Less than 2 (two) weeks edition.previous: >>16798955
>government got shut down>last time it happened was in 2018what was spaceflight like back then?
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>>16802667saved
Yotsuba is officially a hag
Watch out, SpaceXThere's a new starship in town.
SRB for hefty thrust
>>16802670Nothing. Critical services keep rolling.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1973294373065597420
>>16802696>>16802698Just stop... you're beating a dead horse.
>>16802700>part of Americawhat happened to Mars being sovereign?
>>16802707that comes later
>>16802707Mars will be independent when it gets colonized (never)
>>16802707The capital of America will be moved to Mars
>>16802707mars rebellion is built-in to our timeline
>>16802700That’s nice Elon but the Indians you want to bring in by the millions couldn’t give less of a fuck about America as a country or idea except as a way to obtain rupees
I put poop in my mouth
>>16802726Rent free
>>16802734you just know bill is in his job because he says yes to any absurd shit Musk comes up with.
>>16802726The indians are there to work, not to make decisions.
>>16802738musk is the decision maker yes
>>16802736>>16802740Get the fuck out of my country
>>16802741the point of having employeeslike bill is that they can help you make decisions and offer pushback where necessary, not just blindly impliment disasterous orders.
What's with ESA and buzzwords
>>16802707Dont count the chicken before they hatch. Otherwise they will destroy the eggs
>>16802738elon loves pushback if you back it up with hard facts>>16802777they've fallen into the if we say the right words and do some performative nonsense we'll have our own reusable rocket trap
>>16802792>elon loves pushbackHe used to but his personality has changed. Hejust firessomeone who gives sustained pushback against questionable ideas.
>>16802707lol, anons slowly realizing that musk is actually the enemy
>>16802707Mars governor X and President Baron Trump will have a falling out just as their fathers did, leading to Martian independence and earthers learning their place after the interplanetary war.
>>16802805you're retarded
>>16802799And you know this how?
>>16802806Barron trump will be ruling over the collapsed wasteland of the United States as its sole dictator trying to unfuck the ten billion brown goblins while the Chinese rule mars
>>16802707Martian independence happens after Elon dies, I guess
>>16802700He will flee to Russia to avoid prison
>>16802696>>16802698This is like comparing Starhopper with New Glenn.
>>16802700wrong. he's also canadian and south african.
>>16802777They are an agency that relies on funding from bureaucrats. Making a bunch of cool-looking powerpoints with catchy buzzwords is key to getting the funding.In that sense, it's almost a miracle that they are actually working on concepts for reusability less than ten years after it became the new normal.If you compare this to the absolutely abysmal lack of research and development in the years after Ariane 5 became operational, this is moving fast.
>>16802817>failed statesmay as well say he's also rhodesian
>>16802826I wish I could afford to get the fuck out of dodge after I fuck up my situation and burn all bridgesnot a bad plan actually, maybe hes going for 109
I want to play some fucking moon sports
>>16802696I'm really not sure what the goal is with launching a reusable second stage demonstrator on top of the Vega SRB first stagelike, Vega already has zero payload
>>16802839The goal is to do a feasibility study to pretend like they’re important
>>16802842well yeah obviously this isn't a launch vehicle, it's a multi-year long, $40million feasibility study on what it would take to design a technology demonstrator that, if built, would do nothing but demonstrate that it could be done in a world where Starship has already succeeded
Tianwen 2 says hiCASC actually posted this lol:>[The Versatile "Space Selfie Stick"]>The "selfie stick" is a multifunctional robotic arm developed by the General Design Department of the Fifth Academy. During this mission, it gracefully extended and precisely adjusted its angle, successfully achieving a perfect framing of the national flag and Earth. However, capturing a group photo is just a taste of this robotic arm's capabilities; it will prove itself in even more challenging and critical tasks in the future, such as asteroid sampling, becoming a valuable aid in space exploration
>>16802864Wouldn’t be chinese without a selfie stick kek
>>16802864Disappointed. In the back of my mind, I wanted to believe the extreme secrecy is because they are testing NEP.
>>16802864CGI
>>16802865>>16802870>>16802878holy copium
>>16802881What’s wrong with the first post about the selfie stick, was just making a joke about the chynease
This book looks fair and objective.
@16802888Damn, wasted trips, what's up with that title font and mall shitty books for people that don't even read them after they buy them.
>it’s another episode featuring a US Astronaut publicly voicing their fuckass retarded political opinion on twitterTiresome, make it stop
>Collins was awarded this five-year cost-plus maintenance contract in 2010 for $324 million. Since then NASA has been repeatedly extending it, so that it now runs through 2027 and has funneled $1.4 billion into Collins’ bank account. Yet Collins has repeatedly failed to deliver necessary repair parts, even as there have been more frequent problems on ISS, including several cases where spacewalks had to be aborted because an astronaut’s life was in danger. You don't. Hate NASA. Enough.
>>16802891A brutal redpill is astronauts are pretty much modern F1 drivers: boring as fuck, coddled but controlled by their bosses on what can they say and do and with basic bitch opinions on any other topic
Sure hope this isn't another chip on plastic pizza laser sail.
>>16802894That's a good lesson for other countries to learn from. Industry independence may be expensive at first but eventually it will paid itself off when you learn and improve so much of your tech and processes compared to outsourcing everything important.
spoiler: It's another chip on a plastic pizza laser sail.
Just more of this nonsense until we figure out a proper fusion drive:https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-speed-interstellar-travel
>>16802881No seriously. NEP would've been sick for this. US and JP have already done asteroid sample return so it's nothing new. Novel propulsion would've been awesome.
>>16802891government employees shouldnt be allowed to vote or voice their political opinions
>16802907holy copium
Senate Democrats discover the problem with NASA is they're not getting enough of your money, and you're asking too many questions. Also, they found out Trump is a meany pants.https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B1CC17F2-50CE-4C0B-89C9-B713FE76E146
>>16802913Unironically true though. NASA recieves way less money than the space force yet is expected to maintain a dozen interplanetary missions, fund getting humans a permenant base on the moon, and fund a continuous human presence in LEO. They do more useful work than the space force for a small fraction of the budget.
>everyone in the space force is exempt from the new fitness standards being set by the militarygrim
>>16802916Niggers will piss and shit themselves at this post because they know you're right.
>>16802881Dumb ugly post, get better at it.
>>16802916"Way less"FY2025 Space Force budget: $28.7 billionFY2025 NASA budget $24.9 billionWhy did you come in here to simply lie?
>>16802916Some fat was cut and you’re crying.
>>16802927That's an entire HLS contract worth of money every year btw.
