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     Steve Bellovin (stevebellovin@mastodon.lawprofs.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 22:38:02 JST Steve Bellovin

     Bohr once asked Pauli, “Is this really crazy enough?” That’s what I imagine the early discussions about SpaceX’s chopsticks mechanism must have been like. It’s an utterly preposterous idea and it worked. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in rocketry, and I’m old enough that I remember the first Sputnik.