🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:59:51 UTC No. 15936563
Possible Payload Edition
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Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:02:29 UTC No. 15936571
When does /sfg/ actually think a Starlink payload will first happen?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:04:11 UTC No. 15936575
>>15936571
IFT3
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:05:04 UTC No. 15936576
>>15936571
maybe flight 4 (testing a flight going to actual orbit) if flight 3 is about testing cryo fuel transfer
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:05:09 UTC No. 15936577
>>15936571
If everything goes well next flight I don't see why it couldn't be in the flight after that.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:08:58 UTC No. 15936581
Rocket Report: Vulcan stacked for launch; Starship aces test ahead of third flight
--
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/
Small Rockets
> Ranking the top 10 US launch companies of 2023.
> New Shepard finally flies again.
> Electron successfully returns to flight.
> Shetland approved for UK launches.
> iSpace finally returns a payload to orbit.
> Chinese firm raises significant funding.
> NASA says RDE engine test a success.
> Latitude unveils plan for evolved Zephyr rocket.
Medium Rockets
> Mixed progress on Ariane 6 tests.
Heavy Rockets
> ULA sale bidders confirmed.
> China's largest rocket lofts spy satellite
> SpaceX completes Starship static fire.
> Vulcan is stacked for launch.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:12:55 UTC No. 15936587
Firefly is just staying silent on their upper stage failure.
What pitiful faggots they are. Their company isn't public and their customers will know anyway so there is no benefit to not being truthful
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:14:12 UTC No. 15936588
>>15936587
Stoke is better
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:17:31 UTC No. 15936593
>>15936588
Yes obviously. So is Relativity who actually dare to say the words make life multiplanetary.
Rocketlab and Firefly seem to have as their highest ambition getting USSF contracts.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:18:14 UTC No. 15936595
>>15936593
at least rocketlab launches successful rockets
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:22:59 UTC No. 15936610
> Jefferies LLC, a financial advisory company, previously estimated that ULA would fetch $2 billion to $3 billion in a sale. A deal could be announced after the launch of the Vulcan rocket in January.
lmaoo
reminder that SpaceX got valued at $180 billion in its latest secondary stock sale (people owning the stock like employees and investors able to sell to other private parties)
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:26:19 UTC No. 15936617
>>15936610
The company has no future, I have no idea why BO would buy it considering Vulcan would end up being worthless if New Glenn flies.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:28:37 UTC No. 15936623
https://spacenews.com/nasa-report-s
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/upl
> The model that scored the best, in terms of being favorable across all market scenarios, was one called “Government Research Broker” where NASA serves as a broker for arranging flights of experiments on CLDs or other commercial spacecraft, an approach the study compared to NASA’s Launch Services Program for acquiring launches.
> The report adds that there may not explicitly be a national laboratory in LEO once the ISS is retired, depending on the model selected for supporting research in LEO. “The National Laboratory nomenclature may be completely removed from legislation, or the intent of a National Laboratory may transition to a new model in a post-ISS LEO ecosystem that lacks a government-owned platform,” it states.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:29:38 UTC No. 15936625
>>15936617
BO would be buying it for the engineers and contracts. Honestly I don't think they're going to. Bezos seems to have been trying to get the company back on track
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:30:00 UTC No. 15936627
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:32:28 UTC No. 15936629
>>15936610
Valuations are frequently based on the future revenue potential of the corporation in question and the resulting demand for their stock. SpaceX is both a telecommunications company and a transportation company, and they're likely to be a major player in the former and completely dominant for commercial and US government Earth to Orbit transportation services.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:35:19 UTC No. 15936632
>>15936617
>>15936625
Buying ULA gets BO's foot in the door on NSSL launches, brings the bulk of Kuiper launches back "in house", and removes a major competitor entirely.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:36:19 UTC No. 15936634
>>15936581
>Two minutes after the ignition of the stage’s Vinci engine the test was automatically aborted after sensors detected that “some parameters had gone beyond predetermined thresholds.” ArianeGroup is currently investigating the reason for the early abort. The ESA statement explained that the investigation would be completed by mid-January 2024
At this rate China's going to complete one of its Falcon 9 clones before Europe gets Ariane 6 off the pad.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:39:03 UTC No. 15936640
>>15936607
>"Fly the Lightning"
how can anyone take a motto this gay serious?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:39:28 UTC No. 15936641
>>15936632
Getting ~20 big national security launches as well as being a shoe-in for a Lane 2 spot with NSSL-3 is a steal for $2-3B.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:51:31 UTC No. 15936661
>>15936640
Try Relativity's "GLHF" (Good Luck Have Fun)
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:53:09 UTC No. 15936663
>>15936640
The Lightning (engine) didn't fly so well
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:01:45 UTC No. 15936672
>>15936670
Your momma got fucked
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:06:17 UTC No. 15936682
>>15936588
I want to like Stoke but their rocket is still too small
God I wish there was a second launch company with balls
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:07:42 UTC No. 15936684
>>15936670
it's ogre
🗑️ Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:08:23 UTC No. 15936687
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoF
its over.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:11:55 UTC No. 15936691
>>15936682
Theyre going fully reusable nigger what more do you want from a small company
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:12:06 UTC No. 15936692
I hate the ariane 6 so god damn much it's unreal.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:12:19 UTC No. 15936693
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:13:50 UTC No. 15936696
>>15936693
What is this plebbit tier meme go the fuck back you dumb retard nigger
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:14:42 UTC No. 15936697
>>15936691
If Stoke's rocket works and the QI memedrive works Astra will have literally no justification to continue existing.
>xenon thrusters and fully expendable rockets
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:15:44 UTC No. 15936699
>>15936696
>he says posting thunderfag off topic bait
lmao HAHA
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:15:45 UTC No. 15936700
>>15936682
They haven't published any official payload figures yet, just that it's more than 2 tons and maybe more than 5 tons. For something that's fully reusable from the start and looks like it's playing with the idea of refueling in orbit from other upper stages, that's more than enough capacity for most commercial missions.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:16:40 UTC No. 15936701
>>15936634
Tianlong 3 is still planned for June
A6 is planned for NET mid June
This may be possible (well, if Tianlong 3 isn't a scam)
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:18:44 UTC No. 15936706
>>15936700
They actually have
>3 tons fully reusable
>5 tons partially reusable
>7 tons fully expendable
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:27:53 UTC No. 15936717
>>15936623
Good, we don't need one unless it's something that actually needs to be huge like an artificial gravity station.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:41:46 UTC No. 15936735
>>15936701
We're going to see something tested in the next twelve months. Tianbing seems to have a lot more behind the scenes weirdness going on than your average Chinese space startup, but Tianlong-2 did work. If they are a scam they seem to be a reasonably competent one.
As for Ariane 6, that June launch date is dependent on their second stage issues not needing any major corrections to fix.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:54:41 UTC No. 15936758
>>15936755
It's ugly
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:55:42 UTC No. 15936760
>still no firefly tweet
clownish behavioir. it's already apparent it failed otherwise you would have confirmed a successful insertion in the last 4 hours
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:58:06 UTC No. 15936762
>>15936699
I didnt post thunderthighs link you fucking moron dedditor GO BACK NOW YOU ARE A FUCKING SCUM NIGGER PIECE OF SHIT YOU DIDNT EVEN DENY THE LEDDIT ACCUSATION
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:59:07 UTC No. 15936764
>>15936721
True but go back troon YWNBAW
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:59:10 UTC No. 15936765
>>15936762
yikes
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:02:43 UTC No. 15936769
>Aeon R: How Engines are Manufactured at Relativity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVI
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:06:02 UTC No. 15936776
>>15936769
rocketlab bagholding piggies are currently revolving at spinlaunch velocities in order to justify why their engine won't full duration hotfire before Q4 2024
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:07:13 UTC No. 15936779
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:08:38 UTC No. 15936782
>>15936779
dios mio
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:13:23 UTC No. 15936788
>>15936779
>>15936782
i thought she was cute and polite and informative
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:13:49 UTC No. 15936789
>>15936779
Rocket Lab has objectively the worst girls in aerospace industry.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:17:03 UTC No. 15936793
>>15936789
and who has the best ones
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:23:10 UTC No. 15936801
>>15936793
SpaceX of course
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:23:21 UTC No. 15936802
>>15936779
Kyle Rittenhouse through a sex change filter
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:25:01 UTC No. 15936805
>>15936563
>>15936670
neocolonialism much!?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:35:48 UTC No. 15936815
>>15936789
Astra does. At least Rocketlab girls don't have penises.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:37:12 UTC No. 15936817
>>15936805
Colonialism is based.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:42:33 UTC No. 15936822
>>15936817
Based on what?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:42:51 UTC No. 15936823
>>15936819
>that wall of text
how much of an elon fangoy can you possibly be?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:43:44 UTC No. 15936824
Taking a long time for Firefly to put out a statement. I wonder if damage control is trying to figure out how to acknowledge this failure without acknowledging that flight 2 failed for the same reason, rather than a total success.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:44:46 UTC No. 15936827
>>15936819
https://twitter.com/SERobinsonJr/st
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:45:16 UTC No. 15936829
>>15936824
Maybe they can crib one of Chris Kemp's statements from LV0008 or LV0010.
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:47:25 UTC No. 15936832
>>15936824
>implying they'll put out a statement
lol. looks more like they'll cut lockheeb a deal and pretend like nothing happened
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:51:37 UTC No. 15936834
>>15936831
I hate the way these things look. they look so ugly.. that heat shield is such dead weight too, what happened to bare stainelsss steel?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:52:35 UTC No. 15936836
>>15936834
certified faggot
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:03:06 UTC No. 15936845
>>15936842
Sex with Jasmin and Laurel
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:04:08 UTC No. 15936847
>>15936845
Loral
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:05:26 UTC No. 15936848
>>15936847
Loreal Paris
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:10:24 UTC No. 15936851
>>15936847
sex with jasmin and oral with loral
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:26:32 UTC No. 15936870
>>15936862
remarkably bad.
i wonder how spacex manages to have great looking women like jessie or kate or that booba starbase one in high level engineering positions
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:29:06 UTC No. 15936874
>>15936870
>great looking women
>jessie
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:33:10 UTC No. 15936881
>>15936874
>he doesnt want to fuck the flipino-black-latina-white queen of spaceflight
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:35:43 UTC No. 15936892
>>15936762
Racism
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:36:28 UTC No. 15936894
>>15936892
Cuckoldry
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:37:07 UTC No. 15936895
>>15936870
I only swear by gwynne
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:43:13 UTC No. 15936901
>>15936894
nuclear thermal rocket
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:43:50 UTC No. 15936902
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:46:36 UTC No. 15936905
>>15936881
when i saw that HOOKER on the livestream for the first time instead of insprucker I was livid. my blood was boiling.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:50:25 UTC No. 15936916
>>15936862
Black poofy jacket is a bitch but a absolute freak in bed (she will rim your asshole without asking) I can tell
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:00:15 UTC No. 15936925
>>15936916
you are gay
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:05:52 UTC No. 15936933
>>15936670
was the leaker telling the truth?
is it really over?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:07:04 UTC No. 15936936
>>15936916
Ew, gross.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:08:55 UTC No. 15936940
>>15936916
based
i thought the same
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:09:59 UTC No. 15936943
>>15936670
looks like the jawas are out to salvage Starship
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:11:43 UTC No. 15936945
A SpaceX insider told me Booster 10 gained sentience and chose not to static fire. A SpaceX insider told me.
How do we defend ourselves from sentient ICBMs?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:12:38 UTC No. 15936946
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:13:38 UTC No. 15936948
3hr to 19th flight of a booster, first time
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:14:45 UTC No. 15936949
>>15936945
Niggertree
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:15:19 UTC No. 15936953
b10 just fucking popped
its over
ITS OVER
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:19:02 UTC No. 15936958
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:22:51 UTC No. 15936963
>>15936945
wake me up when it decides to self-destruct
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:08:12 UTC No. 15937004
happy holidays sfg!
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:09:06 UTC No. 15937006
>>15937004
Merry Christmas, heathen
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:11:29 UTC No. 15937008
>>15937004
Fuck off kikeniggerjew
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:12:29 UTC No. 15937011
If you say Happy Holidays you are jewish.
>inb4 chud
Yes. I. Am.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:12:35 UTC No. 15937012
>>15936862
>token minorities
I cannot wait until the dei bullshit dies
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:12:59 UTC No. 15937013
>>15937011
I am :)
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:13:22 UTC No. 15937014
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:19:18 UTC No. 15937021
A little birdey told me OFT-3 indefinitely delayed until March. A new booster must be built, issues revealed in the recent test...
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:19:35 UTC No. 15937022
>>15937021
post froyo
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:21:15 UTC No. 15937024
>>15937022
I so so wish I was wrong friend
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:21:42 UTC No. 15937025
>>15937021
I ate a little birdie once. Birds are delicious.
Sam Liam at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:22:21 UTC No. 15937028
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkr
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:25:51 UTC No. 15937032
>>15937028
Die namenigger offtopic kikejew
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:34:38 UTC No. 15937039
>>15936831
After Starship what is the next stage of space technology? Nuclear powered ships?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:35:22 UTC No. 15937041
>>15937039
cryo sleep unironically. gotta get to the other planets somehow
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:36:23 UTC No. 15937042
>>15937041
*other solar systems I mean
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:37:10 UTC No. 15937043
>>15937039
Nuclear electric ships with quantized inertia thrusters.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:53:20 UTC No. 15937048
A meteor just crossed 3 states here in Brazil. It was kino
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:55:09 UTC No. 15937049
>>15937039
you mean step change?
after starship there is going to be refinement on starship, maybe a bigger version and so on which are going to bring the cost down incrementally
there might not really be a fundamental change from rapidly, fully reusable chemical rockets to get mass to orbit
but what happens when you are in orbit already has much more experimentation to do
chemical works, but then you have all kinds of electric thrusters which haven't been explored that much, propellantless stuff like solar sails, maybe magnetic/electric sails or whatever, different types of fission powered stuff
fusion perhaps, not sure if fusion has good enough TWR for ground-to-orbit stuff though even theoretically
after that its questionable scifi stuff, fusion seems like it will work eventually maybe, always 10 years away
oh yeah and then you could augment the efficiency of chemical rockets to get stuff to orbit with some pretty expensive infrastructure maybe
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:57:30 UTC No. 15937052
>>15937039
Long term lifesupport. Once you get a long term lifesupport, someone rich can fly a Starship across the same orbit as the earth around the sun, and survive for decades.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:36:55 UTC No. 15937086
>>15937081
execute her on that rock
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:41:23 UTC No. 15937090
>>15937086
You are a very sick man.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:49:21 UTC No. 15937097
>>15937090
karate kick valentina off a mushroom looking rock on another planet
total kerbal death
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:53:02 UTC No. 15937100
just watched the new senpai episode
holy FRICK do you think they will pull the heist off?
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:55:34 UTC No. 15937102
>>15937100
I only watch hardcore porn
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:11:08 UTC No. 15937110
>>15937100
>the new senpai episode
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:13:43 UTC No. 15937111
>>15937110
don't laugh
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:16:37 UTC No. 15937114
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:28:26 UTC No. 15937123
tfw even the "initial growth phase" for Space Station Freedom was cooler than the "baseline plus half of Mir 2 and some more solar panels" we got
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:33:30 UTC No. 15937126
>>15937123
>we will NEVER get a jamestown irl
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:34:16 UTC No. 15937127
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqi
T-60:00
19th reflight coming up
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:04:10 UTC No. 15937156
>>15937100
My PC is on the fritz so I haven't pirated any of the new season yet.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:06:10 UTC No. 15937157
>>15937156
its good so far
crazy but good
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:08:02 UTC No. 15937159
>>15937157
>>15937156
Shut the fuck up offtopic niggers
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:09:43 UTC No. 15937161
>>15937159
>he doesn't watch THE spaceflight show
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:09:51 UTC No. 15937162
>>15937157
its goyslop
and you are low IQ
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:10:45 UTC No. 15937163
>>15937162
anyone that says goyslop is a midwit
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:12:56 UTC No. 15937167
>>15937161
its shit
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:14:57 UTC No. 15937170
>>15937163
full of strong women, black people and faggots which take half of the runtime
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:16:51 UTC No. 15937172
>>15937100
Purchase an advertisement
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:17:34 UTC No. 15937173
>>15937169
New Horizons doesn't count?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:17:50 UTC No. 15937174
>>15937127
T-15:00
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:21:07 UTC No. 15937177
/sfg/ - Shutthe Fuckup General
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:24:38 UTC No. 15937183
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1y
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:28:08 UTC No. 15937187
>>15937127
T-5:00
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:28:33 UTC No. 15937189
>>15937177
Sneed's Feed & Geed
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:30:05 UTC No. 15937192
>>15937127
Blow up, blow up, blow up, blow up, blow up, blow up
This fucker better be in pieces on the drone ship
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:33:32 UTC No. 15937202
LAUNCH
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:34:34 UTC No. 15937206
>>15937202
NIGGERFRUIT
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:35:43 UTC No. 15937209
MECO. 19 successful reflights yooooo.
now time for 19 successful landings out of a single booster
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:37:28 UTC No. 15937214
>>15937209
both stages norminal
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:38:15 UTC No. 15937218
>>15937169
With Starship and LEO refueling we will be able to go further.
Apart from that, the outer planets have moved out of position to do the series of swing-by manuevers that the Voyagers did. This is why we'Re not going bakc to Uranus or Neptune, and why going to Saturn requires specific launch windows.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:40:51 UTC No. 15937223
come on back booster
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:41:53 UTC No. 15937225
HE
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:42:00 UTC No. 15937226
LANDED
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:42:03 UTC No. 15937227
good job
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:42:11 UTC No. 15937228
>>15937192
I have been btfo
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:42:14 UTC No. 15937229
19 reuses
how many before they get a failure
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:43:04 UTC No. 15937232
>>15937127
solid landing
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:43:22 UTC No. 15937233
PLAP PLAP PLAP GET REUSED GET REUSED
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:44:36 UTC No. 15937236
>>15937229
never
they'll send em off to the Smithsonian before that
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:44:50 UTC No. 15937237
>>15937229
I'm pretty sure this is thier face every launch now.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:46:59 UTC No. 15937238
that single booster has launched more than all Long March 3Cs ever
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:47:01 UTC No. 15937239
Fuck yurop and fuck hohols
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:47:12 UTC No. 15937241
>>15937237
>>15937236
The last one gets loaded up with bombs instead of an upper stage and dropped on Biden's vacation house.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:48:00 UTC No. 15937242
https://twitter.com/Firefly_Space/s
Today, Firefly’s Alpha launch had a successful liftoff & progressed seamlessly through each stage of flight, including MECO, stage separation, fairing separation and the first SECO. Alpha’s scheduled stage 2 engine relight did not deliver the payload to its precise target orbit. Communications to the spacecraft has been established and mission operations are now underway. Read more here
https://fireflyspace.com/missions/f
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:50:52 UTC No. 15937245
>>15937239
>random zigger starts bitching again
hows the two week operation going?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:51:13 UTC No. 15937247
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:54:32 UTC No. 15937248
>>15937242
oh noooooo
anyways
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:56:06 UTC No. 15937249
>>15937242
What is it with these newspace small rockets and unreliable upper stages?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:56:52 UTC No. 15937251
>>15937249
staging is hard plz understand
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:59:15 UTC No. 15937253
>>15937249
Both of SpaceX's high profile failures were due to the upper stage and Ship 25 failed late in the burn. Upper stages get everybody's goat.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:00:29 UTC No. 15937255
>In the eight years since the company first propulsively recovered an orbital class rocket, no one else has done so even once. SpaceX has done it over 250 times.
krausboi
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:01:31 UTC No. 15937259
>>15937249
More difficult to test i guess
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:08:05 UTC No. 15937265
another clear stream before bed :)
gn'ight /sfg/
see you in 7hrs for the next launch
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:10:49 UTC No. 15937268
>>15937255
lmao ok bud, it was done multiple times in the 90s, and Blue Origin has done is a bunch of times as well
>inb4 cope
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:11:20 UTC No. 15937269
https://brycetech.com/briefing
can't wait for q4
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:12:41 UTC No. 15937271
>>15937268
and F9 is just a 1950s redstone rocket with some shit bolted to it too eh?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:20:35 UTC No. 15937284
>>15937271
goalpost moved
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:26:17 UTC No. 15937293
>>15937268
Missed the words "orbital class rocket;" that's SpaceX's qualifier to distinguish their launch vehicle from everyone else's tech demos.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:26:56 UTC No. 15937295
>>15937255
Next rocket to propulsive land will be Starship
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:27:45 UTC No. 15937296
>>15937295
lol probably right. one of the chinky startups might do it soon though?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:28:25 UTC No. 15937298
>>15937296
Maybe
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:38:31 UTC No. 15937312
>>15937004
It's Merry Christmas, in the state of Texas.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:44:13 UTC No. 15937317
I am now demoralized and convinced that space force pulled some strings to delay FH to put more spook tech on the spook orbiter
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:59:11 UTC No. 15937341
Consider the following:
Sex with Val on Vall
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:00:13 UTC No. 15937343
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:11:41 UTC No. 15937353
>>15937343
Is this stock? It actually looks pretty good, I dunno what people were kvetching about
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:14:26 UTC No. 15937356
>>15937343
>>15937341
>>15937353
Fuck of Kike Shill Program nigger YWNGTS
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:16:54 UTC No. 15937358
>>15937353
Yes, it's stock but also max settings and I take screen shots selectively.
>>15937356
GETTING LAID ON LAYTHE
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:32:33 UTC No. 15937378
>>15937374
Nobody does this
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:34:56 UTC No. 15937381
>>15937358
Last one for now. Blackrack knocked it out of the park with these effects.
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:36:59 UTC No. 15937384
>latest SENPAI episode
X GON GIVE IT TO YA
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:42:22 UTC No. 15937389
I have already sent feedback asking for more jannies. Im tired of all you faggots, I hope they do a new hiring spree so whatever tranitor comes in to power deals with you fags.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:56:16 UTC No. 15937467
>>15937039
>>15937049
Plasma Magnetic sails probably
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 09:19:48 UTC No. 15937488
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:03:32 UTC No. 15937503
>>15937126
>50% of base is hallways
>>15937161
I've already seen it
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:32:39 UTC No. 15937511
>>15937100
It's just cheap melodrama. It has nothing to do with space.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:23:30 UTC No. 15937545
>>15937169
Yes, interstellar Probe please
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:40:33 UTC No. 15937556
>"I cry at every single launch."
Does it happen to you as well?
https://x.com/BBCr4today/status/173
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:52:17 UTC No. 15937566
>>15937556
No because I don't work on it
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:08:03 UTC No. 15937579
>>15937327
>"Obviously a Major Malfunction"
sounds like a culture ship name
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:29:44 UTC No. 15937604
>>15937498
Lol, so the boring company is a prerequisite
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:54:43 UTC No. 15937622
>>15937039
Electric Starship seems like the next and only rational step for SpaceX. Nuclear-thermal will be skipped over entirely due to the obvious regulatory headache it would cost Musk and it being less efficient than electric rockets anyway. And electric is needed for humans to reach the outer planets
It may be time for SpaceX to start developing something stronger than their argon hall-thruster
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:21:49 UTC No. 15937651
>>15937498
Hyperloop is a pussy solution anyway, give me a hard vacuum maglev train or don't bother
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:28:42 UTC No. 15937657
>>15937651
hard vacuum maglev train requires a maglev track the whole way and hard vacuum obviously more and better vacuumpumps
compared to a low pressure concrete tube
just fundamentally a very significant cost difference
in the very least you could have a intermediate speed solution with intermediate cost, perhaps you could have the highest speed possible with vacuum maglev, but then low air pressure hyperloop with the air bearings
and then just normal pressure loop with cars like they are doing in las vegas right now
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:36:12 UTC No. 15937666
>>15937242
>today, after a successful launch and liftoff...
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:43:14 UTC No. 15937673
>>15937039
ships built in space using materials delivered by starships would be my guess. probably using solar for now, with nuclear propulsion and power in the testing phases
Of course, if tape outgassing drives turn out to be real, the next step will be mass production of tape outgassing drives and seeing if they can achieve a TWR of more than 1 on their own
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:45:13 UTC No. 15937677
>>15937126
>those rings of flat solar panels on the roof
>of a SOUTH POLAR moon base
these people are clowns
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:46:20 UTC No. 15937681
SARAH launch delayed 24 hours
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:46:41 UTC No. 15937682
>>15936563
can someone tell me when this Quantum Inertia engine is gonna get tested. Also give a QRD on why it can/cant work
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:53:12 UTC No. 15937697
>>15937677
It's clearly in direct sunlight.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:54:17 UTC No. 15937699
>>15937682
Eventually, and it can't work because everything in the universe obeys conservation laws. A QI engine promises constant acceleration without any commensurate change in the engine's performance. The universe does not seem to possess any preferred references frames, so there's no limiting factor. The scaling of kinetic energy goes up with the square of velocity, thus the energy output will eventually exceed the energy input, and a functional QI drive would constitute a free energy device. Since this does not conserve energy and all physics obeys conservation laws, it can't work.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:22:44 UTC No. 15937734
>>15937651
Isn't that basically what hyperloop is?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:27:24 UTC No. 15937738
>>15937699
The memedrive is designed as an open system, and so it is one of two things. If QI is correct it creates a pressure difference in Unruh radiation to act like a sail. If GR is correct it's a tiny Alcubierre drive.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:20:56 UTC No. 15937786
>>15937699
>The universe does not seem to possess any preferred references frames
QI is sort of based on there being a preferred frame I would say
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:46:18 UTC No. 15937809
>>15937779
Just a SpaceX sign.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:53:42 UTC No. 15937819
>>15937807
hahahah. source?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:56:55 UTC No. 15937830
>>15937819
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/v
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:05:09 UTC No. 15937839
>>15937738
>If GR is correct it's a tiny Alcubierre drive.
If GR is correct momentum is conserved and it won't work at all.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:20:24 UTC No. 15937862
Richard Mansell
@RaMansell
"Barry-1 is continuing to progress through LEOP at this time and we appreciate the hard work and great progress
@RogueSpaceCorp is making. Quantum Drive #QI testing has been postponed until January."
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:23:03 UTC No. 15937866
>>15936670
Oh shit
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:32:04 UTC No. 15937871
>>15937862
QI bros... i'm losing faith... tell me it will work...
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:00:36 UTC No. 15937895
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:25:07 UTC No. 15937916
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:25:42 UTC No. 15937918
I'm surprised no small sat launcher startups have come out of southern France
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:27:10 UTC No. 15937920
>>15937916
>Axiom Space Partners with Kepler Space and Skyloom to Operationalize the World’s 1st Orbital Data Center
https://www.axiomspace.com/news/orb
data centers in spaaaaaaaaace
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:29:09 UTC No. 15937924
>>15937918
*italy I mean
man I'm tired
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:55:07 UTC No. 15937945
>>15937918
>euros
>any spirit of exploration
All those genes left Europe many decades ago. All that's left now is gypsy scams
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:02:08 UTC No. 15937948
>>15937918
Euros don't innovate, they only know how to regulate
They have no Google, no Amazon/AWS/Cloudflare, no SpaceX, no IBM, no Apple, all they have are trains and elevators, and I'll give them Airbus too since the A320 is 6 inches wider than the 737 thus comfier, fuck Boeing
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:05:00 UTC No. 15937953
>>15937920
>might be ready for customers in 2027
hmm maybe i'll drop them an inquiry
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:08:33 UTC No. 15937956
>>15937920
Real question, how do they deal with cooling?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:29:46 UTC No. 15937971
>>15937956
iss radiators?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:49:17 UTC No. 15937987
>>15937862
TWO
WEEKS
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:57:38 UTC No. 15937994
Relativity is gay as shit.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:02:04 UTC No. 15938000
>>15937998
where is this? starbase?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:05:26 UTC No. 15938004
>>15938000
Yes
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:07:32 UTC No. 15938007
>>15937998
>unnecessarily limiting overhead clearance
that shit's gonna bit them in the ass one of these days
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:12:20 UTC No. 15938008
>>15938007
It's a parking lot.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:16:46 UTC No. 15938011
>>15938008
oh, then it's cool then
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:19:43 UTC No. 15938018
>>15938011
That sign is in the upper left corner.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:20:03 UTC No. 15938020
>>15937987
why is there a gay faggot weeb version of this meme?
why does /a/utism ruin everything it touches?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:20:58 UTC No. 15938023
>>15938020
Go back, poltroon
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:21:46 UTC No. 15938025
>>15938023
kys lgbtxister
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:32:25 UTC No. 15938034
>>15938020
That post was truly awful. It is painfully obvious that you do not belong here. But that is okay! There is a positive solution. Rather than trying to fit in, you should strongly consider going to a site more suitable for posters like you, such as reddit, tumblr, or maybe even Gaia! You have plenty of options. You will be happy, and we will be happy. Best of luck, but don't come back. Bye!
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:35:43 UTC No. 15938043
>>15938020
Ask Reddit
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:43:10 UTC No. 15938062
>>15937268
>propulsively recovered an orbital class rocket
Retard
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:46:28 UTC No. 15938066
>>15936819
>>15937920
>>15936581
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 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:48:14 UTC No. 15938069
>>15938066
you think this is bad wait till you see construction. projects can be delayed by decades.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:50:03 UTC No. 15938071
>>15938066
Stop spamming
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:53:34 UTC No. 15938078
>>15937699
>The scaling of kinetic energy goes up with the square of velocity, thus the energy output will eventually exceed the energy input, and a functional QI drive would constitute a free energy device.
This makes sense to me, I’ve often thought about how a rocket engine’s energy output doesn’t correspond to the spacecraft’s KE. Still sucks and I want to believe. But It seems we can’t have nice things and QM is basically a worthless and useless curiosity. Nothing cool comes out of it.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:01:49 UTC No. 15938090
>>15937998
10 vbux says that signs falls over next launch
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:47:51 UTC No. 15938158
>>15937998
They are missing half their A
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:59:15 UTC No. 15938175
>>15938158
birds took it
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:33:34 UTC No. 15938218
>>15937866
>YWN roll around the desert with all the lads in your mobile workshop/storage facility/communal home and scam/rob every human you meet
Just shoot me now
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:42:33 UTC No. 15938224
>>15938034
why are you talking to yourself?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:42:51 UTC No. 15938225
>>15938218
That future is still within reach on Mars.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:48:55 UTC No. 15938230
>>15938225
By the time it's feasible on Mars I intend to have transcended human form and left the solar system. At some point in the far future I'll have to manipulate events such that Jawa-analogues arise on a backwoods colony world so that I can cast a portion of my consciousness into one and have a grand old time.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 22:05:21 UTC No. 15938257
>>15938230
OK reddit
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:10:16 UTC No. 15938328
Where did everyone go?
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:14:25 UTC No. 15938333
>>15938328
My family for christmas
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:15:29 UTC No. 15938335
>>15938078
>QM is basically a worthless and useless curiosity. Nothing cool comes out of it.
Transistors are designed using QM
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:25:00 UTC No. 15938342
>>15937839
GR is incorrect because it's incompatible with QM
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:29:09 UTC No. 15938348
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has charged the Deputy General Director of the Roscosmos state corporation Oleg Frolov and his two accomplices with fraud on an especially large scale, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports. In addition to Frolov, an individual entrepreneur and an employee of a commercial organization, whose names are not disclosed, are also involved in the case. They were arrested, the Investigative Committee noted.
According to investigators, Frolov, using his official position, entered into a criminal conspiracy with two other defendants, after which, while executing a contract for the purchase of equipment, they stole budget funds worth at least 435 million rubles.
Roscosmos confirmed that Oleg Frolov was detained. “Details relating to the charges and investigative measures in the criminal case are under the jurisdiction of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation,” the state corporation noted.
Earlier on December 22, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the general director of the research and production enterprise Geophysics-Cosmos, Evgeny Fomichev, accused of fraud committed on an especially large scale. Whether the cases of Fomichev and Frolov are connected is not entirely clear.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:37:34 UTC No. 15938354
>>15938353
The Y is bent. Fire whoever handled that shit.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:49:46 UTC No. 15938367
>>15937169
Put together stirling RTGs, a laser communication array and a plasma magnetic sail system and you probably could. Unfortunately the next outer planets alignment isn’t til 2152
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:59:04 UTC No. 15938381
>>15938353
>>15938354
If you say it with a Y you sound like an aussie lol.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:15:39 UTC No. 15938395
>>15938381
Without the Y it's just "gatewuh"
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:16:21 UTC No. 15938397
>>15938354
cannot unsee
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:16:46 UTC No. 15938398
>>15938158
The best part is no part
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:33:32 UTC No. 15938417
Testing
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:34:59 UTC No. 15938418
>>15938417
Seems to be working
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:38:20 UTC No. 15938421
>>15938418
>>15938417
What are you testing
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:38:25 UTC No. 15938422
>>15937039
musk mentioned having nuclear starships as well as pic rel.
this was all a long time ago though so plans may have changed
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:41:08 UTC No. 15938425
>>15937918
>>15937948
all competent euros leave to america
europe has a serious braindrain issue, they will never be competitive if they cannot retain their technical expertise
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:13:20 UTC No. 15938455
>>15937039
Starship Heavy.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:13:38 UTC No. 15938456
>>15938425
European politicians don't even care about being competitive, they are actively working towards destroying this continent.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:53:17 UTC No. 15938486
>>15937918
>Southern france
HyPrspace and Dark are near Bordeaux, former is starting to get decent sums from the army.
France's launcher industry has historically been more in the north, except for srbs, the south are satellites (Toulouse & Cannes)
>Southern Italy
With what industry lmao?
But avio technically counts as southern according to some.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:59:57 UTC No. 15938494
>>15938486
I meant Northern Italy then
or whichever half has the tech sector
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 02:01:49 UTC No. 15938497
I think the /sci/ bump limit got increased. It used to be 250 right?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 02:35:33 UTC No. 15938534
>>15937924
There’s Sidereus space in Salerno actually
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 02:40:17 UTC No. 15938543
>>15938497
Meds. Now.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 02:44:46 UTC No. 15938548
>>15938543
Seriously though.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 02:49:34 UTC No. 15938552
Will we see a large nuclear ION thruster with Starship or medium solar ION thruster with starship?
We know SpaceX has lot of knowhow with solar/ion drives with Starlinks, whats the next step for deep space Starship? 5 (3 outer, 2 inner) Raptor engines on Starship + 1 Ion engine at center?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:35:25 UTC No. 15938586
>>15938580
This never happened stop spreading disinformation chudbigot
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:39:06 UTC No. 15938588
https://x.com/kenkirtland17/status/
Holy shit this is the worst zoomnigger cringe I've ever seen. Its even using jungle drum nigger beats in the background too.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:43:23 UTC No. 15938594
>>15938588
OH
MY
S O Y ?
IS
THAT
A
HECKING
TWITTER POST???????
OH MY BAAAAAAAAAAAAASEDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:06:14 UTC No. 15938615
>>15937039
nuclear powered ships in trans orbital flights
🗑️ Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:26:41 UTC No. 15938630
>>15938628
Most likely it's there to service and repair US military satellites. They don't contract out for that except for launch services so they need to operate their own vehicles.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:30:04 UTC No. 15938633
>>15938628
Tests hardware that the NRO or whoever wants to get back for examination after the mission if finished. The Shuttle used to handle that job through it's air force parentage, but in 2004 Bush mandated that the shuttle only fly essential missions to finishing the ISS and then get retired. The military didn't want to lose that capability so they transferred the X-37 program from NASA to DARPA that same year.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:08:28 UTC No. 15938659
>year is almost over
aside from starship, what were some of the more notable events of the year?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:12:29 UTC No. 15938666
>>15938588
It's just your standard nigger worship, friend
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:20:32 UTC No. 15938670
>>15938659
BO's carnival ride exploding the one time they didn't have people on it
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:38:16 UTC No. 15938681
>>15938659
First methalox usage in the US with relativity right?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:45:36 UTC No. 15938693
>>15938659
Stoke being the only other US company to announce active development for a fully reusable rocket (therefore Jarvis doesnt count). Vast was a breakout company that announved their official SpaceX Falcon flight to be the first station to space along with updates. Astra FINALLY broke and is now pivoting away from spacelaunch (BLM btw KEEEK). iSpace failed its landing but ISRO made India the 4th nation ever to succesfully land cargo on the moon. Russia failed to do the same even though theyve done it how many times before. That scam Orbital Reef basically got cancelled. ESA lost all active duty EU rockets because Avio somehow left theirs in the junkyard. More Axiom stuff, New Shepherd fucked up, ULA continues to fail upward along with BO and thats SpaceX lawsuit. No real chink news, I think thats about it.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:00:28 UTC No. 15938705
>>15937041
>cryosleep
Wouldn't you just die from the accumulated radiation damage as your body isn't performing any cellular repair during the trip?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:07:56 UTC No. 15938715
>>15938705
You'd obviously be shielded from cosmic radiation. As for radiation inherent to the body's minerals, that's so low that you can deal with it by routine wakeup breaks, to recover and check on the ship.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:14:14 UTC No. 15938717
>>15937673
>seeing if they can achieve a TWR of more than 1 on their own
Just slap one in this stupid meme instead
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:16:58 UTC No. 15938721
>>15938659
Political games played by Biden admin with regards to SpaceX
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:24:38 UTC No. 15938725
https://twitter.com/GraviticsInc/st
Easily 30 people in a single straight line deck. With curved, it can be double that. Now imagine multiple decks.
100 people easily
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:25:21 UTC No. 15938727
>>15938588
Kek filtered
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:26:14 UTC No. 15938728
>>15938659
Tianlong-2 first private Chinese liquid fuel rocket to orbit
Zhuque-2 first methalox rocket to orbit
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:30:02 UTC No. 15938732
>>15938725
i woud fuck the shit out of thos girls
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:33:14 UTC No. 15938736
>>15938659
Starships
Year of methane rockets
Psyche?
Some failed companies
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:41:40 UTC No. 15938751
>>15938725
Where you gonna store everything those 100 people need retard. Huh? How you gonna get enough food up there.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:52:38 UTC No. 15938763
>>15938752
Stop namefagging
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:54:33 UTC No. 15938765
QI is real
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:55:38 UTC No. 15938766
>>15938725
crazy how some companies only hire hot chicks while others only hire uggos >>15936862
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:55:59 UTC No. 15938767
>>15938765
>>15938752
Shut up fag
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:57:11 UTC No. 15938769
>>15938766
Shut up fag
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:59:39 UTC No. 15938770
Scientifically speaking, will QI ever be thing that can be built as a prototype and sent abroad a Starship as part of a rideshare?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:05:10 UTC No. 15938773
>>15938763
>>15938767
The weak should fear the strong.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:11:22 UTC No. 15938780
Personally I think the schizodrive has a chance because it's less cool than something like a nuclear torch drive, and god deliberately contrived reality to be as disappointing as possible.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:13:51 UTC No. 15938783
>>15938780
>>15938773
>>15938770
>>15938765
>>15938752
Obvious samefag
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:19:07 UTC No. 15938787
>>15938342
QM is incorrect because it's incompatible with GR.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:20:17 UTC No. 15938788
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:31:28 UTC No. 15938801
>>15938791
Implessive
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:32:30 UTC No. 15938803
>>15938788
>what is inspect element
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:47:42 UTC No. 15938820
>>15938791
Doing basic mockup of this in SW for you right now
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:14:19 UTC No. 15938841
>>15938783
Guess again, idiot
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:49:21 UTC No. 15938866
>>15938820
>>15938791
Made it
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:50:23 UTC No. 15938867
>>15938866
Im rusty so I forgot initially how revolve works but I got it done. Heres another section view
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:51:25 UTC No. 15938868
>>15938867
Model view. Hope this is enough for some retarded VC to fork over millions for you
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:55:16 UTC No. 15938876
>>15938868
>>15938867
>>15938866
NOOO I FORGOT TO PUT ON THE FINS FUCK
Give me a second
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:58:53 UTC No. 15938877
>>15938876
Vacuum only
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:08:04 UTC No. 15938884
>>15938877
True but I committed to making this rocket come to life so I'm going to make it as true to the original form as possible. Just finished it anyways hold on
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:10:37 UTC No. 15938886
>>15938885
Alright finally finished. I can make more of these especially if you go more indepth with details. This one barely has fillets because the original drawing used allot of straight lines
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:59:00 UTC No. 15938910
>>15938885
Why is fairing not hollow?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:07:20 UTC No. 15938914
>>15938910
Because thats not what the diagram specified. Theres no wall thickness shown unlike the main body, so I had to assume everything was solid except for the 'doin your mom' bit.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:10:11 UTC No. 15938917
>>15938791
>/sfg/ aerospace inc.
newfag get out
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:12:07 UTC No. 15938918
>>15938917
Lol didnt even notice that when I made the rocket for him. Fuck me I forgot Im contracted to 4ASS not this start up.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:27:24 UTC No. 15938931
>>15938659
>BO finally shows hardware
>the absolute state of Vega
>Hobbit Lab fucks up, again
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:39:46 UTC No. 15938940
>>15938914
Use common sense. "Doing your mom" is supposed to be a payload, not some empty area. Moreover, there's no point of double walls, it's a rocket, not a ship.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:52:46 UTC No. 15938952
>>15938940
Nigger what? Do you know how to read a diagram? That fairing has infinetly skinny walls, literal lines I cant give that shit walls even if I wanted to when making it 3D. That means that I HAVE to assume that small pocket is hollow and the rest isnt to port it. Also, why the fuck would I assume a block is the payload instead of whats surrounding it? Of course I'm going to make it the hollow part if you dont literally atleast draw out fucking stick figures. Youre the one jotting this shit down and not even thinking about it, atleast be thankful I fucking made it for you ungratefal bastard. Maybe next time draw a good diagram of do it your fucking self god damn needy inbred newfag. I spend a fucking hour and a half doing something for fun as a little gift to /sfg/ and all you faggots can do is nitpick a point THAT I DIDNT EVEN HAVE CONTROL OVER.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:58:54 UTC No. 15938959
>>15938956
Is that what I just experienced? Some retards ordering me around and saying not enough when I did the best I could with what I was given? Fuck me I dont want to do contracted work if thats what happens then.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 11:32:40 UTC No. 15938984
>>15938952
Why are you so dense? If you see things that don't make sense you either ask the source or if you can't you fix it yourself. It's a fucking rocket, hairing is supposed to be hollow and you don't do retarded shit like double walls or making lines from oxygen tank going directly to the propellant tank.
>I spend a fucking hour and a half doing something for fun
And you screwed it up, congratulations. Fix it or you'll get coal for christmas.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 11:37:06 UTC No. 15938987
>>15938670
but that was last year
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 12:24:05 UTC No. 15939023
>>15939005
Get what going?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 12:43:36 UTC No. 15939038
>>15938594
It's X post.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:04:02 UTC No. 15939052
>>15938681
and the first one to orbit (from China, ZhuQue-2). Eat your heart out Elon and Jeff.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:08:02 UTC No. 15939056
why isn't she still capable of talking after doing the most broadcasts in spacex?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:11:13 UTC No. 15939059
>>15939056
SSRI
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:16:07 UTC No. 15939062
>The new flame trench for Starship Static Fire testing at Massey’s looks like it will be roughly 200ft long, 60ft wide, and 60ft feet.
https://x.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:16:30 UTC No. 15939063
>9 people on console for a customers F9 mission
pretty good
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:19:34 UTC No. 15939066
>>15939064
yeah you're a normal human
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:20:12 UTC No. 15939068
>>15939066
I'm not, though.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:28:50 UTC No. 15939078
>>15937920
>data centers in spaaaaaaaaace
Lofstrom loop & server sky. Wafer thin satellite to give worldwide computing power and a good reason to actually launch thing sinto space
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:31:17 UTC No. 15939083
>>15939078
>schizobabble
just go back
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:39:59 UTC No. 15939093
>>15937895
whats the point of that? Billion dollar down the drain. This should only go ahead if entirely privately funded.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:43:38 UTC No. 15939099
>>15937498
If you’re gonna do high speed rail, just do it all underground. No restrictions on route then. If an earthquake happens you’re fucked anyway.
In any case, it’d be better of commiefornia to start off small, try a normal railway and get it to run on time. If you’re feeling adventurous try using 4 lanes so they can overtake eachother.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:46:16 UTC No. 15939104
>>15938705
that’s what Issac Arthur told me too.
I’d be easier to just fix mortality by dealing with cell senescence.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:48:58 UTC No. 15939107
>>15939061
Implying that someone here went down to Starbase, flew a drone/aircraft and posted their exclusive pictures on an Indonesian spacesuit weaving forum.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:50:18 UTC No. 15939108
>>15937025
I-is it really you?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:50:40 UTC No. 15939109
>>15939104
Isaac Arthur mixes things up all the time. Radiation damage from radioisotopes present in your bones is something for thousands of years of uninterrupted cryosleep. You could mitigate by taking shorter sessions.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:57:12 UTC No. 15939117
>>15939023
this is the problem, economics drives things. We had the tech for men in LEO in the 1930s if we tried hard enough, but there was no need for it.
If we wanted to launch hundreds of thousands of tonnes of crap into space we’d make a LOFSTROM LAUNCH LOOP. Its way better than a railgun, nice gentle acceleration, no barrel wear, and best of completely doable with todays tech using not much more than $100 billion. Go look at his website for how it works, or try youtube, or Isaac Arthur.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:08:20 UTC No. 15939132
>>15939083
Fuck off cunt. As it stands we’ve limited reasons to go to space. Lofstrom recognises this as the barrier to getting into space, chicken or egg catch 22.
http://slides.server-sky.com//serve
QRD: Very thin cheap satellites are used for computing power, controlled via datalink.
Made on single piece of doped silicon, solar panel integrated in, also uses solar sail style station keeping with variable transparency thrusters.
This isnt skitzo posting, it’s a very good way to make an economic market for massive space tonnage to orbit.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:11:44 UTC No. 15939136
>>15939132
picture for reference
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:25:40 UTC No. 15939171
>>15939093
fast probe go far
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:44:28 UTC No. 15939201
>>15938728
he said notable, anon
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:15:17 UTC No. 15939247
>>15939117
>this is the problem, economics drives things. We had the tech for men in LEO in the 1930s if we tried hard enough, but there was no need for it.
The turbopump is one of two critical inventions for viable orbital rocketry, and it was not operationally viable until the 1940s. The second is the digital flight computer and accompanying software engineering, which was not viable until the 1960s. Inertial guidance couldn't get them there, and mechanical computers were too large, too slow, and too heavy.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:22:19 UTC No. 15939254
>>15938987
I can't keep years straight anymore, it's all blending together. I thought astra blew up tropics 1 this year, too.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:26:26 UTC No. 15939262
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:39:08 UTC No. 15939281
Mars Express has a few sips of propellant left. It will mark 20 years of Martian orbit on Christmas.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12
Mars Odyssey also in a similar condition.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:44:40 UTC No. 15939291
>>15936593
>Rocketlab and Firefly seem to have as their highest ambition getting USSF contracts.
Why wouldn't they? If not for government contracts, how else are they going to survive in the long term? They don't have the funding to go through the long and arduous march to develop rockets that will let them catch up to SX or BO in scale, tech and price per kg to orbit. I don't think the niche of light payloads to unique orbits is big enough for them to survive on just commercial contracts.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:46:46 UTC No. 15939292
>>15936629
I think valuations are based on future dividend potential rather than just future revenue potential
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:52:48 UTC No. 15939302
>>15936701
>if Tianlong 3 isn't a scam
You can see full TH-12 engine hot fire test footage on their website
http://www.spacepioneer.cc/news/det
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:00:08 UTC No. 15939313
>>15938791
I don't think those tanks are correctly sized for the combustion ratio of this fuel-oxidizer combination
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:27:12 UTC No. 15939349
>>15938984
>making lines from oxygen tank going directly to the propellant tank
From the cross section, I imagine it's a hybrid rocket motor using compressed powdered cum.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:59:32 UTC No. 15939387
>>15939061
I keep two different personalities. Never mixing the two. One is schizo and other is a normal/reasonable. No one can tell my secret identity
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:01:42 UTC No. 15939393
>>15939291
>Why wouldn't they?
>>15939262
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:02:16 UTC No. 15939394
>>15939387
you are literally cultivating multiple personality disorder
they are both schizos
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:05:54 UTC No. 15939398
>>15937699
Based generalist debunking memedrive in a general but rigorous way
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:06:54 UTC No. 15939400
Did JWST launch one or two years ago and when is the new test flight happening?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:07:23 UTC No. 15939401
>>15938984
Go fuck yourself never doing this shit again thanks for ruining the one good deed I tried to do for /sfg/.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:08:36 UTC No. 15939403
>>15939394
Thats not how MPD occurs in people
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:11:37 UTC No. 15939408
>>15939262
based negroid detester
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:11:51 UTC No. 15939409
>>15939400
What the fuck James Webb launched two years ago tomorrow
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:13:10 UTC No. 15939411
>>15939409
Feels like 1 years ago. I might be demented. Also much less science results than I expected by now. the trap planets are lifeless.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:13:46 UTC No. 15939412
>>15939408
>>15939409
>>15939411
Shut up redditards
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:13:56 UTC No. 15939413
wtf I missed another f9 launch?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:16:15 UTC No. 15939414
>>15939413
Yes you did chud
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:16:29 UTC No. 15939415
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:19:14 UTC No. 15939416
>>15939401
Ignore the queer and keep on keepin' on, anon.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:21:23 UTC No. 15939418
>>15939409
The telescope wasnt worth it. Science is dead
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:26:00 UTC No. 15939421
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:27:41 UTC No. 15939422
>>15939421
He would probably draw this. Niggers do this
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:29:12 UTC No. 15939424
>>15939414
>chud
Go back to your containment board faggot
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:29:41 UTC No. 15939427
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:35:57 UTC No. 15939433
>>15939424
Kek someone actually fell for it
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:42:21 UTC No. 15939439
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:44:53 UTC No. 15939440
>>15939433
Lotta /pol/ tourists this time of year, they fall for anything
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:57:44 UTC No. 15939459
>>15939368
ITAR
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:27:34 UTC No. 15939490
i want to fuck starship ass
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:37:44 UTC No. 15939504
SpaceX on X during Xmas
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:52:15 UTC No. 15939525
when is ft3 ??????????????????????????????
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:00:12 UTC No. 15939545
>>15939525
congress has had some scares recently for government shutdowns, which loomed over IFT2.
They only passed temporary funding, which means the crisis starts up again by mid-January 2024. IFT3 hinges on FAA desks being staffed.
This may shift our flight out to February or March.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:02:44 UTC No. 15939549
>>15939545
fucks that sucks. I hope we make it to the moon ASAP
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:02:47 UTC No. 15939550
>>15939201
kys
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:11:21 UTC No. 15939570
Ideas to make the interstage hot-fire ring fully, rapidly recoverable and reusable?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:14:33 UTC No. 15939574
>>15939570
Not spoonfeeding you again
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:34:52 UTC No. 15939612
>>15939570
>hot-fire ring
go back newfag
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 20:58:27 UTC No. 15939745
/sfg/ died (and thats good)
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:15:28 UTC No. 15939766
>>15939745
sfg is alive (and that's bad)
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:18:58 UTC No. 15939769
>>15939745
because the government died
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:23:18 UTC No. 15939779
>>15939769
(and that's good)
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:35:19 UTC No. 15939809
>>15939570
Just keep flying it without refurbishments until the booster doesn’t come back
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:59:17 UTC No. 15939847
>>15939841
>>2024 was the hottest year on record
God damn futureposters.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:03:04 UTC No. 15939854
>>15937039
>>15937043
>>15937049
>>15937467
>>15937622
>>15937673
beamed power
solar electric for human spaceflight is retarded beyond the asteroid belt even with perfect 100% of theoretical maximum efficiency solar panels, nuclear electric has really bad mass penalties, but a solar lensing array or laser can fix those issue all the way out past the kuiper belt.
Nearly every single form of power availible on planet earth is just a convoluted way of extracting energy from sunlight, including basically every form of chemical rocket fuel. Solar photovoltaic is obvious, but wind and hydro are both driven by the sun as well. All fossil fuels are derived from the remains of photosynthetic life forms. The only energy sources on earth that aren't indirect solar power are nuclear fission and geothermal.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:03:40 UTC No. 15939856
>>15939841
>unironically fell for the global warming meme
what other jewish ideas do you believe in? orbital debris is gonna stop us from going to space? humans should stay on earth to fix the planet? YWNGTS goycattle
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:17:50 UTC No. 15939871
>>15939841
Global warming is a leftist scam
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:19:11 UTC No. 15939872
>>15939871
>>15939856
This.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:40:56 UTC No. 15939972
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Dec 2023 04:09:27 UTC No. 15940253
>>15939854
Oil is abiotic. There is no life on Titan.