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Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso

Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso

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  • sam1r
    The flow diagram provided for fracture control is incredible. Quite a work of art. [1][1] https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AOMG!,f_auto,q_auto:...Update: After staring at this flow diagram for quite some time, I realize it's actually the most robust, "complete-seeming" finite state machine I have seen used in the real world.
  • xoxxala
    That was an excellent read for explaining why space isn’t just hard, but expensive.
  • riffraff
    I enjoyed reading this! But on one thing> You and I will probably die before we’re allowed to take a bottle of water through airport security againWe could again bring water through airport security for some time in e.g. Rome's FCO (2 years maybe? It's been a while)
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  • jacknews
    Good read."Since that time, I’ve learned that small heaters (like coffee makers or kettles) can be kryptonite to an inverter, and that this is common folk knowledge among solar installers."Is there any more on this? It can understand inductive loads maybe challenging inverters but resistive loads should be easy? Is it an issue of cheap inverter design, or something more fundamental?
  • Panzerschrek
    Why this ISSpresso machine was developed and sent into orbit at all? What scientific outcome does it have? Why was it necessary spending taxpayer's money developing it?
  • pavel_lishin
    The Pressurized Payloads Interface Requirements doc is kind of interesting. Lots of diagrams & such that would be great for art projects.
  • picsao
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