Podcasts about reusability

SpaceX has revolutionised space travel, making reusable rockets a reality and dramatically reducing the cost of reaching orbit. But two high-profile Starship explosions have raised concerns about the company's approach to innovation and risk.Commercial spaceflight has rapidly expanded, with private companies looking to harness space resources and build new economies beyond Earth. Reusability has been a game-changer, significantly lowering launch costs and enabling more ambitious missions.SpaceX operates with a philosophy of rapid iteration, treating test failures as learning opportunities rather than setbacks. While this approach has led to major breakthroughs, repeated failures raise questions about long-term reliability and safety. Meanwhile, growing competition from other private space firms suggests the industry is no longer dominated by a single player.With rivals gaining ground and technological hurdles ahead, does SpaceX still have the edge in the new space economy?Contributors: Professor Michelle Hanlon, Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law in the USAJack Burns, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics in the USADr Ella Atkins is Fred D. Durham Professor and Head of the Kevin T. Crofton Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech in the USADavid Thomas is Director of the Thunderbird School of Global Management's Initiative for Space Leadership, Policy and Business at Arizona State University.Presenter Charmaine Cozier Producers Vicky Carter and Louise Clarke Researcher: Katie Morgan Editor Tara McDermott Production co-ordinator Liam Morrey Technical producer Matthew DempseyImage credit: Brandon Bell via Getty Images

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In this episode, ⁠Xan Hong⁠, a no-code development expert, guides ⁠Krish Palaniappan⁠ through the process of building a simple to-do application using Bubble. They explore the user interface, create workflows, and discuss the transition from web-based to native app development. The conversation emphasizes practical application, collaboration, and the importance of getting a functional product up and running before focusing on aesthetics. They explore the Bubble platform, discussing its no-code capabilities, data management, plugin integrations, and design systems. They reflect on the learning curve associated with Bubble, the potential for AI integration, and the future of no-code platforms in the context of evolving technology. The discussion highlights practical applications, user experiences, and the importance of adapting to new tools in software development. Takeaways • No-code development can significantly reduce costs for clients. • Understanding the user interface is crucial for effective app development. • Starting with a functional prototype is more important than aesthetics. • Bubble allows for both web and native app development. • Dynamic elements enhance user interaction in applications. • Workflows are essential for managing data and user actions. • Testing and debugging are critical steps in the development process. • Collaborative development can enhance the learning experience. • Data management is key to maintaining application functionality. • User feedback is vital for refining app features. • Bubble allows users to create applications without writing code. • Understanding the platform's structure is crucial for effective use. • Data management in Bubble includes both data and metadata. • Plugins enhance functionality but vary in quality. • Design systems can be created and reused within Bubble applications. • APIs can be integrated to extend application capabilities. • The learning curve for Bubble can be steep for new users. • AI integration presents new challenges for no-code platforms. • Building meaningful projects can enhance the learning experience. • No-code platforms are evolving with the introduction of AI technologies. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to No Code Development 02:55 Exploring Bubble's User Interface 05:52 Creating a To-Do Application 09:10 Understanding Native App Development with Bubble 11:58 Dynamic Elements and User Interaction 15:07 Workflow Creation and Data Management 17:52 Testing and Debugging the Application 20:47 Collaborative Development and Sharing 24:01 Data Management and Deletion Functionality 38:49 Navigating the Bubble Platform 40:46 Understanding Data Management and Metadata 42:49 Exploring Plugins and Third-Party Integrations 45:35 Design Systems and Reusability in Bubble 48:30 Connecting APIs and Backend Functionality 53:44 Recap of Building a To-Do App 55:11 Reflections on No-Code Development 01:01:43 The Learning Curve of Bubble 01:08:14 The Future of AI in No-Code Platforms

In this conversation, ⁠Krish Palaniappan⁠ discusses the significance of APIs and reusability in software development. He emphasizes how leveraging existing APIs can help organizations save time, reduce costs, and focus on core customer problems. The discussion includes examples of how APIs can enhance product offerings and the importance of not reinventing the wheel in development. Krish also highlights the various models available for utilizing APIs and the benefits they bring to businesses. Takeaways APIs provide essential building blocks for applications. Reusability in development leads to faster market entry. Organizations should focus on core competencies and customer needs. Leveraging existing APIs can save time and resources. Investing in reusable components enhances product quality. APIs can be integrated quickly and efficiently. Using APIs allows teams to avoid reinventing the wheel. Snowpal offers a suite of APIs for various needs. Understanding the importance of reusability is crucial for success. APIs can help startups and mid-sized organizations thrive. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to APIs and Reusability 04:41 The Importance of Reusability in Development 12:47 Leveraging Existing Components for Efficiency 23:13 Conclusion and Future Directions

Today we are breaking down SpaceX. Luke Ward from Baillie Gifford was the perfect match for this episode, as he and his team first invested in SpaceX in 2018. We cover the story of SpaceX and its scientific magic, but we really key in on the business model. We focus on the cost curve of launches, separating manufacturing from reusability. Luke gets into how Starlink represents a key component in making the Starship program and the broader economic model click. We then use our intellectually honest galaxy brains to imagine what the space economy could look like in the future and Luke is very open and honest about the risks with such a capital-intensive mission.  Please enjoy this Breakdown on SpaceX. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Public: Invest in stocks, bonds, options, crypto, and more in one place. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The [6.7%] yield is the average annualized yield to maturity (YTM) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of [9/05/2024]. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore a bond's YTM is “locked in” when the bond is purchased. Your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTM is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTM of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity, or if the issuer calls or defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. You should evaluate each bond before investing in a Bond Account. The bonds in your Bond Account will not be rebalanced and allocations will not be updated, except for Corporate Actions. – This episode is brought to you by EightSleep, the temperature-controlled mattress cover that heats or cools your mattress to transform your sleep. The Pod 4 Ultra is the new gold standard in intelligent sleep systems. It can be added to your current mattress like a fitted sheet and is been clinically proven to give you up to an hour more quality of sleep every night. The cooling capability can cool your side of the bed to 20 degrees below room temperature, all managed by the pod's autopilot feature, which adjusts the temperature throughout the night. This holiday season go to eightsleep.com/breakdowns and use code JOYS for up to $600 off the Pod 4 Ultra when bundled.  ----- Business Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Business Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes (00:00:00) Welcome to Business Breakdowns (00:05:53) SpaceX: A Blend of Business and Technology Innovation (00:06:30) Baillie Gifford's Investment Journey with SpaceX (00:09:53) Challenges and Innovations in Space Launch Costs (00:11:24) The Rise of Private Space Companies (00:15:23) SpaceX's Reusability and Cost Efficiency (00:18:25) Starship: The Future of Space Travel (00:26:05) Starlink: Revolutionizing Satellite Internet (00:32:01) The Potential of Space-Based Manufacturing (00:36:31) Competitive Advantage of Starship (00:37:19) Management and Culture at SpaceX (00:39:55) Government and Commercial Markets (00:40:45) Starlink's Future and Connectivity (00:44:11) SpaceX's Long-Term Vision (00:51:11) Regulatory and Launch Challenges (00:54:49) Valuation and Investment Insights (01:02:23) Lessons from SpaceX

Starship performs their 6th Test Flight a month after their 5th - and it was.....BANANAS! That's right we are breaking down IFT6, with our (almost) LIVE reaction to the launch! We started recording during Starship's Reentry, so you catch our reaction live to that. It was a great day for data! The Starship team's have pulled off the practically impossible and soft landed both the Super Heavy Booster & Starship. We're not quite sure what survived, but that's space development! The world's most powerful rocket took another big step forward - expect more of these launches soon! We also share our thoughts on the Space Economy, Lowering the cost to Access Space, Space Progress, and Heat Tile Protection required for the insanity of atmospheric reentry for spacecraft with human crew. We'd love to hear about your reaction to Starship IFT6 - email us at todayinspacepodcast@gmail.com or DM us on social media! Otter.AI's Summary of the episode: "The Starship IFT6 test flight successfully lifted off at 5 PM Central Time, with all 33 Raptor engines functioning. The booster performed a boost-back burn and landed offshore due to a tower issue. The starship, carrying a zero-G banana and a Starlink Pez dispenser, re-entered at 26,700 km/h, testing aggressive angles of attack. Despite some flap charring, the landing was soft. The flight marked SpaceX's second successful full lift-off and booster recovery. The test underscored the importance of rapid iteration and data gathering for future human spaceflight missions, including the Artemis III moon landing and potential Mars missions by 2026." Topics: Starship IFT6, test flight, Zero G banana, Artemis mission, space economy, reusability, Starlink satellites, hurricane relief, booster recovery, hot stage separation, aggressive reentry, heat distribution, plasma buildup, soft landing, SpaceX achievements Sources: Full Starship IFT6 launch https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1857841326542434339 Starship Reentry-Landing clip https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1859010302819684368 Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Starship IFT6 Test Flight Overview 02:07 Space Economy and Reusability 04:23 Test Flight Breakdown and Success 06:10 Challenges and Future Plans 10:45 Re-Entry and Thermodynamics 14:33 Final Approach and Landing -------------------------- Here's to building a fantastic future - and continued progress in Space (and humanity)!  Spread Love, Spread Science Alex G. Orphanos We'd like to thank our sponsors: AG3D Printing Follow us: @todayinspacepod on Instagram/Twitter @todayinspace on TikTok /TodayInSpacePodcast on Facebook Support the podcast: • Buy a 3D printed gift from our shop - ag3dprinting.etsy.com • Get a free quote on your next 3D printing project at ag3d-printing.com • Donate at todayinspace.net #space #rocket #podcast #people #spacex #eva #science #3dprinting #nasa #vanallenbelts #spacetravel #spaceexploration #spacecraft #technology #aerospace #spacetechnology #engineer #stem #artemis #polarisprogram #3dprinting #polarisdawn #astronaut #3dprinted #spacewalk #crewdragon #falcon9 #elonmusk #starship #super heavy booster

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Send us feedback or episode suggestions.On today's episode of the Design Systems Podcast, we hear from Catalina Manea, Senior Designer at Spelunk, about the crucial intersection of design and development. Catalina shares her journey from graphic design to product and systems design, providing insights into the importance of reusability, cross-functional collaboration, and empathy in building scalable and adaptable design systems. Catalina emphasizes that design systems go beyond UI and consistency—they are powerful tools for enhancing teamwork and agility in fast-paced environments.View the transcript of this episode.Check out our upcoming events.GuestCatalina Manea has been a system designer since the early stages of her career as a product designer, working with both emerging and established design systems. She has collaborated with cross-functional teams to launch new systems from scratch and has contributed to refining and evolving well-established ones across multiple industries. Throughout Catalina's career, she has enjoyed mentoring junior designers and sharing insights at industry conferences.HostChris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of Knapsack, host of @TheDSPod, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as @chrisstrahl and on LinkedIn.SponsorSponsored by Knapsack, the design system platform that brings teams together. Learn more at knapsack.cloud.

This week on Pathfinder, we welcome back Andy Lapsa, cofounder and CEO of Stoke Space. Stoke has made remarkable strides since Andy's last appearance on the show two years ago. They've grown to over 140 employees and developed innovative full-flow staged combustion cycle engines and reusable upper-stage prototypes. Andy shares his insights on the challenges and progress in creating fully reusable launch vehicles, emphasizing the importance of rapid reusability for reducing costs and increasing availability and reliability.We dive into Andy's background, including his ten years of experience at Blue Origin and his decision to start Stoke Space to accelerate the pace of innovation. We also discuss:The unique technical approach of Stoke and the architecture of their first launch vehicle, NovaThe strategic decision to focus on second-stage reusability and how it differentiates Stoke from other providersThoughts on the current state of launch and the market potential for multiple providersThe importance of manufacturing and scalability in achieving high-frequency launchesStoke's proprietary software, Fusion, and its role in optimizing operationsAnd much more... • Chapters •00:00 - Intro00:34 - What's changed since our last episode?03:04 - Why Andy started Stoke?07:09 - Andy's time at Blue Origin09:14 - What makes Stoke different from other launch providers?12:14 - Focusing on 2nd stage launch first14:47 - Payload capacity15:53 - Why has it taken so long for SpaceX to work on fully reusable launch capabilities?18:36 - Is there a market for multiple launch providers?21:32 - Growth in launch demand29:04 - Value proposition for working with Stoke30:25 - Getting to orbit36:24 - Minimum viable success37:59 - Product roadmap post-Nova40:03 - Investor misconceptions about launch42:21 - The factory is the product?44:52 - Fusion53:29 - What keeps Andy up at night?54:47 - Funding55:19 - Stoke's big vision56:12 - Who plays Andy in the movie about Stoke? • Show notes •Stoke's website — https://www.stokespace.comStoke's socials — https://twitter.com/stoke_spaceAndy's socials — https://twitter.com/AndyLapsaMo's socials — https://twitter.com/itsmoislamPayload's socials — https://twitter.com/payloadspace / https://www.linkedin.com/company/payloadspacePathfinder archive — Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@payloadspacePathfinder archive — Listen: https://pod.payloadspace.com/episodes • About us •Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand built from the ground up for a new age of space exploration and commercialization. We deliver need-to-know news and insights daily to 19,000+ commercial, civil, and military space leaders. Payload is read by decision-makers at every leading new space company, along with c-suite leaders at all of the aerospace & defense primes. We're also read on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon, and at space agencies around the world.Payload began as a weekly email sent to a few friends and coworkers. Today, we're a team distributed across four time zones and two continents, publishing five media properties across multiple platforms:1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, sends M-F @ 9am Eastern2) Pathfinder publishes weekly on Tuesday mornings (pod.payloadspace.com)3) Polaris, our weekly policy briefing, publishes weekly on Tuesdays4) Payload Research, our weekly research and analysis piece,  comes out on WednesdaysYou can sign up for all of our publications here: https://payloadspace.com/subscribe/

Specright has some amazing things happening! Please check them out below and help support the podcast!* Specright eBook - How to define sustainable packaging strategies!* Gartner Report* Packaging Pros eBook* Home Page* Book a demo with SpecrightMeyers has some incredible sustainable packaging options!* Get the 2023 Sustainability Report* Meyers Packaging EPR eBook - it is FREE!!Get the dopest Packaging shirts at www.packagingfashion.comBook a demo with Trayak (LCA's on demand!)SmartSolve has water soluble label and paper materials. Learn more!The Scrapp App is going to revolutionize home and corporate recycling. Download for your device today!About the Guest(s):Brian Davis is a seasoned packaging engineer with over 20 years of experience in the industry. A Michigan State University alum, Brian specializes in foam packaging and has recently transitioned his expertise to the aerospace sector, designing packaging for aerospace components. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Brian now resides in Orlando, Florida, where he continues to contribute to innovative packaging solutions.Episode Summary:In this engaging episode of Packaging Today, hosts Adam Peek, Evelio Mattos, and Cory Connors are joined by packaging engineer Brian Davis. The conversation kicks off with light-hearted banter about their YouTube channel and humorous anecdotes about sustaining a podcast amid various restrictions. They then delve into significant discussions on foam packaging, sustainable packaging alternatives, and the real-world challenges companies face in achieving their sustainability goals.The episode offers invaluable insights into the packaging industry's efforts to move away from polystyrene towards more sustainable materials like molded pulp and mycelium-based alternatives. Brian shares his expertise on the intricacies of foam packaging and highlights the complexities of implementing reusable plastics as a more sustainable option. The hosts also discuss industry trends, including the National Restaurant Association's focus on sustainable packaging, and touch upon major brands like Mars and Unilever struggling to meet their 2025 sustainability targets.Key Takeaways:* Sustainable Packaging Trends: The episode covers the National Restaurant Association's recent focus on sustainable packaging, especially the transition away from polystyrene.* Challenges in Achieving Sustainability Goals: Discussion on major brands like Mars and Unilever acknowledging their struggles to meet 2025 sustainability packaging targets.* Foam vs. Alternative Materials: Brian Davis provides a detailed comparison between expanded polystyrene (EPS) and more sustainable alternatives such as molded pulp and plastic crates.* Reusability and Market Adoption: Insights into the challenges and benefits of moving from single-use wooden crates to reusable plastic crates in different regions of the USA.* Composting Challenges: An in-depth look at the practical difficulties of compostable packaging, including the requirements for high-temperature commercial composting facilities.Notable Quotes:* Brian Davis: "You can't recycle expanded polystyrene in a regular recycle stream; it has to be recycled by the manufacturer."* Adam Peek: "The answer is not always moving away from plastic to a paper-based alternative. That's not always the right answer."* Cory Connors: "These EPR laws are going to force restaurants to stop using styrofoam or polystyrene if you're technical, for to-go containers."* Evelio Mattos: "When it comes to targets, what's real? What do you think is realistic? And do you have any clients that are going through this?"* Brian Davis: "The logistics of getting it from the supplier to the warehouse takes time and less people are willing to make that leap. It's hard to get some traction going initially."Resources:* Brian Davis on LinkedIn - Connect with Brian for insights and expertise on packaging engineering.* National Restaurant Association - Explore the latest trends in sustainable packaging in the restaurant industry.* Michigan State University - Learn more about their packaging engineering program.* EPS Industry Alliance - Information on the recyclability and benefits of expanded polystyrene.* Compost Manufacturing Alliance - Learn about field testing programs for compostable materials.Stay tuned to Packaging Today for more enlightening discussions on the latest in packaging innovations and sustainability trends. Don't forget to subscribe and join us for our next episode! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.packagingisawesome.com/subscribe

The rocket industry is racing towards full reusability. It's not just SpaceX's Starship exploring the space. Stoke Space, founded by Blue Origin alumni, is developing Nova, a fully reusable medium-lift rocket. The startup also hopes to fly Nova as soon as late 2025. CEO Andy Lapsa joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the economics of fully and rapidly reusable rockets.

The rocket industry is racing towards full reusability. It's not just SpaceX's Starship exploring the space. Stoke Space, founded by Blue Origin alumni, is developing Nova, a fully reusable medium-lift rocket. The startup also hopes to fly Nova as soon as late 2025. CEO Andy Lapsa joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the economics of fully and rapidly reusable rockets.

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PREVIEW: BOOSTERS: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman on the suggestion with fins on a Long March 2D booster that perhaps China is experimenting with early stages of guided descent that is part of the reusability that makes SpaceX a pioneer in commerical space. 1910 China

PREVIEW: #SPACEX: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman of BehindtheBlack.com re the SpaceX advantage of reusability of boosters and fairings -- like a fleet of commercial aircraft.  More tonight. 1900 Jules Verne auf Deutsch

In this podcast episode, Krish compares the Instacart and Wegmans apps to identify commonalities and similarities. He discusses the reusability and integration of backend systems, highlighting the benefits of leveraging existing solutions rather than reinventing the wheel. Krish also explains Snowpal's business model, which focuses on selling software and licenses to other companies. He showcases the integration of multiple products within the Snowpal app and emphasizes the importance of balancing verticals and horizontals in software development. Takeaways Leveraging existing solutions and reusing backend systems can save time and resources in software development. Selling software and licenses can be a successful business model, allowing companies to provide ready-made solutions to other businesses. Integrating multiple products within an app can provide a comprehensive solution for users. Balancing verticals (specific solutions) and horizontals (platform layers) is crucial for successful software development. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Context 02:02 Comparison of Instacart and Wegmans Apps 13:00 Reusability and Integration of Backend Systems 17:20 Snowpal's Business Model 21:12 Integration of Multiple Products in SnowPAL App 26:10 Reuse of SnowPAL's Web Application 28:37 Balancing Verticals and Horizontals in Software Development 29:07 Conclusion Snowpal Products Backends as Services on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AWS Marketplace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mobile Apps on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠App Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Play Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Web App⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Education Platform⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for Learners and Course Creators

If you haven't considered awards as a part of your brand's PR strategy - you SHOULD! In this podcast episode, host Lauren Loreto interviews Alison Meyer about utilizing awards as a PR strategy for brand visibility. Alison, with extensive experience in marketing and PR, explains the benefits of awards for brand visibility and credibility. They discuss the nomination process, the importance of aligning awards with business achievements, and the broader benefits of winning, such as increased visibility and networking opportunities. Allison offers practical advice on applying for awards, choosing the right ones, and being strategic about the process. The episode is a guide for business owners on using awards to enhance their brand's reputation and recognition.Find Alison online:Indigocomms.com  Indigocomms.com/database https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-meyer-775a105/ https://www.instagram.com/indigo_communication/  Find Lauren online:Follow us on Instagram: @brandgoodtime @shesbusyafConnect with Lauren on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/laurenloreto TimestampsAlison's journey to entrepreneurship (00:01:55)The value of pursuing awards (00:04:14) Qualifying for awards (00:10:27) Tangible benefits of awards (00:13:55) Types of award-giving entities (00:16:30)Steps to pursue awards (00:19:12) Simplifying the Award Application Process (00:20:28) Telling a Compelling Story (00:20:56) Efficiency and Reusability of Content (00:24:08) Considerations for Pursuing Awards (00:26:08) Assessing Budget and Visibility (00:25:11) Finding Available Awards (00:29:29) Working with Indigo Comms (00:31:43) 

For many of us, we try to make choices with the environment in mind. We often ask ourselves how we can be more sustainable with our food, our clothes, and our energy. But what about with our pets? Are there ways that we as Pet Parents can think about sustainability and help the environment in a positive way? On this episode, Rachel Fall, Capabilities & Sustainability Brand Manager at Blue Buffalo Co, Nicole Kandoth, Pet Packaging Lead, Blue Buffalo, and Patrick Keenan, R&D Principal Engineer, Blue Buffalo, help us understand how the pet industry is thinking about this and provide tips on the ways Pet Parents can act and think more sustainably. Tune in to learn:Understanding the basics of pet food packaging (3:00)Breaking down the language of sustainability (10:15)Behind the scenes of designing innovative packaging (22:15)Where can Pet Parents find reusable options? (23:47)Thinking beyond sustainability (32:45)Mentions:Pet Sustainability CoalitionWalmart Loop PackagingBag and Film RecyclingLife with Pets is sponsored by Buddies by Blue Buffalo. Learn more at http://lifewithpetspodcast.com/. Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at http://www.mission.org.

Today's Pathfinder episode brings in Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, hot on the heels of the U.S. Space Force's VICTUS NOX mission success. Bill shares insights on the prep work that propelled the mission, with a nod to his past life helming a public company. The discussion offers a glimpse into the meticulous planning and execution required in modern space missions. In addition, Mo and Bill chat: Firefly's next-generation launch vehicleWorking with Northrop GrummanSupply/demand dynamics of the launch marketHow hard it is to reach orbitAnd much more… This episode is brought to you by SpiderOak, a US-based software company that builds space cybersecurity products and solutions for civilian, military, and commercial space operations. Learn more at https://spideroak.com/ • Chapters • 00:00 - Introduction01:47 - Bill's background and how he got into the industry08:12 - What is Firefly?10:05 - Why is Firefly focusing on end-to-end transportation?14:53 - Metrics of the Alpha launch vehicle17:38 - Customer traction20:19 - How hard is it to reach orbit?22:30 - Being consistent on the easy stuff26:12 - SpiderOak Ad26:59 - The Victus Nox Mission33:25 - Working with Northrop Grumman36:50 - Reusability in the MLV38:54 - Raising a Series C in today's market41:44 - A PE-backed company45:08 - Will Firefly go public?47:52 - Is the launch market crowded?47:59 - What is happening to public aerospace stocks?48:27 - When do you think space companies will be ready for IPOs?49:22 - Areas of the market that are overhyped and underhyped50:22 - Breakthrough technology to pay attention to51:05 - Company outside of Firefly that you're rooting for • Show notes • Firefly's website — https://fireflyspace.com/ Firefly's socials — https://twitter.com/Firefly_Space Mo's socials — https://twitter.com/itsmoislamPayload's socials — https://twitter.com/payloadspace / https://www.linkedin.com/company/payloadspacePathfinder archive — Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@payloadspace Pathfinder archive — Listen: https://pod.payloadspace.com/episodes • About us •Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand built from the ground up for a new age of space exploration and commercialization. We deliver need-to-know news and insights daily to 15,000+ commercial, civil, and military space leaders. Payload is read by decision-makers at every leading new space company, along with c-suite leaders at all of the aerospace & defense primes. We're also read on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon, and at space agencies around the world. Payload began as a weekly email sent to a few friends and coworkers.Today, we're a team distributed across four time zones and two continents, publishing three media properties across multiple platforms: 1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, sends M-F @ 9am Eastern (https://newsletter.payloadspace.com/) 2) Pathfinder publishes weekly on Tuesday mornings (pod.payloadspace.com) 3) Polaris, our weekly policy publication, hits inboxes Tuesday (https://polaris.payloadspace.com/) 4) Parallax, our weekly space science briefing, hits inboxes Thursday (https://parallax.payloadspace.com/)

Bret is joined by Dan Garfield of CodeFresh to talk about growth of GitOps as a standard, growth of Argo, and more.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #ESA: Finally testing reusability. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-transfers-its-artemis-2-orion-service-module-to-nasa/

Specright and Packaging InfoMeyers Sustainable Packaging Guide eBookSponsor information!If you listened to the podcast and wanted to connect with Specright to rid the world of waste. Let's go! www.specright.com/pkg. Prepare your company for the world of EPR laws and be the sustainability hero! Make sure you check them out and join them on their mission to have a world where people are free to make amazing things!SupplyCaddy is welcomed on as the latest packaging podcast sponsor! SupplyCaddy is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of packaging and disposables for the foodservice industry. With headquarters in Miami, Florida, and manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe, SupplyCaddy is able to provide high-quality, affordable products for restaurants, chains, and foodservice brands globally. For more information, visit SupplyCaddy.com.Show Notes: Circularity 23 Day One with Cory Connors and Adam PeekIntroductionIn this podcast episode, Cory Connors and Adam Peek discuss the highlights of day one at Circularity 23, a conference focusing on the circular economy. Cory and Adam share their thoughts on the event, the various sessions they attended, and the exciting developments in reusable packaging.OverviewCorey and Adam discuss the first day of Circularity 23, which focused on reusability and reusable packaging. They highlight the challenges of implementing a circular economy and the various stakeholders involved in the process. They also share examples of successful reuse initiatives, such as the Modus Center in Portland. In this episode, they delve deeper into the complexities of reuse and discuss the logistics of cleaning and transporting reusable items. They also share their excitement about the future of sustainable packaging and the positive impact it can have on the world.Timestamped Chapter Summary* Introduction: Corey and Adam introduce the podcast and discuss their experience at Circularity 23. [0:00:00]* Overview: Corey and Adam provide an overview of the main topics discussed during the conference, including reusability and reusable packaging. [0:01:48]* Challenges of Implementing a Circular Economy: Corey and Adam discuss the challenges of implementing a circular economy, including the involvement of various stakeholders and the need for government support. [0:04:04]* Bold Reuse at the Modus Center: Corey and Adam discuss Bold Reuse's successful reuse initiative at the Modus Center in Portland. [0:05:21]* Reusability in the Airline Industry: Adam and Corey discuss the opportunities for reusability in the airline industry, including the challenges of implementing reuse initiatives on quick-turn flights. They also share ideas for on-site filling systems and the importance of extended producer responsibility laws. [0:05:49]* Governor Jay Inslee and Wash to Shore: Adam highlights Governor Jay Inslee's passion for extended producer responsibility laws and the energy around sustainable initiatives in Seattle. They also discuss the Wash to Shore organization, which creates art from ocean plastics. [0:10:21]* The Future of Sustainable Packaging: Corey and Adam share their excitement for the future of sustainable packaging and the positive impact it can have on the world. They also discuss the potential impact of Google's sustainable initiatives. [0:10:54]* Apple's Big Event: Corey and Adam briefly discuss Apple's recent product announcements and the potential impact on sustainable packaging. [0:11:30]* Invitation to Conference Attendees: Adam invites conference attendees to reach out to him and Corey if they are unable to attend certain sessions and would like notes. [0:12:08]Relevant Links and Resources* Circularity 23: https://www.circulareconomy23.com/* Bold Reuse: https://www.boldreuse.com/* Modus Center: https://rosequarter.com/arena/moda-center/* Wash to Shore: https://www.washtoshore.org/Quotable Phrases* "For the first time, I'm very excited about what's going on with reusable packaging." - Corey Connors [0:02:15]* "Anytime you see, like, we need federal, state, and local government, it's like, oh, my gosh." - Adam Peek [0:04:30]* "That cycle is what we need. And they figured out how to do it." - Corey Connors on Bold Reuse's initiative at the Modus Center [0:05:21]* "Somebody or some entity has to clean the things, they have to transport it and there's energy that goes in other water, that goes in other chemicals, there's all these things that go into that." - Adam Peek on the complexities of implementing reuse initiatives [0:08:12]* "It feels like the future is bright for sustainable packaging and for the world." - Corey Connors [0:10:54]Social Media Handles and CTAs* Corey Connors: Twitter - @corygated1, LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryconnors/* Adam Peek: Twitter - @AdamPeek, LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adampeek/ConclusionCorey and Adam's discussion highlights the importance of reusability and reusable packaging in the circular economy. While there are challenges to implementing a circular economy, initiatives like Bold Reuse's at the Modus Center offer hope for a more sustainable future. They also discuss the complexities of implementing reuse initiatives, including the need for government support and the logistics of cleaning and transporting reusable items. However, with the energy and passion around sustainable initiatives in Seattle and beyond, the future looks bright for sustainable packaging and a more circular economy. Conference attendees who are unable to attend certain sessions are invited to reach out to Corey and Adam for notes.Timestamp Summary 0:00:00 Introduction to Circularity 23 0:00:28 Discussion on attending Circularity for the first time 0:01:10 Conversation on reusable packaging and running into people 0:02:15 Excitement on the progress of reusable packaging 0:03:33 Mention of Anchor Bar and Marcos Pizza 0:04:04 Discussion on the challenges of implementing reusable packaging 0:04:55 Mention of Jocelyn, CEO of Bold Reuse and the Modus Center 0:05:21 Conclusion on the success of Bold Reuse and the potential for replication 0:05:49 Discussion on Delta Airlines and the opportunity for reusability 0:07:06 Logistical realities of implementing reusable packaging for airlines 0:08:12 Ideas for facilitating more sustainable packaging 0:09:22 Energy around extended producer responsibility laws in Washington 0:10:21 Proximity to the ocean driving sustainability efforts 0:11:24 Positive impact potential of sustainable packaging 0:11:50 Discussion on Apple's recent announcements and potential packaging 0:12:08 Invitation to ask for feedback on sessions not attended 0:12:44 Willingness to represent the community 0:12:58 Conclusion of Day 1 and invitation to Day 2[TRANSCRIPT][0:00:00] (Corey Connors): Welcome. We are live from Circularity 23.[0:00:04] (Adam Peek): Hello.[0:00:06] (Corey Connors): Day one. Adam pete corey connors. We are podcasting live. It's been an exciting day, a big day here in the great Northwest. Seattle, Washington, which is this is the first event I've been able to drive to, which is pretty awesome. Usually I have to fly and usually my time zones are all different. So this has been a nice change.[0:00:28] (Adam Peek): Well, some of us had to fly here.[0:00:30] (Corey Connors): I don't feel bad for you because I've done that many times, and most of the time I have to fly long distances to Chicago or Atlanta or Paris or Italy.[0:00:45] (Adam Peek): Everyone is just crying.[0:00:46] (Corey Connors): So challenging. Yeah. But how was the first day so far?[0:00:52] (Adam Peek): It's been good. I've never attended Circularity before, so this is my first time. Good energy, for sure. The sessions so far have been great. It's cool when you just accidentally run into people.[0:01:10] (Corey Connors): Yes.[0:01:12] (Adam Peek): I'll give you a great example. So I was talking with hang on, this company. I actually grabbed some samples, better packaging, and they make these like, I am a compostable. I'm a compost pack.[0:01:26] (Corey Connors): I've heard of these. Yeah.[0:01:28] (Adam Peek): So I grabbed this. Says Home Compostable Certified in Australia. It's a New Zealand company. Anyway, and I was just telling her how I lived in Utah, and I turned around and there was someone from Kodapaxi, and I was like, oh, you're from Kodapaxi.[0:01:43] (Corey Connors): I know that.[0:01:43] (Adam Peek): We had a whole great conversation. Yeah, it was fun.[0:01:48] (Corey Connors): Very impressive. 1400 people here. The first couple of hours were about reusability and reusable packaging. And I'm frankly, for the first time in a very long forever, for the first time, I'm very excited about what's going on with reusable packaging. It feels like it's finally got teeth. It's finally going to happen.[0:02:15] (Adam Peek): Right?[0:02:16] (Corey Connors): And for so long, it's just like, why are we trying to recycle this when it could be reusable? Like the CEO of our cup was talking about at concerts? People don't want to recycle. They want to just throw it into a bin altogether with everything else. And that's pretty easy to pull out reusable cups from. So they have this awesome system and they've identified a problem. They've solved it, right?[0:02:48] (Adam Peek): Yes, 100%. Let's give a quick shout out here to Dustin.[0:02:53] (Corey Connors): What's up?[0:02:53] (Adam Peek): Dustin Smith. By the way, they have some of the coolest hoodies, the boltsmith hoodies.[0:02:58] (Corey Connors): Oh, yeah.[0:02:59] (Adam Peek): I ran into John, Dustin's co founder, and he had a hoodie on, and I was like, I like that. And thank you to the team there. They sent it on over. So glad. Dustin, we can get you through the Buffalo Airport, though, if you get stuck overnight, anchor Bar has the original Buffalo Wild Wings and they're delicious. They're incredible. So go shout out to the Anchor Bar. If you and or Marcos Pizza want to sponsor, we're here for it.[0:03:33] (Corey Connors): Questionable. Yeah, it's fine.[0:03:37] (Adam Peek): No, I love the session on reuse and it was 3 hours. There were 3 hours of conversations around reusable packaging and just the whole infrastructure. And there was one of the sessions, they had kind of the ecosystem up there and said, these are where all the stakeholders are. And you just realized why this has taken so long?[0:04:04] (Corey Connors): Yes.[0:04:04] (Adam Peek): Is because anytime you see, like, we need federal, state, and local government, it's like, oh, my gosh. And then you need all these other stakeholders, and you need CPG brands, and you need packaging companies, and you need people to collect, and you need people to sort, and you need people to wash. And it was like, wow, I understand why everyone has wanted this for so long and also why it's taking so long.[0:04:30] (Corey Connors): There are so many moving parts. There are so many unknowns. There are so many frustrations. Even if this is perfect and it's dialed in, we still need these five things over here to make this work. And Jocelyn, the CEO of Bold reuse. She's talking about the Modus Center in Portland. Go Blazers. I know you're not a huge no.[0:04:55] (Adam Peek): You can say whatever you want. Listen, the Denver Nuggets are in the NBA Finals, and the Portland Trailblazers have the second pick in the NBA draft. So it's fine. They're going to take it's a rebuilding year. No, they have the third pick.[0:05:06] (Corey Connors): Sorry. They have the third pick.[0:05:07] (Adam Peek): Sorry, Kristen.[0:05:09] (Corey Connors): We've been on a rebuilding year for, I think, ten years or maybe longer, not so much.[0:05:13] (Adam Peek): But this isn't a sports podcast.[0:05:15] (Corey Connors): It's fine.[0:05:16] (Adam Peek): But you get Brandon Miller. He's going to be great.[0:05:19] (Corey Connors): I agree.[0:05:19] (Adam Peek): So the motor center, you were saying?[0:05:21] (Corey Connors): They have reusable packaging thanks to Bold Reuse, and it's locally collected and cleaned and redistributed back for use again. And that cycle is what we need. And they figured out how to do it, and it's something that we can replicate do at other facilities. It could be at a hotel. It could be anywhere.[0:05:49] (Adam Peek): Yeah, I didn't catch the person's name, but I saw someone with, like, the Delta Airlines tag on, and I thought, man, what an opportunity. And I'm glad that they're here because I spend so much time in the Delta Sky Clubs and on Delta flights. And I think you have an ecosystem here that you can control reusability when it comes to a lot of these things. And most of the Sky Clubs have the eco products. They've got the compostable utensils and plates and things like that, but there's no place to collect compostable items.[0:06:27] (Adam Peek): And I've said this on TikTok before, I've said that, put this on LinkedIn before, and I'm like, it's a step in one direction or another. But man, what an opportunity for them to grab hold of the reuse momentum as a big corporation. Even like Hyatt, where we're staying at is beautiful. The Hyatt Regency is awesome. There's so many opportunities. And one note was reusable. I think the stat was Reusable startups or circularity startups are up like 1100% or something from five years ago.[0:07:06] (Corey Connors): It's happening. Yeah, it's finally to talk to her about packaging and what can Aurora do that would facilitate something more for Delta Airlines and that would be more sustainable? So you're exactly right. They have literally a closed container where they're holding the people and why can't you use reusable packaging for that? Why can't we wash those and reuse them again in perpetuity until they break and then you recycle them?[0:07:45] (Adam Peek): I would imagine part of it, and this goes to the complexity of it, right, is you have such a quick turn on flights and in order to wash and sanitize everything, you have to be able to do that at the airport. And so now you have to get certain permissions from the airport. You've got to build out things at the airport unless you're going to collect and then send away and have enough for every flight.[0:08:12] (Adam Peek): So it was just like some of those logistical realities that I'm glad to know and have heard from people who are actually actively working on those logistical realities because that was always my biggest mental hang up on reuse was, well, who's going to do all this stuff? Somebody or some entity has to clean the things, they have to transport it and there's energy that goes in other water, that goes in other chemicals, there's all these things that go into that. And so it was just cool to see a whole room full of people say, yes, we get it and we're working on it, we're doing things and.[0:08:45] (Corey Connors): Hey, I have five ideas. And I sat next to Gene from Boomerang Water and they have a system that's on site. So what if you had one of their filling systems at each airport hub and you could take the empty bottles and take them over there and they wash them and refill them right there rather than having some third party company deliver these bottles in a truck. Right. So fascinating ideas and I'm excited to see what happens.[0:09:22] (Adam Peek): Yeah, for sure. And even just hearing at the main session, governor Jay Inslee from Washington was there and I think you were up here recording some podcasts when he was talking. But the energy that the state of Washington has had around extended producer responsibility laws and just the you could tell this wasn't an opportunity to gain political points, but it was really something that he was passionate about and you can even feel it in Seattle, right? Like Seattle as a city is very concerned and is very concentrated on not just Reusability, but also the wash to shore. People were there talking about what they're building out of ocean plastics. So they're doing beach cleanup and then they make art out of it. They call it beauty from tragedy, basically.[0:10:21] (Adam Peek): Oh, wow. And so that's why like that seahorse that's down there? Yeah, it's this organization called Wash to Shore. So you have the proximity to the ocean that's really driving a lot of it, along with just the residents and the companies. Amazon is here. Starbucks is here. Boeing is here. Pokemon, Nintendo, and on and on and on. Brooks running. So anyway, there's really cool energy and it's just neat to just bump into people.[0:10:54] (Corey Connors): It feels like the future is bright for sustainable packaging and for the world. I don't want to be so grandiose, but I come to events like this and I get re energized. One of the first people I met was from Google, and to talk about what they're doing is incredible. I can't wait to have that podcast and talk about the massive impact potential there will be. Very positive. Yeah.[0:11:24] (Adam Peek): I'm guessing there was nobody here from Apple because they had their big drop, their big announcements and stuff for today.[0:11:30] (Corey Connors): Did they have a layoff?[0:11:32] (Adam Peek): No, they just had their big event. Right. Like, these are the new things.[0:11:36] (Corey Connors): I haven't heard of anything negative. No.[0:11:38] (Adam Peek): They came out with like some $3,500 glasses. And my friend Sean Riley from Dude Wipes commented, I hope it also wipes my ass.[0:11:49] (Corey Connors): Yeah, that's fair.[0:11:50] (Adam Peek): Yeah. But I wonder what the packaging is going to be like for that. Right? Probably something cool and sleek.[0:11:58] (Corey Connors): Probably not sustainable, but maybe it'll be beautiful.[0:12:02] (Adam Peek): Yeah.[0:12:04] (Corey Connors): Well, this has been great. Yeah. Thank you, Adam. Appreciate you.[0:12:08] (Adam Peek): Yeah, for sure. And if anyone is out there and you couldn't make it to Seattle, we understand travel budgets are tight. The conference cost might have been high, but if you see like a session or something that you are hoping to see tomorrow or at least get some feedback on or something like that, please hit up myself or Corey. We'd be happy to go check out the session, give you some notes or something like that. So don't feel like this has to be just us here.[0:12:44] (Adam Peek): We can represent this whole community.[0:12:46] (Corey Connors): Yeah. Thank you.[0:12:48] (Adam Peek): Yeah, for sure. Thanks, everybody. I think we're going to be back tomorrow, right?[0:12:51] (Corey Connors): Yeah.[0:12:51] (Adam Peek): Okay.[0:12:52] (Corey Connors): Yeah.[0:12:52] (Adam Peek): Do this again tomorrow. We'll wrap up day two tomorrow. Thanks, everybody. See you.[0:12:58] (Corey Connors): Bye. It's. This is a public episode. 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Tony Selvaggio is a Social Entrepreneur and the Founder of eSmart Recycling, a social enterprise whose primary goal is to recycle old technology to set up computer labs for kids, worldwide. It turns out that all kids need to be competitive in today's digital world is some Betamax tapes, a few laserdiscs, and a few old paddle's from the 1972 version of Pong. Alright, maybe it's not quite that, but the point is that a e-waste is an enormous problem, and tons of viable tech ends up in landfills or collecting dust in ole' granny's broom closet, when it could be used to give kids without access to computers a leg up. ➡️ https://www.esmartrecycling.com/ ➡️ Highlights: https://rosspalmer.com/tony-selvaggio

Software in Form eines Machine Learning Modells bringt zusätzliche Komplexität mit sich, denn die Algorithmen sind nicht deterministisch, sondern stochastischer Natur. Das bedeutet es braucht Expert*innen,  die bei der Entwicklung des Modells beteiligt waren, um es produktiv zu bringen. Wir sprechen über die Anforderungen an MLOps auf dem Weg in die Produktivumgebung: Monitoring, CI/CD, Reusability und Modellentwicklung. Links: MLOps: Market Map & Thesis by Rachit Kansal https://medium.com/@rachit.kansal.19/mlops-market-map-thesis-f5e403780953 MLOps Community https://mlops.community/

Andy Lapsa is the co-founder of Stoke Space, a reusable rocket company started in 2019 with the knowledge that fully and rapidly reusable rockets represent the inevitable and necessary future of the space industry. Prior to founding Stoke, Andy was one of the original three members of Blue Origin's BE-4 team, where he held architecture, design, analysis, and development test leadership roles.Stoke SpaceStoke Space Aims to Build Rapidly Reusable Rocket With a Completely Novel Design - Ars TechnicaFirst-Of-Its-Kind Rocket Engine Nears First Flight Test - FreethinkHow Stoke Space's Unique Rocket Works // Exclusive Tour & Interview - Everyday Astronaut (YouTube)Full Reusability By Stoke Space - Everyday AstronautThe Pollution Caused by Rocket Launches - BBCAir Pollution From Reentering Megaconstellation Satellites Could Cause Ozone Hole 2.0 - Space.comRadiative Forcing - MIT Climate Portal71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest Galante - Where We Go NextThe Risky Rush for Mega Constellations - Scientific AmericanKessler Syndrome - WikipediaFollow Stoke Space on Instagram: @stokespaceFollow Stoke Space on Twitter: @stoke_space----------Are you a fan of Where We Go Next? I'd love to hear from you. Listen to the very end of this episode for details.Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Ashley Etling is the CEO and co-founder of LimeLoop, a smart shipping platform building reusable packaging and sustainable logistics solutions.In our conversation with Ashley we cover the origin story of LimeLoop, and discuss how their product evolved from reusable packaging to a smart platform helping companies make their supply chains sustainable. We dig deep into the issues of minimizing the environmental impacts of global supply chains, and discuss interesting innovation happening in that space.We also discuss the recent political actions for environmental impact like carbon taxes in EU and China's National Sword policy, and how governments worldwide are dealing with the issues of waste management and climate change. As a repeat founder, mentor and advisor, Ashley shares her approach to building a great team, finding co-founders, key hires and early startup employees. She also speaks on issues like dividing equity between co-founders, and common mistakes made by first-time founders.

It's been more than 50 years since humans last set foot on the lunar surface. But the recent success of NASA's Artemis I mission has put the US back on track to return man to the Moon. As the Artemis program proceeds, space enthusiasts remain skeptical of NASA's timeline and its expensive Space Launch System rocket — especially as the reusable SpaceX Starship rocket comes online. To find out more about the future for NASA as well as private companies like SpaceX, I'm joined today by Eric Berger.Eric is the senior space editor at Ars Technica and author of 2021's excellent Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX.In This Episode* When will the US return to the Moon? (1:19)* How SpaceX's Starship will change the game (5:58)* Reusability and launch costs (12:04)* The future of America's space program (15:59)* Is the window for Mars colonization closing? (24:13)Below is an edited transcript of our conversation.When will the US return to the Moon?James Pethokoukis: I think you have one of the best journalism jobs in America. I hope you feel that way too.Eric Berger: I have a fantastic job. I love space, I live and breathe it every day, and I get to write about what I think is really happening out there. It's pretty nice.It's almost like someone who is covering the internet in the late ‘90s, when all of a sudden there's just so much happening. I remember you at year end recounting what happened in 2022, and it was a pretty long list of space achievements.I first got into space more than 15 years ago, and at the time it was really pretty dull — not to downgrade the space shuttle program, but it was kind of dull. They would do six or seven launches a year, go up, work on the International Space Station, come down. Everything pretty much worked like clockwork. There just wasn't a whole lot happening. It's really accelerated and accelerated since then. And you just have so much happening in the United States commercially, abroad. It is just a very vibrant field. And as you say, it feels like we're in the early days of this space flight revolution.When will the United States return to the Moon, and what is going to take us there?We returned to the Moon last year, right? We sent an uncrewed spacecraft, Orion, around the Moon. That really was the first step back to the Moon. And I think probably in about two years from now, we'll send the first crewed mission up there. This was going to be a mission where they fly out to the Moon, loop around, and come back. So it's not like they're going to go to the surface or anything like that. But that will be the first people going into deep space in more than 50 years. And then we're going to have a lunar landing later this decade. I don't really feel comfortable putting a date out there. I think it's probably 2027, 2028 maybe. And most likely, they're going to launch on the Space Launch System rocket built by NASA and its contractors, and go up on Orion, and land on the Moon in a SpaceX Starship.Is there a current official target date?It's 2025, but that's completely unrealistic.What hasn't happened to make a 2025 mission seem highly unlikely to you?The first thing is they have got to do the crewed flight, the Artemis II mission, around the Moon. And we're probably 22 to 24 months away from that happening. They're not going to turn around then and do Artemis III the same year. And then you've got two other really important pieces to put together. SpaceX has to fly its Starship, it has to do a bunch of orbital refueling tests, then it has to actually go and land on the Moon and take off and show that everything's ready ahead of that lunar landing. And the other big piece of this is there's a private company in Houston, Axiom Space, that is building the space suits for Artemis III. These are the suits that will allow the crew to get out on the surface of the Moon, walk around and explore. And this company has never built a space suit before, and they just got the contract last fall. It's going to take time for Artemis II to happen, and everything has to go right there. There's a bunch of planning that has to go on, and then you've got to have the Starship and the space suit pieces come together.Is there a chance that the rocket that ends up taking Americans to the surface will end up being a Starship rocket?There is a chance. But at this point, I would think it's a fairly low one. The fact is, the Space Launch System rocket, which took a decade and billions and billions and billions of dollars to develop, finally did fly in November of last year. And by all accounts, the flight was flawless. It's pretty impressive for the debut launch of this rocket for it to perform as well as it did. I think NASA has pretty high confidence now in that launch vehicle. And it will have more confidence in Orion after the second mission. I do think that, initially, that's how we're going to get to the Moon. I think eventually that will change. It would not surprise me to see astronauts launching on, say, a Crew Dragon and rendezvousing with Starship and going to the Moon that way. Because the fact of the matter is, if you can do that, you don't need to spend the $3 or $4 billion every mission to go to the Moon on an SLS rocket and an Orion. You can do it with SpaceX vehicles for probably one-quarter of the cost.How SpaceX's Starship will change the gameBased on that cost structure that you mentioned, why are we even doing this? Why are we even using a rocket that may never fly again after that Moon mission, Artemis III? It just seems like a lot of wasted money. Why don't we just wait for Starship to get out the kinks, launch, and go that way?That's a great question. The reality is that we built the SLS rocket because in 2010 there were two senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Bill Nelson of Florida, who were looking at the end of the space shuttle program and all the jobs in Florida and Texas that were bound up by that and said, “Well, we've got to have a replacement for this.” There were contractors who had been working on the space shuttle program, building the solid rocket boosters, the engines, and the structures and so forth saying, “Hey, we've got to preserve all these jobs.”If you look at the Space Launch System rocket, it uses the same engines as the space shuttle. It uses very similar solid rocket boosters on the sides. And the diameter of that core stage is the same diameter as the external tank of the space shuttle. All of those jobs were essentially rolled from the space shuttle into the Space Launch System rocket. Now, at the time that decision was made, SpaceX had not launched a single Falcon 9 rocket, so I don't think there was the confidence in the private sector then that there is today. The fact of the matter is SLS will continue flying for as long, I think, as Starship is not shown to be a viable vehicle. Once Starship starts flying like the Falcon 9 rocket — which by the way flew 61 times last year — once it starts flying like that, there will be no need for a rocket that costs five or 10 times as much, is not reusable, and can only fly once a year. There'll be no need for that. But 1) it's a political thing. Lots of political support for that program. And 2) as of today, there is no viable alternative, even though we all know one is coming down the line.What is the best estimate of the Starship launch agenda, launch tempo from here on out? Do we have a good idea of what that's going to look like?I'm happy to make predictions with the proviso that they're going to be almost certainly wrong.Duly noted.I do think we're getting closer to the first Starship orbital test flight. This is going to be a big moment. You're going to have a rocket with 33 very powerful Raptor engines taking off from south Texas. That's the first stage. And then the second stage is the Starship upper stage. It's going to go up and go briefly into orbit before it comes back down near Hawaii. That is going to prove that A) the rocket works. And I still think that's kind of a crapshoot because this is a rocket with 33 engines, it's never flown, we haven't seen these Raptor engines in space flight before. It's also very important to get data on bringing Starship back from orbit, if it does make it there. I think we'll see maybe two or three test flights this year. And then next year, maybe half a dozen test flights. And then perhaps in late 2024, 2025, we'll start to see some operational missions carrying Starlink. And also they'll start doing some fueling tests. One of the things that Starship has to do is … it's got enough fuel to get to orbit this massive vehicle — and it can carry like 100 tons to low-Earth orbit, and then it lands back on Earth — but to go anywhere, to go to the Moon, to go to Mars, or what have you, it needs to be refueled. And that's a technology we've never really demonstrated in space: the storage of these cryogenic propellants. Starship runs on liquid oxygen and liquid methane. And we've never shown the ability to store these propellants in space, because you have concerns like boil off. These propellant depots, if they're sitting in the sun, the temperature is much higher than is able to keep them at liquid temperatures. And then you've got to show you can transfer them from one vehicle to another. SpaceX will be doing those tests almost from the beginning of their Starship test program.When I was a full-time journalist, I'm pretty sure that when I would use the word “game changer,” editors would hate that. They would strike that word out. But Starship seems like it would be, if all those “ifs” are solved, it would be kind of a game changer. It's a big rocket.If you think about it, everyone remembers the Saturn V rocket from the Apollo program, this massive launch vehicle. But all that came back to Earth was that tiny little capsule at the top. The first stage, second stage, third stage all fell into the ocean. The capsule came back, but then they were put in museums because they weren't reusable. The goal of Starship is for that whole stack to be reusable. So the first stage comes back, Starship comes back, and then you fly them again at some point. I think we're probably years and years away from those kinds of operations. But if and when SpaceX gets there, it does entirely change the paradigm of spaceflight that we've known since the late 1950s when Sputnik first went to orbit, which is now 65 years ago.It's always been a premium on size — you want small vehicles that can fit on top of rockets in the payload fairings—and mass, because it costs so much to get to low-Earth orbit. If Starship works, it completely or almost completely removes those constraints: You can launch often, and it's got this huge payload fairing that you could fit elephants inside them, you could fit just massive structures inside of this thing. All of a sudden, the problem of scarcity, of getting stuff to orbit, no longer exists. It becomes not about the one thing we can do in orbit, but all the things we can do because it costs so much less to get there. And you can bring much larger structures.Reusability and launch costsRight now when we look at SpaceX, we're looking at partial reusability. What you're talking about is the whole thing: everything you can use more than once.Yeah. Right now with the Falcon 9 rocket, which I would submit is really a modern-day miracle, you're reusing the first stage, which is about 60 percent of the mass of the rocket. You get all those nine engines back, and they're now reflying relining those first stages 15 times. I think they're going to continue to push the limits. They're also getting back the payload fairing, which is that protective structure on top that then falls away once the rocket gets to orbit and the satellite comes out and pops out like a jack-in-the-box. That payload fairing costs like $5 or $6 million. So it's not insubstantial that they're collecting those, refurbishing them, and flying again. What is not reusable right now is the upper stage. It has a single Merlin vacuum engine, and those probably cost $10 to $12 million to manufacture. So that's a significant piece that they have to build. Every time they launch, they have to build a second stage.An SLS launch versus a Starship launch where everything is reusable: Do we have a guess at the difference of each of those launches?The cost difference? The NASA Inspector General has put a cost on a single SLS launch with an Orion spacecraft on, and it said that's $4.1 billion. That is exclusive of development costs, which for those vehicles are now about $40 billion. So if you just say, “Okay, we're going to ignore the fact that we spent all this money,” it's still $4.1 billion to launch one of these a year. Starship, we don't know how much it's going to cost. But if it's made out of stainless steel, and you're getting all those Raptor engines back, and you're flying each vehicle like 10 times or 20 times, the incremental cost of launch is going to be on the order of $100 million or less. So that's a 40x cost difference. Again, once Starship becomes operational. It's probably at least five years away from that point. But that's the future we're headed into. And it is coming. [If] you look at what's happened with the Falcon 9, they will get there. Or get close.We talk a lot about the reusability of these rockets. Does SpaceX also just make them cheaper than competitors? Is that the only factor in the decline in launch costs?Yes, they also have … Musk is pretty cutthroat on costs.I hear.The whole Twitter experiment, right? He runs a tight ship. One of the very important things that SpaceX did, and a lot of the new space companies that have come afterward have tried to emulate, is they very much did vertical integration. And that just means that prior to 2000, the way you built your rocket in this country was, okay, you're United Launch Alliance: You buy your engines from Aerojet, you buy your structures from someone, you buy your software from someone, you buy your payload fairing from RUAG, you buy your upper-stage engine from Aerojet. And then you sort of integrate that all together into your factory after paying a premium for all these different products. And you launch the rocket. You're the operator.SpaceX came along and said, “No, no, we're going to build the engines. We're going to build as much of each of these rockets as we can in-house. And when we need to outsource some components, we will.” And a lot of these other companies that have come since, like Rocket Lab, have tried to do the same. Relativity Space is trying to additively manufacture, so 3D print, its entire rocket inside its factory. And so they've really changed the game. And that vertical integration has allowed them to control costs and move more quickly.The future of America's space programAfter we land on the Moon via an SLS rocket and a SpaceX lander, is the American space program at that point government doing more science-y things and the private sector doing private sector things, whether it's, you know you know, orbiting space platforms. What does the Americas program comprehensively look like after that landing?We don't really know. We're talking about something that's probably about four or five years in the future, and it's very difficult to say where we're headed.I'm very glad, by the way, that you say four or five years in the future, not four or five decades. I like the fact that we keep talking years, single digits.After the success of Artemis I, we are definitively on the way back to the Moon. This is a great time in US space policy. It's healthier than I've ever seen it, I think, in my lifetime or certainly since I've been covering this. The NASA and United States space program has problems, has difficulties, has challenges, but we are on a healthy trajectory, I think. So we can all feel good about that. It's just going to take a little longer than I think any of us would like. But the way NASA has been going, and I don't see this trend changing, is it wants to be a customer and not the customer. It is looking to buy services from companies rather than top-down build processes. The SLS rocket was procured through a cost-plus program where NASA designed the rocket, its engineers were side by side with the contractors at Boeing and elsewhere. And it costs a lot. It takes a long time. And NASA oversees every step of the process, and it's the only customer. No one else wants to fly in the SLS rocket. The military doesn't. Private customers don't because it costs way too much. NASA's science program doesn't want to use it. NASA would rather be a customer. SpaceX launched 60 Falcon 9 rockets last year. NASA bought like six or seven of them, and the rest of them were other customers and SpaceX's Starlink missions. It's buying services, like this spacesuit contract it's giving to Axiom and to another company: It's basically leasing spacesuits. And the lander, it's like buying the landing service on the Moon. It's going to private space stations next decade, and it's buying time on those space stations. It's not going to own those space stations. NASA wants to procure services. NASA would like to see an ecosystem where it is one customer for activity on the Moon alongside maybe the European Space Agency or private companies or Hilton Hotels, I don't know. They sort of want to be one customer in that area. I think the question in my mind is, will there be more entities that want to get involved in human space flight or exploration of the Moon? Or will this be a NASA-led program for a long time, simply because it's so expensive and there's not that much there for people to do beyond collecting rocks and doing science experiments for NASA? And that's the question I don't think we've answered. It may be NASA for a long time, unless you do really get vehicles like Starship or Blue Origin's New Glenn that come along and really do bring down the costs of transportation to and from the Moon.How far behind is Blue Origin?Very far behind. They were founded before SpaceX was, and they still haven't put anyone in orbit. They just move slowly. That's kind of Jeff Bezos' philosophy in space fight. He wants to go very methodically. I don't think their CEO, a guy named Bob Smith, has been particularly dynamic in terms of getting them moving forward quickly. But if they ever do get their act together, they have a large and talented team of engineers. They could really kick some butt in this field. But they're way behind SpaceX in terms of building rockets. The New Glenn rocket probably doesn't launch for at least two years. That's a massive vehicle, but then they're going to have to go through some growing pains. And it's going to take a while. I don't think New Glenn will ever be able to catch up to Starship.I'm interested in there being a permanent Moon base. Would that be operated by NASA? Would that be operated by somebody else?That's a great question. I think NASA would love for Lockheed, or I don't know who, to say, “We are going to build a lunar surface station.” And NASA says, “Great, we want to buy 50 percent of the capacity. And we'll give you $2 billion a year for that service.” The question is whether any private company is going to step up and do something as audacious as that. That's one of the real ways in which SpaceX has changed the game: They have sort of stepped forward with these audacious visions. And then NASA has kind of come in and bought. When SpaceX created Starship, NASA wasn't interested. NASA wasn't a customer. And now, look, they're giving them $3 billion to land on the Moon twice. I think if you had a big enough vision to do that, then you could get NASA to come on board. The problem is, if you're a publicly traded company — it's really hard for a company other than SpaceX or Blue Origin, which have these well-endowed founders — it's really hard to convince your board of directors to go along with something like that.How many space stations will there be in orbit by the end of this decade?It's just all fluid. So the International Space Station comes down in 2030. That's down. China's Space Station is still flying, I think, Tiangong. And Russia is talking about a space station, but I don't think there's any way they have a replacement up by then. So then the question becomes, there are four different companies trying to build commercial space stations for NASA. And again, NASA has given them some money for development, but they're not paying for the stations. They ultimately want to be customers on them. And of those four, one is Blue Origin led by them, one is Nanoracks and Lockheed Martin, another is Axiom Space, and then a fourth is Northrop Grumman. I would put the over-under at one-and-a-half of those. And I think NASA is very happy if one was demonstrative functionable by 2030.The skeptics will say, “Okay, so what are we going to do in those space stations? Some science?” How satisfying is the answer, “We don't know what we're going to do; we have to get there and figure it out — who knew what the internet was going to look like in 1990 versus what it looks like today”?I think you've got to build it and see if people will come. NASA is going to continue to do scientific research, human research, astronauts living in space for long durations. But then you've got to see how much interest there is in sports or filming movies or holidays or from other countries like UAE who want to have their own astronauts up there doing research or from private astronauts. For about two years now, we've had the capability to put astronauts in a low-Earth orbit on private space missions. SpaceX has that capability. There's been some interest, but there hasn't been an overwhelming amount of interest. And so the jury is very much out on commercial potential. And I think the only real way to answer that question is when someone figures out how to make money by having people living and working and doing things in space, then that market explodes. And until that happens, it's very tenuous.Is the window for Mars colonization closing?I am very excited about the notion of going to Mars and humans permanently living on Mars. Is that a 2030s thing? A 2040s, a 2070s thing?The way I would look at it is, that kind of thing is never happening without the private sector, because there is no reason at all, no good reason, for NASA to send people to Mars. The amount of science that can be done by rovers at one-100th the cost without having to worry about safety issues. The rovers can do a lot of science. They can't do it all. There are some things humans can do better and faster, but it's just not worth it to send people there. Maybe if it's like a US-China-Russia-Japan pan-worldwide mission to promote peace and go to Mars. I could see something like that. But there's just no good reason for NASA to send humans to Mars.They will talk about it. They will say, “We're going to the Moon and Mars.” But NASA's not going to Mars before 2050, and probably not by then. So then the question becomes, is SpaceX sincere about going to Mars? Yes. Do they have the wherewithal to work together with NASA to send human missions to Mars? Not right now. But if Starlink, this internet from space, is a successful business — and there are some signs that it will be, and some signs that, no, they have a long way to go — but if that is a success, then the plan is for SpaceX to use that money to help finance Starship and take steps to building some kind of settlement on Mars. And I think if SpaceX can build a credible transportation system to Mars, then NASA comes along for those first couple of missions because there are lots of reasons for them to want to go. And there are lots of reasons for SpaceX to want NASA to go. Most notably, probably, just it clears the regulatory hurdles away for them. If it's going to happen before 2050, it would be a public-private partnership with SpaceX leading the way in terms of the vision.It's sort of amazing how much of this seems to depend on the interest and will of one person: Elon Musk.It's true. If you look at the space industry today, SpaceX dominates it. They launched more rockets than all the other companies in the United States by like a factor of three, two or three. They equaled China in terms of launch output. They're one of three entities in the world that has the capability to put humans into orbit. They operate more satellites than any company or country in the world. They're building the world's largest and most powerful rocket. They are kind of at the forefront of all these areas. And they're the ones pushing and pushing. If you take SpaceX out of the equation, then NASA's Moon program looks an awful lot like Apollo, which was not sustainable. A lot of it does hinge on the success of SpaceX and their ability to push and pull this commercial space flight initiative forward. And hopefully, by lowering the cost of access to space, you can find ways to make money in space, which in turn fuels more commercial space flight activity.Have you watched the TV show For All Mankind?I have, yes.Do you enjoy that television program?Yeah. It's an interesting take on the future that's really well done.I think Elon Musk may have said that at that SpaceX event where they showed that fantastic video, which I've used about 30 times in my newsletter, where he said the window is open but it might not be open forever, to do what we're doing. Do you think he's wrong? Do you think it is permanently open because of the advances, because of declining costs, because of the geopolitical competition from China and from other nations? Is the space window open, and it's going to just stay open?I don't know if it's going to stay open. He's concerned that it won't stay open. And one of the reasons that he would've cited a couple years ago is this era of cheap money ending. And that era of cheap money has ended. This is going to have a profound impact on a lot of the commercial space companies that have started up over the last five to 10 years. A lot of those are not going to survive the next few years. Congress is talking about holding budgets flat, and that probably may impair space flight activity as well. That's one area of, is this funding opportunity window going to be open long enough for it to happen? And he's also worried about existential threats to humanity. Whether any of those really come up in the next five to 10 years or 50 years, I don't know. But we're a little closer to nuclear war than we were 12 months ago.If there's an accident, another Challenger or another Columbia, do you think we're into this enough and there's been enough progress that we'll push forward? Or will we retreat?It's a great question. I think about that a lot because if, God forbid, something happens with the Crew Dragon spacecraft or the Falcon 9 rocket with people on board and NASAs astronauts die, that really would bring out the critics of SpaceX who have been awfully quiet in the last few years. Think about it, the only way we're getting to space right now with people is on the Falcon 9 rocket. And imagine if we'd had these last 10 months or 11 months of tensions with Russian and still had to rely on them to get our people into space. A lot of the critics of SpaceX have kind of shut up because it's clear that they have done such a service for this country.But if they have some major accent, then all those questions come again. He is reckless. Elon self-sabotages himself a lot in that regard. The way he acts on Twitter sometimes is pretty unserious. And officials at the DOD and NASA see that. That would embolden critics to say, “Hey, wait a minute. Why are we giving SpaceX all this money if they're not acting responsibly?” And especially if the accident was caused by some negligent act on SpaceX, trying to move too fast or save money or something like that. I don't think an accident like that will happen. NASA and SpaceX work very diligently to ensure it doesn't happen. But I do think that would be a setback, whether it would be an absolute killer, I don't think so, because I suspect NASA would stand by SpaceX regardless. They're very good about that when their contractors have an accident. NASA sort of stands by them and goes through the accident investigation and so forth. But if you put people's lives at risk, then that may change. It's a great question, and I hope we don't have to find an answer to it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 652: The Rocket Race Towards Reusability by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about how single-use rocketry has changed over time, and the role it still plays in launching payloads into orbit and beyond. Today we'll address the stainless steel elephant in the room and talk about the shift to reusability.

Last week we talked about how single-use rocketry has changed over time, and the role it still plays in launching payloads into orbit and beyond. Today we'll address the stainless steel elephant in the room and talk about the shift to reusability.

https://www.patreon.com/datameshradio (Data Mesh Radio Patreon) - get access to interviews well before they are released Episode list and links to all available episode transcripts (most interviews from #32 on) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZmCIinVgIm0xjIVFpL9jMtCiOlBQ7LbvLmtmb0FKcQc/edit?usp=sharing (here) Provided as a free resource by DataStax https://www.datastax.com/products/datastax-astra?utm_source=DataMeshRadio (AstraDB); George Trujillo's contact info; email (george.trujillo@datastax.com) and https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetrujillo/ (LinkedIn) Transcript for this episode (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kLgkxRsiFr1G5BDbFcZaVMJhb3A_UcGc0N5n6vo7fCk/edit?usp=sharing (link)) provided by Starburst. See their Data Mesh Summit recordings https://www.starburst.io/learn/events-webinars/datanova-on-demand/?datameshradio (here) and their great data mesh resource center https://www.starburst.io/info/distributed-data-mesh-resource-center/?datameshradio (here) In this episode, Scott interviewed Erik Herou, Lead Engineer of the Data Platform at H&M. To be clear, Erik was only representing his own views and perspectives. A few key thoughts/takeaways from Eric's point of view: Data mesh can work well with a product-centric organization strategy as both look to put ownership and product thinking in the hands of the domains. To develop a good data/enablement platform for data mesh, look to work with a number of different types of teams. That way, you can see the persistent/reusable patterns and capabilities to find ways to reduce friction for future data product development/deployment. H&M had an existing cloud data lake that was/is working relatively well for existing use cases. But the team knew it likely wouldn't be able to handle where they wanted to go with many more teams producing data products of much higher quality and potentially sophistication. When implementing data mesh - or any data initiative really - it is easy to fall into the trap of doing things the same way you did before. The "old way" feels safe and it was/is still working relatively well for H&M. So they treated their data mesh implementation as almost a greenfield deploy. Because of the long-term focus on making it low friction and scalable to share data - the consumers will come as you make them more data literate - most of the early data/enablement platform work has been focused on helping data producers. A common pattern in data mesh but your constraints and needs may not match. Erik's team is focused on enabling data producers first specifically so his team doesn't become a bottleneck. It is easy for a platform team doing any part of the individual work to become that bottleneck. Consider how much organizational change you require before starting to create mesh data products. H&M did a large amount of that organizational change, other companies start in their current structure and evolve as they learn more. Both are valid and can work well. Specific to H&M, a strong track record of good return on investment in AI meant there was less pushback than in many organizations when they started driving buy-in for implementing data mesh. In the historical data warehouse world, there was less need for data literacy because most people were pushed reports but also couldn't do much, thus not "getting themselves in trouble". If we move to a more self-serve approach, that means we need much better data literacy - it can be a big risk to allow access without understanding. Otherwise, it could be like turning a six year old loose in a fully stocked kitchen where they intend to "make dinner". Data catalogs could really help push forward general data practices but we still need to have actual conversations too. Being able to ask someone about what data means and similar high context exchanges are crucial. "If you have a complicated business, you have complicated data." If your mesh data products don't maintain loose...

Today Steve talks with Alex Vipond, a front end engineer at Better Help, about the many ways to reuse code and make it cleaner in Vue 2 and Vue 3.  We discus Vue Directives, Vue Mixins, Renderless Components, and Composables, and talk about the benefits of using them.  Be sure to also catch his book on the topic which will be re-released soon with a major update. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Organizing Code by Logical Concern in Vue 3 by Alex Vipond - YouTube Baleada BetterHelp | Professional Therapy With A Licensed Therapist Composables | Vue.js VueUse Twitter: @AlPalVipond Picks Alex- Watch Bo Burnham: Inside | Netflix Official Site Alex - Vue and Vite updates coming soon! Steve - Dad Jokes Steve- Vue Mastery

MLOps Reading Group meeting on February 11, 2022 Reading Group Session about Feature Stores with Matt Delacour and Mike Moran --------------- ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ------------- Join our slack community: https://go.mlops.community/slack Follow us on Twitter: @mlopscommunity Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mlopscommunity/ Sign up for the next meetup: https://go.mlops.community/register Catch all episodes, Feature Store, Machine Learning Monitoring and Blogs: https://mlops.community/ Timestamps: [00:05] Matt's intro [00:26] Mike's intro [01:09] Matt's talk: Feature store system at Shopify [01:45] What is Shopify? [02:05] Shopify Use Case [02:38] Choosing a solution [03:19] Managed service vs In-house vs Open-source (Feast) [06:01] Why did we choose Feast? [11:25] Implementation Strategy (multi-repo vs mono-repo approaches) [13:01] Mono-repo approach breakdown [14:30] Internal SDK [17:01] Q&A: Does feast satisfy scalability for online inference of Shopify latency requirements? [19:05] Q&A: Do you rely on Feast to serialize data to the online store? [20:13] Q&A: Is your mono-repo library a subset of Feast? [21:18] Q&A: Did you consider using git submodules for a multi-repo? [23:02] Q&A: Are you storing embeddings with Feast? [24:30] Q&A: Regarding the mono-repo, which modules are responsible for feature engineering? How do you guarantee that different feature engineering can be used across many DS? [27:58] Mike's talk (Feature store at Skyscanner) [28:08] Kaleidoscope System [28:25] Background and context of the Feature store [29:30] Initial state of the feature store [30:13] How does the marketing team also leverage the feature store [31:04] Current state of the feature store (marketing & machine learning) [31:44] SDK approach of creating schemas with dataframes (easy access) [32:16] Reusability across teams among marketing and DS team [33:06] GDPR constraints [33:34] Data updates at the feature store [36:09] Q&A: When a DS updates a feature, how are you communicating that across teams? [38:25] Q&A: Are you applying different levels of feature engineering to increase the likelihood of a DS going back to a previous checkpoint of processing? [40:55] Q&A: In what languages are you implementing the feature store? [44:28] Q&A: Regarding performance-wise, how do you decide what code remains in Apache Spark vs SQL? [49:00] Wrap-up

EP's First Character, The Bullywug Story, Examining a D&D Module from 1981, and more

EP's First Character, The Bullywug Story, Examining a D&D Module from 1981, and more

In episode 14 of The Gradient Podcast, we interview Stanford PhD Candidate Peter HendersonSubscribe to The Gradient Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSPeter is a joint JD-PhD student at Stanford University advised by Dan Jurafsky. He is also an OpenPhilanthropy AI Fellow and a Graduate Student Fellow at the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab. His research focuses on creating robust decision-making systems, with three main goals: (1) use AI to make governments more efficient and fair; (2) ensure that AI isn't deployed in ways that can harm people; (3) create new ML methods for applications that are beneficial to society.Links:Reproducibility and Reusability in Deep Reinforcement Learning. Benchmark Environments for Multitask Learning in Continuous DomainsReproducibility of Bench-marked Deep Reinforcement Learning Tasks for Continuous Control.Deep Reinforcement Learning that MattersReproducibility and Replicability in Deep Reinforcement Learning (and Other Deep Learning Methods)Towards the Systematic Reporting of the Energy and Carbon Footprints of Machine LearningHow blockers can turn into a paper: A retrospective on 'Towards The Systematic Reporting of the Energy and Carbon Footprints of Machine LearningWhen Does Pretraining Help? Assessing Self-Supervised Learning for Law and the CaseHOLD Dataset”How US law will evaluate artificial intelligence for Covid-19Podcast Theme: “MusicVAE: Trio 16-bar Sample #2” from "MusicVAE: A Hierarchical Latent Vector Model for Learning Long-Term Structure in Music" Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 13: In today's episode, host Jim Ray interviews Dr. Mike H. Ryan, Professor of Management and Rubel's Associate Dean, who also has an extensive background in space-related topics.  As private sector activity ramps up, there's a tremendous future available to us.  Join us for an interesting conversation about the business of space. Elon Musk's SpaceX recently took 4 civilians into space for the first time. Other high-profile companies such as Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are also making inroads in to space exploration.  Growing up, Dr. Ryan assumed he might actually take a job in space.  As the space race heated up with Sputnik and our mission to the moon, it was hard for him to imagine we wouldn't go back to the moon during the next 50 years.  He spent time in the US Air Force, before returning to school.  He completed his Master's and PhD.  Currently, he's one of the few professors in the US who does research on “space business.” Dr. Ryan is personally acquainted with Max Faget and also astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. He's written numerous books and 75-100 publications and has given an extensive number of presentations, generally involving some aspect of space. Space – It's Just a Place The idea of working in space can seem intimidating to many.  It all seems so complex, even though we are much less intimidated with the idea of working in the oceans.  Dr. Ryan explains that it shouldn't be so difficult to conceptualize.  After all, it's just a place. If you think about it, the distance it would take to fly from Louisville to Australia on business (9,963 miles) is actually farther than the distance from earth to the international space station (only 254 miles). Rockets Everything in space is about getting from point A to point B.  Rockets are a primary mode of transportation.  As our technology evolved, we transferred from rockets to the space shuttle.  Over time, the shuttles became less reliable, so we moved back to travel via rockets.  Unfortunately, we had not kept up the investment in this mode, so we relied on rockets from other countries (i.e. Russia). Dr. Ryan firmly believes there are many other ways in which we could utilize rocket technology, beyond simply putting satellites into space.  There are plenty of opportunities for people to work in space, as well.  One of the challenge is making the trip and return trip feasible.  Reusability is a key consideration.  SpaceX and Blue Origin are proving that reusability is absolutely possible. Over time, reusability reduces the cost of putting people and equipment into space.  This opens up the possibility of more frequent visits.  The opportunities stretch as far as you can imagine. Rocket propellant (“fuel”) is actually cheaper than people might imagine.  It's primarily liquid hydrogen and/or liquid oxygen.  Both of those are components of water.  There may be other options which we could develop to replace liquid rocket fuel. Dr. Ryan discusses how a “space plane” could be extremely advantageous vs. the rockets we know today.  Reusability combined with the ability to take off and land from a variety of locations would reduce the cost of going to low-earth orbit and potentially further. Mining in Space Rare elements, minerals and even water are abundant in space.  We think about the moon, but also consider asteroids and even Mars.  If we can figure out how to maintain supply levels, we could put many more people into space for an extended period of time.  Dr. Ryan discusses how something called a “mass driver” working on an electromagnetic rail system could eliminate the need for rocket fuel to get material into low-earth orbit.  The mass driver could launch a payload into orbit.  This would provide those supply levels, which could then be used for a variety of purposes and destinations.  Dr. Ryan explains that many minerals are extremely abundant in asteroids.  He explains that a nickel-iron asteroid the size of UofL's Cardinal Stadium would provide enough iron ore for approximately 100 years.  Many asteroids are composed of water.  These could also be captured and brought to earth.  The opportunities are simply amazing, if we can figure out how to do it economically and efficiently. Solar power satellites could be deployed to beam down a constant source of solar energy to provide extremely inexpensive power to specific locations.  In expensive electric power could also facilitate the conversion of sea water to fresh water for food growth and sanitation. Satellites There are approximately 10,000 satellites currently in orbit.  There are a couple hundred thousand pieces of space debris.  People are already researching how best to deal with the debris. We are currently building constellations of satellites.  Elon Musk's team is focusing on communication satellites for cell phones and data.  This could dramatically increase speed and availability.  Roadblocks to Commercializing Space Interestingly, one of the initial roadblocks has to do with treaties sign by and among countries because, at the time, we really didn't understand the vast opportunities available in space.  We simple couldn't imagine it would one day be possible. During the next 5, 10 or 50 years, our ability to begin harnessing space opportunities will increase exponentially.  We'll need to find the best way to replace those treaties with some other type of infrastructure. Because of the sheer size of the earth, the gravity well exerts tremendous pull.  Escaping this pull and getting into space adds tremendous cost for our current technologies.  If we could figure out how to manufacture in space, theoretically, we could reach much further into space at a more economic level.  The Impact of Space on Kentucky's Economy Kentucky's number one export is space-related aerospace products.  Yes, it outpaces bourbon.  We export $12-$13 billion in goods, which helps to maintain 19,000 Kentucky jobs among over 600 companies.  Kentucky is #2 in the country for aerospace export.  There's a company called Space Tango, located in Lexington, with its own testing facility on the international space station.  Where Are We Going from Here? Dr. Ryan concludes the episode with these comments.  In 5 years, we may have commercial space stations.  Eventually, we'll have a much larger commercial space station.  Within 15 years, Dr. Ryan sees us having a permanent lunar base.  In 20-25 years, we could have a commercial, lunar base.  Transportation breakthroughs will determine the pace of these advancements.  Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed during the Bellarmine on Business podcast do not necessarily reflect those of Bellarmine University, its administration or the faculty at large.  The episodes are designed to be insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining.   Want to Listen to Additional Episodes? 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bit.dev is one option I've considered, but I'm curious what you would do.

“Seriously good software is not just software that works. It is not just software that satisfies its functional requirements, so it does the right thing, but it also does it in the right way." Marco Faella is an associate professor at the University of Naples Federico II and the author of “Seriously Good Software”. In this episode, Marco explained what he means by seriously good software, looking at software quality from multiple different perspectives. We then dived deep into several of those software qualities with some practical tips on how software engineers can improve their craft to produce high-quality software. Towards the end, we also touched on the concept of minimum viable code, why it is important to have an idea of what the ideal code looks like, while still being practical in finding the right compromise. Listen out for: Career Journey - [00:05:00] Role of Education for Software Engineers - [00:07:18] Seriously Good Software - [00:12:02] Software Quality Quadrants - [00:17:15] Speed and Time Efficiency - [00:20:23] Space and Memory Efficiency - [00:24:10] Reliability Through Monitoring - [00:26:54] Invariants - [00:32:11] Reliability Through Testing - [00:33:43] Readability - [00:36:15] Reusability - [00:39:25] Thread-Safety - [00:41:17] Minimum Viable Code - [00:46:29] 3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:48:44] _____ Marco Faella's Bio Marco Faella is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Besides his research on theoretical computer science, Marco is a passionate teacher and programmer. For the last 13 years he has been teaching classes on advanced programming and has published a Java certification manual and a video course on Java streams. More recently, Marco has released his book titled “Seriously Good Software” that teaches techniques for writing high quality software. Follow Marco: LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-faella-8675574/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/m_faella Website – http://wpage.unina.it/m.faella Our Sponsor This episode is proudly sponsored by Emergence, the journal of business agility. This quarterly publication brings you inspiring stories from the most innovative companies and explores themes of new ways of working, reclaiming management, and humanizing business. Each issue is hand illustrated and 100% content. Use the promo code “techlead” to get a 10% discount on your annual subscription. Visit businessagility.institute/emergence to get your edition and support the publication supporting your podcast. Like this episode? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app and submit your feedback. Follow @techleadjournal on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Pledge your support by becoming a patron. For more info about the episode (including quotes and transcript), visit techleadjournal.dev/episodes/52.

Do you know what an aerospike engine is? It’s a special type of rocket engine, the idea of which has been around for many decades, but it has been technologically difficult to pull off so far. That may all be changing now - it is what this week’s company is working on. I have Adria Argemi and Federico Rossi from Pangea Aerospace in Barcelona joining me. Enjoy! Full discloure: E2MC Ventures is an investor in Pangea. If you have comments or questions about the episode, email us at spacebusinesspodcast@gmail.com or post them on our Twitter (@podcast_space). If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on your favorite podcast app - we highly appreciate it! The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/ If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. Episode notes: 0:00 Intro 3:06 Barcelona's local space ecosystem 6:20 The origin story of the company 11:30 The basics of aerospike engines (Audio issues stop here!) 17:28 The rocket equation and efficiency in rocket engines 20:56 Differences between Pangea's and "regular" rocket engines 25:00 Why has this not been done before? 29:51 Materials used 32:51 Reusability, size and clustering of the engine 38:04 Potential plans for an entire launch vehicle 41:08 Medium/long term vision 46:22 Single stage to orbit"? 49:50 Other good ideas of the past? 51:25 Pangea is hiring! 51:42 Sci-Fi

#5amMesterScrum Show #533 Live -  Reusability Like SpaceX and Testing with Stakeholders - Today's topics: (1) Reusability allows you to progress much like SpaceX Falcon 9, no one else has the capability and they are crushing it and (2) Testing please let others play with your software before releasing. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #testing #Reusability   5am Mester Scrum Show #533 went live on Youtube at 854pm EST Saturday 2/6/2021 from Philadelphia, PA.   Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)  

Photo: Blue Origin lift-off..Reusability is the Starting Point   Our reusable launch vehicles and rocket engines have lowered the cost of access to space. New Shepard is currently taking payloads to space and will soon fly astronauts. New Glenn's heavy lift capabilities will bring people and payloads to orbit. These next-generation launch vehicles are powered by our family of high-performance, reusable rocket engines. —  https://www.blueorigin.com..  ..  ..   The New John Batchelor ShowCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowBlue Origin protests SpaceX for the Lunar Lander. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/dynetics-has-joined-blue-origin-in-protesting-starship-contract-by-nasa/Bonus: thanks to Bobs super taste:Peggy Marchhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/peggy-march-i-will-follow-him/

In this episode, Lindy Hughson, Managing Editor & Publisher of PKN Packaging News and Dr Ross Headifen, founder of Biogone, an Australian eco-conscious company dedicated to designing and delivering cost effective biodegradable products, discuss the challenges and pitfalls of managing plastics.Ross presents his concerns that the broader goals of Australia's 2025 National Packaging Targets – to make all plastic recyclable or compostable by 2025 – are not achievable in the time frame.The discussion includes a comparison of recycling vs reusability, the life expectancy of plastics, compostability, biodegradability and capturing the energy trapped in plastics.Ross also explains the difference between atomic and molecular recycling, how plastic recycling only delays the inevitable and why, despite all our efforts, more and more new plastic is being produced and subsequently found in landfills and waterways. This leads to a review of methods to efficiently extract the energy trapped in plastics while also reducing the volumes being discarded into the environment.The episode wraps up with Ross explaining the concept behind Biogone's biodegradable plastic products and their ability to provide us with the benefits of plastics while reducing their environmental impacts and giving the world time to develop improved recycling methods.------------------------------The PKN Podcast is produced by Southern Skies Media on behalf of PKN Packaging News, owned and published by Yaffa Media.This episode is brought to you by Planet Protector Packaging (http://www.planetprotectorpackaging.com/).The views of the people featured on this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of PKN Packaging News, Yaffa Media, or the guest's employer. The contents are copyright by Yaffa Media.If you wish to use any of this podcast's audio, please contact PKN Packaging News via their website www.packagingnews.com.au or send an email to editor@packagingnews.com.au.MC: Grant McHerronHost: Lindy HughsonProducer: Steve VisscherPKN Packaging News - © 2021

Nick Hughes is joined by Anthony Torres, CEO and Cofounder of BitHippie from New York. Reusability fuels innovation, BitHippie is a tech startup offering Authorization as a Service to those building software for themselves or others. Nick and Anthony start their conversation by talking about Founders Live NYC and Anthony's experience pitching and winning the event. Then they dive into Anthony's story and journey to create BitHippie, what problem did he see in the world that needed to be solved, where he thinks the automation and authorization industry is headed, and where he thinks he can take the company. Lastly, we hear a few founder tips and lessons learned from Anthony. This is an enjoyable conversation with many tips and lessons learned and hope it helps you today on your journey.https://www.bithippie.com/

Today I’m joined by one of Canada’s top sustainability professionals. In her role as Head of Sustainable Impact at HP Canada, Frances Edmonds is responsible for driving business from sustainability leadership and, focusing on Canada’s sustainable procurement practices, she’s working to change how Canada buys. Frances has founded sustainability and environmental education programs, given TedX talks and sits on sustainability boards – this award-winning woman is truly using her platform to change the world. Today we’ll be talking about her long-standing career, her passion for sustainability, why it’s so important – and the changes we can all start making in our businesses right now. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [08.11] Frances’s background, and her journey to sustainability. [09.42] Frances’s role at HP, and her responsibilities both internally and externally. “We realised that not many businesses are going to try and become a leader in sustainability because there’s no recognition for that in the marketplace – we’re in a capitalist system.” [12.21] From external recognition to thinking big, the key sustainability strategies and goals at HP. “In Canada, we have less than 20 companies who have set a science based target for carbon reduction, in the decade of climate action.” [14.06] Practical ways businesses can begin their own sustainability journeys. “The fastest way to green your business is to buy from one that’s already green.” [16.27] HP’s commitment to a circular economy and a services vs goods approach; how these strategies help extend the shelf life of technology; and how consumers are responding. [24.00] The environmental impact of supply chain, and the importance of carbon literacy. “Sustainability is the golden thread that ties all of the pieces together.” [29.07] Frances’s WWF programs and the positive impact of volunteering and setting personal sustainability goals. [36.48] How Frances has seen the industry’s approach to sustainability change. [39.14] Some key tools and resources. [40.23] Future sustainability trends to watch out for. “Transparency is a key component of sustainability leadership.” RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED: Explore HP’s sustainable impact on their website or head over to LinkedIn to connect with Frances and find out more. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

#LetsTalk chats with Founder of Lark, Michelle Donnelly, whose brand is making waves on social media in the Toronto scene. This environmentally-conscious practice uses the Milkman model - Lark delivers spring water in glass bottles to your home address in the GTA and picks up the bottles afterwards for reusability. This brand offers different flavours of water for you to choose from, making it more appealing in its variety of healthy products. Michelle also shares with us the quick pivots her brand has had to endure as they opened just two days prior to COVID lockdown! Support this amazing sustainable product here: Instagram: @lark_dff Website: larkdff.com

This week Alex talks about the 3D printing fire that was prevented due to redundancies, geeks out about the space shuttle, and then discusses the latest success from SpaceX with their 7th time flown Falcon 9 B1049. This kind of progress in space brings about a new era we're watching unfold in real time. To answer last weeks question about how much money rocket customers are saving by using a reused Falcon 9 - we did some research to figure out what the numbers really are and how SpaceX is making money with reusable first stage rockets.  Finally, we discuss the second 15KM hop of the Starship SN8 prototype and I did some math to try and illuminate just how tall 15kilometers really is....  https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacex-crew-1-science-iss https://www.elonx.net/how-much-does-it-cost-to-launch-a-reused-falcon-9-elon-musk-explains-why-reusability-is-worth-it/ https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-elon-musk-falcon-9-economics  

Single-use plastic packaging is a huge problem, that SAP Munich is addressing with their strategic partner Relevo. From July 2020 on, SAP Munich employees will have the opportunity to use reusable containers for their lunches bought on restaurants (nearby) and have it to take-away. In this episode, we take a closer look at the Sustainability Champions Network at SAP with Tabata Perez Renteria y Hernandez. For the main interview, we're discussing Zero Waste with Gregor Kolb from Relevo.  LinksRelevo WebsiteGregor Kolb on LinkedInhttps://www.bain.com/insights/covid-19-gives-sustainability-a-dress-rehearsal/https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2020/06/02/10-startups-ganz-frisch/ (German)

The world that Digital Humanities practitioners inhabit is a place defined by uneven distribution of wealth and systemic oppressions. As Boaventura de Sousa Santos argues in his recent book La cruel pedagogía del virus (The Cruel Pedagogy of the Virus) (Sousa Santos, 2020), the COVID-19 has exacerbated the inequalities in the Global North and in the Global South; but the unmask of inequalities is not a new topic in the field of Digital Humanities. For the last decade many scholars have been defending a critical approach to open access, computational tools, algorithms and cultural datasets (Galina, 2014; Fiormonte, Numerico and Tomasi, 2015; Rio Grande, 2018; Earhardt, 2018; Risam, 2019; Noble, 2019). In addition to the work of individuals, group initiatives like Global Outlook::DH have also enabled debates on social justice, diversity and inclusivity. In this presentation I aim to establish a dialogue with previous interventions that critique the Digital Humanities as a universalist, not situated and scientific field whose epistemological frameworks, methods and tools can be applied anywhere, anytime and under all conditions. To do so I will examine, expand and question the FAIR Principles initiated by FORCE11. These principles are four: Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability. They implicitly suggest a moral idea of “fairness” or “justice” that should guide “data producers and publishers” to maximize the “added-value gained by contemporary, formal scholarly digital publishing” (Wilkinson et al., 2016). Although the FAIR Principles were originated in the context of e-science, they have already been adopted by library associations like LIBER and some DH scholars have also evaluated them (Dunning, Smaele and Böhmer, 2017) and used them as guiding principles for developing digital archives (Calamai and Frontini, 2018). Drawing on examples derived from the Programming Historian en español (PHes) and the Proyecto Humboldt Digital (ProHD), I will argue that, while the FAIR Principles can guide how we build DH resources in the Global North, any attempt to apply them in the Global South (especially in Latin American countries) may replicate colonialist practices that ignore the digital divide and local needs and practices in favor of hegemonic standards (Priani Saisó, 2019). This caveat is especially relevant for cooperation projects that involve scholars, librarians, archivists and other professionals with different backgrounds, that are based in different countries, speak different languages and have different needs and motivations. In brief, building FAIR resources is a praiseworthy goal, but in order to produce an emancipatory knowledge, that (perhaps) will repair some inequalities, we should avoid cultural cloning and cognitive extractivism and instead sustain an ecology of knowledge. Den Originalbeitrag und mehr finden Sie bitte hier: https://lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/fair_enough_building_dh_resources_in_an_unequal_world?nav_id=9351

The world that Digital Humanities practitioners inhabit is a place defined by uneven distribution of wealth and systemic oppressions. As Boaventura de Sousa Santos argues in his recent book La cruel pedagogía del virus (The Cruel Pedagogy of the Virus) (Sousa Santos, 2020), the COVID-19 has exacerbated the inequalities in the Global North and in the Global South; but the unmask of inequalities is not a new topic in the field of Digital Humanities. For the last decade many scholars have been defending a critical approach to open access, computational tools, algorithms and cultural datasets (Galina, 2014; Fiormonte, Numerico and Tomasi, 2015; Rio Grande, 2018; Earhardt, 2018; Risam, 2019; Noble, 2019). In addition to the work of individuals, group initiatives like Global Outlook::DH have also enabled debates on social justice, diversity and inclusivity. In this presentation I aim to establish a dialogue with previous interventions that critique the Digital Humanities as a universalist, not situated and scientific field whose epistemological frameworks, methods and tools can be applied anywhere, anytime and under all conditions. To do so I will examine, expand and question the FAIR Principles initiated by FORCE11. These principles are four: Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability. They implicitly suggest a moral idea of “fairness” or “justice” that should guide “data producers and publishers” to maximize the “added-value gained by contemporary, formal scholarly digital publishing” (Wilkinson et al., 2016). Although the FAIR Principles were originated in the context of e-science, they have already been adopted by library associations like LIBER and some DH scholars have also evaluated them (Dunning, Smaele and Böhmer, 2017) and used them as guiding principles for developing digital archives (Calamai and Frontini, 2018). Drawing on examples derived from the Programming Historian en español (PHes) and the Proyecto Humboldt Digital (ProHD), I will argue that, while the FAIR Principles can guide how we build DH resources in the Global North, any attempt to apply them in the Global South (especially in Latin American countries) may replicate colonialist practices that ignore the digital divide and local needs and practices in favor of hegemonic standards (Priani Saisó, 2019). This caveat is especially relevant for cooperation projects that involve scholars, librarians, archivists and other professionals with different backgrounds, that are based in different countries, speak different languages and have different needs and motivations. In brief, building FAIR resources is a praiseworthy goal, but in order to produce an emancipatory knowledge, that (perhaps) will repair some inequalities, we should avoid cultural cloning and cognitive extractivism and instead sustain an ecology of knowledge. Den Originalbeitrag und mehr finden Sie bitte hier: https://lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/fair_enough_building_dh_resources_in_an_unequal_world?nav_id=9351

In this episode Baruch (@jbaruch) hosted Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower) and Melissa McKay(@melissajmckay) to discuss some of the great questions the audience asked during the "Demystifying CI/CD" webinar, they conducted a week prior. As the discussion progressed, it turned out that the answer to most of the questions is "it depends, it is really a tradeoff". Who could have thought!Continuous delivery vs. continuous deployment. Should you automate all the way to deployment without a final, manual approval step?Who should build pipelines and how can you trust the quality of your pipelines?How much trust can you place on dependencies? You can’t check everything so where is the line of trust?Imperative vs. declarative workflows. Reusability of each for different use cases? Using building blocks that encapsulate imperative actions for building declarative pipelinesCreating large blocks of workflows, with conditionals embedded in them, vs. small and containable blocksUsing mono-repositories vs. dedicated repositories for microservices or for different parts of your pipelinesWorking on the production main branch vs. several feature branchesAmount of time spent on review processes like merging on a branch or merging on a pull request?Managing changes to non-code assets like database schemas? Should they have separate pipelines? Backward compatibility and rollback considerations.What are the merits and practicality of GitOps and using version control to drive operations?

1) Innovation is the Ace Card 2) Reusability is Holy Grail 3) Carrot & Stick innovation structure 4) Designing the Production System is hard part 5) Few people have technology foresight 6) CS & Physics are key fields to study 7) Rockets for point-to-point Earth transport 8) Autonomous drone warfare 9) Open Source Ethos for IP 10) Speed of innovation is what matters 11) China's economy will be 2-3x larger than USA's 12) USA needs to radically innovate to keep up 13) Let's make Starfleet happen! Full interview ► http://bit.ly/MuskSpaceForce Welcome ✌

In this first episode (of a three-part series), experts Scott Byrne from Tetra Pak and Peter Canepa with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality debunk some of the common myths plaguing the food industry regarding packaging sustainability, including areas related to whether packaging is:- Recyclable- Biodegradable- Reusable- CompostableAdditional resources from Episode 1:- Material Attributes of Packaging: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/Materials-Attributes.aspx - Environmental Footprints of Foods: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/food/Pages/Product-Category-Level-Footprints.aspx - Specific Report on Packaging and Food Waste: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/PEF-Packaging-FullReport.pdf - Contact Tetra Pak: https://www.tetrapak.com/us/contact - Sustainable Packaging Coalition Essentials of Sustainable Packaging Course: https://sustainablepackaging.org/projects/esp/ - Carton Council Report: https://www.recyclecartons.com/americans-agree-recycling-is-important-and-should-be-a-priority/

Hey everybody! This episode we talk about the different ways we could be preventing waste wherever we can! Such as having reuable water bottles, bags, etc. Then we go into a discussion about the different types of video games and the skills required for each genre! Please enjoy this episode! instagram.com/honeybeepro_ twitter.com/honeybeepro_ facebook.com/honeybeeproductions

Rocket Lab and ULA are nipping at SpaceX's heels to join the small list of companies who are trying to reuse orbital-class rockets. Will these ideas on retrieval work, or will it end in flames?  If you have a topic suggestion you would like to hear on the show, email us at ClearlyFuture@gmail.com

Peter Beck said they would never do it... But it looks like now they will try! Rocket Lab will be attempting to recover the 1st stage of their Electron rocket. We cover their announcement at the SmallSat conference. We also have a quick picture update on the new ULA Vulcan rocket showcasing its current status. And there is an epic video of the SpaceX Ms. Tree ship capturing a Fairing half out at sea! It's a stunning shot!

Are you slow and non-reusable? There are at least two routes to operating fast and very reusable. Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/speed-vs-reusability #Startup

Alex shares his thoughts on SpaceX's latest successes and difficulties with Starlink, Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 Reusability, and Starship Testing. He continues his theory of balance in science by discussing why and how SpaceX may be doing too much and could run itself too thin. Our Audible Recommendation for this episode is 'Failure is not an Option' by Gene Kranz. Get your copy for free by going to audibletrial.com/todayinspace and start your free trial. The podcast is also supported by AG3D Printing - get started 3D printing today and follow us to learn more about it! www.ag3d-printing.com. We're on Instagram at AG3Dprinting https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/05/24/spacex-cleaning-up-cape-canaveral-landing-zone-after-crew-dragon-explosion/1227473001/ https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/23/spacex-starlink-launch/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-begins-starship-hopper-testing/ https://twitter.com/ELGR3CO/status/1133015295650684929

Adam joins Sam and Ryan to talk about coupling in HTML and CSS, different approaches to styling applications, and his popular open-source library Tailwind CSS. Topics covered: 0:00 – Adam's motivation for creating Tailwind 3:20 – Reusability in CSS 8:20 – Semantics and coupling in HTML and CSS 16:05 – Messy templates in functional CSS 20:52 – CSS patterns in server-rendered apps 24:45 – Component classes in Tailwind 31:20 – CSS patterns in SPAs 39:31 – Experimental design tools 46:00 – What's next for Tailwind Links: Tailwind CSS Advanced Vue Component Design, Adam's new course Modulz, the design tool

Happy Friday everyone! Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: SpaceX- SES-10 Mission (http://www.spacex.com/press/2017/03/30/ses-10-mission) Jack Lousma- JSC Oral History (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/LousmaJR/LousmaJR_3-15-10.htm) I forgot to mention this in today's episode. This landing featured a wheelie ;) 'A Kind of Wheelie': The Desert Landing of STS-3 (http://www.americaspace.com/2013/03/30/a-kind-of-wheelie-the-salty-landing-of-sts-3/) STS-3 Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-3.html) Space Shuttle Flight 3 Video- National Space Society (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle03.htm) White Sands Space Harbor- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wstf/spaceharbor/index.html)

Happy Tuesday! I hope that today will be the launch day for the Falcon Heavy! Test flights are always tricky, so here's to a successful launch! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: SpaceX no longer planning crewed missions on Falcon Heavy- Jeff Foust, SpaceNews.com (http://spacenews.com/spacex-no-longer-planning-crewed-missions-on-falcon-heavy/) Elon Musk Instagram- "Starman" (https://www.instagram.com/p/BezcvpzAgYI/?hl=en) If you catch today's episode after the Falcon Heavy launch (if it launches on 2/6/18) you should be able to watch the replay here. SpaceX.com (http://www.spacex.com/) New York Times Editorial (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE7D7153EE433A25750C1A9679C946195D6CF&legacy=true)

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ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE Thoughts from an Engineer, Inference, Childhood, Greek Easter, SpaceX, Reusability, Space Shuttle, Self-Confidence, I don't know, I'm OK with being wrong, lazy perfectionist, goals, college, being a stupid kid, reaching your potential, politics, science = growth, music, Millennials, mastery, renaissance, lying, good friends, AG3D Printing IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST - SHOP ON AMAZON WITH OUR LINK: https://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=todayinspace-20&linkId=K5SXBICCZE43DJHK Brought to you by AG3D Printing Bring your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SPACE LINKS Inference: Definition https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inference  

SpaceX made history this week by launching SES-10 with a previously-flown first stage. I discuss implications of this achievement, the things we learned from Elon Musk in the post-flight press briefing, and the doubters, as always. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 8 executive producers—Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad, Ryan, and three anonymous—and 41 other supporters on Patreon. SES-10 Hosted Webcast - YouTube Press event with Elon Musk - Everyday Astronaut SES, SpaceX, and the Steady Beat of Progress - Main Engine Cut Off One More Step - Main Engine Cut Off SpaceX’s reusability effort faces one more big challenge — Space Intel Report Email your thoughts and comments to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Subscribe on iTunes, Overcast, or elsewhere Subscribe to the Main Engine Cut Off Newsletter Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: 2017, New Year, SpaceX, Blue Origins, Falcon 9, New Shephard, Falcon Heavy, Mars, the Moon, New Space vs. Old Space, Commercial Crew Program, NASA, ESA, ROSCOSMOS, JAXA, Anomaly at LC-40, Iridium NEXT, SUPPORT THE PODCAST BY SHOPPING ON AMAZON WITH OUR LINK: https://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=todayinspace-20&linkId=K5SXBICCZE43DJHK Brought to you by AG3D Printing: Bring your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SPACE LINKS: SpaceX Anomaly Update (Jan 2nd, 2017): http://www.spacex.com/news/2016/09/01/anomaly-updates Don't compare New Shephard with the Falcon 9, here's why: http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/24/9793220/blue-origin-vs-spacex-rocket-landing-jeff-bezos-elon-musk SpaceX Lands Rocket for the first time: http://www.space.com/32517-spacex-sticks-rocket-landing-sea-dragon-launch.html 2016 Space Flight Statistics: http://spaceflight101.com/2016-space-launch-statistics/

All signs point to SpaceX nearing a return-to-flight mission for Falcon 9. I discuss what to watch for in the months ahead, and read some email. SpaceX prime Falcon 9 rockets for December return | NASASpaceFlight.com With rockets on the move, SpaceX still aiming for 2016 return to flight | Ars Technica Matt Desch on Twitter: “A beautiful sight. Stage 1 arriving in California for our launch. Soon, very soon... Rainbow was a nice (and fitting) touch! #IridiumNEXT” Chris B - NSF on Twitter: “SpaceX ramping up to RTF. Falcon 9 S1 spotted en route to Vandy (Iridium NEXT). Next S1 and S2 (Echostar-23?) on the McGregor test stands.” Main Engine Cut Off Weekly, Issue #5 The Space Review: Enabling a Mars settlement strategy with the Hercules reusable Mars lander Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972, by T. A. Heppenheimer Email feedback to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Subscribe on iTunes, Overcast, or elsewhere Subcribe to Main Engine Cut Off Weekly Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

On this week's episode, Alex talks about the return-to-flight of Orbital ATK and the consequences of bureaucracy for the future of America's Space Program. He ends the show talking about humans succeeding in desperation and how we can use that power to solve problems like climate change, re-usability, and really any problem that comes our way. Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: Orbital ATK's Antares Rocket Returns to Flight with Gorgeous Night Cargo Launch http://www.space.com/34416-stunning-antares-rocket-return-to-flight-launch.html Barack Obama: America will take the giant leap to Mars http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/opinions/america-will-take-giant-leap-to-mars-barack-obama/index.html One example from this week, that caused me to go on a rant on human potential and keeping the space program alive https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/12/mars-journey-missions-dementia-reasons-stay-fix-earth-sarah-now

Gwynne Shotwell, President of SpaceX, spoke at two events and dropped some tidbits about the Falcon 9 investigation, future versions of the vehicle, and what kind of discount they would offer for “flight-proven” stages. I break down the new info, and discuss their reusability discount. SpaceX's Shotwell on Falcon 9 inquiry, discounts for reused rockets and Silicon Valley's test-and-fail ethos - SpaceNews.com Shotwell says SpaceX “homing in” on cause of Falcon 9 pad explosion - SpaceNews.com The SpaceX Discount Email feedback to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Subscribe on iTunes, Overcast, or elsewhere Subcribe to Main Engine Cut Off Weekly Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

The roadmap for SLS got a little murkier this week thanks to some additional details in the GAO report regarding its cost and schedule. SpaceX test fired a landed core three times in three days last week, paving the way for reuse of the CRS-8 core. GAO Report Indicates EM-2 Plans to Fly Crew - Main Engine Cut Off U.S. GAO - NASA Human Space Exploration: Opportunity Nears to Reassess Launch Vehicle and Ground Systems Cost and Schedule NASA updates status and timetable of ambitious Asteroid Redirect Mission | NASASpaceFlight.com MSFC propose Aerojet Rocketdyne supply EUS engines | NASASpaceFlight.com Landed Falcon 9 First Stage Test Firing - YouTube SpaceX Conducts Full-Duration Static Fire of JCSAT-14 Core - Main Engine Cut Off SpaceX test fires returned Falcon 9 booster at McGregor | NASASpaceFlight.com Next Space Station Cargo Launch From Virginia Targeted for August | NASA Email feedback to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

SpaceX had a great night launching the CRS-9 mission, and it’s all good signs for their future. The Senate hearing, as I predicted, was focused on maintaining the status quo. US and Russian engineers and scientists have some ideas on the future of international space policy. Good Signs from SpaceX’s CRS-9 Success - Main Engine Cut Off Post-Launch Status of SpaceX Resupply Mission to the ISS - YouTube Elon Musk’s Post-Landing Tweet Senate committee seeks stability for NASA programs in next administration - SpaceNews.com Senate Committee Seeks Stability for NASA Programs in Next Administration - Main Engine Cut Off U.S. and Russian Scientists Are Making Plans to Go Back to the Moon Together US and Russia: Back to the Moon Together? - Main Engine Cut Off Email feedback to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

Ted Cruz called a hearing on NASA’s space exploration policy in the next president’s administration. The president of France’s CNES discussed some policy statements, and I went on a rant about his thoughts on Ariane 6 and its competition. Cruz Calls Hearing on Future of Space Under New Administration - Main Engine Cut Off Cruz Calls Hearing on Future of Space Under New Administration - Press Releases - U.S. Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, & Transportation U.S. Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, & Transportation France’s CNES Backs Space Station, Hedges Bets on Reusable Rockets - Main Engine Cut Off France’s CNES backs space station, hedges bets on reusable rockets - SpaceNews.com Meet Adeline, Airbus’ Answer To SpaceX Reusability - SpaceNews.com Email feedback to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

Time to get Geeky in space! Carl and Richard talk about what it takes to make a truly reusable spacecraft. First up is the venerable space shuttle, which wasn't so much reusable as rebuildable. It never really made economic sense, but it definitely drove the technology forward. SpaceX has been able to recover four first stage rockets from Falcon 9 flights, but hasn't reused any yet, and Richard gets into the nitty gritty details of the challenges of reusing rocket engines. It may require a different engine design to be truly reusable. And what about the rest of the rocket? Reusability is hard, and the economics may not make sense - it's important to understand the trade-offs!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Time to get Geeky in space! Carl and Richard talk about what it takes to make a truly reusable spacecraft. First up is the venerable space shuttle, which wasn't so much reusable as rebuildable. It never really made economic sense, but it definitely drove the technology forward. SpaceX has been able to recover four first stage rockets from Falcon 9 flights, but hasn't reused any yet, and Richard gets into the nitty gritty details of the challenges of reusing rocket engines. It may require a different engine design to be truly reusable. And what about the rest of the rocket? Reusability is hard, and the economics may not make sense - it's important to understand the trade-offs!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Orbital ATK shared some more details about their next-generation launch vehicle, SpaceX is working out their certification process for reflown stages, and how these events affect the industry and other competitors in the near future. Details of Orbital ATK’s proposed heavy launcher revealed – Spaceflight Now SpaceX to brief underwriters on the road to Falcon 9 reusability - SpaceNews.com First Stage: The Air Force looks at reusability | SpaceNews Magazine SpaceX on Twitter: “Yesterday, our next rocket moved into the launch site at Cape Canaveral, FL” Email feedback to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Support Main Engine Cut Off on Patreon

Many industries, including consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment, are characterized with short product life-cycles, constant technological innovations, rapid product introductions, and fast obsoles- cence. Firms in such industries need to make frequent design changes to incorporate innovations, and the effort to keep up with the rate of technological change often leaves little room for the consideration of product reuse. In this paper, we study the design for reusability and product reuse decisions in the presence of both a known rate of incremental innovations and a stochastic rate of radical innovations over time. We formulate this problem as a Markov Decision Process. Our steady-state results conrm the conventional wisdom that a higher probability of radical innovations would lead to reductions in the rm's investments in reusability as well as the amount of reuse the rm ends up doing. Interestingly, the design for reusability decreases much more slowly than the actual reuse. We identify some specic scenarios, however, where there is no tradeoff between the possibility of radical innovations and the rms reusability and reuse decisions. Based on over 425,000 problem instances generated over the entire range of model parameters, we also provide insights into the negative impact of radical innovations on rm prots, but show that the environmental impact of increased radical innovation is not necessarily negative. Our results also have several implications for policy makers seeking to encourage reuse.

SPEXcast delves into the field of reusable rocket technology. Listen as we discuss SpaceX's historic rocket landing, Blue Origin's New Shepard, SMART reuse and Project Adeline.

SPEXcast delves into the field of reusable rocket technology. Listen as we discuss SpaceX's historic rocket landing, Blue Origin's New Shepard, SMART reuse and Project Adeline.

One dev shop: Talking with Richard Moger about the success of his small-scale agency, Claritis, and how reuse of open source tools like Zurb Foundation and Drupal allow him to work efficiently and grow with his clients. Read the full post and see the conversation video at the Acquia Developer Center: https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/203-small-agency-success-reusability-zurb-drupal-and-more

ADF EMG Podcast Episode 9 Episode 9 – Extreme Reusability with Frank Nimphius News ADF EMG hits 1000 members Looking for ADF Android Apps Blogs user experience assistance: design & development (Ultan O’Broin – @ultan) Top 10 Things You Need … Continue reading →

Are you the sort of person who will send a colleague a website bookmark or do you discuss share with your colleagues? Do you ask your colleagues for their help in finding useful information? Most of us like helping each other. But do we share our work and actively seek out opportunities for reuse of materials? The main feature this week discusses this. 'In Brief' flags up the question "Sould we record lectures?" and the LTA Gem considers our use of MySpace and Facebook social networking environments. Check the Show Notes at http://ltapodcast.blogspot.com