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  • gcgallant
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    1 year ago

    Avogadro’s number of soaps would weigh in at about 60 Yg

    I may have exaggerated a little bit.

    You’ll need that [REDACTED] brush to speed things up ;)

    I love that thing. Can’t wait to learn the details.

    • djundjilaMA
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      1 year ago

      I may have exaggerated a little bit.

      maybe. I still want space tallow, though :)

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        1 year ago

        You know, much of my engineering career was spent working on big budget, one-of-a-kind spacecraft programs. Amazingly, space tallow never came up :) If we’re talking 60 Yg, orbital mechanics will be interesting.

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          1 year ago

          I did not know that about your career! You’re only the third NASA (or NASA-adjacent?) person I’ve met.

          orbital mechanics will be interesting.

          Yup, and we better figure out a space elevator before landing that tallow

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            1 year ago

            I have worked on some NASA programs, but most of my work was oriented towards national security.

            • djundjilaMA
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              1 year ago

              Now I think of you as Gene Hackman doing this 😆

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                  1 year ago

                  After double-checking with my old friend Rayleigh to estimate the aperture size necessary for this, your interest in orbital mechanics of huge masses makes more sense 😅