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    thebard3 replied to the thread Omniscient Elon Musk seez.....
    I enjoy discussions with reasonable discourse. I hope I can make some comments without being indiscriminately insulted or otherwise...
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    thebard3 replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Not sure about that. Germanwings 9525, MH370, Egyptair 990, and USAir 1549 come to mind. Those discussions quickly centered around the...
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    thebard3 reacted to DirteJoe's post in the thread Toronto place crash with Like Like.
    It's more of an engineering triumph seeing as everyone survived. thebard3, once the wing contacted the ground hard it had nowhere to go...
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    thebard3 replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    I don't know if there is a single scenario where the outcome will be improved by having the wings come off, other than to have a reduced...
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    thebard3 reacted to TugboatEng's post in the thread Toronto place crash with Like Like.
    I've said it before but maybe it needs to be repeated. Take a subject that you are intimately familiar with and find a news article on...
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    thebard3 replied to the thread Sporadic pump Trip.
    Most float switches have hysteresis, or separate on/off levels to keep that from happening.
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    thebard3 replied to the thread SpaceX Starship missions.
    I did?
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    I see reports that the Blackhawk was too high, about 350' instead of 200' at the time of the collision. Is 150' of vertical clearance...
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    thebard3 replied to the thread SpaceX Starship missions.
    We have seen operational rockets from NASA, Ariane and others explode at altitude and rain parts down. Rocketry isn't a zero risk...

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