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SpaceX’s backup Dragon launch pad on track for 2023 debut

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They arose because NASA reportedly told SpaceX it was worried that the company’s first Florida Starship launch site – colocated at the only pad currently able to launch SpaceX Dragon spacecraft – could add too much risk. Richard Angle) SpaceX’s answer to the problem was about as simple, elegant, and cheap as possible.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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Tesla offered to help Porsche with battery management through Audi contacts years ago, but Porsche management at the time rejected any external help, saying it could handle everything internally, the source noted. b) Yellow – review with Porsche internal technical department. A Risky Business. c) Red – replacement .

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Blue Origin scraps New Glenn recovery ship, finishes first ‘test tank’

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Aside from a flashy, December 2020 re-christening ceremony in which Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos named the vessel Jacklyn after his late mother, the private aerospace company left the ship largely untouched in a Florida port. Further, SpaceX has only lost one booster to waves, and it solved that problem by developing a relatively cheap robot.

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers – Charged EVs

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Although it is not practical to fully harden an electronic device against a direct lightning strike with peak amplitudes in the 100s of megavolts and kiloamperes range, the chances of such happening are also vanishingly remote, fortunately (even here in Florida).

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. These both cost much less than lithium cells.