[HN Gopher] SpaceX to launch the Europa Clipper mission for a ba...
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       SpaceX to launch the Europa Clipper mission for a bargain price
        
       Author : kristianp
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2021-07-23 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | kristianp wrote:
       | Saving Nasa $2B. It's going to be harder for politicians to keep
       | SLS alive moving forward if it's competing against falcon heavy,
       | which is proven now. Too long to build, problems caused by solid
       | boosters, way too expensive, probable delays.
        
       | kristianp wrote:
       | One fun comment from the article: "The shaking issue is so bad
       | the displays in Orion have been designed to only flicker rather
       | than be continuously lit. That's so they can light up in sync
       | with the vibration of the rocket so the astronauts have a chance
       | to read them. If they stayed lit they would be a blurry mess"
        
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