🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:16:31 UTC No. 15934595
Static Fire Soon Edition
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Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:22:52 UTC No. 15934609
>>15934595
should be actual thread edition
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:24:35 UTC No. 15934612
>>15934610
Yeah looks like a B10 static fire today too, its been a Scrubcember but its looking up atleast for Starship
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:25:47 UTC No. 15934615
Good OP.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:27:10 UTC No. 15934618
>>15934613
Wait Berger posted this? Does he post this blog type stuff often?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:27:29 UTC No. 15934619
Blue Origin, Cerberus looking to buy rocket firm United Launch Alliance - WSJ
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https://archive (dot) is/20231221144933/https://www.reute
> Private equity firms have been showing interest in space companies that have exposure to government contracts, a segment dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:28:32 UTC No. 15934623
>>15934618
daily telescope is every day
https://arstechnica.com/space/
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:29:56 UTC No. 15934626
For the first time, ULA’s Vulcan rocket is fully stacked at Cape Canaveral
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/
> United Launch Alliance's first Vulcan rocket has been fully assembled at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for its inaugural flight next month.
> This moves the launch company closer to the first flight of Vulcan, the vehicle slated to replace ULA's Atlas V and Delta IV rockets. After some final checkouts and a holiday break, ground crews will transport the Vulcan rocket to its launch pad in preparation for liftoff at 2:18 am ET (07:18 UTC) on January 8.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:31:00 UTC No. 15934632
>>15934626
> Astrobotic's Peregrine lander was recently encapsulated inside the Vulcan rocket's payload fairing.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:31:47 UTC No. 15934633
articlenigger once again revealing himself to be the same anime hating german tranny
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:32:29 UTC No. 15934636
>>15934610
>>15934595
>>15934626
>>15934632
When are we leaving this planet bros? I'm tired of all the delays, I want to explore the galaxy. What is taking so long?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:32:55 UTC No. 15934638
>>15934633
He didnt make this thread. And who said anything about hating anime? Fucking retarded newfag using it as his shield to troll and make horrible threads.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:33:28 UTC No. 15934639
>>15934633
kek, didn't make this thread
but yes I am starting to hate the anime posters in /sfg/, though not anime itself
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:33:56 UTC No. 15934641
>>15934632
>>15934626
kek watch it explode midflight
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:34:47 UTC No. 15934643
>>15934633
btw you can stay in the other thread if you don't like the articles, post anime, furries, kerbals and whatever the fuck you please
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:36:41 UTC No. 15934644
>>15934643
Still remember to hit the three little dots on that thread though.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:37:42 UTC No. 15934645
France to establish NewSpace hubs in Denver and Houston
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https://spacenews.com/france-to-est
> refer to themselves as France’s NewSpace Musketeers
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:37:54 UTC No. 15934647
>>15934619
This is actually pretty big, what are the implications for further non-SpaceX spaceflight
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:41:03 UTC No. 15934653
>>15934645
Do frogkeks really? Someone please tell me this is the same company that did Baguette-1
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:42:09 UTC No. 15934655
>>15934649
Hes a grifter and always has been. Scammed himself to a fucking satellite, I blame the people around him.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:45:45 UTC No. 15934658
>>15934649
It will, simply because of how mad it will make people.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:45:59 UTC No. 15934659
Whats happening at KSC? I heard something about a launch tower piece getting transferred
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:48:00 UTC No. 15934664
>>15934649
It's just not been turned on yet anon, it'll work if we all just believe.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:50:10 UTC No. 15934666
https://youtu.be/fQwpPIOfyPk
Kathy Leuders doing a bit of presentation of SpaceX/Starbase/Starship.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:51:03 UTC No. 15934670
>>15934666
this is the one where she said Starship will launch Q1 2024 I guess?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:55:11 UTC No. 15934675
>>15934649
funny to see how he is going to try to spin it this time
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:55:29 UTC No. 15934676
>>15934670
No, she has never said anything as such. She says Elon wants December launch, but that may or may not happen because of regulatory issues and other delays that may present challenges.
But who knows, we're already seeing the flight hardware being tested. So we may still have a chance, if regulators clear the ground. If SpaceX is confident that their problems are solved enough that they want to launch the next flight hardware, then it should be given green light. The handling of failure hasnt changed from last flight.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:56:31 UTC No. 15934680
https://twitter.com/StarshipGazer/s
Launch pad now cleared for the upcoming booster static fire test
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:57:16 UTC No. 15934681
>>15934680
OH SHIT
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:03:23 UTC No. 15934684
>>15934680
this and roads being closed today yet again >>15933851
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:03:33 UTC No. 15934685
are they actually gonna static fire and not just tank and detank it?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:05:07 UTC No. 15934688
Launch before Christmas or after Christmas?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:05:36 UTC No. 15934689
>>15934688
Definetly after. SF is less assured
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:05:44 UTC No. 15934690
>>15934685
I doubt its a static fire, maybe spin prime and then static fire quickly after that so I guess it could happen today as well?
its not like either is something unprecedented anymore, should be pretty routine
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:09:58 UTC No. 15934696
>>15934690
What a B2B static fire of both ships? That is definetly not routine wtf
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:21:31 UTC No. 15934711
Mars when?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:26:57 UTC No. 15934724
>>15934711
2033
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:32:16 UTC No. 15934734
>>15934711
Current year + 10
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:32:52 UTC No. 15934736
https://www.wsj.com/business/billio
The three groups trying to buy ULA are;
Blue Origin
Textron
Cerberus
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:33:45 UTC No. 15934739
>>15934696
only one ship, the routine thing here is that the super heavies have been static fired multiple times before
speed might be unprecedented, but not the operation itself
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:39:29 UTC No. 15934754
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:40:28 UTC No. 15934757
>>15934754
Shes purty
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:40:35 UTC No. 15934758
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:43:53 UTC No. 15934761
>space force is 4 years old
how fast time has flown and how little they've accomplished in that time
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:45:41 UTC No. 15934763
>>15934761
They came from the chair force what do you expect
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:51:10 UTC No. 15934773
>>15934619
>Blue Origin, Cerberus looking to buy rocket firm United Launch Alliance - WSJ
Absolutely zero surprise there. Bezos is buying ULA because New Glenn is trash.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:51:37 UTC No. 15934776
>>15934763
sexy planes
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:56:25 UTC No. 15934784
>>15934641
>watch it explode midflight
So long as the first stage can complete its burn, it should be fine. I feel like the BE-4s are the biggest risk, as seeing they have no flight time to see how they can perform. Either way, this launch will be a huge milestone, regardless of what happens.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:57:31 UTC No. 15934788
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:02:31 UTC No. 15934797
>>15934763
weapons of some sort
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:02:47 UTC No. 15934798
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:04:58 UTC No. 15934802
>>15934773
I think its mostly about the government contracts
also eliminates a competitor
wasn't eliminating competitors something amazon is known to do? fits Bezos' modus operandi
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:06:01 UTC No. 15934803
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:07:58 UTC No. 15934806
>>15934619
whoever buys it, i hope they can help ula innovate
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:08:53 UTC No. 15934807
>>15934649
It's called quantum inertia because it doesn't provide any inertia if you observe it.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:12:58 UTC No. 15934812
B10 LabPadre SF stream started and it sounds like venting has begun on the pad. Whos watching?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:13:14 UTC No. 15934813
nice to finally get some action at starbase again, recent threads have been fucking horrible
(no i'm not pro or anti-anime or whatever other faction there might be, i'm tired of /sfg/ being unusable whenever nothing interesting is happening. everyone here is like one of those autistic kids with tourettes who feels compulsed to to obsessively spam shit whenever their zoomzoom brains are not being cradled.)
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:15:20 UTC No. 15934814
>>15934812
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdK
I am now
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:19:27 UTC No. 15934820
>>15934812
i heard it the second it started because i had a tab open.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:20:52 UTC No. 15934824
>>15934802
>I think its mostly about the government contracts
>also eliminates a competitor
>wasn't eliminating competitors something amazon is known to do? fits Bezos' modus operandi
'Zon would buy up competition, or financially ruin them. But this isn't the Amazon powerhouse vs. competition, this is big-boy territory and Bezos has thrown money at BO for 20+ years without a single orbital launch. There weren't any serious rocket companies for sale in the past, so Bezos did his own thing, which has been a failure so far. That pushed him to weasel his way into ULA and pressure them to sell. Can't make it yourself? Just buy it. But this was one hell of a purchase that I guarantee took years of negotiations to do.
Its no coincidence that Bruno and Bezos started making huge financial deals between BO and ULA within months of Bruno stepping into the CEO spot.
Its not about getting govt. contracts, its about having a rocket that can actually do something.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:23:06 UTC No. 15934828
are moon starships going to be just abandoned in some lunar graveyard orbit after each mission?
iirc there are no schemes to refuel and reuse vehicles for multiple missions, not that NASA have the stomach to take the risk anyway without a way of inspecting and making repairs on the vehicle after a trip
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:31:24 UTC No. 15934832
are they using deluge for this?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:32:13 UTC No. 15934833
>>15934802
>>15934806
>>15934824
I can absolutely see Bezos surrounding himself with lawyers and MBAs, driving out the few innovative engineers and making the BO/ULA blob even slower than they are today.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:32:28 UTC No. 15934836
>>15934814
>>15934816
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJK
NSF commentated stream
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:32:32 UTC No. 15934837
>>15934832
suck my dick tranny.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:33:36 UTC No. 15934839
>>15934832
If its a full static fire then most likely
also get to test the water deluge system simultaneously
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:35:59 UTC No. 15934843
We need to advertize /sfg/ on more boards, maybe even on X or Discord. Does anyone have the invite link to /sfg/ Discord? Or the pastebin? Thanks
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:36:30 UTC No. 15934844
Thomas Pesquet's name floated as a possible non-American participant for Artemis III
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:37:04 UTC No. 15934846
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight
Livestream
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:37:17 UTC No. 15934847
>>15934844
aint no way, hasnt he spent enough time in orbit
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:41:51 UTC No. 15934848
>>15934843
Fuck off collagefag. Youve done this before and /sfg/ went to shit and the IFT-2 thread was ruined. Im so tired of you. You have caused everything that we are currently going through. This place used to be so much nicer just last year and then you linked us on fucking /pol/ and whatever other god forsaken boards. Now discord too. Im so, so, so tired of you.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:43:07 UTC No. 15934850
>>15934843
fuck off
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:44:19 UTC No. 15934851
>>15934844
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:46:58 UTC No. 15934853
>>15934843
I have been advertising on /pol/ and /fit/ for two years now
>>15934848
>>15934850
It's funny when newfags like you get so protective over the shiny new object you foubd
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:47:20 UTC No. 15934854
artemis 3 crew should be completely international with one american
>american, canadian, european, japanese
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:49:28 UTC No. 15934857
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:51:22 UTC No. 15934860
>>15934853
If its just /pol/ and /fit/ then youre fine. Dont do nigcord or any other boards though.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:52:24 UTC No. 15934862
>>15934860
/pol/ is full of retarded schizos
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:56:31 UTC No. 15934868
>>15934836
> Kathy Lueders said SpaceX is working on paperwork for flight 4, not only flight 3
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:57:55 UTC No. 15934869
>>15934632
Plenty of room, seem a waste of space.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:58:06 UTC No. 15934870
>>15934862
And you think /sfg/ is any better? We have unironic QI drive believers and we atleast used to have spincels and their retarded O'Neill cylinders. They usually stop talking about non-spaceflight politics when they come here anyway if this guy has been advertising us. Just the filter of this being spaceflight means only the actually interested come.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:58:56 UTC No. 15934871
That non-American spot should just be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:02:44 UTC No. 15934876
>>15934828
I don’t think lunar orbits offer the stability for any to take the label of graveyard. Mayhaps they hold onto each of the early ones as modules for Gateway..
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:03:23 UTC No. 15934877
>>15934870
they probably came from /pol/
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:04:36 UTC No. 15934878
>>15934871
That’s how it already works generally.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:04:50 UTC No. 15934879
QI truthers, did you come from /pol/? Same goes for any lurking spinsects.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:05:56 UTC No. 15934880
>>15934870
O'Neill cylinders are based
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:09:38 UTC No. 15934885
>>15934878
Yeah, but I mean none of that gay participation or vague "help with a station module" shit. I'm talking a suitcase full of cash delivered to NASA HQ.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:14:53 UTC No. 15934891
>>15934871
t. trump
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:16:44 UTC No. 15934893
>>15934885
Anyone can park a suitcase with $750k in it on Bezos’s desk today for a ticket into space.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:20:49 UTC No. 15934896
Any frost yet?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:29:11 UTC No. 15934904
wait didnt they just static fire the ship yesterday?? the fucking TEMPO
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:31:47 UTC No. 15934908
>>15934904
AND they tested pez dispenser
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:32:57 UTC No. 15934910
>>15934632
Those sound dampening pads look pretty nice in that blue, although it's also very BO-y colourwise. A hint at the buyer?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:35:24 UTC No. 15934912
>>15934904
There would have been more test flights completed this year, but you know, corruption at the highest level of the federal government and shit.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:37:54 UTC No. 15934914
Would be pretty funny if there is a succesful flight with Starship before Vulcan
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:39:04 UTC No. 15934915
>>15934896
i don't know, don't think so
I'm not watching the stream actively or listening
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:44:05 UTC No. 15934924
Frost needs to arrive already jeez
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:53:28 UTC No. 15934938
>>15934879
Spinstations are too based for /pol/ these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JJ
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:55:55 UTC No. 15934941
>>15934813
I liked the last few quiet threads
>>15934806
>>15934824
I wonder if Bruno still has it in him to go full innovation and has only not done it because Boing and Locksneed won't give him the money and leeway or if he's too conservative for that. He did work on the X-33 after all. But with Limp now in at BO I don't think Jeff would put him there and he probably prefers ULA anyways, so if they keep the companies mostly separate I guess Jeff may even prefer him to keep ULA on its proven government launch-getting path, maybe just give him enough money to accelerate SMART and possibly unearth ACES depots?
>>15934843
>>15934853
Fuck offerino, we already have enough retarded cunts here thanks to you, the current state is bad enough. You don't need constant new posts for a good thread, especially if those posts are all terrible.
>>15934860
/pol/ is not fine
>>15934870
Many of those retards are here specifically because this thread was advertised so much on /pol/. To be fair the rest of /sci/ is basically a /pol/ colony nowadays too, but that doesn't mean we need even more of those retards here.
>>15934912
(You)
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:59:10 UTC No. 15934943
Imagine having to buy other companies because you can barely reach orbit.
The absolute state.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:07:56 UTC No. 15934952
is it official that jef is buying ULA? Why are the mElon shills out in force?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:09:03 UTC No. 15934953
>>15934941
back to /k/ope tranny
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:09:28 UTC No. 15934954
>>15934776
The X-37B is pretty cool. They just need an armed, manned version with QI OMS for orbital patrol.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:10:24 UTC No. 15934955
>>15934953
What about this post indicated hate to Russiaryans?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:10:59 UTC No. 15934958
>>15934877
I came from /pol/. I am staying here.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:12:53 UTC No. 15934960
>>15934955
anybody who hates /pol/ must be from /k/ in their warped worldview
a tragic case of typical thirdie malnutrition and brain rot
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:15:33 UTC No. 15934965
>>15934960
Ironically there's a lot of /pol/ /k/ overlap but they can't tell that.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:17:56 UTC No. 15934970
UH OH FROSTY
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:18:48 UTC No. 15934975
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status
Might have something related to spacex, Ark invest released their SpaceX investment thesis about a month ago
https://ark-ventures.com/commentary
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:20:24 UTC No. 15934977
>>15934970
So's my lager.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:20:31 UTC No. 15934979
>>15934952
no it isn't official, they are one of the interested parties/bidders
and after an agreement is made I would think it would need to go through the feds as well, though I don't think a merger/acquisition should be a problem in this case due to SpaceX existing
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:20:32 UTC No. 15934980
>>15934965
on /pol/ there's a little faggot rivalry between pro-ukraine and pro-russia negroids
on /k/ there's a 100% pro-ukraine sentiment because they're all shill bootlickers or whatever, and their ukraine war threads got sent to /pol/ because they kept posting dead bodies or something
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:21:33 UTC No. 15934981
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:22:45 UTC No. 15934982
>>15934981
whya re these ships so patheically small?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:24:29 UTC No. 15934985
>>15934982
>literally largest rocket on the planet
>so small
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:25:26 UTC No. 15934986
>>15934981
looks like it's gonna be a spin prime with so little prop
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:26:08 UTC No. 15934987
>>15934941
ACES depots are complementary to blorp's plans for a reusable hydrologgs moon lander. That's probably half the reason Bezos wants to eat ULA like an iguana.
>>15934980
/k/ is a blue board with a very old "no politics" rule. Posting gore and screaming about slavwar politics does in fact deserve to get moved to /pol/.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:26:32 UTC No. 15934989
>>15934980
I fucking love looking at dead russians
only two more weeks of the three day special military operation or whatever haha
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:29:32 UTC No. 15934991
>>15934987
yeah but the idea is /k/ is where the trannies supporting ukraine come from and stuck around on /pol/ from, so the consensus over there is that anti-/pol/ whining is /k/ trannies
>>15934989
only two more weeks until the russians run out of missiles, ammo, food, conscripts, tanks, planes, bombs, drones and money
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:30:45 UTC No. 15934994
>>15934991
I'm predicting two more years of dead russians actually
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:33:28 UTC No. 15934997
>>15934953
>vatniggers not mentioned
>russia not mentioned
>/k/ not mentioned
>mentally ill zigger still screams into the void regardless
this is why you have been downgraded from your white status.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:36:07 UTC No. 15935002
>>15934982
Because they're ships for ants.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:38:01 UTC No. 15935007
>>15934997
>brainblasted hohol patrols every board sniffing like a dog for anti-ukroid sentiment
and you call us mentally ill, holy shit do piggers really?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:39:14 UTC No. 15935010
>>15934989
>>15934997
completely mind broken
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:40:07 UTC No. 15935012
>>15934997
they never should have been let back into the great power club after the Russo-Japanese war
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:41:43 UTC No. 15935015
>>15934975
Ark is such a sick joke lmao. absolutely delusional
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:44:46 UTC No. 15935019
So why do we think they stopped propellant load? Let's get this head back to space flight.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:45:34 UTC No. 15935022
>>15935012
Damn FDR to hell.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:47:10 UTC No. 15935023
>>15935010
>completely mindbroken
>after he embarrasingly displayed his hohol PTSD live in the thread
delicious.
>>15935007
>retard can't understand that most people dislike subhumans and their lackeys
i know this might be upsetting to you. i'm also not a hohol lmao, most white people are not a fan of russia's actions.
all the mudslimes on nu/pol/ however...
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:48:07 UTC No. 15935025
>>15935022
Teddy Roosevelt oversaw that one, actually
this description kinda rings some bells lmao
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:55:24 UTC No. 15935027
>>15935025
>Although Russia suffered a number of defeats, Emperor Nicholas II remained convinced that Russia could still win if it fought on
>As hope of victory dissipated, he continued the war to preserve the dignity of russia by averting a "humiliating peace"
will they ever learn?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:56:02 UTC No. 15935028
>>15935027
>will they ever learn?
No.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:03:32 UTC No. 15935032
>>15935027
Is the "they" in this case Ukraine?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:06:47 UTC No. 15935036
>>15935032
considering the screenshot was about russia, and russians are the ones repeating all of these exact mistakes, no.
i'm sure ukrainians have made some mistakes here and there, i don't really follow the war, it's just hilarious that russia effectively lost the war against their little brother that was supposed to be some type of disposable buffer zone.
can you fucking imagine the US picking a fight with mexico and struggling to get further than 100 miles?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:08:44 UTC No. 15935037
>>15935036
>i don't really follow the war
We can tell.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:08:52 UTC No. 15935038
>>15935036
totally mind raped
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:11:19 UTC No. 15935040
why hasn't the muskrat made spacex build a space station yet?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:13:11 UTC No. 15935041
did they stop prop load?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:15:04 UTC No. 15935042
>>15935040
Starship is going to function as a Spacestation
so they are building it in fact
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:16:07 UTC No. 15935043
How frosty are we?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:17:21 UTC No. 15935044
>>15935043
nothing seems to be happening, other than venting
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:18:49 UTC No. 15935045
>>15935037
>>15935038
jesus christ did you guys really get your panties in a twist because your favourite shithole got embarrassed? i can see why people make fun of you now.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:22:04 UTC No. 15935047
>>15935045
Ukraine is far from my favorite shithole.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:23:06 UTC No. 15935048
>>15935045
We are laughing at you dear anon.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:24:40 UTC No. 15935049
>>15935044
Probably a purge, then. The cryo-lines are presumably out of spec.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:26:58 UTC No. 15935051
>>15935049
SCAMX FAILS ONCE AGAIN!
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:27:37 UTC No. 15935052
>>15935047
>>15935048
>posted exactly 1 minute apart
lmao, it's THAT bad?
i feel bad for you, please tell me you're at least getting paid for this.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:28:53 UTC No. 15935053
>>15935051
indeed
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:30:11 UTC No. 15935056
>>15935053
how
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:33:40 UTC No. 15935059
>>15935049
they expanded the tank farm extensivley so this might be just a test of that
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:33:59 UTC No. 15935060
>>15935056
prophecy
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:39:27 UTC No. 15935068
>still no static fire
they're clearly pushing this way too fast. something broke
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:47:23 UTC No. 15935075
OLM is making weird sounds...
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:47:23 UTC No. 15935076
some weird noises, purging perhaps
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:47:49 UTC No. 15935078
This is bad
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:49:16 UTC No. 15935080
Why are you not working in the spaceflight industry? Also ScamX LOST
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:50:51 UTC No. 15935081
This is really bad, NSF is stuttering and stammering like lunatics, trying to spin this positively. obvious desperation
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:52:49 UTC No. 15935085
ITS OVER
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:57:14 UTC No. 15935090
STOP COCKTEASING ME SPACEX
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:59:41 UTC No. 15935092
>>15935052
>>15935036
When you say something stupid, admit you are a useful idiot and try to damage control after it gets pointed out.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:59:55 UTC No. 15935093
this is extremely bad, nsf is shitting themselves
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:02:02 UTC No. 15935095
>>15935093
Nobody cares what the NSF peanut gallery is doing.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:02:20 UTC No. 15935096
C'est fini
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:05:51 UTC No. 15935099
>>15935095
it proves spacex is dropping the ball big time. read L2
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:09:11 UTC No. 15935103
Se acabó
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:09:20 UTC No. 15935104
>>15935099
they will destack the booster ring by ring after this performance. no flight for 3 more months.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:10:20 UTC No. 15935107
>>15935099
No thanks.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:11:06 UTC No. 15935109
Holy shit starbase just exploded
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:17:28 UTC No. 15935118
>>15935092
yeah, i don't know why pro-russians keep doing that, it's not a good look. they sound so needy
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:22:35 UTC No. 15935123
>>15935118
While you are correct about vatniks they are not who we are talking about.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:26:24 UTC No. 15935127
Tanks are depressing. Things are fine.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:26:25 UTC No. 15935128
A lot of sus venting sounds.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:28:27 UTC No. 15935132
>>15934824
If BO can develop the BE-4, why wouldn't they be able to develop a launcher that uses it?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:30:06 UTC No. 15935133
>>15935104
>OFT-3
>3 months away
Fuck, this is gonna be a new theme
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:33:33 UTC No. 15935138
>>15935133
Is it OFT or IFT? I keep seeing people use both.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:34:28 UTC No. 15935139
>>15935138
OFT according to the FAA, FCC, and SpaceX
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:38:25 UTC No. 15935145
>>15935127
i am depressing :(
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:39:01 UTC No. 15935147
>>15935139
Nope SpaceX says Integrated Flight Test so its IFT fuck off nigger. Its not even fucking orbital
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:44:32 UTC No. 15935162
>>15935147
>Its not even fucking orbital
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:48:08 UTC No. 15935167
>>15934982
You forgot to click on the thumbnail, you fucking retard.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:49:10 UTC No. 15935169
>>15934649
QRD? Whats the problem with using a blackbox to convert energy with 100% efficiency into kinetic energy on your spaceship?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:52:19 UTC No. 15935175
>>15934975
10min until this is supposed to start
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:53:23 UTC No. 15935177
>>15934912
*rigs your election*
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:56:59 UTC No. 15935183
>>15935147
You're a lying sack of shit nigger tranny retard
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:00:45 UTC No. 15935189
>>15934975
https://twitter.com/CathieDWood/sta
its live
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:03:07 UTC No. 15935191
>>15935189
>AI space
>Buttcoins
Hard pass.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:23:48 UTC No. 15935216
>>15935189
>tell us about the future Elon
>sure I can tell you what we're doing at SpaceX and Tesla
>no no, let's talk about shitter
fuck I hate journalists
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:25:18 UTC No. 15935217
>>15934664
>It's just not been turned on yet
quick! beam it pictures of Krystal!
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:26:50 UTC No. 15935219
Am i the only one who's waiting for the dream chaser tenacitty test? The previous tests with the prototypes went smoothly.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:28:06 UTC No. 15935220
>>15934849
`__'
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:29:14 UTC No. 15935221
>>15935219
dreamchaser is pure kino. I can't wait for it to outperform dragon
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:36:03 UTC No. 15935227
>>15935216
these aren't journalists, they are analysts in ARK invest
they have ETFs for instance
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:38:09 UTC No. 15935231
>>15935221
It already does, in how much more it costs.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:42:06 UTC No. 15935235
>>15935191
I hope he hits her with an autistic power move: "What's your opinion about [some stupid garbage]?" "I don't care about that"
And then he keeps saying the same thing in response to each question until she's forced to cry and give up or ask an interesting question.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:01:08 UTC No. 15935254
>>15935216
No matter how much one hates them, it isn't enough
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:07:33 UTC No. 15935261
been pretty boring up to now, nothing new I think
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:19:45 UTC No. 15935275
>>15935193
It's already been 8 years bros. I remember showing my dad the first grasshopper test on the big screen in the living room back in high school
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:25:27 UTC No. 15935283
KSP 2 x ULA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5p
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:31:21 UTC No. 15935294
every time the same questions and answers, I expected much more from ARK invest
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:32:33 UTC No. 15935296
now talking about laws on the moon and mars
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:33:18 UTC No. 15935297
why did jeff bezos voice go an octave lower from when he was younger?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:33:34 UTC No. 15935298
musk: a self sustaining city on mars will achieve autonomy
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:34:45 UTC No. 15935299
>>15935297
anabolic steroids have lowered his voice
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:36:10 UTC No. 15935301
>>15935297
getting older, ingesting a daily rich-douche hormone/drug cocktail for the last ~5-10 years, smoking, faking it to sound cool lmao, etc
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:36:55 UTC No. 15935303
musk: starlink is enough to get funding for mars, don't need revenues from point-to-point travel
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:40:50 UTC No. 15935307
Hes right you know.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:44:49 UTC No. 15935311
>>15935303
based. put it all on black
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:47:27 UTC No. 15935314
>>15935311
they might do point to point anyway, its just its not necessary
and in any case, how big would the market for point-to-point even be?
there are a number of supersonic plane startups that would fly most of the same routes, intracontintental point-to-point doesn't really make sense
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:48:24 UTC No. 15935316
>>15935303
>don't need revenues from point-to-point travel
Isn't that obvious when they themselves don't know if point to point will ever be profitable?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:48:59 UTC No. 15935318
>>15935309
based.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:50:06 UTC No. 15935321
>>15935314
point to point was always a hail mary application of starship. it wont happen primarily because regulators wont allow constant sonic booms over populated areas
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:55:35 UTC No. 15935325
>>15934649
>schizo
>political chud
>middle aged white dude with combover
>no one believes him, fighting uphill battle against judenphysik university commisars for over a decade
Vs.
>dark matter jew trannies
This is how you know he's right, going to wipe the floor with dark matter bullshit to the screams of ten thousand trannies. His xeeter has some good stuff on it too, picrel.
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:58:57 UTC No. 15935331
So SpaceX is planning 144 launches in 2024
+ Rocket labs manifest of 20 or so
+ maybe 1 or two for blue origin
1 or two for ABL and firefly
2-4 for ULA
+5 starships
etc
Is 180 USA rocket launches possible in 2024?
Anonymous at Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:59:27 UTC No. 15935333
>>15935309
women will ignore this.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:40 UTC No. 15935335
>>15935173
Where is this from?
Is the guy on the right our boy Kim?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:01:25 UTC No. 15935336
>>15935331
China seems to launch quite often
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:07:25 UTC No. 15935346
>>15935336
china is very strong.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:18:45 UTC No. 15935357
>>15935346
Kys chinkcel god I fucking hate you wumao chicom scum. Hows that tiny chinese pecker feeling?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:19:01 UTC No. 15935358
>>15935321
it won't happen for better reasons than regulation. It was only ever economically viable in Elon's imaginary land where everything is streamlined down to the complete bare minimum, but in reality there's no market for it.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:19:41 UTC No. 15935361
>>15935357
that was sarcasm, anon...
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:23:44 UTC No. 15935365
>>15935361
Niggook trying to hide the truth, go fuck yourself since clearly you cant fuck women with that TCP of yours.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:26:46 UTC No. 15935369
>>15935365
You a fucking nigger tranny jew retard troony woony poopy NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER FUCK YOU
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:28:00 UTC No. 15935370
>>15935336
China is extremely strong
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:33:31 UTC No. 15935373
Couple of questions.
1. Is that old science fiction trope of dropships that can take off from the ground, go into space, return to the ground and take off again repeatedly without fancy things like booster rockets possible?
2. Is the nuclear lightbulb/gas core NTR a viable technology for engines? And could that allow for those aforementioned dropships?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:36:16 UTC No. 15935376
>>15935321
It might happen eventually if there's enough demand and enough used starships sitting around.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:37:47 UTC No. 15935380
>>15935373
A reusable NTR shuttle from orbit to ground could work for Mars, liquified CO2 would be just about good enough for relaunching an empty rocket from the surface back into orbit, but it could take months to condense that much atmosphere.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:38:01 UTC No. 15935381
I hate black people
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:38:08 UTC No. 15935382
>>15934736
Berger's secret defense contractor bidder is Textron? What do they even do beyond Cessna?
Jesus it's actually go to BO isn't it?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:41:24 UTC No. 15935386
>>15935380
>months to condense*
*That is if you're using on-board power to run the compressor. If you have a ground station then the sky is the limit lol.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:43:30 UTC No. 15935389
>>15935382
Textron also owns bell helicopter, which has large military contracts, they were also involved in the next generation rifle competition that went nowhere. They also produce 4x4 cart things a type of which is used by the marines.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:50:01 UTC No. 15935401
>>15935331
Probably not. ULA is going to have at least six launches next year (Peregrine, SNC-1 on Vulcan, NROL-70 on Delta IV, ViaSat-3, USSF-51, CFT-1 on Atlas V). Rocket Lab has 14 launches penciled in for 2024 and Firefly has five, but I don't think either of them are going to get all of those off the pad. After that it's just incidentals like a New Glenn test flight or Northrop deciding that a Minotaur still needs to get launched from Vandenberg once in a while.
The only real way we could get to 180 is if SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly all clear 100% of their proposed manifest and ULA pulls at least four unannounced launches out of Tory Bruno's hat on top of that.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:51:10 UTC No. 15935403
nasa astronauts testing out spacex's prototype hls elevator while wearing axiom's prototype lunar suits
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:53:12 UTC No. 15935406
>>15935403
"Testing"
It's a photo-op but thats fine.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:56:03 UTC No. 15935409
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:14:47 UTC No. 15935429
>>15935325
Based. The Egyptian vases are really weird tho.
🗑️ Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:18:05 UTC No. 15935432
>>15935429
The fact that they have millions of precision lathe-turned granite vases in the oldest archaeological layer is the most unexplained thing about Egypt.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:31:24 UTC No. 15935445
>>15935193
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSx
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:34:06 UTC No. 15935446
>>15935311
>whew, good thing I didn't put it all on 00
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:47:53 UTC No. 15935452
>>15935325
>wipe the floor with dark matter bullshit
Friendly reminder that QI is already ruled out by the wide binaries.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2
And in terms of competing with dark matter QI is still basically just copy-pasted from MOND, which after 40 years has stagnated. While it matches galaxy dynamics on some scales it fails completely on larger scales for clusters and cosmology, QI has no fix for that other than handwaving. The only part Mike changed was dropping the external field effect, which turns out is actually needed.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:05:15 UTC No. 15935462
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/stat
>Rocket Lab says it has signed a contract with an unspecified "United States government customer" to build and operate 18 spacecraft. Total contract value, including options, of $515 million.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:06:34 UTC No. 15935464
>>15935462
spacecraft in this context means satellite I think
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:08:03 UTC No. 15935466
thread splitter faggot tries to split the thread, then when nobody posts in his shitty fake thread he comes into the real thread and spews his political bullshit everywhere; many such cases. can we get a mod in here to delete half the thread?
users cross-boarding between /sci/ and /pol/ should be a permaban offense - you pick one of the two and stay there forever
>>15935331
For some reason I doubt rocketlab's cadence more than anything else in that list. I just have a feeling something is going to go wrong for them in the next year or so
>>15935389
>NGSW-R that went nowhere
I HATE SIGGERS I HATE SIGGERS I HATE SIGGERS
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:11:49 UTC No. 15935471
>>15935403
thunderfoot told me an elevator wouldn't work on the moon so what system will they actually use?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:13:25 UTC No. 15935473
>>15935389
>they were also involved in the next generation rifle competition that went nowhere
What are you talking about, soldiers are already fielding the XM7.
>>15935466
SIG won because Textron fucked up despite NGSW being handed to them on a silver platter.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:16:55 UTC No. 15935480
>>15935471
he said that? kek
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:16:59 UTC No. 15935481
>>15935462
fish and wildlife service no doubt since they'll want a closer eye on spacex
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:22:01 UTC No. 15935486
>>15935452
NTA but there's always the possibility that the schizodrive actually works but for completely unknown reasons
and the odds of QI working are still higher than oldspace ever actually getting around to nuclear thermal and I'm really just desperate for any kind of propulsion other than chemical rocketry and ion drives
>>15935471
at 1/6th earth gravity couldn't they just drop down
why the hell are we putting basketball americans on the moon, if not for their jumping abilities
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:25:04 UTC No. 15935491
>>15935466
Im a /pol/ import from 2 years ago and choosing /sci/ actually was the best thing that happened to me.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:26:35 UTC No. 15935496
>>15935491
To be clear I have literally only used /sci/ for those 2 years and my life is genuinely better because I dont participate in politichud stuff now.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:38:30 UTC No. 15935501
>>15935473
>forward assist is gone.
The end of an era.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:47:37 UTC No. 15935506
>>15935503
Wow this was the first AI image of E that wasnt completely obvious it was AI. Theyre getting good with face details but the landscape is off.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:52:12 UTC No. 15935512
>>15935503
>@elonmusk in 2032 approaching the ancient Martian structures in the Tharsis region discovered by NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim & Nicole Mann. With CRISPR gene editing he is able to breathe oxygen through implants. (Generated with MJ v6, edited with @dingboard_ )
Breathtakingly retarded, good God
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:53:58 UTC No. 15935514
does SpaceX have some signature colors? Like Tesla has red
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:55:45 UTC No. 15935516
>>15935506
the woke libtards of silicon valley have erased him from their training sets and block prompts about him. they are trying to avoid exactly this kind of idolization of a great king
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:57:26 UTC No. 15935519
>>15935518
https://twitter.com/Starlink/status
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:58:27 UTC No. 15935520
>>15935519
https://stories.starlink.com/
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:05:37 UTC No. 15935524
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:31:44 UTC No. 15935552
>>15935550
personally, it's because I have a job. I still come here, but I can only do so after my 10hrs at work. So I can't really reply to stuff live.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:31:49 UTC No. 15935553
>>15935518
lole
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:40:21 UTC No. 15935560
>>15935552
Not him but same. I dunno if its because I only skim read these threads now instead of refreshing them all day as a NEET, but I feel like quality has dropped off.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:43:29 UTC No. 15935563
>>15935560
less actual discussion than before, not sure how you would objectively measure that though
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:44:31 UTC No. 15935564
>>15935560
Ever since Musk won the private space race it's been a lot of seething and spamming about him.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:48:49 UTC No. 15935572
next year should be pretty interesting with starship and all the newspace companies launching something perhaps, commercial lunar landings, chinese companies starting to test new rockets more
polaris mission
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:50:41 UTC No. 15935574
https://twitter.com/whoisheartbreak
> 8 years ago today, December 21st 2015, we landed the first Falcon booster back on land!!! Because of this so many years ago, we have been inspired to believe that the ‘impossible’ is not so impossible anymore, which has changed everything. I am so incredibly proud of our Falcon team and all of our accomplishments as a team!
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:50:44 UTC No. 15935575
What do we think of naming the NYE /sfg/ 'New Years Special' instead of 'New Years Edition'? Just the NYE one
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:52:13 UTC No. 15935576
>>15935575
Wont do it if majority of people dont want it/dont reply.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:57:29 UTC No. 15935579
>>15935572
I want to see Astra succeed with Rocket 4.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:58:49 UTC No. 15935581
>>15935572
It'll be nice to see Blue Origin try to put together a complete New Glenn. Firefly will hit something like an operational launch cadence, and Rocket Lab will probably try reusing a full booster. About half of the Chinese independents are planning to start testing their Falcon 9 clones.
>>15935579
I know that they're run by an actual crazy person but I want to see this too.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:00:28 UTC No. 15935583
>>15935574
always forget jessie is a veteran spacexer
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:04:00 UTC No. 15935586
>>15935579
Would be neat but I'm pretty sure they simply don't have the money and won't be getting it with so many better options to invest in
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:06:17 UTC No. 15935590
>>15935132
>If BO can develop the BE-4, why wouldn't they be able to develop a launcher that uses it?
I think the big hurdle we're all waiting for is the Vulcan launch to see if the engines can even fly. They have full flight duration burns in the books, but that's always on the ground. Things change when you're flying to orbit. Not to mention that one of the BE-4 engines sent to ULA had to be returned to BO and get repaired because their QC blows.
Can BO make a rocket if they can make an engine? Sure, but New Glenn is 10 fold more complex than New Shepard. Last I checked, NG isn't anything special.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:10:02 UTC No. 15935593
>>15935587
would
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:17:48 UTC No. 15935600
>>15935587
lmao
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:20:42 UTC No. 15935603
>>15935587
I never paid much attention to this webm, but now when I look a bit closer, she kind of looks like Elon.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:21:00 UTC No. 15935604
>>15935587
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLh
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:23:24 UTC No. 15935608
>>15935603
Is this not a deepfake? Thought someone just put Elon's face on her.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:25:52 UTC No. 15935609
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:29:32 UTC No. 15935611
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:33:16 UTC No. 15935614
>>15935608
Of course its a deepfake you fucking retard
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:46:12 UTC No. 15935625
>>15935132
>>15935590
there's also the issue of reuse, SMART reuse a la vulcan could actually be easier than retropropulsive landing. SpaceX had numerous Falcon 9 landing failures before they nailed down success and many of those losses were from engine relight troubles, but SpaceX stuck through it. BO might not have the leadership confidence and basically just the stubbornness to accept multiple consecutive failures without giving up on the idea. Certainly if SpaceX hadn't done it first, then BO absolutely would give up before getting it right.
We don't know much of anything about BE-4 reliability and the scant public knowledge doesn't look great, but you can bet midair relight will be 10x less reliable. If they give up on new glenn reuse then vulcan is actually the better rocket, since a C6 (6 solids) vulcan can do at least 10% more payload to GEO and TLI than an expended new glenn, while also only using two BE-4's vs NG's seven. on a mass-to-LEO vs BE-4s expended, a C2 vulcan gets better payload to anywhere, including LEO, than NG. NG is literally complete trash without reuse, whereas falcon 9 makes at least some sense even as a 100% expendable rocket.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:00:22 UTC No. 15935633
https://twitter.com/jacksonmeaney05
> We could have very easily lost the booster today if not for some quick action. These observations were pieced together from many different sources and observations from the testing event. Cause of the connection break is currently unknown as far as I know
🗑️ Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:07:09 UTC No. 15935636
>>15935574
Bros I'm in
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:08:45 UTC No. 15935638
>>15935574
Bros I'm in
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:11:44 UTC No. 15935639
>>15935633
so does this guy actually work for SpaceX? he's got an interesting claim that booster 9 didn't actually activate the AFTS, it was an overpressure in the LOx tank and downcomer rupture that ultimately destroyed B9
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:11:48 UTC No. 15935641
>>15935638
Isnt she gay or something
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:11:56 UTC No. 15935642
>>15935633
>Additionally the autogen lines remaining open caused the tanks to be pressurized well past flight levels, almost 8 bar (flight levels are ~5.5 bar)
Not bad on that safety margin
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:13:39 UTC No. 15935645
>>15935633
If this guy actually works for spacex will he have a job tomorrow do you think? Usually you can't go talking about stuff like this openly online.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:13:50 UTC No. 15935646
>>15935639
No but some people claim he has access to insider information
If that is the case it seems weird to me he could be posting for this long without getting shut down one way or another (itar stuff for instance)
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:15:35 UTC No. 15935650
>>15935639
>it was an overpressure in the LOx tank and downcomer rupture that ultimately destroyed B9
Reminder that this was never confirmed. Water hammer is a meme
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:20:31 UTC No. 15935652
>>15935638
Its not verified and the real account doesnt even have a flag next to it what shit are you trying to pull here fag.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:21:30 UTC No. 15935653
>>15935587
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h4
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:24:26 UTC No. 15935655
>>15935653
Post a gif with text nigger
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:27:55 UTC No. 15935657
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:32:23 UTC No. 15935662
>>15935657
Youre pulling out the newfag filter? On me??
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:47:34 UTC No. 15935671
>>15935633
>I have to make this clear, I do not work for SpaceX
Third hand info or larp.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:01:25 UTC No. 15935681
>>15935506
Midjourney v6 dropped today. Basically, it can render anyone that currently exists in exact detail to any ridiculous setting in pixel perfect accuracy.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:16:21 UTC No. 15935698
>>15935524
Assuming a $110/mo even average (balancing between maritime/commercial and third world), you get:
2,300,000 x 110 = $253,000,000 per month in revenue. Multiply that by 12 and you get: $3,036,000,000. These numbers will keep going up in 2024, but you can half that towards June 2024 and can consider that guaranteed income. So, realistically, they'll have generated $1.52Bn in revenue by mid year next and a full, minimum, 3.04Bn by year's end.
They're making what? A satellite at ~$250k per? And have currently 5,186 in orbit. So that's $1.3Bn in manufacturing cost + let's say an even $20m per launch to put them up, divided by a fleet of around 18 F9 cores in the fleet, gets you to $360M to put up 954 satellites at an average of 53 satellites per launch. So 5,186 / 954 gets you 5.436. Multiply that into $360M and you get: $1.956Bn in total cost of putting up their entire network thus far.
Then, let's assume double that for cost of making the dishes + the Ukraine overhead cost + free service + dealing with Russia trying to hack and take down their network, and we can napkin math that they've probably spent approximately $3.913Bn in total to put up their network so far. So by end of next year, they'll be 873M in the red for the total cost invested up to 2023 end. Accounting for subscriber growth, network growth, and continued F9 deployment only (Starship + 7 meter v2s not counted), they'll make enough in revenue by 2025 end, to break even across all investment into network growth and upkeep. By 2025 end, is also the contractual deadline for HLS landing on Moon uncrewed and crewed, even assuming only uncrewed is achieved, that means sufficient infrastructure is in place that Starship + cargo to LEO is flying regularly to allow them to deploy 7 meter V2s into orbit at ~50 satellites per launch cadence. Since they double the bandwidth per satellite, bandwidth goes vertical.
End of 2026, they'll post ~$1-2Bn in profit likely & it'll exponentially grow from there.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:20:03 UTC No. 15935704
>>15935587
>>15935600
The chef's face is also Elon.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:20:15 UTC No. 15935706
>>15935638
went through some of her follows and saw: Gwynne_Shotwell 0 Posts 1 follow (Elon)
powerful
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:25:48 UTC No. 15935713
>>15935633
>>15935639
Honestly, what's most interesting about his entire sequence of posts, is that the booster handled nearly 8 bar of overpressure just fine. Flight is rated at 5.5 bar, what's human safety factor again? 6.5 bar? And pressure differential is exponential with each step difference? That sounds like the booster is still an absolute beast, even beyond IFT1.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:36:44 UTC No. 15935725
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1
Has this been posted yet?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:42:00 UTC No. 15935726
>>15935725
yes
>>15935193
they actually put a pic too
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:45:50 UTC No. 15935729
>>15935725
That guitar riff with that synth loop is iconic to SpaceX's sound. I love it.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:21:19 UTC No. 15935766
>>15935713
they're still massively overbuilding everything. the steel they're using for the tanks is 40% thicker than the final design intent, and most other components are similarly excessive
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:21:56 UTC No. 15935768
move fast break fast chuds
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:26:50 UTC No. 15935774
>>15935768
Rope now troon go dilate that shit stinking axewound of yours.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:26:58 UTC No. 15935775
>>15935725
250+ launches
Shits insane.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:27:22 UTC No. 15935778
>>15935768
>posted 5 min ago
I'll have the eggs and bacon, hope I'm not too late
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:29:01 UTC No. 15935783
>>15935775
brutal
zapatatalksnasa is a good website for graphs
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:46:50 UTC No. 15935795
>>15935778
>schizo babble
take your meds
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:49:26 UTC No. 15935796
>>15935787
Niggersneed
>verification not required
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:03:01 UTC No. 15935802
>>15935633
Total made up LARP lmfao
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:04:09 UTC No. 15935804
>>15935787
New Glenn? Neutron? Vulcan?
Starship???
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:04:31 UTC No. 15935805
>>15935804
Falcon 9.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:05:18 UTC No. 15935806
>>15935725
haa what been posted?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:07:26 UTC No. 15935808
>>15935796
Buy L2 and maybe fucking read it?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:07:32 UTC No. 15935809
>>15935804
F9 ofc
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:10:58 UTC No. 15935810
>>15935808
Oink oink pigger, NSF needs those 500 gifted subs and $250 donation to say hi. Go pay for that L2 and shill for them more.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:14:56 UTC No. 15935812
>>15935810
And you keep bitching and moaning poor fag
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:15:24 UTC No. 15935813
I fucking hate vatniggers and their vodka rockets
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:16:27 UTC No. 15935815
>>15935812
Wheres your Starship torch if youre calling me a poorfag huh?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:22:47 UTC No. 15935820
>>15935486
>NTA but there's always the possibility that the schizodrive actually works but for completely unknown reasons
>aliens with their cloaking tech get out and push it just to fuck with us
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:26:04 UTC No. 15935823
>>15935815
>>15935812
Thats right NIGGER. YOU ARE PLEBIAN SCUM
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:28:31 UTC No. 15935825
>>15935815
>>15935823
Buying SpaceX merch is stolen vanity. You're not an employee you're a just a pathetic faggot with the brain of a child
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:29:37 UTC No. 15935826
>>15935823
You really think you're rich because you can afford to spend 200 bucks on an overpriced chink toy?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:33:49 UTC No. 15935828
>>15935826
>>15935825
>one minute apart
KEEEEEEK HOLY SHIT HES ACTUALLY SEETHING HE GOT CALLED OUT FOR BEING A FAGGY BOASTER NO FUCKING WAY
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:35:14 UTC No. 15935829
>>15935828
>>15935826
Relax you're acting like a nigger. It's embarrassing
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:37:52 UTC No. 15935831
>>15935828
So did you or did you not buy a toy? And you're HOW old? I hope it's at least going up your ass, adult toy situation lol xD
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:39:33 UTC No. 15935832
>>15935831
>lol xD
>on 4chan
KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK YOUR TEARS ARE SOOOO DELICIOUS CRY MORE TO ME ABOUT IT
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:42:14 UTC No. 15935836
>>15935835
*Orbital Flight 3
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:44:07 UTC No. 15935838
>>15935832
*moar
You just keep getting pwnd over and over. You're flailing like a youtube atheist who pivots to SJW bashing. Pro tip- yelling and screaming isnt content. Not on youtube, and certainly not here
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:38:31 UTC No. 15935859
>>15934687
>"What was that about not getting to orbit, Mr. Musk?"
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:42:16 UTC No. 15935863
>>15935713
That's also third party speculation though, so who knows how accurate that is.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:44:33 UTC No. 15935867
>>15934880
QI obviates the need for spinning.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:18:56 UTC No. 15935900
>>15935783
brutal mogging
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:28:53 UTC No. 15935906
>>15935838
Very yiddish post
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:39:01 UTC No. 15935912
>>15935867
Why?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:57:04 UTC No. 15935927
>>15935516
I wonder, what did conor Walton mean by this image? was it ironic or unironic?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:00:04 UTC No. 15935933
>>15935706
why doesn't gwyne follow the company she's ceo of?.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:36:34 UTC No. 15935953
>>15935698
thanks for the analysis, nice to see spacex isn’t entirely state funded
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:45:15 UTC No. 15935960
>>15935953
At least half of their non-Starlink launch business has been commercial in nature.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:05:01 UTC No. 15935972
>>15935912
QI = gravity control
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:18:41 UTC No. 15935980
>>15935325
>the flood
sea level has raised 100 meters since the last ice age. All of those anomalies are pretty mundane or wishful thinking
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:21:54 UTC No. 15935983
>>15935486
>why the hell are we putting basketball americans on the moon, if not for their jumping abilities
Kekked
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:25:20 UTC No. 15935985
>>15935633
>ACCOUNT deleted
Holy shit
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:34:09 UTC No. 15935987
>>15935633
was it real
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:37:10 UTC No. 15935991
>>15935987
>This Employment No Longer Exists
Don't talk shit about your company on the site owned by your boss.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:44:26 UTC No. 15935995
>>15935321
what if all the regulators were assassinated? We might get a free market then
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:48:41 UTC No. 15935998
>>15935298
governments will not be happy to allow that. He needs to make sure the colony is well armed
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:54:11 UTC No. 15936003
>>15935998
Reminder that by shipping Starlink off warzones, the government has confirmed Martian soverignity.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:03:40 UTC No. 15936006
>>15935948
Would
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:07:01 UTC No. 15936007
>>15935987
He might have done it himself to try to legitimize the speculation
Who knows
He talked about accessing some legacy system or something so idk if there was something akin to hacking (or similar) going on
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:21:17 UTC No. 15936015
https://twitter.com/ToughSf/status/
> A curious ESA concept for a lunar base, constructed inside a crater that's filled in to create a shielded platform.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:24:01 UTC No. 15936019
>>15936018
uwu
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:53:10 UTC No. 15936032
Hey what happened to that japanese moon lander? Has it gotten to the moon yet?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:59:59 UTC No. 15936038
>>15935550
same
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:08:53 UTC No. 15936048
>>15936032
How much oxygen does the submersible have left?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:16:31 UTC No. 15936054
>>15936032
SLIM? It’s still got like a month or two, it’s taking the long way to the moon
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:16:47 UTC No. 15936055
>>15934853
This explains a lot. This place went quickly downhill around 2 years ago, and this explains it.
Just another cool 4chan space ruined by /pol/ fags and trump cock sucks.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:18:51 UTC No. 15936057
>>15936055
Also IMAGINE MY SHOCK when the /pol/ advertisers is the same anon obsessed with some random NASA worker because she's a woman. You can just tell he reeks of virgin.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:19:47 UTC No. 15936058
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/17
>JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to collect samples from Phobos has been bumped to financial year 2026. It was scheduled to launch in September 2024, but issues with the new H3 rocket-- which failed on its first flight earlier this year--have brought the delay.
For fuck's sake
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:03:50 UTC No. 15936109
>>15935991
He said himself he wasn't a SpaceX employee
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:28:39 UTC No. 15936128
>>15935698
If I were to do this I'd probably put monthly average closer to $90 or so due to all the balancing they do in the first world as well, and also put the sat cost higher to stay conservative (also we have no clue for V2 mini and they only launch ~20/launch of them and laser links probably made sats quite a bit more expensive, also "the satellites cost more than the rocket" or what it was so I usually start out with $50-60 million/launch for the early ones). Also IIRC the first dish contract alone was >$2 billion, those things started out expensive as fuck and are you even considering running costs and ground infrastructure?
>it'll exponentially grow from there
heh. [spoiler]sure, maybe for a bit, but how long? That graph might already be hinting at a slowing although that's probably because of the bottlenecks without proper V2[/spoiler]
Still, always fun to run these numbers. Back in the day I estimated that profit could start being in sight around 2-3 million subscribers and that's the point they are at now.
>>15936089
Is he alone in the plane or what? Doubt this will last long once people catch on and everyone tries to watch Netflix, but still great to see.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:29:46 UTC No. 15936130
>>15936128
lel, Ctrl+S working on spoilerless boards never fails to fuck me up
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:38:14 UTC No. 15936135
>>15936128
I think its the plane Wifi using a dish (or multiple) integrated into the plane
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:49:18 UTC No. 15936138
>>15935639
nope its a larper who has been seriously wrong before
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:50:54 UTC No. 15936141
>>15935787
>i havent seen it done before so it cant work
this is going to everyone who keep saying faster than light travel is impossible
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:06:30 UTC No. 15936148
>>15936015
ESA should be blacklisted
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:07:31 UTC No. 15936150
>>15935373
robert_deniro_angry_warning.jpg
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:08:32 UTC No. 15936153
>>15935381
Based and on topic
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:10:58 UTC No. 15936156
>>15936015
>fills will regolith
Yeah, I can totally see a giant excavator working on the moon.
Fucking scammers.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:25:24 UTC No. 15936167
>>15936156
Why not? It's just a big shovel.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:27:03 UTC No. 15936171
>>15935563
number of outbound links, number of posts mentioning a few choice keywords, posts per thread, IPs per thread, posts per hour, IPs per hour, images per hour, shitpost percentage, on topic percentage, namefag percentage, shitposter engagement
It would probably be pretty easy to measure aliveness, faggotry, happeningness, etc. using some combination of the above taken as indexes against the historical averages over suitable periods
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:31:25 UTC No. 15936174
>>15936156
the excavator is real. You've seen it down at michoud. we're building the bucket. we have all the treads done, ready to be put on the test stand at stennis... I don't see any hardware for a big shovel. except that it's going to take 3 shovels and put them together and that becomes the big shovel. it's not that easy in regolith movery
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:31:46 UTC No. 15936175
>>15935795
>retard joke non understander
Not that poster, but you sure are fucking dumb, nigger
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:34:37 UTC No. 15936176
>>15936162
time to put on my schizo (tin-foil) hat: hyperloop was a business ploy to justify indefinitely halting California's high speed rail development so that it wouldn't hurt Tesla sales
Cali's HSR was a delayed and overbudget train wreck with no trains that most people hated, but without an alternative the state was just going to trundle along with it, but then musk comes along and proposes a cheaper and faster alternative (and this was at the same point in time that elon was actually popular, there was high confidence in him due to the success of spacex and tesla being the first new automaker to challenge the big 3, he was le heckin real life iron man). the promise of hyperloop was enough of a push for the public opinion to turn fully against the state, and force cali to actually permanently give up on HSR
it's a very big hat, you could even see it from space
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:35:02 UTC No. 15936178
>>15935948
>skinny body
>face still fat
total headbaggerchad victory
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:37:21 UTC No. 15936179
>>15935995
Unfortunately the power vacuum and existence of many graspers, climbers and sociopaths means they would be replaced before the cessation of life saving measures
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:38:35 UTC No. 15936181
>>15936179
It's okay there's lots of bullets
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:54:09 UTC No. 15936201
>>15936171
>the faggotry index is getting too high
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:55:48 UTC No. 15936203
>>15936176
hasn't it been just mismanaged?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:07:33 UTC No. 15936220
Firefly stream is live!
Also, any news about Starlink 6-32? Everything I've seen says it's tonight at 11pm, but they all say "To Be Confirmed."
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:14:35 UTC No. 15936225
Kek that echo on that one go
>>15936176
Musk has said as much, not explicitly of course so it's still tinfoil but his statements on the matter can easily be interpreted in exactly that way. His burning hatred for public transport definitely aligns very well with Tesla's need to sell cars.
Although apparently high speed rail is making a bit of a comeback? Who knows where that'll go though.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:17:26 UTC No. 15936228
>>15936220
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIt
T-15
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:18:32 UTC No. 15936230
>>15936228
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJ
official stream here, previous one was NSF which I didn't notice
NSF has more watchers lmao
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:18:37 UTC No. 15936231
Clear live
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:23:38 UTC No. 15936239
>>15936128
SpaceX is aiming to capture around 2-3% of the global subscriber base for ISP. So, the runway is about 200M people. They're 1% of the way there effective. With Starship and full V2 deployment, if they achieve even 25% of that, so 50M subscribers worldwide. With an average of $90/mo, that's $4.5Bn in revenue per month and around $54Bn annually. I would expect by 2040 this may be achieved and will likely cost around $5-10Bn annually to maintain between managing satellites, launching new ones to replace, and upkeep of network + being a corporation. I expect that Starlink will be spun off eventually, but that SpaceX will likely accumulate anywhere from a $20-30Bn cash buffer (similar to Tesla currently) before this happens, so that they have a decade long cash burn safety margin in the event of a black swan event, where they can persist and keep their pace of innovation independent of external factors.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:25:39 UTC No. 15936242
what about lolis?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:32:06 UTC No. 15936247
>>15936242
Something about lolis on the engines, idk
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:33:22 UTC No. 15936248
>>15936247
UUOOOHHH!!!
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:33:37 UTC No. 15936249
Holy shit. This thing is going to have massive TWR at the end of the stage
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:34:01 UTC No. 15936251
wtf
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:34:10 UTC No. 15936252
Max-Qute!
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:34:23 UTC No. 15936253
did they just show the payload?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:34:34 UTC No. 15936254
>>15935972
How so?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:35:11 UTC No. 15936256
FUCK FIREFLY
https://nitter.net/BocaChicaGal/sta
WE GAAAAAAAAAN
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:35:16 UTC No. 15936258
this feed fucking sucks
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:36:16 UTC No. 15936261
>>15936257
stage separation
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:38:20 UTC No. 15936264
>>15936256
https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/st
another one
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:38:23 UTC No. 15936265
>>15936263
Lockheed
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:39:01 UTC No. 15936267
>>15936263
lockheeb
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:41:31 UTC No. 15936270
nominal transfer orbit achieved
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:43:45 UTC No. 15936273
The booster looked like overkill, but the 2nd stage seems to be lofting a la Centaur.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:45:33 UTC No. 15936275
Minecraft reference? omgggg
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:51:23 UTC No. 15936283
>>15936274
Does that include any Starlink launches? Since they are done fully inhouse there isn't a long trail of paper from giving contracts to satellite manufacturers and launch services.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:52:34 UTC No. 15936286
>>15936283
probably. i think its wrong though since we're probably going to go beyond 250 launches.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:53:24 UTC No. 15936290
>>15936275
Söyface for us NOW!!
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:55:40 UTC No. 15936295
>>15936015
That's a pretty good idea. Strip mine around the site to some depth and move everything down the hole. It's also how many bunkers are constructed in real life, after all.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:58:00 UTC No. 15936297
>>15936256
>>15936264
cars are still on the road doe albeit
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:11:17 UTC No. 15936325
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:12:21 UTC No. 15936326
>>15936321
>[TEXT TEXT TEXT]
increasing text length was a mistake
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:12:23 UTC No. 15936327
>>15936321
your car isnt orbiting mars retard
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:13:53 UTC No. 15936331
IS THERE GONNA BE A STATIC FIRE TODAY OR NO????
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:15:54 UTC No. 15936338
how dark is night on the moon?
at least on the earth facing side it should be way brighter than full moon from earth right? because earth facing lunar night coincides with a mostly full earth and earth is bigger in the moon's sky and has a much higher albedo. or does the dark surface and lack of atmosphere make it dark anyway?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:30:08 UTC No. 15936356
posted a few hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G_
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:36:03 UTC No. 15936365
Fireflybros... where's the circulation burn?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:43:43 UTC No. 15936373
>>15936365
SpaceX Starlink Brilliant Pebbles intercepted it. Nothing gets into space without their approval.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:55:28 UTC No. 15936389
>>15936274
>>15936283
>>15936286
It only includes launches that have info, probably plenty of starlink and chinese launches that aren't there, and that's a big portion of the total. We will set a record again next year unless there's a falcon 9 failure.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:56:06 UTC No. 15936390
>>15936377
Read a book, nigga
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:09:23 UTC No. 15936403
>>15935466
Rocket Lab won a 500mil dollar contract to build 18 space vehicles for the US gov. Any idea on what those might be?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:13:15 UTC No. 15936409
>>15936390
Kill yourself nigger lover
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:25:49 UTC No. 15936423
>>15936416
it's over
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:34:53 UTC No. 15936443
>>15936390
I wish Mae Jemison was real
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:38:29 UTC No. 15936451
>>15936390
actually built for bbc
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:40:26 UTC No. 15936454
>>15936018
i feel pretty bad for the people working in russian spaceflight. must be depressing to know thing will only get worse in the future.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:55:56 UTC No. 15936479
>>15935662
>newfag filter
filtered
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:23:20 UTC No. 15936502
>>15936390
A fucking book, nigga
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:33:30 UTC No. 15936517
>>15936502
Not a sports page, not a magazine
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:39:07 UTC No. 15936527
https://twitter.com/planet4589/stat
>Two objects cataloged by Space Force in 215 x 523 km x 140.0 deg orbit. If this is the LM satellite and the Firefly second stage, it may suggest the second stage restart was not successful.
OHNONONONO
Not even the first time this has happened
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:42:10 UTC No. 15936532
>>15936527
damn
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:44:39 UTC No. 15936537
>>15936527
spacexbros we cant stop winning
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:44:51 UTC No. 15936538
>>15936527
se acabo
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:45:32 UTC No. 15936540
>>15936527
Yeah McDowell speaks only the truth.
He says two objects that means they already separated so they gave up any chances of trying to raise it manually.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:48:33 UTC No. 15936544
>>15936377
>both videos acting like the space shuttle was this amazing reusable spacecraft and not a turbo expensive, barely refurbishable bloated white whale designed by politicians
Disingenuous.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:52:06 UTC No. 15936550
>>15936544
he has extreme EDS. please understand
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:00:56 UTC No. 15936566
>>15936544
I will judge it after the last video, engineering was amazing to be honest, but also the reason why it was a nightmare to refurbish.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:01:22 UTC No. 15936567
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:03:46 UTC No. 15936574
>>15936567
oh that is a good idea, stops the whining about early staging if jannies decide to shoah the catalog
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:10:04 UTC No. 15936583
>>15936356
wtf is that?