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That is what I am wondering about. That decision hinges on a number of factors for a satellite operator, like cost of launch V overall cost of the...
Soon as the market opens. Just a bit, not 4 figures. (I should really be studying for this exam, but this is more fun)
This person is running his on a 78w PoE switch allowing them to run their own networking gear while maintaining Starlink app access to the dish....
No heaters in there, or the tear downs would have found them. Dishy McFlatface has a “snow” mode where it generates heat through it’s phased...
100% This says it all: “Working with Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, Nelson saw that the commercial crew program received less...
I hope that is the case, and not a deeper design issue that would limit booster re-usability. Fingers-crossed!
Yup. Am still not sold. Plenty of competition in the small launcher market. Building a mega-constellation (one of their planned offerings) with...
An interesting read: https://astra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Astra-Investor-Presentation.pdf [ATTACH]
ICYMI Endeavour is the Demo-2 capsule that Megan’s husband flew on. And this booster is the one from Crew-1. This will be the first human flight...
Getting NASA to “human-rate” FH or Starship would indeed be a massive effort as they have not been part of the process.
The head seagull is looking like it will sue for psychological trauma: https://twitter.com/DroneshipBird
For a thorough back story on how SLS came to be, the unexpected links to unrelated policies, the deal making realities of politics, read this:...
Eric’s send off: So long Senator Shelby: Key architect of SLS rocket won’t seek reelection
I love that guy, he speaks the truth! You can hear the conflict, he knows what is coming. Just love it.
Wonder if this is still on for this week. Could have two launches in three days (from different pads).
They are going to have to streamline this approval system, as SpaceX is obviously putting a display on for the FAA: “we are building a fleet, and...
Yup, 15 is the last batch there. Others not yet up to the correct orbit? [ATTACH]
Another 8th mission! We see ten before the summer!
Pretty darn cool visualization tool for Starlink orbits: Starlink
Yup, a Democrat will run that committee now (thank Georgia for that). No clue what that will mean for SLS though.
BTW, the NasaSpaceflight guys are rocking this, super-informative. They have someone that was clearly working with Shuttle and NASA explain a...
Shopping with price first does not always lead to the best experience. And creates the space for rip-offs of everything sold on Amazon.
Nicely centered landing!
A reminder of the milestones SpaceX hit in 2020, and the ones ahead: SpaceX sets reuse records in 2020, looks ahead to even more ambitous 2021 -...
Let us not forget that some fairing halves have flown 3 times! SpaceX sets reuse records in 2020, looks ahead to even more ambitous 2021 -...
Sums up the wooden sat discussion: Coverage of “wooden satellites” misses the point — Ars Technica
Desalination plant is interesting: they need massive amounts of water for the launch flood system and I assume salt water is no good for that. The...
Much nicer than “fatness” ratio!
A dinged pressure vessel would be bad. Sure hope there is not a week spot anywhere now that would create more rocket art when they pressurize.
What I especially liked about the view from the ground was the speed at which both stages moved away from each other, first when the second-stage...
Big winner! Wow It was bad weather on the way to port: https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1339669259417481240
Re. Collisions and size: Texas satellite company defends itself against NASA criticisms Massive antennas beaming down 5G I guess (*waves hands*)....
Officially scrubbed until tomorrow. LOX pressure in second stage a tad high.
The list Eric makes of what SpaceX has done for similar money is, well... money: The Orion spacecraft is now 15 years old and has flown into space...
The teaser, just listen to that! https://twitter.com/erdayastronaut/status/1337565311646765056?s=12 Full, glorious 4K mini-doc: [MEDIA]
I've lost the thread: what kind of strategy to get in on SpaceX is it?
This reminds me of this now mind-bending picture:...
And during that time, SpaceX will have reused a Crew Dragon and a Falcon 9 booster on crewed missions. (And will have flown three such missions:...
Am not getting much "peace" from it...
SpaceX now has two boosters with 7 missions under their belts. The race to 10 continues!
I don’t remember hearing the usual “LD go for launch” call at T minus 40 seconds. Just silence then the hold at T-30s. Relevant?
The audio gave us some good deep rumble and crackling for a while after liftoff. Worth getting the headset for. That was a nice looking plume at...
With that Delta out of the way, we are good to go here! Go 1051!
I was so used to delays on this launch that I did not believe they were gonna go tonight. Serves me right! Replay it is. I love Roasty The Waste-y...
SpaceX posted a couple of pics to their Flickr. Go and get your new backgrounds! Official SpaceX Photos [ATTACH]
And sat-to-sat laser links are not live yet.
Have not seen it posted yet, but many, many answers are here: [MEDIA]
Yup, probably explains the behavior with the engines.
Nose thruster firing: [ATTACH]
Re-light, but just one goes: [ATTACH] 2 seconds later joined right-most. The one closer to camera never came back on. Left-most already showing...