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Everybody's flights are getting delayed

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>>16539884
Why even set a date at all if theyre just gonna delay it? They will just scrub on that day anyway. It's fricking r*t*rd*d
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>>16539893
that's so true
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>>16539893
This is Elon's vision
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>>16538889
anon I have questions
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we're actually taking this to the ****ing moon
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quantum dot based as opposed megapixels, 10x digital zoom, stabilized, high contrast, but 12 lbs. also waterproof
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>>16539905
reddit tier comment
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spehs from 6 years ago
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>>16539911
looks like a dildo haha
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>>16539902
This is just pie in the sky shit. If Elon doesn't say Starship has a third stage then it doesn't have one
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>>16539907
>quantum dot based as opposed megapixels
I don't think you know what this means
>10x digital zoom
so it's shit
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Just one more day!
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>>16539956
its 12 lbs on earth but on the moon it weighs close to a normal camera
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>>16539968
who said anything about weight?
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>>16539972
i said it
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>>16539976
do you enjoy making inane comments?
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>>16539954
it's not a third stage it's a kick stage
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>>16539893
Yesss
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>>16539979
elom didn't say it
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>>16539982
Why not?
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>>16539893
NOT SO FAST
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>>16539905
It's a gopro in a fannypack, what of it
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>>16539978
get off my ass if you have an attitude
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>>16539988
its clearly a nikon, so lets start off with no. and move on
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>>16539982
Todd Mueller said "let there be impulse, specifically"
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>>16539989
Stop lowering the quality of the thread and learn how to have a basic conversation
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>>16540000
all you do is argue. i wanted to talk about moon cameras
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>>16539907
Why is it in a glass case?
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How has general quality been the last month
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>>16540008
The glass case is for protection
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>>16540011
Absolute shit since Musk started to post in X while overdosing in ketamine
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>>16539995
Same thing, camera in a knapsack.
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>>16539905
>>16539907
how do you got to the controls, are they gonna be shooting auto?
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>>16539987
IT'S OVER FOR SPAZZ-X
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>>16540021
zoom in, i think you just press the circles. it has camera mode and video mode
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>>16539987
I will never understand how people make images like this
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>coastal commission says SpaceX can't increase launches dye to environment

So will they now block the rebuilding of millionaire homes too for the same reasons?
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A few final touches left and raptor is done. Raptor 4 being the last version
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I just realized, they cant add 3 more vacraps to Starship because they cant gimbal. and also cant land at sea level
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https://x.com/Live/status/1877200335443304685
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1877247285047779388
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https://x.com/Telstra/status/1877143917021315522
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>>16540102
with optus supporting direct to cell with starlink since last year, that makes 2 of the 3 telcos in Australia supporting D2C with starlink (vodafone have an agreement with AST and Kuiper for support eventually)
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>>16540087
One neat thing I see for SpaceX adjacent is that Tesla will make 1000s of Optimus this year, then 10-50K next year and upwards of 500K the year after. And they plan to integrate Grok with it for head intelligence.

This combined with Starship could inevitably lead to Mars robot labor platform.
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>>16540111
yes
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>>16540111
?
everything elon musk starts is intended for mars
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>>16540115
Starlink for Earth-Mars communications.
Tesla for Optimus slave bots and Cybertruck Mars variant.
Neuralink = ???
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>>16540128
Neuralink to control the Optimus and assume control of it if necessary. Yes, they even have a patent on it I think
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>>16540128
for controlling the robots
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>>16540128
neuralink for H1B hiveminds
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>>16539884
i just woke up!! i am so excited to watch the first new glenn launch today!
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>>16540138
you are too late, it already launched
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ-rEoE46ag
>Final Preparations For Starship Flight 7 | SpaceX Boca Chica
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>dumblink
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>they think New Glenn won't be scrubbed before they finish propellant load
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YBAsi5pY2o

14h until NSF stream start, 18h until launch
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>>16540128
Boring Company for making underground bases.
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>>16540154
anon, I...
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>>16540102
I've been into the country many times (not bumfuck nowhere, even just an hour or two out of the cities) and it always sucked how you get literally zero bars of reception. Unironically would be a game changer.
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>>16540158
It's cool to think how in 5-10 years time, people getting lost in the wilderness and disappearing will become a thing of the past. You just call 000 and give them your GPS coordinates for rescue no matter where you are
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>>16540098
yeah she curried "favor" with elon alright MOMMY
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>>16540013
they should go with hasselblads then
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https://x.com/StarshipGazer/status/1877341945254510858
>New S33 decal and the classic Mechazilla decal has returned!
>1/9/25

new S33 decal
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>>16540243
Woah. Which flight will that be?
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>>16540247
this upcoming one
they aren't going to try to catch it yet but there are non-structural catching pin tests >>16539860
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>>16540243
are they that uncreative that they cant come up with a new decal? or is it akin to a lucky charm for them now?
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>>16540251
it's a secret message to all the fans that they will be attempting a starship catch despite it being officially unplanned
t.knower
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JPL lives for another day
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>>16540098
>Meloni's deal
What? Isn't this just the Italian military choosing the cheapest and available option rather than waiting 5+ years for IRIS2 to become operational, it's not even commercial Starlink but Starshield that's being offered.
Either way, there's a good chance it's just a negotiating tactic, like when Germany said they'd be looking at leaving FCAS for GCAP.
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>>16540260
Yes obviously Starshield is the far superior choice
but the point is the EU wants to rid itself of China/US influence and Meloni is not playing ball.
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Booster 12 on the move to the megabay
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>>16540271
it's over
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>>16540256
darn
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it's getting upgraded to block 2
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>>16539907
>also waterproof
Is that relevant on the moon?
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>>16540309
it’s in case the astronauts spill their tang on it.
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>>16540309
There's water on the moon now, keep up.
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>>16539907
this is going to give the moonhoax believers extra ammunition.
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https://x.com/Astra/status/1877370840863617384
>A Rocket 4 upper stage tank heads out for qualification testing. These qualification tests, similar to those completed by the first stage tank for Rocket 4, aim to ensure it can handle stresses and loads well beyond what it will experience during launch.

Still alive
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>>16540320
lmao
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>>16540319
That was a film camera, modern electronics and sensors like +20C +- 15C
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>>16540336
thats a little too conservative (ive kept and used a consumer level DSLR in sustained temps from +40c to -26c without issue) but of course i understand the point. This is obviously a combined video/still camera, using more sensitive electronics, powered by temp sensitive batteries designed for extended EVA....but the difference will definitely give rise to a lot of those guys making a big deal out of this.
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https://x.com/ISROSpaceflight/status/1877364041297047765
>ISRO has successfully performed the drift arrest maneuver and the spacecrafts are now slowly approaching each other! By tomorrow, they are expected to reach initialization conditions for the docking process. However, no date/time for the actual docking event has been announced yet.
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>>16540346
Both satellites are furiously exchanging sexually charged messages in the lead up to tomorrow's docking attempt.
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https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1877385010304500147?mx=2

New Glenn delayed to nobody’s surprise.
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>>16540363
12th NG, 13th Starship
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They really keep edging us to no end
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>>16540363
Blame Joe Biden FAA
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https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1877295053967691815
>Second Ariane 6 flight scheduled for February, following addressing minor issues/anomalies from first flight
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>>16540380
>now ariane 6 will fly before starship
grim
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>>16540309
while not water being sealed against the extremely fine Lunar regolith is an absolute necessity
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>>16540309
Not a single thing anon said about the camera is true. 100% fake
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1877396378420158547
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>>16540413
cool rocket
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https://x.com/Firefly_Space/status/1877372865789505862
>Blue Ghost is officially fueled up and ready for the trip!

https://fireflyspace.com/missions/blue-ghost-mission-1/
>Target Launch Date: January 15, 2025
>Landing Date: Early March 2025

going to take about 45 days to reach the moon and start the landing though
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https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

a bunch of non-starlink launches happening soon
12th New Glenn maiden flight
13th Starship Flight 7
14th F9 Transporter-9
15th F9 ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’ (two lunar landers)
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>>16540423
What are the odds this thing sticks the landing?
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>>16540098
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/italian-interest-in-starlink-strikes-at-the-heart-of-european-space-solidarity/

berger has a story about this
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>>16540433
I mean these is their first lunar lander I think and the other commercial US and japanese haven't really fared too well
based on that, I wouldn't surprised if something fucky happens (though wouldn't be surprised if they do land it)
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>>16540439
>>16540433
>>16540423
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/intuitive-machines-set-for-second-landing-looking-to-build-a-lunar-economy/

okay apparently this is the second try from Firefly
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>>16540423
>>16540439
Do CLPS providers share landing data with other providers? I think commercial crew had some data sharing between spacex>nasa that boeing was allowed to utilize
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>>16540442
ok fuck wrong again, inuitive machines has had one try, Firefly hasn't
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>>16540442
>The company's lander, named Athena, is presently scheduled to lift off on a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket at the end of February, Altemus said. The current launch date supports a lunar landing about a week later, on March 6 or 7, near the South Pole of the Moon. The goal is to have about 10 days in sunlight before the lunar night sets in.

so IM Athena launch at end of February with a landing attempt a week later in March
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>>16540363
https://x.com/dpoddolphinpro/status/1877400116237091182
>The "high sea state" Blue Origin speaks of appears to be forecasting 4.7 metre (15ft) waves, 20 knot wind gusting 31kt, according to wave data from @Windycom, approx where Jacklyn is. At the new launch time, the waves are forecast to be 3.9m (12.7ft), winds 18kt gusting 30kt. In the event NG-1 pushes further, Monday morning is looking even better: 2m (6.5ft) waves, 3kt wind gusting 8kt.
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>>16540433
It'll be hilarious if it tips but I hope it doesn't.
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>>16540412
>>16540413
>>16540416
cyberpunk looking
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>>16540433
looks way better than the other tall one....Odysseus, or whatever it was called that fell over. i think more than one taller probe has done that.
maybe those Apollo LM designers were on to something.

just hope the landing system isn't left in the OFF position, as with Odysseus.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
under fire soon
rip
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Apparently BepiColombo was built by the UK...
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>>16540474
what happens if JPL burns?
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Anyway, here are some of the new images.
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>>16540478
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>>16540480
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>bepis :D
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>>16540478
>>16540480
>>16540481
It's just the moon again, what's so special here?
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>>16540483
its mercury
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https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Top_three_images_from_BepiColombo_s_sixth_Mercury_flyby
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>>16540487
bepiscolumbus
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>>16540476
MSR costs go down by 3/4s and the timeline gets cut in half.
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it's january 10th
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>>16540486
What about it?
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>>16540495
>today was supposed to be the day
we were robbed
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>>16540442
speaking of robotic missions to the moon, if alot of them are going, why not work together to create a robotic outpost that will serve everyone's interest? create a real lunar economy that way.
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>>16540486
looks a lot like da moon. someone will obviously check out the craters to make sure its not a hoax
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>>16540507
china is doing that
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>>16540509
thanks for the idea, china *yoink*
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>>16540509
China only does stuff that serves the upper party echelons. Don't even pretend otherwise.
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>>16540442
Why do ars commenters hate space so much?
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>>16540507
>a robotic outpost t
you mean like a speed dating location for lonely probes and rovers?
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>>16540413
The giant window is fantastic but I wonder if it's actually going to annoy workers if the Sun shines into their eyes
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>>16540509
>China
>work together
China only has eleven other guys with them, only one of which might have anything of value to add
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>>16540525
>COPUOS
wait I haven't seen that before
shithole alliance?
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>>16540525
Everything on earth falls into the “US and friends club” or the “China and friends club” and no country in the “and friends” ever matters.
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>>16540476
It would be extremely painful
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>>16540530
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Committee_on_the_Peaceful_Uses_of_Outer_Space
>The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) is a United Nations committee whose main task is to review and foster international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space, as well as to consider legal issues arising from the exploration of outer space.
Pretty much anyone who has anything resembling a serious interest in space is on it. They oversee the Outer Space Treaty, Moon Treaty, and deal with things like conventions on the identification and registration of in-space objects.
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Wen catch?
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>>16540476
Dragons to Mars
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1877412961754501184

starting to talk about a human expedition to mars
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>>16540555
drop us some official plans elon
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https://x.com/StarshipGazer/status/1877431297611530441
>Mechazilla with chopsticks on Starship 33 and the new catch fitting.
>1/9/25
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Ceres after mars t: Musk
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>>16540563
I don't see that thing surviving shit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)

has water and carbonates (which could be a source of carbon)
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>>16540566
WTF?!? Musk is based!
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>>16540566
elon wont live that long
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>>16540578
you could start a research base there before Mars is fully self-sustainable
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>>16540540
>a fucking UN committee
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>>16540320
ASTRA BROS WE'RE BACK
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>>16539956
>Digital zoom
Shit confirmed
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>>16540572
>cererian
why not ceresian?
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>>16540578
You're are probably correct
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>>16540593
>>16540320
>Rocket 4
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>>16540131
>Neuralink
Imagine being so dumb you need a chip installed to make you smarter.
You don't need to install anything in your skull to have thought control over tech. Shit's been around forever.
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>>16540135
It's funny they'll lose their shit if you talk about FTL communications but installing a chip in your brain and using Starlink for interplanetary communications sound like genius ideas.
This is why Elon loves Indians--they agree with his stupidity.
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>>16540320
Let me guess, another pressure fed piece of shit?
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>>16540600
because FTL is science fiction and impossible with current physics and neuralink and starlink are actually real, the latter a product you can actually buy and use today
are you retarded?
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>>16540569
It's probably the most soild piece of SS on the ship.
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>>16540597
NEVER BET AGAINST ASTRA

>>16540601
Actually, they're using a Hadley engine from Ursa Major. They're also using licensed propulsion on the first stage too, which means they've probably wiped out a good chunk of their profits, but at least the rocket should work.
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>>16540608
>Smallsat launcher that doesn't even make its own shit inhouse anymore
ngmi.
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>>16540608
I won't forgive them for killing Tropics-1
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>>16540608
so they had a propulsion team they acquired, gutted and sold and now outsource?
what is going to be their actual value add? this seems very retarded
how does he keep getting funding
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Larry Ellison should create his own rocket company
He even has his own island he can launch from
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>>16540595
cereal
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>>16540442
holy retard
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>>16540619
>starship now has sweat pores
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>>16540598
Imagine being so dumb you don't want to be smarter. Well, I guess you don't need to imagine it.
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>>16540619
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>>16540614
The propulsion team that they acquired (and then gutted) was focused on building orbital ion thrusters for satellites. Technically they still have those for sale
https://astra.com/space-products/astra-spacecraft-engine/

What they had for Rocket 3 were in-house electrical pump-fed engines similar to the ones that Rocket Lab uses on Electron, as well as a highly unreliability pressure-fed system for the upper stage. Replacing the S2 engine makes sense given all the trouble they had with it, but replacing the S1 engines has always been a very confusing choice
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>>16540603
Yes, he is. Don't get him started or we'll lose the whole thread again.
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>>16540566
Did he really say that? Fucking based. Cereskings we're fucking going.
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https://x.com/BCCarCounters/status/1877447090206318831
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>>16540624
Those things are going to turn into plasma
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>>16540619
>so what does the S stand for
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>>16540638
SAAR
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>>16540638
Starship
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>>16540638
You're looking at it upside down, it's actually S
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i wish i was a small sat launcher
250kg to LEO is all i want
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>>16539884
Sorry I've been busy/ill for several days so everything got delayed.
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>>16540638
Schutzstaffel
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>>16540638
hope
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https://x.com/AshleyKillip/status/1877462766380052673
>Looking at Ship 33s new landing pin it is covered in custom tiles. Since this is a fixed version it will have protection from plasma gasses and also aero shape for max Q. Pin has been changed to a stainless block that looks to have a slight curve in the landing face if they use this design would stop the ship rocking on a blunt edge.
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>>16540651
>250kg to LEO
I could just barely get to space
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>>16540619
>>16540624
[Mechanical Designer: Yoji Shinkawa]
[Directed by Hideo Kojima]
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>>16540619
Looks incredibly sexy.
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>>16540638
sneed
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>>16540320
https://x.com/Kemp/status/1877466273443099031
>The testing our team is performing on all of the subsystems of our new rocket in partnership with the Space Force prior to our next launch will ensure this is one of the most reliable rockets ever operated when we return to flight. Proud of our relentless team and excited to see Rocket 4.0 on the pad later this year!

This is getting interesting
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>>16540673
Astra couldn't make a pressure fed engine reliable.
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>>16540638
someone with a name beginning with S tagged starship. hats off to that man
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>>16540631
https://x.com/Alice_Weidel/status/1877462752526053592

yes, 1:05:15 he starts talking about (had a the basic spiel about mars and making life multiplanetary for about 5-10min before that)
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its easier to go to jupiter than to ceres
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aerobrake at jupiter
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>>16540697
Not good, I want Californians to suffer.
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>>16540619
I’m just now realizing that chopstick catch is going to shred the heat shield.
It’s over. starship will never be rapidly reusable. Musk is a fraud
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>>16540697
no electricity anyway. just virtue signalling.
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>>16540704
generators exist
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>>16540706
I thought california banned them.
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>>16540704
>what is a portable solar panel and battery
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>>16540713
>solar panel when smoke blots out the sun
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>>16540702
they can put some rollers on the arms. rollers made of the softest india rubber, hand crafted for each chopstick, replaced for every catch.

there, no plobrem
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>>16540707
he meant generators that you pedal
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>>16540714
Yes as long as there's light and it's not nighttime solar panels will produce electricity, albeit at like 50% but they'll still work.
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>>16540703
I want to see 10 consecutive catastrophic Nuggling failures due to software errors
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>>16540703
>wooden fins
you can't make this shit up
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>>16540256
threadly reminder last night they diverted a bunch of helicopters from the Eaton fire to protect the multi-million dollar mansions of Hollywood instead

if JPL goes down that's going to look very bad for the city
it's less than a mile from the flames
the lack of public updates concerning the site is concerning
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>>16540723
what wood you make the fins out of, anon?
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>>16540660
amogus
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>>16540723
its a heat resistant textile that BO invented
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>>16540725
don't worry, the black marxist woman mayor and lesbian fire chief are on the case
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>>16540723
why does an orbital rocket need a theater, a dentist and a swimming pool?!
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>>16540476
it would mean the loss of sensitive technology and manufacturing setups
basically a setback of years if not a decade
lots of high fidelity sensors and imaging equipment

would dramatically affect Mars mission capabilities
Europa Clipper would be kill
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>>16540723
Wood is a very sophisticated material which has a long history in aerospace engineering.
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>>16540476
>>16540736
incredible mass savings
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>>16540736
if they're so critical then it sounds like we need to replicate JPL's capabilities and spread them across the country
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>>16540731
That's insane.
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>>16540518
because arse technica commenters are all arseholes
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>>16540733
uh, why?
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Will wood ever be used for off-world infrastructure?
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>>16540518
reddit before there was reddit
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We're going to have to get used to living in pressurised habitats permanently outside of Earth. It's just the way it's going to be. Kids will not be allowed outside until a certain age.
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>>16540737
But that's a fucking ROCKET
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>>16540746
only locally sourced wood
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>>16540746
Yes, trees will grow on the moon and then we will live inside them like keebler elves.
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>>16540739
I am inclined to agree.
That kind of upscaling will be necessary for a Mars colony.

But some things are so critical that you need to confine them to a single site because the risk of security breach or leaks increases with every new site, or split the project into multiple compartmentalized focuses where no one team has any idea what the final product would be and only get the information they need to know in order to fulfil their part of the order.

LA probably isn't the best place for JPL to be anymore.
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>>16540638
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https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/structures-design-engineer-iii-new-glenn-stage-1-at-blue-origin-4116701281

New Glenn is going from 7 to 9 engines.
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We will never colonise Mars. All it takes is one rebel to destroy the entire colony and undo all the work done prior.
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>>16540746
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>>16540756
Between now and Sunday?!
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>>16540756
or maybe the HR rep doesn't know how many engines the rocket has?
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We will never colonise Earth. All it takes is one terrorist to destroy the entire colony and undo all the work done prior.
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>>16540757
>zero redundancy colony
sounds like bad engineering
a robust civilization on mars will need to have many small settlements that each are independently capable of life support, food production and manufacturing
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>>16540760
ai mixing up falcon and new glenn?
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>>16540757
what kind of colony are you imagining if one rebel can do that?
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>>16540759
this is the real reason for the delay
they needed a few days to add two engines
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>>16540760
I think Bezos was talking about the number of engines on the tour and that they haven't settled on a number yet
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>>16540757
lmao no
what makes you think it would be so easy, that there would be no security team, mitigation protocols, or surveillance in place

if it's built right, than one person would only be able to debilitate a single system in one section of the base, and it wouldn't be enough to kill everyone or disable operations because there are redundant systems in place because it was constructed like a multi-cellular organism with each cell containing the necessary parts and crew to sustain itself and assist others
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>>16540762
there will need to be redundancy within settlements too, simply because stuff breaks even without sabotage
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>>16540770
absolutely
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>>16540770
I wish the global supply chain had redundancies instead of being "just-in-time" and totally reliant on a few nations.
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multiple overlapping redundant systems for atmosphere, water, heat and food and then on top of that some kind of emergency systems
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>>16540725
Little cloud covering most of the site but it looks like the buildings are okay
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>>16540774
food is a tricky one

unless you're going to be entirely reliant on rations and long term storage of foodstuffs shipped in from Earth you're going to need a dedicated botanical nursery or aquaponics section to provide fresh greens and maybe fruits

even medicines or other drugs could be produced that way, in fact that might be one of the most in demand products from the Martian colony back on Earth because of the way it's lower gravity has a positive effect on the crystallization process and the size and bioavailability of said crystals
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>>16540128
>Neuralink = ???
Can't be a proper Techpriest of Mars without a lot of computer equipment plugged directly into your head
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>>16540779
food is relatively easy, because you can store enough non-perishable food and vitamins to last years
which is to say that you can keep food long enough to be resupplied
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>>16540760
>maybe the HR rep doesn't know how many engines the rocket has

Read the highlighted text again.
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>>16540490
>several years just to get into orbit
I really hope we leave this sort of mission design in the past soon
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>>16540775
where'd you get this photo?
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>>16540507
Because politics exists and the US needs to take control of some of the moon or we'll lose it all to China
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>>16540790
mercury is a bitch like that
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>>16540794
I just hope the world moves towards super heavy lift so these missions can have 10x the dv and missions wont take years or decades
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>>16540795
just assemble in orbit
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>>16540785
yeah, but the colony should be growing plants anyway if just for the psychological benefits for the people living there long term

to say nothing of the research benefits and experimenting with soil cleanup applications that will be necessary in order to recycle Martian dirt into something that isn't toxic and provide material to use in fermentation processes, even as a source of oxygen
that whole soil cycle thing, plants do it very well

one problem with that is the microorganisms necessary for soil health are also associated with less useful pathogens; if not properly contained they could pose a health hazard especially because Martian colonists are going to be at increased risk of disease regardless due to the immuno-compromising effects of their environment
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>>16540797
yes I want a 1000t probe mission in LEO
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Gateway could be repurposed for an extended-habitat Venus flyby
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the cultivation of algae could be important on Mars, since it's fermentation is a highly efficient way to produce biofuels
spirulina is also fantastic nutritionally, and has already been tested in simulated Martian conditions

in fact, the abundant CO2 in Martian atmosphere is perfect for cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) to convert into liquid hydrocarbons suitable for rocket propulsion after processing

>“Photosynthetic cyanobacteria convert Martian CO2 into sugars that are upgraded by engineered Escherichia coli into 2,3-BDO.” We would need about four football fields of bioreactors powered by sunlight to grow the cyanobacteria and E. coli. The 2,3-BDO can then be purified from the bioreactors with the E. coli. The process will produce about 44 tons of excess oxygen, which can be stored for use by the astronauts or later use on Mars
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>>16540815
>manned flyby
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>>16540815
>>16540820
I'll do it even if it has no scientific value, send me out there alone with a gopro and I'll see you jerks in a year.
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>Spirulina is being investigated to address food security and malnutrition, and as dietary support in long-term space flight or Mars missions.[12][13] Its advantage for food security is that it needs less land and water than livestock to produce protein and energy.[12]

you will take the green pill
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>Gemini capsules used a nitrogen/oxygen mix instead of pure oxygen
huh????
What the fuck why did they change it for Apollo 1 then?
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>>16540832
Nitrogen and oxygen need a beefier, more massive life support system
Pure oxygen means mass saved, as you need less air pressure to keep humans alive
Eliminated prebreathing going from earths surface to LEO to lunar EVA and back again

The USSR actually had a similar incident involving an oxygen-rich atmosphere that unexpectedly ignited and killed a space worker during training. I believe they tried warning the USA right before the Apollo 1 ignition, in fact.
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>>16540832
they wanted gus grissom gone
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>>16540846
I will never forgive them for this
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>>16540791
The Copernicus browser to access Sentinel-2 imaging, but that image is a day too early, thought the Eaton fire started on the 7th not the 8th. An update should be available either on the today or tomorrow for the 9th/10th given how it normally updates.
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>>16540820
explain how that is a less valuable use of gateway than its current purpose
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>>16540874
Very very disrespectful!
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>>16540874
It does NOT have a threatening aura. Feels dorky and lame
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>>16540874
the bare comet looks weird with the blue paint. either go bare aluminum or paint the comet.
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>>16540885
Powerful energy.
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all you people do is complain
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>>16540892
Not true, I also drink profusely
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>>16540892
why are you complaining about us?
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>>16540028
You just put the camera on a tripod and take multiple exposures over a period of time
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>>16540863
both are a waste of resources
do neither
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>>16540874
why does it have parquet floors?
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>>16540892
false
I also praise Elon
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>>16540892
thats what im sayingg
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>>16540892
Not true, I also jack off to hentai
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>Fires burning towards Santa Susana field lab aka Rocketdyne nuclear and hypergolic contaminated wasteland

Man it would be terrible if it went up in flames, releasing toxic radioactive poison over half of california
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>>16540925
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>Falcon 9 gonna launch over the LA fires
kino incoming lads
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>>16540942
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>>16540942
bat signal
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_Y_3yVI8w
T-60:00 until the launch of NROL-153 from Vandenberg. Stream goes live in 25 min
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>>16540943
why does the second stage look so tall here
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>>16540638
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>>16540638
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUrryh9kh5U
Its not an "S", on my world it means hope.
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Can Starship be used to fight wildfires?
100 tons of water from space.
100 tons of potable water for disaster zone.
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>>16540974
no
imagine trying to land it and then setting a fire, lmao
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>>16540945
Streams up, T-20:00
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>>16540991
heheh
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>>16540991
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>>16540942
>>16540943
I want to see them as rocketgirls fighting and pulling each other's hair. Degenerate artists, get on it.
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https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBgqbmkrKN
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>>16541007
here's a >(you) for making me chuckle
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>>16540991
>>16541005
Hope the next lander doesn't tip
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Are falcon fairing halves androgynous or is there a distinct A half and B half?
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That one barely got slow in time
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Nailed it
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>>16541015
two distinct halves
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>>16541007
my mind must have seen "degenerate" first because it turned "fighting" to "fisting".. i'm sorry
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SLS launch of a Boeing designed balloon. What could possibly go wrong?
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>>16541057
there's more use for airships on Earth than on Titan

balloons are a psyop, rigid is where it's at
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>>16541060
1.4atm of nitrogen with like 1/8g or whatever is literally perfect for airships what are you smoking
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How is funding far-right and planning to depose democratically elected leadsrs going to get us to Mars?
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>>16541005
How could this have been prevented?



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