Bobbie Bobster

45 minutes ago, Derek Flint said:

Niche, high security engineering is perhaps untapped?

Perhaps, but there are obstacles and careful business planning would be the order of the day (I know, I know, "Here Grandma, have an egg!" 😊).

Logistics might be one of the biggest obstacles, availability of "hot spares" for specialist equipment, lack of a materials supply chain, e.g. nitrogen for vacuum pumps.

At least outward logistics would be simpler with high value low volume products in this area.

On 4/12/2024 at 4:28 PM, wrighty said:

some kind of bug in a male body

20 minutes ago, Jarndyce said:

If it’s irrelevant, why did you put it in your post?

Is that a rehetorical question?

3 hours ago, Blade Runner said:

 

9 hours ago, Anyone said:

But would it pass the sanity clause ?

I don't believe in Sanity Clause.

2 hours ago, The Phantom said:

'Made in Russia' would be a by-word for some sort of technologically defunct piece of shit.

To be fair, the Soyuz launcher family has more launches than all other active launcher families combined with over 1,900 launches, and is one of the safest with a success rate of about 94%.  Their "if it ain't broke" strategy has worked well for 60 years.  Albeit that reusability is changing the economics now.

14 minutes ago, genericUserName said:

The broadcast you were thinking of - it was Neville Chamberlain.

It is disappointing that modern education is so poor.

Ooh, as Stalin said to de Gaulle at Yalta, "Sick burn, bro!"

6 hours ago, Derek Flint said:

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

Or maybe if you can, you definitely should.

1 hour ago, Derek Flint said:

 

I love what you've done with your new residence!  Plenty of fleet parking also.

2 hours ago, Katman said:

...the grips on the edge of the stair treads...

Wonderfully, they're called nosings!

4 hours ago, woolley said:

I got one!!!!    🤣😎🤣

Indeed.

This is why we can't have nice things.

2 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said:

In fact let’s make it easy and say a large number of people are grade A twats, perhaps none more so than those given to making sweeping generalisations.

Is it complete, absolute lack of self-awareness, or high-level parody?  You decide.

1 hour ago, woolley said:

There isn't really a downside to the defence sector as far as I can see.

Good effort, but you telegraphed it just a little too much.

33 minutes ago, sm-iom said:

Needs to learn to proof read - Bombarment? 

I'm intrigued; what are the rules?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m3ZkJTX1qY

Dunning-Kruger, defined.

3 minutes ago, John Wright said:

QFT

2 hours ago, Chinahand said:

Oh my giddy aunt ... 

 

 

Something less than 1.5x.  1.25x maybe?

1 hour ago, Zarley said:

This may be a stupid question, so apologies in advance if that's the case.

They use special cladding on space-going vessels to protect against the high temperatures generated upon reentry to earth's atmosphere. Could they not make a box out of the same materials in which to put an EV battery, thereby safely containing any fire? 

If the answer is "no" on the basis of cost, wouldn't mass production bring those costs down while saving money incurred by fires?

In a word, no.

In some more words, atmospheric entry heatshields depend for their proper function on there being a hypersonic airflow, and also use ablation (bits of the heatshield being heated up and being blown away by the same airflow) to provide protection against radiative heat.

23 hours ago, Josem said:

Electricity is the world's most perishable object: it needs to be used at literally, precisely, the same time as it is produced.

 

2 hours ago, Mr. Sausages said:

Show us a picture chutney 

11 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

So was it worth £12 a pint if it's the nicest beer you've ever had?

Out of interest, what was it? 

RTFM, FFS!

It wasn't worth £12 a pint - it was worth £4 a third!

😁

Have faith.

7 hours ago, John Wright said:

Apparently, being a wheelchair user is a gender now. According to Maynooth College.

That's not what it says.

3 hours ago, thommo2010 said:

It's everyone look at the big companies still recording record profits.

Let's eat grandma.