector. I don’t see why unless both pads combined exceed the daily max for the permitted flow under the multi-sector. View Quote Just a guess. Natural gas can contain mercury. Since NG is used to produce methane for Starship, I suppose the exhaust from firing could also contain mercury remnants. Though it seems low probability since rocket fuel is usually high spec stuff. |
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CNBC updated its story yesterday with additional factually inaccurate information. While there may be a typo in one table of the initial TCEQ's public version of the permit application, the rest of the application and the lab reports clearly states that levels of Mercury found in non-stormwater discharge associated with the water deluge system are well below state and federal water quality criteria (of no higher than 2.1 micrograms per liter for acute aquatic toxicity), and are, in most instances, non-detectable. The initial application was updated within 30 days to correct the typo and TCEQ is updating the application to reflect the correction. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
CNBC updated its story yesterday with additional factually inaccurate information. While there may be a typo in one table of the initial TCEQ's public version of the permit application, the rest of the application and the lab reports clearly states that levels of Mercury found in non-stormwater discharge associated with the water deluge system are well below state and federal water quality criteria (of no higher than 2.1 micrograms per liter for acute aquatic toxicity), and are, in most instances, non-detectable. The initial application was updated within 30 days to correct the typo and TCEQ is updating the application to reflect the correction. View Quote This what I imagine when I see articles like this Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
CNBC updated its story yesterday with additional factually inaccurate information. While there may be a typo in one table of the initial TCEQ's public version of the permit application, the rest of the application and the lab reports clearly states that levels of Mercury found in non-stormwater discharge associated with the water deluge system are well below state and federal water quality criteria (of no higher than 2.1 micrograms per liter for acute aquatic toxicity), and are, in most instances, non-detectable. The initial application was updated within 30 days to correct the typo and TCEQ is updating the application to reflect the correction. View Quote |
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Coyote with 40 people crammed into a minivan gets into a chase with DPS, Paco over estimates his driving abilities and *whmmo!* the Astrovan of Immigration becomes a Pinata of Pain, hurling broken bodies like so many tasty pieces of cheap candy...
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Originally Posted By Cypher15: At least they updated the story in a timely manner instead of letting it stew. But holy shit basic research really isnt a thing with these assholes is it? View Quote Why would it be? They have an agenda to serve. Can't let a little thing like facts get in the way of a story. |
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It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.
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Originally Posted By PlaysWithAtoms: Just a guess. Natural gas can contain mercury. Since NG is used to produce methane for Starship, I suppose the exhaust from firing could also contain mercury remnants. Though it seems low probability since rocket fuel is usually high spec stuff. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By PlaysWithAtoms: Originally Posted By HeavyMetal: Why would there be elevated levels of mercury? I can’t imagine any industrial processes he uses that would cause the leaching or discharge of mercury. Interesting that they required him to get an individual NPDES permit instead of staying registered under the multi-sector. I don’t see why unless both pads combined exceed the daily max for the permitted flow under the multi-sector. Just a guess. Natural gas can contain mercury. Since NG is used to produce methane for Starship, I suppose the exhaust from firing could also contain mercury remnants. Though it seems low probability since rocket fuel is usually high spec stuff. I looked in the EPA online database called ECHO. I found no violations associated with the current and proposed pad sites for any parameter, including mercury. |
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Originally Posted By PlaysWithAtoms: Just a guess. Natural gas can contain mercury. Since NG is used to produce methane for Starship, I suppose the exhaust from firing could also contain mercury remnants. Though it seems low probability since rocket fuel is usually high spec stuff. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By PlaysWithAtoms: Originally Posted By HeavyMetal: Why would there be elevated levels of mercury? I can’t imagine any industrial processes he uses that would cause the leaching or discharge of mercury. Interesting that they required him to get an individual NPDES permit instead of staying registered under the multi-sector. I don’t see why unless both pads combined exceed the daily max for the permitted flow under the multi-sector. Just a guess. Natural gas can contain mercury. Since NG is used to produce methane for Starship, I suppose the exhaust from firing could also contain mercury remnants. Though it seems low probability since rocket fuel is usually high spec stuff. His LNG is industry grade. I've burnt loads that didn't make delivery window. |
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mene mene tekel upharsin
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Originally Posted By Chokey: header tank https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU9YjCuXoAEwM4g?format=jpg&name=large View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote Those crazy SOBs are gonna try and do it. I will absolutely lose my effin' mind if they catch the booster. |
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Originally Posted By RarestRX: Those crazy SOBs are gonna try and do it. I will absolutely lose my effin' mind if they catch the booster. View Quote When they do an IRL successful booster catch it's going to be a moment where reality itself changes significantly. Something that big able to shove hundreds of tons of payload into space. Day, after day, after day... It's not outside the realm of possibility that it could throw up a constellation of sattelites that could reduce the amount of light hitting this planet from the sun. |
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It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.
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