Space transportation general: Stage Separating into a new year edition. This general is here because spaceflight is increasing exponentially. We are up to at least a launch per week and we are now in the midst of flight testing an industry revolutionizing fully reusablesuper heavy lift launch vehicle.Upcoming launches:>https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/2025-launch-schedule/SpaceX livestreams on Twitter/X:>https://x.com/SpaceXUpcoming NASA operations:>https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/SpaceX Mars goal.https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1740847084646040048>https://youtu.be/921VbEMAwwY>https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/mars/Starbase 24/7 streams>https://www.youtube.com/live/mhJRzQsLZGg>https://www.youtube.com/live/60YnbafD6vYOld Starbase tour >https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw>https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E>https://youtu.be/9Zlnbs-NBUI>https://youtu.be/3Ux6B3bvO0wNewer but less quality starbase tour>https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik>https://youtu.be/InJOlT6WdHcLatest news on Artemis. >https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik
IFT-7 (B14/S33) NET Jan 11th according to recent documentation NASA filed with the FAA. >https://www.regulations.gov/document/FAA-2024-2595-0001
Crazy to think its been 30 years since pic related.
>NASA releases long-term strategy for robotic Mars explorationhttps://spacenews.com/nasa-releases-long-term-strategy-for-robotic-mars-exploration/
lmao elon simp
I work at Blue. Looking to eventually jump. If you were single/ no debt would you work at a European space company?
Thailand signs Artemis Accords>https://spacenews.com/thailand-signs-artemis-accords/
>>2028242Why not? Its probably not going to be as good as something in the US but still ehy not?
>>2028216Seethe
MUSK DENOUNCES ARTEMIS AS A JOBS PROGRAM!!!https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1871997501970235656
>>2028242Yes absolutely. It won't be as impressive but it would be an adventure
>>2028723Based. I hope they revamp the whole program.
Starship 33 is rolling out to the Starbase Launch complex for Starship test flight 7.
We keep getting blue balled with delays.
>>2030609The final hour approaches, perhaps tonight's the night. Hopefully the hydrogen doesn't leak and it makes it to orbit, and the first stage makes it back.
>>2030609It's happening!!
>>2030290>>2030609We are witnessing a Clash of the Titans
>>2030717
Added 25 minutes again, they really are teasing this thing.
>>2030723I get that he wants to make sure it doesn't fail but come on, you are either ready or you aren't.
New Glenn SCRUBBED
>>2030732At this point it would've been better to just push the date another day or two.
>>2030736Is it too tinfoil hat to think they knew it wasn't ready and did this "attempt" for validation.
>>2030737They are doing another "attempt" tonight at the same time, we'll see what happens.
>>2030937It made it to orbit! First stage didn't make it.
>>2030953
>>2030953Thats what insurance is for!
>>2030957Bezos didn't seem to agree
>>2030953At least the payload made it! Couldn't see because of clouds but I watched the stream. Looks like the booster failed during the entry burn. Pretty decent for a maiden launch.
New Glenn is way slower off the pad than Starship.
There's a hole in the ship.
Today - Our @vast Haven-1 space station qual article on its stand in Mojave, CA. Vast is focused on bringing back space station manufacturing to the - enabling a rapid and low cost commercial space station future, including the successor to the ISS.
>>2030976It was insane how slow NG was. I wonder if that will be a positive or negative performance wise.
>>2031010Only one?
>>2031017too bad he wasn't on board
>>2031018Who?
>>2031017Clearly there's more hole than ship now. Noticed this hole during the launch, knew something wasn't right. Perhaps this had something to do with it.
>>2031016I vaguely remember a Scott Manley video from way back talking about Starship's 1.5:1 takeoff thrust ratio. He mentioned a benefit because there's a penalty for every second you are fighting Earth's continuous 9.8 m/s/s.
>At a quick glance, Super Heavy Booster 14’s Raptor engines seemed to have fared much better during Flight 7’s landing than Booster 12’s did during Flight 5.>Raptor 314 previously flew on Flight 5, and became the first Starship hardware to be re-flown!
I’ll be going to Spacecon 2025 Should I document it here?
planaery bombardment
The Space Shuttle was a white elephant. A complete waste of NASA funds and held back space exploration for decades. Along with being the deadliest spacecraft ever.My mind will not be changed.
Just in: Finland signed Artemis Accords
>>2028216>simpEDS redditor tourist
>>2030270Won't happen, Artemis is a jobs program because Congress wants it to be a jobs program, and Congress won't give up its pork jobs
why no one build it yet?
