Comments on: Each Starship launch has the same payload as three B-52s https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/each-starship-launch-has-the-same-payload-as-three-b-52s/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/each-starship-launch-has-the-same-payload-as-three-b-52s/comment-page-1/#comment-3562526 Bomag Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:25:20 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49208#comment-3562526 “Russia does have soft power… and they have hard, smash mouth power…”

???

Aren’t they demonstrating more paper tiger than real tiger?

]]> By: Kunning Drueger https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/each-starship-launch-has-the-same-payload-as-three-b-52s/comment-page-1/#comment-3562316 Kunning Drueger Thu, 01 Sep 2022 03:03:39 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49208#comment-3562316 So it’s a race to see if Musk gets cancelled by the Progressive Faction before the War Faction kicks off a rapid strategic depopulation conflict. If he gets cancelled and moves to China or Russia, it will be up to our noble trans-warriors to human wave assault the gates of Beijing to ensure Taiwanese pride parades. This is really shaping up to be the worst scifi dystopian YA novel ever written. Hillary Potter and the Cauldron of Wrongthink.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/each-starship-launch-has-the-same-payload-as-three-b-52s/comment-page-1/#comment-3562288 Bob Sykes Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:31:16 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49208#comment-3562288 Anyone who thinks war, killing people and breaking things, is outdated is delusional,. Economic warfare, like US oil embargoes on Japan in the 30’s, is usually just the first step in actual shooting.

Europe did sanctions because they believe they have “soft” power, and that soft power matters. It doesn’t, and they don’t have it anyway. Russia does have soft power, which they are now demonstrating, and they have hard, smash mouth power, which EU/US is about to learn.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/each-starship-launch-has-the-same-payload-as-three-b-52s/comment-page-1/#comment-3562245 Jim Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:44:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49208#comment-3562245 Someone balls-deep in rockets, Internet, and brain chips is building de-facto military weapons systems?! Not Elon Musk; I don’t believe it; he would never…!

]]> By: Gavin Longmuir https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/each-starship-launch-has-the-same-payload-as-three-b-52s/comment-page-1/#comment-3562234 Gavin Longmuir Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:37:32 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49208#comment-3562234 Let’s get real! This whole concept of “war” is outdated. As the European are currently demonstrating, their own sanctions against Russian gas, oil, and coal are doing devastating economic & social damage to themselves — albeit slowly.

If Our Betters were stupid enough to start a war with China (and, sadly, it looks like they are indeed stupid enough), China’s first act would not be to shoot down satellites. Their first act would be to order all the ships anchored off the coast of California carrying they many essentials which the US can no longer manufacture for ourselves to up anchor and return to China.

A US without Chinese electronics, medications, nuts & bolts would crumble. How many Chinese-sourced components are required to build a Starship?

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