DarthBrooks69420

DarthBrooks69420 t1_j1gfhty wrote

Reply to comment by Vagabond_Grey in Russia may need to send a rescue mission to the International Space Station for 3 astronauts after a leak in their Soyuz capsule by A_Lazko

The deceleration from entering the atmosphere produces heat. The systems that are damaged is the external cooling that dissipates the heat (I think).

You can't just reenter the atmosphere at that speed without something to absorb and shed that heat. If the astronauts just tried to parachute back to earth they would be vaporized.

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DarthBrooks69420 t1_itw8mg8 wrote

Reply to comment by Dornith in Alphabet is ramping up scrutiny of all its projects and cutting hiring in half as it tries to curb costs by chrisdh79

It would take something like staggering fraud by the corporate mega landlords, mass evictions of everyone living in those unattainable small homes and subsequent actions by banks keeping people out of those houses, mass layoffs and unavailability of reliable automobiles to cause a similar crisis to 2008.

If all those factors came together, then we would see the US economic engine grind to a halt. The biggest worry really is a cascade event that would lead to the monopolization of many different parts of the US economy and neutering of what little federal ability is left to prevent it from happening. If it does happen, it means record profits for the new monopoly class and everybody else left to fight over ever dwindling scraps of what's left.

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