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Kerbal Engineering Systems

@kerbalsystems.bsky.social

Rocket Builder, of both the digital and physical varieties. Formerly @kerbalsystems on the hellsite. 20

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Kerbal Engineering Systems@kerbalsystems.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We’re spending a Perseverance’s worth of money basically daily on this war. It’s just so frustrating that NASA wrangles for years over an $8 billion mission when the DoD quite literally lights that much on fire in under four days.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 7mo ago

$2bn/day, with $2.8bn/day in munitions alone over the first two days. I tend to think of myself as a Large Number Scale Understander but this is just mind-boggling amounts of money.

<Back> to Return Previous Next Send Actions Translate News: News Story 101) *PENTAGON OFFICIALS MET WITH LAWMAKERS ON IRAN ON TUESDAY: NYT BFW 16:35 102) *NYT CITES 3 PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON IRAN BFW 16:33 103) *PENTAGON SAYS IRAN WAR COST MORE THAN $11B IN FIRST WEEK: NYT BFW 16:33 03/11/2026 16:31:40[NYT]  Billion By Catie Edmondson (New York Times) -- In a Capitol Hill briefing, officials gave their most comprehensive assessment of the cost of the first six days of the war, but the number omitted several aspects of the operation. Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that they estimated the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days alone, according to three people familiar with the briefing. The estimate did not include many of the costs associated with the operation, such as the buildup of military hardware and personnel ahead of the first strikes. For that reason, lawmakers expect the number to grow considerably as the Pentagon continues to calculate the costs that accumulated just in the first week. Still, it appeared to be the most comprehensive assessment Congress had received so far amid mounting questions about the objectives, scope and time frame for the war. The New York Times and The Washington Post reported earlier that defense officials had said in recent congressional briefings that the military used up $5.6 billion of munitions in the first two days of the war. That is a far larger amount and munitions burn rate than had been publicly disclosed. The Center for Strategic and International Studies had estimated that the first 100 hours of the operation cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million each day. The first wave of the bombardment used weapons including the AGM-154 glide bomb, which can cost from $578,000 to $836,000. The Navy …
capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’ll leave for later why reporters didn’t fact-check - there’s an ugly story there too. But the urgent issue is, Platner would be crushed in the general. It's best to lance the boil now. Here’s the document, sourced and Wikipedia-ready. You should read it. The NRSC sure will. 11/

Graham Platner timeline and lies

Graham Platner timeline and lies @capitolhunters.bsky.social / @capitolhunters Jan. 5, 2026 (updated Mar 3) Contents Summary - lies about tattoos Platner timeline Issues / Inconsistencies Why Pla...

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Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy. Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists

Kerbal Engineering Systems@kerbalsystems.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"EVE Online plays material part in saving America from fascism" vis-a-vis Stancil seems increasingly plausible at this rate

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet). But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings. The lesson: let the world see.

Kerbal Engineering Systems@kerbalsystems.bsky.social · 9mo ago

throwback to the best study ever, where NIH boldly dares to ask "who needs ozempic when you can just replace 25% of your diet with teflon" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Polytetrafluoroethylene Ingestion as a Way to Increase Food Volume and Hence Satiety Without Increasing Calorie Content

Since satiety is largely due to stretch of the stomach and people tend to eat a consistent weight of food, increasing food volume and mass increases satiety. This can be achieved without increasing the calories of food by mixing food with a material ...

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