SpaceX

If you're a happy and you know it Tesla car owner you're probably shaking your head over this week's heightened media stories about the electric car company. Whereas investors are either scouting some legal office or steady trying to wrap their minds and money around Tesla's core values. Namely...

EDIT: Not even close to correct on speed of light, apologies. Still plenty fast though. This is a little off-topic, but I can't imagine a better group of folks with which to wonder at this thing: News | Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System Came in at 25.5 km/s, leaving...

Launch Date: Dec. 4 Launch Time: 1952 GMT (2:52 p.m. EST) Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral, Florida Booster Recovery: RTLS at LZ-1 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 15th Dragon spacecraft mission on its 13th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The...

(I’ve compiled this from reddit and twitter posts made by people who watched the FCC hearing, see https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=C77B42B7-8EB3-4BD1-B309-0AC311639DAB Also see SpaceX's Patricia Cooper: 2 demo sats launching in next few months, then constellation...

For those who have gotten sick of the Consumer Reports versus Tesla war going on, I've decided everyone could use some levity on the matter and produced this fictional gem as an excerpt from a full review: Consumer Reports Reviews SpaceX Falcon 9 Rockets "Reliability on landing is average, or...

"The drive by media." Over past few years don't permit much of what I hear or read to make it within even filtering range of my mental processes. Often it's a regurgitating experience. We exist in times that news has become a question mark? A thing to be bought sold refurbished repackaged by its...

Beginning this thread to discuss the firm these alumni from Blue Origin (Ellis) and SpaceX (Noone), after reading of them in today's (18 Oct) Bloomberg article: These Giant Printers Are Meant to Make Rockets The first topic I'd like to throw out: Can anyone challenge or confirm their claim that...

Everyday's a holiday if you love what you do. Like my Grandma once said to me though, "Wait til the love wears off." Reality checked. Tesla is deep in production hell of much anticipated Model 3. Upwards of 450,000 anxiously patient customers are in the order queue. Meanwhile the pressure...

There is a placeholder launch set for Cape Canaveral. The license for the launch was okayed. No real details as yet. Launch Date: November 10th Speculation is that this is a NROL launch. The license mentions an RTLS. The last NROL SpaceX launch was an RTLS. The next launch after this is...

So here is a link to Elon's answers. You can click on the "context" link below the answer to get the question that was asked. I'm sure someone will post an article or something to put all of this in a more user friendly manner at some point in the future. Elon was definitely in a mood...

Interesting analysis of how the BFR could effect the militarization of space Elon Musk’s ‘BFR’ and 21st-century space war Some space-based military activities are currently prohibited by treaty ---- see Outer Space Treaty - Wikipedia -- but many such activities are not prohibited. China has...

Launch Date: Oct. 30 Monday Launch window: 1934-2158 GMT (3:34-5:58 p.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A (almost certainly - outside chance of SLC-40) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Koreasat 5A communications satellite for KTsat based in South Korea. Koreasat 5A will provide direct-to-home...

See Interesting items from Gwynne Shotwell's talk at Stanford tonight • r/spacex Lots of really interesting info from Gwynne! There was no recording allowed of her talk or the Q&A so everything posted on reddit should be considered as paraphrasing and may not be completely accurate. I put some...

See An astronaut explains how it'd feel to ride Elon Musk's giant spaceship from LA to New York in 25 minutes An astronaut explains how it'd feel to ride Elon Musk's giant spaceship from LA to New York in 25 minutes Quote: "Launch, insertion, and entry would be similar to a capsule spacecraft"...

Don't know about you but I am still riding SpaceX's Mars Mission and More. Digiverse has been lit with opinions discussions and afterglow thoughts. Quantum STEM stuff. An OTD moment brought to us by NASA Astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei @Astro_Sabot who tweeted out, "Happy Anniversary @Spacex Dragon...

See Twitter Someone named "Robin Seemangal" tweeted: "Shotwell: BFR system being designed for Earth hops. First test will be this type of launch..." This may have come from someone in the SpaceX subreddit named Craig_VH. I don't know the original source. Still looking for that. So is...

Vice President Pence Hosts the First Meeting of the National Space Council The first meeting of the National Space Council happened today. The overall theme was making America the leader in space. It started with a speech about the theme followed by three segments covering the three areas of...

United Arab Emirates to establish human spaceflight program - SpaceNews.com

Wild ride. Pretty cool phrase. Nails the week Tesla and collaborative companies have had. Let's recap, shall we? Michigan still has a car industry. It's going electric. Tesla's tool and die facility, formerly Riviera Tool and Die Co., at 5460 Executive Parkway SE was among buildings sold for...

In a widely anticipated talk webcasted LIVE, SpaceX Founder/CEO, Elon Musk gives an update on the company's Earth to Mars mission. The 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC2017) was held last week, September 25-29 in Adelaide, Australia. Firing up the boosters early on, Australia...

More general space oriented rather than anything SpaceX. Delayed until 2019. JWST launch slips to 2019 - SpaceNews.com To bring this back to SpaceX, the new BFR could launch something even bigger than JWST very easily.

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) | Twitter one for the speculators ...

Circumspect. Cool word. Certainly a term Tesla seems to be employing when asked to comment on developing it's own Autopilot chip in partnership with AMD. From what I can sketch out, and there are few confirmed details, the electric car manufacturer wants to bring the technology (aka artificial...

14:00 - 15:00 GNF – Elon Musk Presentation Location: Adelaide Convention Centre – Halls A, B, C & D Following up on his presentation at the last year's IAC in Guadalajara, Elon Musk, CEO and Founder of SpaceX, will give an update on his plans for "Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"...

Northrop Nears Deal in $7.5 Billion Range for Orbital, WSJ Says

Cue volume up Star Trek Enterprise television series intro theme song, "It's been a long road, To get from there to here. It's been a long time, but my time is finally here." Indeed many spatial miles have been journeyed by SpaceX Dragon. Today's splash land into the Pacific off Southern...

ICYMI viraling now... My That was totally wicked! LMeffin@$$ off favs: 1) Drunk...while doing James Brown (actual legs broke) 2) Timberrr... nailed it. 3) Not in the Mood to straight stick it, landing that is. Artistic interpretation of leaning Tower of PISA, instead.

Reopening the American Frontier, Senate Space Subcommittee, July 13, 2017 Somewhat boring committee meeting discussing America in space. There is some interesting moments and reading between the lines you can see future plans for commercial space launches and where the government and NASA...

Blue Origin's future rocket, the New Glenn: Here is a picture showcasing the size compared to other notable rockets: Blue Origin recently tweeted that they are dropping the smaller fairing version and moving forward larger fairing version.

Here's the thing with term interplanetary. It has an origin. Like a finite point from which it stems. An ideal serving as cohesion material between completely independent bodies. SpaceX and Tesla. Two different companies. Completely separate but semi similar industries. They share common...

Launch Date: Oct. 2 Launch window: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SES-11/EchoStar 105 hybrid communications satellite to replace the AMC-15 and AMC-18 satellites. As SES-11, the spacecraft’s C-band capacity will provide...

Elon Musk says we explore interplanetary possibilities so that, "When you think about the future. You can be happy about the future. Not sad or depressed." Today's launch of Falcon 9 X37B, OTV5 from LC39A had future feels. As in best way to begin the day. Being optimistic over what future holds...

Multiple Updates per McGregor Engineers • r/spacex This comes from TGMetsFan98 on Reddit. 3 McGregor engineers and a recruiter came to Texas A&M yesterday and I was able to learn some pretty interesting news: 1) Yesterday (September 5), McGregor successfully tested an M1D, an MVac, a Block V...

Trump Picks Oklahoma Congressman To Head NASA Quote: President Trump's pick for the next leader of NASA is a fighter pilot who wants Americans to return to the moon but doesn't believe that humans are causing climate change. Rep. Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma has to be confirmed by the Senate...

Launch Date: NET October 4 Launch time: 1306 GMT (9:06 a.m. EDT; 6:06 a.m. PDT) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 satellites for the Iridium next mobile communications fleet. This is the third out of eight launches for Iridium. An...

Elon Musk has shared an image of the suits to be worn by NASA astronauts that will travel on SpaceX equipment to the International Space Station. “First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Musk wrote on Instagram. “More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup)...

Who's going and where are you coming from? I think I can make it to Florida from New Mexico in ~3 days. Once they announce the launch window if there's a >50% chance of a launch I'll leave for Florida. I have the benefit of currently being self-employed. I spoke to my boss and he's cool with...

Sept. 7 Launch window: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. military’s X-37B, a spaceplane also called the Orbital Test Vehicle, on the program’s fifth mission. The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage will return to landing at Cape...

I am new to ALL this stuff so forgive me because this might be a stupid question. I was just wondering if SpaceX is investing in rapidly optimizing/functionalizing quantum computing so that they can run mass simulations simultaneously? Since Jordi Rose founder of D-Wave is working with NASA and...

Launch Date: August 24 Launch time: 1850 GMT (2:50 p.m. EDT; 11:50 a.m. PDT) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Formosat 5 Earth observation satellite for Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO). The Falcon 9 rocket’s first...

When I first saw Elon's presentation on the Boring Tunnels and Car Elevators, I loved every part of it but one. I had real issues with how the elevators integrated in with the city streets. The solution presented seemed half baked at best. Here are my ideas for improving it.

In the real world, you are absolutely correct. In Wall Street analysts and speculative "news" articles world then you can make sketchy guesswork assumptions. Luckily, it is a private company so sketchy guesswork has little effect on the more critical aspect of getting real things done...

2017 ISSR&D Conference – Washington D.C., July 17 - 20 | International Space Station Research and Development The live feed crashed. Ah-ha. Found it elsewhere: Watch Live Now! Elon Musk Speaks at International Space Station Research & Development Conference About an hour and half back on the...

I, for one, do not fear change nor the imminent advancement of modern technology. Actually a world without good coffee is quite a bit more horrifying an existence. Yet, Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk shared at a recent broad discussion at the National Governors Conference his more than a...

On Thursday Elon tweeted a link to a Senate subcommittee hearing on the future of space exploration. I don't believe it received much attention, but it could have a significant impact the future of manned spaceflight. Reopening the American Frontier: Promoting Partnerships Between Commercial...

I thought this would be interesting for folks around here. I certainly enjoyed the video and drone footage: Breaking into the Buran graveyard: Aging Soviet vehicles still impress

Launch date: Aug. 10 Launch time: 1807 GMT (2:07 p.m. EDT) Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 14th Dragon spacecraft on the 12th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial...

I live about 40 miles from Kennedy Space Center and on clear days I can see the rockets on their way up from my front porch. Here’s my view of the latest SpaceX launch.

[vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASbCLpWDPV4″ video_title=”1″]SpaceX will make a second attempt today at a satellite launch scrubbed Sunday just 10 seconds before liftoff. Today’s launch is scheduled for 7:37 p.m. ET from the launch pad at 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center...

In the Space Show radio program broadcast on 7/22/2017 at http://www.thespaceshow.com/file/7663/download?token=0hnS0L2y Gwynne Shotwell said that SpaceX is currently flying Falcon 9 Block 3, Block 4 coming soon, then 5 which will be the final iteration of the F9. SpaceX is currently building...