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I like to keep up on new technologies and also technical analysis and forensics. This has been a great forum to do so. I'm sad to see it devolving into a political opinion post, like ARSTechnica, Twitter (I mean X) and Tik Tok. I'm sure I'll get major blowback for saying so.

Yeah, I'm not sure that had anything to do with 'under construction', as you can see the sides begin to crumble as a whole before the thing comes down.

...and that F111 from the 60's.

You'll probably get an earful for this.

You don't have to go Titanic depth to put yourself in peril. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2erv557lgo From the article, it seems that even "Fresh paint, modern equipment and with attentive and professional English-speaking staff (including two divers to accompany you down)" couldn't save them

It's not cooling oil. It is dielectric insulating oil that heats up during use and requires cooling.

There's no need for insults please. I second that. :)

Other than Columbia's breakup on re-entry, I can't think of another one that happened at great altitude. Definitely not a good result. I don't see anything to suggest that this failure is very much different than the previous one.

Starship is destacked from the booster, with work already going on underneath.

A new search is underway for MH370. New technologies and search methods being employed in an area expanded from previous searches. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mh370-malaysia-airlines-flight-disappear-search-ocean-infinity-rcna193779

I enjoy discussions with reasonable discourse. I hope I can make some comments without being indiscriminately insulted or otherwise disparaged as would happen on ARS and some other sites. 1- NASA intends to deorbit the ISS in 6 years. Musk proposes to do it in 2. If they meet in the middle...

Not sure about that. Germanwings 9525, MH370, Egyptair 990, and USAir 1549 come to mind. Those discussions quickly centered around the crews.

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 fire risk due to fuel. That plane hit the runway hard, and even so, it's not easy to understand how the wing to fuselage connection failed.

Most float switches have hysteresis, or separate on/off levels to keep that from happening.

I did?

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 really enough? I would think more separation would be required.

We have seen operational rockets from NASA, Ariane and others explode at altitude and rain parts down. Rocketry isn't a zero risk venture. I'm not sure if Starship really traverses airspace where anything is likely to come down on land before orbital velocity is reached, but I don't really...

A few points- Living in Ohio (where it's mostly flat) I have never used winter tires. I have never been stuck in a situation that I couldn't rock my car out of. Also never in an accident caused by snow. We have had snowfalls exceeding about 10" but was still able to get around. During a normal...

There's always YouTube. Just look up 'How to make an employer think you're competent in a job interview'.