SFG is dead- edition previous >>16868797
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHsgTygEIiY
Block 3 flies in two months brothers
>>16871969A worse betrayal than selling stocks
What happened to the last thread?
>>16872000died before someone could stage. and yet people get mad at early thread makers
Cancel gateway
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-MFZgHWWSo5h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6lSJ0mOBU9h
>>16871969I hope you made this in grok so he has to see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGZ1mS5FC022h
>>16872016>road to spaceSpace Driving General
>>16872015wrong linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXWFanc5Gw
>>16872017Elon Musk personally blocking my Imagine goon gens and saving them to his collection
So is the rumor true that there are enough raptor 3's for 5 full stacks?
>>16871969I hope this isnt real
>>16872052I don't think Elon is that big
new intraday all time high for Tesla
>>16871969these hands is too bigdoes elon has asperger?
Okay hmm it seems elon is serious about this lunar mass driver idea
>>16872085Does it run with AI
>>16872015>>16872016>>16872019Exciting times. /sfg/ lives.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001039650719256863
if elon is so confident about AI why doesnt he vibe code starship? new captcha is evil
>>16872085>>16872090When will will the Moon mass drive and data enter production on Moon be operational? What is your prediction /sfg/?
>>16872085>>16872090Okay, but has anyone entertained the thought that Elon might just be right? And that in ~a decade we might unironically be able to relax from shitty j*bs and be self-imposed NEETs with UHI
The fat lazy humans in Wall-E were supposed to be dystopian, but I don’t give a shit I want to live like that. save me, Elon Musk. I want to live like a hobbit in the Shire.
>>16872096people won't be like that, ozempic exists and more effective drugs are being developed
>starlink>ai data centerswhats next for spacex?
>>16872104not mars colonization, that’s for sure.
>>16872105well i was asking for things other than mars
>>16872104Mercury colonisation. The place to train SGI.
>>16872095>>16872096here is your fell for it again award in advancethings only get worse, you must be young
Imagine if Titan didn't have that yellow fart cloud layer. It would have blue skies like Earth, just a lot darker. And Saturn would be visible.
>december 21 is the 10th anniversary of falcon 9 landingwtf
>>16872101the evil ship AI will keep it from the people. easy to control blobs stuck on their floating carts
>>16872019our amateur rocket group tried to do a paraffin-LOX hybrid, so I'm watching this one with interest. Very likely to underperform or explode. I notice they downgraded the target of this launch from a 500 km to a 300 km orbit, so they don't have a lot of faith in their own performance.
>>16872095No because the rich people hate the useless eaters. Share the planet with the billions of gross poors when they could simply create a scenario to kill most of them and they can split up the planet with a bunch of other rich people and their robot armies? Get real anon
>>16872111mercury sucks though. if it was actually 1:1 tidally locked there could be some great spots for solar, but since its 3:2 you get mega long night times. it has a magnetic field so maybe geothermal (hermeothermal) is possible during the night. but you may as well just be in orbit.
>>16872115yeah and if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.
>>16872104Initial Public Offering
>>16872104factories and mass drivers on the moon
>>16872115Saturn is already visible from the surface>erm NO IT ISN’T, REDDIT SAID THE THOLIN HAZE IS TOO MISTY AND THICKGod deemed it So. It will be visible and beautiful.
>>16872115once we get there we’ll clean up the atmosphere. you won’t live to see it but your grandchildren might.
>>16872127I used to be like you, but it's time to stop coping.
>>16872119did you launch one? I attended a few meetings briefly where the starting members of the club talked about paraffin-N2O or I think had actually tested it and showed some videosthe actual bureucracy to start testing something sounded like a nightmare though (or we would have had to start doing illegal shit)
eat lots of fuel, lift heavy payloads
>>16872137Your mom’s car
>>16872104>golden dome>space-based power
Titan is the Golden Dome.
>>16872141>golden dome
>>16872090Heinlein joke says what
>Yeah so forget about mars we are now building AI in space and mass drivers on the moon with a rocket that we can’t stop blowing up on the ground and also we are doing an IPOIt’s been an absolute blast bros but we have reached peak scam. Guess just gonna have to learn mandarin and wait for chinaman to do his thing.
>>16872142I was just thinking this lol
We need to redpill Elon on Titan so that Titan colonisation can be his next autism special interest.
>Elon is now worth 684 billion usdgood for him
>>16872154Nah I am a hardcore titanfag, but Mars and the Moon are the first logical steps. Then it’s a tie between Callisto and perhaps Venus air colony (probably small and purely research-based like antarctica), and only THEN is it going to be humans on Titan
I've yet to hear a solution to the cryogenic air on Titan problem
>roast beef talking to a tesla blogger and investor>he wasnt aware that starship has been a massive failure so fargrim
>>16872090>Elon is now Moon FirstI stay winning.
Elon Musk has just exposed another vaporware fantasy
>>16872166you forgot something, titanfag...
>>16872172He has a point, though it's a reddit argument. But for inner solar system yeah it's right there. Unfortunately Mars is far enough away where it sort of starts to become a PITA. You have to scale everything up like crazy to utilize the 'free energy' potential from the Sun. And asteroid belt/beyond you might as well just use self-heating rocks for steady and sustained but weak power - not solar panels.
>>16872174Ahh shit true, holy shit I am embarrassed I didn't consider it.
>>16872172Needed tech for outer solar system but yes inner solar system awash with free energy
>>16872136no, just test fires. And not many of those. Turns out it is very, very difficult and fiddly to get a uniform grain of the proper shape starting from heated liquid wax. Innospace's secret sauce is their manufacturing technique.You also need to get the oxidizer flow and combustion temperatures at a sweet spot to get the paraffin surface to melt off into micro-droplets for quick combustion. It is a difficult non-linear problem to model. (Side note: it is amazing to me that there is a rom-com manga that just started set in a university rocketry club that is developing hybrid fuel motors!)The current rocket club gave up on hybrids long ago once it became possible to 3D-print liquid-fueled engine parts.
>>16872172why is he so obtuse and one dimensional?where's his acknowledgement that raptor is a pet science project because starship isn't solar powered?
>>16872186Erm akshually, the steel overwhelmingly comes from biologically-sourced iron deposits and carbon deposits; the liquid oxygen comes from an oxygenated atmosphere; the liquid methane comes from the natural gas within coal deposits. Starship is almost entirely dependent on earth and her biosphere, which is an open-energy system with producers at the top utilizing photosynthesis as the energy input. If you trace the energy all the way back it's almost always 'the Sun''.
Clear live!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXWFanc5Gwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXWFanc5Gwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXWFanc5Gw
>>16872192need this slut to face reveal
>>16872104getting starshit into orbit
>>16872192Why does Japan have hydrolox autism? In the big 25 nontheless. I know they received some US tech for hyrologgs engines--but that was a good 40 or 50 years ago at this point when we had thor-delta schematics to share with them. They have since gone on to persistently design new orange launchers time and time again. And they are doing it all domestically now, H2 was independent. H3 is now also a new design with new engine tech. Why does the samurai fear kerosene or methane
>>16872192Umm was that her audio or JAXA audio
How is NASA going to build space stations without the Shuttle's Canadarm?
>>16872194go kidnap her then
>>16872219Armerica
>>16872219With fiftyfirststatearm
>>16872219With spit and duct tape.
>>16872222Huh. It doesn't look like they're going to power slide this time
do captchas work in space?
>>16872227Aborted
OWARI DA
https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/2001113706248143190>A launch abort of the 8th H3 rocket from Japan was called in the final minute before liftoff. When it launches, the rocket will carry the MICHIBIKI No.5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5). No announcement yet of timing for the next attempt.
>>16871961I was personally always a little skeptical of the Mars-first-Mars-only obsession Elon had. He was so dismissive of the Moon it was kind of irritating. He seems to have seen the light of mass industry on an airless rock that is quite literally outside the environment.
>>16872252https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/2001115597174694223>A JAXA commentator said there was a ground systems issue that caused the abort and a scrub for today's launch attempt. A new launch date will be published later.
4Ria
>>16872279take her shirt off
>>16872286I’ll behead you
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/2001065124447314224>Next mission alert: Launching from Launch Complex 2 tomorrow will be our 20th Electron launch of the year: the STP-S30 mission for USSF Space Systems Command's Space Test Program. 'Don't Be Such A Square' will deploy 4x DiskSats by The Aerospace Corporation and NASA to a 550km LEO from LC-2 from Virginia Spaceport Authority's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Launch window opens: 12:00 am ET, Dec 18
https://x.com/beto_caiafa/status/2001130702117523910>The South Korean company Innospace has informed the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) that, due to technical issues, *it will not carry out on this Wednesday (17/12), at 3:45 p.m.* (Brasília time), the first launch attempt of the HANBIT-Nano rocket from the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), in Maranhão. According to the company, a *new attempt is scheduled for December 19, at 3:34 p.m. (Brasília time)*, respecting the currently programmed launch window, which extends until December 22. The Brazilian Air Force emphasizes that it maintains its infrastructures, systems, and technical teams fully operational, ensuring all necessary support for the launch, in coordination with the other involved agencies.The Curse is fighting back
trump is shutting down NCAR>“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado," Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement to USA TODAY. "This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway and any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.”https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Atmospheric_Research
godspeed balloonbro
https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2001083618475827210California is issuing ban on sales of Tesla. Lawfare is alive and well
>>16872323They will target Starlink next
>>16872323https://x.com/tesla_na/status/2001103872891486627>This was a “consumer protection” order about the use of the term “Autopilot” in a case where not one single customer came forward to say there’s a problem. Sales in California will continue uninterrupted.Turns out you can just ignore them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9UyXO-w8cAriane 6 launching in T-20:00
https://x.com/MaxQApp/status/2001146846291386771>Arianespace is launching the Galileo Mission from their launch site in French Guiana! See the map below for the track and head on over to https://maxq.app/track after deployment to track the progress!
DECOLLAGE
/sfg/ dyning has made me depressed :(
>>16872364Try cocaine, it helps.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/oh-look-yet-another-starship-clone-has-popped-up-in-china/
>>16872364No worries mate just chill out and learn mandarin while we wait for the Chinese to pick up where tardlon left off
/sfg/ - /sfg feeling groggy/
>>16872364is it truly possible?have we finally ran out of things to argue about?
>>16872307Too bad, NCAR has a really beautiful location and building
Trump wants to cancel MAVENLefty Space whinesMAVEN decides to cancel themselfPottery
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Ladyscope isn't bad as such, but the project was comically mismanaged, with a "free" telescope costing $4 billion and counting. And the science program is far less than promised, covering just a small portion of the sky.Another NASA failure.
We're going to peer deeply in not the Universe. In this teeny tiny itty bitty patch.
>>16872450they should learn from esathat sky survey satellite they did supported lots of studies
>>16872453Note: Avoiding the Milky Way again. Because -- that has a lot of stars and is really to study!
>>16872115Even without the smog, Titan orbits in the ring plane so you miss the beauty anyway
>>16872134This gloomy shithole is what Titanfags boost? lmao
mfw Elon drops his planetary chauvinism and joins the Spin Kings
>>16872450I hate NGRS
Travel a hundred million miles to MarsSpace radiation fries your nads so you'll never have childrenSpend the rest of your life in a farging ice hole
>>16872484Be one of the first to walk on another planet? I would take it in a heartbeat, even knowing the great risk and sacrifice.
>>16872487What about if you're the thousandth guy to get there?
>>16872495at that point, the sheer number of edible human bodies on Mars is so great, if things go downhill there will be enough food until the final rescue missions arrive to abort the colony
>>16872450I'm sorry to say that Nancy Grace Roman sounds like a pansy-ass gay name for a space telescope. She sounds like your grandma. Webb and Hubble sound cool.
>>16872507The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a much better name that actually has meaning.Just call it that.
>>16872502How long would a human body be edible for is you just left it on the surface of Mars. It would freeze-dry, right?
Isaacman final confirmation vote may be in a few hours.
>>16872539like any frozen meat, there are best practices. a vacuum bag prevents freezer burn and yields better meat, even after lengthy non-perfect storage conditions. we can do it under the guise of future reanimation when technology allows, but everyone knows the bodies are simply valuable emergency food, and to burn them or otherwise dispose of them would be pretty dumb. just ask the sailors of previous long exploratory missions, maybe you should've kept that, mate
>>16872541finally this forced drama will be over
>>16872541The fascist IsaaKKKman will lose #LoveWins
>>16872544we need every state to have their own space agency and have our own esa as well
Born too early to explore the solar system. Born in the right time to wank off to Grok smut beamed from orbit.
>>16872541It would be so funny if he’s not confirmed
>>16872090Throw rocks at them.
>>16872541>BP anon will soon run NASA
He got the call from big Sun
Sean Duffy status?
>>16872541>>16872544He will tattoo the Sun with a star of Remphan.
>>16872450>Ladyscope/Space Flight Gynecology/
AI telescope data centers as a service
>>16872572A market too niche. Not enough normies are interested to charge a nice flat rate or an affordable subscription service. Perhaps universities and research institutions will be willing to pay a few million every year for raw data access.And anyone actually launching and operating this will always want first-dibs on data, and will dispense data to higher paying customers
>>16872544gb2блycкий
>>16872544Where is this from?Boeing employee?
>>16872111>>16872121Mercury is ideal if you want to build a Dyson swarm. Elon's children will focus on dismantling of Mercury for materials.
>>16872586looks like a discord tranny, probably from the SLS discord
second Starlink of the morning in a few minutes
>>16872579what if you could flip them around for earth observation too
>>16872586Artemis discord. They're very anti-industry and believes fundamental research comes from a well-funded public sector.
>>16872450https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/the-4-3-billion-space-telescope-trump-tried-to-cancel-is-now-complete/b-but drumpf wanted it cancelled, therefore it's good. yet at the same time we have to fix urf's problems first so it's uhmm hmm... bad?
>>16872597Trvth nvke of the day: both sides are bad, actually; and no one gives a shit about space
>>16872597imagine wanting to kill off NGR telescope
>>16872597>flagship telescopes of this decade are named JWST and NGRSTWhat did they mean by this?
>>16872597god, ars technica is a fucking shithole.
>>16872603unfortunately ragebait drives clicks
>>16872603Modern journalism needs a great reset
>>16872603I think you misspelled "Arse Technica".Hope this helps!
>>16872453Anon, please understand, astronomers and physicist have to spend millions chasing the dark matter white whale.Don't ever look at what particle physicists would do if they got the budget.
>>16872453>In this teeny tiny itty bitty patch.but it worked for Mars, right?
>>16872596How do they cope with the past decade of progress in industry compared to public sector?
https://x.com/LaunchPhoto/status/2001316821371146288>Liftoff. That's three December 17th Falcon 9s in the last four years. Before that our last Dec 17 launch here was in in 2004.
>>16872618They just move the goalpost and say Falcon has been unsuccessful
>>16872620spacex dominating the Dec 17th mass to orbit metrics
https://x.com/Lokeshkr73/status/2001316274622902640>NGLV in expanded mode/variant is targeted for 30 tons and 14 tons in reusable mode to Low Earth Orbit. So I guess the first few NGLVs will be expandable and reusability will be added once it is mature, similar to F9 developmentNGLV is only going to be able to launch one ton more than Neutron when it's not being expended. This is a rocket that is going to be as tall as New Glenn and SLS. There is no way this thing is ever being built.
>>16872625Them and what funding? ISRO has a budget problem. No way they’re undertaking a huge rocker such as this
>>16872623>24-hour turnaround on the same booster still hasn't been donefelon husk, con artist, etc etc
>>16872628Or they say something about how the Falcon 9 isn't actually profitable and it all has to be subsidized by the government somehow and that sort of thing is super corrupt and unacceptable (even though they had zero problems with ULA doing it)
>>16872634>zero problems with ULA doing itTory Bruno laughing all the way to the bank knowing that he can scam the taxpayers and receive billions upon billions of their money whenever he wants and without facing any repercussion or social scrutiny whatsoever :^)it's a clown world lol
https://x.com/isaraerospace/status/2001269713343512831>30 sec of pure power and precision. Stage 2 is ready for Spectrum’s second flight after completing static hotfire testing. We further boosted Stage 2 performance by streamlining its design and reducing complexity. Enjoy watching while we’re getting ready
>>16872639Is we getting another RTLS lithobreaking moment?
>>16872637For now. ULA's recent performance has lost it a lot of old friends in the Pentagon and their specialization for "high-energy orbits" doesn't align well with DoW/NRO's interest in LEO constellations. We're just going to have to wait and see how bad things end up for them with the NSSL Phase 4 awards in 2027. There's a good chance that there are enough redundant commercial launch providers for the government to feel comfortable with ditching the block-buy model completely. if that happens ULA is functionally extinct.
https://x.com/SegerYU/status/2001325376958804342>Number of Starlink satellites reentering each month.
>>16872644
>>16872644what happened in february 25?
>>16872644Probably tracks solar activity pretty closely
https://www.c-span.org/congress/?chamber=senate&date=2025-12-17Next motion to be voted on is cloture on the nomination of Jared followed by a confirmation vote later if the former passes.
>>16872644are they even visible usually?
>Argentina scraps plan to build radio telescope with China>President Javier Milei's government has halted a plan to build a radio telescope in Argentina with China. The move coincided with a major US financial bailout.https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-scraps-plan-to-build-radio-telescope-with-china/video-75159033
>>16872661China is still doing BINGO in Brazil, I think
>>16872655Most controlled deorbits come down over the south pacific, but there have been a few starlink reentries that have burned up in sight of inhabited areas; reentry video seems to get posted to twitter around once a month. The last one I can remember was seen from northern Michigan
https://x.com/Lokeshkr73/status/2001325176617918778>ISRO has launched 22 satellites in the last 5 years, using all of it operational launch vehicles and 2 foreign launchers (Falcon 9 and Ariane V). Out of these (7 Earth Observation satellites, 4 Communication satellites, 3 Space Science missions, 2 Navigation satellites, 6 Technology demonstration missions) 15 are operational, 1 is begin operationalized (GSAT-7R), 3 are not operational (INS-2TD, CH-3, NVS-02), 3 launch failure (EOS-03, EOS-02, RISAT-1B). Less than 70% of the payloads that ISRO has launched in the last 5 years are currently operational.
>>16872649When was it that they had a launch that didn't quite make it and solar storms had made the atmosphere higher and a whole launch worth of Starlinks didn't make it?It seems like forever ago, but maybe that could be it.
>>16872653Cloture vote starting
https://x.com/blueorigin/status/2001341251296129335>New Shepard NS-37 is GO for launch from Launch Site One tomorrow, including the first wheelchair user to go to space, expanding the boundaries of human spaceflight. We are monitoring forecasted upper-level winds in West Texas. The launch window opens at 10:00 AM CST / 16:00 UTC. Join us for the live webcast beginning at T-40 minutes.
>>16872677Starliner for bloods and New Shep for crips
>>16872661>US aligned government follows US interestsRather obvious, isn't it?>>16872665Seems like it, newest source I could find (a left-wing newspaper a week ago) said that the project was underway. A six month old report said that the structure itself had been sent from China to Brazil.
>>16872675Cloture should pass now. Confirmation vote should be in 2 hours.
My hopium peaked around November of last year. Since then it’s just been cock and ball torture. Elon you fool
NEW GLENN ON POLYMARKET!
>>16872694its been a long year of disappointment for sure, but things are still active as ever. its just not the kind of activity we wanted. still a time of great change
>>168727007% chance of New Glenn launching Feb 1 through 14
>>1687270050%
>>16871961Nice new spehs thread king :)
>>16872715spehs!
>>16872715that pic is already dinosaur tech
>>16872737Venus is perhaps the ultimate planet for ‘powerpoint missions’ that never happen
What kind of asshole senator today sits there and goes>Hmmph, Jared Isaacman? I am voting “Nay”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZV21fnJvio
>>16872750What’s that chamber below the nutty putty tunnel of claustrophobia and despair? Is that for fuel or unpressurized cargo
>>16872691Voting for Jared nowhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm
>>16872741someone with a bizarre combination of EDS and TDS
Holy. Most incel chud energy on all of 4chan in here and that’s saying something. Yikes
>>16872785name one post that triggered you to post thatdilate
So what's the word on the Long March 12A launch?
>>16872780
You are all invited to my Jared confirmation celebration pizza party! There will be food, drinks and girls! Lots of fun. See you there!!DISCLAIMER*attendees will have to bring their own food, drinks and girls*
There it is. Our guy is in.
Attention NASA workers
>>16872741partisan voting
>>16872818kek
>>16872818Heheh
>>16872818I laughed.
SLS YOUR TIME HAS COME
https://x.com/DJSnM/status/2001317630049910927
>>16872741>yikes, my irrelevant shithole district could lose our 7 aerospace jobs if he cuts funding for my pork barrel
holy shittISAACMAN IS ISAACIN
>>16872846in their tongue is is ISAACINdragon born!
>>16872677need to see beard physics in freefall
>>16872835bernie our dark knight
>>16872846A year too late
>>16872856he might one of the first beards to go to space. can't think of any professional astronauts that ever had one
It's honestly amazing how much of a disaster the ESA logo is. I don't know how this got approved.
>>16872677>>16872871looks like that would get easily caught in the helmet seals
https://x.com/dsshhh112/status/2000880310389719325>A Long March-5 has been delivered to the launch pad. The launch date appears to be set for December 20th.
>>16872669I still can't believe fucking India has a functioning space program at all when they get filtered by trains. And Britain, what was once the powerhouse of manufacturing and naval overlords, has nothing.
>>16872871That man is enough to be the first four or five beards in space
>>16872871beards just aren't the right stuff>>16872889ha
>>16872882>eesa
for me, it's Firstname Lastname, 15th Administrator of NASA
>>16872895Great person. Lastname telescope will be named after them!
>>16872895be interested to find out the details of being on a Firstname basis with Mr Lastname
>>16872895I will reserve judgement until I know his stance on whether Pluto is considered a planet.
67!
>>16872473They're fixated on the atmosphere. To them, nothing else matters
Mars panorama
>>16872917in fake colors for some reason
>>16872924or not. its a contested topic still https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365851812_24_Cameras_to_Answer_Red_or_Blue_Sky_on_Mars
>>16872871We need a mission where he gets sent to one of the La grange points.
>>16872903
>>16872939>spends more time in the capsule for the photo op than in spacekek bezos please retire this rocket
>>16872740My favorite one is a balloon wing atmospheric entry Northrop Grumman was shopping around in the 2010s
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OhWnLn8OBCLmjo03tJ3MOgIt turns out Long March 10A is launching in H1 2026, in its commercial version (which may be called CZ-10B), I guess it will derisk the Mengzhou 1 mission in late 2026.
>>16872939
https://x.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2001429020219527520>Rocket Lab's Electron rocket “Don’t Be Such a Square” is vertical at Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch window opens at midnight EST.
>>16872936>naywho keeps saying that?
>>16872939>>16872955mud ick
>>16872963jej
>>16872602Can't wait for FGST and CNTST
>>16872963horses
>>16872196I wish for Nippon to receive RS-25 hand-me-downs after SLS retirement,which they then go on to treat like sacred Sakae-engine artifacts for another half-century.Either Nippon or Joseon, either one.
>>16872669Designated shitting orbits
>>16872340KekYou *have to* put the accent aigoux on the "E" for maximum froginess. And maybe a spanish ¡ for keks' sake.¡DÉCOLLAGE!Always smile at how breathlessly excited Arianne callouts are. They yearn to be world leaders again, these Françaises ambitieux. Quel élan!
>>16872255Same actually We need a functional space economy, then planetary colonization will emerge naturally
>>16872669>>16872887Last time India launched its own rocket, there was a lengthy speech to commemorate afterward, and the Director guy referred to the US and India as "The two major spacefaring nations."The sheer delusional fuckwittery of India....
>>16872939>>16872955It gets better. Bueno!
VRIVNE WQN
>>16873002Try again after you've wiped the cum and cheeto powder off your fingers, dearest anon.
Can't wait for Ariane 64 in a couple months.
>>16872995France will be the third country to retropropulsively land a rocket, trust the plan.
>>16872995I was çonsidering a∂ding å Polish Ł or tωo
>>16872172>understands energy density when applied to rocket fuels>doesn't understand energy density when applied to electricity generation
>>16873029>energy density>when you have all the space you want, and the actual problem is about resources and economics, not density
>>16873001>>16872939is this the first cripple in space?
https://x.com/robert_savitsky/status/2001278976262639791>Rostec shares footage of RD-107A/RD-108A engine static fire. These engines are used on 1st and 2nd stages of Soyuz-2 rockets. After testing, engines are sent back to the workshop, where they are disassembled, cleaned, assembled, and sent for installation on a launch vehicle.
>>16873037she will be the first to cross the Karman line
>>16873011yeah, 62 looks like a choad
>>16873002This is a FR keyboard joke, isn't it?
>2024261 launches>2025317 launches and countingthats a giant leap. what led to the increase?
>>16873064>thats a giant leap. what led to the increase?SpaceX launched Falcon and Starship 138 times in 2024. For 2025, they're at 170 with two more to go.
>>16873064Just think of how the number will continue to go up over the next several years as reusable rockets from other US companies and China debut and start increasing their launch rates.
>>16873067>its all spacexits over
>>16873069Not just SpaceX. China's increased from 68 to 87, Japan's gone from 3 to 7, Iran went from 1 to 4, Atlas V went from 2 launches to 5, and Electron's increased their annual launch count year on year by two.
>>16873070russia?
>>16872835Based. Block all ground data centers and power plants from being built. Only allow space based.
>>16873071Steady decline/stagnation over the last 5 years or so. They've been completely left in the dust by the US and China compared to just a decade ago.
>>16872936Who the hell is against himI want names
>>16873071To shreds, you say?
>>16873080
>>16873084>Sanders>Schumer
>>16873084Do they have some stated reason for the nay vote or what?
>>16873084>(D)>(D)>(D)>(D)>(D)>(I) (but really (D))>(D)>(D)
>>16873084lol, all sore losers
>>16873064SpaceX has been further optimizing the groundside processes for Falcon for quicker turnarounds while China worked to brute force the problem by leaning hard on older government rockets (Long March 3B/E has had a really great year) while newer systems (LM-8A and LM-12) have finally started to pick up steam. Electron is also hitting a yearly cadence that's previously been reserved for Falcon 9 or cold war versions of the Atlas and R-7. Lot of different rockets putting in a lot of long hours.
>>16873086Not that I know of, seems like it's just pure political partisanship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYZR_BtmysElectron launching in T-15:00
>>16873092Damn. What a bunch of assholes.
>>16873111I love that they have audio from onboard stage 2
>>16873115I thought it was vacuum cleaner starting up in the background of the announcers' mics first time I heard it.
>>16873115yeah! I wish more rockets did that. One of the shuttle launches even put microphones on the solid rocket boosters, so you could hear the rocket going up AND reentering. Briefly became the world's most extreme wind instrument!
>>16873111with this launch, Electron has more launches than Soyuz-FG, the older variant previously used for crewed launches.
>>16872186he will change his mind when fusion becomes viable or profitable for his company, why do you retards always take what he says seriously, these people are always one experience away from changing, if you think you can convince him, you might be the next billionaire in waiting, that's how smart people operate, go to x and start an argument with him and convince him to fund your startup, instead everyone just gets angry and loses the opportunity
China just developed this rocket, called "Starship-1"How can America even hope to compete with China? Century of American embarrassment
why do rockets shed engines on their stages instead of just the fuel tanks?
>>16873143>go to x and start an argument with him and convince him to fund your startup
>>16873145Reusing engines would be smart
all four discsats deployed. NOT a pez-dispenser; take note SpaceX...
it's over... SpaceX if finished
>>16873144bait used to be good anon, please try harder
>>16873086because Orange Man Bad
https://x.com/VladSaigau/status/2001301069998018680?s=20
>>16873183but wasn't orange man retracting his nomination the reason he got appointed so late?
>>16873187Orange Man Bad used to like him, therefore he is permanently enemy.
>>16873187Everything about space is bad and orange
>>16873143>he will change his mind when fusion becomes viable or profitable for his companyit's also about the fact that the gubinment won't let him play with nuclear material, as opposed to locksneed and friends, who get a free pass.
https://research.33fg.com/analysis/debunking-the-cooling-constraint-in-space-data-centers>Stepping back, the radiator question is often treated like a veto. Our radiator model, anchored on Starlink V3, suggests it should be treated as a line item. At the 20 kW class, radiators look like a secondary appendage; at 100 kW, they become a meaningful subsystem, but still one that scales cleanly with two levers the industry understands: temperature sets area, kg/m2 sets mass (and cost). >This also reframes what “compute-optimized Starlink” really implies. If Elon is directionally right that the platform can trade antenna mass for compute, and solar and thermal hardware to reach >100 kW, then the investor conversation shifts from “is cooling possible?” to “what is the optimal operating point?”. How hot the thermal chain can run without unacceptable reliability penalties, what radiator construction class the mission needs, and how aggressively the spacecraft can scale its power surfaces without breaking deployment and pointing constraints. Those are hard problems, but they are the kinds of issues SpaceX has historically turned into manufacturable systems.
I-Man NASA ConfirmationNot VotingCoons (D-DE)Ernst (R-IA)Grassley (R-IA)Twats.
>>16873204110C for the chip temperature seems pretty high?
>>16873219its like they want premature failures, because launching service missions and replacements is lucrative
>>16873219managing heat is more efficient at higher temperatures and while server hardware is generally rated for up to 90-100c it's not out of the question to up that for spacerated gear
>>16873001imagine her legs in zero g...
>>16873001"Benthaus will use a strap to keep her legs bound together — preventing them from splaying wildly out"Oh, you're no fun anymore.
In 2021, Koenigsmann walked away from SpaceX. Walter Isaacson wrote in a recent biography of Elon Musk that the volatile SpaceX CEO disliked a report that Koenigsmann wrote about an ill-fated test flight of one of the company’s rocket prototypes in 2020.The test flight, called SN8, ran afoul of federal regulators because the company moved forward with the launch without obtaining weather clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration. And in his report about the incident, Koeningsmann wanted SpaceX to take accountability, he said.“But my interpretation did not agree with Elon’s interpretation,” Koeningsmann told CNN. “We were both stubborn.”After the ordeal, Musk had asked Koeningsmann to retire, and Koeningsmann ultimately ended his nearly 20-year tenure at the company in 2021.Elon is going to get a whole lot of people killed.
>>16873086too close to Trump, too much like Elon
>>16873246>didnt cuck to the FAA>badwho pays you to post this crap?
>>16873250Elon go ram your Mementerprise into an airliner full of tourists, you delusional madman.
>>16873246>And in his report about the incident, Koeningsmann wanted SpaceX to take accountabilityWhy would he ever want that
>>16873187We've always been at war with Eurasia.
>>16873246This is one of the most based things Elon ever did, actually; so it’s kind of hard to feel any sympathy for Kman. Perhaps he was just the scapegoat here or something - and there’s perhaps a little more to the story… but ultimately he should have had stood behind SX and told the same story Elon did to the FAA.
https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/2001393560097005673Jared has become "the Billionaire". They're going after him now. Fucking commies.
>>16873302classic. "why does me being rich mean you being poor?"
>>16873302ehh article is mostly fine. headline isn’t even provocative by the standards of today. and this is coming from a guy who knows he doesn’t hate journalists enough.
>>16873333You truly do not know. You don't realize the ripple effects these statements have, and you just let them wash over you. You shouldn't accept these things.
cripple launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSDhe8y_8t0
>>16873302There are no ethical billionaires in capitalism, so he's automatically fighting a losing battle What remains to be seen is if he actually does his job or if, like his private spaceflight mission, this is just another accolade he is buying that other rich people can't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UJrYF_Fl4MNew Shepard in T-10:00 if the HOLD clears
>>16873345She wants to go to space, I'd put money towards that
>>16873302some ragebait if you are bored, idkhttps://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1pp7z2g/billionaire_entrepreneur_jared_isaacman_is/
https://x.com/indianspacepost/status/2001633532884795604> ISRO's IRNSS / NAVIC program is just a single atomic clock failure away (most likely on IRNSS-1F) to see a complete collapse of the constellation, India will thus lose navigational independence. Sad fate for a program with so much promise in making India's satellite navigation independent, with plans extending even as far as a Global Indian Navigation System (GINS) which looks like a far fetched dream now.
>>16873358just launch more satellites? what's the problem
>>16873246lol I guess he became a cuck in his old agenobody was hurt, who gives a shit
>>16873187I am so goddamned sick of burger politics my God
>>16873368>what's the problemThe satellites keep breaking and sometimes the rockets don't work
https://x.com/yourealazyfvck/status/2001552590623117669
>>16873380based
>>16873380Really puts things into perspective.
>>16873380"I could be on Epstein island right now"
>>16873380oh yeah?? well I can also be on your own private island with naked supermodels drinking mai tais, but isntead I'm shitposting on /sfg/how's that for perspective? go back to work elon
>>16873380Which Island Elon?Which island?
>>16873380cant really argue with that
https://x.com/Starlink/status/2001691802911289712>On December 17, Starlink experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956, resulting in loss of communications with the vehicle at 418 km. The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major axis by about 4 km, and the release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects. SpaceX is coordinating with the US Space Force and NASA to monitor the objects. The satellite is largely intact, tumbling, and will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and fully demise within weeks. The satellite's current trajectory will place it below the ISS, posing no risk to the orbiting lab or its crew. As the world’s largest satellite constellation operator, we are deeply committed to space safety. We take these events seriously. Our engineers are rapidly working to root cause and mitigate the source of the anomaly and are already in the process of deploying software to our vehicles that increases protections against this type of event.
>>16873388whichever one he wants
>>16873357It's really amazing to see people outside the space community talk about this. Probably the best administrator pick since the founding of nasa gets disparaged cause billionaires bad and orange man bad.Really reminds me to look into things beyond just social and class indicators before judging someone.
Scrub at T-00:58
>>16873393not spaceflight related
>>16872172>Trump reads this and immediately merges with a fusion startuphttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-media-tae-technologies-fusion-power-deal.html
>>16873393Why is Clear wasting her time watching that carnie ride?
>>16873380isnt it true? pretty obvious hypothetical about how most ultra-rich dont need to work, but he still is.
>>16873390spacex is over
>>16873411he's not working, he's spergingmight as well say everyone on this site is working then
>>16873420>He isn't paid to shitpost
>>16873420Weird strawman, but whatever. The whole point is that if Elon had no ambition and wanted to retire and do nothing, he would do that and sperg where he doesn't have to pay anybody's salary to sperg at them.
>>16873420go back
>>16873420spergwork is real work. does your sperging earn much?
>unknown payloadWhat are the chinese launching on Saturday on a LM 5C? A secret station module?
https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/2001709465658384544Snipped preamble.>As I step into this role, I make these personal commitments:>– Mission: I will champion the bold objectives of human space exploration, scientific discovery, and a thriving orbital economy that ensures America’s leadership in space. We will never again give up our capabilities to reach for the stars, and we will never settle for second place.>– Integrity: I will serve responsibly, transparently, and without personal gain, covering every cost I am legally permitted to, and fully adhering to my ethics agreement. My loyalty is to my country, my President, and the space agency that has inspired me since I was a child.>– Urgency: I will intensely focus the agency on achieving the near-impossible, the very reason NASA was established in the first place. We will eliminate the bureaucracy that impedes progress and empower the best and brightest to take ownership, move quickly, accept smart risks, and act with a relentless focus on mission success.>– Inspiration: Every launch, every scientific breakthrough must inspire the next generation to dream bigger, to reach higher, and believe that anything is possible. In addition to my existing philanthropic efforts, I will donate my salary as Administrator to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Space Camp to help prepare the pioneers of tomorrow.>I am humbled by this opportunity, proud to serve, and ready to work alongside the most talented minds in America as we continue the greatest adventure in human history.
>>16873390>satellite 359561 down, 35955 to go!
>>16873433A Starlink reentered over northern Michigan last week and put on a pretty show for several seconds as it broke up. Are these just going to become normal? I don't mind an increase in shooting stars but then I'm not a ground-based astroonomer.
>>16873435>Are these just going to become normal?really they must. there are so many that the cycle rate will increase.
>>16873435Doesn't California experiences weekly re-entries or some shit? It already is normal I guess. But they burn much slower than natural shooting stars because of the angle they hit the atmosphere.>I'm not a ground-based astroonomer.kek
>>16873420whatever you cope and call it, what elon has accomplished is not simple luckhe keeps doing it over and over again
>>16873435Just wait until the unannounced and untracked Chinese constellations start ramping up and slamming into all the others.
>>16873447and, somehow, musk will be blamed
>Over the last two days COPVs in red protective covers have been seen getting lifted up and down by SpaceX's LTR 1220 crane inside MB2. It's ***speculated*** that S39 might be undergoing a complete COPV replacement, as ~20 of these tanks have been removed and (so far) ~six replaced - Rover Cam
>>16873390This is going to happen much more often now isn't it? Why doesn't the government regulate this?
>>16873460If it wasn't for musk the Chinese wouldn't need a satellite constellations as well. It's his fault and he should find a way to fix it.
>>16873471>It has already blown twice, HOWEVER, it may not blow this time!
>>16873447this shit actually happened to me when I was watching the comet that came by last year
Has anyone leaked Isaacman's email to all the NASA employees?
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2001671979301003670https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/ten-years-ago-spacex-turned-tragedy-into-triumph-with-a-historic-rocket-landing/>On Dec. 21, 2015, SpaceX launched the Orbcomm-2 mission on an upgraded version of its Falcon 9 rocket. That night, just days before Christmas, the company successfully landed the first stage for the first time. The story behind this remarkable achievement is nowhere more fully told than in the book Reentry, authored by Ars Technica Senior Space Editor Eric Berger and published in 2024. To mark the tenth anniversary, Ars is reprinting a slightly condensed chapter from the book that tells the inside story of this landing. The chapter begins in June 2015 with a tragedy, the disintegration of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the CRS-7 cargo supply mission for NASA. It was the first time a Falcon 9 had been lost in flight.
>>16873492/sfg/ was the first to do sosee>>16872818
>>16873438>But they burn much slower than natural shooting stars because of the angle they hit the atmosphere.Makes for a prettier show, with trailing debris and everything. I love seeing that shit, I hope more Starlinks start getting sent my way, maybe one day I'll catch one in person.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/ensuring-american-space-superiority/
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN SPACE
ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY
>>16873512Woah. I was worried for a second. Thought I missed something and the nukes were already flying. Hallelujah
>>16873512not weapons just power/propulsion and ensuring our adversaries dont have any up there
>>16873471wow it really is down to COPV mishandling huh
(a) Leading the world in space exploration and expanding human reach and American presence in space by:(i) returning Americans to the Moon by 2028 through the Artemis Program, to assert American leadership in space, lay the foundations for lunar economic development, prepare for the journey to Mars, and inspire the next generation of American explorers;(ii) establishing initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030 to ensure a sustained American presence in space and enable the next steps in Mars exploration; and(iii) enhancing sustainability and cost-effectiveness of launch and exploration architectures, including enabling commercial launch services and prioritizing lunar exploration;
>>16873511>cislunar positioning, navigation, and timing>addresses current and projected threats to United States space interests from very low-Earth orbit through cislunar spacelooks like its still on the menu
>>16873388Not Epstein island because he said HIS private island, no someone elses.
Anyone know the source for this date?
>>16873544might be a NOTAM or NOTMAR
>>16873525Also put out an EO targeting contracts behind schedule for review
https://x.com/MatthewTortora_/status/2001754483513266290>Trump Signs Space Superiority Executive Order - Lunar Outpost by 2030. This afternoon, Trump signed an executive order focused on ensuring American Space Superiority. The order doubles down on the goal to land Americans on the moon via Artemis by 2028. The order also calls for initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost to be put in place by 2030, also mandating that a lunar surface nuclear reactor be ready to deploy by 2030. It requests that guidance be developed for a National Initiative For American Space Nuclear Power, within 90 days. It is also notable that it identifies cislunar space as a national security theater. The order also requires reports from agency and department heads (NASA, DoW, DNI) as to how to their respective agencies can work towards American Space Superiority. Overall, it harmonizes and consolidates a lot of executive orders regarding space from the previous two administrations. With new guidance and Isaacman at the helm, the next three years will prove to be incredibly consequential in American Space Dominance.>It is also notable that it identifies cislunar space as a national security theaterORBITS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDSWe are reaching levels of We Are So Back that were previously unimaginable.
>>16873523sorry I just can’t stop myself from ramming all the copvs with a forklift
>>16873566its okay José just try your best until Optimus replaces you
>National Space Council revokedhonestly at this point not sure if it would even be all that useful, Jareds got this
>>16873569it turns out it wasnt that useful after all
>>16873435There was an episode of Max Headroom where part of the premise was an annual deorbit day where a whole bunch of old satellites would be deorbited at the same time and everybody got to watch them burn up.
>>16873523Staplerfahrer Carlos
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-launches-a-new-age-of-american-space-achievement/
https://nasawatch.com/ask-the-administrator/note-to-the-nasa-workforce-from-administrator-jared-isaacman/
>>16873525>landing artemis astronauts on the moon in the final year of trump's second termgetting deja vu from 2017 with the 2024 goal
>>16873581>America will lead in the ever-expanding high ground of space, and we will never come in second place. We will accelerate existing plans to the greatest extent possible, return American astronauts to the Moon, and establish an enduring presence on the lunar surface.t-totally different this time, trust the plan!Unironically though.
I want to walk this land.
cislunar security is about 30 years too early, maybe 60 years
>>16873587this land... is mine... God gave this land to me.
>>16873587You can't walk it, the gravity is too low.But you can hop.
>>16873587we need a mad max on mars
>>16872647>israel
>>16873471do they have security cameras there? they need to find out the person sabotaging them
> Attract at least $50 billion in additional private investment by 2028.
>>16873471That's not a COPV in the image
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2001768022713962989damn has his ears grown even more?
Trump-san wants to see Artemis II launch, LOL, they are all gonna be disappointmentArtemis II: Electric Boogaloo LH2 Leaks Edition
>>16873603Do you think his dumbo ears help or hinder him in business?
>>16873604dissapointed* stupid spelling checker
where is the apollo 13 MQF, designated MQF001?
>>16873605They can use his ears as a relay dish during EVAs.
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2001789000311550392
>>16873604whats wrong with artemis ii? its very likely to launch next year.
>>16873610does kai even care about space? asmon often tunes in for high profile launches. he's also in contact with elon and a big trump supporter.
>>16873611Artemis 1 showed how finicky SLS can be, expect the same.
>>16873610I am glad I have no idea who kai / speed is. I want to keep it that way.
>>16873610Ha ha no one gives a fuck about spaceThey're too busy trying to figure out how to pay for food and heating after five years of wild inflation
>>16873561Nahhhh nothing ever happens, this will be wiped by 2028
>>16873621President AOC wouldn't dare
>>16873620trump should showcase that space is one of the few industries that is growing and hiring
>>16873357>reddit trannies
>>16873610Maybe Mr. Beast can show up.
>>16873634In this episode$1000M spaceport vs 100 million rouble spaceport.
>>16873634>we launched 500 people into space with limited food and water>the last survivor wins 10 million dollars
>>16873578If this was such a priority why did it take almost a year to do it.
>>16873620Trump could show that living is much cheaper in space>free power>free real estate
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2001764056722555242
the "space is for science only" crowd is malding hard about isaacman and the new space policy
>>16873660The past few years have been about nothing more than watching the wealthy exercise their will over public policy with zero recourseZero people want military interest in space that aren't heavily invested in making money on that being public policy, and this is going to provoke China into great power competition which is not going to be healthy long term for anybody
>>16873666Fag detected
>>16873666>>16873666>provoke China into great power competition which is not going to be healthy long term for anybody10 years too late for that concern
>>16873685>10 yearsway before that eventhe moment they were excluded from the iss
>We outline two 90-day Earth to Mars transit opportunities in the mid 2030s.>2033 trajectory: Ejection from Earth on 2033-04-30 with 4.6 km/s from a 150 km circular LEO. Mars aerocapture 90 days later >2035 trajectory: Ejection on 2035-07-15, also 4.6 km/s from LEO, with aerocapture at Mars 90 days laterhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-00565-7
>>16873666there's commercial and science in there too
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/trump-commits-to-moon-landing-by-2028-followed-by-a-lunar-outpost-two-years-later/of course the comments are peanut gallery far left anti-science anti-progress stuff
>we should stop now because it's not going fast enough for my liking
>>16873718we need to start from scratch on a new programThat'll fix it
>trump signed the 2026 NDAAspace force has been increased from 9,800 personnel to 10,600. there's also a part about money for a space force special forces. they are also looking at alternative launch sites aside from cape canaveral and vandenberg.https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2296/text
>2028 lunar landing: Trump commits to returning Americans to the Moon by 2028 through the Artemis Program. Isaacman is to submit a plan within 90 days for achieving this In 90 days he leaves a suicide note saying "I didn't kill myself"
>Jared 'Rook' Isaacman confirmed as NASA Admin>Standing at the cusp of human exploration into the solar system>Nobody gives a fuck/sfg/ is dead
MINISTERYOU MUST SUBMIT A PLAN
>>16873390grim@grokhow do I short an IPO?
>>16873729were you not at the pizza party? yikes...
>>16873729I give a fuck. but nobody cares about Naser here. its called Elon general for a reason
>>16873729we knew this was coming for months
>>>/wsg/6054403
>>16873721>space force special forcesmost based president in history
Jared is having a town hall tomorrow. I'll think of something to ask him.
>>16873721Michigan launch when
>>16873765Ask him if science is still a priority at NASA or if it's just balls-out engineering feats from now to eternityI gotta know who to put proposals in to
https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/iss073e0414437/iss073e0414437~orig.jpgWhy is JAXA posting lenny face?
>>16873666>provoke China into great power competitionThis is exactly what we need to industrialize space.
>>16873774>Clear is now officially archived by NASAhow does she keep winning bros
>>16873780anon, I... never mind.
We will liberate our brightest minds from needless bureaucracy and empower them to move fast and shock the world through discovery.NASA was never meant to be the caretaker of history … but to make history.I look forward to discussing this with all of you tomorrow at an agencywide town hall. More information on timing will be coming soon.Thank you, and let’s get to work!Boldly Forward,Jared IsaacmanNASA AdministratorPS: BTW -- I'm Trans -- if that matters.
Apparently it's not known if this town hall will be streaming public, or NASA eyes only.
if ai space data centers arent a meme then we're going to see china spamming that shit too
Data centers are located based on government incentives, power rates and proximity to users for latency. SpaceData has to compare on all.
>>16873795Where is NASAnon?>>16873797if space internet satellites arent a meme then we're going to see china spamming that shit too
I think I'm overdosing on hopium between Jared finally getting confirmed and this new space policy announcement.
>>16873376How do you think we feel about it?
>>16873833china is already spamming them though
>Tell me, NASA anon. What have you done this week?
>>16873605you know there's cosmetic surgery that can pin those back, why hasn't he done it? I'm sorry but they are distracting.
>>16873666I wholeheartedly support the militarization of space and the eradication of the CCP.
>>16873634Probably end up being a better tour video than EDA
>Strikingly, there is no mention of a concrete plan to send humans to Mars in this document. There are just two references to the red planet, both of which talk about sending humans there as a far-off goal. One source recently told Ars that as soon as Trump learned there was no way humans could land on Mars during his second term, he was no longer interested in that initiative.The ego....
>>16873843If he did it at this point, it would be too obvious
>>16873652Oh shit, he got confirmed?
>>16873853No point in going to Mars until we solve all the problems on the moon first.
>>16873861Yep, 67-30All those against were Dems, including Sanders and Schumer.He's officially the administrator.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001903990255346037
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001899165014733161
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001904639982395459
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001898987964809465
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfeIkUOfYps>NASA Chief Isaacman on Space Agenda, Artemis and Plans for a Moon Outpost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz7-Ms05thA>Jared Isaacman on his long road to confirmation as NASA administrator
>>16873867@grok What he means with "deep space"?
>>16873870what about the gravity?
>>16873867>AI factorieswhat about the jobs elon? nobody wants AI if they cant fucking eat.
>>16873883https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001742502332911922jobs doing what?
>>16873794He's going to kill people
>>16873888only people that are willing to take the riskstime to stop cucking around LEO
>>16873887Yep. He's woke from the Mars Dream.
So let's have a party!
>>16873893Someone finally told him he's pushing 60 and won't live to step foot on Mars
>>16873895We'll be on Mars within 10 years.
>>16873888That was already the plan with Artemis.
Can't wait for SpaceX to bankrupt with the AI nonsense.
>>16873896If you define "we" as still living humans -- no. It's over. Elon was a long shot lottery ticket, but we didn't win.Elon is off chasing the new shiny thing, AI in space, and that's that.
>>16873865>>16873866>>16873867>>16873870>>16873887Elon had a nice ketamine trip last night, complete with the same bullshit tweets, every single time.Now, back to cancelling science and importing more jeets
>>16873881If we send enough Starships it will increase.
>A. MenonAnna menon?
>>16873960da daa dadada
>>16873037sadly, no, as she will be on NS
Total oldspace contract termination
>>16874001prepare to be disappointed, as newspace is invited to play by oldspace rulesmore like, welcome to the club
>>16874001If only congress only appropriated funds and gave goals without any other strings attached.
>>16873853>One source recently told Ars that as soon as Trump learned there was no way humans could land on Mars during his second termPolitically, it makes sense as no politician wants to make a commitment they can't reap the benefits, hence "putting the man on the Moon before the end of the decade."And putting people on Mars is too costly and too big of a commitment for politicians to care. Nasa is structurally fucked by the fact that their budget depends on the whims of people who really don't care about it. That's why rocket parts are made all over place, why projects cost millions for no reason except to keep jobs afloat and why more sensible projects get slashed while SLS is allowed to exist.Private colonization also has a similar problem but with profit and value, hence why Elon is jumping on the Moon and AI bandwagon. Mars isn't getting a colony until you can prove that you can make money out of it.
>>16873666Your hopeless naivety is gonna get us fucking killed
>>16874052If you want to game theory it be my guest, I'd err on the side of no one moves first
>>16874050>President starts project>next President cancels it>President starts project>next President cancels it>President doesn't bother starting project, "what's the point eh"NASA needs to be its own government or something, this is simply not functional as-is.
>>16873866elon binged athrofuturism playlistwe are so back
How much money will you be putting into SpaceX (forma de publica)?
>>16874067I don't know how to buy a stocks (or what a stocks is)
>>16874067depends how much tesla is at that point, will probably divest a bit mostly depending on the relative stock prices and valuations i.e. how much each stock has to runin other words, if Tesla runs a lot before the IPO then I would divest more percentage wise, if it hasn't run a lot then less probably
>space force is 6 years oldand they're still a joke
>>16874067I'll buy a little bit after the IPO and then wait for the next (planned) starship crash and buy the dip.
>>16874071basically just does what the airforce used to do. makes sense to me. what did you expect? star wars?
>>16874077>buy the dipYou'd probably still be paying more THOUGH
>>16873605they aid heat dissipation from his massive brain
>>16873642>Seveneves: the reality show!
>>16874061If NASA stopped dragging it's ass and making each program a 20+ year career spanning iron rice bowl, that would not be a problem. If not for Dallas and the Apollo 1 fire, the US could have made it to the Moon in JFK's two terms. Were now 30 or 40 years into Apollo 2: Electric Boogaloo.
>damn I didn't know Clear was following missile defence companies>oh it's just ABL rebranded :/What kind of name is Long Wall anyway?
>>16874138If I don't know any better, I would have assumed it is a Chinese company. The Great Wall literally means Long City/Wall in their language.
>>16874138>>16874142Probably something like this:>How do you stop a long march?>Build a long wall!
it's over....https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/saturns-moon-titan-may-not-have-an-underground-ocean-after-all-180987900/>A new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft may upend Titan’s status as an ocean world.>Instead of a vast ocean of water, Titan may harbor an icy interior with layers of slush and pockets of warm water.
>>16874138https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Wall_(aerospace_company)>In February 2025, CEO Dan Piemont announced in a blog post that the company would rebrand to Long Wall, a name inspired by the Long Walls in Ancient Athens, and focus on developing missile defense systems and hypersonic flight test vehicles.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2002082972988813403
>>16873435>but then I'm not a ground-based astroonomer.I believe Elon should, as a way of compensating astronomers for the harm done to their field by Starlink, send them all to the nearest star in person.
WOAH! Finally i figured out the captcha! Btw I like Venus.
>>16874153wocky slush
New studies suggest that Earth, long believed to hold liquid water oceans, might actually just be made of slushy ice.
>>16874157he'll be the first ten-trillionaire, and could go even further beyond as a quadrillionaire, quintillionaire, sextillionaire, etc, if he claims the entirety of Mars for himself.
>>16874055No one moves first when the multipoles all have nukes in space. I wipe my ass with the OSS.
>>16874187Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
i wonder if i could try ketamine, too
https://x.com/innospacecorp/status/2002113987618746853>HANBIT-Nano was fully erected on the launch pad at 16:35 (BRT). Following the completion of corrective actions on the ground power supply system at the launch site, launch operations have officially resumed. We are currently conducting functional checks and preparing for oxidizer loading. Liftoff is scheduled for 21:30 (BRT) [7:30 PM EST]. Join us as we begin the countdown:https://www.youtube.com/live/RqGZ1mS5FC0T-3:00:00, stream goes live in two hours
>>16874205Why can't you, go for it anon drugs are fun.
https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2002129690488877375
>>16874153I didn't even know titan was on the subsurface ocean world list. I mean I know they think every gas giant moon has subsurface oceans, but I thought they really only pushed that with europa, triton, enceladus
>>16874220i love him
>>16874157https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2002119497680105490
>>16874153So is cryocolcanism just local tidal heading or something?
>>16874205I've done it and blacked out and puked
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/russia-is-about-to-do-the-most-russia-thing-ever-with-its-next-space-station/>Recycling the ISS>Oleg Orlov, director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said ROS will no longer be composed of entirely new modules. Rather, its core will be the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
>>16874240>Nyet, station is fine
>>16874240This is some pretty low-grade journalism from Berger. They're just talking about detaching Nauka from the ISS and using that, because that was only launched back in in 2021. You can't actually detach the rest of the Russian segment and even if you did half of it is technically owned by NASA anyway.
>>16874240>if it's not broken why fix it? lollollol lmao xdxdXDI told you guys this kind of thinking was a mental illness.
>>16874220do i buy or sell?
>>16874258tesla stock or what? this is very good for tesla
https://x.com/TokamakEnergy/status/2001941322505105812>A knockout finish to 2025 for ST40! This video shows a stunning color plasma pulse at 16,000 frames per second, from a campaign where our ST40 spherical tokamak achieved three new performance records before heading into a major upgrade:>Highest plasma current – 1 MA (one million amperes)>Highest stored energy>Highest fusion triple product>ST40 set a new record by reaching 1 MA of plasma current, while stored energy nearly doubled compared to earlier campaigns. This demonstrates that a relatively small plasma volume can hold immense power – an important insight on the path to energy-producing devices. The fusion triple product—a key measure of performance combining plasma temperature, density, and energy confinement—rose over 30% to ~8 ±2 × 1018m-3·keV·s. Next up: a $52M upgrade in partnership with the US Department of Energy and the UK Department for Energy Security, driving the development of key technologies and expertise for fusion. ST40 continues to punch above its weight—and we’re just getting started.
https://x.com/vast/status/2002139430468149278>In October, we completed a successful fit check of the docking adaptor for Haven-1, marking another key milestone toward launch. Haven-1’s fully tested passive docking adapter, built to international docking system standards and likely the first-ever manufactured for a commercial station, will enable precise crew-vehicle docking.
https://x.com/stoke_space/status/2002012586938642600>Bird's eye view of SLC-14 looking sharp. Kudos to the team who refurbished this historic site
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2002141497618239548https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/19/3208731/0/en/Rocket-Lab-Awarded-816M-Prime-Contract-to-Build-Missile-Defense-Satellite-Constellation-for-U-S-Space-Force.html>Rocket Lab Awarded $816M Prime Contract to Build Missile- Defense Satellite Constellation for U.S. Space Force>....today announced it has been awarded a landmark prime contract by the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and manufacture 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) program under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The award is Rocket Lab’s largest single contract to date and underscores its growing reputation as a trusted prime in national security space.
>>16874258buy jeetstock
>>16873621It's too late to stop
To the $LUNR stock guyhad profits from Ai needed to be elsewherethe rocket and space stocks jumped today for a nice profit lmao
Did you get to ask your questions?
>>16874220KWAB
>>16874300Town Hallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQiPJ6KmRc
>>16874307Anything interesting?
>>16874301Richard who?
>>16874300it was great, you could whisper your questions and he'd pick them right up
>>16874289interesting, this curve matches the Ariane 5 trajectory to orbit (and Whale Island)
>>16874315The guy who launched the waste-of-time lawsuit
>>16874330He didn't just waste time, but also completely fucked the state's tax revenue through a sympathetic activist judge who destroyed the state's dependability in legal jurisprudence.
>>16874300>>16874307Can't wait to watch. Remember Big Jim's town halls fondly.
>>16874313No, it was mostly answers that you've heard or read about throughout his congressional hearings. He says he still has tons to catch up on.
He did as good as could be expected, while walking on eggshellsHopefully he gets some degree of autonomy down the road, but its clear which strings are getting pulled and how hardHe's taking it like a fraternity hazing process, once the humiliation rituals are complete, he can take the ball and run (hopefully)
>>16874307Man its gotta be a relief for them to hear someone speaking - normally, competently and fast after going through both The Senator and the Dummy
>>16874367Nah NASAfags want a snake in that position who will guarantee them job security and pay increase with slog projects.
>>16874369they're gonna get drained
>>16874376Nah Jared is going to compromise so hard and just be a ballast bill 2.0Run the ship, keep people happy who need to be happy, middle of the road is safest for all. Just adding more countries to Artemis Accords and a manned lunar landing or two.I think the next three years might see *some* interesting shifts in american aerospace, but it’ll be more to do with the global rise of china’s power and POTUS/congress wanting some change vs Jared being le epic BASED young hip guy who comes in and CUTS everything and makes everything EFFICIENT and COOL and HIP
Reminder, Starbase city is a prototype experimental testing ground for the future of Mars base governance under the leadership of SpaceX
