I think the reason is weight. It is expensive to put the fuel needed for a powered descent into orbit. A parachute is light. Of course the retrieval at sea isn't necessarily cheap. Also the SpaceX booster doesn't achieve orbital speed. I'm not sure, but doesn't the booster speed come close to zero when the booster reaches max altitude? Does it just keep going up until gravity stops it? Or maybe just slows it way down? I guess I could google something, but it is easier to just make it up.

@Jolly said in The Meeting: Spielberg said it took him ten years to really understand what Ford told him. I can believe it. Ostensibly, he's just talking about the rule of thirds. Ostensibly.

@LuFins-Dad well, yes. It is with a different "feel" and is quite a bit faster and with what I can only describe as "agitado". Of course the arrangement is different. Her technique is quite flawless. Chet is playing a much more relaxed arrangement. One that I could probably take a reasonable stab at. I have no desire to play it faster than Chet Atkins. lol

I think we all know which political party likes which myths. Democrats adopted the mask mandates early on and clung to them, many still do.

conspiracyfact.INFO Which part of info do you not understand, Jon? Sheesh.

It ain't like he don't know the period...

Next time you are near Karla's phone, just repeat your favorite scotches over and over along with "fathers day gift". Who knows what ads she'll see in a few months

Okay that's hilarious.

More to the story: https://www.newsweek.com/shock-mating-pythons-crash-through-ceiling-footage-seen-34m-times-1780991 It happened in Malaysia Two of the three pythons were mating “… the mating snakes weighed about 70.5 pounds each and were about 16 feet 4 inches long. … Another python, weighing 55.1 pounds and measuring 13 feet 1 inch long, …” The authorities said they captured the snakes and would release them in a safe place.

Meth may be the second worst illegal drug.

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Interesting Reason piece: The main obstacle to Fox’s defense can be summed up in two words: Lou Dobbs

@Mik said in 5G towers: Does anyone believe these people would put things up there harmful to themselves and their children? Does anybody believe they would put child pornography in school libraries and offer more to the kids that check it out?

@LuFins-Dad So what’s your point?

@Copper I have to hand it to you. You figured out how to get free golf balls and have the convenience of a golf course all in one. Being the determined golfer you maintain you are, that was the smart choice. As the saying goes…..location, location, location.

Just like AOC this lady reminds me of some opinionated idiot at happy hour who won’t keep her uninformed opinions to herself.