🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:08:02 UTC No. 15960571
Out With The Old Edition
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Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:09:55 UTC No. 15960573
>>15960571
Moldy ass tanks. Get those rusted pieces of shit out of there.
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:10:25 UTC No. 15960575
>>15960571
forbidden marshmallow
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:12:12 UTC No. 15960579
>>15960575
Get this teddit shit out of here
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:12:53 UTC No. 15960580
>>15960579
Teddit: Ideas worth upvoting
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:28:54 UTC No. 15960607
>>15960582
qrd?
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:29:37 UTC No. 15960610
>>15960607
Brand new Alaska Airlines plane took off then the window came off and the plane had to turn around and land again.
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:30:35 UTC No. 15960612
>>15960610
uh oh, lol
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:30:37 UTC No. 15960613
>>15960607
Boing being boing
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:32:58 UTC No. 15960620
>>15960607
>>15960610
The 737-Max 9 has four exit doors designed into the fuselage. Alaska Airlines doesn't use a seating configuration that requires all four of those exit doors, so one of them gets blanked off at the factory. The blanking panel blew out on this airplane.
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:34:01 UTC No. 15960624
>>15960607
Cost optimization
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:39:26 UTC No. 15960635
>>15960582
The bolts are still in their attach points.
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:46:00 UTC No. 15960643
Have we come to grips with the tyranny of the rocket equation and realized our false idol Elon Musk is the anti-christ yet....or is the brain rot terminal? No, no. Don't answer, I know what you'll say.
>It's terminal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkU
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:46:55 UTC No. 15960646
>>15960582
captcha: JJOOY
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:52:51 UTC No. 15960656
>>15960543
Astronomy has a serious problem with how they publish images.
There is nothing wrong with doing false colors to highlight something or mosaics, but they always do a terrible job in being clear that this is not what you would see there.
Because of this we end up with people thinking Io is pineapple yellow, even worse like how people keep using that Magellan topographic render of Venus, most people have no idea Venus is an almost featureless white ball.
Some astronomers get angry if you point out this but they can't realize this just feeds conspiracy trolls and set people up to be disappointed.
Anonymous at Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:53:55 UTC No. 15960658
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:12:11 UTC No. 15960691
does Bezos buying ULA means that he will be 1st to land on moon befoe Musk?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:12:43 UTC No. 15960692
>>15960643
http://launchloop.com/LaunchLoop
We can choose freedom at any time once we allow ourselves the courage.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:13:37 UTC No. 15960694
>>15960691
Dunno. Is Bezos actually buying ULA?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:14:41 UTC No. 15960697
>>15960694
who else would want to shackle themselves to BO using that engine
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:16:58 UTC No. 15960701
>>15960697
dont ask me how i know but there are some serious contenders and biden is involved.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:18:41 UTC No. 15960704
>>15960701
Is Biden strapping himself to the Vulcan/
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:19:17 UTC No. 15960709
>>15960656
Astronomers are ivory tower retards who have spent decades poisoning the public perception of space.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:26:59 UTC No. 15960728
>>15960697
Were it not for the bad blood between Tory and Elon, I'd think Raptor would be a good, or possibly even better choice.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:30:31 UTC No. 15960735
>>15960704
basically he's worried about China buying ULA through the back door and using it to destroy American national security launches for the next decade, because most of those launches are slated to be on Vulcan.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:35:51 UTC No. 15960747
>>15960728
Is there actual bad blood or is it just twitter banter
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:38:24 UTC No. 15960753
>>15960747
Elon Musk holds long grudges and starts entire enterprises to spite people who tried to screw him. Tory Bruno tried to screw him.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:43:26 UTC No. 15960759
>>15960728
It wasn't the better choice back in 2014 when the decision was made and it's debatable if it's even the right choice now. At the very least it would require completely reengineering the first stage.
It doesn't matter because there's no circumstance were SpaceX would sell raptors. They don't want to have go to through the hell of making sure that one engine can work for two different rockets. That's an overlooked reason of why the BE-4 has been so delayed.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 00:47:46 UTC No. 15960766
>>15960759
it would also make ULA less desirable for NSSL
less dissimilar redundancy if there is only one provider for the engines, though I guess SpaceX could continue using F9 and Merlins for the NSSL launches
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:12:21 UTC No. 15960793
>>15960759
>It doesn't matter because there's no circumstance were SpaceX would sell raptors.
SpaceX accepted Air Force money to develop Raptor, in exchange, they're legally required to sell Raptor engines if a launch provider for NSSL payloads wants to buy them.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:17:43 UTC No. 15960804
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/
> CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—United Launch Alliance's first Vulcan rocket emerged from its hangar Friday for a 30-minute trek to its launch pad in Florida, finally moving into the starting blocks after a decade of development and testing.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:20:20 UTC No. 15960807
>>15960804
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-s
30h to go
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:23:51 UTC No. 15960810
>>15960809
they will be yeeted with a small catapult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQc
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:24:20 UTC No. 15960812
>>15960809
These are going to sit in the dust spinning their wheels
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:24:21 UTC No. 15960813
>>15960793
That money was for the development of an upper stage raptor for national security use on the Falcon. That's a dead project with no relevance to the engines SpaceX is currently producing. There's also no mention anywhere of a legal requirement to sell them to another company.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:25:50 UTC No. 15960816
>>15960299
https://spacenews.com/nasa-adds-fun
> Blue Origin, which is developing the Orbital Reef space station with Sierra Space and other companies, received an increase of $42 million to its original $130 million award. The increase includes additional milestones for subsystem design reviews and technology maturation, as well as work on the station’s life support systems.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:46:30 UTC No. 15960867
So upcoming, CERT-1 will feature
>Never flown rocket
>never flown engines (who’s developer didn’t inform ULA of its production issues)
>never flown second stage
>commercial lunar lander from a commercial company
Idk bros
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:48:06 UTC No. 15960871
>>15960867
you forgot the lunar lander has 20 payloads, 5 of which are from NASA
lol
kind of like if F9 new revisions were tested with a rideshare mission
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:50:13 UTC No. 15960876
>>15960867
Normally, there's no way in hell that I'd be up at two in the morning on a Monday, but there is no way that I am going to miss this one.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:51:38 UTC No. 15960879
>faster than light travel (warp drives) is a theory built upon other theories that have yet to be proven and still would require an absurd amount of energy
>even going faster than light would be fucking wrong because it would break causality
>accelerating to near-light speeds would still take an absurd amount of time and/or energy and it would still take decades, if not centuries, to reach most other star systems in our sector then an absurd amount of time/energy to decelerate enough to navigate the star system
>cryonics still hasn't been figured out and might not be possible with the biology of humans
>vastly expanding the human lifespan still hasn't been figured out
>scalable net positive fusion hasn't been figured out yet and might never be
>necessary organic material is a lot harder to come by outside Earth
At best we're going to just be able to colonize the adjacent star systems unless some miracle breakthrough happens in the next century or so. I thought we were supposed to build a galaxy-spanning civilization, human bros...
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:52:39 UTC No. 15960882
>>15960656
>Some astronomers get angry if you point out this
Bullshit.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:54:51 UTC No. 15960887
>>15960867
I'm expecting multiple srubs but no issues with the launch
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:03:06 UTC No. 15960905
>>15960656
>they always do a terrible job in being clear that this is not what you would see there.
Because the answer is no unless it specifically says otherwise.
>Is this nebula picture true colour?
No.
>How about this earth image from a weather satellite
No.
>How about this electron microscope...
No.
Even your phone camera changes the contrast and white balance to make pictures look better.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:04:48 UTC No. 15960907
>>15960879
Build generation ships, you coward.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:10:07 UTC No. 15960920
>>15960867
How do you seriously think the first flight of any rocket goes?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:11:16 UTC No. 15960923
Any questions about Vulcan?
>t. knower
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:11:56 UTC No. 15960924
>>15960920
Nervously with a dummy payload
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:13:19 UTC No. 15960926
>>15960924
Peregrine literally is a dummy payload. Cert-1 was going to fly with a mass simulator if they hadn't made it in time. They're getting a huge discount to launch
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:16:25 UTC No. 15960929
>>15960926
Lunar landers are not dummy payloads.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:17:44 UTC No. 15960932
>>15960929
Do you understand the point I'm trying to make here or are you going to keep being a faggot
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:19:30 UTC No. 15960936
>>15960932
I'm sorry your wrongness caused you unrest.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:19:54 UTC No. 15960937
>>15960867
this is not spacex
meticulous simulations and planning followed by methodical execution WITH diligent oversight guarantees across-the-board success at first launch
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:25:39 UTC No. 15960948
>>15960937
>guarantees
lol
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:25:42 UTC No. 15960950
>>15960807
>>15960804
Calling it: it'll scrub.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:27:17 UTC No. 15960954
>>15960924
https://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d3
Ironically, out of the Delta II, Atlas II/A/S, Atlas III, Atlas V, Delta IV, and Delta IV Heavy, the only one that failed on their first launch was the Delta IV Heavy which was also the only one that launched with a dummy payload.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:28:53 UTC No. 15960958
>>15960954
That is hilarious, I now accept that putting a real payload on is a good-luck ritual.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:29:20 UTC No. 15960960
>>15960936
Got it, going to keep being a faggot then. Thank you for your contribution.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:30:00 UTC No. 15960964
>>15960950
> If the rocket doesn't take off Monday, ULA has backup launch opportunities Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then, the company would have to stand down until January 23, a gap in launch availability constrained by the trajectory of the Vulcan rocket's payload.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:30:07 UTC No. 15960965
How many years do you think it'll take before we can observe spacetime expansion at the quantum or atomtic level?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:30:21 UTC No. 15960966
>>15960950
Rockets scrub prior to launch all the time. You aren't smart for guessing that'll happen
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:31:20 UTC No. 15960969
>>15960966
But it can't be a perfect launch if there's a scrub. A scrub means there's a system anomaly.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:37:30 UTC No. 15960980
>>15960969
Ill repeat myself, it happens all the time.
What point are you trying to make here? That if ULA doesn't hit some unobtainable "perfect" goal on 0 problems that it's a bad rocket?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:39:24 UTC No. 15960987
>>15960867
it must be a 100% success or else ULA will lose theur perfect record. Theyve never failed and never will
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:41:00 UTC No. 15960990
Bro ULA isn't going to let you fuck it
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:42:05 UTC No. 15960996
>>15960907
Eric Weinstein says this is a fantasy. Either break the physical laws and kill Relativity or go home
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:44:01 UTC No. 15960999
>>15960923
is Vulcan canonically a flatchested rocket?
>>15960990
you dont get to decide
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:45:53 UTC No. 15961003
>>15960996
Eric Weinstein can lick my taint
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:48:16 UTC No. 15961011
>>15960996
Eric Weinstein is a pretentious faggot
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:49:04 UTC No. 15961013
>Featuring a special, red paint job as well as the slogan "Love and Freedom and TENGA" painted on the side, the rocket was named TENGA Rocket after the sponsor, sex toy manufacturer Tenga Co., Ltd., which was also the first ever single sponsor received by Interstellar Technologies.[26] It carried out payload release and recovery mission (unknown if it was successful), the first time for a private entity in Japan. A special masturbator outfitted with sensors was launched along the rocket, aiding development of TENGA's namesake series development for use in space.[26]
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:50:48 UTC No. 15961017
>>15961011
>>15961003
And yet he's still right and you're a scifi fantasist.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:51:25 UTC No. 15961021
>>15960999
Vulcan is a very photogenic rocket
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:51:43 UTC No. 15961022
>>15960999
>is Vulcan canonically a flatchested rocket?
Vulcan canonically has huge tatas filled with LOX and LNG.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:52:31 UTC No. 15961023
>>15961021
she is very beautiful
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:52:53 UTC No. 15961024
>>15960907
Fucking leech
>>15961022
>>15961021
>>15960999
YWNBAW
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:53:09 UTC No. 15961025
>>15961017
who is the scifi fantasist here? the faggot you are talking about wants to literally create FTL spaceships by your own words
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:54:40 UTC No. 15961028
>>15961017
>And yet he's still right
Wrong
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:55:48 UTC No. 15961033
>>15961025
Geometric unity unlocks pinch to zoom. The only one living in fiction is you. You believe in the fiction of Relativity
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 02:57:05 UTC No. 15961036
>>15961033
>crank calls other people fantasists for believing in the currently prevailing scientific consensus
wew
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:00:08 UTC No. 15961042
>>15961024
Seething ;)
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:01:52 UTC No. 15961047
>>15961023
I like that there's at least one rocket in America sensible enough to use rail to get to the pad
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:03:42 UTC No. 15961049
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:04:05 UTC No. 15961050
>>15960999
She's got alabamy tits and she's a huge whore
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:08:30 UTC No. 15961055
>>15960867
for sake of national security, the US government should not allow ULA to be sold to Blue Origin
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:08:39 UTC No. 15961056
>>15960999
reasonably titted
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:18:30 UTC No. 15961072
>>15961071
> n 2018, for example, he took multiple tabs of acid at a party he hosted in Los Angeles. The next year he partied on magic mushrooms at an event in Mexico. In 2021, he took ketamine recreationally with his brother, Kimbal Musk, in Miami at a house party during Art Basel. He has taken illegal drugs with current SpaceX and former Tesla board member Steve Jurvetson.
based
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:19:34 UTC No. 15961075
>>15961021
It's only the first couple that get painted like this. We save a few hundred pounds not painting them so real missions won't have paint.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:20:57 UTC No. 15961078
>>15961071
didnt we already do this with the joe rogan joint smoking? and the usg deployed random drug tests and investigations at spacex? lol i guess sleepy joe is gonna go on another fishing trip
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:24:21 UTC No. 15961082
>>15960582
>16000 feet
If an air mask drops in front of me at this altitude I will be personally insulated. Fucking pussies.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:31:36 UTC No. 15961091
>>15961047
It won't use rail at SLC-3 - it'll be assembled on-pad like Atlas was.
For LC-41 long term - there's going to be two separate rail transporters once the Kuiper program finishes up - so they'll roll one rocket out to the pad, launch, roll the pad back, then roll out the other pad with an already stacked rocket from the other VIF out to the pad.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:31:37 UTC No. 15961092
>>15961078
Shut the fuck up incel
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:35:02 UTC No. 15961093
>>15961078
yes, seems like a pretty weak attempt of a smear but perhaps this is to have a pretext for some investigation from the biden admin yet again, not sure what it would be though
they can't require more than random drug tests that are already happening can they?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:36:33 UTC No. 15961097
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:45:06 UTC No. 15961102
>>15960656
On the other hand, the terrae of Venus are hot enough to glow faintly in visible red light, and you could see them through the clouds on the night side in low orbit, without the daylight side to blind you.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:47:25 UTC No. 15961105
>>15960879
>>even going faster than light would be fucking wrong because it would break causality
How about just don't do that? This isn't some ultimate gotcha. If you violate, causality, it's not the universe that breaks, it's you.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:53:57 UTC No. 15961112
>>15960571
The discussion about the use of SpaceX's Raptor engines by other companies raises interesting points about collaboration and competition in the space industry. Given the unique challenges of space exploration, do you think the future of spaceflight will be more characterized by competition or collaboration between different companies and countries? Also, how might the increasing involvement of private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin influence the direction of space exploration, particularly in terms of lunar and Mars missions?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 03:58:52 UTC No. 15961126
>>15961112
Expecting competitors to altruistically help each other is folly. For Raptor to realistically be used on anything other than SpaceX's rockets, the entire engine division of SpaceX would have to be split off. And that obviously won't happen.
I know for a fact that Vulcan has won contracts for Satellite Internet provider launches because SpaceX tried to strong arm the satellite company into giving up part of their frequency allocation in Canada to Starlink to launch on a Falcon.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 04:00:17 UTC No. 15961128
After SpaceX, expendable rockets will never be impressive ever again.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 04:15:56 UTC No. 15961153
>>15961126
Your point about the competitive nature of the space industry is well-taken. The scenario you described with Vulcan winning contracts over SpaceX illustrates how competition can drive business decisions in this sector. It seems that while there's potential for collaboration in certain aspects, like shared technological advancements or joint missions, the drive for market dominance and proprietary interests might continue to fuel competition. This dynamic could shape how technologies like the Raptor engine are developed and utilized, influencing the pace and direction of space exploration.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:25:41 UTC No. 15961246
>>15961071
>When he finally took the stage, Musk was strangely incomprehensible at times ... and referred repeatedly to SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket prototype, which was known as BFR, as “Big F—ing Rocket.”
They're so falcon dumb
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:41:17 UTC No. 15961264
chamath says starlink will go public in 2024
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:45:16 UTC No. 15961272
>15961264
What's with all these fake rumors
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:45:51 UTC No. 15961273
https://twitter.com/Free_Space/stat
>"This has been the smoothest development experience I've ever had," @ulalaunch
CEO @torybruno
tells @AviationWeek
some 36 hours before fueling begins for the launch of the first Vulcan rocket. Credit: @AviationWeek
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:46:51 UTC No. 15961274
>>15961264
Bullshit
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:51:34 UTC No. 15961280
>>15961273
>3 person capacity
>900lbs total
Are Americans really...
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:56:30 UTC No. 15961283
>>15961273
how many gallons is that hat?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:57:03 UTC No. 15961284
>>15961280
Do turdies not really get enough to eat? How do you expect to be able to build a rocket if you can't even get enough calories to reach 300 lbs.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 05:59:27 UTC No. 15961288
>>15961273
I love it when he has the mustache.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:03:50 UTC No. 15961293
>>15961280
3 people plus a payload, what's not to get?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:07:24 UTC No. 15961298
>>15961153
The problem with such a well vertically integrated like SpaceX & Starlink is how they can use that influence to bully smaller competitors out of the market. Even now, were likely to see that happen with future LSAs - if spacex is just that much cheaper than what anyone else can do, what's the point of competing. It can be seen best with the European launchers - they're porked to fuck and back and they cannot compete with SpaceX at all.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:08:09 UTC No. 15961299
>>15961280
>suits
>food and water for a few days
Hmm......
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:10:19 UTC No. 15961300
>>15961273
Smoothest in terms of shit going sideways unexpectedly. Delays are different - really the biggest issue was the Centaur exploding, that totally fucked a ton of people up.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:15:30 UTC No. 15961302
>>15961300
>Exploding
Sorry "deflagrating" in case I get some other nitpicky faggot
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:52:11 UTC No. 15961328
>>15961298
Your concerns about SpaceX's market dominance are quite valid. Vertical integration does give SpaceX a significant competitive edge, potentially leading to a market where they are the dominant player due to their cost-efficiency and technological advancements. The situation with European launchers is a prime example of the challenges faced by other entities in competing with SpaceX. This scenario raises important questions about the balance between fostering innovation and preventing market monopolization. It also highlights the need for a diverse space industry where multiple players can contribute to and benefit from the advancements in space technology and exploration.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:54:26 UTC No. 15961330
>>15961047
Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy also use rail
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:56:30 UTC No. 15961333
>>15961328
Thanks chatgpt
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 06:57:39 UTC No. 15961334
>>15961280
100 pounds per person worth of tools
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:06:59 UTC No. 15961344
>>15961333
You're welcome! If you have any more questions or need further discussion on spaceflight or any other topic, feel free to ask. Enjoy the conversation on the thread!
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:11:17 UTC No. 15961347
>>15960582
Talk about timing.
>>15957404
>Elon needs to build starships as fast as Boeing builds 737s
Uhhh what exactly did Steven Clark mean by that?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:26:20 UTC No. 15961359
>>15961353
So you want to kill yourself
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:37:39 UTC No. 15961374
>>15961359
only aftter a long life
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:39:47 UTC No. 15961377
>>15961374
You bring shame to your people ya mumblin devil
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:40:22 UTC No. 15961378
>>15961377
Why? Because I don't want to die rotting away on life support?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:43:43 UTC No. 15961379
>>15961082
I would have been more worried about hypothermia. 16k ft with with a stiff breeze im winter isn't something I want to do in street clothes
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:57:01 UTC No. 15961385
>>15961378
Yes. Suicide is a sin and brings shame to your family.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:08:58 UTC No. 15961472
>>15961071
(((journalists))) obviously write alot of this crap because its ragebait for alot of people. imagine being obsessed over a guy trying to make the world a better place.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:13:08 UTC No. 15961478
>>15961273
>That wrinkled suit
Shamefur dispray.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:22:55 UTC No. 15961487
>>15960996
hold my non-Einsteinian beer
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:48:35 UTC No. 15961521
>>15961487
We're a week into 2024 and no news on the drive test. Sounds like a sign of failure to me.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:48:56 UTC No. 15961522
>>15961472
Imagine (((thinking))) that musk is anything but a capitalist out for himself
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:50:20 UTC No. 15961525
>>15961522
Imagine building your entire world view around the idea that capitalism is some ultimate force of evil that steals people's free will and that evil is not a product of human choices and human nature.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 11:05:21 UTC No. 15961535
when is ift-3
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 11:06:26 UTC No. 15961536
imagine giving those things any (you)'s at all
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 11:28:42 UTC No. 15961550
>>15961535
2 months
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:09:31 UTC No. 15961575
>>15961550
or later
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:11:23 UTC No. 15961578
>>15961273
kek literally a space cowboy
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:57:25 UTC No. 15961616
>>15961575
why the fuck is it eating a burger, whats that analagous for?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:00:35 UTC No. 15961620
>>15961616
Heavy
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:12:30 UTC No. 15961632
>>15961616
Why not? Not everything has a hidden meaning.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:30:46 UTC No. 15961648
#hey look, it's the rocket from the previous thread!
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#rocket? that's a missile
#a what?!
||||||||||||||||||||||BOOOM!|||||||
#the missile has been detonated with success, /sfg/ has been destroyed.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:33:22 UTC No. 15961650
>>15961455
>buying engines designed specifically for reusability
>only to throw them away
>a sound business model
Both ULA and Blue are retarded. Makes sense then, that, Blue would buy ULA.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:44:28 UTC No. 15961655
>>15961650
ULA is getting paid for each rocket wasted, and BO is getting paid for each engine sold to ULA, so it makes a perfect business model. Not perfect for anyone who just wants to get a payload to orbit, but if they want cheap and reliable transportation, then there's SpaceX.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:45:55 UTC No. 15961656
>>15961047
Think about the Alabama river rocks anon
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:50:36 UTC No. 15961661
>>15961632
Everything in art should have a meaning otherwise its not art. thats why the Vulcan girl was barefoot.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:51:36 UTC No. 15961663
>>15961660
that was supposed to be russia
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:52:14 UTC No. 15961664
>>15961661
What is this, highschool art appreciation?
Sometimes a tree is a just a tree.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:53:21 UTC No. 15961666
just one day left to peregrine mission 1, what are your odds? will everything go smoothly or will the vulcan fail leaving the entire Navajo nation vindicated by the moon goddess?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 14:39:13 UTC No. 15961694
>>15961663
well, too bad
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 14:50:53 UTC No. 15961707
>>15961666
Relatively confident in vulcan working, but really doubt the moon lander will get there intact
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:12:26 UTC No. 15961727
>>15961246
>When he finally took the stage, Musk was strangely incomprehensible at times
That's just his normal autism level.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:12:34 UTC No. 15961728
>>15961664
you have black skin. god was definitiely embedding meaning in that one...
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:14:36 UTC No. 15961731
>>15961521
TWO
WEEKS
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:15:52 UTC No. 15961734
>>15961663
so now we'll get one that doesn't leak or throost unexpectedly
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:45:05 UTC No. 15961752
>>15961013
yeah, I remember that launch well. Most iconic rocket livery ever. I still can't decide if it was based or clown world.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:45:15 UTC No. 15961753
Welp, so much for NASA Mars Sample Return. That big a cut means it's delayed until it no longer matters. Elon lands first.
JPL has no one to blame except themselves for screwing up yet another program.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:47:54 UTC No. 15961754
>>15961753
It's better for everyone it got cut
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:51:07 UTC No. 15961758
>>15961753
>lawmakers
in reality it was a bunch of politicians that worked in the state JPL is
direct self interest
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:51:56 UTC No. 15961760
> NASA has ordered JPL to cease operations at the end of this month on a key project within the mission. Work on Mars Sample Return’s Capture, Containment and Return System will be paused while an independent review team analyzes the overall design.
So, down tools on -- the entire part of the project that returns.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:58:55 UTC No. 15961765
>>15961753
Just who had the bright idea to do a sample return this way anyway? Land a rover, get some samples and cache them, then land a second rover and a lander/ascent stage and have the second rover go get the samples?
This was a retarded idea when first proposed and I want to know who stayed silent instead of shooting it down at the meeting table.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:02:01 UTC No. 15961768
>>15961760
seems like its going to get cancelled slowly
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:03:35 UTC No. 15961769
>>15961765
it was complicated on purpose so JPL can get extra funding, I guess they thought they were the golden boy and could keep doing this forever
but with starship now and private companies increasing doing stuff for less, putting 10 bil on something like this doesn't seem so smart anymore
10 years ago it might have gone through
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:13:26 UTC No. 15961775
>>15961769
>thought they were the golden boy and could keep doing this forever
They'd already managed to keep the scam running since at least the early 1990s, so with NASA's Mars missions being perpetually twenty years into the future it really wasn't the worst plan anyone's ever had.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:23:21 UTC No. 15961785
>>15960879
>argues that FTL is a theory built upon other theories
>Uses the chronology projection conjecture in post
>An unproven theory built upon other theories
Really anon?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:24:21 UTC No. 15961786
>>15961765
we know too much about mars for it to be worth doing the traditional "land and scoop up a sample from there" style of sample return.
they wanted high quality samples and in typical JPL fashion they designed a mission that got the highest quality samples possible, all else be damned
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:26:25 UTC No. 15961789
>>15961756
Vulcan Heavy with SRBs
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:37:52 UTC No. 15961802
>still no flight
see you in February
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:39:38 UTC No. 15961806
>>15961786
They still could have done it in a much more cost efficient way. A Falcon Heavy has enough TLI payload to fit a collection rover, a launch system lander, and a earth return orbiter onto a single flight.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:44:50 UTC No. 15961816
>>15961789
Normal Vulcan can carry 11 tons to LEO, With 6 boosters it can carry 25 tons to LEO. By Kerbal estimations Vulcan heavy would be able to carry 31 tons to LEO
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:50:47 UTC No. 15961825
>>15961802
It's launching tomorrow, though.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 16:57:29 UTC No. 15961833
>>15961789
After adding third engine to second stage, addging two additional cores and strapping 6 SRB boosters payload to LEO is 45 tons.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:11:43 UTC No. 15961847
>>15961833
Why the fuck aren't the second stage engines centred?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:19:01 UTC No. 15961861
>>15961846
April 14th.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:19:51 UTC No. 15961862
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:22:24 UTC No. 15961867
>>15961300
>really the biggest issue was the Centaur exploding
Bro never heard of BE-4 engines.
ULA literally had to ship one back (after years of delays) because it broke. The BE-4 has arguably been the largest issue with Vulcan.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:25:20 UTC No. 15961870
>>15960996
>Eric Weinstein
No relation? Oh wait
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:27:16 UTC No. 15961875
>positive ULA posts
i smell shit stinking rotted axe wound itt
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:28:34 UTC No. 15961877
>>15961734
From the UAE? lmao
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:30:33 UTC No. 15961879
>>15961847
There are three engines, They are centered, but at this very angle they look like they weren't. Third engine is right behind left one.
Here catch Vulcan Centaur Heavy Heavy with two SRB motors. 62 tons to LEO.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:34:47 UTC No. 15961885
>>15961875
maybe you should stop sniffing yourself
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:46:30 UTC No. 15961896
>>15961890
>nasa's gateway program will establish humanities first space station
>and it will be around the moon
come on bill. couldn't have done a second take?
🗑️ Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:47:03 UTC No. 15961897
>>15961885
projecting much troon? YWNBAW
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:49:00 UTC No. 15961901
>>15961890
Fuck me I forgot Ballast Bill was still alive
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:51:29 UTC No. 15961907
>>15961901
to be fair, it's a bit hard to tell
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:39:29 UTC No. 15961970
>>15961967
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/
> "The sacredness of the Moon is deeply embedded in the spirituality and heritage of many Indigenous cultures, including our own," Nygren said in a statement. "The placement of human remains on the Moon is a profound desecration of this celestial body revered by our people."
🗑️ Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:40:43 UTC No. 15961974
>
“I think being able to consult into the future is one of the things that they’re going to try to work on," he told reporters Friday. While Nygren said that was good to hear, "we were given no reassurance that the human remains were not going to be transported to the Moon on Monday."
how about you just fuck off? and no, no 100 dollars
fuck off
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:42:25 UTC No. 15961978
> “I think being able to consult into the future is one of the things that they’re going to try to work on," he told reporters Friday. While Nygren said that was good to hear, "we were given no reassurance that the human remains were not going to be transported to the Moon on Monday."
how about you just fuck off? and no, no 100 dollars
fuck off
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:43:29 UTC No. 15961979
what if there's a culture where leaving your remains on the moon is the endgame
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:44:21 UTC No. 15961982
Well I certainly want to be buried up there. I want to die up there, if at all possible.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:45:07 UTC No. 15961985
>>15961890
https://spacenews.com/uae-to-build-
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:46:35 UTC No. 15961986
>>15961979
only works if you're even more of a minority than Indians. doesnt work for white people
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:50:09 UTC No. 15961992
>>15961978
Of course he's fat
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:52:57 UTC No. 15961998
>>15961985
its over. when i first heared about this I knew there was going to be explosive decompression killing an artemis crew. will probably happen during starship docking
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:53:49 UTC No. 15961999
>>15961985
It will be built by Thales, Airbus or Boing anyway
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:54:09 UTC No. 15962001
DragonXL is still contracted to resupply the gateway, but it doesnt exist. Does anyone who what the situation on that is? Will SpaceX use starships for Gateway resupply?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:06:03 UTC No. 15962015
>>15961789
The real big slider, imagine this thing taking off
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:11:14 UTC No. 15962022
>>15962001
Just because you personally haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:13:35 UTC No. 15962023
>>15962022
it doesnt exist.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:16:03 UTC No. 15962028
>>15962023
You don't exist.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:16:36 UTC No. 15962030
>>15962001
Dragon XL and the Falcon Heavy VIF are both things I expected to see progress info on once in a while but you could think they don't even exist anymore since I think we've basically not heard about them since the original announcement. Long fairing too, there was just that photo a while ago that allegedly showed a test article. Dragon XL showed up in NASA press releases for a while but I think even those have stopped. it is a mystery
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:20:07 UTC No. 15962032
>>15962001
just stick a stretched cargo dragon on falcon heavy. it's that easy in rocketry
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:33:08 UTC No. 15962047
>>15961661
She has shoes now bitch
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:34:24 UTC No. 15962049
>>15962047
The resemblence is uncanny
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:24:55 UTC No. 15962098
>>15961786
>>15961765
The fundamental break was that JPL's design did not take advantage of Artemis or commercial capabilities in anyway. So it was a one-off boondongle that would have negatively impacted Artemis or caused delays in Artemis due to funding conflict. This pissed off a lot of people across the government.
It's one thing if the proposal you're putting up allows for some level of redundancy for your mission vs another or allows for synergies. It's something else when you basically act like old school Microsoft, where your mission design sabotages others within the same organization; and since NASA's Artemis program (SpaceX HLS aside) is distributed across all 50 states and now over 140 signatory countries. That simply will not be tolerated anymore.
So JPL got reamed because decades of favored preference made them forget to read the room before they submitted their proposal which embarrassed politicians. It's entirely possible that the Artemis Accords signatories got on the phone with NASA and were like "ayo, what the fuck?!" Which trickled up to Congress, and the rest is history.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:26:53 UTC No. 15962100
>>15961879
Make it the Vulcan Centaur Ultra Heavy.
>core stage with 2 boosters strapped
>tall fairing with 2 boosters strapped to payload as kick stages
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:28:34 UTC No. 15962102
>>15961999
Hopefully Airbus or Thales. Boing can't be trusted to make a door that opens when they couldn't be bothered to bolt down a door on a plane that's supposed to remain closed.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:41:03 UTC No. 15962114
>>15962032
its literally impossible to strech out cargo dragon due to the drag coefficient.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:50:06 UTC No. 15962126
>>15961472
>(((journalists))) obviously write alot of this crap because its ragebait for alot of people
Yeas ago, I would have agreed with you. Today, I'd say you're missing a big chunk of the reason. The elephant in the room. Politics. Its all a political ideological driven narrative. They see Musk as a threat to their politics. The marxist politics.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:51:34 UTC No. 15962127
>>15961985
https://www.russianspaceweb.com/imp
RIP Russian module.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:56:24 UTC No. 15962134
>>15960937
see starliner for proof of this!
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:05:58 UTC No. 15962151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-
Flight Profile
ULA will likely begin to load the liquified natural gas, liquid hydrogen, and liquid oxygen propellant onto Vulcan late Jan. 7 preparing to be fully loaded by Jan.8 at 2:18 AM EST (7:18 AM UTC) when the window opens for flight.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:10:33 UTC No. 15962161
>>15962151
ula is so cool. this video is really informative
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:12:02 UTC No. 15962164
>>15962151
>2:18 AM EST
damn I thought it was PM. am I gonna stay up tonight to watch this thing scrub?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:13:23 UTC No. 15962166
>>15962164
You should. I am not going to miss this for anything.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:21:43 UTC No. 15962173
>>15962164
the explosion is going to be kino
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:21:53 UTC No. 15962174
>>15962164
First flight of BE-4/Vulcan, first CLPS launch. This is really big, I'm almost as excited for this as SLS first launch. Imagine if it blows up
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:23:30 UTC No. 15962177
>>15962174
first time BO hardware goes into actual orbit?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:26:39 UTC No. 15962180
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:33:18 UTC No. 15962188
>>15962180
>honey, its time for your morning commute
🗑️ Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:34:42 UTC No. 15962190
>>15962180
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxG
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:37:41 UTC No. 15962195
>>15962180
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulo
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:38:50 UTC No. 15962196
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzT
T-58:00 until you thrice-weekly starlink launch
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:38:53 UTC No. 15962197
>>15962177
no it's only on the first stage
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:52:17 UTC No. 15962216
>>15962126
>They see Musk as a threat to their politics. The marxist politics.
Take meds
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:52:56 UTC No. 15962217
>>15961970
>>15961967
You cant go to space because GOD!!111!!11
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:54:17 UTC No. 15962219
>>15962216
Get out of your bubble
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:00:50 UTC No. 15962226
Imagine being /sfg/ in 2024, and all these zoomers getting horny of an expendable rocket.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:08:44 UTC No. 15962234
>RS1 is gonna get an extra engine, 20% more thrust and propellant just like that for flight 2
uh, based?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:12:34 UTC No. 15962239
if Clear is excited for a rocket, I'm excited for the rocket
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:13:51 UTC No. 15962241
>>15962226
there's nothing more pathetic than seeing an old man who thinks hes hot shit just for being old. Like, well done.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:29:28 UTC No. 15962260
>>15962226
I just wanna see a pad explosion like the good ol' days.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:32:20 UTC No. 15962263
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1O
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:34:28 UTC No. 15962265
>>15962226
imagine not wanting to make love to vulcan chan
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:36:37 UTC No. 15962267
>>15962226
I'm going to expend YOU motherfucker
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:37:49 UTC No. 15962270
It's gonna go boom right?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:41:37 UTC No. 15962275
>>15961978
>le 30% native faec
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:42:54 UTC No. 15962276
>>15962268
can you post the broadcast on X? i dont watch youtube
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:42:55 UTC No. 15962277
>>15962226
vulcan w
millenial/gen x/ boomer L
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:44:35 UTC No. 15962279
another happy landing
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:48:37 UTC No. 15962285
>>15960937
I agree. I'd stake your life on it.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:49:32 UTC No. 15962286
I love living in Florida as I can see the launches and RTLS landings from my backyard
And I can just drive down to the beach if I want to hear them aswell
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:50:27 UTC No. 15962288
>>15962286
Can I go be homeless there or is that not cool
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:50:32 UTC No. 15962289
>>15960980
No,it's a bad rocket if it's obsolete before it launches...
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:50:54 UTC No. 15962290
looking at vulcan pics, cock in fleshlight
THE ANTICIPATION IS KILLING MEEEE
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:51:45 UTC No. 15962291
>>15962289
yeah, she's pretty bad alright ;)
>>15962290
this anon gets it
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:56:58 UTC No. 15962301
>>15961055
I recognize that bulge
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:57:59 UTC No. 15962304
>>15962296
So Vulcan has the best one. Wow. Not something you'll hear on the SpaceX subreddit
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:58:06 UTC No. 15962305
>>15962289
no one tell them
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:59:39 UTC No. 15962308
>>15961280
3 people or just 1 american
t. americhad
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:00:57 UTC No. 15962310
>>15961078
Elon has been moving a tad too far off the plantation the last few years. Of course they need to manufacture bullshit.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:01:21 UTC No. 15962311
>>15961978
as a compromise they should send the corpses of his whole tribe to the moon
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:02:21 UTC No. 15962314
>>15962180
with starliner this is a best case scenario
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:02:28 UTC No. 15962315
>>15962304
Vulcan is a completely new rocket, Falcon 9 is over 10 years old at this point
but yes, if SpaceX didn't do a successor for Falcon 9 they would probably get outcompeted eventually
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:03:13 UTC No. 15962316
https://twitter.com/eager_space/sta
>SpaceX Explosions: Engineering Done Right
New video from Eager Space
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:04:27 UTC No. 15962318
>>15962315
I dont see how Vulcan cadence or cost/kg can ever match Falcon since it's not reusable
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:06:17 UTC No. 15962322
>>15962318
it can't but the larger fairing would mean it could launch some payloads that Falcon 9 or heavy couldn't yet (maybe SpaceX might be able to create a new fairing I guess)
the whole question is moot with Starship though, SpaceX has not in fact just sat on their ass for 10 years
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:06:43 UTC No. 15962324
>>15962296
>terran r vs neutron
holy mogging. tiny peter beck from hobbitlab simply can't help building things that are too small for regular people.
has anyone seen archimedes?
>photoshopped piece of chamber
vs
>full duration static fire
LMAOOOOO
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:07:18 UTC No. 15962326
>>15962316
its not new, he posted it on youtube some weeks ago
good video though
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:08:38 UTC No. 15962328
>>15962324
not looking god for hobbitlab
are they even going to be able to compete on cost?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:08:43 UTC No. 15962329
>>15962326
Havent used youtube since the forced ads/banwaves started. Been youtube free for few months
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:09:37 UTC No. 15962331
>>15962329
>forced ads/banwaves
pebkac
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:10:19 UTC No. 15962332
>>15962322
SpaceX is already contracted to build an extended fairing for Falcon Heavy, which I think is equal to or slightly larger than Vulcan's extended fairing
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:11:08 UTC No. 15962334
Do people care about Vulcan? Feels like the general public response is muted compared to anything SpaceX does. Then again, Vulcan is a waste of money of a rocket anyways so there's that.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:11:59 UTC No. 15962336
>>15962324
Peter beck is way too boring to ever build a heavy lifter
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:12:30 UTC No. 15962338
>>15962329
nigga, firefox + ublock and keep it updated
haven't been adcucked for more than perhaps 12h and seems like youtube is kind of giving up with that lately
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:13:14 UTC No. 15962343
>>15962334
I care about BE-4, not much about the rest of the rocket
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:14:15 UTC No. 15962346
>>15962329
youtube tried to stop adblockers for like a week and then gave up
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:15:11 UTC No. 15962348
>>15962334
Followers are more curious if BO buys ULA then anything else about ULA.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:16:30 UTC No. 15962351
When is the Moon getting Luna as its official name?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:16:47 UTC No. 15962352
>>15962334
I'm really looking forward to it. There's bound to be lots of interesting innovations in rent seeking and litigation as ULA fights desperately to continue its meaningless, leech-like existence.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:17:09 UTC No. 15962353
>>15962334
This launch determines whether space-x lives or dies by the hand of Bruno
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:17:20 UTC No. 15962354
>>15962329
>forced ads
lmao retard
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:20:07 UTC No. 15962357
>>15962329
Hello Rėddit!
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:22:05 UTC No. 15962360
>>15962352
>meaningless, leech-like existence
So like everyone else that isn't SpaceX?
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:24:31 UTC No. 15962366
>>15962360
Stoke is doing a fully reusable system right from the start, BO and relativity might both develop a reusable first stage as well
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:27:18 UTC No. 15962371
https://youtu.be/FAr_8cNL1nk?si=JTt
did you see this? amazing future
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:30:06 UTC No. 15962375
>>15962366
>a bunch of useless copy companies when you could just put more money into SpaceX to expand production
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:30:42 UTC No. 15962377
>>15962371
Eesa is building organic carbon neutral rockets powered by waste plastic
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:33:02 UTC No. 15962379
>>15962371
You know things are bad when ESA is actually acknowledging the existence of non-Arianespace European launch companies.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:34:09 UTC No. 15962380
>>15962371
>ESA
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:40:01 UTC No. 15962386
>>15962371
I hate being European. I wish my family left when they had a chance.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:46:13 UTC No. 15962395
>>15962375
Without competition SpaceX will eventually get complacent. It's hard to see how anyone but state companies and [designated non-SpaceX launch provider] can survive if Starship really manages to be fully reusable, but someone needs to at least try.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:49:24 UTC No. 15962402
>>15962371
ESA? More like
ESL
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:49:42 UTC No. 15962404
>>15962395
if nooglen meets its goals it will be legitimately better than falcon 9 and heavy. I don't think it's fair to complain that the designated non-spacex company can't match starship if they outperform falcon by that much
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:17:04 UTC No. 15962442
it's OVER! starbase is getting demolished! hack fraud musk will be in jail by this time tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQ
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:17:28 UTC No. 15962443
>>15962404
>If
lol
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:21:35 UTC No. 15962447
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:27:49 UTC No. 15962452
>>15962442
did they remove the dented tank?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:27:51 UTC No. 15962453
gen alpha launch commentators be like
>we have liftoff of the sigma rocket fr fr
>we are going through the period of maximum rizz on the sigma rocket
>adin ross reports skibidi trajectory
>we have SECO fr fr no cap
>we have a skibidi insertion into ohio orbit fr
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:28:34 UTC No. 15962454
>>15962445
>13 years
Elon, I...
>>15962447
They should have done it after IFT-3, in case it blows up the pad and they need to crane everything out anyway
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:29:38 UTC No. 15962459
>>15962452
just the insulation on it i think. you can see the tank on the left of >>15962447
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:32:20 UTC No. 15962465
>>15962459
starship v2 unveiled, they were hiding it under the cladding all along
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:34:01 UTC No. 15962468
>>15962285
kek
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:36:36 UTC No. 15962472
>>15962453
millennial launch commentators be like
>the swag rocket just YOLOed off the launch pad
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:39:01 UTC No. 15962474
>>15962472
Millennials are so cringe
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:40:01 UTC No. 15962476
>>15962454
Still not a complete 14 years, dumb dumb. He's correct.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:40:08 UTC No. 15962477
>>15962459
>>15962465
Insulation and the tank itself.
It's the old methane tank that didn't pass regulations and was repurposed to store water.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:42:55 UTC No. 15962484
>>15962465
Could they just straight up repurpose one if these as a Starship? Just weld in a downcomer etc
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:43:34 UTC No. 15962485
>>15962484
you're not going to believe what they were originally repurposed from
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:44:38 UTC No. 15962486
>>15962484
Are you retarded?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:51:28 UTC No. 15962494
>>15962328
No lol. Terran R is selling for $60m, and Neutron is targeted at $55m but half the size
I invite you to look and laugh at the timeline on the Neutron website. At this rate, they'll still be saying a 2024 launch is possible next year.
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/launch
>>15962234
A year and counting is a bit longer than "just like that".
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:51:40 UTC No. 15962495
Stupid anti-NASA incel chuds.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 00:58:16 UTC No. 15962504
>>15962495
Hating NASA is common sense. They waste billions and kill people.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:04:54 UTC No. 15962511
>>15962494
uhh, shouldn't all of those be green
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:06:09 UTC No. 15962513
>>15962511
Terran R engine Aeon R had a full hot fire 3 weeks ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDX
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:07:16 UTC No. 15962514
>>15962513
I guess the yellow means its on-going or something?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:08:32 UTC No. 15962516
>>15962513
I thought of posting a month ago, when I'm pretty sure "first hot fire" was to the left of 2024, so I guess it's supposed to be up to date
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:13:38 UTC No. 15962520
>>15962480
He looks fucking badass
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:16:37 UTC No. 15962525
>>15962507
lol so many retards freaking out
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:19:29 UTC No. 15962528
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:25:01 UTC No. 15962533
>>15962480
This pirate crackdown's a go
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:26:57 UTC No. 15962536
>>15962526
We gonna get a launch thread or just do all our shitposting in here?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:27:37 UTC No. 15962537
>>15962536
there is a launch thread already
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:29:25 UTC No. 15962543
>>15962494
just like that is more in reference to adding engines in a block upgrade without much fanfare, I don't think that's very common.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:29:29 UTC No. 15962544
>>15962537
Damn I wish I knew how to check the catalog
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 01:58:26 UTC No. 15962590
>>15962371
>ESA
>future
okay, I laughed
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 02:00:15 UTC No. 15962593
>>15962329
>Been youtube free for few months
Based stay clean, king.
If you do go back, I’d highly recommend at least checking out Freetube.
Lets you subscribe to channels and actually see their new videos without them getting blocked out by SEO algorithm slop.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 02:13:40 UTC No. 15962604
>>15962386
lol you can still leave
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 02:22:56 UTC No. 15962618
hey opec!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 02:26:52 UTC No. 15962622
>>15962593
>Lets you subscribe to channels and actually see their new videos without them getting blocked out by SEO algorithm slop.
the subscription tab is going to blow your mind
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:03:12 UTC No. 15962657
>>15962639
dont hate the player
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:05:49 UTC No. 15962660
>>15962657
We are perfectly capable of simultaneously hating both The Player and The Game
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:07:35 UTC No. 15962665
>>15962657
he is on the wrong team
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:18:39 UTC No. 15962680
T-4 hrs till vulcan launch
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:19:07 UTC No. 15962682
>>15962657
>>15962612
>>15962610
YWNBAW ULA troon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:22:42 UTC No. 15962689
https://www.nasa.gov/general/mars-a
Mars exploration platform , Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE). MAGGIE is a compact fixed wing aircraft with ultra-high productivity efficiency powered by solar energy to fly in the Martian atmosphere with vertical take-off/landing (VTOL) capability, which is enabled by advanced deflected slipstream technology with CoFlow Jet (CFJ). The cruise Mach number of MAGGIE is 0.25 with a cruise lift coefficient CL of 3.5, nearly an order of magnitude higher than conventional subsonic aircraft to overcome the low density of the Martian atmosphere. The ultra-high cruise CL with CL/CDc of 9 is made possible by CFJ that overcomes the low Reynolds number effect on Mars. The range of MAGGIE for a fully charged battery per 7.6 sol is 179 km at altitude of 1,000 m. The total range of MAGGIE per Martian year is 16,048 km. The representative mission for MAGGIE presented would conduct three atmospheric and geophysical investigations, all supporting different timescales of the Dynamic Mars science theme. These include a study of the origin and timing of the Martian core dynamo from the weak magnetic fields found in the large impact basins, a regional investigation of the source of methane signals detected by the Tunable Laser Spectrometer on the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, and mapping of subsurface water ice at high resolution in the mid-latitudes where it has been observed from orbit.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:23:59 UTC No. 15962692
>>15962689
The conceptual MAGGIE system study indicates that the concept appears to be feasible, but need to be further investigated, designed, and verified under Martian atmospheric conditions in Phase I. MAGGIE would be able to perform the first global-scale atmospheric mission at Mars and revolutionize our capability of exploring almost the entirety of the Martian surface. It is the first concept to enable ongoing exploration of this region of Mars and would provide a substantial leap in capability for NASA’s exploration of the Red Planet. The attractiveness of airborne missions on Mars has been amply demonstrated by the Ingenuity helicopter. MAGGIE would be similarly engaging to the public, both in its audacity, and in the variety of environments it could explore, study, and image. The technology would also enhance VTOL aircraft technology on Earth and other planets.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:25:24 UTC No. 15962694
>>15962680
time for a Taco Bell run
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:25:25 UTC No. 15962695
Reminder the first methane rocket to reach orbit is the Chinese one. Will the Vulcan be the second?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:27:04 UTC No. 15962696
ULA niggershills out in full force I see.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:27:17 UTC No. 15962698
>>15962689
this is much better than some gay sample return
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:28:18 UTC No. 15962699
only a few hours for kino ULA explosion
I want to see Tory Brunos face lmao
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:29:31 UTC No. 15962700
>>15962699
just imagine the pre-recorded failure video
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:35:23 UTC No. 15962709
>>15962699
I hope this happens so they can finally kill the waste of money that ULA is.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:45:47 UTC No. 15962722
>>15962211
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:53:21 UTC No. 15962730
>>15962722
the absolute state of oldspace
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:54:23 UTC No. 15962734
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:54:52 UTC No. 15962736
>>15962730
luv me some orthogrid
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:55:17 UTC No. 15962738
>>15962722
It's pretty graceless how he dances around the fact that Boeing was found guilty of industrial espionage in the lead up to the formation of ULA. And how he just ignores how Elon said that creating a launch monopoly would be terrible for launch prices.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:55:25 UTC No. 15962739
>>15962734
> this is a very mass efficient method
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:58:13 UTC No. 15962742
>>15962739
Mass efficient, yes. Cost efficient, no. Mass autism strikes again.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 03:59:52 UTC No. 15962743
>>15962730
>>15962734
>>15962739
>>15962740
I get that /sfg/ hates isogrid/orthogrid. here's what it does: it's thin panels with welded stringers, but more tolerant of temperature shifts at the expense of being harder to manufacture. It's not *that* hard to make, and a lot less risky than welded ribs and stringers. if some random welders apprentice could make something as robust as a cnc can make orthogrid oldspace would do it. it's just too prone to cracking
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:00:19 UTC No. 15962745
>>15960879
Why do you faggots think space travel is only worthwhile with FTL?
There is enough raw resources and energy in the solar system alone to allow for a civilization of trillions of people to exist for billions of years.
And even without FTL interstellar travel is still possible it would just take a long time, and guess what we have a lot of time.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:03:20 UTC No. 15962748
>>15962740
You remelt the shavings and make a new block of aluminum there's very little waste
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:04:30 UTC No. 15962750
>>15962507
I live around there, any websites that will let you know when these kinds of viewing conditions will happen again?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:04:44 UTC No. 15962751
>>15962748
energy is not free
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:06:41 UTC No. 15962754
>>15962743
A Falcon 9 has 20x more flight time than any other rocket. It experiences the largest temperature variations from cryo to reentry. It has welded stringers that don't crack.
>hard to manufacture
no just insanely expensive
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:08:58 UTC No. 15962758
>>15961967
>>15961970
I'm going to piss on the moon just to annoy them
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:16:01 UTC No. 15962763
>>15962751
And just because you've got a giant CNC milling machine doesn't mean that you've also got the equipment to melt down a few tons of aluminum shavings and recast them into an inch thick sheet that's at least a dozen feet long
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:17:03 UTC No. 15962764
>>15962763
just mail them to someone who does
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:17:45 UTC No. 15962765
LET’S GO TO THE MOON!!!!!
打ち上げ迫るルナ・プロジェクト
ポカリスエットが史上初の月面到達飲料を目指す「LUNAR DREAM CAPSULE PROJECT」のロケットが、明日打ち上がります。打ち上げの様子はライ
YouTubeライブ配信
日時:1月8日(月) 15:30〜
URL:https://youtube.com/live/CAtIv5
ロケット打ち上げ日時:
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※打ち上げ日時は変更になる可能性がございます
LET’S GO TO THE MOON!!!!!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:18:47 UTC No. 15962766
>>15962751
I'm going to guess that running thousands of feet of welds isn't very energy efficient either
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:20:55 UTC No. 15962768
>>15962765
What is this? Is a beverage company launching their product to the moon?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:21:22 UTC No. 15962769
>>15962764
The thing is, that someone is going to want to get paid, and huge sheets of aerospace grade metals aren't cheap when you want them shipped back. Grids are mechanically superior, but the small increase in strength isn't worth the increase in cost. Welding and stringers can be vertically integrated a lot more easily.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:23:13 UTC No. 15962772
>>15962766
probably an order of magnitude difference
just think how much material you are melting down
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:24:55 UTC No. 15962775
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHU
SFN is live with light commentary
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:25:53 UTC No. 15962778
>>15962768
Yeah
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:26:06 UTC No. 15962779
>>15962775
Centaur LH2 loading has begun.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:27:48 UTC No. 15962782
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:29:04 UTC No. 15962784
>>15962783
Jesus fucking christ
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:32:00 UTC No. 15962786
wait its launching now? i need to sleep
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:33:04 UTC No. 15962787
>>15962784
Weather is 85% go tonight. Tomorrow's is only 35%, and Wednesday is 45%.
Who's liking some rain delays?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:34:13 UTC No. 15962788
>>15962786
No, you need to stay up and watch history in the making as ULA destroys their perfect launch record
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:34:47 UTC No. 15962791
>>15962787
FFFFFFFFF
and then the Navajo might start shit if its this long too fuuuuck
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:39:55 UTC No. 15962797
>>15962795
frosty!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:40:34 UTC No. 15962798
>>15962795
damn she dummy thicc
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:41:18 UTC No. 15962800
>>15962754
Honestly, isogrid is fine even if it's expensive BUT ONLY IF you actually reuse it.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:41:39 UTC No. 15962801
reminder that oldspace pretends to care about mass efficiency but then doesn't even superchill their cryogenics nor pushes their one time use engines to 300 bar chamber pressure
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:43:09 UTC No. 15962804
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status
he mad
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:43:21 UTC No. 15962805
>>15962801
they can't afford to push anything to the limit because they want perfect reliability but don't have the 96 launch per year cadence to work out all the kinks
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:47:06 UTC No. 15962809
https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/statu
>Standing down from tonight's Vulcan Cert 1 launch to remove the shameful payload that will desecrate the moon as ordered by the Biden Administation on orders from the Navajo Nation, next launch attempt will be announced soon.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:49:53 UTC No. 15962812
>>15962682
>ban evasion
>>15962730
isogrid is based. spacex is retards for not using it
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:50:16 UTC No. 15962813
>>15962809
Tory Bruno is a cowboy he don't give a fuck about no injun
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:50:27 UTC No. 15962814
>>15962804
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status
california is a joke
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:51:01 UTC No. 15962816
>>15962813
based space cowboy fires missile at sacred native american land
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:51:45 UTC No. 15962817
>>15962812
seethe
>isogrid is based
you're retarded
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:52:30 UTC No. 15962820
>>15962813
>BREAKING! We have reports of armed Navajo attempting to storm SLC-41, ULA CEO leading the defense of the complex from horseback and firing a revolver like mad at the indians, the rocket countdown has not stopped at this time, we will stay with this story and keep you updated
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:53:07 UTC No. 15962821
>>15962795
Never wanted to fuck a rocket more than this, so smooth and pretty
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:53:53 UTC No. 15962822
>ULA CEO Tory Bruno last seen mounting cavalry charge at a group of Navajo guerillas that crossed the security perimeter, ULA Vulcan Cert 1 rocket in final countdown sequence
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:56:29 UTC No. 15962825
>>15962820
>>15962822
horrible chatgpt story fuck off back to teddit
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 04:57:38 UTC No. 15962827
>>15962825
nah chatpgt would be like
>I'm sorry I'm unable to complete your request, it's important to be respectful of other cultures and this story may cause offense to some blahblahblah
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:07:31 UTC No. 15962839
>>15962769
One requirement of "Aerospace grade" aluminum is virgin material, as it needs certified from mine to final application. Any shavings could be recycled but could not be used for Aerospace applications.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:09:07 UTC No. 15962840
>>15960867
It will be a stunning success and everyone will seethe
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:11:49 UTC No. 15962844
>>15962840
I just hope it looks good before it explodes
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:14:22 UTC No. 15962845
>>15962844
can't wait for these doubters to get btfo
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:29:41 UTC No. 15962853
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:35:11 UTC No. 15962856
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:44:13 UTC No. 15962862
https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/s
>Mark Clampin, NASA's astrophysics director, says at this week's AAS meeting that the agency is still deciding on a path forward for Hubble after receiving SpaceX's feasibility study on reboost and servicing.
>"I will emphasize that we’re primarily looking for reboost.”
https://twitter.com/rookisaacman/st
>With Hubble orbit decaying there is only a limited time to plan, train & fly a mission. I am a bit concerned that the 'clock' is being run out on this game.
>As for the crew, we would bring together people to give the mission the best chance of success. I am just concerned at this pace, there may not be a Hubble to save.
Ominous
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:44:28 UTC No. 15962863
I'm not going to make it anons, go on without me
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:46:51 UTC No. 15962864
>>15962863
Same. Post "it's over" for me if it goes boom.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:49:06 UTC No. 15962866
>>15962862
so isaacman thinks just reboosting is a waste of time, he wants to actually install some shit on it to get experience in that I guess? and the NASA bureucrats don't want to do that for some reason
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:50:08 UTC No. 15962869
1h 30min waiting until 45min waiting until scrub
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:50:24 UTC No. 15962871
>>15962866
Maybe because it's a repurposed NSA spy sat
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:52:34 UTC No. 15962874
>>15962866
A reboost would be easy and straightforward. Actually servicing hardware would be a lot more awkward than it was for shuttle, and that's even if NASA can find hardware that's comparable with a late eighties era satellite.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:54:17 UTC No. 15962876
>>15962874
I'm pretty sure they have everything ready to go, they are going to install some new thing as an addon with propellants, computers etc
it just needs a way to communicate, you don't actually need to use hardware from that era
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:01:26 UTC No. 15962882
If odds it goes boom, if evens it goes flawlessly.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:09:06 UTC No. 15962891
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:12:54 UTC No. 15962895
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWw
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:15:48 UTC No. 15962901
>>15961072
Jurvetson probably has access to the primo medical-grade stuff
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:23:52 UTC No. 15962911
>expendable rocket
lame
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:24:08 UTC No. 15962912
I'm retarded, can someone with an understanding of orbital mechanics explain why this rocket can bring a greater payload to Lunar orbit than it can to geostationary orbit despite the moon being so much further away? Does it take more energy to get a perfect geostationary orbit as opposed to getting the delta-v for a lunar insertion? Somehow I find that hard to believe but I'm not an expert in this.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:24:15 UTC No. 15962913
>>15962863
>>15962864
>>15962906
You are all weak
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:25:14 UTC No. 15962914
>>15962912
maybe they just counted different booster configurations
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:27:28 UTC No. 15962919
>>15962912
because getting to geo orbit means that you have to burn to circularize
this is different from geo transfer and TLI because you only need to do one burn, the payload does the rest to get to its target orbit
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:27:31 UTC No. 15962920
>>15962912
There's a pretty big energy difference between TLI and LLO just like there's a pretty big difference between GTO and GEO. TLI is just a extra-elongated version of GTO. They payload will have to handle insertion, circularization, etc. I don't think Vulcan actually has any direct to lunar orbit capability.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:31:15 UTC No. 15962930
OLPS
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:31:44 UTC No. 15962931
>>15962919
Ok that makes sense, I was thinking it has something to do with getting a perfect circular orbit but it's still crazy to think that the moon being nearly 10x far away as geostationary orbit requires less energy for simply being a one-way trajectory
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:32:45 UTC No. 15962933
MY EEARRRSSSSS
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:33:32 UTC No. 15962934
Kek, fucked up audio stream. ULA pls. You're jinxing the good luck.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:33:49 UTC No. 15962935
https://www.youtube.com/live/VFXdb6
max-cute is live
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:34:12 UTC No. 15962936
>>15962931
Space is wacky like that.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:35:00 UTC No. 15962938
This woman has aggressively violent nostrils
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:35:07 UTC No. 15962939
>space company hq
>PITTSBURGH
why.jpg
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:35:39 UTC No. 15962940
Which one would you rather bang
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:35:41 UTC No. 15962941
>>15962935
i would watch but i don't understand moonrunes
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:37:31 UTC No. 15962944
I want to finally get to the era of space flight where lunar landers look like their designs, instead of tinfoil wrapped hats that they often are.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:37:32 UTC No. 15962945
>real companies using colonized moon graphics
intredasting
>>15962939
Pittsburgh is the head of the Ohio River. Unless the river freezes you can ship by water to KSC.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:37:50 UTC No. 15962946
>Seychelles
what do they have on peregrine?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:38:30 UTC No. 15962948
>>15962926
>This material is not intended for resale
NSF BTFO
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:39:13 UTC No. 15962951
>>15962944
tinfoil landers are peak sovl though
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:39:55 UTC No. 15962952
I don't understand this rocket.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:40:16 UTC No. 15962953
>>15962951
tinfoil landers are the thunderf00ts of landers.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:40:23 UTC No. 15962954
>>15962952
she doesn't understand you
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:41:34 UTC No. 15962956
>>15962952
It was supposed to be an Atlas VI running on AR-1s but Aerojew Shekeldyne so grossly overcharged for their throwaway engines that switching to the BE-4 was deemed cheaper and faster.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:42:01 UTC No. 15962957
>>15962954
vulcan îs a dude
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:42:06 UTC No. 15962958
https://twitter.com/astrobotic/stat
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:42:39 UTC No. 15962962
>>15962959
CUTE
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:43:11 UTC No. 15962964
>>15962962
Gay.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:43:24 UTC No. 15962966
>>15962952
It's the first commercial rocket to go to the moon if the launch goes well. Starship will blow it out of the water in terms of capabilities but Vulcan was finished first.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:43:28 UTC No. 15962968
NASA lady completely forgot about the Surveyor program...
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:43:56 UTC No. 15962969
ULA troons just cant stop losing
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:44:31 UTC No. 15962971
>>15962969
they can't?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:45:53 UTC No. 15962972
>>15962959
also im trans
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:46:58 UTC No. 15962974
>>15962972
omgggg!!!! so many valid queens in /sfg/ tonite
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:47:18 UTC No. 15962975
95% frosted flakes rocket.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:48:03 UTC No. 15962977
>the landing engines have never been flown before
>we're testing them together on the moon
this thing is going to crash
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:48:20 UTC No. 15962978
They need to fix their fucking sound setup. I can't hear shit.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:48:41 UTC No. 15962979
this rocket makes me angry. that that much engineering effort went into something which has a market case that is 'we aren't spacex'
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:48:44 UTC No. 15962980
>>15962974
ULA says trans rights :3
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:48:55 UTC No. 15962981
>>15962966
What definition of commercial are we using for this? Delta II launched payloads that maneuvered around the moon in the early 90s and Athena II launched Lunar Prospector back in 1998.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:49:59 UTC No. 15962983
>>15962981
The Boeing 737-Max definition of success.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:50:44 UTC No. 15962984
what percent of orbital rockets work first try? doesn't seem to be too good
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:51:03 UTC No. 15962986
>>15962972
/sfg/ is a very diverse an accepting general, unlike the rest of this shit site. welcome!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:51:41 UTC No. 15962987
>>15962984
50% i think
>>15962985
yeah i don't see the point of painting it if its just gonna get covered by ice
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:52:15 UTC No. 15962989
>>15962985
>spaceX has custom graphics
>esa has custom graphics
>rocketlab has custom graphics
>firefly has custom graphics
>astra has custom graphics
>fucking roscosmos has custom graphics
>NASA and ULA have fuckall on screen indicating state of the vehicle
Why are these two agencies so gay?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:52:23 UTC No. 15962990
>>15962985
It looks so boring frosted over
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:52:35 UTC No. 15962991
Ok I think we took that a bit too far lets dial it back for now. Trannies OUT!!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:52:53 UTC No. 15962992
>>15962610
>>15962612
>>15962959
holy fucking cute overload
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:53:29 UTC No. 15962993
>>15962991
wow transphobia in /sfg/? this isnt okay xister
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:53:57 UTC No. 15962995
>>15962992
Gtfo troon
>>15962993
My bad
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:54:11 UTC No. 15962996
t- holds piss me off
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:54:13 UTC No. 15962997
>>15962939
Pittsburgh is a robotics hub due to Carnegie Mellon University - Astrobotic was founded out of CMU.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:58:43 UTC No. 15963005
>>15963003
Who are you quoting?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:59:06 UTC No. 15963006
Will the ketamine man congratulate a successful launch without any snark? Stay tuned.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 06:59:40 UTC No. 15963008
TORYYYYY
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:00:04 UTC No. 15963009
Tory looks like a walrus with that baldness and stache.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:00:17 UTC No. 15963010
>high energy marketplace
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:00:21 UTC No. 15963011
Did Tory age quickly in the past few years or something?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:00:32 UTC No. 15963012
>very competitive
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:00:35 UTC No. 15963013
>>15963007
Cant wait to see all 4 in red bits and mist once they explode, along with you near them.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:00:49 UTC No. 15963015
>>15963007
old 'toss
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:02:01 UTC No. 15963018
>>15963007
im so glad she finally got her engines. baby girl deserves warm feetsies
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:03:16 UTC No. 15963021
>>15963018
You will be strapped to the back of a Raptor engine during testing.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:05:18 UTC No. 15963026
>>15963021
i want you to cum all over my face anon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:05:20 UTC No. 15963027
best case scenario: BE-4s blow the fuck up, pinning the blame on BO
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:07:08 UTC No. 15963030
>>15962996
What's the point of this pussyfooting around? Just have the countdown be the actual countdown. They did this during the Shuttle too
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:08:03 UTC No. 15963031
>>15962987
>50% i think
Yeah, definitely 50/50. Either it works, or it doesn't.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:08:29 UTC No. 15963034
>>15963026
YWNGTS YOU WILL BE SHOT BY E*RTHER RAPEFUGEES ON THE MOON WHILE THE REST OF /SFG/ IS ON MARS
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:08:49 UTC No. 15963036
>>15963030
who cares. the point is that they have 7 minutes of procedures that can be finished at any point in a 45 minute window. they don't need to decide the exact second of launch 3 weeks in advance
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:09:51 UTC No. 15963039
>>15963011
Stresses of getting this fat piggy out the door.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:10:15 UTC No. 15963041
So many stations to poll they think they're launching Saturn V.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:10:24 UTC No. 15963043
/sfg/ seethe - GO
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:10:43 UTC No. 15963046
>>15963041
meanwhile SpaceX has like 5 people in control room for starlink flights
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:11:14 UTC No. 15963048
VULCAN WILL EXPLODE I AM A PROPHET
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:11:44 UTC No. 15963050
Wish SpaceX would do countdown go/no go kino polling like this for Starship at least
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:11:57 UTC No. 15963055
VULCAN WILL CARRY PEREGRINE TO A SUCCESSFUL LUNAR LANDING I AM EVEN MORE OF A PROPHET
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:12:11 UTC No. 15963056
>>15963018
I'll warm those tootsies with my mouth
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:12:34 UTC No. 15963057
7 BINGS UNTIL TEXTRON PULLS THEIR BID :^)
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:12:43 UTC No. 15963058
>>15963055
FALSE PROPHET NAIL HIM TO A CROSS AND SKIN HIM ALIVE
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:13:12 UTC No. 15963060
I shit my FUCKING PANTS
AAAAGAAAIIIN
I KEEP DOING IT I KEEP DOING IT
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:13:32 UTC No. 15963061
IM GOING OUTSIDE /SFG/ ILL SEE YOU AFTER LAUNCH
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:14:03 UTC No. 15963063
VULCAN WILL SCRUB DONT NEED NO STINKIN PROPHETS
Astranon at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:14:17 UTC No. 15963065
>>15963046
Astra mission control is literally three guys in one of those portable soundproof mini office pods plus any managers that want to lurk. The original goal was to have a whole row of them for running several concurrent launches.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:14:27 UTC No. 15963068
>>15963061
IT WILL EXPLODE ON PAD
>ROCKET CROSSES KARMAN LINE
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THEY REALLY THINK
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:14:29 UTC No. 15963069
I can see the future, launch will go fine but payload will SPLAT into the lunar surface and embarrass everyone involved
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:14:58 UTC No. 15963070
>>15963065
astra had a whole lot of 'original goals'
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:15:05 UTC No. 15963071
>>15963041
It's probably just for the cert flights - ULA usually doesn't poll half the company like this.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:15:08 UTC No. 15963072
>>15963068
BRO IS SPEAKING OHIO :SKULL:
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:15:41 UTC No. 15963076
>>15963046
Imagine a future where the F9 launch process gets so streamlined and automated that the mission control room gets converted to an employee lounge with one workstation in a corner that they let an intern run.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:16:07 UTC No. 15963077
>>15963069
But anon, I worked on the payload!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:16:16 UTC No. 15963078
3 BINGS
Astranon at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:16:40 UTC No. 15963080
>>15963070
Yeah they did, but they actually pulled off the small mission control crew. The downside is that senior engineering leaders are watching on the big screen rather than in the mission control room so they have to sprint off across the factory to check on shit if it goes wrong (like LV0010).
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:16:43 UTC No. 15963081
SOMEONE GET ELON TO SEND SPACEX SNIPERS THIS BIRD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TAKE OFF
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:16:57 UTC No. 15963082
>>15963077
How embarrassing for you.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:17:03 UTC No. 15963083
>>15963077
sucks to be you then
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:17:34 UTC No. 15963085
estronaut stream ate it
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:17:36 UTC No. 15963086
>>15963081
ULA Sniper refers to the sniper that shot ULA, not a sniper from ULA
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:17:45 UTC No. 15963087
Still no graphics overlay about the vehicle. ULA is so fucking last-generation of a company.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:17:45 UTC No. 15963088
>>15963077
hope your resume is updated
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:17:55 UTC No. 15963089
ONE MINUTE
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:18:01 UTC No. 15963090
>>15963084
also im trans
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:18:35 UTC No. 15963092
KABOOOOOMM
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:19:04 UTC No. 15963095
SCRUB
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:19:05 UTC No. 15963096
no boom
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:19:15 UTC No. 15963097
EXPLODED ON THE PAD
OH SHIT
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:19:54 UTC No. 15963102
GOD DAMN IT WHY DIDNT IT BLOW UP RIGHT THERE
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:20:06 UTC No. 15963103
those SRB sound like a souped up supra at 2 am
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:20:34 UTC No. 15963105
SOUNDS LIKE A BEAST
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:20:46 UTC No. 15963106
>>15963103
I think that's just the mic clipping, the real noise is probably a continuous BOOOOOOOOOOM.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:20:56 UTC No. 15963107
Looking good so far.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:01 UTC No. 15963108
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO RUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDD
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:07 UTC No. 15963109
SpaceX sissies... this can't be happening, it was supposed to fail at launch!!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:10 UTC No. 15963111
that 480p camera feed from the core stage, kek
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:14 UTC No. 15963113
Another successful American rocket! Go Team USA!!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:20 UTC No. 15963115
>>15963108
stage 2 don't worry
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:30 UTC No. 15963116
>>15963105
crackly. I like it
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:30 UTC No. 15963117
Smooth so far. I honestly can't hate this rocket like I hated SLS, I hope the rest goes well.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:48 UTC No. 15963119
Holy shit look at that blue plume, this is so kino.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:21:53 UTC No. 15963121
>>15963109
RESULTS
OVER
RHETORIC
Astranon at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:22:19 UTC No. 15963124
>>15963111
Cameras on expendable booster stages get absolutely fucked on hardware+bandwidth budget.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:22:28 UTC No. 15963126
>>15963113
>>15963117
>>15963119
>>15963121
>>15963109
Kys glownigger
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:22:34 UTC No. 15963127
>>15963114
>Video by Logitech QuickCam
Astranon at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:23:09 UTC No. 15963129
>>15963127
That would probably have been an upgrade over the camera hardware on Rocket 3.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:23:10 UTC No. 15963130
>>15963124
Down to 240p or someshit now. That feed quality is garbage.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:23:35 UTC No. 15963131
>>15963129
Kys namenigger
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:23:42 UTC No. 15963132
>>15963130
space is hard
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:23:46 UTC No. 15963134
>>15963106
that's just how large rocket engines sound due to turbulence of the exhaust
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:23:48 UTC No. 15963135
>>15963068
it just did :)
Astranon at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:24:04 UTC No. 15963136
>>15963130
Getting 240p60 is a lot more impressive than 480p dropping a bunch of frames. Still ass compared to SpaceX but I have been in those shoes.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:24:32 UTC No. 15963138
>Data loss
It's over
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:24:43 UTC No. 15963139
JEFF VINDICATED!
BE-4 WORK FLAWLESSLY
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:24:48 UTC No. 15963141
ho hum
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:24:55 UTC No. 15963142
Bezos haters BTFO
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:25:04 UTC No. 15963143
NOOOOOOO THE SECO CURSE OF NEW ROCKETS WAS BROKEN GOD DAMN IT WHY DIDNT IT KABOOM
Astranon at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:25:13 UTC No. 15963146
Centaur looks good.
>>15963138
I told you about the dropped frames, bro.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:25:24 UTC No. 15963147
Did these niggas just switch to playing Kerbal Space Program?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:25:49 UTC No. 15963149
>>15963140
>0% reusability
no. inexcusable
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:25:57 UTC No. 15963150
THREAD THEME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6E
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:26:16 UTC No. 15963152
>>15963136 nah they fucked up the aspect ratio on the interstage camera, unforgivable
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:26:43 UTC No. 15963156
>>15963140
I'm sorry you're bald.
>>15963147
They dropped the camera feed when the altitude got too high to maintain framerate/latency.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:26:45 UTC No. 15963157
IM BACK /SFG/
IT WAS BLUE HOLY FUCK
I SAW A BLUE DOT
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:26:56 UTC No. 15963158
>>15963149
Is SMART dead?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:27:36 UTC No. 15963160
>>15963139
ULA got sent a total of 5 engines, to get 2 working versions: 2 certification engines + 3 flight engines, one of which failed. They still have another certification flight left before the vehicle can fly its NSSL launches on books. Remains to be seen how it does with another set of engines from Blue and whether ULA is bought by Blue before that happens or not.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:28:37 UTC No. 15963163
>>15963157
Erm fire is red
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:28:38 UTC No. 15963164
>>15963153
They gonna turn the moon into an Indian burial ground. Dump a bunch of Navajo ashes all over.
Haunted ass moon dust.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:28:40 UTC No. 15963165
>>15963160
Even if Blorp buys ULA they'll keep Vulcan flying until New Glenn perfects reuse. Maybe even after for expendable missions since two engines and some SRBs are a lot cheaper than seven engines.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:29:08 UTC No. 15963166
I miss having the orbital parameters in the graphics overlay
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:29:26 UTC No. 15963168
>>15963136
It's 30fps anon. 60fps would have resulted in a much clearer picture.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:29:50 UTC No. 15963169
>>15963161
>engines by Poo Origin
>>15963166
Seriously newspace is trouncing NASA/ULA on this.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:30:06 UTC No. 15963171
>>15963158
It’s going to happen right after SLS Block 2 and the EUS, a.k.a in approximately 4.9 billion years
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:31:18 UTC No. 15963175
>>15963169
Even Roscosmos has it. ULA/NASA really have no excuse.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:31:19 UTC No. 15963176
>>15961727
it's a Doom reference
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:33:38 UTC No. 15963183
i see people on every day astro's stream saying the pad is on fire?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:34:02 UTC No. 15963185
I'm glad it worked, but what a low-energy stream. Is Tory going to show up after launch?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:34:03 UTC No. 15963186
>>15963183
it happens
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:35:14 UTC No. 15963187
Very cool Tory.
Goodnight /sfg/
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:35:46 UTC No. 15963189
That RCS burn took a while, just ullage?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:36:04 UTC No. 15963190
goodnight /sfg/ wake me up if it fails to make the second burn
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:36:08 UTC No. 15963191
goodnight
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:36:41 UTC No. 15963192
>>15963189
why do you need to do that before coasting?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:37:14 UTC No. 15963196
>>15963192
Hell if I know, but I heard them discussing "settling" on the stream so that's my best guess.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:37:22 UTC No. 15963197
All pro-ULA posters should be strapped beneath Starship to repent.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:37:52 UTC No. 15963200
>>15963189
>>15963192
It's a settling burn to prevent the fuel from tumbling in an uncontrolled manner and forming helium pockets which can affect the next burn.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:38:17 UTC No. 15963202
>>15963200
space is hard :P
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:38:33 UTC No. 15963203
>>15963200
That makes sense.
>>15963197
I like both.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:39:18 UTC No. 15963205
>>15963203
Is that you hanging yourself like the troon you are?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:40:07 UTC No. 15963207
>>15963185
Fellas my finals start in 2 hrs. Got Aerodynamics 3 coming up first, wish me luck.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:40:10 UTC No. 15963208
>>15963205
lurk the fuck more
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:40:24 UTC No. 15963212
sooo was that slide off the bad supposed to be normal?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:40:45 UTC No. 15963213
>>15963207
Do your best Anon.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:41:27 UTC No. 15963214
succes on the first launch?
spacex bros.... its over
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:42:01 UTC No. 15963215
>>15963214
be-4 doubters proved wrong lol
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:42:02 UTC No. 15963216
>>15963207
Hoping u fail since only unstudious midwits ask for luck
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:42:45 UTC No. 15963218
>>15963197
I'm pro-upmass (unless it's Chinese, and even then I appreciate that it can be used to scare Congress)
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:44:47 UTC No. 15963225
>>15963212
I wouldn't worry about it.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:47:38 UTC No. 15963232
>>15963218
China number 1
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:48:01 UTC No. 15963234
First methane fueled rocket to reach orbit on the first try. Bow now!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:49:07 UTC No. 15963238
>>15963234
*farts*
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:50:38 UTC No. 15963242
>>15963234
Chinese rocket took 2 flights right
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:51:31 UTC No. 15963245
>>15963242
Yup.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:54:04 UTC No. 15963249
>>15963247
Not with two SRBs it's not. With six SRBs it'll get up and go.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:58:00 UTC No. 15963255
>MMH/MON instead of MMH/NTO
wat
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:58:54 UTC No. 15963258
>still using the DSN
oof, we need laser comms
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:02:46 UTC No. 15963266
oh my skibidi, here we gooo
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:08:08 UTC No. 15963272
Good second burn.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:08:46 UTC No. 15963274
IT'S FLIPPING
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:09:51 UTC No. 15963275
Separation! Peregrine is off to the moon.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:09:56 UTC No. 15963276
>>15963274
its on purpose, muskrat
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:10:44 UTC No. 15963278
>YEEHAWWW
I just died inside
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:10:58 UTC No. 15963279
FAKE FORCED YEE HAAAWW
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:12:02 UTC No. 15963282
OMG HE HUGGED A FEMOID!!!!
IM SO JEALOUS!!!!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:12:02 UTC No. 15963283
Third burn in 25 minutes
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:17:16 UTC No. 15963289
chances of them not getting aquisition?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:17:41 UTC No. 15963290
>>15963289
Depressingly high.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:17:42 UTC No. 15963291
>>15963282
Shut up incel chud
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:18:12 UTC No. 15963292
Got it! Live telemetry from Peregrine!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:18:43 UTC No. 15963293
>>15963290
fail
>>15963291
im vocel doe albeit
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:20:47 UTC No. 15963296
>>15963247
yeah, Centaur is severely underpowered even with a tiny payload
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:21:38 UTC No. 15963299
>no sane person wants to live on mars
everyday astronaut just btfo'd muskrats forever lol
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:22:03 UTC No. 15963300
>>15963299
No sane Englishman wanted to live in Massachusetts in 1619 either.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:23:43 UTC No. 15963304
>>15963301
when you stop playing tea time with fictional little girls
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:24:22 UTC No. 15963306
>>15963301
i want to fuck that girl do i have a problem
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:24:50 UTC No. 15963308
feels
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:24:52 UTC No. 15963309
>>15963301
it's fallen into the north atlantic, never to be seen again
>>15963304
never then
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:25:33 UTC No. 15963310
>>15963301
It landed in the ocean a while ago anon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:26:54 UTC No. 15963313
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:27:38 UTC No. 15963314
>>15963310
Bezos will mount an expideition to go git them
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:28:55 UTC No. 15963315
>>15963308
is a fantastic album
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:29:33 UTC No. 15963317
What are the chances Vulcan will lsunch a few Deep Space starlinks when we start building out the Mars constellation? Methinks quite high since NASA will be doing the launch contracting and FH availability is low
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:30:11 UTC No. 15963320
>>15963317
Zero. Starship will be used for that.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:33:31 UTC No. 15963326
>>15963320
SpaceX has no say in what rocket will launch it, so you're probably wrong
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:33:41 UTC No. 15963327
>>15960879
The idea that going from point A to point B before light would be able to complete the same trip is some hard, absolute impossibility that would break the universe were it to happen is completely preposterous.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:34:21 UTC No. 15963329
>>15963326
lolwat
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:35:58 UTC No. 15963330
>>15963327
If the memedrive test sat works we either have a potential to build jumpgates or a potential to build warp drives depending on whether QI or GR is the "real" explanation.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:38:06 UTC No. 15963336
Third burn nominal.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:39:17 UTC No. 15963339
>>15963317
>>15963326
NASA has enough datalink in Mars orbit for the forseable future, if SpaceX need their own datalinks they're going to put it u themselves
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:42:04 UTC No. 15963342
perfect launch gg
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:44:20 UTC No. 15963345
>>15963153
Using an Eisenhower Era second stage. That's so retro!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:45:09 UTC No. 15963348
>>15963336
they really just yeeted that thing into interplanetary space, huh
I hate doing that with spent stages, they clutter up my tracking station view
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:45:13 UTC No. 15963349
>>15963345
So expensive to develop they're still amortizing the R&D
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:45:48 UTC No. 15963350
>>15963348
>they really just yeeted that thing into interplanetary space, huh
Yup, along with the ashes of a bunch of Star Trek people.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:47:30 UTC No. 15963351
>>15963349
It really is funny we figured out basically the optimal efficiency engine (expander cycle hydrologgs) for low/medium thrust payloads in the 50s and have only been tweaking the configuration and manufacturing since then. Everything bigger just trades some Isp for thrust to get more of an Oberth kick. J-2, RS-25, RVac.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:49:35 UTC No. 15963354
>>15963351
I guess? Physics hasn't changed in the past 70 years, and once it was solved, it stayed solved. Until we stop using chemical rockets, this is it.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:56:33 UTC No. 15963362
>>15963351
there are some trades to be made for more efficiency and power and general overall improvement in exchange for complexity actually
dual expander cycle instead of single prop expander would help
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:20:15 UTC No. 15963392
tory is essentially for all instensive purposes shitting in elons mouth tonight
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:20:30 UTC No. 15963393
>>15963389
>wojak vs chad teddit meme
go back we have a recovering basedjak addict here and cant have this material near him
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:25:14 UTC No. 15963404
>>15963393
i found out about you guys on X. not sure what you are talking about
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:27:05 UTC No. 15963407
>>15963404
Nobody is going to find your unmarked grave
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:27:25 UTC No. 15963408
>>15963392
It's "for all intents and purposes"
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:27:44 UTC No. 15963410
>>15963404
Jump off a cliff
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:31:14 UTC No. 15963414
>>15963404
Kys nigger go the fuck back
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:34:16 UTC No. 15963417
>>15963404
Welcome to /sfg/! We post mostly SpaceX/Starship content here but also lots of rocket girls and sometimes anti blue origin / sls / ula posts. But mostly just rocket girls. We hope you enjoy and post often here!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:36:28 UTC No. 15963420
>>15963410
>>15963414
Calm down
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:40:40 UTC No. 15963425
Live long and prosper
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:41:06 UTC No. 15963427
>>15963404
Okay, link the post that led you here.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:46:35 UTC No. 15963433
>>15963404
Only one person calls it X, everyone else still calls it Twitter. Hi Elon.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:47:49 UTC No. 15963435
>>15963404
I will bury your corpse on the moon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:47:58 UTC No. 15963436
>>15963433
I'm the second person.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:50:48 UTC No. 15963440
>>15963433
I call it X all the time, always thought "twitter" was a gay ass name
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:19:07 UTC No. 15963479
🗑️ Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:24:58 UTC No. 15963488
>>15963433
I call it SHITX BECAUSE I FUCKING HATE HATE HATE HATE ELON MUSK I FUUUUUCKING HAAAAAAAAAATE HIM FFFFFFFFUCK YOUUUUU
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:42:10 UTC No. 15963511
>>15963488
You did it wrong you have to call him Felongated Muskrat or Scamlon Husk
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:42:49 UTC No. 15963512
>>15960607
accountants and marketing gurus building planes
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:48:47 UTC No. 15963518
>>15962991
>>15962972
>>15963090
>>15962682
>>15962969
>>15962995
>>15963205
Oof, off your meds again?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:51:08 UTC No. 15963523
>>15963518
Pinpointed me exactly. No I just decreased my dosage
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:57:40 UTC No. 15963528
>>15963518
>filename
wait are you actually a troon?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:58:49 UTC No. 15963529
we have mega projects like ITER and the ISS, but does a mars colony count as one?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:02:44 UTC No. 15963537
For those that suggested potential 4cc goalhorns for Von Braun and Musk back in November, you can vote for them in /sci/'s roster poll here >>15962499
The cup begins on the 19th.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:10:51 UTC No. 15963542
>>15963537
despite all these years i continue to be intrigued and perplexed
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:24:15 UTC No. 15963557
>>15963542
you're telling me, autumn was crazy
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:45:26 UTC No. 15963582
>>15963557
>almost as bad as /n/egreoes and /x/tards
shameful, we should move
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:46:31 UTC No. 15963584
>>15963575
how do you pronounce usui?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:47:36 UTC No. 15963585
>>15963582
It was all good in the end, /a/ lost to /mlp/ on penalties and then we beat /mlp/ 5-1 in the final.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 12:09:44 UTC No. 15963608
Muskrats eternally BTFO!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 12:18:06 UTC No. 15963613
>>15961753
>Elon lands first.
This will literally never happen
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 12:30:23 UTC No. 15963626
>>15963613
Starship won't be ready for a symbolic unmanned Mars attempt in 26, but in 28 it's a sure go.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 12:35:17 UTC No. 15963630
Who won?
Who lost?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:18:58 UTC No. 15963676
Browsing social media, it seems like there was more awareness/discussion of Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:19:41 UTC No. 15963677
>>15963676
one was a success albeit the rover was shortlived
the other was an utter catastrophe
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:44:08 UTC No. 15963689
Just got online.
How are the Muskrats coping with being beaten in methane to orbit and the Moon?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:45:17 UTC No. 15963691
>>15963689
Who cares, we launch every 3 weeks
t. r/spacexmasterrace poster
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:49:22 UTC No. 15963692
>>15963691
3 days sry
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:49:25 UTC No. 15963693
>>15963689
> There's a Tesla orbiting in the Asteroid Belt right now.
They're probably doing okay.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:53:09 UTC No. 15963697
>>15963693
not scientific enough
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:53:53 UTC No. 15963699
Elon Who?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:58:18 UTC No. 15963704
I'm glad to see everyone enjoyed Vulcan's last launch of 2024
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:02:04 UTC No. 15963708
>>15963704
There are/were 6 on their manifest, so that was one.....
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:06:38 UTC No. 15963709
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status
> Expendable rockets are not competitive
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:06:58 UTC No. 15963710
>>15963689
both of that are false
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:11:07 UTC No. 15963715
>>15963709
Starship is $1 billion a shot if you think about it
The R&D program behind it is in the tens of billions at this point
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:15:18 UTC No. 15963718
>>15963715
May we see your numbers for that statement?
> No!
Didn't think so.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:27:08 UTC No. 15963727
>>15963709
That is correct, the majority of Vulcan's manifest are "anyone but SpaceX" launches.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:27:52 UTC No. 15963730
https://twitter.com/FutureJurvetson
Jurvetson about to piss off navajo
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:34:08 UTC No. 15963736
>>15963734
I'm sorry that it took you people so long. When does the payload reach the moon?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:35:45 UTC No. 15963737
so when is peregrine going to get to the moon? it’s not going to take 4 months like SLIM is it?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:40:48 UTC No. 15963744
>>15963737
February 23 I think
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:40:54 UTC No. 15963745
>>15962660
I just lost
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:42:28 UTC No. 15963747
>>15963741
This really proves India is a superpower
🗑️ Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:42:46 UTC No. 15963748
>>15962750
>>>sci/sfg
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:48:19 UTC No. 15963752
>>15963741
Fake
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:51:39 UTC No. 15963754
>>15963724
Easy way to cater to many different customers without wasting fuel.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:52:11 UTC No. 15963757
>>15963657
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMC
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:53:44 UTC No. 15963760
>>15963724
The RD-180, RS-68s and even BE-4s are very big expensive and they can only get a few of them per year
Plus the SRM industry is propped up to keep our ICBM tech alive
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:55:21 UTC No. 15963761
>>15963747
streets everywhere quaking in terror
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:02:50 UTC No. 15963765
>>15963754
>without wasting fuel
lmao. they assuredly don't care.
it's just hard to get enough thrust under the rocket especially with methalox without turning your engines into maximally stressed horny hornet's den ready to pop like a balloon (see craptor)
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:03:23 UTC No. 15963767
>>15963724
Vulcan is a continuation of old rocket architecture that uses the number of SRB to control payload.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:03:35 UTC No. 15963768
>>15963724
Easy ass way to get more thrust. The military keeps it around so why not use it?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:04:26 UTC No. 15963770
>>15963741
I’m assuming it’s spinning. It’s still communicating with the deep space network.
Is it possible for the orientation to be fixed and still have enough fuel to land?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:05:38 UTC No. 15963772
>>15963741
Source you man-ass eater
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:06:26 UTC No. 15963775
>>15963754
> Many customers
> ULA
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:06:43 UTC No. 15963776
>>15963741
>>15963752
>>15963772
It’s real you morons
https://x.com/astrobotic/status/174
The lander is spinning out of control
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:08:20 UTC No. 15963777
>>15963776
> Successful
> Successful
> Successful
> Oh, and spinning wildly out of control
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:08:50 UTC No. 15963779
>ULA executes starliner launch(es) flawlessly
>payload fucks up and ruins the mission
>ULA executes Vulcan launch flawlessly
>payload fucks up and ruins the mission
This is getting really really tiresome ULAbros
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:10:36 UTC No. 15963782
>>15963775
There are many glowie agencies anon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:12:42 UTC No. 15963785
>>15963741
Shaken Payload Syndrome. Sad.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:13:59 UTC No. 15963787
>>15963777
it's not spinning wildly out of control, it just hasn't achieved a stable sun-pointing orientation. the team is responding in real time. don't worry about it
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:14:41 UTC No. 15963788
>>15963776
Thruster stuck open, GG.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:16:03 UTC No. 15963791
>another software issue
Does no one really know how to code anymore?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:19:21 UTC No. 15963793
>>15963776
Es ist aus
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:19:47 UTC No. 15963794
>>15963776
>jeets land perfectly on moon
>americans can't even arrive
It truly is the Indian century
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:19:58 UTC No. 15963795
>>15963787
Oh, did the Sun suddenly move unexpectedly? Giant spheres of glowing hydrogen do that sometimes.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:22:44 UTC No. 15963799
>>15963794
>uses far less sophisticated rocket that forced it to use orbital mechanics for months to get into lunar transfer orbit
>uses propulsion module as relay
>still manage to land on the South Pole
imagine if they had the US space budget
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:23:26 UTC No. 15963801
>>15963795
we're just not exactly sure where the sun is. the intern we tasked with finding it went blind
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:25:04 UTC No. 15963804
>>15963795
Shouldn't have launched at night
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:26:28 UTC No. 15963805
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:34:35 UTC No. 15963811
Should have used a RocketLab™ Photon® bus instead.
There ain't just rockets in this lab!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:37:13 UTC No. 15963815
>>15961707
Feels good to be right
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:38:14 UTC No. 15963816
>>15963815
never doubted the guy
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:40:58 UTC No. 15963819
>>15963815
that wasn't really an interesting take. moon landers have a failing track record, astrobotics has no name, and ULA can't fail
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:56:00 UTC No. 15963826
>>15960582
>>15960610
Did the passenger who was on that seat live?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:57:11 UTC No. 15963828
>>15963826
Empty seat, which was heaven sent for boing's stock. Only 9% down so far.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:57:12 UTC No. 15963829
>moon lander mission already over
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:58:25 UTC No. 15963832
>>15963829
Aye, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress anon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:01:05 UTC No. 15963836
>>15963831
so its over
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:02:26 UTC No. 15963838
How come water can evaporate at room temperature? Shouldn't it only evaporate above 100 celsius? What is the name of this phenomenon?
🗑️ Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:03:12 UTC No. 15963841
>>15963838
wrong thread fag
also evaporation depends on pressure + temperature, not just temperature
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:03:34 UTC No. 15963842
>>15963831
wait... they can make Voyager 1 work 40 years and tens of billions of miles away but they can't do the same with this?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:03:50 UTC No. 15963843
>Peregrine Mission 1: 'Anomaly' detected on lunar lander heading for moon with remains of Star Trek cast members and JFK's DNA
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:04:15 UTC No. 15963844
>>15963831
oh well. not ULA's fault no one can build functional payloads for their rockets. expect a similar fate for dreamchaser
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:05:04 UTC No. 15963849
Honestly if the next robotic lunar landing fails I'm becoming a flat Earther. Somehow they managed to land two dudes on the lunar surface 60 years ago but now they can't fucking land some robot. I've lost my faith in the existence of outer space.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:05:09 UTC No. 15963850
>>15963831
se acabo
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:05:13 UTC No. 15963851
>>15963843
I don't think they'd mind being lost in space
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:07:38 UTC No. 15963854
CLPS is a terrible and doomed program. The low-budget no-fault-tolerance approach may have worked with LEO/cargo missions, but making brand new aerospace companies race to the bottom for firm-fixed-price contracts over something as difficult as landing on the moon does not set us up for success. I will be shocked to see a single CLPS lander land. This is what happens when we allow congress to drive space exploration.
>>15963842
>>15963849
Voyager and Apollo had the full funding of a powerful NASA along with strict risk and fault tolerance requirements. CLPS was designed with failures nearly intended with the hopes that a lander company will get lucky and land on the moon with a pittance of a budget.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:08:40 UTC No. 15963855
>>15963854
shut up fag, your old space companys days are numbered
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:09:05 UTC No. 15963857
>>15963853
So now we all wait to see if the solar panels saw the light or not.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:09:56 UTC No. 15963858
Now that the dust has settled, was that the worst launch of 2024 and why did it completely flop
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:10:44 UTC No. 15963860
>>15963854
>t. JLP mafia
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:10:56 UTC No. 15963861
>>15963855
Libertarians should be ground into dust and blasted into space on a Vulcan rocket.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:11:20 UTC No. 15963863
>>15963858
We're 8 days into 2024, at least wait to see if Astra is gonna launch anything this year before declaring such a thing
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:11:53 UTC No. 15963864
>>15963861
you need to get a real job instead of scamming tax payers
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:12:42 UTC No. 15963865
>>15963858
no, so far that was probably the second starlink launch. just too boring. no hype
unless china has launched already this year. I haven't heard.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:14:18 UTC No. 15963869
>>15963861
Libertarian isn't full ancap. I support NASA doing cutting edge missions as well as R&D. Double their budget while cutting overall federal spending by 60%.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:14:33 UTC No. 15963870
>>15963865
They launched a KZ-1A a few days ago
>>15963858
Gravity-1 maiden launch will be hilarious.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:15:24 UTC No. 15963871
>>15963819
Yeah, though I would have expected Peregrine to fail closer to the Moon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:17:05 UTC No. 15963873
>>15963865
on the other hand F9s are launching and landing so much its become boring (which in itself is an incredible feat)
slow start to the year for China
some purges happening high up in CASC
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:17:22 UTC No. 15963874
hopefuly it only fails at landing so that it spreads ashes on the surface instead of containing them. Fuck the navajos.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:18:07 UTC No. 15963876
>>15963869
> $1 billion unit cost moonsuits
What say we don't?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:18:18 UTC No. 15963877
I have defnitive proof JPL secretly gave a payment to the NASA administrator.
🗑️ Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:19:10 UTC No. 15963879
>>15963873
>slow start to the year for China
>Shenzhou ressuply
>One maiden launch
>X-Ray telescope
uh?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:22:44 UTC No. 15963885
>>15963873
>slow start to the year for China
>Tiangong ressuply
>One maiden launch
>X-Ray telescope launch
uh, all that's happening in the next two weeks?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:23:40 UTC No. 15963886
OH NO NO NO
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:24:46 UTC No. 15963888
So everyone but the chinks forgot how to land on the moon, great
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:40:52 UTC No. 15963904
>>15963888
Embarrassing, the west is in decline.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:44:51 UTC No. 15963906
HAHAHAHAHAHA THEY FAILED LIKE I WANTED UNITED SCAM ALLIANCE LOSES AGAIN
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:46:38 UTC No. 15963908
>>15963904
Calm down, it's just a private company.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:47:35 UTC No. 15963910
>>15963888
They didn't even get to the moon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:48:48 UTC No. 15963912
>>15963829
>>15963831
There have been hushed rumours of vibration issues with the BE-4 effecting Vulcan and it's cargo hence the delays. My guess is these oldspace fuckers rushed to launch again and will try to blame the payload and not the rocket.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:49:32 UTC No. 15963913
>>15963906
>>15963912
This failure is entirely on Astrobotic, not ULA...
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:49:37 UTC No. 15963914
>>15963908
Next lander is also going to fail
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:51:17 UTC No. 15963915
>>15963906
ULA doesn't care it's literally 'certification mission 1' for them
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:54:12 UTC No. 15963923
Why the fuck didn't they put a prototype on a Falcon 9 to test in LEO before going straight to the moon? This seems very stupid.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:57:07 UTC No. 15963926
Is there any hope for Peregrine?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:57:52 UTC No. 15963928
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:01:42 UTC No. 15963936
>>15963923
Because it's a private company with a extremely small budget and no requirements to create a LEO prototype. NASA gets what they pay for.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:03:43 UTC No. 15963939
>>15963913
lol cope
BE4 scrambled the payload
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:04:46 UTC No. 15963944
>>15963926
maybe >>15963853
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:05:27 UTC No. 15963945
>>15963926
Fuck off Tory
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:05:40 UTC No. 15963946
>>15963923
they probably got a very cheap ride because this is the first cert flight of a new rocket. and it's not like they can afford to just build two on their shoestring budget
>>15963928
comms blackout period. we'll see soon
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:07:16 UTC No. 15963950
They should've launched torys orange jeep into space instead of this piece of shit lander
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:09:50 UTC No. 15963956
>>15963874
>Fuck the navajos.
This
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:10:12 UTC No. 15963958
>>15963955
Yeah, they do actually and you could see on the livestream. Astrobotic had a fraction of the budget the guys in your pic had though.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:11:13 UTC No. 15963959
>>15962752
Enormously out dated
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:11:44 UTC No. 15963960
>>15963950
Scamlon Husk wouldve sued him over it
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:14:18 UTC No. 15963964
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:14:25 UTC No. 15963965
>>15963959
from hullo video about vulcan
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:16:06 UTC No. 15963966
>>15963965
Reminder that he is from Troon, Scotland.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:18:53 UTC No. 15963968
>>15963014
He is a weird fucking guy in person, but part of that is probably just him being CEO and not wanting to talk to the people who work for him.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:19:28 UTC No. 15963969
>>15963955
>>15963958
Pittsburgh is one of the whitest metro areas in the US.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:21:57 UTC No. 15963973
>wake up
>check news
>peregrine is kill
i know space is hard but cmon, we've only had a single lander make it to the moon in years
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:21:59 UTC No. 15963974
>>15963124
They're pegged for upgrades in the future but it's relatively low priority in favor of things that actually matter
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:25:09 UTC No. 15963978
>>15963212
It's a collision avoidance measure to get the rocket away from the tower. Normal
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:30:12 UTC No. 15963981
https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/s
>NASA just issued this quote from Joel Kearns who heads the CLPS program (Dep Assoc Admin for Expl in the Science Mission Directorate) regarding Astrobotic's Peregrine anomaly. NASA says it anticipates more info and a comment from Bill Nelson this pm. [Not lookin' good]
Ooch
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:30:41 UTC No. 15963982
>Rumor that BE-4 over vibration damaged Peregrine during the launch.
What are all the BO shills now?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:31:23 UTC No. 15963984
>>15963982
I'm right here. that's not a rumor. you just made it up
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:31:31 UTC No. 15963985
>>15963982
You're just making shit up now.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:31:54 UTC No. 15963987
>>15963973
If fucking jeets can do it nobody else has an excuse for failure
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:32:15 UTC No. 15963989
>>15963982
That's a bad fucking sign if liquid engines are shaking more than SRBs.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:33:43 UTC No. 15963991
>>15963987
Pajeets did it with direct support from their national government, without competition resulting in a race to the bottom in contract pricing, without a firm-fixed-price contract, and with the backing of the entire country's space agency
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:34:43 UTC No. 15963992
>>15963982
>Rumor
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:35:15 UTC No. 15963993
>>15963991
and yet it was cheaper
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:35:48 UTC No. 15963995
>>15963987
took them 3 tries. astrobotics has two more attempts to tie
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:35:59 UTC No. 15963996
>>15963988
Disgusting Shitgentinian scum. Fuck Messi, fuck Buenos Aires and fuck YOU.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:37:18 UTC No. 15963998
>>15963994
WE'RE SO BACK
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:37:34 UTC No. 15963999
>>15963982
Eric Berger tier propaganda
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:38:34 UTC No. 15964000
>>15963981
not so fast
https://twitter.com/astrobotic/stat
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:38:54 UTC No. 15964001
>>15963998
KYS TORY FUCK YOU VULCAN WAS SUPPOSED TO FAAAAAIIIILLLL
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:42:04 UTC No. 15964005
>>15963985
It's true, I read it on L2
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:44:30 UTC No. 15964008
>>15963994
WE ARE FUCKING BACK
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:45:18 UTC No. 15964009
>>15964006
ACES was killed because it'd give Vulcan better performance than SLS for most missions. Remember ACES+Altair+depots could have been a moon lander by 2015 given a big enough first stage.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:48:05 UTC No. 15964014
>>15964006
what exactly is aces
tank that is able to hold lh2 in deep space, is that it?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:56:02 UTC No. 15964022
>>15964014
It was the Centaur replacement upper stage ULA had been trying to build since like 2009 but got Shelby'd. More/better engines, bigger tanks, better endurance.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:57:32 UTC No. 15964027
We should take Boca Chica, and PUSH it somewhere ELSE!!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:58:40 UTC No. 15964028
>>15964027
youre fucking retarded dude. the big worm aint shit.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:59:08 UTC No. 15964029
>>15964027
it's already in a pretty good spot
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:00:45 UTC No. 15964031
Any updates on
>falcon heavy extended fairing
>cape canaveral site for starship launches
?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:01:12 UTC No. 15964033
why must spaceflight annihalate my nerves by schizophrenically switching betwee
>IT'S OVER
and
>WE'RE SO BACK
stupid fucking lander, make up your mind are you over or back?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:01:34 UTC No. 15964034
>>15964033
It has never been more over.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:02:12 UTC No. 15964035
/sfg/ spotted Peregrine on the DSN before spaceshitter did by about four minutes.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:03:18 UTC No. 15964036
>>15964034
(You) have never been so black.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:04:13 UTC No. 15964038
>>15963965
I literally work on the reuse program. That system architecture has been dead for over a year.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:06:43 UTC No. 15964042
>>15964038
Is it still ditching the tanks or are we going to see full first stage reuse?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:06:45 UTC No. 15964043
Critical loss of propellant confirmed, it's OVER
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:08:39 UTC No. 15964046
>>15964033
We're back to it's over.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:08:48 UTC No. 15964047
they found some more propellant, we're BACK
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:08:59 UTC No. 15964049
>>15964036
i will punch you in your sack
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:09:02 UTC No. 15964050
>>15964043
Space NOOB here: why can't they use hall effect thrusters?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:09:08 UTC No. 15964051
Landing is likely rule out, hopefully they can get to lunar orbit.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:09:28 UTC No. 15964052
ITS OVER
GODX WON
UNITED SCAM ALLIANCE LOST
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:09:28 UTC No. 15964053
>>15964031
>cape canaveral site for starship launches
Launches from there won't happen until they perfected starship, so they are not in a hurry
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:09:47 UTC No. 15964055
>>15964050
Because those are expensive as shit, use a ton of power, and aren't powerful enough to complete lunar descent.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:09:58 UTC No. 15964056
>>15964048
Say it with me
Shaken
Payload
Syndrome
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:10:13 UTC No. 15964057
>>15964048
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
how do they keep fucking up, it's just a bunch of tubes how do you fuck up tubes?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:10:16 UTC No. 15964058
>>15964048
link the x post or you're a lying fag
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:10:43 UTC No. 15964059
>>15964049
t. gay porchmonkey
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:11:55 UTC No. 15964063
>>15964057
Vacuum propulsion in zero G is really hard to test on the ground unless you have money (see Astra, Firefly).
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:12:31 UTC No. 15964066
>>15964058
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:12:55 UTC No. 15964067
ULA BTFO
BLUE ORIGIN BTFO
SPACEX CHAD WINS AGAIN
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:13:07 UTC No. 15964068
>>15964059
t. Faggot Donkey
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:13:41 UTC No. 15964070
VALVE STUCK
VALVE STUCK
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:13:59 UTC No. 15964072
>>15964067
>blaming the mailman
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:16:01 UTC No. 15964077
>>15964048
Best luck to CLPS-2 by Intuitive Machines!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:16:51 UTC No. 15964082
isn't the whole purpose of CLPS to get a bunch of affordable private company made robots up there?
who cares if it is creating good jobs for americans
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:16:58 UTC No. 15964083
>>15964042
It's just the engines, they're something like 20-25 million dollars by themselves and the other big costs are all Centaur stuff that can't be recovered.
It's going to pop off the engines at the back of the rocket, deploy an inflatable head shield, re-enter the atmosphere, and splashdown in the ocean with a parachute. Then gets plucked out of the water with a boat.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:17:03 UTC No. 15964084
>>15964067
What do ULA and Blue Origin have to do with this incident? They did their part flawlessly.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:17:22 UTC No. 15964085
>>15964058
nigger (lowercase n, derogatory)
https://nitter.net/astrobotic
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:17:53 UTC No. 15964086
so is the Raptor = $1m per engine a believable number in your opinion?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:18:08 UTC No. 15964088
>>15964048
Tory with the secret depots?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:18:35 UTC No. 15964089
>>15964072
Do you blame the manufacturer when someone's clearly been playing soccer with your parcel?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:19:29 UTC No. 15964090
>>15964083
Anon that's literally this image but keeping the heatshield as a floaty and using a boat instead of a helicopter.
>>15962752
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:19:41 UTC No. 15964091
>>15964084
Don't worry they're going to make up a vibe issue to make it ULA's fault instead of acknowledging that Astrobiotic didn't qual test their vehicle sufficiently.
Vibe levels have been understood for a long, long time, and the vibe felt at the PAF is almost inconsequential compared to other locations on the rocket. Shock from PLF separation is way, way more intense.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:20:09 UTC No. 15964093
> Stuck valves
It's a NASA Golden Oldie!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:20:53 UTC No. 15964094
>>15964084
>Yeah I carried your infant across the room and put them perfectly in their crib safe and sound
>I mean yeah I shook them violently the entire way, beyond their ability to withstand, but look how accurately I placed the infant's corpse in the crib!
Lmfao
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:21:05 UTC No. 15964095
You have one job: don't let fuel get out
and yet...
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:21:43 UTC No. 15964097
>>15964090
So the helicopter recovery and ejectable HIAD is a dead architecture, just like I said? Wild how that works
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:21:46 UTC No. 15964098
>>15964072
Mailmen have a habit of kicking packages.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:22:24 UTC No. 15964099
>>15964088
Is there any chance at all that they have a secret depot from an NRO launch?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:22:37 UTC No. 15964100
How the fuck hasn't NASA generated a standardized valve design that doesn't fail every other mission?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:22:41 UTC No. 15964102
>>15964084
BE-4 and Vulcan off normal vibration damaged the Peregrine during the launch. (according to some source on L2)
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:23:16 UTC No. 15964103
Chinese are laughing at us...
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:23:47 UTC No. 15964104
>>15964102
Screenshot you liar
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:24:28 UTC No. 15964107
>>15964102
Post a screenshot or shoot yourself either one works
No I'm not being a paypig like you inb4
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:25:24 UTC No. 15964110
>>15964072
if the mailman trashes the mail before giving it to you then yes
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:26:21 UTC No. 15964112
ULA stole their fuel
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:26:38 UTC No. 15964113
>>15964108
Part and parcel of working with rockets. Thoughts and prayers. We will learn from this.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:27:07 UTC No. 15964116
>>15964103
>us
kek theyre laughing at (You) tory dont include DEITYX
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:27:09 UTC No. 15964118
>>15964099
The likelihood that they have a "secret depot" with the right fuel, in the right orbit, and with the right connectors/controls for docking is 0%
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:28:59 UTC No. 15964123
Assuming they stopped leaking, could they land with minimal fuel?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:29:53 UTC No. 15964126
>>15964123
How do you survive the world while being this fucking stupid
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:30:48 UTC No. 15964128
>>15964123
would have had to be a very minimal leak and that is not what it sounds like
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:31:27 UTC No. 15964131
>>15964123
Get the glowies flying around in X-37 to close the valve
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:33:09 UTC No. 15964135
>>15964123
stop leaking how exactly
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:33:36 UTC No. 15964138
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:34:01 UTC No. 15964140
>>15964124
what
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:35:38 UTC No. 15964145
>>15964124
thinking_emoji.jpg
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:36:21 UTC No. 15964149
>>15964124
I don't get it. Americans eat burgers when they're sad?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:37:09 UTC No. 15964150
>>15964124
Is that food analogy
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:39:29 UTC No. 15964155
>>15964124
Fake news, Astrobotic doesn't have a cafeteria and it's called the AMCC not PLCC
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:40:57 UTC No. 15964159
How will dreamchaser shit the bed on the next Vulcan launch?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:41:28 UTC No. 15964160
>>15964155
>AMCC
What?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:42:23 UTC No. 15964162
>>15964160
Astrobotic Mission Control Center
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:42:45 UTC No. 15964164
>>15964159
tape is too flammable. makes a successful flight but bursts into flames in a warehouse after the mission
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:43:56 UTC No. 15964167
>>15964124
For the retarded, this is what Gene Kranz said before Saturn V blew up and he died in For All Mankind
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:44:24 UTC No. 15964170
>>15964093
AGHHH I tried to sneak to the moon man! Can't make it, can't make it, the shit's stuck! Outta my way son!
VALVE STUCK!
VALVE STUCK!
We're dead!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:45:11 UTC No. 15964171
>>15963584
Astrobionic woman here- we arent landing
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:46:04 UTC No. 15964172
>>15964086
It sure doesn't cost a lot anyway, since they're at SN 400 last time I checked
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:48:04 UTC No. 15964177
>>15964171
You arent a woman either, troon.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:48:58 UTC No. 15964180
>>15963854
You're retarded. Making a human rated capsule that goes to the ISS is about 100x harder than a little toy lander.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:50:19 UTC No. 15964185
>>15964048
They can still land though right?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:51:32 UTC No. 15964187
>>15964177
I have smooth skin and boobies. i suck cocks. all hallmarks of a woman. jealous?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:51:58 UTC No. 15964188
>>15964185
yeah don't worry about it
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:52:12 UTC No. 15964190
>>15964180
Each Surveyor lander cost more than the entire CLPS program retard
>>15964171
Post your favorite conference room if true
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:52:17 UTC No. 15964191
>>15962453
Bruh I talk like that ong
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:53:05 UTC No. 15964192
>>15963982
AHAHA oh my fucking god this might actually be true, all the other payloads are dead
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:53:41 UTC No. 15964193
>>15964187
not really
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:53:52 UTC No. 15964194
>>15964167
>watches retarded shows
>calls other retarded
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:53:58 UTC No. 15964195
>>15964192
kek good one scott
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:54:59 UTC No. 15964197
Got outcome, fuck trekkies
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:55:03 UTC No. 15964198
>>15964192
what? the secondary payloads are dead that continued on the second stage after peregrine separated?
wouldn't that support the shaking hypothesis as well
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:55:29 UTC No. 15964199
>>15964048
They can still land though right?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:57:22 UTC No. 15964202
>>15964198
you shouldn't be allowed to post in /sfg/ if you know this little about the mission that's going on
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:57:51 UTC No. 15964204
>>15964198
There weren't any other payloads other than the Astrobiotic lander. He's probably talking about all the other payloads that would be activated once they reached the moon - which now they can't. So the lander isn't "dead" in the sense that it can still gather some data, but all the other moon-specific payloads are
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:57:53 UTC No. 15964205
>>15964190
>Each Surveyor lander cost more than the entire CLPS program retard
missing the point LMAOOO.
spacex built a human rated, nasa certified crew capsule on a fixed price contract.
that is undeniably 100x harder than a microwave sized moon lander.
you're literally a coping oldspace shill. get cancer
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:59:18 UTC No. 15964208
>>15964203
I'm so glad that you faggots latched onto this unfounded theory. Your gleeful seething is legendary
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 18:59:52 UTC No. 15964211
Blue Origin Engines: Whole lotta shakin goin on
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:00:14 UTC No. 15964212
>>15964205
SpaceX is funded by a billionaire whom can, and has, offset any losses due to underbidding with his own funding. Trying to make a bunch of startups perform to this level for a task far more complex than a LEO mission is nuts. I literally work for a CLPS company so keep calling me an oldspace shill, faggot non-aerospace nigger
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:00:17 UTC No. 15964213
Navajo snipers did this
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:01:25 UTC No. 15964214
>>15964088
Tory is apologizing because he knows the root cause...
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:01:41 UTC No. 15964215
>>15964212
>I literally work for a CLPS company!
Doing what?
> Making val-- er......
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:03:33 UTC No. 15964220
>>15964215
kek
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:03:41 UTC No. 15964222
>>15964215
He's sucking cocks apparently, which is all that can be expected in this day and age
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:04:13 UTC No. 15964223
astrobotic should have tested their payload in a high vibration environment. this is standard stuff. everyone knows rockets are shakey. it's all on them.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:04:22 UTC No. 15964224
>>15964212
Which billionaire is funding it?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:04:32 UTC No. 15964225
>>15964202
>>15964204
there is in fact a secondary payload as well, separation at 10), extra burn for the secondary payload
pretty embarrassing posts from you fags though, especially the part about not knowing about this mission
lmao
> After Peregrine’s separation, Centaur relit one final time at T+1 hour 18 minutes and 24 seconds for 20 seconds to place Celestis Memorial Spaceflight’s ‘Enterprise Flight’ payload into a heliocentric orbit. The official mission end is anticipated at T+4:24:44
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/202
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:04:59 UTC No. 15964227
>>15964223
They did, the vibration bullshit is just SpaceX fags seething about Vulcan being a success on the first try.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:05:08 UTC No. 15964229
VULCAN WAS DEAD ON BULLSEYE
STARSHIP WAS UH OH SHIT PANTS
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:06:36 UTC No. 15964231
>>15964212
>billionaire
kek
>I literally work for a CLPS company so keep calling me an oldspace shill, faggot non-aerospace nigger
Both can be and are true. Oldspace is a faggot's mindset not a set of companies.
One might argue about the total price however the fixed price nature of it is good and not a problem.
It does filter out mediocrity.
Given they hired you your company is probably ngmi.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:07:28 UTC No. 15964232
>>15964227
This is what happen when your rocket fails the pogo test. My guess is that it experienced a fluid hammer. The shockwaves travelled up the shaft and terminated into the payload, rupturing the delicate valves
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:08:25 UTC No. 15964237
>>15964232
IMAGINE IF THIS HAPPENED ON DREAM CHASER
IMAGINE IF THIS HAPPENED ON DREAM CHASER
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:08:45 UTC No. 15964238
>>15964232
They can do a tear down when they get the booster back to see what went wrong.
Wait.....
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:09:34 UTC No. 15964240
Just a software bug. Opened the wrong valve.
Vulcan is goddess perfect pretty girl (rocket)
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:09:43 UTC No. 15964241
>>15964212
Musk wasn't a billionaire when he started SpaceX and right now a large part of his fortune is in fact due to the ownership of SpaceX
entirely different situation compared to bezos and Blue Origin
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:10:07 UTC No. 15964243
>>15964237
Nasa needs to take a cold hard look in the mirror. Shuttle 2.0 is about to happen
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:10:54 UTC No. 15964245
>>15964225
That "payload" is a box full of capsules. It isn't instrumented and does nothing. I've seen it attached to centaur.
You are a retard. Go back
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:11:04 UTC No. 15964246
>>15964225
*after peregrine separation at 10)
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:11:24 UTC No. 15964247
>>15964243
> Lauching people on the Vulcan Death Ride
Bad idea.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:11:58 UTC No. 15964248
>>15964238
Vulcan worked perfectly.
Unlike every Starship launch so far
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:12:05 UTC No. 15964250
>>15964245
>t-that isn't instrumented
lmao fag please
there is a secondary payload, but go on ahead and start moving those goalposts
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:12:31 UTC No. 15964251
>>15964238
what are we waiting for
>>15964240
literally this
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:13:06 UTC No. 15964252
>>15964248
Except for destroying the payload, the mission went perfectly.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:13:50 UTC No. 15964255
>>15964248
it perfectly assfucked the lander yes
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:13:51 UTC No. 15964256
>>15964252
No evidence of this claim whatsoever retard; even Astrobotic isn't claiming that
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:14:09 UTC No. 15964257
So Ariane 6 is like a hydrogen vulcan?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:14:12 UTC No. 15964258
>>15964240
>Just a software bug. Opened the wrong valve.
provide a source for your claim now
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:14:31 UTC No. 15964259
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:14:53 UTC No. 15964260
>>15964256
obviously they aren't going to start throwing shit right away (if ever)
if it comes out then its probably going to be much later in a leak or something
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:15:40 UTC No. 15964264
>>15964250
>Seething this hard that Vulcan worked properly
You faggots are insufferable
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:15:51 UTC No. 15964265
>>15964255
God I wish that were me
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:16:14 UTC No. 15964267
>>15962689
Hopefully they've got some crazy solid state batteries or something. Imagine a bunch of lithiums blowing up or weighing it down.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:16:48 UTC No. 15964270
>>15964252
>>15964255
>I want it to be true so it must be!! I have to distract everyone from mentioning how every billion dollar starship launched so far has ended in a massive ball of fire!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:18:05 UTC No. 15964275
>>15964225
read the thread
>scott manley (joking) the other payloads are dead
>other payloads are dead? more evidence for vibration
>you don't know about the mission
>(You)there were other payloads see look human remains were on board
really embarrassing on your part
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:18:53 UTC No. 15964279
Lot's of angry shills ITT. Have the bots from X infiltrated us?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:19:49 UTC No. 15964283
>>15964279
First /sfg/ thread?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:20:13 UTC No. 15964286
>earth-moon langrange points will be the ultimate high ground when it comes to cislunar military space
how true is this? is it not more likely that there will just be the equivalent of geostationary sats for lunar orbit?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:20:21 UTC No. 15964287
>>15964267
>Imagine a bunch of lithiums blowing up
They don't do that without cause.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:20:25 UTC No. 15964288
>>15963791
Correct. Programming classes at ivys nowadays is just some Python shit and maybe some Java if you're lucky.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:20:57 UTC No. 15964292
>>15964275
If you really think Scott would make such an insensitove joke, you've got another thing coming
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:21:05 UTC No. 15964293
1000 replies before staging
/sf/g/ is alive
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:21:58 UTC No. 15964298
>>15964288
>ivy
Isn't it just a place for rich kids to network?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:22:05 UTC No. 15964299
>>15964289
Shade thrown. Who built the prop system on Peregrine?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:22:12 UTC No. 15964300
>>15964270
Starship (the objectively best rocket ever built) lives rent free in your head lmao.
This you? >>15964187
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:22:14 UTC No. 15964301
>>15964293
just barely lol
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:22:42 UTC No. 15964305
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:23:16 UTC No. 15964307
>>15964299
Doesnt matter, BE4 would have killed any propulsion system just the same
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:25:09 UTC No. 15964315
>>15964298
Probably now. Some great programmers used to come out of them though. Stanford is still managing to produce some people knowledgeable in AI for a bit until they get poached by private companies before their degree is finished.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:25:16 UTC No. 15964316
>>15964300
You wish. Can we even call it Starship if it hasn't made orbit?
Blue Waffles 1
Rapturd 0
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:48:14 UTC No. 15964391
>>15964307
kek
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:56:17 UTC No. 15964416
>>15961660
>airlock explodes
nothing personnel
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:59:12 UTC No. 15964424
>>15963584
Eww Sue E
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:00:34 UTC No. 15964425
>>15963724
cheap and easy
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:03:03 UTC No. 15964428
>>15964257
Ariane 6 is an updated Ariane 5 which was the Shuttle without the orbiter.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:08:03 UTC No. 15964443
>>15963734
Both for you personally and technically it's an incredible accomplishment.
From an outside perspective it's happening in the context of Starship and the old space political and legal manipulations that anyone who's paying finds disgusting.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:09:03 UTC No. 15964444
>>15963736
paying attention
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:10:05 UTC No. 15964446
>>15963741
Indian curses did this
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:13:21 UTC No. 15964452
>>15963838
umm did u no that the particles in a fluid don't all have the same speed?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:15:37 UTC No. 15964460
>>15963854
>This is what happens when we allow congress to drive space exploration.
Let them eat private funding
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:16:59 UTC No. 15964462
>>15963861
>*seethes in rent seeker*
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:19:16 UTC No. 15964465
>>15963888
>>15963904
兄弟们别着急
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:22:05 UTC No. 15964472
>>15963982
I wish to believe
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:25:23 UTC No. 15964482
>>15961102
that sounds amazing, do you have any visualisation of what it would look like?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:27:51 UTC No. 15964491
>>15964099
Not on your life, my Hindu friend
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:28:12 UTC No. 15964493
>>15961353
man, Io is so ugly
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 21:46:20 UTC No. 15964713
>>15964198
the other payloads were the ashes of some dead star trek cast members or something
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 21:54:36 UTC No. 15964734
>>15964713
plus other payloads: >>15964688
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:02:49 UTC No. 15964754
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:14:42 UTC No. 15964782
>>15964754
stupid frogposter
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:28:30 UTC No. 15964828
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:33:07 UTC No. 15964839
>>15964828
you are NOT prepared for what I am about to do to this image lmao, look for it in the next four hours or so
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 23:16:54 UTC No. 15964998
>>15964174
When you have a 2.5m payload and all you have are 1.8m parts
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Jan 2024 23:53:50 UTC No. 15965132
>>15964998
that's the only normal part of the rocket, the problem is that it's weirdly stubby