Space Exploration

[CagleMtnVol]

Earlier this evening SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites.

 

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[kiddiedoc]

These never get old. I thought the idea was impossible.

 

[LouderVol]

Not so sure a Russian on board at this time is the best idea.

It's one of the few "normal" interactions we have with them I would like to keep it. Not to derail this thread but I keep saying we need to stop worrying about how the start of WW2 applies to current events and instead look at how the end of WW1 applies to current events. The russians were key to keeping the ISS going.

If nothing else consider it a chance to keep our enemies close. And as a shared asset it should be less of a target than if there were no Russians allowed.

 

[OrangeTsar]

These never get old. I thought the idea was impossible.

Meanwhile, number of orbital class boosters landed by every other company on planet earth combined = zero

 

[OrangeTsar]

These never get old. I thought the idea was impossible.

What is going to really be unbelievable is when they start not LANDING Starship but plucking it out of the air mid hover above the pad. that whole booster 7/ship 24 orbital launch out of Boca Chica hopefully in March is the kind of event you will tell your grandkids about. will be more than 2x as powerful as the Saturn V

 

[OrangeTsar]

Congrats to SpaceX on sending their SIXTH crew rotation to the ISS last night (this morning EST).
Boeing Starliner, which got about 2x the funding as SpaceX Crew Dragon has delivered zero.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Any predictions on the Date for the first Orbital Test Flight of Starship out of Boca Chica (will be History‘s most powerful rocket by about a factor of 2)?
I am going to say March 23

 

[Grand Vol]

Meanwhile, number of orbital class boosters landed by every other company on planet earth combined = zero

Not true.

Joe Milton's orbital class boosters better known as passes land on the Earth all the time...

Just not always where we want them.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Sonofabitches woke me up last night.

 

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Any predictions on the Date for the first Orbital Test Flight of Starship out of Boca Chica (will be History‘s most powerful rocket by about a factor of 2)?
I am going to say March 23

If the Biden administration/FAA ever give them approval. SpaceX has not had a Starship/booster test flight since the Biden administration took office.

 

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[Grand Vol]

I once looked over the equations for how they determine the landing area of craft deorbiting...

Figured it is best for me to stay in security or recruiting.

 

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Blackout over, Dragon communications restored!

 

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[lawgator1]

How do you 3d print a rocket? You conspiracy nuts ought to be all over this.

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

How do you 3d print a rocket? You conspiracy nuts ought to be all over this.

Idk. I just 3D print ghost guns and distribute them to kids and the homeless.

 

[chatsworth_vol]

Some interesting stuff on the lunar eva suits for the Artemis missions.
First Artemis spacesuits to be worn on the moon will not return to Earth