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reissetoday at 1:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think mock slide deployment could be made much cheaper than 30k - e. g. high-volume compressors can be used instead of gas canisters, the materials can be cheaper because there is no weight or temperature requirements, etc.


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walletdrainertoday at 2:11 PM

Fair, since it doesn’t actually need to work well enough for emergencies you’re presumably looking at bouncy castle levels of spending.

butvacuumtoday at 2:09 PM

And no bills from the coast guard. (All these devices have distress beacons that activate automatically)