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LOFTID was a success.
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NASA calls test of inflatable heat shield a success - SpaceNews
A NASA demonstration of an inflatable heat shield showed the technology worked and can be scaled up for missions on Earth and Mars, project leaders said.
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Weather moved JAXA moved from today (well, yesterday, I suppose) to the 17th. Currently 0045UTC. Good Math willing, that's tomorrow (the 16th) at 1645 Pacific, 1945 Eastern.
First H3 Launch
Some lead-up blogress here, iffn it peaks interest.
First H3 Launch
Some lead-up blogress here, iffn it peaks interest.
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I don't think so yet - They did give up on the helicopter recovery from something I saw a week or so ago
Rocketlab announced they weren't going for helicopter recovery about 5 or 6 months ago. They will recover the booster in the water and salvage whatever is salvageable.
Even after what close 150 successful landings which were all shown live on video, no one has even made an attempt to replicate the 'propulsive' booster landings for an orbital class rocket.
[sub orbital rockets that go straight 10 km and comes down straight with speeds that don't even exceed 500 kms per hour don't count]
[sub orbital rockets that go straight 10 km and comes down straight with speeds that don't even exceed 500 kms per hour don't count]
180 in fact.
No one else has done it yet because it’s so damn difficult. But in a few years I expect BO will manage it. Though at the rate they are going the Chinese may beat them to it.
