Article URL: https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec399/201409/Akin%27s%20Laws%20of%20Spacecraft%20Design.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442903 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
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Article URL: https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46486730 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...
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