Sanctions against Russia

[George K]

No surprise there.

Someone commented: "Surely the US would be unable to pay for them, and it’d be illegal for them to buy anyway… sounds performative"

[jon-nyc]

Elon Musk likes this.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Sanctions?:

Elon Musk likes this.

In the twitter thread, someone commented that the US has at least 10 US manufacturers of rocket motors from which to choose. I have no knowledge if that's true.

MAGRA!

Make American Rocketry Great Again!

[Aqua Letifer]

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

According to MIL, people our age or older are not buying any of the BS. People under 30 though are buying it hook, line and sinker. The middle generation is mixed although the sanctions will definitely hit them hardest especially in the large cities. The rural areas though are firmly behind Putin.

According to social media—which everyone here has access to by the way so there's no need to guess—this is pretty much what's going on, although it seems that not all young people are buying it.

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

[Copper]

Too lazy to look up the details, but it was maybe 10-12 years ago Orbital had a rocket blow up on the pad at Wallops Island.

It was a Russian rocket, supplied to Orbital, that blew up. I talked to the guy who was buying those Russian rockets (former Shuttle and Station commander). At the time those were the only option. Although they continued to use Russian rockets for a while, that explosion gave incentive to make more American rockets available.

[Horace]

@George-K said in Sanctions?:

@jon-nyc said in Sanctions?:

Elon Musk likes this.

In the twitter thread, someone commented that the US has at least 10 US manufacturers of rocket motors from which to choose. I have no knowledge if that's true.

MAGRA!

Make American Rocketry Great Again!

That would be MARGA. Posting for a friend.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Sanctions?:

@George-K said in Sanctions?:

@jon-nyc said in Sanctions?:

Elon Musk likes this.

In the twitter thread, someone commented that the US has at least 10 US manufacturers of rocket motors from which to choose. I have no knowledge if that's true.

MAGRA!

Make American Rocketry Great Again!

That would be MARGA. Posting for a friend.

All right, all right. Very funny.

Just wait until you fuck up some inconsequential detail. Then I'll have you!

[George K]

@Horace said in Sanctions?:

That would be MARGA. Posting for a friend.

LOL.

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

STFU.

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

STFU.

Comments like that are completely expected and the main reason why I say such things here!

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

STFU.

Comments like that are completely expected and the main reason why I say such things here!

You do realize that in 48 hours I will be closer to 100 than I am from my birth?

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad

Welcome, Padawan.

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

STFU.

Comments like that are completely expected and the main reason why I say such things here!

You do realize that in 48 hours I will be closer to 100 than I am from my birth?

Hey I'm busy planning out my own midlife crisis, I can't also take on yours!

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

STFU.

Comments like that are completely expected and the main reason why I say such things here!

You do realize that in 48 hours I will be closer to 100 than I am from my birth?

Funny, you always looked a little older to the rest of us...

[Copper]

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

You do realize that in 48 hours I will be closer to 100 than I am from my birth?

You do realize that in 48 hours I will be closer to 134 than I am from my birth?

I don't even want to think about GK.

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@LuFins-Dad said in Sanctions?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Sanctions?:

@Renauda said in Sanctions?:

@Jolly

...then again my definition of "young people" might need some recalibration. I'm old now.

STFU.

Comments like that are completely expected and the main reason why I say such things here!

You do realize that in 48 hours I will be closer to 100 than I am from my birth?

Hey I'm busy planning out my Planning on. Down midlife crisis, I can't also take on yours!

Pffft… Planning on dying at 70-80?

[George K]

[Copper]

No problem we'll just switch to electric produced by nuclear.

We should be able to get that done by the end of the week.

[kluurs]

Be certain, that the Empire will strike back seeing all of these efforts as "starving" Russia. Putin will likely respond in kind - likely cyber, attacking financial and electric infrastructure. He will never want to appear "weak".