Image not available

630x420

TrumpX.jpg

🧵 /sfg/ - spaceflight general

Anonymous No. 16021256

SpaceX Dragon edition

previous thread >>16018262

Image not available

1280x676

Starship2Land2.webm

Anonymous No. 16021259

Image not available

2560x3840

GGAD6hjbQAA7e6P.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021262

Image not available

4096x3067

GGAD6tcbsAA8Jsa.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021263

Image not available

2732x4096

GGAD7sbbAAAgaxj.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021264

Anonymous No. 16021267

We gaan

Anonymous No. 16021270

>>16021267
SICK OF YOUR SHIT

Anonymous No. 16021272

I want launch now

Image not available

2048x2048

IMG_2471.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021274

Anyone have good space AI art

Image not available

1024x1024

_61883a57-cd88-4e....jpg

Anonymous No. 16021276

>>16021274
no

Image not available

721x377

morsecode.png

Anonymous No. 16021281

Excitement guaranteed

Image not available

1536x2048

F_HNsryWwAAkyE8.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021286

We are going

Anonymous No. 16021290

LETS FUCKING GAAAAAAAN
(I am allowed to do this as I'm Dutch)

Anonymous No. 16021295

How long do people think twitter/election side-quest takes to complete?

Anonymous No. 16021298

Next :
S28B10 stack
WDR + static fire (maybe the same day)
Destack and back to the factory
Wait until FAA green light
Install FTS + final checks
Transport to the pad
Make sure everything is ok
Launch attempt

Anonymous No. 16021302

>>16021256
>10 hours waiting for the full stack

Ok guys harry up already

Anonymous No. 16021307

>>16021298
1 fortnight

Image not available

736x390

d3d2e0b4ef69e0c17....jpg

Anonymous No. 16021309

>>16021307
>>16021302
>>16021298
>>16021256
>>16021286
When are we leaving this planet bros? Here i am another day, stuck on this little blue ball with flateathers and moon landing deniers... They promise us to be on mars and beyond at this points... Whats taking so long

Anonymous No. 16021310

>>16021298
So no IFT until april then

Anonymous No. 16021314

>>16021274
>we'll never see massive space cities because modern women hate children and dont want to have any
the population is collapsing, and with it, the future

Image not available

1641x1095

ISRO-PSLV-C.png

Anonymous No. 16021327

>>16021314
Just our future, anon

Anonymous No. 16021343

>>16021327
Their TFR is already below replacement and half of them don't have the internet yet

Image not available

933x828

1668206907200157.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021356

>>16021343
oh

Image not available

1179x927

boca chica letter.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021362

Static fire soon

Anonymous No. 16021365

>Already mid february
>Still no IFT-3 news

Spx bros... I think something is wrong

Anonymous No. 16021368

>>16021256
>Confused old man with dementia poses in front of object he doesn't recognize for a photo op

Anonymous No. 16021373

>>16021309
>They promise
no one fucking promised anything you dipshit. nobody can predict the future.

Anonymous No. 16021377

>>16021368
That's not Biden, get your eyes checked.

Anonymous No. 16021380

>>16021362
who wrote this seethe of a letter?

Anonymous No. 16021385

>>16021380
a NASA administrator

Anonymous No. 16021387

>>16021365
>Still no IFT-3 news
>B10 and S28 are now at the launch pad

Anon I...

Anonymous No. 16021391

>>16021377
>but Biden

Anonymous No. 16021399

Musk quoting Sulla lol

Image not available

900x1042

1682804305435481.png

Anonymous No. 16021402

I'm tired of working in globohomo oldspace where should I apply next? Only limitation is no companies that require tons of overtime

Anonymous No. 16021410

>>16021380
Charles Bolden

Image not available

730x982

009487.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021415

https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-publishes-call-for-reusable-rocket-booster-concepts/
> Another interesting element of the call is a requirement to focus on a “high risk / high gain incremental development scheme.” This development scheme should, according to the call, be accompanied by the fostering of private investment and co-funding schemes and a dedication to commercial space transportation. In other words, it is not exactly a traditional ESA development model.

Image not available

1126x970

009488.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021417

https://spacenews.com/polaris-dawn-private-astronaut-mission-slips-to-mid-2024/
> Isaacman had previously stated that work was more difficult than expected, contributing to the delays. “Very solid @PolarisProgram training week. In addition to the sims, we spent a lot of time pressurized in the EVA suits working contingencies. Lots to get done, but it feels like momentum is building,” he posted Jan. 26.

Anonymous No. 16021421

>>16021415
I have yet to seen Europe even imagine something that doesn't have geographic return or a NET 2040 timeline. They'll call it something different but it'll still have all the same old problems.

Anonymous No. 16021428

>>16021286
cute :3

Image not available

1315x2048

IMG_7747.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021431

Cancel MSR

Anonymous No. 16021433

Oopsy poopsy the stack just fell apart so clumsy

Anonymous No. 16021442

>>16021314
Return of the pioneer spirit = more children
Also we could just grow them in vats and they could be raised communally in some convoluted Heinleinian scheme.

Anonymous No. 16021448

>>16021380
me

Image not available

640x640

cvqD_-FDp_byG_B-.webm

Anonymous No. 16021453

Image not available

1280x720

fhgfhfg556.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021463

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smc0rdoKXOQ
> Booster 10 Lifted onto the OLM for Launch Preparations | SpaceX Boca Chica

Anonymous No. 16021476

>>16021453
what a fucking asshole, get out of the way!

Image not available

331x360

GClFPINbcAAuLj0.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021482

>nobody's bothered asking Elon why IFT-2 exploded

Anonymous No. 16021485

>>16021482
Starship exploded due to O2 venting, booster is still unknown though there is speculation about the flip being too rough and breaking the downcomer or something
the raptors re-lit very asymmetrically

Anonymous No. 16021488

>>16021482
>The venting of that oxygen led to a fire and explosion.
>Elon: "Flight 2 actually almost made it to orbit ... If it had a payload, it would have made it to orbit because the reason that it actually didn’t quite make it to orbit was we vented the liquid oxygen.

Anonymous No. 16021497

>>16021485
>the raptors re-lit very asymmetrically
They actually did relite symmetrically save for a single engine when relighting the final pair of engines. If was only afterwards did engines start failing in a lopsided matter

Image not available

1280x848

GF-25OGXgAARTGU.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021507

Progress MS-26 getting ready for Wednesday

Anonymous No. 16021510

>>16021262
doesn't seem to be that big.

Anonymous No. 16021513

>>16021482
ITAR trade secrets, please understand

Anonymous No. 16021526

No one posted Chinese New Year image from CSS?

Anonymous No. 16021547

>>16021526
Skibidi toilet

Anonymous No. 16021565

When are they launching the next QI thruster?

Anonymous No. 16021577

>>16021565
Skibidi

Image not available

847x1200

FrVClmZaIAABHoJ.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021594

Stacked!

Image not available

1252x709

009489.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021600

>>16021594
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0mfs2iy4aU
nice

Anonymous No. 16021617

>>16021600
Skib

Anonymous No. 16021626

THANK YOU NASA
VERY COOL
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1756403673922511067

Anonymous No. 16021631

>>16021626
> Orbis Brakes Inc. licensed a NASA-patented technology to accomplish that and more. This revolutionary brake disc design is at least 42% lighter than conventional cast iron rotors, with performance comparable to much more expensive carbon-ceramic brakes.
so mass autism does help at times

Anonymous No. 16021639

>>16021631
Looking forward to seeing it implemented in 2020

Anonymous No. 16021667

Skibidi nigger (in space)

Anonymous No. 16021668

>>16021667
what? who the fuck asked?

Image not available

4096x2732

GGCnLkHWUAAcsoW.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021669

https://twitter.com/StarshipGazer/status/1756588076422295835

Image not available

225x225

1427893114263.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021673

>>16021668

Image not available

837x1024

Dimple2.2-837x1024.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021682

https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2024/01/25/changing-the-world-one-dimple-at-a-time/

The dimple gab will persist until you start proonting.

>“We were overjoyed when we found that the dimpled rocket had 22% less frictional drag compared to a smooth rocket. At its peak, it reduced drag by 39.1%. So that’s less fuel you need, and it produces less CO2, which is good for the environment,” Sal said.

Anonymous No. 16021695

>>16021682
cant wait to see these being used in ukraine

Image not available

658x627

dent.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021699

>>16021682
SpaceX ahead of the curve

Image not available

659x855

009490.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021711

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1756585775666442689

Anonymous No. 16021713

>>16021695
a bit more fuel vs extremely complicated manufacturing
I doubt these make sense for most applications
maybe if you had some tape you could put on stuff with the same effect that decreased the mass overall but gave the same payload

Image not available

667x865

009491.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021719

https://twitter.com/Harry__Stranger/status/1755580256877191347

this might have been posted but I missed it

Image not available

645x660

009492.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021720

>>16021719

Anonymous No. 16021721

>>16021682
>muh CO2
because so much of the man made CO2 comes from rockets.

Image not available

4000x3325

GF0S7Y_bQAAXXWq.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021723

>>16021720
https://soar.earth/maps/north-america-united-states-of-america-plans-for-spacex-s-roberts-road-west-facility-development-17131?pos=28.542656001711723%2C-80.66788544245729%2C18.03

Anonymous No. 16021724

>>16021723
roberts road is in cape canaveral

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/nasa-reviews-spacex-roberts-road-expansion-at-kennedy-space-center/

Anonymous No. 16021727

Elon Musk has said
>im jew-ish
What does /sfg/ think of this?

Anonymous No. 16021730

>>16021727
happy to see that Mush stands with Israel despite being a filthy goy

Anonymous No. 16021733

>>16021730
How does this affect the future of spaceflight?

Anonymous No. 16021735

>>16021727
as long as it keeps jews from ruining the mars plans I don't care

Anonymous No. 16021736

>>16021733
see
>>16021735

Anonymous No. 16021743

Would you stuff 10 jew cocks down your throat to go to Mars?

Anonymous No. 16021748

>>16021743
in a row?

Anonymous No. 16021750

why isn't spacex forced to plant trees in boca chica

Anonymous No. 16021752

>>16021743
are they still attached to the jews?

Anonymous No. 16021753

>>16021750
you couldn't actually get a tree to grow in that mud flat, it's impossible

Anonymous No. 16021758

>>16021753
>want to colonise Mars
>can't grow trees in some mud

Anonymous No. 16021760

>>16021721
hopefully it will be true soon

Anonymous No. 16021763

>dood we will totally make our own 02 and CH4 on mars ! and the moon !
>btw we won't on earth :)

Image not available

1024x768

trees.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021764

>>16021750
They were though

Anonymous No. 16021780

>>16021763
down here it's cheaper to pump it from ground or use electricity directly

Anonymous No. 16021782

>>16021497
If I had to guess it was probably fuel continuing to slosh and starving some engines after they had managed to start.

Anonymous No. 16021834

>SpaceX is known as SlaveX in the industry due to the insane work hours
I give it 20 more years before the company chills out

Anonymous No. 16021866

>>16021720
Bakery Facility will produce pies.

Anonymous No. 16021884

>>16021256
Why is Zion Don in the OP again?

Anonymous No. 16021892

>>16021682
>we were overjoyed when we found out why golf balls are dimpled

Anonymous No. 16021903

>>16021669
My circa 2015 brain would simply not be able to comprehend this image

Anonymous No. 16021967

>>16021682
Maybe SpaceX could put dimples in the tiles.

Anonymous No. 16021968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfbOSWTaNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfbOSWTaNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfbOSWTaNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfbOSWTaNo

Image not available

1536x2048

20240211_062058.jpg

Anonymous No. 16021975

Fully stacked now.

Anonymous No. 16021984

>>16021207
>Subs would be found, the US Navy knew what happened to the titanic sub days before the public
There's a bit of a difference in the sound produced by a military submarine designed to be quiet moving at maximum quietness speed, compared to a shoddily designed submarine near-instantly imploding

>babies first MAD scenario
MAD applies to a large-scale counter-value strike. A nuclear attack can be of limited in scope, and besides, ICBMs don't have to be nuclear.

>that's 5000 miles easy, the B-21 Raider is supposed to have a range of 6000 miles and China is supposed to be at the same level
What do you mean? Are you implying that China can't build an aircraft with enough range to reach CONUS?

Anonymous No. 16021986

What's next?

Anonymous No. 16021990

>>16021682
How much does the mass and cost of the rocket increase when you build it with dimples

Anonymous No. 16022003

>>16021631
Slap 'em on a WEC racecar. We'll see how it really stacks up then.

Anonymous No. 16022014

>>16021758
Mars actually has much more fertile soil than Boca Chica

Image not available

1367x2048

GGDq5y_bgAA40y9.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022017

>>16021975
The race is on

Anonymous No. 16022025

>>16021986
A lovely round of destacking

Anonymous No. 16022065

>>16022017
The race to what?

Anonymous No. 16022087

>>16022017
That's just a shittier falcon-9 thoughever

Image not available

1031x2026

IMG_2536.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022108

Predictions for this year?

I’m thinking the U.S. hits around 140 launches, China 80.

Image not available

1920x1080

IMG_2537.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022109

New Artemis based lunar exploration/survival game coming out next year

https://youtu.be/VBslUeaod1U

Anonymous No. 16022126

>>16022108
The Long Marches make up most of China's space launch numbers. Those have averaged ~50 launches/year for the last three years and I haven't heard anything to suggest they're producing a lot more boosters or have a lot more payloads for them. China's independent launchers will have a good year, but they'll all be putting in single digit launch totals. I'd be surprised if China can break 70 launches before they get both a semi-reusable launcher and an active production line for the G60 constellation.

140 isn't a bad guess for America. It's mostly going to be Falcons not quite making it to SpaceX's 144 launch goal, but ULA is going to have a busy year (for ULA) and Rocket Lab might finally get Electon into the double digits.

Anonymous No. 16022127

>>16022108
I'm optimistically putting the US at 160 or so.
120+ for falcon
12ish for electron
10ish for vulcan
a little over 10 from other rockets

Anonymous No. 16022138

>>16022065
the race to see who has the bigger benis

Anonymous No. 16022140

>>16022126
Four or five companies putting up single digits each probably still adds up to about 20 to 25 launches, so 70 to 80 is probably in reach if the Chinese really want to.

Anonymous No. 16022146

>>16021975
>(currently) flawless heat shield
looking snazzy. hope it stays that way

Anonymous No. 16022159

>>16022109
aeiou

Anonymous No. 16022170

>>16022140
They'd have to be higher single digits. The Kuaizhou could get to ten but Landspace, Orienspace, and Galactic Energy are all planning for a max of three launches each for Zhuque-2, Gravity-1, and Ceres-1. They seem more interested in getting their Falcon 9 clones operational than they are maxing out the cadence on their current vehicles, which is probably the smarter strategy. I agree that 80 isn't impossible, I just don't think it's likely or a priority.

Anonymous No. 16022185

Elon's twitter is fucking unbearable now (it's not a political side thing, it would be the same if he was ranting non-stop about opening borders or how propane is superior to all other form of barbecue)

Image not available

2000x1478

GGEnXNKXEAASmpd.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022199

>Short Centaur V optimizes the high energy rocket for all of its low energy customers

Anonymous No. 16022203

>>16022185
He's now with trying to do everything possible to get out of the Ukraine conflict, because all their Starlink plans for expansion and service growth have gone to hell because the war keeps dragging and the shitflinging and reputational harm conducted against him and SpaceX over things out of their control is probably becoming too much to deal with. At the time, he supported the cause because it was the right thing to do--but what he most definitely didn't sign up for was another Iraq/Afghanistan situation where the conflict would drag on for a decade or more. Which is a fair thing to worry about to avoid getting permanently embroiled into, but the rubicon has already been crossed now--and there's really no turning back. Unless the GOP miraculously take the White House in 2024, which is what he's banking on--and why he's become so openly political.

Anonymous No. 16022205

>>16022185
reminds me of /pol/ minus the jewish thing

Anonymous No. 16022207

>>16022203
Well he is about to get seriously fucked because russians gave started to use starlink too. Government probe incoming if he does not address the situation.

Anonymous No. 16022210

>>16022199
thank you tory. very cool

Image not available

767x438

1690720761638615.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022212

>>16022207
That is literally a nothingburger.

Anonymous No. 16022215

>>16022207
>Government probe incoming if he does not address the situation.
he handed over all control of starlink operations in the ukraine theater to the government like a year ago

Anonymous No. 16022217

>>16022207
What's to address? Either it's fake or the Russians grabbed some hardware from a country that's notorious for losing or reselling its shit. The last thing congress wants is people publicly investigating Ukrainian incompetence.

Anonymous No. 16022218

>>16022207
I don't think this is as consequential as people think it is for Musk or SpaceX. This is simply the axiom of war. Any asymmetric technology in theater is equalized by the opposition over time if the war continues beyond a reasonable measure of time towards conclusion. It's fundamentally inevitable that Russia would begin to exploit Starlink for their own uses within an active theater where Starlink is active, by exploiting gaps in people and process outside of the conflict areas through ancillary relationships. It's especially the case over a region where every week either side gains or loses the same piece of ground akin to world war one and trench warfare, where tens of thousands died over a couple of dozen feet of worthless mud.

It's kind of like how when the gun was invented only one country had access to it, but overtime lots of countries got access to them, and then now all ground wars are fought with various types of guns. Or how when the atomic bomb was created, only the US had access to this technology--but as of today, a dozen countries have their own nuclear delivery systems.

It's simply impossible for Starlink to have been exclusive to US/Ukraine forces in perpetuity. It might have been a reasonable thing if the conflict had concluded within 1-2 years, but we're now into year 3. Too much time has passed for both active and passive sovereign states to do human and signals intelligence on Starlink technology, people, and processes, to figure out how to get their hands on it for good or ill. It's also entirely propaganda advantageous to buy an antenna off the gray or black market and just prop it up for some Ukraine drone to take a picture of and then spread it online or have a Russian drone take the same picture and spread it online. It doesn't even have to work, because a picture can speak a thousand truths or a thousand lies depending on who posts it.

Anonymous No. 16022255

>>16022199
>literally looks like the guy from monopoly

Anonymous No. 16022275

>>16022218
>It's especially the case over a region where every week either side gains or loses the same piece of ground akin to world war one and trench warfare, where tens of thousands died over a couple of dozen feet of worthless mud.
By this I estimate that around 2050 we'll have super fast maneuver and blitz warfare. Probably drop pod robot soldiers.

Anonymous No. 16022280

>>16022207
I hear the people of venus have started using starlink as well. ITS OVER. MARSFAGS BTFO

Anonymous No. 16022284

>>16022207
>ukraine: WE WANT STARLINK IN OCCUPIED UKRAINE
>elon: uhh geofence? wut
>elon: here, US gov, you take over and make the decision
>US gov: okay, starlink works over occupied zones
>ukraine: NOOOO RUSSIANS ARE USING STARLINK IN OCCUPIED UKRAINE
>chuds: ITS ELON'S FAULT
>elon: wut? what happened?

Anonymous No. 16022295

>>16022199
A short Centaur V increases Vulcan's LEO payload significantly, all of the extra propellant that would have been used for a 'high energy' flight becomes payload mass for LEO.

Anonymous No. 16022303

>>16022212
Can Elon sic the cartels on FAA or EPA busybodies who start sniffing around Boca Chica?

Anonymous No. 16022304

>>16022199
>ft3
Embarrassing

Anonymous No. 16022305

>>16021276
I hate beetles so much it's unreal (also birds and sharks)

Anonymous No. 16022307

>>16022109
>>16022159
JOHN MADDEN

Anonymous No. 16022309

>>16021682
what do dimples do on reentry?

Anonymous No. 16022312

>>16021727
it's called a joke
imagine being more autistic than the most famous autist in the world

Anonymous No. 16022315

>>16021763
yeah, we should make salt water in the middle of the ocean, too

Anonymous No. 16022317

>>16022109
MISSION ONE: Try to survive launch on SLS (DIFFICULTY: IMPOSSIBLE)

Image not available

800x1026

SLS contractor list.webm

Anonymous No. 16022341

>>16022317
>>16022109
Nobody can beat the tutorial because you have to source 1 part from each congressional district without tipping over into being either Republican or Democrat pork.

Image not available

1116x1117

4ass.png

Anonymous No. 16022346

>>16021402
Not sure desu. Maybe Spoke? I would have applied there, but I had to flee the Seattle area. It's gotten really bad. Right now I'm working as an A&P to gain experience before applying with a spaceflight company. Fingers crossed that society can keep together long enough for me to turn bolts on a spacecraft. Not sure which route to go.

Anonymous No. 16022356

>>16022215
>>16022217
Still great headline material

>LEMON MUSKS SPACE COMPANY AIDING RUSSIANS

Anonymous No. 16022365

>>16021968
as always, get an ad, loser. nobody cares about this drivel.

Anonymous No. 16022367

>>16021990
That's the neat part -- it doesn't! Just install your isowaffles inside out.

Anonymous No. 16022396

>https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1aocuhv/ru_pov_starlink_in_use_with_various_russian_units/
supposed video of russian troops showing off a bunch of brand new starlink dishes
aint no way this is real. why would russia expose themselves like this? looks to me like ukrainian propaganda.

Anonymous No. 16022399

>>16022396
Its propaganda lol

Anonymous No. 16022401

>>16022275
We'll have robotic soliders before end of 2030s. Full on swarm armies by end of 2040s.

Anonymous No. 16022402

>>16022127
>10 for Vulcan
>270+ tons to orbit in a year for ULA
Where's the demand though?

Anonymous No. 16022403

>>16022402
Kuiper sats. They have bunch signed on

Anonymous No. 16022407

>>16022365
tick tock musk-rat.

Anonymous No. 16022414

>>16021565
End of 2025

Image not available

1800x1801

IMG_1387.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022419

>>16021402
>tired of a pointless job that accomplishes nothing
>also don't want to work hard
What a dilemma!

Image not available

4096x2304

GGFCQsQW8AAhSQy.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022425

Anonymous No. 16022427

>>16021415
The Euroids are so hamstrung by their gay love of bureaucracy, political infighting and general french faggotry that the EU will be replaced by an actual caliphate before they accomplish anything other than a jobs program.

Anonymous No. 16022433

>>16021482
>can't breathe
>evolution finds a way
Oh my Darwin!

Anonymous No. 16022434

>>16022284
>chuds
Cannibalistic hebrew underground dwellers?

Anonymous No. 16022436

>>16021668
>never heard of artemis

Anonymous No. 16022437

>>16021402
If you want to make a difference, you need to put in a lot of time. Thats where the newspace is.

If you want to just do bare minimum, thats old space. Take as much time as possible

Image not available

1290x2796

IMG_2544.png

Anonymous No. 16022441

2 days until IM-1

Anonymous No. 16022444

>>16022396
100% propaganda

Image not available

1920x1173

tory gun.png

Anonymous No. 16022458

>>16022199
https://spacenews.com/bruno-trumpets-transformation-of-ula-after-vulcan-launch/
>He contrasted Vulcan with “low-energy” rockets he argued are “hyperoptimized” for launching low Earth orbit spacecraft. “Don’t be one of those crazy fanboys who has a favorite rocket,” he said.
I sure hope you don't have a favorite rocket, /sfg/.

Anonymous No. 16022460

>>16022185
propane is the superior rocket propellant

Image not available

1365x2048

SpaceX-Falcon-9-R....jpg

Anonymous No. 16022463

>>16022458
It's not so much a favorite rocket as it the only rocket. None of the other rockets add up to enough to really matter.

Image not available

827x821

M113 armored vehi....jpg

Anonymous No. 16022471

Saturn V with 60 Merlin engines

Anonymous No. 16022473

>>16022441
>"dynamic island" aka giant fucking hole in screen itoddler
i shiggy diggy
embrace the Chadroid under screen selfie camera

Anonymous No. 16022478

>>16022109
if this is their promo material what is the rest of the game like?

https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/2769340/extras/explor-sr.gif

Image not available

680x577

spaceguy5.png

Anonymous No. 16022492

/sfg/ did this

Anonymous No. 16022494

>>16021699
It can be cattywampus and still work

Anonymous No. 16022495

>>16022492
MLPedos do not deserve life

Anonymous No. 16022505

>>16022492
Did he kill himself?

Anonymous No. 16022506

>>16022458
Don't be one of those crazy fan boys who wonders why the government has to subsidize obsolete launch providers that couldn't survive in the market when there's a much cheaper domestic competitor that is already making all foreign launch providers look like a joke.

Just don't, okay?!?

Anonymous No. 16022507

>>16022492
good work!

Anonymous No. 16022509

>>16022275
point-to-point starship is real, the DoD showed me a powerpoint about it.

Anonymous No. 16022510

>>16022509
so far it's the only kind of starship

Anonymous No. 16022514

>>16022492
sad. : (

Image not available

4000x2252

20240211_164053.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022515

what do i do

Anonymous No. 16022517

>>16022515
drift near VAB

Image not available

4000x2252

20240211_164039.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022520

>>16022517
they have one at Stennis?
behold apollo 19-bound S-IC-15

Anonymous No. 16022521

>>16022515
Go to INFINITY Science Center (the current visitor center) and ejaculate into the F-1 engine bell.

Anonymous No. 16022522

>>16022520
I have no idea where Stennis is

Anonymous No. 16022528

>>16021402
>I want to work for new space companies that operate like VC start-ups but not do overtime
Kek, real answer is what you want to do at these companies, if you do any kind of STEM/engineering/design you're fucked

Anonymous No. 16022535

>>16022521
this seems unwise. also it turns out theyre closed :(

Anonymous No. 16022540

>>16022515
go rape an ayy lamo

Anonymous No. 16022543

>>16022522
mississippi

Image not available

472x344

space-camp-did-an....jpg

Anonymous No. 16022562

Did any of you go to Space Camp as a kid? I always wanted to go, but my family was poor and I'd like to give my kids the opportunity to go in the future.

Anonymous No. 16022574

>>16022562
The only camp I have been to is Auschwitz.

Anonymous No. 16022583

>>16022574
must have been horrible seeing wooden doors and fake smoke stacks

Image not available

1020x574

nbl-hdr-overview-....jpg

Anonymous No. 16022592

>>16022562
no but I went to johnson space center.
it does not disappoint

Anonymous No. 16022624

>>16022583
You're sick in the fuckin head

Anonymous No. 16022636

>>16022624
your nose is too long for this website

Anonymous No. 16022640

>>16022478
>>16022109
>We're whalers on the Moon
>We carry a harpoon

Image not available

1280x1281

Artemis_I_Launch_....jpg

Anonymous No. 16022643

>/sfg/ - how jews may or may not have been killed 80 years ago
lets try to keep it on topic goys

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16022647

>>16022592
I've been inside this pool. The amount of water is mind-boggling. 10 olympic-sized pools worth.

Anonymous No. 16022649

>>16022592
I've been inside this pool. The amount of water is mind-boggling. 10 olympic-sized pools worth. We were warned that anything dropped into the water that doesn't float is absolutely gone.

Anonymous No. 16022652

>>16022515
Steal some river rocks

Anonymous No. 16022654

https://twitter.com/esherifftv/status/1756778901240787102

Anonymous No. 16022666

>>16022652
that's alabama you dumb idiot

Anonymous No. 16022671

>>16022654
It's over

Image not available

1280x720

gdfgdrgd67.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022675

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZyr_SGMDE
>SpaceX Is Finally Wrapping Up Orbital Tank Farm Upgrades! - SpaceX Update

Anonymous No. 16022678

>>16022654
Self-aware whore. I would fuck her shitty asshole.
>>16022649
You could dive in, it's not that deep. Large volume maybe

Anonymous No. 16022684

>>16022678
It's 40 feet deep, which is the deepest pool I've ever been to by far (and I was a competitive swimmer for a decade). Diving to that depth isn't difficult per se, but my ears start feeling very painful after ~15 feet.

Anonymous No. 16022685

>>16022562
Yeah, I went, it was great. There was this team exercise where we were shuttle mission control.
I'm not sure how good it is these days though.

Anonymous No. 16022696

>>16022684
do you not know how to equalize pressure?

Anonymous No. 16022707

>>16022696
Doing the maneuver only helps somewhat for me. Might be due to somewhat inflamed sinuses or smth.

Anonymous No. 16022709

>>16022696
NTA but I refuse to pop my ears. Once you start changing yourself to accommodate the environment you lose part of what of means to be human.

Anonymous No. 16022711

>>16022709
based nudist

Anonymous No. 16022726

Do we know Vulcan Centaur cost?

Anonymous No. 16022730

>>16022709
Guess the people living in the Andes and high mountainous areas are not human then

Anonymous No. 16022739

>>16022709
Just open your eustachian tubes

Anonymous No. 16022770

>>16022709
you're a dumb ape

Anonymous No. 16022771

>everyone is chasing direct-to-smartphone satellites
how long until this bubble lasts? whats the next likely bubble?

Anonymous No. 16022773

>>16022771
humanoid robots
you know even railroads had bubbly periods when they were invented
some initial people get massive returns and then everybody else wants to chase those returns and start funding without rhime or reason
happened recently with EVs

Image not available

1366x2048

GGGOvziXUAAFlHD.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022844

Anonymous No. 16022877

>>16022771
Are you too young to remember the hype over satphones? This'll last about as long, ten years at most. Anyone with a target or a launch date after 2030 is not serious.

Next hype: super tiny process-size chips. They're already talking about patents like nuclear secrets.

Image not available

2048x1638

GGHCIIBWQAA7WMz.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022894

While everyone was distracted by mediocre sports, Blue Origin rolled its New Glenn testing article out to LC-36 for some fit checks

Anonymous No. 16022897

we had quantum satellites but are you ready for ai satellites?

Anonymous No. 16022917

We had quantum drives, but are you ready for AI drives?

Anonymous No. 16022920

>>16022894
look at all those interior supports, it's the same goddamn test article they had years ago

Anonymous No. 16022930

>>16022894
it fits in the dumpster

Image not available

933x700

dow-aerospike-cov....jpg

Anonymous No. 16022938

>>16022917
AI already helps design chemical rocket engines.

Anonymous No. 16022948

>>16022930
>New Glenn: 98m tall
>SLS Block 1: 98m tall

checks out

Anonymous No. 16022954

>>16022920
>look at all those interior support

It looks like a placeholder second stage.

Anonymous No. 16022956

>>16022954
Which is really weird because surely after all those New Shortpenis flights of the BE-3 they've got the upper stage design dialed in, right? RIGHT?

Anonymous No. 16022964

>>16022956
Which would have nothing to do with going over the GSE for the first stage.

Anonymous No. 16022968

>>16022956
BE-3 and BE-3U are completely different engines.

Image not available

1290x1951

IMG_2562.jpg

Anonymous No. 16022984

Kinda crazy how true anomaly was founded in 2022 and are soon about to launch satellites

https://spacenews.com/space-tech-startup-true-anomaly-set-to-launch-its-first-satellites/

Old space could never

Anonymous No. 16022995

>>16022984
>more military grift

Anonymous No. 16023036

I have a structure and properties of materials exam tomorrow, first one of the semester. Is it that bad? They give us an equation sheet and I know how to use everything on it but I'm not sure how much of the exam is going to be memorize these specific things and hope you studied the right things to copy down for a question.

Anonymous No. 16023073

>>16023036
>they gave you an equation sheet
Well, on the bright side it isn't open book open notes, because professors that give those exams are sadistic

Anonymous No. 16023076

>>16023073
Ok so it shouldnt be that bad right? Like more math than memorization

Image not available

1241x1131

98798.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023120

He started bulking for Mars. Revise the timelines.

Image not available

500x400

Betatype_NTopolog....jpg

Anonymous No. 16023144

>>16022938
Does topology optimisation count as AI?

Anonymous No. 16023147

>>16023144
>Machine learning model, how do I make isogrid more expensive?
>Say no more.

Anonymous No. 16023155

>>16022492
>>16022495
>>16022505
>>16022507
>>16022514
Yay I got my account back.
Also added a bunch of disgusting people to my block list. The fact y'all were celebrating me getting unjustly suspended by the algorithm for "spam" (just because I say truthful things you don't want to believe about space industry) is really telling.

Anonymous No. 16023164

>>16023155
Youre a black nigger, and still not spaceguy5!

Anonymous No. 16023212

>>16023120
Imagine sitting next to the richest and most influential person on the planet (soon solar system)

Anonymous No. 16023240

>>16023120
He's so fucking fat, disgusting

Anonymous No. 16023247

Big Elon rocket fly when? Want to se the big rocket fly.

Anonymous No. 16023261

>>16023247
when Brandon gets tied down to the steel plate under the OLM

Image not available

847x846

20240212_013244.png

Anonymous No. 16023264

I think that now the engines seem to be on the right track, the tile system will become the main barrier to rapid re-use.

Improved mounting and mass produced simple shapes help solve the problem, but we still have to see it perform over multiple re-entries and see how often the tiles need to be replaced in practice.
There is also the waterproofing solution as well which was a massive pain in the ass on the shuttle.

Anonymous No. 16023267

>>16023264
The waterproofing solution is to identify why tiles fall off in the rain and then stop doing it that way.

Image not available

1600x1061

GGGA77IW8AAVK1C.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023274

https://twitter.com/UnseenOps/status/1756828052909101276

Anonymous No. 16023290

>>16023264
tiles will remain a big problem. contrary to the shill narrative, a single missing tile can lead to a fatal burnthrough just like on shuttle.
reliabilitychads will also make a comeback when 4 engines fail on ift3

Anonymous No. 16023302

>>16023264
What even is that meme. It's so fucking cringe

Anonymous No. 16023305

>>16023302
>outing yourself as not a space fan
sad.

Anonymous No. 16023309

>>16023274
>ywn live in a steel cabin innawoods made from scrap rockets, living off the land

Image not available

4096x2846

GGEBUO-WYAAiOKn.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023320

https://twitter.com/NicAnsuini/status/1756686801576644813

why does he do it?

Anonymous No. 16023354

>>16021682
Wave drag is what matters, and every single dimple is going to create it's own shockwave.

Anonymous No. 16023356

>>16021720
>Parking Lots
Terrible for the environment. Roberts road should be shut down unitl those lots are replaced with bike racks and bus stops. The beetles deserve better.

Anonymous No. 16023358

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7qjlwl591s

Image not available

1305x1124

0db123d575b25656e....jpg

Anonymous No. 16023359

>>16022506

Anonymous No. 16023362

>>16022199
Would this mean Vulcan could potentially launch a Starliner or Dreamchaser without SRBs?

Image not available

652x608

009493.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023364

https://twitter.com/StarshipGazer/status/1757038270674784614

Image not available

4096x2732

GGI_5kqW0AA8ppA.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023366

>>16023364

Image not available

2732x4096

GGJA19DXgAAyxZ5.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023367

>>16023366

Image not available

2731x4096

GGGp6M5XEAAXCnP.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023369

Anonymous No. 16023370

>>16023364
>>16023366
>>16023367
>Already desmantle the fullstack

I think something is wrong bros, no IFT-3 until april AT LEAST

Anonymous No. 16023372

>>16022199
> “When Atlas flies out in about a year, this will be the only high-energy rocket left in the world,” he said, serving “the most critical and important missions, unique missions, for national security.”
In the US, right? Don't Ariane 6, CZ-5 and CZ-7A qualify as high-energy rockets?

Anonymous No. 16023374

>>16023370
It was merely a fit check.

Anonymous No. 16023377

>>16023372
>In the US, right?
No, just in Alabama.
USA still has high-energy rockets like Falcon Heavy.

Anonymous No. 16023378

>>16023372
Tory has moved into the "blatantly lying to stay in the game" phase of cope

Anonymous No. 16023381

>>16023377
I think Bruno would say that Falcon Heavy is a brute force rocket rather than a high-energy rocket, because, although FH uses 2.5 stages like Vulcan, it uses a Isp 311s final stage engine compared to Vulcan's 465.5s

Anonymous No. 16023384

>>16023378
He's probably trying to hype the company as much as possible before the sale

Anonymous No. 16023387

>>16023264
Kek
>>16023302
Go back

Anonymous No. 16023395

>>16022506
According to Bruno:

>“We run about 34% cheaper on a high-energy mission than the other one, SpaceX, does,” he argued. “We put all our bets nine years ago in the right places.”

by which I think he's referring to certain NSSL missions that require FH

Image not available

200x150

1707252459251628.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023400

Anonymous No. 16023422

>>16023364
Little birdy revealed to me some very bad news...

Image not available

1103x2047

IMG_3644.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023430

This is a 3D render

Anonymous No. 16023438

Why is this taking so fucking long? Wtf

Anonymous No. 16023464

>>16023438
thats what she said

Anonymous No. 16023466

IM-1 NASA Payload conference
https://www.youtube.com/live/1mkcRne8OXE?si=fkvd3PYRECmbB4JX

Anonymous No. 16023468

>>16023430
we can tell

Anonymous No. 16023484

>>16023430
When will renderboys learn to add dents and imperfections

Anonymous No. 16023486

>>16023372
They are LEO optimized rockets.

Anonymous No. 16023494

>>16023484
When they move past the donut stage.

Anonymous No. 16023496

>>16023484
it represents a significant step up in work over a cylinder with a texture on it. even if they did they'd get got on uncanny lighting

Anonymous No. 16023497

>>16023496
If you can't do the time, don't... make the grime.

Anonymous No. 16023523

>STACK
>DESTACK
how many times are they gonna repeat this this time around?

Anonymous No. 16023530

>>16023523
for a month at least

Anonymous No. 16023542

>>16023523
3 months. then musk will claim theyve been held back by the faa despite not even submitting a request yet.

Anonymous No. 16023544

>>16023530
Do we have a stacking counter for each launch?

Anonymous No. 16023546

>>16023358
I'm glad Mike Stoklasa got in on the action

Anonymous No. 16023549

>>16023267
ANON'S GENERAL PURPOSE PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY (ALWAYS WORKS)
1. Identify the solution
2. Implement the solution

I kneel

Anonymous No. 16023555

>>16023364
>>16023422
>>16023370
Elon Elon Lama Sabachthani

Anonymous No. 16023580

https://youtu.be/rDs7D9hqDLE
is this real?

Anonymous No. 16023594

>>16022709
>uses computers to type
lmao

Anonymous No. 16023595

>>16021884
Remind me again why you think Donald Trump is a zionist?

Image not available

558x565

3 weeks.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023596

THREE WEEKS. YEEZY'S NEW MUSIC!!!

Anonymous No. 16023597

I am an efficient market hypothesis believer ask me anything

Anonymous No. 16023599

>>16023596
>3 weeks
9 weeks

Anonymous No. 16023601

>>16023596
>its real
kek. based ye

Anonymous No. 16023604

>>16023596
>pay attention to me celebrities!11

Anonymous No. 16023605

>>16023604
>NOOOOO WHY ARE CELEBS TALKING ABOT STARSHIP!!!

Anonymous No. 16023607

>>16023523
the stacks and destacks will continue until clamp connections improve

Anonymous No. 16023609

>>16023605
>they aren't

Anonymous No. 16023617

>>16022654
god I love bimbos

Anonymous No. 16023619

>>16023596
we live in the Saints Row timeline.

Image not available

2250x3000

1665327718591235.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023628

>>16023596

Anonymous No. 16023635

>>16023628
name the jew
blame the jew!

Anonymous No. 16023644

>>16023302
it's a new format which is always a shock but the content is good

Anonymous No. 16023646

>>16023354
yeah, the dimples are for subsonic, they actively hurt in supersonic

Anonymous No. 16023650

>>16023381
that's pedantic, it gets just as much payload to high energy orbits
>>16023580
no

Image not available

579x720

Pioneer_4_von_Bra....jpg

Anonymous No. 16023653

>>16023264
Is right supposed to be Korolev? Where's it from?

Anonymous No. 16023686

>>16023653
Korolev during Vostok 1.

Image not available

730x450

korolev_bunker_ph....jpg

Anonymous No. 16023703

>>16023686
Apparently from a different launch.

Anonymous No. 16023708

>>16023653
"Mein Fuhrer... they are onto me"

Anonymous No. 16023724

the next starship flight after this is likely to be within 2 months right? since spacex is getting faster at launching them. so IFT-4 will be in may or june?

Anonymous No. 16023745

>>16023724
>spacex is getting faster at launching them
the long pole is investigation and government compliance, so it depends entirely on the outcome

Anonymous No. 16023772

I had another dream about Mars. I get these about twice a year. Some things I remember:

- the daytime sky, strangely, was blue and I could feel the glare of the Sun's light, but at the same time in the dream I could feel (and back then I actually thought) how even this glare was only a fraction of sunlight on Earth. Looking back with a clear mind, my dream-self was too pessimistic -- a sunny day on Mars is way more intense than a cloudy day on Earth and the conditions that my brain painted as constituting a sunny Martian day would fit more with a hypothetical atmosphere-having moon in the Jupiter system (3+ times the distance).
- the colonists slept in literal pods. In the dream I thought how it's stupid they have clear cubicles to live in (why not at least make them opaque?), when Mars is big and empty and ideally everyone could have a house. Of course, IRL such pod solutions would be necessary for the first few years because you can't transport a house. But in my dream there were the basis of local resource gathering already in place.

I find dreams so interesting because they are literally the only time when you can find out how your mind reacts to certain things, without this being make-believe/pretend. E.g. if you are in "dying"-scenario in a dream, you genuinely have these feelings/thoughts.

Anonymous No. 16023775

>>16023653
We didn't deserve Von Braun.

Image not available

1438x865

4643397.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023778

>>16021256
Space sisters..... i am spaceally ruined

Anonymous No. 16023787

>>16023778
just because it was destacked? theres still chance they could do it in 2 and a bit weeks before the leap day

Anonymous No. 16023792

>>16023787
I think its because of this tweet >>16023596

Anonymous No. 16023814

>>16023792
Retard nigger

Image not available

1274x658

file.png

Anonymous No. 16023820

>>16023597
If you saw a $20 bill on the sidewalk, would you pick it up?

Also, what did Kurzgesagt mean by pic related?

Also, how long until the next launch?

Anonymous No. 16023834

>>16023792
about 3 weeks is barely different from "before march". just autist pedantics care about what exact day of the week it will launch on.

Image not available

800x1107

isaac_arthur.png

Anonymous No. 16023849

Anonymous No. 16023852

>>16023772
I had a dream that I was at a moonbase with Neil Armstrong. It was quite large but empty, resembling a dead mall. We had to go outside to check something and I started putting on my spacesuit, then Neil stopped me and let me in on the secret - the moon has a breathable atmosphere, but everyone pretended otherwise.

Anonymous No. 16023859

>>16023849
I don't think its funny

Anonymous No. 16023861

>>16023859
Neither do I. Isaac Arthur has a serious disorder.

Anonymous No. 16023875

>>16023861
maybe instead of posting an image without context you should explain where its from and what your point is? this is basic stuff they should have taught you at school.

Anonymous No. 16023880

>>16023875
>doesn't understand what a meme is
>can't read filenames
skill issue

Anonymous No. 16023891

>>16023861
He's so overrated. Any conversation turns towards uninsightful waffling about megastructures.

Anonymous No. 16023895

>>16023880
I read the filename. Dont understand the connection to isaac arthur unless you want to tell me. did he post this old meme?

Anonymous No. 16023900

>>16023895
It's an /sfg/ meme that Isaac Arthur eats poop. The "courage" meme is about eating poop.

Image not available

612x407

rssbridge.png

Anonymous No. 16023901

why didn't anyone tell me about this? now I can scrape news feeds from anywhere I want.

Anonymous No. 16023904

>>16023900
what a fucking leap

Anonymous No. 16023910

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1slJdJTzfzc

Anonymous No. 16023912

>>16023904
cf. >>16023880

Anonymous No. 16023913

>>16023910
Kathy leaders needs to be tarred and feathered and executed by electric chair for corruption

Anonymous No. 16023916

>>16023912
see >>16023904

Anonymous No. 16023918

>>16023912
your meme was shit and wasn't funny though. go back to redit with that richard and mortimer cancer.

Anonymous No. 16023922

>>16023912
funny enough, i'm the one who started the isaac arthur poop meme and not even i understood wtf you were talking about. you need to learn to make better memes or else stop

Image not available

244x63

98739284798237423.png

Anonymous No. 16023925

he's actually got a good point. why hasnt spacex delivered a mockup of starship like blue origin? tick tock muskrats.

Anonymous No. 16023928

>>16023925
I agree with him that Bezos will most likely be the first man on mars. and that whole bit about New Glenn having multiple launches of the same rocket per day by 2025. But spacex doesnt need a mockup because they have the real thing.

Anonymous No. 16023931

Another day, another ESL baitpost.

Image not available

583x445

1682214684036443.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023938

Looks like they might stack it again

Anonymous No. 16023939

>>16023928
thats not the real thing, thats a steel shit can with stapled on tiles. NASA is worried for a reason. the real thing doesnt exist.

Anonymous No. 16023942

>>16023928
Bezos will be the first man on the moon more likely

Anonymous No. 16023945

>>16023939
it's not even a steel can it's a hologram, thats how fucked up thi musky scam goes

Anonymous No. 16023946

>>16023928
even a baby must realize that spacex will never land on the moon at this point. all artemis flights will be done by BO, and Musk will fade back as an embarassing figure with delusions which dont match his means. Tortoise and the Hare folx.

Anonymous No. 16023950

>>16023945
Our team knows a few things which lead us to beleive you may be more right than you think...

Image not available

1001x1500

ezgif-5-8f31967acc.jpg

Anonymous No. 16023951

>>16023925
>a mockup like blue origin
Classic oldspace. Pay us for building a model instead of just building the real thing

Anonymous No. 16023957

>>16023951
is this the third or fourth mockup? blue is building some really impressive stuff

Anonymous No. 16023958

>>16023951
SpaceX hasn't built the real thing yet... Unless exploding and having a 100% failure rate is the final product... Failing more than once per missin is truly impressive. IFT2 truly outdid IFT 1... Bravo...

Anonymous No. 16023959

>>16023958
*OFT...

Anonymous No. 16023963

>>16023959
Nothing orbital about it, Buddy...
Musk must be struggling to raise capital after the recent case... tick. tock..

Anonymous No. 16023966

>>16023358
Before I click, is there any spaceflight in this video?

Anonymous No. 16023978

>>16023963
link the toktok then

Anonymous No. 16023980

>>16023966
there's a starship clone for a few seconds, but I think that's it

Image not available

487x560

1704173746536192.gif

Anonymous No. 16024001

>>16023523
until you like it

Image not available

720x977

1617308390293.png

Anonymous No. 16024011

>>16023925
They did. They delivered it to space.

Anonymous No. 16024031

Looking at Starship tiles under an electron microscope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI7mpjHGiFU

Anonymous No. 16024042

We are ready
https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1757210909619925371?t=ftGUZXvLVx1uQmN1pgWBaw&s=19

Anonymous No. 16024044

so i was right, starship launch in april

Anonymous No. 16024047

>>16023607
Why not just automate it with laser alignment?

Anonymous No. 16024062

>>16024044
Yes doomers win again, as per usual. TWO MORE WEEKS BACKSISSIES

Anonymous No. 16024071

>>16024062
it's nice to be right you know?

Anonymous No. 16024079

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/11/1230650932/jeff-bezos-sells-nearly-12-million-amazon-shares-worth-at-least-2-billion
>Jeff Bezos sells nearly 12 million Amazon shares worth at least $2 billion
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/08/investing-in-space-how-bankers-read-a-potential-ula-sale.html
>Bankers suggested ULA’s owners initially sought more than $4 billion for the company, but the consensus of a reasonable winning bid was in the range of $2 billion to $2.5 billion.
Really jogs the noggin

Anonymous No. 16024081

>>16024079
well it looks like jeff is buying ula after all. it makes sense too since it gives him a bunch of fat government contracts.

Anonymous No. 16024083

>>16024079
Wasnt bezos already selling 2 billion per year just to keep blue origin alive

Image not available

1280x720

jygjg667.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024099

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTtQs_xPvEo
>Stage Almost Set for Starship WDR | Starbase Update

Image not available

2100x3500

SaturnV-PzKpfwl.png

Anonymous No. 16024102

Image not available

1650x2600

1707791898029.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024106

>>16024102
artist?

Anonymous No. 16024107

>>16024083
I think it was about 1 bil per year but only the last 5 years or something as they've ramped up and built factories etc

Anonymous No. 16024109

>>16023724
if it doesn't blow up the one after that will be quick
if it does blow up they get stopped by the FAA

Image not available

640x480

groundhogday.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024110

>>16024062
groundhog says six more weeks of stakkan

Anonymous No. 16024117

>>16023925
uh they have? there's been an HLS mockup with elevator and everything sitting at Starbase for a while

Anonymous No. 16024121

Blue Canyon to deliver spacecraft for U.S. Air Force cislunar mission
>Blue Canyon Technologies is preparing to deliver a spacecraft designed for the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate the capabilities of maneuverable satellites in deep space.
>Oracle-M will fly beyond Earth’s orbit to test satellite mobility and navigation capabilities in the cislunar region of space.
>The Air Force is looking to demonstrate orbital change maneuvers and navigation in that largely unknown environment.
>“We are currently targeting a late July 2024 timeframe for delivery"
>A launch date has not yet been announced.
https://spacenews.com/blue-canyon-to-deliver-spacecraft-for-u-s-air-force-cislunar-mission/

why tho? why does the space force need cislunar patrol craft?

Image not available

1899x1075

009494.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024122

>>16024099
this is not new but anyway

Anonymous No. 16024127

>>16024121
to be able to shadow and destroy enemy lunar orbiters in wartime. Probably won't be needed but it's always better to get a headstart on these kinds of things to establish dominance

Anonymous No. 16024129

>>16023925
but spaceX made like 5 full sized starship mockups (All of which were torn apart already)
they used them for testing pad infrastructure and shit like most rocket mockups are used for lmao

Image not available

2050x3427

N1-PzKpfwl.png

Anonymous No. 16024139

Image not available

2500x3500

Chollima-1_and_KS....png

Anonymous No. 16024143

>>16024106
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/109240588

Image not available

657x783

009495.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024173

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1757228380947206156

Anonymous No. 16024176

>>16024173
is there some sort of cash prize for the twitter tranny who posts the most bastardized/compressed jpeg possible?

Image not available

900x1280

kisspng-r-7-semyo....jpg

Anonymous No. 16024207

are there any rockets that aren't r7 derivatives that have the same extreme cone shape?
It's so goofy. makes you wonder what other directions the rocket design zeitgeist could have taken

Image not available

668x795

009496.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024208

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1757252580667777388

Anonymous No. 16024210

>>16024208
What a fucking informative contribution to this dead general, nice work dumbass

Anonymous No. 16024211

>>16024210
you are welcome

Image not available

610x480

Sprint_missile.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024217

>>16024207
the Sprint rocket
https://youtu.be/QiyldgYKy_U?t=3

Anonymous No. 16024218

>>16024217
cute!

Image not available

1080x843

20240211_162259.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024228

We're running out of time bros.

Image not available

597x213

1683783435563858.png

Anonymous No. 16024232

>>16024210

Anonymous No. 16024241

>>16024218
Nigger

Image not available

1209x568

1615654241630.png

Anonymous No. 16024244

>>16024232

Anonymous No. 16024246

>>16024232
Remember hes jew-ish

Anonymous No. 16024262

>>16022592
>>16022649
>>16022684
I've always wanted to Scubadive that pool

Anonymous No. 16024268

>>16024262
Youre too fat and buoyant to do that, tubby

Anonymous No. 16024281

>>16023549
Based first principles problem solving enjoyer

Anonymous No. 16024283

>>16024121
The moon is the one place you could hide something from Earth

I expect that mystery Chinese lunar impactor raised more than a few eyebrows, then a few questions when it became clear nobody would ever know for sure

Anonymous No. 16024330

>major space force announcements today
>its all reorganizations...nothing at all about tools, weapons, equipment, etc.
they havent even finished getting organized and now they're already reorganizing. anything to avoid combat or even having to leave your desk i guess.

Anonymous No. 16024338

>>16023900
Does he really eat poop

Anonymous No. 16024340

>>16023778
You bet $69k? Are you retarded?

Anonymous No. 16024344

>>16024079
>brand new architecture
>with NSSL contracts
>worth a paltry $2.5Bn
ULA is so pathetic.

Anonymous No. 16024377

H3 launch postponed due to weather, next attempt probably on the 17th

Image not available

640x640

stack.webm

Anonymous No. 16024391

>>16023523

Anonymous No. 16024405

>>16024228
>t. Mr Hands

Image not available

650x449

009498.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024416

https://twitter.com/JackKuhr/status/1757174413592572027

Image not available

654x555

009499.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024421

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1757221659323277789

Image not available

726x986

009500.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024423

>>16024421
https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Commitment%20to%20Space%20Sustainability.pdf

pic is the whole thing

Image not available

3840x2133

GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024439

Anonymous No. 16024440

>>16024423
You stupid nigger

Anonymous No. 16024452

>>16024440
do you need to get your diaper changed or what is the problem?

Image not available

640x704

v1g07l6wlou51.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024463

>>16023925

Image not available

806x720

af6.gif

Anonymous No. 16024467

>>16024001
leave the fish alone, bitch

Image not available

849x849

6bb7194237ac96bca....png

Anonymous No. 16024472

>>16024467
stupid frogposter

Image not available

530x325

1674044330297884.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024476

>>16024472
bend over

Anonymous No. 16024548

>>16024439
Earth is so beautiful bros

Anonymous No. 16024549

>>16024421
>>16024423
Its actually a huge flex by SpaceX on the anti-space "sustainability" crowd.

Anonymous No. 16024554

Inuitive machine lander launching on the 14th

Anonymous No. 16024555

>>16024031
Came here to post this, really interesting video.

Anonymous No. 16024556

>>16024554
Ah. It's part of the NASA commercial moon impactor program.

Anonymous No. 16024557

>>16024556
part of the CLOPS program

Anonymous No. 16024575

its over

elon talked with republican congressmen about russians having access to starlink. he told them that ukraine is a lost cause.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-13/musk-predicts-putin-can-t-lose-in-ukraine-opposes-senate-bill

biden and the left are going to go all in on him now. spacex may be up for nationalization.

Anonymous No. 16024576

>>16024555
makes me somewhat appreciate what the shuttle did even if it was a farce in the end
they did develop some tech on the way, so saved SpaceX time and effort

Anonymous No. 16024586

>>16024575
lol biden and the left have been all in on him for like 1.5 years at this point

https://twitter.com/farzyness/status/1757242863144828983

Anonymous No. 16024635

>>16024575
>spacex may be up for nationalization.
It's a private company, so he has great leeway into how he can run it. Might he have some kind of dead man's hand aspect built into the company? For example how and where the company's trade secrets and proprietary data are stored. So that removing him would mean years-long disruptions to both R&D and operations.

Image not available

371x659

DF-4-2.jpg

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16024641

>>16024207

Image not available

730x573

n1.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024643

>>16024207
N1

Image not available

624x1000

delta_clipper.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024646

>>16024207
Delta Clipper (test)

Image not available

2000x1570

X-33_Venture_Star....jpg

Anonymous No. 16024648

>>16024207
X-33 (never flew)

Image not available

659x829

009501.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024649

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1757359892887924798

Anonymous No. 16024652

>>16024649
>ai slop

Anonymous No. 16024653

>>16024649
What good is a balcony walkway in vacuum? It's not like you can just open a glass door and walk out.

Anonymous No. 16024655

>>16024653
EVA suit pogo stick races
>aeiou
>aeiou
>aeiou
>aeiou

Image not available

865x1196

chelomeis_monsters.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024658

>>16024207
UR-700/900 (never went anywhere)

Image not available

1536x2048

IMG_2640.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024659

The future is reusable

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16024669

>>16024079
>After all, if Blue is making as much progress toward launching New Glenn as it’s shown off recently, why buy another heavy lift rocket in Vulcan that’s already bearing the fruits of years of labor?
Because they have a lot of non-overlapping capabilities while also having a great degree of parts commonality?

Anonymous No. 16024673

>>16024079
>After all, if Blue is making as much progress toward launching New Glenn as it’s shown off recently, why buy another heavy lift rocket in Vulcan that’s already bearing the fruits of years of labor?
Because the rockets have a lot of non-overlapping capabilities while still having a great degree of parts commonality?

Also, BO wouldn't just acquire Vulcan. They'd also acquire ULA's development resources, which will need something new to work on now that Vulcan is at the tail end of its development.

Anonymous No. 16024674

>>16024659
The future is genetically engineered, grown space ships that are completely biodegradable.

Anonymous No. 16024678

>>16024674
>biodegradable
Recyclable is better

Image not available

1700x2200

recycle.png

Anonymous No. 16024681

>>16024678

Anonymous No. 16024683

>>16024344
That's what happens when you have tiny profit margins with no prospect of improvement

Anonymous No. 16024687

>>16024173
>Rockets of the world
How old is this graphic? Isn't it missing a ton of Chinese ones?

Image not available

670x808

009502.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024693

https://twitter.com/TurkeyBeaver/status/1757377150917722330

Anonymous No. 16024698

>>16024678
The ships will be GROWN like a tree.
Is an orange recyclable? An apple core?
Biodegradable.

Image not available

1994x1193

GFmj69VWwAA-Y32.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024700

>>16024693

Anonymous No. 16024702

>>16022126
>I haven't heard anything to suggest they're producing a lot more boosters or have a lot more payloads for them.
Wenchang will inaugurate two new pads in 2024, including one that is entirely dedicated to CZ-8G which will have an inaugural launch in June. They have an eventual target of 50 CZ-8 launches per year (though not for 2024). Guowang constellation deployment is supposed to start in 2024.

>single digit launch totals.
Non-CASC launchers flew double digits (17) in 2023, and virtually all are going to ramp up cadence in 2024. A lot of new non-LM rockets are going to have inaugural launch in 2024 as well.

Image not available

474x338

organic_rocket.jpg

Anonymous No. 16024706

>>16024698
>Is an orange recyclable?
Well, if you're willing to eat it again...

>The ships will be GROWN like a tree.
All I hear is "the lead time for new orders is measured in decades..."

Anonymous No. 16024714

>>16024635
If this was 5-10 years ago you'd have a point but nowadays SpaceX is probably too big, there likely a number of higher ups who would never tolerate such a thing being in the hands of someone as mercurial as musk is becoming.

Image not available

1191x670

Prototaxite+land+....jpg

Anonymous No. 16024716

>>16024706
>All I hear is "the lead time for new orders is measured in decades..."
Early in Earth's history a species of fungus called Prototaxites grew to tree size and did so quickly.
I'm talking genetic engineering, 'non. We're going to space on trees.

Anonymous No. 16024726

>>16021256
Staging

>>16024725

>>16024725

>>16024725

Anonymous No. 16024727

>>16022562
I went to aviation challenge which was next door, it was the fight pilot equivalent of space camp

Anonymous No. 16024789

>>16024687
chinese rockets are just western or russian rockets with a fresh coat of paint, so they're already there.