Space Exploration

[OrangeTsar]

I really wish the reentry and splashdown streams would give the telemetry data like they do on launches. Would love to know the altitude and velocity as that thing comes in. The Starship reentries give that data and it is fascinating

 

[InVOLuntary]

I really wish the reentry and splashdown streams would give the telemetry data like they do on launches. Would love to know the altitude and velocity as that thing comes in. The Starship reentries give that data and it is fascinating

I was thinking the same thing while watching the replay. It did have the GPS coordinates.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I was thinking the same thing while watching the replay. It did have the GPS coordinates.

Did you watch Starship flights 4 and 5 with live video and telemetry the whole way in? Those were incredible. The way Starship generates enough Lift to stay in the thin upper atmosphere above 65 Km to burn off most of its velocity before dropping into the high dynamic loading of the thicker atmosphere was unbelievable

 

[OrangeTsar]

I was thinking the same thing while watching the replay. It did have the GPS coordinates.

I think NASA who does the crew return videos thinks people are uneducated simpletons who wouldn’t understand all those numbers and maths

 

[OrangeTsar]

And the SpaceX announcers can sometime be almost as bad. My personal favorite during launch is when they tell us things like “stage separation is coming up which is where the first stage separates from the second”
I keep waiting to be told something along the line of “the pointy end of the rocket goes up at launch”

 

[Grand Vol]

I keep waiting to be told something along the line of “the pointy end of the rocket goes up at launch”

That's actually a common Everyday Astronaut saying about pre launch checklists: "Pointy end up? Check."

 

[OrangeTsar]

That's actually a common Everyday Astronaut saying about pre launch checklists: "Pointy end up? Check."

He is one of the good one who actually helps educate people. Scott Manley and Marcus House are two other good ones

 

[Grand Vol]

He is one of the good one who actually helps educate people. Scott Manley and Marcus House are two other good ones

I follow all three on YT.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I follow all three on YT.

Are you a NasaSpaceflight Live or LabPadre guy?

 

[twoffo]

 

[twoffo]

One of the companies working on a commercial space station: Roadmap — VAST

Their proposed replacement for the ISS:

 

[hog88]

One of the companies working on a commercial space station: Roadmap — VAST

Their proposed replacement for the ISS:

Just imagine where we’d be in space exploration if we didn’t have governments controlling space.

 

[twoffo]

October update video. Apparently they already have over 600 employees. They must be very well funded.

 

[twoffo]

A good overview of the different commercial space stations under development: Commercial industry gears up for ISS replacement around 2030 amid concerns - NASASpaceFlight.com

 

[twoffo]

New Glenn starting to look real.

 

[LittleVol]

Huge announcement coming in 2 weeks time.

NASA has officially found life outside of Earth.
and the Biomass of this particular planet is supposed to be 100x that of Earth.

God is Everything

 

[OrangeTsar]

Huge announcement coming in 2 weeks time.

NASA has officially found life outside of Earth.
and the Biomass of this particular planet is supposed to be 100x that of Earth.

God is Everything

And Dollar General already has purchased land for the first 200 stores

 

[Grand Vol]

And Dollar General already has purchased land for the first 200 stores

That's just in the five mile radius of the landing site.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Maybe the most beautiful two hours of video I have ever seen. I could not stop watching

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Nice SpacEx launch tonight. Wish ya'll could be here to see/feel it.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Nice SpacEx launch tonight. Wish ya'll could be here to see/feel it.

400th successful Falcon launch!

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[OrangeTsar]

How much do you want to bet we don’t see anymore „SpaceX is awaiting regulatory approval“ messages before launches now?

 

[VOLALUM]

How much do you want to bet we don’t see anymore „SpaceX is awaiting regulatory approval“ messages before launches now?

Elon knew what he was doing aligning with Trump. He wants the FAA to kick rocks and now it will hopefully happen very soon. Then hopefully we start to really see some progress with space travel and SpaceX will move at a faster pace. It will inherently help Blue Origin and ULA as well, but I think they need to get out of their own way first.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Elon knew what he was doing aligning with Trump. He wants the FAA to kick rocks and now it will hopefully happen very soon. Then hopefully we start to really see some progress with space travel and SpaceX will move at a faster pace. It will inherently help Blue Origin and ULA as well, but I think they need to get out of their own way first.

Expect a Trump DOJ and DOD to also quickly sue the California Costal Commission over their blatantly political decision to deny SpaceX‘s request for a higher launch cadence from Vandenburg