Deep Space Network editionPrevious >>16964138
>>16966344Your fetish thread sucks, fuck off.
https://x.com/ulalaunch/status/2048905106616164745>Cryo tanking operations are progressing smoothly to fill the Atlas V with the liquid rocket fuel needed to accomplish today's launch of 29 satellites for Amazon Leo. We have a green board with no issues being addressed today by the ULA launch team and continue to target 8:52 p.m. EDT (0052 UTC) for liftoff.
>>16966355This launch could be visible along the east coast
skies will be clear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUpVpUw3rkMwatch progress do whatever it is progress does
>>16966332Mr. Administrator, you've got to stop doing this in front of congress.
ULA (live in 40 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTMd1XYguoSFN (live now)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1yNTNZHZlANSF (live now)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5qUzkJb1tkT-55:00
>>16966366It's gonna scrub
>>1696636820% chance of a weather violation
they're posting on youtube again
>>16966370Hopefully this means they'll start streaming there again
>>16966370thats a good one. are they making more?
>>16966363Docking complete
>>16966371>>16966370They always post higher effort stuff on youtube with a delay. Theya re not going back, especially not now that X is part of SpaceX
Just stay on this planet you idiots wasting money
>>16966374From the Youtube description>"Test Like You Fly” launches a series that takes you inside the factories and onto the launch pads where humanity's future in space is unfolding.>launches a seriesYes, they'll be making more. I can't wait for the videos focusing on HLS, but those are a year or two away.
Clear doko?
>>16966379
their having a problem with the MLP washdown valve but will go forward anyway?
>>16966355Atlas has the chance to do the funniest thing tonight.
>3 min till launch>no discussion on /sfg/I really am the last spaceflight enthusiast left here huh.
>>169663921 minute
launch
SRBs were chucking a lot of little embers just before separation but it looks nominal otherwise.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
another W for ULA
>SpaceX launches today: 0>ULA: 1muskbros?
>>16966399>he's me, i thank you
Think about how many OmegA failures we would have seen, hahahah
>>16966431The original observationwhat the fuck has Norgrup been doing for 10 years?
>>16966409how does he get such a pregnant belly when he doesnt even drink beer?
>>16966448short answer? nothing long answer? fucking nothing
>>16966449It’s an edited image.
Clear wonhttps://x.com/Liella_PLSP/status/2048971717842698681
>>16966399Hate those lips, looks like a crackhead rocket
>>16966475
>>16966469>editedAnon, I have bad news...
>>16966469screenshot is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqjoCbZ4ik around the 2:23 mark.
>>16966492sfg - Substandard Fitness General
>>16966332Unpopular opinion: spaceflight is not science.
>>16966530It is engineering prowess that facilitates science.
Cancel Starship
>>16966540you revived esefgee just to say that? go back to sleep anon >:(
>>16966380The next video won't be SpaceX. It'll be Blorigin or RocketLab
>>16966558Why would SpaceX start a series documenting their rockets, and then also include BO and RL? Bro, are you high?
>>16966492that's insane
>>16966370new spacefu
>>16966577How down bad are you to find this 3/10 bughuman attractive lmao
>>16966577pity for the tattoos though
>>16966370spacex seems more unconventional than I thought
>>16966370and everybody clapped
>>16966577>>16966580>>16966582No surprise Starshit keeps blowing up
>>16966470>love live shirtbased clear
>>16966577Naw man
>>16966587Why does intentional destruction of test hardware make you so angry?
>>16966470Looks like a jew and a jap mixed
>>16966602>intentionalHahaha
>>16966602>intentional destruction of test hardware
>>16966380nice
>>16966384the moon mountains of madness>>16966530science allows engineering which facilitates science. it is by science alone that i set spaceflight in motion
>>16966602It doesn't. I think it's awesome.
Why doesn't Musk sue???
>>16966660There's effectively no chance of brand confusion between SpaceX and these robots, and the word Starship isn't particularly novel.
>>16966660He's an Ive fan.
Remember when last year there was a license change suggesting flight 12 won't be before April? And half said it's over and the other half said it doesn't mean anything.
https://x.com/i/trending/2049107124987498907SpaceX will have a real pay package for Elon, that is set to give him 200 million shares if he can make SpaceX into a 7.5 trillion dollar company, million sats in orbit, and colony on the mars with atleast 1 million permanent colony.
>>16966667One thing I have learnt over the years is that /sfg/tards are about as retarded as the average person when it comes to space, despite this allegedly being their special fixation. Sad
>>16966660https://streamable.com/3ya9bo
>>16966673
>>16966615So they were intending to save and reuse these rough starship prototypes they had rigged to blow?Oh right, they didn’t because it is and was always meant to be sacrificial test hardware.
>>16966674>plastic can’t be beatYes you can, that’s exactly what makes them superior!
>>16966681this. their durability is only exceeded by metallic sex bots
>>1696667468% of men prefer android over real woman
>>16966668Just like Tesla, this is a PR gambit to convince wary investors that the company is going to be able to get Elon to pay attention to the company's needs instead of acting like a spastic four year old with ADHD. Investors will eat it up because the rewards are things that would motive the investors and the requirements are things investors want to see the company accomplish. Neither is really aimed at Musk himself. Tesla and SpaceX both know he'll never come close to meeting the requirements but that doesn't matter. As long as investors, politicians, and the public think Musk is properly motivated towards the stated goals, the company has set the desired perception of the company, which will give them a pass on many shortcomings.
>>16966693>before goal is achieved>Its a PR gambit/musk fraud>after goal is achieved>engineered did it/musk fraud
>>16966695>after goal is achievedPlease notify us whenit is achieved.
wen launch?
>>16966707Falcon 1Falcon 9Cargo DragonFalcon Heavy Crew DragonStarlinkStarship bellyflop maneuverStarship engine reliablityStarship godzilla catch maneuverStarship starlink dummy launchesStarship near-orbital(You are here)Starship orbitalStarship catch/landingStarship refuel...
Does anyone else feel like a useless fucking retard watching these documentaries and watching people our age accomplish infinitely more with their lives than us?
>>16966713Soon he will realize that solar sails are the way for interplanetary cargo transport.
>>16966712i definitely wish i could be part of such things but generally it doesn't get me down too much. im happy that they can be doing it and that i get to watch.
>>16966711Those aren't the goals listed by SpaceX. Those were accomplished without this pay package carrot. Until recently, such lures weren't required.Are you every trying to be coherent or are you so lonely that any response to you is the highlight of your week?
>>16966711Not sure what any of these have to do with a million people on mars or 7.5 trillion spacex valuation, but you go off king.
>>16966713As per usual, he has a surface level understanding which leads to retardation. Nuclear is essential for the Moon and Mars. good luck using solar in the reduced solar radiation of Mars and the constant dust storms which cover your panels. Good luck using solar on the moon with weeks of night.
>>16966712If it helps you sleep better at night, know that it is through sheer luck these people were being born into the right places, the right time etc to have access to these opportunities ie. they succeeded because they were always meant to succeed.https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018arXiv180207068B/abstract
>>16966712I was born to 2 felons living in a trailer park and now Im an engineer helping design next-gen nuclear reactors.Sounds like a you problem, mang.
>>16966712I would personally not want to be a worker drone in the SpaceX beehive.
>>16966718>>16966716>Musk didnt achieve 7.5 trillion today>Musk didn't achieve 1 million mars colony today>Therefore Musk is a fraudEDS mindset at work
>>16966712>ywn accomplish wondersim too potato but at least i try
>>16966725He will OBVIOUSLY not live to achieve them, unless incredible life extension tech is invented soon.
>>16966721>surface level understanding which leads to retardationincredible misdiagnosis.it is self induced total absolutism simpletonmaxxing mindset for the purpose of forcing companies to achieve a goal.has nothing to do with not understanding that dust storms or night time exists.
>>16966711>Falcon 1 (failure)>Falcon 9 (leo shit)>Crew Dragon (leo shit)>Starlink (leo shit)>Starship bellyflop maneuver (not spaceflight)>Starship engine reliablity (failure)>Starship godzilla catch maneuver (not spaceflight)>Starship starlink dummy launches (not spaceflight)>Starship NEAR(lmao)-orbital (not spaceflight)>(You are here- For Ever.)>Starship orbital (eternal two weeks)>Starship catch/landing (two more weeks * two more weeks)>Starship refuel (two more weeks * two more weeks * two more weeks)lmao nice goalposts muskrat. 25 launches in 2025 amirite?
>>16966734bad bait faggot.get a job put the fries in the bag
>>16966735calm down, lil bro, your melty is showing.
>>16966736fries in the bag
>>16966737dilator in the vag
>>16966738kek.
>Isaacman argues that NASA can do more with a smaller heliophysics budget by leveraging commercial satellite capabilities.>Sen. Shaheen (D-NH): I'm not convinced.Extremely based. We need more government projects (see LLNL's NIF)
>>16966742why arent other countries stepping up? where are their heliophysics satellites?
>>16966725>EDS mindset at workits a terrible illness.
>>16966743Didn't china put one up recently?Europe needs the money for immigrant services and russia needs the money to kill ukrainians. India needs money and no one else has a space program.
>>16966712I'm putting myself through school so I can be involved but I definitely feel like I completely fucked up my youth. I could've been right there with these people or doing something else impressive if I had just gotten it together. I will say that I legitimately didn't know much about STEM 15 years ago and also had a host of mental health issues so it wasn't completely my fault either.I also don't really want to work at SpaceX or Blue Origin either. Just seems scummy as fuck.>>16966723If that anon is like me, they could've had severe mental health issues and weren't communicated anything about STEM or how university works. Idk. It happens, dawg.
>>16966774Nobody asked for your life story bud.
>>16966713He seems to ignore the cost of distribution
>>16966775Well, tough. I'm giving it anyway because not everyone's path looks the same.
>>16966774thank you for giving me your life story. I asked.
>>16966778This is just cope, anyone can have a charmed middle class upbringing like me if you just tried hard enough growing up.
>>16966713Helion/altman was trending when he said that I think
>>16966711Starship fails to reach orbit x 11
>>16966797SHUT UPEDS EDS STOP NOTICING
>>16966797It wasn't supposed to
Is this what SpaceX is now planning for FH downrange side booster landings now that JRTI is being repurposed?https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AfKEZSXkh4U
https://x.com/robert_savitsky/status/2049181075528679434>Soyuz-5 is back on the launch pad again, and a few insiders on the NK forum are hinting that there will be a launch attempt tomorrow (14:00 - 16:00 Moscow Time). Existing NOTAMs are up until April 30, so if it gets delayed by more than a day, they'll need new NOTAMs and warnings.
>>16966807Elon dinna wanna go to orbit!This again.
>>16966813well orbit was not a mission goal. Why should I listen to your imposed mission goal on a spacecraft?
>>16966807fascist incel chud
>>16966815Thank you
https://youtu.be/TdczI-xzYRg
>>16966814>starship is a failure by designpray tell, why was orbit not a mission goal?sorry, I mean, why IS orbit not a mission goal?
>>16966819well the idea is to gather as much data from real world tests as possible. It falls short of orbit so there is no possibility of leaving space junk in orbit
>>16966814According to Elon, Starslip was supposed to be orbital, fully reusable and launching weekly. By last March. So you're nowhere close to Elon's publicly expressed goals.
>>16966823yeah when it's done. Also stop listening to Elon timelines. You're just falling for ragebait
>>16966819For the same reason orbit won't be a goal for Flight 12 or next years A3. Uhhh...
>>16966822data about what, anon? You're contradicting youself. How do they plan to SPACE proof their rocket with SPACE data if they don't use it in SPACE?>It falls short of orbit so there is no possibility of leaving space junk in orbitso basically you're saying they cripple their data gathering(sole purpose of the """"tests"""") because there is a teeny weeny small chance that it might stay in orbit? Or, hear me out, perhaps the chance isn't teeny weeny and they realize that which is where the cope of "we don't actually need to go to orbit lel" comes from?
Please god let bart sibrel an hero over artemis missions
>>16966832>data about what, anon?gee I don't know maybe data about launching an entire rocket? You realize it went to space right?>SPACE prooflol are you in highschool give me a break
>>16966832The !limited data from momentary telemetry is far more valuable than the data gathered from examine a returned starship. Sway better.
>>16966832The testing mainly revolves around the engines and the heat shield. The whole purpose of Starship is to make it completely reusable. The engines don't need to be in orbit for testing, and the heat shield doesn't require orbit for re-entry, either. It's not about "space proofing", it's about testing to the absolute limits to figure out what works, what doesn't, and what you can get away with, in order to reduce mass or optimize certain aspects of the design.
>>16966660Holy shit Finns can into ANIME?!
>>16966841Starship just doesn't need to go to orbit. Ever! Okay?
Starship HLS also doesn't need to go to orbit for next years A3 orbital test.
>>16966845>starship will nuke artemis like a suborbital interceptorwtf i love starshit now
>>16966843When did I ever say that? It will obviously need to go to orbit, which is not difficult btw, because testing for orbital refueling, and docking to Orion, will take place, in the not too distant future.I've been answering your questions in good faith, and I understand you are bored or are just craving attention, which stems from the years of neglect from your family, but if you continue wasting my time, I'm done here.
>spacex says that a test of starship won't be going to orbit>starship does not go to orbit>EDS retard shits and pisses him self because the test article did not go to orbit
>I think the consequence is quite significant if we come up short. I say often, July 20th 1969, when Neil and Buzz walked on the moon, it sent a message to the world that what America was capable of achieving. It gave everyone an opportunity to pause, everyone who would look to rival and encroach upon American interests, to pause and think about what else we are capable of.>I'd say the inverse holds true, sir, if after 35 years and 100 billion dollars funded to return American astronauts to the moon and we come up short, it sends a message that something is broken, it invites our adversaries to encroach upon American interests across the most important technological domains. I think that's very real.YEAH! SCARE THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS. WOOOOOOHH!
Thunderf00t should of got the noble prize for de-robing musk to the world
>spacex says that starship is a piece of investorbait shit destined to forever fail>starship becomes a piece of investorbait shit destined to forever fail>EDS retard shits and pisses xer self when this is pointed out
>>16966867he didn't do that though, thunderf00t publically humiliated himself for years, that's all he accomplished.
>>16966869Cope. Seethe.Starship will succeed. HLS will succeed. Man will step foot on mars and he will be there because of spacex and starship.
>>16966867he should shave, groom himself and have better production values, he is a youtube oldfag, he has to have enough money.
>Nancy Grace may be launching in August, instead of Septemberneat
>>16966867His hair looks incredible
>>16966874This was before the Elon malding.
Elon musj
>>16966874EDS is a progressive disease.
>>16966843does being an irrational retard help you in your life?
>>16966469>It’s an edited image.this is the level of denial the fanatics that visit this general are in keknext you will deny that his hair is fake too
>>16966834he will easily just say either its fake, or the fact its so hard and took so long proved they didnt do it the first time.
>>16966885>his hair is fakedo you have literally even a shred of proof to back up that claim, deranged samefag tranny?
>>16966889here you have the evidence, mr. LLM shillbot. I hope it's within your functionality to process and interpret images.
Fun fact: Falcon 9 is a rocket.
>>16966872>he should shave, groom himself he would probably lose viewersand that tells something about his viewers btw
>>16966899Wow. You learn something new everyday.
>>16966892That's literally just a full head of hair shot from a bad angle.
>Isaacman: very much in the camp of making Pluto a planet again. Working on some papers right now to escalate through the scientific community to revisit this.
>>16966906he’d better add ceres and the moon while he’s at it.
>>16966892That's not just a full head of hair— that's a well-groomed, handsome man
>>16966906Scientists about to get kicked in the nuts. Show them who is boss, Mr. Administrator
>>16966899If blowing up every time and exploding and killing thousands of people = rocket, then yeah Id say Elon shitmusk had a hand in that without a doubt
>>16966924You are getting Falcon 9 and Starship mixed up, Falcon 9 has a 99.4% success rate across 633 launches.And neither rocket has killed anyone.
>>16966929would you really trust your life on a 99.4% chance? You would have to be insane.
>>16966936It's better than the space shuttle
>>16966924do you get paid to make shit up?
>>16966942crazy how they kept flying a roket they knew was extremely unsafe for so long. Before challenger they knew there was gas escape theough the o rings sometimes and they just thought fuck it who cares.
>>16966944do you not remember when Starship blew up over barbados?
>>16966946and it killed thousands of people? May I see it?
https://x.com/SERobinsonJr/status/2049243702111932776>SPACEX: The California Coastal Commission has apologized to Elon and SpaceX. >The agency acknowledged that members made improper statements at a 2024 hearing on SpaceX’s launch cadence at Vandenberg Space Force Base, showing political bias against SpaceX and Elon because of his support for Donald Trump. As part of the agreement, the Commission will not require SpaceX to obtain a coastal development permit for its launch program and agreed not to consider perceived political beliefs, speech, or labor practices of SpaceX or its officers in future regulatory actions. SpaceX will share sonic boom monitoring data with the Commission. >The case is Space Exploration Technologies Corp v. California Coastal Commission, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2: 24-cv-08893. Gretchen Newsom (Alternate Commissioner) was the most vocal critic, stating that Musk was "hopping about the country, spewing and tweeting political falsehoods". She specifically called out his social media posts regarding FEMA and hurricane relief efforts. Caryl Hart (Chair) stated that the commission was "dealing with a company, the head of which has aggressively injected himself into the presidential race". Mike Wilson (Commissioner) said Musk's "direct control of what could be the most expansive communications system in the planet" and noted that Musk had recently been "talking about political retribution".
why do you guys reply to such an evident trollare you really that bored
Well? Did you consume?
>>16966951yes actually
cmon mexico, stop being a shitter and build up your space industry. you're embarrassing the rest of the continent.
>>16966963Mexico’s contribution to the space industry is a bunch of fat welders in boca chica
>>16966949>elon please come backlmao
>>16966963Si, fly
>>16966947You really don't think black are people?
>>16966952>$9 shippingnope
>>16966906> PlutofaggotryRedditors will still hate you dumbass
>>16966978It's not about the opinions from the redditors
>>16966952Sort of want still
>>16966952I'm not a woman so no
>>16966952I want she
holy shitvolumetric plumes in Kitten Space Agency!https://x.com/rocket2guns/status/2049306859191034270
>>16967050kino
>>16966906NASA can do the whole Gulf of America thing if they want but it's the IAU that's generally acknowledged as the authority here.
>>16966668A million people on Mars! It's happening!
>>16967050This game is going to be really good isn't it?
>>16966713Business idea: crash a planet or some asteroids into Jupiter; I'm pretty sure it only needs a tiny bit more mass to become a star.
>>16966409>>16966885Just went and checked the image, i was correct, the one posted earlier was edited, he looks significantly less bloated in the actual video.Why are you having a melty over this? Calm yourself down kiddo.
>>16966924Did you know that pretending to be retarded is a sign of mental illness anon?Stop doing it.
>>16966409>>16967093he still got that big roundbelly energy tho. needs to level up more to reach the scale of bloatlord
>>16967097He does, he’s a barrel-chested nigga for sure, i was just curious and wanted to check whether or not the EDS guy was lying.
>>16966842They've been known to dabble.
Why isn't Elon Musk using iterative design to improve his prediction?
>>16966712no I'm fine with thatI picked the wrong family to be born in, I was genetically and socially fucked before I was bornI managed to drag myself to where I am which is not good but a damn sight better than it could have been looking at my peers, and that was also luck, my one good character roll was nat 20 on INT but without the other stats to support it... yeah
>>16966866the secret of greek fire was lost sometime before 700 AD and never recovered although the empire lasted another 700 years
>>16966818seems rather awkward
>>16967073Trump will blockade the IAU until they comply with Jared's demands.
>>16967135based, Pluto is the most American planet
>>16966906>muh plutoso if that shithole becomes a planet again, then ceres, eris, makemake, and haumea will also be considered as planets, right?
>>16967144Yes of course, many planet systems are based as fuck. Also the Moon is a planet. We don't want to be some beta loser star system with only 8 planets.
>>16967144America will also be declared a planet.
>>16967144The moon is a planet
>>16967154Grok, is the lady correct?Of course not! According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the leading authority in assigning official names and designations to astronomical objects, our Solar System consists of only 8 planets, which are, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Caelus, and Neptune. Moon, or Luna, is just a natural satellite.
>>16967155The IAU is an Israeli front
Remember this time?
>>16967153It's populace already masses as much as one, so I'd make sense
>>16967097He's not anywhere near the level of the boatload, he's just fat and a DYEL.
>>16967167This can't be real
>>16967167I wonder what happened to sloppafagSomehow I have a feeling he and EDStard are the same person...
Ship 40 is going to do its cryo test, soon. The wait time between Flight 12 and 13 will be tiny, if nothing goes wrong.
>if nothing goes wrongAnd there you go jinxing it again
>>16967097This guy is probably dead now.
*bzzt*
JPL tests magnetoplasmadynamic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor. 25x more powerful than Psyche spacecraft thrusters!
>>16967185>powerfulWhat do they mean by powerful, higher delta-v or actually higher thrust?
>>16967175I thought he was pretty funny for a while but after a time the joke got kind of old.
>>16967188high isp
>>16967188Higher thrust. Magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters like this one sit between hall effect thrusters and chemical engines. ISP is about 4000 seconds, and they want them to run for much, much longer than Hall Effect thrusters at megawatt power levels.
>>16967190Well, it’s still a good development, but if we’re doing manned mission to mars we do need burntimes that don’t require multiple long elliptical orbits around earth before getting an escape trajectory, it can’t be too low thrust either.
>>16967194do you know what a cycler orbit is?
>>16967193Sounds good.
>>16967196That’s nice for the long term, but i very much doubt our first manned mars missions will transit between a cycler station that took fucking forever to put in place beforehand.
>>16967196What is a cycler supposed to add? Best case scenario it's a collection of dry mass that you match velocity with, carrying both passengers and consumables to the target destination. What is that dry mass in the cycler orbit supposed to do for you?
>>16967199so do I because this nuclear-electric stuff probably won't be ready by then
>>16967200Comfort, mostly, you can also preposition consumables like water, oxygen and oxygen scrubbers there without having to worry as much about evaporation because insulation is not at a premium. It’s not a necessity for a mars mission but if you have the resources to put them in place, it will make it easier and safer.You can also restock cyclers even if they’re not getting used for a mission at that time.
>>16967200provide living space so your monkes don't get cabin feverand you can put more monkeys in on the next go-roundso none of this launching hundreds of small rockets to establish a colonyI mean you do launch them but they only go to high Earth orbit to rendezvous with the cyclers
>>16967205How is the Delta-V expenditure different from assembling the mission's modules in LEO and boosting the whole stack instead?
>>16967200>you match velocity withyes but the velocity you need to match with isn't all that great - the cycler falls past Earth and you intercept it when it's at its highest point before it starts falling back past Earth and to where it's going
>>16967208You don't get the speed back for free after being at the same velocity for a short time. You still need to match the energy of the cycler's trajectory to stay with it.
>>16967207by reusing the cycler - its mass only needs to be accelerated once
>>16967210you get a gravity assist as you fall with the cycler past Earththe cycler's own ion engines can make up for the differenceyou'd be expected to bting your own reaction mass, of course
>>16967205This, it lets you pack them like sardines into starship, then spread out on the cycler. The fuel expenditure is the same but the costs per passenger are much lower and you can shift loads of people.
>>16967213>>16967211Seems like an extremely complex way of doing things that doesn't gain much value until aerobraking stops being an option.
wait till you learn about the uranium antihydrogen propulsion system
>>16967137> Pluto is the most American planetI guess it is half brown
>tfw we're all going to be dead long before humanity figures out the universe, where it came from, and why it exists
>>16967239Not like that's an exclusive club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLs184OBwETake two, T-2:00:00
>>16967245>leoNot spaceflight btw
If Skylab B had been launched then the shuttle would have visited and reboosted it. There would have been an American space station all through the 80s.
>>16967245this morning is FH morning
>>16967219on the contrary, aerobraking is great, you can detach some capsules and have them do two laps around Mars to brake down, expending very very little reaction mass to do so
>>16967245so when is Viasat dying? One satellite a year is less capacity than a week of Starlink launchesAlso PLEASE AMERICAN AIRLINES SWAP OFF VIASAT FUCKING PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>16967258>The Universe HATES this one little trick to save dV. Click here to learn more.
>22 flights for one of the FH boostersfucking nuts.
>>16967273>but we were told booster resuse was never gonna be viable
Nice camera can see the rocket wobble a bit.
>>16966475>lipshe doesn't know
>>16967274erm ackshully spacex loses money due to reuse because all of the refurb costs and ackshully this isn't REAL reuse because they have to toss the second stage and and and
YOOOO
WheeeeeeeeWas does a crew launch get up to?
>>16967278You're trying too hard, anon
Kino tracking shot.
yayyyyy
is the center core expended?
Turns out that things are just that easy in rocketry.
>>16967287watching these things plummet back to earth and then nicely land doesn't get old
>>16967288They have never recovered one and probably gave up trying.
>>16967292They did on flight 2 but it tipped into the drink due to heavy seas. It's just cursed.
Being able to see the other land in the distance is so fucking cool
>>16967292>probably gave up tryingThere really is very little performance difference between a Falcon 9 and a Falcon heavy if you recover all 1st stages. Most of the performance in heavy comes from tossing the core downrange and having it give the 2nd stage as much extra velocity as possible. The performance expense of recovery isnt worth it, its really a case study on when reusability does and doesnt work which Spacex shoul really pay more attention to with Starship.
Who the fuck is pumping Viasat stock on $25M in profits
>>16967298>xe expects rationality from stock markets I knew sfg was dumb but come on
>>16967040FREE HER FROM THE WACK ASS CRYSTAL PRISON
>>16967270>YOU WON"T BELIEVE WHAT THIS ONE ASTRONAUT THOUGHT UP!
>>16967185Omg just use solar. this personal science project needs to end jfc
>Direct GEODoesn't this kill Vulcan's business case?
