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Old 01-18-2022, 12:49 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
Never said they were useless, just that the newer stuff isn't flat, smooth and lump free like they look on tv and a huge PITA to seal. Somebody built a roof from a 7x7 series airplane.

Mexico had some that ought to be scrap by now but I suspect they figured out how to delay obsolescence
If you don’t care about “catastrophic failure “ like the Aricebo dish collapse you just let the run until they break.

Given they are built for hurricanes there is little reason not to run these things in non-human accessible areas until failure

Might get an extra 20 years out of one if high winds don’t catch it wrong, possibly longer but the drivetrain needs maintenance and repair occasionally so it would be a liability any time a maintenance crew goes in

And of coarse the human explorer dumbasses will probably get crushed by one at some point as well
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