9x4 editionprevious >>16881920
sfg is dead on arrival
https://research.33fg.com/analysis/fiber-vs-starlink-cost-vs-capacity>Put fiber and Starlink on the same chart and a clear story pops out. We plot cost per engineered Gbps across 1-km2 tiles as the number of connected premises rises. In Act I (Today), fiber’s curve slides down with density, while Starlink’s line stays flat and then simply stops when local capacity runs out, great for hamlets, not for towns. In Act II (2030), bigger V3 satellites lift total capacity and push unit costs down, shifting that wall far to the right and opening a wide exurban/rural window. Through it all, cities still favor fiber, not because it’s cheaper at low densities, but because it can stack far more busy-hour capacity.
>>16885373>Fiber wins cities on capacity, not price.
>>16885375V4 solves this
I'm doing my part to support lunar datacenters
ai enabled space colonization
>>16885402Okay, let's unpack the previous thread
memesat status?
>>16885324WTF??? CANCEL ERIC BERGER!https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/theres-a-big-shake-up-near-the-top-of-our-annual-us-launch-company-rankings/
Mark Kelly is getting demoted.Good job you dumb retard.
Most interesting happenings in 2026(1)Start of LSST and the finding of Planet 9(2)ESA/JAXA BepiColombo orbiting Mercury(3)SLS launch(4)Blue Origin landing on the Moon(5)RFA One launch(6)Manned Orion reentry(7)ESA Hera arrives at Didymos(8)Griffin Mission One, landing near the Lunar south pole(9)ESA launching Themis(10)AstroForge attempting to land on an asteroid
>>16885435Starship orbital launch?Starship catch attempt?Propellant transfer demo?2026 Mars launch window?
>>16885428demoted to what? subtard?
>>16885435all of these are less interesting than starship launches
>>16885324This will happen soon:>Open /sci/>Crtl+f /sfg/>Nothing found.
>>16885452I don't even enter /sci/, I just keep /sfg/ open and move from one thread to the next. The page number is just an esoteric countdown to staging, but for some reason it goes in the wrong direction
>>16885399>Elon has dropped his plans to become Fabricator General>instead now aims to be MondführerXD
>>16885373Starlink will be completely obsolete and useless once hive city living becomes mandatory.Bet you fell for the musk scam again
>>16885412Steadily decaying orbit. Zero updates from the Mansell guy on twitter in months.
>>16885453>/sci/It's literally just esefgee, and three posts on repeat forever: muh vaccines are bad, 1=0.999999, and IQ tests. What's the point of having a science board if it's just college freshmen acting superior by posting the same retarded shit every single day
>>16885420embarrassing for a professional to do something like this
>>16885420It's in liberals' nature to be cruel
das rite
>>16885496Ten more years until there's are space troopers
>>16885420Blue won 2025. And with the Starship program falling apart, 2026 looks pretty good too.
>>16885435(11) Tesla Cafe adds Pepper Jack Grilled Cheese to menu
>>16885460Ave!
SLS funding status? Secured.https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20260105/CDS92500.PDFNASA stuff at page 89
>>16885540as expected from the corrup- i mean congress
>>16885460>Firstly: the grand Starship of SpaceX, that towering promise of tomorrow, hath once more produced results most wretched and theatrical. Great fire, great noise, great disappointment. The engineers swear it is “progress,” yet the gods have heard this before.
Starship: Ten thousand built each year for hundreds of thousands of launches. That's our Elon Promise.
>>16885453Same, usually; but many of us have the /sci/ catalog bookmarked with #s=sfg to search for it. It’s supposed to be in the OP. Thus this thread is inherently gay and bad and wrong, and many won’t be able to find it
>no /sfg/ in the title>thread spammed with aislop summariesGrim
https://x.com/lrocket/status/2008289979428942026https://archive.is/jExz3
>>16885462I like the treads where some anon will announce that he has figured it all out (while high on shrooms last night) and that all atoms are actually miniature black holes and electrons are just caught forever on their event horizons and if you just look at it from the 7th dimension it all becomes clear...
>>16885586based link poster and paywall bypasser, thanks anon
>>16885586>elon>leadershipidk man
>>16885640the team just materialized, elon is just that lucky
>>16885640People that excel at one thing can be complete retards at another
>>16885462Do you believe that recurring threads like 1=0.999999 are created by real people? I can't accept it. It's either bots pulling shit from history or some troll who makes fun by pretending to be stupid. Either way my view is closer to "dead Internet theory".
>>16885640Read Berger's books and realize that you are retarded.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/european-space-agency-breach/
wtf has isaacman been doing since becoming nasa admin
>>16885747Aging
>>16885747
SCIENCE WON
/sfg/ está muerto, marico(Venezuelan edition)
https://www.youtube.com/live/UbfAhFxDomE?si=dPhnDVEcNeS8lBt9&t=6060
>>16885844SpaceX is an NVIDIA shop
>>16885446Busted down to lieutenant
>>16885855lol.For those not in the know: despite being retired from the navy, rank still matters because it determines how much retirement pay Kelly gets each month.This is probably the equivalent of taking $50~100k per year from Kelly, forever.
>>16885864ouch, what rank was he before?
>>16885875Captain I think
>>16885864I'm sure he will sue.
Calm down, he'll probably only get knocked down one rank to commander Hegseth should transfer him to the space force as an ordinary guardian
>>16885894>suing>a military courtlol. lmao.
>>16885910Yeah there is a famous clause in the constitution that says you forfeit any rights and protections once you put on the uniform. Of course he can try to sue in federal civil court
>>16885452>>16885324Who the FUCK made this thread? I had to search 'edition' just to find it.
>>16885844>blue origin>esa>isro>jpl>nasaits like the infinity stones of shit, only missing russia
>>16885927how appropriate, AMD is analogous to space organizations known for overpromising and underdelivering. you cant be a leader, but you can celebrate failing at the trailing edge. at least they are staying in their lane
>>16885844wahts this about? data centers in space?
Everyone at NASA is a spy and or traitor. Shut them down and fire the lot.
>>16885324OP is a dumb fuck
>>16885924/Someone Forgot General/
>>16885953If only there were some easy way of telling who was Chinese and who wasn't
>>16885959hey, that's a good one lol
everyone mad at op lmao, no wonder sfg is dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSNuB9pj9P8
>>16885507unless they are mobile infantry in power suits getting deployed by shooting them from an orbital platform, Im not interested
>>16885994>01:14:43 - The Future of Space Exploration and AI's Role
Wow it’s actually dead
>>16886043Half of /sfg/ is unable to solve the captcha and of those who can some are unable to find /sfg/ in the catalog.
>unfindable threadyou fucked up. should have deleted and remade.
>>16886048these are tough times indeed, enshittification continues
>>16886048how is this possible I think it's easier than the last one
Blue Glenn will land on the moon before SpaceX even reaches orbit. What a world we live in.
>>16886016bro chugging the koolaid
Part of me wants to believe Europe has not lost yet...
>>16885994https://youtu.be/RSNuB9pj9P8?t=5233
>>16886092Europe lost when they become comparable in rocket launches to India>Sabreyou realize they have been developing this since it's ancestor program HOTOL and they still can't figure it out right?
>>16886043There have been some things going on outside of spaceflight that have most peoples' attention right now. Inside of spaceflight there's not a lot new things going on to talk about.
>>16886043The majority of /sfg/ were Elon simps. As Elon Inc has gone tits up, as well as his shift to AI bubble chasing and IPO hype, it's become clear he's not a space messiah. Just another end capitalism huxter.Killed the rizz.
>>16885994>It's just AI is can't do rocket engineering yet. But we'll probably will be able to next year.https://youtu.be/RSNuB9pj9P8?t=5914
If I see an image of rockets on the catalog, I click. Simple as.
>>16886109EDS is not welcome
SQD arm installation nearly complete
>>16885728>BergerThat dude has been on Musk's payroll since forever
>>16886114He's stabbed every Mars dream in the back by taking the company public and focusing fully on the moon and space data centers. I can't remember the last time when /sfg/ threads would last 4 days or more before a new one staged. That only started to happen in the last month.Then the starship program just feels like one step forward 2 steps back. The COPV's took out a starship AND a super heavy. How has their QC slipped that much. Now they plan on doubling the whole Starbase workforce in less than a YEAR???Fuck man I'm just tired at this point.
>>16886121the opposite you retard
>>16886121>Fuck man I'm just tired at this point.sounds like you tire yourself needlessly.
>>16886124Enjoy the next Starship launch attempt. Sometime after May Day.
>>16886134i will
>>16886109SpaceX and Neuralink will basically cement his trillionaire status
>>16886137It will also cement his feet to earth forever
>>16886134yeah sure, why not? its an ambitious project and i love seeing how its going.
>>16886121You're coming from a Mars first perspective, people replying are coming from an Elon first perspective. Their framework doesn't allow you to convince them. But you're right. He also managed to piss of the left, the right, and the establishment. I've actually never seen someone play the game this fucking badly. Where Mars once could have been a source of patriotism and pride for basically everyone, he poisoned the project in the minds of Americans all by himself. Was he ever serious about Mars? Or did he just know that pretending to be would get the smartest people in the world to work doubles for pennies? I don't know anymore.
>>16886145>I've actually never seen someone play the game this fucking badly.He'll be worth 15 trillion dollars and there will be 100,000 people on Lunar and Martian colonies and people will still be saying this shit.
>>16886148The robots aren't happening, the American car market is limited, Neuralink hit a brick wall, and Starlink doesn't scale in cities. Where's the $15 trillion come from? Also who cares what his net worth is if we don't get to Mars? >there will be 100,000 people on Lunar and Martian coloniesWill there? Why don't you check his twitter and see if that's what he's actually interested in
>>16886148yeah probably. its just the fallout of the whole TDS to EDS pipeline. this stuff wont fade for years. sad.
>>16886121>and focusing fully on the moonthis is a good thing, if we got this instead-Moon: NASA, Blue Origin, clpsMars: SpaceXIt would be great for SpaceX but then our space resources and focus is split and inefficient and weak lunar presence might make China more direct, and bold since they can't reach Mars, so instead putting 90% all SpaceX focus/resources/money on the moon is much better for the United States. The moon is 3 days from Earth ffs, we need to be on that high ground Isaacman is right about that.
>>16886156who cares about those retards
>>16885757>The report also provides between $110 million and $120 million for nuclear thermal propulsion and up to $50 million for nuclear electric propulsion within the space technology budget. The report directs NASA to provide a development strategy for both propulsion technologies and a proposal to move that work to the Mars Campaign Office within the exploration mission directorate.All in on NEP & NTR
Elons biggest problem he's become obsessed with identity politics and his xitter echo chamber to the point it's literally rotting his brain.And he's too old to change his ways and realize he's wasting his time caring about stupid shit.Someone else will need to step up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nIVSogxqg
>>16886164literal amerimutt la creatura looking ass
>>16886137A space barge that blows up on the ground when their teeny tanks are filled with an inert gas, and Elon's E-meter are unlikely to generate trillions when they're frauds.SpaceX is now Scientology.
>>16886162Thinking about that time Elon called Fuentes a fed despite>having worked in the federal government that year>being a military contractor>all of his friends in the paypal mafia working for the administration>his business partner Thiel being a CIA contractor that created the vice presidentLike Elon man please stick to rockets, you've lost the plot completely
>>16886169fuentes is a homosexual and his followers are brown third worldersthe groyper version of accelerationism doesn't work
>>16886169Thiel is a complete loser and not running shit other than another worthless California grift fund that uses stolen pension money to underperform the S&P 500.Also remembering what Elon posted about some faggot eceleb two years ago makes you ultra gay.
In particular, NASA does not know how to protect astronauts from space radiation, especially from the highest energy cosmic rays. Astronauts on the lunar surface will actually experience higher radiation levels than they did on their trip to the moon. The moon itself creates radiation when high-energy galactic cosmic rays impact the lunar soil, or regolith. This impact radiation produces an additional dose of neutrons and gamma radiation, revealed measurements made by the Chinese lunar lander Chang’E 4. Researchers found radiation levels about 2.6 times higher than those aboard the International Space Station because the station is partially shielded by the Earth’s protective magnetosphere.To reduce astronauts’ radiation exposure, engineers have proposed covering a lunar base with regolith, but cosmic ray impacts on the regolith would generate a secondary radiation cascade. Scientists have proposed adding a layer of radiation-absorbing materials such as plastic. However, they have done only theoretical studies, and such additional shielding would mean transporting and installing large masses of the material.>just cover the habitats in regolith bro
>>16886172I don't know what that even means, I was just saying Elon has shown fundamental stupidity when it comes to politics on several occasions. >>16886174Thiel created the vice president and then installed him. Elon? Is that you? You know there's a power structure outside of technology and money, right?
>>16886177>Thiel created the vice president and then installed him. Elon? Is that you? You know there's a power structure outside of technology and money, right?Is that you Peter Faggot? Alex Karpnigger?They have no power. Probably less than Elon who already has no real political power himself.You actually fell for the Palantir silicon valley faggot LARP.These people don't matter at all.
>>16886169Fuentes bragged on his show about how the based right was better than the left because they were willing to go out in the street and get their hands red, just like on January 6th where he claimed to have been curbstomping reporters and beating up guardsmen. He was actually in Washington on 1/6 and there's a clip of him urging the crowd to storm the barricades and attack the police, saying "this is the people's house now." Despite the fact that the FBI/etc worked overtime to arrest every grandmother with a sign who was in the same zip code as capitol hill on 1/6, Fuentes never spent a single day in prison. He wasn't even brought in by the feds for questioning. Elon was 100% correct to call Fuentes a fed, because that gay little Mexican glows so bright you could probably see his ass from Mars.
>>16886174>Thiel is not running shit>he doesn't know about Stanford, Palantir, and the CIAfuck you for forcing me to make an off topic post. educate yourself>>16886176>muh secondary radiation cascadeI would simply add another layer of dirt>muh tertiary radiation casdademore dirt
>>16886186>>Thiel is not running shit>>he doesn't know about Stanford, Palantir, and the CIA>fuck you for forcing me to make an off topic post. educate yourselfKek you actually fell for it. You actually fell for the most obvious LARP ever.
>>16886186>just neutron bombard your lunar colonists
>>16886184Off topic and deboonked. Others were charged for entering, which he didn't do. The guy charged with conspiracy was the leader of a militia who had literally drawn up plans. Our mexican twink did a speech and left
>>16886188just looked up if dirt stops neutrons. it does. sorry chud, just pile up more dirt chads win again
>>16886187elaborate please
>>16886191>The moon itself creates radiation when high-energy galactic cosmic rays impact the lunar soil, or regolith. This impact radiation produces an additional dose of neutrons and gamma radiation, revealed measurements made by
>>16886197right yeah, I'm saying to add even more dirt under that. eventually it will be enough dirt
>>16886160they harm me not at all, if thats what you mean. its just another psychosis i see.
>>16886183>larpVance's entire fake career points back to Thiel, and Trump picked Vance after Thiel and Elon told him to. Do you know what Palantir does? Anon what the fuck are you talking about
>>16886161I was telling /sfg/ that all the hardware/proto for those things exists (kW class reactor, X3 thruster etc) but ppl here were like, it's getting cancelled in favor of le steel can
>>16886162i could save him
>>16886205there probably is legitimately a way to socially engineer him back to Mars but I don't know what that would be
>>16886208id just need top level access to his brains admin account.
>>16886162trvke
OP is retarded. took me forever to find this thread
https://x.com/aaronburnett/status/2008650140215628140
So like within 2 or 3 months the entire sentiment behind space-based power generation and AI data centers went from>that’s just a gay reddit memeto>this is going to make several people trillionaires and is the obvious next stepWtf happened here, why the sudden change
>>16886231People did the engineering design studies and looked at what's trending and what's available now and saw that it will not be particularly hard or expensive to make it work.
Why is Elmo so obsessed with big words?>KARDASHEV SCALE>KARDASHEV SCALE>KARDASHEV SCALE>KARDASHEV SCALE>FORCING FUNCTION >KARDASHEV SCALE>MAXWELL WAS COOL I bet he doesn't understand Maxwell equations
>>16886239>Why all this Kardashev thoughBecause every function of economic well-being and resources that can be harnessed by human beings is ultimately just access to excess available energy.
>>16886231GIGO. If you feed the model bubble revenue and unrealistic Elon Starship costs, magically everyone gets rich and starts throwing confetti. With realistic or even simple optimistic numbers, it doesn't pencil out.
>>16886109>end capitalismMarxist detected Opinion discarded
>>16886240But he keeps babbling about it as if it’s a roadmap instead of sci-fi autism made up by some commie in Russia. We’re centuries away from using all available energy on Earth, and anything past that is just space-age LARPing.
>>16886121>focusing fully on the moon and space data centers.He's trying to make space an actual place that people go and where industry takes place You're so fixated on Mars ASAP that you can't see the big picture
>>16886251>Implying you have to get all the energy on Earth before you can start looking at collecting all the energy off Earth
when did this general get filled with retards?
>>16886158Who the fuck cares about the US? I want earth to stay on earth and eat itself alive while mars colonizes the star system.
>>16886250Uncontrolled spending, asymptotic debt and a surveillance state benefiting only rich means we're at the end of Adam Smith's game.On to the next phase.
>>16886264US needs to stay together until mars is self sufficient, thats going to take decades at the most insanely optimistic scenarios
>>16886254And if Elon drops space AI tomorrow and pivots back to Mars, you'll go back to believing that.This is why belief in Elon is a cult. There is no critical thinking done by believers.
>>16886109I would let elon double penetrate me, happily
>>16886121Lol Mars first? What an idiot>>16886169Lil' lonnie's just mad that the second highest engagement account on xitter engages in actual free speech. Puts him in hot water with his jewish handlers and shareholders.
>>16886260>retardsI think you're putting a lot of faith on the plural. Most of this thread is just one retarded nigger jerking himself off
>>16886258>implying talking about collecting the energy off Earth is anything but a sci-fi cosplay
>>16886279true, everyone but you, the guy you replied to and OP is me itt
NASA anons, did you know that you could just email your boss to give you a ride on his plane?
>>16886283What do you think solar panels do? And what, for that matter, do you think is driving demand for energy right now?
>>16886291>Solar panels are a Type II civilization>we just need to scale up
>>16886297Literally what the Dyson Sphere was conceived for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPFsL1Cw92U>Can SpaceX Hit Higher Cadence in 2026? Starship Version 3 Preview | Starship Updates
>>16886298"Conceived". Lol. Is this bait? Define "conceived".
>>16886298to capture the vast majority of a star’s energy output and use it for an advanced civilization
>>16886298Freeman Dyson was amazing when he invented it
>>16886312>To form or develop in the mind.
>>16886312Impregnation
turns out the great filter was not putting /sfg/ in the subject
I saw a video briefly claiming that there's a project intended to explore putting a fission reactor on the surface of the moonhow can it be possible to do this without water? Just bring water up there anyways and use geothermal loops to cool it down?
>>16886363Closed loop cooling systems work fine, you just need a larger radiator to dissipate the excess heat. Open loop systems are compact.
>>16886363just use beamed solar, it's like the only place worth doing that
>>16886363link?
>>16886371that's way more shit to set up than a simple SMR
>>16886363As said closed loop. For higher efficiency, replace water with salts or metals.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasa-seeks-industry-feedback-on-fission-surface-power/
>>16886363Piss airlock recycler
>>16886374Says who? The US have never even built an SMR. The regulatory red tape is still prohibitively expensive. Beamed power would be cheaper, faster, and easier to scale with plummeting launch costs
>>16886269I've never believed there was any rush to get to Mars, but there is a rush to get space industry working before we lose the momentum.
>>16886395The US has also never built a beamed power array you dumb fuck
>>16886395Behold, the delusional spaceflight dreamer
>>16886373https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ-c5symqIwhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasas-fission-surface-power-project-energizes-lunar-exploration/
>>16886395I too would love a death laser orbiting the moon
>>16886399Technically Starlink is already beamed power
>>16886409>hey guys let's advocate for something that has never been done before rather than something that has been done for decadesyou are profoundly stupid
mass to lunar orbit is likely going to be the primary driver for whatever solution gets chosen, and by nasa's 6 ton request, they're not holding out for any new rocket products to enter the market.
>>16886414Starlink has been done before. SMR has not
Is Greenland a good launch site?
>>16886409So any RF signal is beamed power now?
>>16885963
>>16886433Starlink satellites convert solar energy to electricity and beam it to Earth as microwaves, and as visible light to each other. Not hard to scale, the platform is there. SpaceX will scale it and use it. Elon is not gonna fuck around with SMR, he'll leave that to the dying American space companies
>>16886422Starlink is not commercial beamed power. Are cell towers also beamed power? >SMR has notcompletely wrong. Ever heard of a submarine? You should really stop posting
>>16886435>Starlink satellites convert solar energy to electricity and beam it to Earth as microwavesEvery satellite ever. >Not hard to scalewhat are the numbers? scale from mW to MW?
>>16886134>Sometime after May Day.is this bad? I don't track jewish holidays
>>16886435A Starlink generates solar power at about the rate the solar panels on a house do. Compare panel sizes and Google a bit. And ponder all potential power loses getting that power to a plug.So, to make a significant dent in US power use, would require tens of millions of Starlink analogs.So no, it doesn't scale.
>>16886169anon, drug addicts end up frying their brains.I can imagine how having so much power can cause similar effects.you are right, btw. Elon went to russia in the early 2000s alongside actual CIA glowies. it doesn't get more Fed than that kek
>>16886316I miss that whole 1970's, JPL, wine and fondue parties, California plate Volvo with a "Beam me up, Scotty, there's Klingons down here" bumpersticker on the back aesthetic.
>>16886438True, almost every satellite ever is a Starlink satellite. >>16886442Not talking about power beaming to Earth
>>16886448So, where were you planing on beaming it?
>>16886433Not radio, microwave. They primary frequency that power beaming will use
>>16886436Words actually mean things. SMRs are not submarine reactors. Consider googling the difference. SMRs do not use highly enriched uranium as submarine reactors do. No company is seeking to use them and rebrand them as SMRsWhere did /sfg/ get all these nuclear retards?
>>16886449To other orbital assets and lunar assets in darkness
>>16886453>Small Nuclear Reactor>Reactor that is smallwords mean things
>>16886456>To other orbital assetsSaves nothing over putting panels on that asset. Worse actually. Square power law and would need a method of receiving. Beaming to the Moon even more so.
>>16886459Learn to read
>beamed power>nucular reactorsretards, just build a circuit of solar panels in a ring around the moon and boom, you have power 24/7
we need to advance our uranium materials science
Unpopular opinion: Dragonfly's landing site is a good choice.
>>16886526>Unpopular opinionwhat you talking about? mostly everyone agrees it was a good choice
>>16886442He almost got it right. The future of space solar power is making the satellites directly in space (EMl1 to be exact) and delivering them to GEO. These things are absolutely massive. 5-10x ISS size just for 1 GW.
>>16886542>(EMl1 to be exact)Yep. Here's a trajectory chart for manufacturing at EML2, but EML1 works almost as well and is better for comms
>>16886535So far I never heard anyone saying that the landing site is a good choice, only that people here are mad that it isn’t at a lake.
NSFF Woods170: One of my SpaceX sources contacted me and explained that a 1,000 Starships per year is not happening anytime soon. Let alone 10,000 Starship vehicles per year. As has become quite clear in recent years, Elon's tendency to brag and exaggerate is becoming worse over time. As some of my sources at SpaceX have indicated: Elon is slowly but progressively losing all connection to reality and is increasingly obsessed with certain stuff, resulting in him losing focus with regards to his duties towards (particularly, but not exclusively) SpaceX and Tesla."This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs."
>>16886451microwave is RF.
>>16886614Well, obviously The qestion is how much Elon being a Twitter faggot impedes real SpaceX progress
>>16886614If rapid reuse actually becomes a thing and you can launch a single Starship 1000s of times with not much more maintenance than an aircraft, why not? But I guess time could also show that second stage reuse isn't economically because there is too much wear off, which may pave the way to Blue Origin domination of the space market.
>>16886614>Elon is slowly but progressively losing all connection to reality and is increasingly obsessed with certain stuff, resulting in him losing focus with regards to his duties towards (particularly, but not exclusively) SpaceX and Tesla.oh no... Howard Hughes arc>get one stupid retarded fucking puzzle wrong out of 3>you've mistyped the captcha>have to redo this fucking minigame all over again with all new retarded puzzlesaaaaaaaaa fuck I hate this captcha
>>16886682>oh no... Howard Hughes arcAccording to /sfg/, this is at least his third Howard Hughes arc.
>>16886684this one for reals this time>againaaaaaaaaa fuck I REALLY FUCKING hate this captcha
>>16886684I won't be concerned unless he starts floating the idea of a wooden Starship.
>>16886614that's not a reliable source
Just one month and we will have another SLS LAUNCH! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
>>16886696As much of an expensive piece of shit as SLS is, I am pretty excited to see the crew's videos/photos of the moon up close before they return to die in reentry.
>>16886691More reliable than Elon, that's for sure.
>>16886696First humans outside LEO since Apollo 17 is something to be excited about. I'll take all the good news I can get right now.
>>16886714Are you excited for over 9000 "space is fake" threads spamme across a dozen boards by the end of next month? You just know it's coming as soon as the first images from the mission get published.
>>16886696Do they have a plan to make this rocket affordable? Remember: sustainable presence is the goal here.
Is there a chance to escape Earth?
>>16886614https://x.com/aaronburnett/status/2008952221459726766?s=2010k starships a year is necessary for 10kg/usd to orbit
>>16886705No
>Here are the launches and landings we’re most excited about in 2026 >1. Artemis II - 90% chance of happening>2. Starship refueling demo - 50/50>3. Catch of Starship - 70%>4. Blue Moon Mark 1 - 70%>5a. Rocket Lab’s Neutron debut (tied with Stoke’s Nova) - 50/50>5b. First flight of Stoke’s Nova rocket (tied with Rocket Lab’s Neutron) - 30%>7. Debut of China’s Moon ship - 60%>8. China’s race for a reusable rocket - 60%>9. Launch of Haven-1 - 30%wtf they think vast's space station has a low probability of launching next year>10. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope - 80%>11. China’s Chang’e 7 mission - 80%>12. The rise of Europe’s commercial launchers - 20%>13. Terran R’s first flight - 10%>14. Debut of Eclipse - 20%>15. IM-3 and Vestri - 50%>16. Blue Ghost Mission 2 - 10%>17. America’s first geosynchronous refueler - 50%>18. Europe’s Plato mission - 60%>19. Gaganyaan orbital test flight - 30%>20. Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission - 80%https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/here-are-the-launches-and-landings-were-most-excited-about-in-2026/
>>16886736of launching this year*
>>16886736>10. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope - 80%>18. Europe’s Plato mission - 60%I thought they were already scheduled to launch in 2027?
You should get into bird autismIt's just like rocket autism.
https://x.com/aaronburnett/status/2008960878457012471
>>16886766holy shit nobody cares about what orbiter freaks on xitter think.you have to go back.
>>16886736clark really phoned it in, this reads like a chatgpt list
>>16886783could be that he loathes to write a listicle. i write sometimes and cringe when it comes time to do one.
>President Trump says executives at U.S. defense contractors will be barred from earning more than $5 million unless they meet certain requirements, while dividends and stock buybacks will be banned until "problems are rectified."whelp, there goes elon's trillionaire status
>>16886786welp*
>>16885324>no sfgONE (1) job!OP is gay AND dumb
>>16886786SpaceX doesn't do dividends and not doing stock buybacks shouldn't really be a problem assuming this even applied to them (there were numerous caveats)also I imagine musk takes the minimum pay from SpaceX like he does from Tesla, he doesn't need a salary
>>16886729We are 3 years past first Starship flight and it still hasn't flown a single Starlink sat. This is bad
>>16886797But it made it to orbit.
>>16886786What requirements SpaceX doesn't do cost plus shit as far as i'm aware.
>>16886696ahem>SLS: 2>Starship: 0
>>16886800Nope
>>16886803this KILLS the elonfag
>>16886810man, life is just suffering at this point. I was born in the wrong century.
>>16886803>0We don't need to nitpick this. It made orbit already. They are flying a trajectory that allows them to easily deorbit the Ship.
>trump wants the military budget for next year to go from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillionwhat will the battlefield of space look like in the near future of ww3?
>>16886829basically just Golden Dome stuff although there isn't huge money flowing into it as far as I know, industry is cautiously optimistic
>>16886842oh yeah its probably golden dome money
>>16886842
Elon Musk says it is illegal to launch.
>>16886874The Post-Trump world will be interesting...
>>16886786Is Trump going full commie?
>>16886803>SLS: 2>New Glenn; 2>Starship - 0
Spacewalk has been postponed due to a medical reason.
>At #AAS247, an announcement of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System, including a large (3-m) space telescope, all privately funded.https://x.com/jeff_foust/status/2009025793071239219
>>16886913>no observatories on the moon or marsdropped
>>16886825>Texas to North Sentinel Island suborbital counts as an orbit! It just does okay!No, it does not.
>>16886444This anon has never been to a fondue party in his life
>>16886800And Starship had a tower catch too.We're playing Make Believe, right?
>>16886881>Post-Trump worldAnon....
>>16886766Glad Elon has stopped with the wild promises.
>>16886913"Hey! No cuts!"
>>16886614You're telling me its not happening tomorrow? WTF. I thought SpaceX had this in the bag tomorrow. Wow, you're such a genius for noticing this
>>16886926So, still think Elon manufacturing 10,000 Starships every 12 months with hundreds of thousands of launches per year is completely realistic?Okay.
>>16886929Wow, so its not happening tomorrow? Or next year? How did you know this? Damn like you're some kind of a super genius
>>16886931So, your position is that it is completely realistic that SpaceX will manufacture 10000 Starships in 2028. Because you seem very insistent about that.
>>16886932lol so you are starting to move the goalposts againmusk debunked, the 10k happened in 2040 and not 2035 like he originally said in this random quotelmao
>>16886932ITS OVER!!! SPACEX WONT HAVE 10,000 STARSHIPS in 2028!!!
>>16886935So, that's your date. SpaceX will manufacture 10000 Starships each year starting in 2040. You are absolutely convinced that is both realistic and accurate?
>>16886937should happen quicker than that if the space datacenter thing actually kicks offif it doesn't, then 10k starships are not necessary
>>16886935you do realise that Boeing and Airbus combined don't even make 2000 large jets per year right? And that's with completely mature industries with supply chains and actual demand right? And after decades of that industry being made mature there are only 30k operating jets in the entire world. So you think that space travel which is not mature in the slightest bit and has basically no demand compared to air travel is going to produce 15x more spacecraft than aircraft every year. With an immature supply chain and 10x the tolerance requirements that a plane requires. And Elon is going to do that by himself. And that's going to happen in only 15 years. Very obscenly cartoonish
>>16886946faster than 15 yearsits simply a question of demand of space datacentersless than 2000 large jets get made per year because there is only demand for less than 2000 large jetsif there was demand for more, more would be madewhat is so difficult to understand here?
>>16886948Wait unit you get to Econ 101 in your Freshman Year. You'll be surprised why that doesn't work.
>>16886952you must have gone to a shit tier college if econ 101 didn't teach price elasticity of demand
>>16886913"I really liked your talk. Will you be my girlfriend?"
>>16886956Infinite Demand is always fulfilled by Infinite Supply. That is why everyone has their own private 40 room mansion.Wait...
>>16886958maybe take that econ 101 again bro
>>16886946Nigga, jetliners are hyperreusable and are supposed to last like 30-50 years
>>16886948>HAHA JUST BUILD MORE ELON CAN DO ANYTHINGI hate to break it to you anon but 99.9% of data centers are going to be on the ground. There isn't this fantasy demand you claim there is and there won't be that kind of demand for space travel for decades
>>16886948>>16886961also if you think Elon can build out 15x the capacity of all jetliners in 15 years you are a retard
>>16886961>There isn't this fantasy demand you claim there isNTA but have you been living under a rock?
>>1688696215 years is insanely long, you think that is the limiting factor? lmao
>>16886961"Unbeliever! You are not of The Body! Elon smite thee!"They're cultists. There no use arguing with them.
>>16886913Interesting. But I really doubt the space telescope will happen. Historic attempts to build private missions have gone nowhere. They seem to have done a fairly detailed design study, but there are lots of power-point telescopes which get this far. They also need to figure out who would build it. It doesn't help that the Mission Scientist was a random postdoc with no experience of actual management, much less building space telescopes. https://www.schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-observatory-system/https://arxiv.org/html/2601.02556v1The DSA2000 was designed to be a powerful radio telescope based on fairly cheap telescopes. But even that is not fully funded. The Schmidt foundation gave 15 million for the design work and prototypes, but not enough to build the full array. It's still stuck. So I have my doubts that they are happy to hand out billions to fund a space telescope, but wont cough up the tens of missions to finish the DSA.
>>16886964>15 years is insanely long>No, I don't see a contraction that 15 years ago Elon also said he would be the n Mars by now
AI induced deflation of most goods and services will probably actually increase demand for long distance traveling as people have more disposable income
>>16886970Deflations is the ultimate goal of a post-scarcity society.
I mean, if you are so confident, then short the stock later this year, let's see how that goes.
>>16886913i missed the part where these are private / commercial observatories...what's the business model? who is buying pictures of gas clouds? dont say governments.
>>16886985I am.
>>16886985>"They all have time lines; they all have funding. And by astronomic standards, these things are happening in the blink of an eye,” Feldman says.>“We want the data to be rapidly available—and it will be available broadly. It’s intended as a gift to the global astrophysics community.”>Some researchers have questions about who would have access to the facilities and data. And some wondered whether a large influx of private money might spur further cuts to taxpayer funding.>The Schmidt Sciences team is adamant it is not trying to compete with governments. “We’re not replacing NSF or NASA or the European agencies. We’re trying to fill in areas that they really aren’t designed for and invest in that,” Feldman says.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/schmidt-sciences-announces-plan-for-lazuli-a-private-space-telescope/
>>16886960>Nigga
>>16886963It's tech bro hype>>16886964wow if 15 years is so long why doesn't starship work yet. You seem to have no grasp of how long anything takes
>>16887003
>>16887003Can you lend me a pencil rocket?
>>16886915>put 99% the energy of full orbit into it>THIS IS LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME AS A SOUNDING ROCKET!!!!I know you're just a baiting subhuman but have your subhuman (You) anyways
>>16887015>Elon could have gone on into orbit but he dinna wanna.Okay. Guess prepare yourself emotionally when 2026 ends with no orbit and successful reentry. Again.
>>16886556>only that people here are mad that it isn’t at a lake.it's just that one obsessive retard who doesn't care if it takes a header upon landing and is never heard from again, I keep assuring him it will eventually be allowed to explore the lakes but he doesn't seem to understand.
>>16887015The rocket did not orbit the Earth. This is the truth>B-B- BUTNo
>>16887001>its all freeno. who is paying for it? who???
>>16886961I could see global compute being 2% orbital in 20 years, but it would have to be niche applications, maybe only for use in other industries in space.But 20 years is a long way off in some respects and a short time in others. The biggest argument for space servers is the "free energy" and cheap launch costs. In a few decades the Gen 4 nuclears could really take off in a couple more years. Then there's optical computers just starting to work so maybe large servers might get way more power efficient.
>>16887035>global compute being 2% orbital in 20 yearsThat's totally retarded.AI compute is going to be approaching 100% of all compute.If AI satellites make sense then most of that will go to space. If it doesn't make sense then none of it will.Your 2% prediction is one of the least likely outcomes cause that's still way too much if it wasn't worth it and way too little if it was.
So what's up in space flight? When starship. I've been out of the loop for a month.
>>16886797300 Falcon 9 launches say otherwise. SpaceX has Falcon 9 in its catalogue to fill the gap. Starship could take all the time it needed.
>>16887049jets are the most comparable thing because they fly and have a similar level of technical requirements. That's why I'm relating the two industries when we're talking about industrial capacity. Any retard can build a working boat out of garbage. Even if starship is 2x easier to build (it's not because planes don't need to be engineered to withstand launch forces and reentry) you're talking about elon building 7.5x the industrial capacity of the current airliner industry in 15 years for demand of a meme product. I have no belief that unserviceable disposable space servers that need to shut off at night to cool down and cost 10x more per compute is the future of servers.
https://x.com/raz_liu/status/2009110386902225404>Close-up footage of the ZQ-3 Y1's first stage final moment. via 影视飓风
>>16886967Are we at the point where launch costs are no longer the most constraining factor with overall costs? What's the next bottleneck?>>16886957She looks like Sarah Palin
>>16886797how long did it take falcon 9 to deliver a real payload?
>>16887078the goal of putting servers in space isn't because orbit is an especially good place to put serversit's because up there, no one can complain because there are no laws.have you not been inundated by articles of boomers living a mile away from a data center?it's only a matter of time before data centers get NIMBY'd out of existence on land.
>>16887093yeah you have a point. I would sooner believe ocean servers before space servers though
>>16887095corrosive forces in the ocean are too severe. and any dumb fuck with a boat can just go out there and steal it. bill gates tried. he failed.
>>16887035this photo is doctored
why the fuck don't we have really fast travel on rockets between 2 points on earth already? or maybe orbit tourism or some shit?why is spacex even thinking of replacing their rockets with even bigger ones instead of doing this with, say, smaller rockets?
>>16887078>a meme productYou really don't get AI, do you
why didnt they fund a space-based gravity wave detector?
>>16887102Earth 2 Earth is an even bigger meme than orbital datacenters
>>16887099I've seen this happen to 2 different starship boosters.
>>16887104agi is not for 100 more years at least. Sorry
>>16887112why? who wouldn't enjoy a quick trip around the world? as long as it's relatively cheap. could become massive quickly. imagine yourself entering your rocket in a city and arriving to another city minutes later. must feel really powerful.people would be traveling to parties in japan, australia or whatever. fun stuff.
>>16887128Imagine yourself blowing up in a rocket
>>16887128>as long as it's relatively cheap.safety is expensive and starship is anything but safe. This fact will NEVER change.
>>16887131>>16887135did you guys really miss my point? I'm saying they should keep falcon for earth to earth travel...starship is fucking retarded IMO, even for space travel.>>16887131well, it's either a quick trip or a quick death, which sounds awesome.
>>16887140>falcon for earth to earth travelDo you read your posts before you post them? Yeah let's launch like 12 people per year at 55M each so they can save a few hours on their flight. Very intelligent
>>16887075Felon has said explicitly that expanding and maintaining Starlink requires the claimed cost down from Starship. Starserver and the rest if his mad dreams even more so.
>>16887069Grok is that anon correct?No way Jose! Yuri Gagarin completed one orbit of the Earth during his historic 108-minute flight aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human in space. While some debate if he technically finished the full loop because he ejected before landing, his mission was a complete orbital flight, a significant achievement in the Space Race.
>>16887080>>16887083>>16887084literal kino. Could have been footage from any Michael Bay movie, like arrival of a Decepticon.
>>16887151>Trusting a clanker
>>16887069Bros...
>>16887080It looks like a fireball spell, kino
>>16887160>Incels think they've proven G-Man didn't orbit the Earth. After 60 odd years.
BIG BREAKING>Possible early return of Crew-11.>"As an update to our earlier communication regarding a medical situation aboard the International Space Station, the matter involved a single crew member who is stable. Safely conducting our missions is our highest priority, and we are actively evaluating all options, including the possibility of an earlier end to Crew-11’s mission. These are the situations NASA and our partners train for and prepare to execute safely. We will provide further updates within the next 24 hours."https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/2009129900637143450
>>16887167Crew 11Zena Cardman (NASA, Commander)Mike Fincke (NASA, Pilot)Kimiya Yui (JAXA, Mission Specialist)Oleg Platonov (Roscosmos, Mission Specialist)So, it's the girl, right? A problem with her waterworks?
>>16887169first space pregnancy
>>16887167I hope they are ok :(
>>16886686>>>/g/107679711
>>16887167Privacy, my ass. When you get to fly around the Earth on my dime, your fucking privacy goes out the window.I need to see this dumb bitch's real time vitals, or else pull the plug. You literally ARE the experiment we are all paying for, you medical privacy was waived not just a little but completely and absolute.Fuck you. Wait in line for care like everyone else, you might dieThe fallout from this incident will be "who the fuck cleared this loser of an "astronaut" to go up?", and relentlessly witch hunt the enablers until elimination.We need heroes, not losers.
>>16887173cringe post anon, go outside
maybe its time to get that space rescue service after all
>>16887177Need a fully fueled f9 on stand by at all times for this exact reason
>>16886736I would have a hard time attaching a percentage to many of these but some of them still seem really weird.>>16886845What are you trying to say with this anyways, why are GEO sats relevant to Golden Dome?>>16887085Launch costs have rarely been the most constraining factor for sizeable scientific probes, precise instruments are expensive. Launch upmass and fairing volume have been far bigger constraints.
>>16887183correct
>>16887187this was from a medical training event on station from like 15 months ago btw
>>16887167It's over>>>/wsg/6067771
best thing to do in an emergency, is execute government cover-up plan 101, including misinformation and disinformation campaigns that directly conflict with each otherLETS HIDE EVERYTHINGThen, we can deny it!Everyone is always lying, 100% of the time, unless your release everything.This whole situation, WHATEVER IT IS, has already be botched to the highest order, and heads will rollJarred? Some leadership please?*crickets*
>>16887191or, maybe, it really is just for the personal privacy of the astronaut?god you're stupid
>>16887192What about the personal privacy of the Epstein clients?god you're stupid
>>16887194oh you're just baitingok
>>16887195>picat some point we'll crack FTL, but it wont matter because the universe is so huge it would still take forever to get to other galaxies.
>>16887196there's no Blake's Lotaburger in other galaxies, I'm fine staying here
>>16887123Bait or blind?
>>16887085The people on the paper don't have the experience or facilities to build it in house. So they are going to have to give the one of the companies who do this (LM, Ball) basically a blank cheque. It's a big complex observatory, which has to work without remotely for years without interference. It has to be pretty light weight too, as they've baselines 4 tonnes. Which is much less than Hubble. It's also an off axis design which means it's more difficult to manufacture the mirror.>>16886985>>16887001There's no way it will try to be funded with fees. They will just never make the money back. It's a philanthropic effort. The paper says the telescope will be open to the community. But the science is very driven by the followup of supernovae for cosmology. It seems to be a gift to Saul Perlmutter rather than the scientific community. It has some very weird instrumental decisions. I would assume this is the outcome of the much lauded telescope that Permutter was supposedly working on. Musk said it was an 8 meter using a ground based mirror. Then it became 6.5 meters in their study. And now it's 3 meters, off axis.
>>16887080>>16887083>>16887084Looks like it shat out its Chinesium guts.
>>16887169It's Kimiya Yui. He was heard on an open channel requesting a private medical conference. There was some additional talk about how to do video but then nothing else.
Is there a procedure to conduct CPR in space? There is nothing to provide resistance when doing chest compressions in microgravity.Also reminder that solving this problem will solve how to sex in space.
>>16887244https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmBbcNTUkOgAnywhere with those long blue handlebars you can maybe jam your foot in to gain hold. But it would still be pretty exhausting since you can't bounce against gravity to help. Maybe they'll float them to the gym section they already have straps and such to keep runners in place.
>>16887123You don't need AGI
>>16887160>>16887159That's just because of the Earth's rotation. He covered a full orbit's worth of distance.
>>16887070yep, either its 0% or something like 95%
>>16887244just introduce artificial gravity instead of trying to invent some ridiculous workaround
>>16887239the middle aged otherwise healthy japanese man is dying of a cold, as is tradition
the US took a Russian ship, now Russia takes the ISS
>>16887318to be honest the dickest of moves the russians could do at this point would be to move ahead with that metal pellet ASAT
someone should bake early so other people can finally find this general.
imagine if the next guy does the same thing, iq test
The name should be changed to /sg/ space general
>>16886101any day now
>>16887337>Starship>not a spaceplane
>>16887330>>16887337>>16887341I suggest "air, earth orbit and space flight general", /aeosfg/though I think maybe you guys should move to >>>/n/ already. this shit, and your beloved Elon, have nothing to do with Science or Math.
>>16887346aerospace technologyspacexastronomyfuture/fantastical ideasbut /sfg/ is dead enough as is
>>16887337>SkylonNobody tell him.
Now that Starlink 9-96 has been delayed one more day, this will be the longest gap between orbital flights since 2024 (five day gap July 2025, ten day gap in June 2024). No wonder /sfg/ is dead.
>>16886985Not exactly commercial but I’ve long thought about universities owning space telescopes.Universities operate their own observatories all the time, sure a space telescope is more expensive, but plenty of the bigger schools could afford one if they really wanted it.
>>16887359>No wonder /sfg/ is dead.That and also because muskrats can't find it in the catalog.
>>16887346Huh, there is /sfg/ on >>>/n/
Vulcan is now a warfighting machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBtxE8LXc8A
>>16887199>>16887274ai is a toy for making pancake porn. It has no idea what it's doing and corporations that replaced their wagies are already reporting that the ai is doing retarded shit and deleting data.>but but it will get betterrrrNo it won't. Machine learning is inherently retarded in a lot of ways that people need to not be to do basic jobs
its been so quiet this year, space is falling off
>>16887494SLS with Artemis 2 will save us, at least for 10 days it will keep /sfg/ somewhat alive.
Uhhh... How is it going in the /sfg/ discord? Is it dead too?
2 hours until nasa emergency news conference>NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew.https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-media-with-international-space-station-update-today/
>>16887493>No it won't.lol
Polymarket added February and March for Starship but not April. There is still hope, right?
>>16886176literally just put the moonbase in a lava tube
>>16887507Did another woman go crazy and start drilling holes in shit?
>>16887507Elon musk killed astronauts. Watch trump administration bary the fuck out of this
>>16887523Tube life sounds depressing. I choose surface life even with its risks
>>16887527could just put rest / habitation 'below deck' and do daily functions on the surface, i dont imagine drilling a hole in a lava tube would be beyond nasa capabilities
>>16887526>Elon musk killed astronauts.wrong, it was his engineers who did this. musk just wants to steal the credit.
>>16887527Por qué no los dos
>space force lefties are furious about the new PT standardsthe new standards? be able to run 2 miles, twice a year. there are also alternatives and waivers. just how fat and lazy are they?
You guys should just move north of the arctic circle. Every time you go outside it's like preparing for a mini EVA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPQG06KrKY8>A Closer Look at SpaceX's Plans for Massey's | Starbase Flyover Update 112
>>16887507Jared is going to be there so it sounds like it could be pretty serious. Crew-11 might be coming back early.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcV3jCwwPkStream goes live in T-30:00
>Helicopter N554AC, which is frequently used for Dragon Splashdown Recovery operations, has taken off from Dallas, TX and is heading West.>No flight plan filed, but if it ends up landing near Angeles, it may be a significant clue about upcoming plans for Crew-11's return.https://x.com/spaceOFFSHORE/status/2009350679589212487
>>16887519Why is it taking so long between test flights?
>>16887560They're running out of money. Remember we've never seen their financial statements.
>>16887560mexicans keep abusing COPVs
>>16887555and there it is. its all but confirmed that crew 11 will be returning early.
Anthrofuturism Q&A is live right nowhttps://www.youtube.com/live/vkK8B64zUXc
>>16887551streams up
>>16887561>They're running out of moneysource?
>>16887569his hank hill ass
https://x.com/Arianespace/status/2009294081319440646>Teams are now moving through the major milestones toward the very first Ariane 6 launch for Amazon Leo, scheduled for February
we need a hospital in orbit
https://x.com/FireflySpace/status/2009379842567881100>Alpha Flight 7's first stage shipped out from our Rocket Ranch in Texas and arrived safely at Vandenberg Space Force Base! Up next, we'll integrate the two stages in preparation for a static fire test ahead of launch in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more.Least reliable operational rocket gets ready for another go
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>EARLY RETURNEARLY RETURN>EARLY RETURNEARLY RETURN
>NON EMERGENCYNON EMERGENCY>NON EMERGENCYNON EMERGENCY
>>16887565Just don't tell Don that the woke astronauts are abandoning their mission early.
Wow they still do ISS briefings?
>nothing to do with the operational environment in preparing for the spacewalk>unrelated to any operations on board
>>16887591>injury?>Other type?>Jared: not an emergency... >Not an injury in pursuit of operations(in pursuit of something else then?)>Anything unusual? How will the retruen look like?>Yes, it's unusual. Never done a controlled evacuation/expedited return.
we need better questions from the reporters
>>16887595>Fox News: for Jared, ... what in-space medical facilities would you like to have?>Jared: ... continue to learn ... (didn't answer the question)>Another reporter: ..>Jared: everyone's performed as expected>changes about splashdown convo/convoy?>Jared: completely nominal de-orbit .. not an emergency ... exisiting landing sites and recovery vessels>Space Flight Now: given the gap crew 11 and 12, risk of having just one US crew member, were there to be an emergency?>Additional risk is well understood. We like to have EVA capability on the ready. ... remaining crew are well-trained for nominal operations>Another phone quuestion: for Jared, going forward, having an actual medical officer on board? How is crew equipped to dealing with this?>Jared: All astronauts medically trained. I don't think having a medical doctor will change anything.
Just tuned in, did they even say what astronaut it is/ what the problem is? Or are they being vague
>>16887600>Question about solar power mode/sufficient power?>Power is above margins. The EVA was not for a contingency.>Question from Mike Wall space.com: for Dr.: other incidents in past 25 years from which to draw a protocol?>nothing specific... (waffling answer about different multiple different, no specifics)>Phone question for Dr: monitoring affected crew member? Restricting activities?>Dr: no details due to privacy. Crew is stable,.
>>16887173You know what, I agree>>16887309kek
>>16887603No. No details other than >>16887591>Phone question about Russian crew members...>Russians on board a great team, qualified to operate US systems
>>16887603They're not going to give any medical details, for privacy reasons.
Daily reminder ISS Deorbit Vehicle will cost $1.5bn
>>16887609Cheaper than anyone else could do it. BO might do it for $800 mil but they’d be taking a loss and it would be yet another Bezos Bucks out-of-pocket thing, for the most part
>>16887603The woman wanted to try to have a space-bortion from a pregnancy she didn't disclose, but Jared being a bigot is now forcing her to return and give a live birth at NASA.
>the crew came to their aid right away>it was a serious medical condition Damn, was it a stroke?
>>16887607>Phone question: Why make (garbled) specific while remaining anonymous?>Answer: Either maintain crew complement a few weeks longer or on Earth where best treatment and care is available.>Phone question on international partners.>Answer: They've been in lock-step the whole time.>Dr. Crew is highly trained, and they came to the assistance of their colleague straight away.>Jared: was a serious medical condition.
>erm will AI help?Literally fucking die
>Question about AIKill journalists.
>>16887618Put his health record in the blockchain. That'll do it.
>>16887617>Phone question on A.I.?>Always learning.. looking at A.I. ... (waffle) ... Jared: evacuation proceeding in very planned way, may pull crew 12 forward, we train for this, NASA being transparent, (end of briefing)
>>16887617>>Dr. CrewDr Crew is the Crew Doctor? The Crew Doctor, Dr Crew, came to the aid of his Crew mate and doctored him?
>>16887617>>16887627>>>Dr. CrewShould be:>Dr. answered: The crew is highly trained ...The Dr. is chief health and Medical officer Dr. J.D. Polk.He's one of the participants in today's ITInternational Space Station Update: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026: >>16887551His bio: https://www.nasa.gov/people/jd-polk/>He is triple board certified in both emergency medicine and aerospace medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine, and American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine.
>>16887627Have him team up with Dr. Drew.
>>16887630Doc seemed super chill. I’m also glad he mentioned going to Mars. He gets the bit picture here
>>16887630oh too bad>>16887631And Captains Over, Under and Dunn
LEAK! She lost her fetus and will be arrested in Texas for ZERO-G Abortion.Big news!
since its an acute condition caused by microgravity im betting its blurry vision
https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/2009408022590943643>More footage of the Russian Oreshnik IRBM strike on Lviv Oblast.Russia breaking out more kinetic missile strikes
>>16887638Perhaps a blood clot, that was my first thought
>>16887640i think a clot would be an immediate evac
anyone got the webm from the expanse where the guy died from a blood clot?
eyes or heart related I assume
>>16887645Curse ye earthlubbers, I got space scurvy and now we must depart back down the gravity well
really bad constipation
>>16887639Lmao at first it looked like God was casting lightning bolts at someone
So what happens if this type of emergency were to happen on the lunar surface, or at Mars?
>>16887653we will have a surgery suite on mars.
>>16887653Time to build some von Braun rotating stations
>>16887427Vulcan's ForgeVulcan's HammerNeed a cool name for it.
>>16887653I wouldn’t be surprised if this event informs future lunar bases, and especially the spacex/NASA mars endeavor of the near future (God willing), to essentially send an entire doctor’s office on a cargo launch before sending doctor-astronauts to provide local and more permanent patient care. You’re going to need an entire sick bay
>>16887645based on >>16887591 and >>16887617 i'm betting on heart related, not a full blown heart attack but maybe abnormal blood pressure or something like that
>>16887603Women's troubles.
>>16887653It wouldn't happen because even minimal gravity prevents this kind of shit.
>>16887653Stick them in the gains-train until they recover
How did vibrations from falcon 9 shake an astronaut to death?
https://x.com/rocketalignment/status/2009394617217953840>From Sam Altman's deposition in the Elon case
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2009413868867469372
>>16887608Then what's the point of a fucking press conference if the actual question anyone cares about won't be answered?
>>16887612Holy shit, really?>>16887635This would be so based
>>16887653Musk would be arrested for facilitating it
>>16887664The best part is some semblance of a single part
>>16887653Nothing. SpaceX's lunar and martian bases will have way more than just 6-7 people, which is a laughable figure to begin with, meaning they'll have several doctors and surgeons at all times.
>>16887551> International Space Station Update: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026full transcript: https://pastebin.com/mRgnpT6r>Jonathan McDowell posts:>In 1985, Soviet astronaut Vladimir Vasyutin got sick aboard the Salyut-7 space station and the Soyuz T-14 crew were brought home early.>on Mir EO-2 in 1987, Aleksandr Laveykin had a cardiac issue; he was transferred from the long stay crew and returned to Earth aboard a scheduled visiting crew ferry>Soyuz-21 came home early in 1976 when Vitaliy Zholobov got ill aboard the Almaz OPS-3 (Salyut-5) military space station.
>>16887670once again burger doesnt know what he's talking about
>>16887680>SpaceX's lunar and martian basesHad us going for a minute there.
i still havent been able to see that russian medical movie that was filmed on the iss
>>16887616>>16887640>the crew came to their aid right awayIdk, but you can't really first aid a stroke it just sorta happens.>>16887659>abnormal blood pressure or somethingSurely something like that you can just tough it out and not do anything rather than medevac, especially considering they're all very fit and well trained. Astronauts are being pussies.
>>16887673Just to announce that they're coming back earlier than scheduled. I agree that the conference should have ended there, but for transparency reasons, it had to be dragged out as it was or people bitch about that sort of stuff.
Clear's livestream from the station in the kibo module will probably be delayed since there will be no nip onboard and there's no jaxa replacement on crew-12.:( :( :( :(
>>16887173Agree with this for the fact that they're PUBLIC astronauts in PUBLIC office, paid by PUBLIC tax dollars. If it was a private spaceflight a la Polaris then they can do whatever the fuck they want.
>>16887687Mr Putin we need a budget for a second film featuring a gynecologist on the Station. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
>>16887699socialize the costs, privatize the information
>>16887653Whatever they do already on Antarctic bases. Or submarines
>>16887754I’ll perform the appendicitis myself then ig
>>16887698Just have the stream before they leave, unless Kimiya's the one dying.
>>16887757Nah it's fine, I've got a knife and I'm not that drunk
