Thunderf00t was right edition Previous: >>16966332
How do we respond without sounding gay fellow Musk Rats? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlvSHh8at50
>>16967525I'm glad I won't have to see a nigger on the moon
>>16967525I mean, he's right.It's completely delusional to think Artemis is going to land on the moon in 2028. HLS isn't even built or tested yet, much less has Starship even made orbit, or left orbit, or brought any payload to orbit. Blue Moon isn't ready, and you cannot rush these things, it will take YEARS just to get HLS / Blue Moon tested a few times, land them on the moon and perfect all the issues before you even think of landing humans in one of them. Especially HLS.I know that the guys at NASA need to say things are going well and on schedule, but it's just lies. They likely won't even get a lander on the surface just for testing within the next 3-4 years, they would be lucky if they did.Also, doesn't the HLS also need to re-fuel in orbit just to leave Earth's gravity well and get to the moon, something that has never once been attempted in space before? Imagine what could go wrong transferring pressurized rocket fuel from one vehicle to another while in orbit, and needing to do it multiple times because HLS is so fucking heavy.
>>16967524Artemis is kind of a meme, wondering why NASA doesn't sue SpaceX for being way behind schedule, or why the woman that gave SpaceX the contract isn't being held responsible
>>16967524Oh wow this guy is seething lmao
I hope the next admin cuts all ties to SpaceX.
Cancel Starship.
All of that space money is desperately needed in Isreal
>>16967524>thunderf00tI'm asking this again, why won't he shave and groom himself once and for all? does he realize he looks like a homeless person? I really want to gag whenever I see a picture of him
>>16967524thnigger
>>16967686probably because it works to attract the kind of people he talks to
>>16967686Neckbeards think it makes them look smart. They see anti-conformity as a strength instead of what it actually is, disgusting inept and lazy weakness.
>>16967525>thunderfootdidnt watch lol
>>16967525Remember his monthly SLS/Orion/Gateway cost overrun rants before Starship HLS was awarded?
>>16967715no one does it's only one guy posting thatlove is love I guess, we shouldn't judge
>>16967721Tsmt, xister! It's 2020+6 there's nothing weird about humping your elon-sama dakimakura every night!
ThubderF00t is right. When people landed on the moon it was beleived that within decades they would be on Mars and by the turn of the millennium they would be at the gas giants or beyond. When space shuttle began to fly people beleived 'well, the dream is happening slower than we expected, but our children will be working in space, and their children will be born in space'. Then Falcon 9 landings began happening and it was beleived that this would absolutely revolutionise space transportation and bring costs down by 2 orders of magnitude. Then the same was beleived about starship.Space has a history if drastically diassapointing. Why will starship break the cycle?
https://x.com/Arianespace/status/2049821430695555076>A successful second launch for Amazon Leo with Ariane 6. On April 30, 2026, Arianespace successfully launched and deployed 32 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit aboard Ariane 6 in its most powerful Ariane 64 configuration, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission, designated VA268 and LE-02 by Amazon Leo, was completed successfully in 1 hour and 54 minutes, with all satellites accurately delivered to orbit. This second Ariane 6 launch for Amazon Leo marks another key milestone in the deployment of the constellation, within a series of 18 missions. With this success, Ariane 6 confirms its full operational capability and its ability to meet the demands of large-scale constellation deployments. A new step forward for Europe’s heavy-lift launcher.
https://x.com/virgingalactic/status/2049804151220322306>Virgin Galactic has reached a new production milestone, successfully towing its latest SpaceShip from the assembly hangar to the test and launch hangar. The vehicle will undergo final systems integration and ground testing. The next-generation SpaceShips are being built at our SpaceShip factory in Mesa, Arizona.
>>16967735i thought it was supposed to be a big improvement over v2? it looks the same
BREAKING: Morocco signs Artemis Accords
>>16967736You thought wrong.
>>16967737Honestly, not the most surprising news given how Morocco just signed a 10 year mutual defense roadmap that parks the US Navy in the strait of Gibraltar. What'll be interesting is if Indonesia follows suit after we signed a defense agreement with them to put American military hardware into the strait of Malacca
>>16967751>burntime of srbs: 130sactually quite good
>>16967733>ThubderF00t is rightstopped reading there
>>16967724We weren’t talking about your weird fantasies that you have about neutral space enjoyers anon, back to the real world.
>>16967733>believedNo, it’s known. falcon 9 has revolutionized launch costs and starship will do the same. You ignoring it because it hurts your feelings is irrelevant, you’re retroactively attempting to lie about what the expectations for falcon 9 werd.
>>16967761>falcon 9 has revolutionized launch costsstill costs 60 million, the same as it cost before f9 reuse was a thing
>>16967767It costs $60M for everyone else. It doesn't cost that for SpaceX.
>>16967715I miss this nigga like you wouldn't believe
>>16967769what is the internal cost for spacex at this point?
>>1696777415 million
>>16967769>It doesn't cost that for SpaceXWho cares? The cost for the customer is all that matters. Sure diamonds are not so expensive for the person mining them, but they are sold to the customer for a high price.
>>16967777Probably closer to 17 million, but yeah, thereabouts.
>At the NYSE x Payload Space Summit on April 28, Impulse Space president Eric Romo predicted SpaceX will keep Starship launch prices high, much like Falcon 9's $3,300 per kg despite lower costs, to fund Starlink and deter rivals. He argued third-party startups betting on dramatic price drops will struggle, as SpaceX prioritizes its own projects like orbital data centers. While some point to deals like Voyager Space's $90 million Starlab contract signaling drops to $692-900 per kg, Romo and others see SpaceX maintaining premium pricing amid its market dominance.
oh no
>>16967813That twink needs his ass fucked by me
>>16967813spacex seen here on the left
>>16967828okay but who's the birb? chyna?
>>16967829bird is the DOD with their flying saucers
>>16967831you're not supposed to talk about those
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/blue-origin-certainly-has-ambitious-launch-targets-for-new-glenn/>The job responsibilities include executing a “rate ramp”—which is to say, a production rate—of 12 per year currently to 60 per year by the third quarter of 2028, followed by a production rate of 100 second stages annually by 2029. A company official told Ars that these production targets are accurate.>For the time being, Blue Origin is still studying whether to pursue a reusable upper stage for New Glenn, so each launch of the vehicle requires a new upper stage. A production rate of 60 a year in 2028 suggests the company is targeting a launch rate of 60 New Glenn 9×4 rockets annually just three years from now. That would be in addition to the 7×2 variant currently flying, which would continue to be used for less demanding missions.
>>16967828spacex isnt the hare, they're just running into problems. like the hare fell into a ditch and is trying to get out.
>>16967970>spacex isn't the hare, they're just the harebrightest eds mind at work
>>16967973>i didnt understand what was being but i think i did so i'll start flinging shit based on that
>>16967963they are starting to get seriousnot convinced about the reusable upper stage though, tthat would require a whole new design
>>16967813In the last hour, they've launched exactly zero satellites which means I'm as good as them.
Okay space is boring now, let's dig all the way down to the center of the earth.
>>16967725That's the kind of bod you obtain when 90% of your calories are consumed with alcohol and you don't do anything resembling exercise because you're a chronically depressed alcoholic.
>>16968001Elon is already working on that.
>>16968001Tunnel through the planet for elevators.Could also use them as a big counterweight to throw payloads at least part of the way to space.
>>16968008That’s not a real image, anon.
>>16968025It could be if he applied himself.
Russia launches Soyuz-5!!!
>>16967717and? Gateway no longer exists, it was cancelled because of cost. Starshit HLS hasn't been built and is never going to happen on schedule.
>>16967686Kek, the AI made him look less retarded and inbreed. It fixed his jaw and made him look more human. Still funny, and despite his faggotry, ThunderFr0t was indeed correct.
Funny how none of you can point to one thing he said that was wrong in the video, all you can do is say "Muh I didn't watch it!"Why are you afraid? What is wrong about this? Calling out NASA and SpaceX for how mind-fuckingly retarded the Artemis mission is, and how fucking retarded their time table is, and how absolutely brainwashed anyone that believes any of this shit will happen within years when they slash NASA's budget every year, maybe you guys are the ones that are retarded. Also, all the Elonstans that continue to think Saarshit is not going to continue to explode and is gonna be right and ready, tested and deliver astronauts to the lunar surface despite all the retarded space refueling shit, man you guys are delusional.
>16968064Do not feed this troll, it is the same person who has been shitting up all the threads for months
>lucid take and arguments>TROLL TROLL EDS AAAAAAthis general is a lost cause. I blame the poltards.
>>16968070the problem is that you don't argue in good faith, so it just becomes pointless bickeringand after a few rounds of that it gets very boringthus nobody bothers to engage with you anymore
Sunkar
>>16968078its so small holy smokes
>>16968078Is that the shadow over to the left?>>16968080moonlets, when will they learn?
Payload specialist.
>>16968091faker than a 3 dollar bill.
tung tung tung sahur on the moon
hahahaha
>>16967813Everything Musk has been doing can be summed up in one phrase: "I don't want to live on this planet anymore."Electric cars because no fossil fuels on MarsTunnel boring because weak atmospher on MarsSpaceX to get to MarsX because government preventing him from getting to MarsSolarCity because no fossil fuels on MarsOptimus robots because Mars atmophere hostile to human lifeBezos is like a kid trying to copy his dad: he goes through the motions without realizng the point of them
>>16968108They both look terribly unhealthy and lacking in mental fortitude. >>16968032Guess it's due to it being night and not much lighting near it that makes it look small.
>>16968110If musk was serious about Mars he would be into nuclear. It doesnt take some genuis revelation, Zubrin has been saying nuclear is essential for Mars for almost 40 years at this point. Solar will not work.
>>16968113>40 years at this pointsolar will work with current technology. Getting access to nuclear technology will take decades
>>16968115solar will not work on Mars. Dust storms will obscure your panels, making solar farm maintenance a very labour intensive process. UV will make your panels go opaque over time, as well as the abrasion from the dust. Not to mention the fact that delivering a solar farm would be much more difficult than delivering a reactor of equivalent power.Solar is low energy density, the exact opposite of what you want for a manned settlement. That's the reason aircraft carriers don't use solar.There are plenty of companies working on small nuclear reactors which Musk could buy if he wanted. Even if the reactor is not economically competitive with solar on Earth, it would easily beat solar on Mars
>>16968124I generally like nuclear but it simply isn't going to happen in the near term. They won't give elon one.
>>16968125Elon could go into the nuclear business, there is nothing stopping him. Humans on Mars within our lifetime will not be done by Elon by himself anyway, it will be a NASA mission if it happens at all. Elon could build the product and then win a competitve bid for the NASA Mars research station power source.
>>16968124>Dust storms will obscure your panelsJust have settlers polish them off with a broom
>>16968136not easy when you have to do an eva in a space suit and clean hundreds or even thousands of panels. a tremendous waste of time and risk of life just because of anti nuclear autism. Solar is more aceptable on the moon, specifically south pole, because of the lack of dust storms and higher solar flux.
>>16968146Just do it anywayStop complaining
>>16968150Same mentality that caused the biggest US space PR disaster ever with challenger. How about we actually design things to work rather than fucking colonists over for no reason other than our own laziness?
Back in the 1960s and 70s studies for the space shuttle NASA deemed propulsive landing on Earth impractical due to gravity losses. But these days propulsive landing seems better than the alternative of having a massive wing on your rocket. What changed?
>>16968163Gravity is lower now
>>16968146He doesn't know...
>>16968146Just use a sprinkler Or that electrostatic thing that the NASA electrostatics guy discovered the other month
>>16968176I made this image 9 years ago
>>16968045He was not.
>>16968064Didn’t watch lol, nobody cares.Also goddamn that image was made by a really angry and desperate person.
>>16968214>that image was made by a really angryit looks like those typical conspiracy theory pics with lots of text and random colors all over it that are made by literal turbo-schizophrenic people (e.g. see flat-earthers, lizard people believers, anunnaki, nibiru, etc etc) lmao
>>16968045looks kind of like DFW here
>>16968032What's the point if it's not reusable?
Heghpu' /sfg/
>>16968180>the NASA electrostatics guyThat guy is a schizoHe thinks he's invented perpetual motionHowever his electrostatic dust cleaner does actually work.
>>16968220thunderf00t did always have that kind of vibe to him. though vibe is an understatement, he literally looks like a hobo.
>>16968247same reason they cling onto a carrier that's not theirs that they can't use and can't fix, they're basically like the british empire if they were still in denial about not being a superpower anymore to this day.
>>16967733That's called every administration intentionally makes overly ambitious directives that NASA will reject after they have run their course of sucking money from the public and declare economically unviable within the time frame of 4 years so that congress never actually has to fund anything beyond the baseline money it takes to research, develop, reject and repeatWhich will happen to the moon base, of course
