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Mr. Joe Schmoe 🎧🎡πŸŽ₯🎬 retweeted
Lamine Yamal has two flags on his boots while playing for Spain in his first World Cup: πŸ‡¬πŸ‡Ά Equatorial Guinea, his mother’s homeland πŸ‡²πŸ‡¦ Morocco, his father’s homeland
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Replying to @ThomasLMatula
Hybrid solar-nuclear isn't virtue signaling β€” it's smart engineering for redundancy, scalability, and risk reduction in extreme environments. Nuclear provides excellent baseload power and process heat, which is critical. No one serious disputes that. But dismissing solar (plus storage) as unnecessary infrastructure ignores real operational realities on the Moon and Mars: Lunar 14-day nights: Pure nuclear works, but solar at polar peaks (near-constant illumination) adds massive capacity during "day" periods, letting you overproduce, store, or run high-energy ISRU processes when sunlight is abundant. It reduces wear on the reactor and provides independent backup. Mars dust storms: Global events can slash solar output for weeks/months. Nuclear shines here for continuity, but equatorial or well-sited solar hydrogen storage (via electrolysis) has been shown in studies to be mass-competitive or better over large parts of the surface β€” especially with ISRU-manufactured storage. Gigawatt-scale ISRU demands: Early propellant production (Sabatier, electrolysis, liquefaction) needs hundreds of MW scaling to GW for city-building and Starship fleets. Hybrids let you bootstrap: solar arrays (potentially manufactured in-situ later) supplement nuclear, enabling faster ramp-up without launching every watt from Earth. Dynamic AI-orchestrated microgrids (drawing from Tesla tech) balance them efficiently. Redundancy is not nonsense β€” it's survival. A single-point nuclear failure (maintenance, radiation shielding issues, heat rejection in thin atmospheres, regulatory/certification delays) could halt operations. Hybrids give fault tolerance: solar storage handles transients, nuclear ensures 24/7 baseline. Studies on hybrid power systems for Mars colonies repeatedly highlight this for reliability in manned/long-term setups. Resource reality: Early missions will be launch-mass constrained. Nuclear reactors (e.g., Kilopower derivatives) are compact but heavy with shielding/radiators. Large solar arrays deploy lightweight and can leverage local materials over time. Hybrids minimize total landed mass for equivalent reliable output while building toward full in-situ manufacturing. NASA itself baselines fission as primary for initial Mars but leaves room for supplements.
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Replying to @Based_Bin
"Minorities" India β€” 1,476,625,576 Pakistan β€” 259,299,791 Nigeria β€” 242,431,832 Ethiopia β€” 138,902,185 Egypt β€” 120,101,175 DR Congo β€” 116,452,162 Tanzania β€” 72,563,780 South Africa β€” 65,453,084 Kenya β€” 58,636,412 Sudan β€” 53,282,719 Uganda β€” 52,761,469 Algeria β€” 48,028,334 Afghanistan β€” 45,047,069 Angola β€” 40,215,179 Morocco β€” 38,762,441 Mozambique β€” 36,639,851 Ghana β€” 35,697,557 Madagascar β€” 33,522,052 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire β€” 33,494,346 Cameroon β€” 30,640,817 Niger β€” 28,814,878 Mali β€” 25,932,275 Burkina Faso β€” 24,601,700 Malawi β€” 22,785,535 Zambia β€” 22,521,915 Chad β€” 21,560,380 Somalia β€” 20,305,907 Senegal β€” 19,366,548 Zimbabwe β€” 17,273,580 Guinea β€” 15,441,993 Benin β€” 15,170,419 Rwanda β€” 14,889,693 Burundi β€” 14,729,157 South Sudan β€” 12,436,037 Tunisia β€” 12,415,138 Togo β€” 9,930,918 Sierra Leone β€” 8,996,745 Libya β€” 7,539,851 Congo β€” 6,637,785 Liberia β€” 5,853,949 Central African Republic β€” 5,698,984 Mauritania β€” 5,461,319 Eritrea β€” 3,682,669 Namibia β€” 3,153,246 Gambia β€” 2,884,079 Gabon β€” 2,647,399 Botswana β€” 2,603,388 Lesotho β€” 2,389,336 Guinea-Bissau β€” 2,297,808 Equatorial Guinea β€” 1,984,468 Eswatini β€” 1,269,859 Mauritius β€” 1,265,059 Djibouti β€” 1,199,459
Flat earth is a scam targeting people weak at math and geometry You think it is real don’t you? Not understanding why the equatorial mount proves earth is a globe confirms you fail at geometry. Do you still think you are winning here champ? Explain why.
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@versiorac1 @toniclapes de Guinea Equatorial, no de Ghana es la bandera
Meanwhile equatorial mounts irrefutably prove earth is a globe and you are showing the world that you still don’t understand why. When did you realise you were falling behind in math and geometry in school?
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