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🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General

Anonymous No. 16378102

Rotary City Edition

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Anonymous No. 16378106

>>16378102
Why waste all the effort of digging a huge well in the ground, when you could invest the same money into perhaps double the former-magma-tunnel cities?

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Anonymous No. 16378119

>>16377910
there are two big base modules next to each other which are connected by a two section corridor to a module with an airlock
you can copy paste this design on the moon, the two modules at the base of the long corridor (or "shaft") can be evacuated to the another module and if the corridor gets damaged, people at the airlock can evacuate with suits to another base

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Anonymous No. 16378120

Glass the Earth, demigod war eventually

Anonymous No. 16378122

>>16378011
you mean the satellite or the kick stage?

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Anonymous No. 16378130

>>16378058
>On Aug. 27, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit of Mobile Launcher 2, the mobile launch platform the agency is building for the Block 1B version of the Space Launch System. ML-2, originally projected to cost $500 million, now has a formal cost estimate of $1.8 billion, the audit revealed, adding that the cost could grow to as much as $2.7 billion. The platform was also in danger of not being ready in time to support the scheduled late 2028 launch of Artemis 4.
>In a report in May auditing preparations for Artemis 2, the directorate suggested that OIG was overstepping its bounds by commenting on engineering issues, which it claimed created conflicts of interest and could “compromise the integrity of existing safety processes.”

Anonymous No. 16378134

>>16378120
havent seen you in a while, plz post more anon

Anonymous No. 16378135

Any interesting pictures been released from the current SpaceX mission. Also when is the Starship IMAX thing coming out?

Anonymous No. 16378143

>>16378135
>interesting pictures
this is why we need more artists in space. we cant rely on regular people to create kino.

Anonymous No. 16378148

>>16378143
do you like blowing tranny and nigger cocks this offen?

Anonymous No. 16378155

>>16378135
>starship imax
probably not until after artemis III or HLS Demo

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Anonymous No. 16378159

https://x.com/CJHandmer/status/1834271614638383149

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Anonymous No. 16378160

>>16378159
https://x.com/BurakYngn/status/1834476068855554075

Anonymous No. 16378162

>>16378159
>>16378160
Not spaceflight fuck off

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Anonymous No. 16378176

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834348887642886417

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Anonymous No. 16378177

>>16378176
https://archive.is/Lys3A

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/12/spacex-polaris-dawn-spacewalk-astronauts/
>In the interview from space, Isaacman said the suit performed well. “Probably a good year was spent thinking that it would be an environment that was very, very hot that needed to be managed,” he said. “And we all were very cool. So it did its job.”

10min interview clip there

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Anonymous No. 16378178

>>16378177

Anonymous No. 16378180

>>16378178
>Spacewalks are among the most dangerous activities astronauts perform, but they give them an unfiltered view of Earth from space. NASA astronaut Ed White, who became the first American to perform a spacewalk in 1965, joked that he wasn’t going to go back to the Gemini spacecraft because “this is fun.” When he did finally return, he called it “the saddest moment of my life.”
>Gillis said she also felt she could have stayed outside the spacecraft longer. “Stepping out and seeing the cusp of the world is absolutely incredible,” she said. “It felt as if the time just slipped away. And by the time I got to the end of it, it was already time to come in. So I wish we had a maybe just a couple more minutes to see it and experience it and take it all in.”

both said they could have stayed out longer

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Anonymous No. 16378181

>>16378162
Stay mad. Or stop seething and embrace the brighter future that is being built.

Anonymous No. 16378182

>>16378177
all of the featured comments are about "billionaire bad" pretty much
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Anonymous No. 16378185

>>16378182
okay, not all of them, 10 featured comments
7 whine about billionaires
2 say its not a real spacewalk
1 comments about Wall-E space debris

reading the comments in general, it just gets worse I would say

Anonymous No. 16378188

>>16378130
In one sense, yeah, the OIG shouldn't be telling them how to do their job

On the other hand, the OIG should DEFINITELY be telling other people how NASA's contractor fucked up and cost the taxpayers a billion dollars more money by making a huge mistake. (It seems to be a common theme worldwide that buying steel is a fucking disaster waiting to happen no matter where you are)
Why everything NASA makes costs so much fucking money: https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/nasa/nasa-std-5008

Anonymous No. 16378191

>>16378188
https://public.ksc.nasa.gov/corrosion/coatings-data/ my favorite part the little blurb that says the zinc coating they use to protect stuff from saltwater in the air turns out to disintegrate when SRB exhaust (part hydrochloric acid) touches it

Anonymous No. 16378206

>>16378159
Hilarious but true

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Anonymous No. 16378209

>>16378185
How do we enthusiasts change the public perception of spaceflight?

Anonymous No. 16378212

>>16378209
I bet you just looove suckin down on some large dark phalice dont you?

Anonymous No. 16378214

>>16378209
I think most people are just very salty and mad because they think this will never affect them personally in a positive manner
I really think its that simple, if it could be shown they might be able to go to space as well or that the technologies developed will benefit them then they would not be mad and I doubt talking will help solve it
you get this with any tech that is expensive in the beginning, a lot of people whining

Anonymous No. 16378219

>>16378209
Continue the subtle public pressure that gets them to realize that no journalists can be trusted and that the mass media is only making them carry their preferred opinions, I suppose.

Anonymous No. 16378225

>>16378209
Call them NPCs for tuning into to propaganda

Anonymous No. 16378227

>>16378209
SpaceX is already doing a great job with these webcasts where they do cool shit and Musk doesn't appear.

Anonymous No. 16378229

>>16378209
WashingtonPost and all the corporate media runs anti-Musk, anti-Tesla, anti-SpaceX, and anti-Starlink articles 24/7 on top of the other commie shits they promote, so you're basically talking to commies at this point

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Anonymous No. 16378231

What complementary technologies can I develop, while not working directly for SpaceX, to make a self-sustaining mars colony a reality as soon as humanly possible?

t. /biz/

Anonymous No. 16378232

>>16378231
dual/triple/quad use technology.

Sets of mini robotic machines that can do mining/construction/etc that are modular, cheap, easy to make, etc.

Anonymous No. 16378233

>>16378231
Pisslocks.

Anonymous No. 16378234

>>16378209
influencer on the moon doing sports which are fun in a low gravity environment. not with fitness influencer but with influencers of a weak or normal physique so more people can relate and think this could be them.

Anonymous No. 16378242

>>16378182

The newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos is anti-Elon? (shocked Pikachu face)

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Anonymous No. 16378244

Violin concert in 2 hours

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834525088726634721

Anonymous No. 16378246

>>16378244
he can't keep getting away with it

Anonymous No. 16378247

the audio is going to be shit isn't it?

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Anonymous No. 16378251

The numbers behind the Viper cancellation:

https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/nasa-canceled-viper-thats-a-good-thing

Killing it was righteous.

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Anonymous No. 16378253

So, really really old guy into space. Much better use of funds than a young researcher with their entire productive life ahead of them.

Anonymous No. 16378255

>>16378253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pettit
>As of 2024, at age 69, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.

Anonymous No. 16378257

>>16378253
>really really old
>70
bro 70 is young

Anonymous No. 16378260

>>16378253
William Shatner is, as of 2024, the oldest and fattest man in space

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Anonymous No. 16378261

"Burneko --- OUT!"

Anonymous No. 16378264

>>16378257

There are dozens of younger astromutts waiting for their first flight while old gonna die soon guy hogs the seat.

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Anonymous No. 16378270

>>16378261

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Anonymous No. 16378272

> As of March 2024, the corps has 48 "active" astronauts consisting of 20 women and 28 men. The highest number of active astronauts at one time was in 2000 when there were 149.

Well, maybe not dozens. They really riffed The Corps after Shuttle. Wonder if Space Force has any Blue Astronauts.

Anonymous No. 16378273

>>16378253
>>16378264
There is literally nothing wrong with an old guy paying his was to space if he can afford it. If you want socialist space exploration, go ask the commies at NASA for a handout.

Anonymous No. 16378274

>>16378270
Yet more proof that reading Ayn Rand leads to brain damage.

Anonymous No. 16378275

>>16378244
>Violin concert in 2 hours
the what now? they brought a violin?

Anonymous No. 16378276

>>16378270

> Albert Burneko is a writer from Maryland. His work has appeared at Deadspin, Jezebel, HuffPost, and VICE.

Sounds good. I say we trust him.

Anonymous No. 16378278

>>16378261
people really get paid to write any bullshit these days

Anonymous No. 16378279

>>16378273

*sigh* Sir, would you like to speak with my Manager?"

Anonymous No. 16378281

>>16378209
>How do we enthusiasts change the public perception of spaceflight?
if the problem is about billlionaires then it's obvious that the word isnt getting out properly. isaacman is pushing spaceflight boundaries but everyone is "BILLIONAIRES BAD". he needs to find someone based who can change the narrative for him because his current PR campaign isnt reaching enough people.

Anonymous No. 16378284

>>16378270
>>16378261
Commie shit

Anonymous No. 16378285

>>16378244
>Live from the Porta Potty acoustics
Clown Core already did that. Launch them next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m00GvZzRCb4

Anonymous No. 16378286

>>16378270

He's also cranky about coffee and iPhones:

https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars

Admittedly, as am I. They really grind my gears.

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Anonymous No. 16378290

>>16378244
AYY LMAO

Anonymous No. 16378291

>19 humans in orbit
Gettin' crowded

Anonymous No. 16378296

>>16378209
>taking the comment section of the washington post curated by insane partisans as the general public

Anonymous No. 16378299

>>16378251
>VIPER’s cancellation is bad for lunar science, but good for NASA. Especially in a constrained budget environment, NASA should be willing to cancel more missions, sooner.
>In that same report, the GAO reported that the project was on track to exhaust its total funding by July 2024. That seems to have come to pass, and NASA announced on July 17 that it had canceled the VIPER mission. According to NASA Headquarters, if not for cancelation, the total anticipated cost of VIPER would have been $609.6 million—not counting the now $323 million lander—for a September 2025 launch at the soonest. (That’s the earliest Astrobotic’s Griffin lander will be ready.)
>However, if indeed engineers had managed to build a perfect rover, ready to fly, the total mission cost would still be $609.6 million—a $100 million more than anticipated, after its price had already doubled—on a mission promised initially for $250 million, and based on a mission that had already cost $100 million in development. The scandal isn’t that NASA canceled the mission. The scandal is that NASA waited this long.

Anonymous No. 16378300

>>16378270
>sane societies guillotine weirdos

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Anonymous No. 16378303

>>16378251
why does everything NASA do run over the budget so much? Just general government incompetence?
because this seems to happen everywhere in government, not just NASA

Anonymous No. 16378304

>>16378300
Sanity wasn't really one of the hallmarks of the French Revolution or any revolution for that matter.

Anonymous No. 16378306

>>16378102
That looks almost exactly like the Sidonia from Knights of Sidonia, does it have a railgun in the middle too?

Anonymous No. 16378307

>>16378299
>Especially in a constrained budget environment, NASA should be willing to cancel more missions, sooner.
SLS dependa est

Anonymous No. 16378308

>>16378143
We need more astronauts like that jap one that took a load of cool pictures on the iss.

Anonymous No. 16378309

>>16378308
post some of his pics

Anonymous No. 16378312

>>16378307
the maw hungers for more

Anonymous No. 16378317

>>16378303
Because its all a scam with no checks and balances

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Anonymous No. 16378318

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834540136077328691

Anonymous No. 16378321

>>16378318
crazy shit if they whip out a fucking harp

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Anonymous No. 16378326

>>16378318

Anonymous No. 16378328

>>16378308
Thomas Pesquet also took some nice pics
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/

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Anonymous No. 16378343

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834547740975448235

Anonymous No. 16378346

someone send an audio engineer to the ISS to get field recordings for spacecore

Anonymous No. 16378351

>>16378346
https://files.catbox.moe/m9a1lo.mp3

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Anonymous No. 16378353

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834552885306151029

Anonymous No. 16378354

>>16378102
>using my art as the OP image
Made my day
>>16378106
The use case is if travel between the moon and Earth is as ubiquitous as travel across Earth by plane is today. This is very far future, and I can't guess at what economic incentives would bring this about because there currently are none. Point is though, it might be convenient to spend your all time in pretty much the same gravity. Unless you mean stick the rotor city in a vertical lava tube instead of excavating? That would depend on the stability of the geology but ultimately probably make more sense

Anonymous No. 16378358

where's the concert??

Anonymous No. 16378359

>>16378353
>>16378358
ITS BEEN 11 MINUTES
GRRRR

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Anonymous No. 16378360

>>16378358
two more weeks

Anonymous No. 16378362

>>16378358
yeah, they are late now.
where is the link?

Anonymous No. 16378363

>>16378360
This ambiguity shits me up. Is it 11 minutes or 11 months?

Anonymous No. 16378366

>>16378363
1.1 of one hundredth of an uncubed kilometer

Anonymous No. 16378368

>>16378360
just like with starship's external cameras on flight 4

Anonymous No. 16378370

its out
https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834557770374296010

Anonymous No. 16378371

ITS UP
https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834557770374296010

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Anonymous No. 16378373

>>16378370
10 minutes late

Anonymous No. 16378374

>prerecorded audio
i sleep

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Anonymous No. 16378375

>recorded in space
based, Hadfield BTFO

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Anonymous No. 16378379

>uganda
do dey know the way?

Anonymous No. 16378380

>Haitian band
lol

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Anonymous No. 16378383

dear moon BTFO
lmaooo

Anonymous No. 16378384

>>16378383
dear who?

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Anonymous No. 16378385

Anonymous No. 16378387

>Venezuela
>Brazil
Kek

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Anonymous No. 16378388

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Anonymous No. 16378390

We did it Reddit!

Anonymous No. 16378391

the public will be swayed by this performance. they'll no longer question the billionaires in space narrative thats being pushed.

Anonymous No. 16378392

>Rey's theme
Could have chosen a better Williams track from a better SW film. Still cool to see the Starlink equipment working in Dragon.

Anonymous No. 16378393

>>16378209
see >>16378370 >>16378371

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Anonymous No. 16378395

>>16378387
Can we get a ranking of each countries performance?
I know which country takes GOLD, do you?

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Anonymous No. 16378396

https://x.com/united/status/1834306038654271621

Anonymous No. 16378397

>>16378392
Are you telling me that was from fucking Star Wars? STAR WARS???

Anonymous No. 16378399

>>16378395
why did they only choose communist shitholes?
curious

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Anonymous No. 16378401

>>16378373

Anonymous No. 16378402

>>16378397
>he doesnt know about john williams

Anonymous No. 16378404

>>16378397
/sfg/, what song would (You) have wanted played?

Anonymous No. 16378405

>>16378404
star trek cuz thats what the haters love

Anonymous No. 16378406

>>16378396
so united is getting starlink? thats the most likely thing happening. unless they're announcing a united dragon flight to space.

Anonymous No. 16378407

>>16378396
Starlink wifi

Anonymous No. 16378408

>>16378214
Alternatively just stop using taxes (theft) to fund it. Elon seems to be doing a decent job funding a reasonable portion of his operation privately.

Anonymous No. 16378409

>>16378406
Holy shit that would be amazing

Anonymous No. 16378410

>>16378404
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcVb6l4TpHw

Anonymous No. 16378412

>>16378404
If they were going to go with a Star Wars piece it might have been cool to go with the Imperial March to honor James Earl Jones, but it seems like this was planned out well in advance of the mission and Jones only passed away a few days ago.

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Anonymous No. 16378413

its starlink

Anonymous No. 16378414

>>16378408
this was the first privately funded one and people are specifically whining about billionaires going to space
so you are completely wrong about the reason for the whining, these people think they are entitled to the wealth/money of the billionaires

Anonymous No. 16378415

>>16378396
>>16378413
https://x.com/united/status/1834562645598302700

Anonymous No. 16378418

>>16378413
The fact that so many airlines are not just adding starlink but giving people free access is pretty sick

Anonymous No. 16378419

>free* wifi

*ticket prices will increase across the board to pay for it

Anonymous No. 16378420

>>16378415
>We expect to have Starlink on all 1,000+ United planes over the next several years.
This is huge

Anonymous No. 16378421

>>16378419
This is great, make Earthers pay for it

Anonymous No. 16378425

>>16378420
a lot of direct revenue to SpaceX, but also advertisment to the people testing this during flights wondering why the Wifi so good and free all of a sudden

Anonymous No. 16378427

>>16378420

> FAA bans Starlink on all aircraft.

They're in for win and they will never stop.

Anonymous No. 16378428

>>16378420
That's crazy

Anonymous No. 16378431

>>16378395
>brown shithole
>communist shithole
>favela shithole
>african shithole
>arab shithole
Interesting choice

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Anonymous No. 16378434

>>16378420
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1834566221775130679

https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125346

Anonymous No. 16378439

>>16378281
Unironically, !!
The world is missing a Sagan-type figure who apolitically gets the public interested in what’s beyond our atmosphere.
Even with $/kg going down, the reality is that it is still the domain of the rich (such as Jared) who can afford to push the boundary. This leaves a bad taste in many people’s mouths though. The narrative needs to change. There needs to be a global paradigm shift that takes the realm of Space out of the shadow and instead casts it in the spotlight of hope, optimism, exploration, cutting-edge science, and a benefit for humanity and the planet.

Anonymous No. 16378440

>>16378434
Haven't like a dozen other airlines done this already?

Anonymous No. 16378441

>>16378439
>The world is missing a Sagan-type figure who apolitically gets the public interested in what’s beyond our atmosphere.
we have tyson but he was dismissive of polaris dawn

Anonymous No. 16378442

>>16378439
I wonder if the normalfags would have liked all the dumb art shit Dear Moon was supposed to do? I can't tell anymore. If I could send anyone I wanted it would be Werner Herzog.

Anonymous No. 16378444

>>16378441
Tyson is also, unfortunately, retarded.

Anonymous No. 16378448

>>16378441
He’s a fucking retard, sorry not sorry. The man cannot “communicate” to the public.
Look at the original Cosmos—inspiring, interesting, fascinating.
MacFarlane’s reboot with Tyson starts off by bashing religion and only focuses on the popsoi aspects to keep popcorn munchers happy.
Tyson is blind to the obvious. He can tip his fedora and collect his shill paychecks—he will never be an instrument of change like Carl Sagan was

Anonymous No. 16378450

>>16378439

> Sagan apolitical

Some are forgetting his "Nuclear Winter" jihad in the Reagan years.

Anonymous No. 16378451

>>16378442
Every time I see a clip of Werner Herzog talking it’s always some eloquent melancholy statement that’s so sad but hilarious hahah

Anonymous No. 16378452

>>16378441
Anon, (you) are smarter than NDT. He's an actual midwit, you just think of him as smart because he was put on TV a bunch 10+ years ago for shit like History and Discovery channels. He hasn't even published anything since college, "communicating" is his career.

Anonymous No. 16378453

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1830777095615590774

Unveil the wool from your eyes peasants

Anonymous No. 16378455

tyson: nasa did it 50 years ago
sagan: these four brave men and women plant the seeds of hope for all who dream of a brighter future for humanity. into the void they go, and with them, us too, one day.

Anonymous No. 16378456

>>16378439
imo chuds would be shitting on Sagan if he were still alive today

Anonymous No. 16378458

>>16378209
Porn

Anonymous No. 16378459

>>16378456
>chuds
it never means anything except "disregard the rest of this post"

Anonymous No. 16378460

>>16378456
It’s true; what a blackpill damn

Anonymous No. 16378461

>>16378451
I don't know what you mean.
https://youtu.be/QhMo4WlBmGM

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Anonymous No. 16378462

https://x.com/Gwynne_Shotwell/status/1834569835126390813

Anonymous No. 16378463

>>16378309
I was hoping someone else knew who I was talking about as I can't remember his name, I used to follow him on twitter but I can't find him now.
>>16378328
Photography should be part of astronaut training as I honestly think good quality photos and videos should be a bigger part of space exploration. You're never gonna get more people interested in space with pictures that look like someone took a picture of the dust under their bed with a old dumbphone.

Anonymous No. 16378465

>>16378440
United fleet is probably bigger than all the previous ones combined and then some. That makes it newsworthy.

Anonymous No. 16378468

>>16378462
>Gwynne is really in charge of SpaceX
Is dumb but it would be a really good PR move to latch onto it. I bet we see more of that going forward

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Anonymous No. 16378469

>>16378453

Anonymous No. 16378471

>>16378462
Last I heard, base stations had to remain stationary, has this changed with new satelites or something?

Anonymous No. 16378472

>>16378209
Kill all flat earthers

Anonymous No. 16378473

>>16378471
laserlinks have been online for like a year now

Anonymous No. 16378474

>>16378471
The Ukrainians have been strapping Starlinks to large drones for years.

Anonymous No. 16378475

>ukraine
starlink helped us on the battlefield
>united
starlink allows us to give all of our customers free internet
>faa
whoa hold on now we need to slow spacex down because reasons

Anonymous No. 16378477

>>16378475
Daily reminder to abolish the FAA as punishment for their blatant and wilful obstructionism.

Anonymous No. 16378479

>>16378452
that why the flat earthers are the only people who ever bring the guys name up.

Anonymous No. 16378480

>>16378475
Federal agencies are political entities that are particularly controlled by the current admin.

Anonymous No. 16378483

>Be Elon
>find out the FAA is going to delay your shit
>immediately announce most bullish timeline yet (Mars landing in 2 years)
>FAA announces delay
>can now blame everything on FAA

Anonymous No. 16378486

>>16378483
wtf dont tell us how the sausage is made

Anonymous No. 16378488

>>16378483
If it gets the FAA out of the way, good.

Anonymous No. 16378491

>>16378401
>"Iconic" Rey's theme
Hilarious

Anonymous No. 16378494

>storytime with cancer kids
>spacewalk
>violin concert
whats next

Anonymous No. 16378495

>>16378491
Hahah

Anonymous No. 16378497

>>16378491
ive watched those movies (sad to say) and can't recall it. better to draw from the real star wars movies if any,

id have chosen the darth vader tune anyway...DUN DUN DUN DUN-DUNDUN DUN-DUNDUN etc

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Anonymous No. 16378502

Scientific American writes Elon Musk is a fraud

Anonymous No. 16378503

>>16378453
>CLAIMS BREAKTHROUGH
Shit or get off the pot, QI fag.

Anonymous No. 16378507

>>16378502
>owes his success to competitors who failed to compete
seems reasonable.

Anonymous No. 16378508

>>16378502
Musk derangement syndrome is becoming a reality

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Anonymous No. 16378509

>>>16378113
I would be hard pressed to find a benefit to SpaceX for including NASA in anything human and StarShip to LEO related.

Remember "human rating" a vehicle makes static its design, the antitheses of what StarShip is.

Anonymous No. 16378510

>>16378507
>Elon Musk has no will of his own
>only failures of his competitors matter

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Anonymous No. 16378513

mogged

Anonymous No. 16378514

>>16378185
only TDS left wing anti white extremists comment on news websites, apart from maybe The Daily Mail.

Anonymous No. 16378515

>>16378413
>You'll be able to stream
[X] Doubt

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Anonymous No. 16378516

>>16378439
Why in internet age would you want some centralized hack? Now everyone can find the there own disseminated idols.

Anonymous No. 16378517

>>16378502
It really is just nothing but EDS.
Did this guy think the richest man on earth would be normal?

Anonymous No. 16378518

>>16378513
Maezawa status?

Anonymous No. 16378520

>>16378513
just realised they forgot to draw her hair going everywhere

Anonymous No. 16378521

>>16378513
everybody: we want a violin concert
elon: we have a violin concert at home
violin concert at home:

Anonymous No. 16378522

>>16378502
>opinion articles
why are they always garbage hot takes

Anonymous No. 16378523

>>16378261
Colonising mars is pretty fucking retarded desu. Musk should be considering building IRL Rapture city under the ocean, or colonizing the Sahara. its free real estate.

I know you guys wont like this, but Musk is essesntially grifting with his mars shit. he may be accelerating space tech, which is a good thing, but even putting a man on mars in our lifetime is fucking unthinkable. how to return is the hard part, not to mention the absolutely lethal doses of radiation anyone will experience on the way.

Anonymous No. 16378524

>>16378521
Gb2r with this shitty normalfag plebbitor meme

Anonymous No. 16378526

>>16378510
EDS is a hell of a drug

Anonymous No. 16378527

>>16378317
CGI space missions are the Great filter.

Anonymous No. 16378529

>>16378523
>but even putting a man on mars in our lifetime is fucking unthinkable.
no its not. up the rad protection of the craft and its good to go really. have some extra fuel waiting in mars orbit for the trip back and boom, its done.

Anonymous No. 16378530

>>16378439
Uhm, chud, we have a guy called Neil Degrass Tyson?

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Anonymous No. 16378534

>>16378523
>just re-colonize Africa, dude

Anonymous No. 16378535

>>16378529
so you think the lander will be able to effortlessly escape mars orbit? lol, lmao even. you will have to land a return rocket independently and make sure that thing doesnt fuck up its landing, or kill the crew on the way back, imagine trying to launch a rocket with just one or two crew members. it borders on unfeasible, nay it is unfeasible.

the most feasible way is send three rockets, one with the lander, one with the return rocket, and one with the fuel to get back. it just spirals out of control with extranious variables though. theres a reason they propose sending a terminal patient. they aint coming back this century.

Anonymous No. 16378536

>>16378439
Wouldn't Sagan be a cis white manspaining?

Anonymous No. 16378539

>>16378534
ok terraform the interior of Australia , then use that as a launch pad to colonise Antarctica. Learning how to survive antarctica would help in understanding how to in2 mars as well as an added benefit. Im all for space stuff, but we need to become a geological scaled civilization before we even think about going elsewhere.

Anonymous No. 16378544

>>16378518
Can’t even get it up

Anonymous No. 16378548

>>16378539
>ok terraform the interior of Australia
Operation Plowshare would be of assistance here, use a line of buried nukes to carve out a channel from the ocean to the interior, flooding it with a new inland sea.

Anonymous No. 16378557

>>16378523
Read what Peter Thiel has to say about expanding globalism (what you're suggesting) vs innovation (what Musk is doing)

Anonymous No. 16378559

>>16378535
Newfag retard. Starship is all those in one. It's a Mars return vehicle that also works as a satellite constellation builder. Getting people back from Mars is literally what it is designed to do. You outed yourself has having no fucking idea what's going on here

Anonymous No. 16378562

>>16378539
>just disrupt the global ecosystem and climate before launching a couple rockets
Where are you morons coming from

Anonymous No. 16378565

>>16378559
There are allot of retarded tourists since those fuckheads advertised us on /pol/ again. Especially because of the happening allot of them escaped containment, it will likely be the same until this stupid election is over and they fuck off for another 4 years

Anonymous No. 16378567

>>16378419
United has roughly 150 million passengers per year and 1000 aircraft, so in a given month the average United aircraft has more than 10,000 passenger flights.

Even if Starlink costs $100,000 per month per aircraft, the cost per flight would only increase $10.

Anonymous No. 16378568

>>16378562
See >>16378565

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Anonymous No. 16378572

https://www.space.com/asteroid-apophis-2029-ramses-esa-mission
>OSIRIS-APEX retasked after Bennu mission, now set to rendezvous with Apophis during 2029 flyby
>ESA now fasttracking their own vehicle for intercepting Apophis
Excuse me while I tighten my tinfoil hat, but I am convinced that Apophis' flyby in 2029 will sling it around the sun once more to impact us four years later, and these missions are going to try and redirect it in 2029 so it misses us later.

Anonymous No. 16378576

>>16378572
If there was a genuine threat then they would not be slowing down starship

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16378577

>>16378559
reading more pilpul pamphlets doesnt really make you any less wrong.

Anonymous No. 16378578

>>16378576
you're wrong about that but if there was a genuine threat JPL would be given billions to build something about it.

Anonymous No. 16378579

>>16378576
Their hubris is beyond conception, they will "solve the problem" themselves, the last thing they want is to rely on SpaceX for planetary defense.

Anonymous No. 16378580

>>16378577
Schizoid

Anonymous No. 16378581

>>16378535
>imagine trying to launch a rocket with just one or two crew members.
now that sounds familiar. not sure where i saw this though. anyone?

Anonymous No. 16378582

>>16378577
>n-no my baseless opinion isn't wrong!!!
>y-you're just jewish!!

Anonymous No. 16378583

>>16378502
>Dan Vergano is a senior Opinion Editor at Scientific American since 2023. He was previously a science reporter and editor at Grid News, BuzzFeed News, National Geographic, and USA Today
>BuzzFeed
yeah

Anonymous No. 16378585

>>16378523
You should definitely try your gay ideas in Somalia. For now just stop posting.

Anonymous No. 16378587

>>16378581
oh shit, i forgot that this thread is full of moon landing beleivers lmao

Anonymous No. 16378589

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQfauGJaTs

Anonymous No. 16378591

>>16378209
We need to increase the median quality of life back to where it was in the 50s, then selling people on the idea of funding exploration is easy becasue they aren't broke as fuck seeing billions spent on something they can't understand.

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Anonymous No. 16378592

>>16378581
you must be thinking of astra, but they proved that 3 is the hard minimum and it doesn't always work

Anonymous No. 16378596

>>16378592
Wheres the rope?!

Anonymous No. 16378599

>>16378502
>scientific american
>sc
>am
>scam

Anonymous No. 16378602

Space joos

Anonymous No. 16378604

>>16378602
Reference material for you, and /sfg/ newfags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz7JGCj4Q5k

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Anonymous No. 16378607

>>16378592
Are they going to launch anything again, or is it ogre for them? Rocketlab got the remaining Tropics satellites, didn't they?

Anonymous No. 16378611

do you think you would have killed yourself already if it made no one sad?

Anonymous No. 16378617

>>16378502
Arguing SpaceX didn't accomplish anything because its competitors are stupid and incompetent is an identical argument to that guy seething on SpaceNews that SpaceX makes fat margins because everybody else is not competing with them. I've posted before about how much stuff had to go wrong for SpaceX to succeed (ULA using Russian engines being the number one dumbest maneuver of all time). That just means the CONDITIONS were favorable, they don't mean Musk and Shotwell only succeeded because others failed. DC-X would have eventually been canceled by Obama as too expensive regardless if it worked, and SLS still would have ended up costing billions of dollars per launch. In any alternate reality China takes and never relinquishes the price advantage in commercial space, and ITAR would look like an extremely flimsy excuse for why US companies couldn't launch on their rockets.

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Anonymous No. 16378621

>>16378539
what for?
there's nothing special or groundbreaking about building cities in deserts

Anonymous No. 16378624

>>16378587
ha, the hoaxies retard outs himself. be gone fool.

>>16378592
nah that doesn't ring any bells.

Anonymous No. 16378625

We're never convincing the ecocultists space is good. I just had one leap on me in a tangential Xitter discussion and tell me that people shouldn't go to space because we'll just ruin other planets like we did Earth. What the hell is wrong with these people? It's not just EDS, they're Antispace!

Anonymous No. 16378626

>>16378420
>over the next several years
Why does it take so long just to add a receiver??

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Anonymous No. 16378630

>>16378440
United has the second largest fleet in the world, bigger than everyone else who's announced Starlink combined. Not to mention Star Alliance is the largest in the world with over 5000 aircraft, so what United does the rest of their partners will follow suit. I can cope and dream that AA will follow suit

Anonymous No. 16378631

>>16378395
>3 African countries
Why nothing in Asia? I'm sure Clear would have liked Japan to be included

Anonymous No. 16378636

>>16378625
how the fuck can you ruin an inanimate ball of matter? ecosystems i understand but venus is already pretty awful i think humans might actually improve it.

Anonymous No. 16378637

>>16378626
They're probably adding them during maintenance, which requires the plane to leave the line and travel to South America where they work on them. This occurs on a schedule and can't be rushed.

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Anonymous No. 16378642

>>16378636
bucket crab mentality

Anonymous No. 16378644

>>16378626
1000 is a lot of airplanes. how many do you think they do in a day? any less than 3 every day and it takes more than a year.

Anonymous No. 16378645

>>16378524
>Gb2r
What? Is this another one of those reddit acronyms

Anonymous No. 16378646

>>16378645
mr newfag, it stands for go back to rebbit. how new are you? genuine question because anyone who has used this site for more than 2 weeks knows it. its ok if ur new but u shouldnt pretend to be an oldfag if ur new. just say ur new and accept it and learn.

Anonymous No. 16378648

>>16378579
>we can not rely on the whims of a tech billionaire to keep earth safe

Anonymous No. 16378649

>>16378521
this is exactly some shit i would see in youtube comments made by bots.

Anonymous No. 16378650

nobody:
absolutely nobody:
youtube comment section:
anon: >>16378649

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>>16378650

Anonymous No. 16378653

>>16378209
It just needs to be made into such a normal mundane part of life that people who oppose it are seen like people who would oppose automobiles, trains, wireless communication, refrigeration, or indoor plumbing.

Anonymous No. 16378683

>>16378134
I'm always here. I don't have time to catch the beginning of the thread all the time because I'm very busy working on being able to go to the moon.

Anonymous No. 16378685

>>16378502
> Lockheed Martin and Boeing formed the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch expensive rockets, a joint venture green-lit by antitrust regulators asleep since the Reagan administration.
Why can't these journos even get their anti-business facts right?

Anonymous No. 16378689

>>16378683
Based, Im trying to do my part too. Hopefully I can get that job at SpaceX but if not right out of the gate I will build my resume up to be worthy of that job. Keep pushing our limits anon.

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Anonymous No. 16378692

Anonymous No. 16378699

Solarcels wngts

Anonymous No. 16378702

Just reading some of this stuff, it's incredible how much shit you have to deal with to do anything aerospace anywhere in the US
https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship
And every single proceeding adds a sequential delay for public comment that the agencies involved have to evaluate and respond to with equal seriousness. If a way could be found to make these delays happen in parallel it would dramatically improve the situation.

Anonymous No. 16378706

>>16378702
Thanks for your suggestion, anon. We've added a parallel expeditiousness analysis step after each proceeding, followed by a parallel expeditiousness analysis review at the end.

Anonymous No. 16378711

>>16378702
>stakeholder_engagement
actual communism

Anonymous No. 16378718

>>16378692
why does it wobble so

Anonymous No. 16378719

>>16378625
they are literally anti-life nihilists
life = suffering, therefore life should be prevented (if possible)

Anonymous No. 16378721

>>16378702
>>16378706
Update, unfortunately we were unable to find enough staff to implement the parallel expeditiousness analysis alongside our other processes, so it will now take place after the completion of the preceding step but before initiating the following step. The timeline of the advancement of American spaceflight now entirely hinges on a single homosexual african american who's main hope in life is that no one notices he doesn't have the slightest idea what the papers that show up to his desk mean long enough to take away his $85,000 per year

Anonymous No. 16378723

>>16378718
probably vibrations from the motor that turns it to face the sun

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Anonymous No. 16378728

How will birds flying in 0G work?

Anonymous No. 16378733

>>16378728
It won't. Birds need gravity or they'll suffocate. It isn't clear they'll be able to live on the moon or Mars. Might be Venus or spin station only

Anonymous No. 16378740

>>16378728
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4sZ3qe6PiI
They get pretty disorientated but I imagine with experience they'll learn how to do it.

Anonymous No. 16378742

>>16378733
won't work on a spinning station since there is no gravity in the air

Anonymous No. 16378743

>>16378742
Huh?

Anonymous No. 16378744

>>16378742
not how that works

Anonymous No. 16378747

>>16378744
Himalayas / Simulation and.its about 2 out.

Anonymous No. 16378751

Not you - for a completely different reason. - a joke that spurs.

Anonymous No. 16378752

>>16378751
Fucking schizo

Anonymous No. 16378753

>>16378743
>>16378744
don't huh me
it just wouldn't work, I don't understand how plebs keep falling for this meme
birds can only fly on earth because it's so massive and has gravity (just look at clouds)

Anonymous No. 16378757

>>16378753
yeah right, next you're going to tell me fish can only swim because earth has water

Anonymous No. 16378758

>>16378751
At the end of the day it's work, I think I find too joyous. Perhaps I'm on a ad-rush?
I'd do it but I imagine there's a lot of tedious parts I miss, or whether there's advancement to skip those.

Anonymous No. 16378775

>>16378753
Assuming you're in a 1g 240m spin city like in the OP image, you'd need to fly at 104mph to counteract gravity. Some birds certainly would fly fast enough to notice, but it's not like you jump in the air and the station suddenly shoots out from under you at 104 miles per hour.

Anonymous No. 16378777

>>16378753
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4sZ3qe6PiI

Anonymous No. 16378781

>>16378775
I wonder if birds would get fucked up by the extreme coriolis forces

Anonymous No. 16378782

https://www.youtube.com/live/5sxzsG9NF94
Cute girls on off nom

Anonymous No. 16378783

>>16378775
there's no gravity pushing air down tho
so you can't do earth calculations because it wont work
birds would notice it very fast when they suddenly entered a very low gravity envoronment

Anonymous No. 16378784

>>16378102
I was thinking about social and societal improvements, we don't holds hands confidently as if it's non-sexual(it's the furthest from a sexual part). When people depict utopia, there's lots of water flowing in, but I'd go as far to say there needs to be spots or pots indoors. And things like flies and animals desire houses, a serious pleasure thing.

Anonymous No. 16378787

>>16378728
the space-animals program is currently in it's early days. So far the operation of rats in high vacuum is confirmed but only during greater or equal to earth gravity boost phase of launch. Once functionality of small furry quadrupeds is confirmed in zero G we will progress to ornithological flight dynamics.

Anonymous No. 16378790

>>16378781
their direction finding capabilities may be compromised. it is thought that the introduction of various kinds of signage to the habitat may counteract the effects.

Anonymous No. 16378794

>>16378787
I'm less concerned about flying birds and more concerned about livestock. Can farm animals adapt to low gravity or is it going to have to be spin stations? The colonies of the white man require cheese.

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Anonymous No. 16378795

16378587
>beleivers

Anonymous No. 16378803

>>16378790
what do bird signs look like?

Anonymous No. 16378805

Wait a second... SOLAR SAIL BROS, IS THE CURSE BROKEN?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-spot-nasas-solar-sail-demonstration-streaking-through-the-night-sky-180985052/

Anonymous No. 16378806

>>16378794
Ungulates will have a very hard time in 0G.

Anonymous No. 16378807

>>16378794
if the genetic engineering of low-G adapted livestock is causing delays a possible back up option being considered is the deployment of weighted overgarments and magnetic hooves etc, a relatively cost effective though temporary solution which is projected to ensure correct skeletal density and musculature development.

Anonymous No. 16378809

>>16378805
>>16378699

Anonymous No. 16378810

>>16378795
Wire leak of all areas and everyone

Anonymous No. 16378811

>>16378803
modified Chicken Scratches is the best-fit model at this time.

Anonymous No. 16378812

>>16378728
they get rather confused
it's amazing how so few people are aware of the fact Soviets successfully hatched quails in 0G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7-hm3A7ayI
>>16378733
retard

Anonymous No. 16378814

>>16378811
Religious. Religious buildings of the highest grade in my mind

Anonymous No. 16378819

>>16378812
>cant eat
>cant breed
>cant lay eggs

Anonymous No. 16378820

>>16378814
You want all of what I can produce intellectually and the wire.

Anonymous No. 16378821

>>16378814
>>16378810
>>16378795
Lost bot or what

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Anonymous No. 16378822

Interesting video touring the observatory 747. more about the plane than the telescope itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzcZeA8TlVY

Anonymous No. 16378825

>>16378783
>there's no gravity pushing air down tho
There's no gravity pushing anything down tard

Anonymous No. 16378827

>>16378821
The bot. It's lost. The bot it is lost. Lost is the bot 'cause the bot is lost.

Anonymous No. 16378831

>>16378825
lol faggot
guess you're floating in air right now dumb mongrel
not so cool now, huh?

Anonymous No. 16378832

>>16378783
they should take some birds to the ISS. would be interesting to see what they do. can they adapt in some way? i know its not quite at the vacuum + zero G stage but it would be interesting.

at least put some on a vomit comet.

Anonymous No. 16378834

>>16378831
On a spin station dumbass. IQ too low to follow a conversation more than three posts back?
>>16378812
You have to specify why I'm retarded

Anonymous No. 16378839

>>16378822
Still a shame it got retired. I heard stories about the flight it made for New Horizons, a lot of occultations are impossible to observe because they pass over the ocean https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/sofia-right-place-right-time-study-next-new-horizons-flyby-object/

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Anonymous No. 16378840

Why are the deltav requirements for venus so high?

Anonymous No. 16378841

>>16378834
moron, learn to fucking converse before blaming others for your illiteracy

Anonymous No. 16378843

>>16378840
The closer to the sun you get, the faster you need to go to get there.

Anonymous No. 16378849

>>16378843
Why is venus higher than mercury then?

Anonymous No. 16378850

>>16378840
We are never getting to sun...

Anonymous No. 16378852

>>16378850
couldn't we gravity assist of Jupiter to drop pretty much directly into the sun? I think I saw a gif proposing such a maneuver.

Anonymous No. 16378860

>>16378840
I think that's just the delta-v required to escape Venus, the diagram says that the red arrow means the delta-v to reach said orbit can be reduced using aerobraking/aerocapture.

Anonymous No. 16378861

>>16378841
You don't understand how centrifugal gravity in a spin station works if you think you'd be unaffected by it while off the ground

Anonymous No. 16378862

>>16378840
>>16378849
Venus landing delta-V uis very low because of aerobraking - see red arrows.
Venus escape to Low Orbit is very high because of its atmosphere, plus a little extra delta-V to Escape and to E-V Transfer.
What >>16378860 said

Anonymous No. 16378865

>>16378849
Are we reading the same chart? ~9.8 to mercury orbit from Earth escape vs ~3.5 to venus... Minus aerobraking at the end.

Anonymous No. 16378867

>>16378865
From, not to.

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Anonymous No. 16378869

>>16378840
This map is much nicer than that one.

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Anonymous No. 16378870

>>16378840
>Phobos and Deimos
>Low Orbit (1 km)
I knew they were small but I didn't know they were THAT small. If one could walk vertically they could literally walk into orbit on Phobos and Deimos.

Anonymous No. 16378880

>>16378870
They exist to be converted wholesale into stations

Anonymous No. 16378883

>>16378869
Damn that's nice, thanks anon

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Anonymous No. 16378886

how would (You) feel about a Mars mission that included no landing on mars, but a sample return from Phobos and/or Deimos?

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Anonymous No. 16378887

>>16378870
Reminds me of the xkcd gravity well map

Anonymous No. 16378890

>>16378886
*yawns*
boring

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Anonymous No. 16378891

These suits really suck man

Anonymous No. 16378894

>>16378886
might a nice thing as like a precursor mission like the ones to orbit the moon before landing.

Anonymous No. 16378915

>>16378891
Why is the old photo of earth so much clearer than the modern one?

Anonymous No. 16378918

>>16378915
How old are you?

Anonymous No. 16378921

>>16378918
80 something

Anonymous No. 16378935

>>16378915
one of them is taken with a regular ass camera
while the other is captured from a livestream so it's subject to image degradation

Anonymous No. 16378938

remember when retarded niggers were swearing blind that ice in the tanks wasnt a real thing?

Anonymous No. 16378945

>>16378886
maybe they could carry a little rocket with them in a manned starship mission to mars and fuel it there, launch it to a marsian moon, collect samples and back to mars and then with the starship to earth.

Anonymous No. 16378948

>>16378945
>Mini starship
Oh yeah, Zubrin's back

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Anonymous No. 16378950

some old kino

Anonymous No. 16378951

>>16378938
those are rats in the tanks

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Anonymous No. 16378952

Didan :DDDD

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Anonymous No. 16378956

Dione :DDDD

Anonymous No. 16378959

>>16378516
the internet age is dying as it’s becoming shittier and shittier

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Anonymous No. 16378960

I've been going through the old Cassini-Huthens image archives, there's a lot of gorgeous shots from it, wish we could send missions more often to the outer planets, they're pretty.

Anonymous No. 16378963

>>16378951
yes. they are subject in a longterm secret research project breeding vacuum capable intelligent rats for on-site rocket motor and general structural maintenance. They have played a crucial role in the reliability of the SpaceX reusable boosters and will do the same for Starship.

Ratus Ad Astra

Anonymous No. 16378965

>>16378915
film camera vs digital camera

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Anonymous No. 16378966

>>16378960
And by Huthens I obviously mean Huygens, serves me right for not proof reading

Anonymous No. 16378973

>>16378965
didn't they have the hasselblads for Gemini too? Or were they 35mm? either way, you're going to get really nice quality with a decent exposure using those, compared to some tiny lens digital camera running on auto exposure.

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Anonymous No. 16378976

>>16378965
It's not like nice digital cameras don't exist, and for whatever Jared payed for this mission I wish he'd sprung for them. although maybe they didn't want to waste time on vacuum proofing them.

Anonymous No. 16378977

>>16378886
Thats JAXA’s MMX, launching 2026.
Also look at how BORING Q1 2025 is… absolutely nothing going on.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/upcoming.html

Anonymous No. 16378979

>>16378354
Ahh, I thought you were planning this as a "this is how we will colonize the moon" pitch. Nah, your explanation makes more sense as how you visioned it, when we have the means to make it happen.
Although, now that I think of it, would we be stuck with day-long flights, or would we be willing to go the distance and make the flights to and from our moon like the transatlantic flights (6~ hours)?

Anonymous No. 16378980

>>16378404
Starman karaoke, Holst's Mars as a manifesto of where we ought to go, that kinda shit.

Anonymous No. 16378981

I bet those 4 up on Polaris Dawn keep thinking 'fuck it, i wish we could go to the moon'.

Anonymous No. 16379000

>>16378834
>You have to specify why I'm retarded
No, I don't.

Anonymous No. 16379003

>>16378209
They need to realize that Starship and similar class subsequent vehicles will enable them to also experience ortbital spaceflight should they want to do so in their lifetimes for a price not much more than an overseas airline ticket.
They need to realize that Starship will enable design and launch of telescopes that can find and characterize true earth analog planets and not just speculative superearth candidates whose actual habitability is unknown.
They need to realize that redirecting the funds from spaceflight to earth based activities cannot solve all of humanities problems or even a few of them as you cannot solve many issues with money alone.
They need to realize what the ultimate fate of the earth is and without spaceflight humanity will share in the fate of this planet.

Anonymous No. 16379006

>>16378981
>c'mon jared just one more flight, we know you're good for it

Anonymous No. 16379007

How hard would it be to convince women (and their low-test husbands) that their souls are weighed down by gravity, and only by escaping earth can we free them and their children?

Anonymous No. 16379009

>>16379007
e*rthnoids will never learn. best to just drop a few colonies on them and call it a day

Anonymous No. 16379011

>>16378471
Starlink Maritime came out 2 years ago

Anonymous No. 16379012

>>16379006
won't bet against isaacman becoming the first to land on moon on a commercial mission

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>>16378915
stop nooticing

Anonymous No. 16379023

>>16379007
Just pay some influencers to start spewing new age homeopathic space astrology yoga nonsense on social media and they'll lap it right up.

Anonymous No. 16379048

Butch is a bit annoyed... see 15:00-17:30 or so

https://www.youtube.com/live/FvRH5hT2dWo

Anonymous No. 16379054

Moon base when

Anonymous No. 16379061

>>16379054
1974

Anonymous No. 16379062

>>16379054
two weeks

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>>16379054
Correct answer >>16379061

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>>16378782
>cute

Anonymous No. 16379087

>>16378979
>would we be stuck with day-long flights, or would we be willing to go the distance and make the flights to and from our moon like the transatlantic flights (6~ hours)?
Probably not! I may be wrong but I think you'd need a DV of around 40,000m/s or something

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>>16378960
>wish we could send missions more often to the outer planets, they're pretty.
We can, we just don't.

Anonymous No. 16379093

>>16379023
This.
Just invent some spiritual mumbo jumbo.
Brigham Young managed to not only convince women to walk into empty desert with nothing in it, but in such droves they had to resort to polygamy for a few decades.

Anonymous No. 16379098

>>16379093
True ascendance can only be found when Earth is in retrograde

Anonymous No. 16379099

>>16379012
if he continues what he is doing and no other person starts doing the same thing then that is pretty high probability
otherwise it might be something like a SpaceX employee (Polaris Dawn tier dev mission but with full SpaceX employee crew)

Anonymous No. 16379107

>>16379098
precisely

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>>16379048

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Anonymous No. 16379111

https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1834009499931463705

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>>16379111
https://x.com/Jason/status/1834652820743897449

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>>16379112
https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1834665740336509309

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>>16379114
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1834667037920239709

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>>16378502
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1834666066905338226

Musk responding

Anonymous No. 16379123

>>16379023
I hate the fact that the average woman likes astrology so much yet won't be the slightest interested in astronomy. They'll start their daily rambling about Mercury in retrograde or whatever bullshit, but the moment I start mentioning proper stars and constellations names like Arcturus or Orion they look at me as if I'm a weirdo/autist. wtf, it's not fair, you were the one who wanted to talk about stars in the first place.

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16379124

>I petition we rename the mission Polaris Per-Dawn given this week's schedule.

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>>16379111
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1834640631194665358

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Anonymous No. 16379126

Spes (pronounced like Space)

Anonymous No. 16379128

>>16379111
>our economy doesn't benefit from monopolies
Yeah several companies min maxing so frantically that they don't have time to develop anything new is great for an economy that subsists on innovation you stupid bitch

Anonymous No. 16379129

>I petition we rename the mission Polaris Pre-Dawn given this week's schedule.

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Anonymous No. 16379131

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1834688746593173696

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Anonymous No. 16379136

>>16379131
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4879133-brazil-unfreezes-starlink-x-assets/
>Some 7.28 million reais, about $1.3 million, was transferred from X, while 11.07 million reais, about $1.99 million, was transferred from Starlink on the judge’s orders.

Brazil just stole 2 mil from SpaceX

Anonymous No. 16379137

>>16379126
>wiktionary
based

Anonymous No. 16379138

>>16379111
surprisingly based for a guy named Brendan

Anonymous No. 16379141

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uEPt89lofZE
The same type bitched about this

Anonymous No. 16379142

>>16378502
sciam is a popsci rag run by a batshit woman who still screeches that lab leak is a conspiracy

Anonymous No. 16379146

>page 5 and 370 posts
/sfg/ is dead and thats a good thing

Anonymous No. 16379153

https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1fg08sa/spacex_valued_at_100x_more_than_rklb_why/
i know it's plebbit, go back, etc. but i couldn't stop laughing lmao. same people who thought virgin galactic was a real competitor. i really hope spacex does not go public for a long, long time.

Anonymous No. 16379155

>>16379146
nobody gives a shit about space, rightly.

there are more important things down here on earth. get your head out the clouds and get a real job.

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Anonymous No. 16379156

don't mind me just going for a stroll with my rocket

Anonymous No. 16379157

>>16378915
Film is a higher resolution medium than almost every existing digital system, by a lot.

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>>16379156
beep beep

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>>16379156
>>16379158

Anonymous No. 16379163

>>16379136
Imagine doing any business at all in Brazil after this

Anonymous No. 16379166

>>16379111
>>16379114
>>16379119
its obvious to any /sfg/er that the biden admin is corrupt af. they'd rather hold spaceflight back than help the country. actual cutting off your nose to spite your face. there's no reason to vote for harris.

Anonymous No. 16379171

>>16379153
Gb2r

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Anonymous No. 16379172

https://x.com/davill/status/1834703746842214468
>“So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance.”

Anonymous No. 16379173

>>16379172
OH NO NO NO

Anonymous No. 16379174

>>16379172
Not a big fan of this new naming scheme.
It was fun when SpaceX started doing it, but now it's cringe.

Anonymous No. 16379176

>>16379174
Shut up fag let them have their fun

Anonymous No. 16379178

>>16379172
better this than some cringe "endeavour" or whatever the fuck

Anonymous No. 16379179

>>16379178
split the difference and name it after dave limp's mom or something

Anonymous No. 16379180

>>16379172
it should be called nigger killer

Anonymous No. 16379181

>>16379172
welcome to the cringe naming club, bo
rocket lab was wondering what takes you so long

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Anonymous No. 16379183

Acceptable ship names are something like "Endurance", or something actually interesting. Notably, SpaceX does both.

Anonymous No. 16379188

>>16379183
Do we name every cargo ship ever made? No? Then Shut up fag

Anonymous No. 16379190

>>16379188
they do actually.
suck my cock

Anonymous No. 16379191

>>16379188
>>16379190
you two should kiss

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Anonymous No. 16379193

>>16379191
How about you kiss my ass instead
>BRAAAAAAAAAAP

Anonymous No. 16379196

>>16378626
I actually worked on the United wifi team a few years ago as a consultant and I learned a lot about how that stuff goes. There's a ridiculous amount of regulatory and compliance stuff to deal with and the release cycle is like 6+ months for software, let alone hardware.

I've always been a Delta person, but getting Starlink would be absolutely worth the switch and it might even kick some sense into Delta. They've been on Viasat forever and while they have free wifi, it kinda sucks just cause it's so slow. Not to mention there's the entire pacific hemisphere that's a 100% dead zone due to the failed viasat sat.

Anonymous No. 16379197

>>16379188
Every vessel has a name. Usually little boomer speedboats have the funniest names.

Anonymous No. 16379198

>>16379188
fuck you idiot.

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Anonymous No. 16379202

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5UdWAnUoWI

NSF has a tranny now? lmao

Anonymous No. 16379203

>>16378502
>>16378599
They first went climate woke about 2001 or so. It had been one of the few magazines I subscribed to up to that point.
The editor got interviewed by Charlie Rose a few years later and admitted that it was intentional.
(and Charlie Rose later got canceled for something I can't even remember)

Anonymous No. 16379204

>>16379202
yeah xer joined maybe a month ago. terrible at speaking but has good pics. shame about the face though. i look much better than they do.

Anonymous No. 16379205

>>16379202
Why must I have exclusively autistic interests? Are normal people forced to see trannies this often?

Anonymous No. 16379206

>>16379205
yes but they don't think about it as much as you do.

Anonymous No. 16379207

>>16379202
La creatura in the bottom right looks even worse than the h tranny.

Anonymous No. 16379210

>>16379207
when he was in high school, a bully punched him in the stomach so hard he got paralyzed from the waist down

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Anonymous No. 16379219

>>16378870
they are smol but close to mars, this pic was taken by perseverance rover

Anonymous No. 16379224

why do zoomers like (>>16379146) need everything to be a twitch chat in terms of activity? is this the true end result of forums dying out? the younger generation can't stand 5 minutes without new content to consume?

Anonymous No. 16379231

>>16379224
Hey you dumb cunt, I said thats a GOOD thing very fucking clearly in the post. Less activity here because more activity means worse post quality, which is /sfg/ at its worst.

Anonymous No. 16379232

>>16379224
If they're not constantly stimming they'll die

The funniest trend I heard of is dares to "raw dog" long trips, where you don't move or use anything to pass the time

Anonymous No. 16379234

>>16379231
More activity means worse post quality* I didnt delete all of a previous sentence
>>16379232
Hey faggot, read the original post and tell me what it says at the end

Anonymous No. 16379235

>>16379205
I don't think they are, but I'm very sick of seeing them. Everytime you complain about seeing them they go 'uh rent free, you don't see trannies it's in your head' but if you have literally any traditionally male nerd hobby there are troons bursting out the seams. Trains? Computers? Military equipment? Japanese cartoons? Obscure telecommunications equipment? Remote control cars? 15th century military lore? Spaceflight?
And that's online, true, but If you go to any sort of in-person gathering for that sort of thing they're there, and you can literally smell them. I'm very tired. The only place I've been able to avoid them and do 'male' things is church. I sincerely hope Eloin doesn't let them on Mars.

Anonymous No. 16379236

>>16379219
i couldve made a more convincing one in blender. tell me again why a rover whos alleged purpose is to study the surface can magically point at the sun and receive no damage to its cameras?

Anonymous No. 16379237

>turn on the jewess
>europe finds a habitable planet
i guess its not actually habitable because this is the first i've heard of it

Anonymous No. 16379242

>>16379235
>I sincerely hope Eloin doesn't let them on Mars
Makes me wonder how discerning they'll be allowed to be. Like are they going to have federally mandated demographic requirements?

Anonymous No. 16379243

>>16379236
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKK7vS2CHC8

Anonymous No. 16379244

When would an orbital hotel become reasonably possible?

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>>16379244
20 years ago. a hotel-only station is unlikely since research is big money.

Anonymous No. 16379247

>>16379210
holy shit is this true thats hilarious

Anonymous No. 16379248

>>16379119
>illegally rescinded
Ok then sue? SpaceX used to sue the govt and win.What is he waiting for?

Anonymous No. 16379249

>>16379210
I would spend the rest of my life trying to figure out how to kill that guy without the use of my legs

Anonymous No. 16379260

>>16379249
One word.
Wheelchair mounted machinegun.

Anonymous No. 16379261

>>16378513
>nobody has been able to explain how it is possible for stringed instruments to work in microgravity

Anonymous No. 16379262

>>16378521
Boomer sfgooners dont get the joke, but i do! haha good one anon

Anonymous No. 16379263

>>16379248
the government investigated the government and found that the government's decision was correct

Anonymous No. 16379265

>>16379261
care to explain why they wouldn't, flerffag?

Anonymous No. 16379268

>>16379265
the strings are weightless. only horn instruments like trumpets can work in orbit.

Anonymous No. 16379270

>>16379260
You just won the internet sir.
Updoot

Anonymous No. 16379271

>>16379268
so what? the sound comes from the strings causing air to vibrate, the vibration is pretty much entirely independent of the weight of the strings as the weight is tiny anyway
in fact I don't think there are very many instruments that would NOT work in microgravity
perhaps some fluid filled blowing bottles or something would be one of the rare examples

Anonymous No. 16379274

>>16379023
>>16379093
>>16379098
>>16379123
>umm.. is that mission pilot an aries?
>venus is in retrograde right now so the launch is scrubbed sweaty

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Anonymous No. 16379275

I look like this btw

Anonymous No. 16379277

>>16379245
I could envision a motel-style station as a rest spot between a big journey and deorbiting, give the passengers a night's rest before they descend planetside. Of course, it'd be only for the super luxurious, since everyone else would rather either get it over with, or simply rest in their travelship before deorbiting.

Anonymous No. 16379278

>>16379235
the fact they avoid church implies demonic possession
try dousing them in holy water and a loud prayer - if they shriek in pain and claw at you, you will see I'm right

Anonymous No. 16379279

>>16379274
We're trying to find a way to convince women to move to a frozen toilet to make babies not install them as space traffic controllers

Anonymous No. 16379280

>>16379271
If the string has no weight then how can it shake the air?

Anonymous No. 16379281

>>16379280
You can't do this in these threads, everyone is so autistic they'll spend two hours trying to explain it without ever realizing you're trolling

Anonymous No. 16379283

>>16378253
Old fuckers make sense. There's no heavy lifting in space. It's all brain work. And, if they burn up, no big deal.

Anonymous No. 16379284

>>16379235
>>16379242
Troons won't be allowed on Mars because they all, universally, have a history of self-harm and cannot be trusted near any life-critical systems such as airlock doors.

If one somehow makes it through the screening process, they will have an "accident" in space once they've pissed somebody off enough. In space, everybody is forced to be on their best behavior and not fuck with other people, otherwise retribution will be swift and final.

Anonymous No. 16379287

>>16379281
You're right, I'm sorry.

Anonymous No. 16379289

>>16379007
It's simple, just tell them what they will weigh in approximate terms on the moon or Mars. I have done this and they always love it.

Anonymous No. 16379291

>>16378692
Black hole over Antarctica.

Anonymous No. 16379292

>>16379244
When access to orbit is so cheap that building one makes sense. IE: not any time soon.

We are at the beginning of in space living as a thing. The major customer bases are already known.
Near term is space agencies, rich people, Hollywood/media industry, and research for companies.
Mid term is in space manufacturing. Likely drugs being the biggest money maker unless some major material science breakthrough is made.
Long term space hotels. Those require artificial gravity as I suspect people won't want to deal with the long recovery period upon returning to earth.
Even longer term, in space living.

Anonymous No. 16379293

>>16378822
Terrestrial Hubble? Right in your face.

Anonymous No. 16379296

>>16379284
They can't breed either.

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Anonymous No. 16379299

>>16378891

Anonymous No. 16379300

>>16378891
>could have had images of Sarah riding cowgirl in top of dragon
>instead we got suit mobility tests
>normalfags yawn
This is why we can't have nice things

Anonymous No. 16379312

>>16379300
Polaris Program has zero aura

Anonymous No. 16379313

>>16379284
Heinlein wrote about this
>>16379283
>there's no heavy lifting
No, instead there's intensive EVA outings. We've already discussed, in this very thread to an extent, the difficulty of moving around in a pressurized suit. Plus, old farts get heart problems. We still don't really understand what goes on with your blood an shieet in micrograv, his ticker might pop.

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>>16379289
imagine how large you could make them
the limits are nearly endless

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Anonymous No. 16379324

we need para astronauts for medical research

Anonymous No. 16379325

>>16379313
Yes, the necessity of civility in space is explained in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Anonymous No. 16379326

>>16379324
Damn if I had no legs I'd love 0g

Anonymous No. 16379336

>>16379172
This makes it so much funnier when it fucks up the landing

Anonymous No. 16379337

>>16379326
thats gotta be unnerving seeing some legless person making their way towards you in 0g

Anonymous No. 16379338

uh oh NSF is exposing SpaceX for not properly getting a permit for the deluge system

Anonymous No. 16379340

>>16379338
From what I am told, Hurricane Francine did not have a permit to dump water either. Guess we need to remove atmosphere now

Anonymous No. 16379345

I just pissed out my window... WITHOUT AN FAA PERMIT

Anonymous No. 16379346

>>16379345
A PISS JUST FLEW OVER MY HOUSE

Anonymous No. 16379347

reminder we want starliner to succeed, boeing doesnt

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Anonymous No. 16379348

>>16379312
ong blud. polaris cant rizz up livvy dunne

Anonymous No. 16379351

>>16379338
>We chose to settle so that we can focus our energy on completing the missions and commitments that we have made to the U.S. government, commercial customers, and ourselves. Paying fines is extremely disappointing when we fundamentally disagree with the allegations, and we are supported by the fact that EPA has agreed that nothing about the operation of our flame deflector will need to change. Only the name of the permit has changed
They did nothing wrong and were operating in good faith. The matter would be settled in court except that would slow things down even more.

Anonymous No. 16379352

>>16379348
on kai cenat my skibidi ohio rizzler

Anonymous No. 16379353

>Mulling over the possible options if there's a desire for a second crew vehicle if Boeing (likely) exits.
>There's only one choice: throw money at Sierra for a crash program to 'crew certify' a version of Dream Chaser. Except: with ISS due to be terminated by 2030: what's the point?
people like this keep forgetting that nasa will be an anchor tenant on a commercial space station. nasa could still support two commercial spacecraft beyond 2030 because they'll continue to have a station presence into the next decade.

Anonymous No. 16379354

>>16379347
they can always sell Starliner production to blue origin

Anonymous No. 16379355

>>16379353
Reminder that after the comcrew selection were narrowed down and finalized, NASA astronauts said they would be “fine” riding in a window-less Dreamchaser when someone asked them about Boeing winning over Sierra. I’m not making this up.

Anonymous No. 16379356

>>16379354
yeah if they dont expect too much like ULA

Anonymous No. 16379357

>>16379204
are you a troon perchance?

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Anonymous No. 16379361

Would you throw yourself in to Jupiter just to be the first human not in Terra's grasp?

Anonymous No. 16379363

>>16379361
yeah fuck it, I'd also see sights no other human has seen

Anonymous No. 16379368

>>16379361
I will rise from the hydrogen ocean and begin my path of galatic domination. Earthers are but ants before by path to trod upon.

Anonymous No. 16379369

>>16379363
It would be interesting cloud tops for a bit and then it would quickly go dark and you’d feel a soul-crushing pressure. Wouldn’t be fun.
Falling into a supermassive black hole would probably be more comfy and interesting

Anonymous No. 16379371

>>16379174
It was cringe even when SpaceX did it.

Anonymous No. 16379372

>>16379371
but it was funny bc the commie Culture fans were seething that Elon acknowleged their books

Anonymous No. 16379374

>>16379369
A supermassive black hole would be fascinating, seeing spaghettification and any relativistic effects right before everything goes dark would be incredible.

Anonymous No. 16379376

>>16379176
this, welcome to the club jeffery

Anonymous No. 16379380

>>16379374
>>16379369
didnt you watch interstellar? there is a ginger lady at the end of any black hole.

Anonymous No. 16379381

>>16379380
And o’neill cylinders AAAAHHHHHHH

Anonymous No. 16379382

>>16378822
>mfw I'll never be a plane pilot
;_;
how do I cope bros...

Anonymous No. 16379383

>>16379382
Be the skyking of rockets

Anonymous No. 16379385

>>16379380
But is she old or is she young and cute

Anonymous No. 16379397

>>16379353
more crewed vehicles is an inevitability even if stankliner fails to deliver on price per seat. Dream chaser 200 series will be crewed we know that much. BO has experience with crew capsules (suborbital) but that is still experience and they could easily use that experience to make a BONG crew capsule or a capsule for another rocket if needed. RL has plans for a crew capsule (maybe). There are plenty of options for near term and near-ish term alternatives to dragon. There will be enough demand one way or another, the question is will these alternatives be ready in time to meet that demand.

It's just a matter of space x once again winning because they are ahead of everyone else by 5-10 years.

Anonymous No. 16379399

>>16379397
>There will be enough demand one way or another, the question is will these alternatives be ready in time to meet that demand.
i dont think the have to be ready in time. dragon will pick up the slack until alternatives are available.

Anonymous No. 16379400

>>16379380
>dive headfirst into a singularity
>get rewarded with red muff
But whats the downside?????

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Anonymous No. 16379402

How many of you are a microcelebrity on spitter? (This is not something to be proud of)

Anonymous No. 16379403

>>16379397
A BO crew vehicle designed from a clean slate and free from NASA restrictions is potentially very exciting.

Anonymous No. 16379412

>>16379372
>elon acknowledges some niche book/movie/series
>fandom seethes so much it's unreal
>"h-he's actually the v-villain!"
kek, every single time without exception, EDS is everywhere

Anonymous No. 16379413

>>16379403
I don't understand why they didn't start developing one immediately after the design of NG was locked in. They have life support and other stuff they can pull from with the NS capsule. It's the most plainly obvious thing to do.

>>16379399
At the very least sierra space should seriously consider crew rating their second dream chaser 102. I genuinely think dragon alone won't be able to meet demand once stations actually start popping up in orbit. They can't service 3+ stations at once. Axiom, iss, and Vast all using dragons for months at a time will cause some problems. If crewed dream chaser doesn't come online soon that would also mean that starlab and orbital reef would also need to use dragon or pay a premium to use a hopefully safe starliner which may not even fly after all of the atlas Vs are gone...

Anonymous No. 16379419

>>16379338
Boycott NSF

Anonymous No. 16379426

>>16379402
me. https://x.com/deltaIV9250

Anonymous No. 16379432

>>16379374
>seeing spaghettification
would it be even possible to be conscious, even for a brief moment, during such thing? I mean, your brain and synapses are being torn apart in the process, all this with a frame of reference relative to someone outside of the black hole's influence, but the space itself around you is also being squished at the same time, so from your own frame of reference, if you could call it that, it would seem like you're not the one being squeezed, at least that much.

Anonymous No. 16379442

>>16379426
Nigger we know about you and the hawaiian Im asking if there are any other scumfucks than you two

Anonymous No. 16379443

>>16379426
Haha followed and updooted fellow xitterer

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Anonymous No. 16379446

>>16379397
Virgin Galactic has more crewed space time than BO.

Anonymous No. 16379451

>>16379432
>would it even possible to be conscious, even for a brief moment, during such a thing?
I would assume for a few fleeting moments as you cross into the part of the gravity well that becomes inescapable you could look down and see your feet and possibly legs succumb to relativistic effects but after that it's lights out as your brain gets crushed.
> but the space itself around you is also being squished at the same time, so from your own frame of reference, if you could call it that, it would seem like you're not the one being squeezed, at least that much.
I have wondered this as well, could you occupy and even be conscious of the world around you if both you and the space you inhabit were to be compressed all together?

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>>16379446

Anonymous No. 16379463

>>16379446
Total time is irrelevant. The important thing is they have hardware that easily can transfer over to an orbital crewed vehicle and they could start designing and building it now but they presumably aren't for some reason even though they have a partnership to build a fucking space station with sierra space and Jeffy boy wants to build oneil cylinders. How are you going to get people to your space habitats if you don't have a fucking orbit capable crewed vehicle Jeff?

Anonymous No. 16379465

>>16379463
>wants to build O'Neil cylinders
>wastes time building a rocket

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Anonymous No. 16379467

>>16379380
>didnt you watch interstellar?
I did not. Should I?
I like my sci-fi completely unrealistic.

Anonymous No. 16379468

>>16379465
True, we could start building the first O'Neill cylinder by disassembling Earth, no need to get into space, it will come to us eventually.

Anonymous No. 16379473

>>16379467
that tiger is a lot more real than anything in interstellar
interstellar is a snorefest though TBQH

Anonymous No. 16379477

>>16379467
Holy KINO. A team of 1200 CGI Indians can't come close to paint on film

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Anonymous No. 16379481

>>16379477
It really is kino.

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Anonymous No. 16379490

>>16379299
Needs FAA edit

Anonymous No. 16379492

>>16379481
i miss when we had animation in films instead of cheap cgi

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Anonymous No. 16379506

>>16379274
When will we get crew astrology match ups? Like what nips do with blood types

Anonymous No. 16379524

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shensuo_(spacecraft)
>Proposed CNSA program designed to explore the heliosphere and interstellar space
>The program will feature two or three space probes that will purportedly be launched in 2024 and follow differing trajectories to encounter Jupiter to assist them out of the Solar System.
>The first probe, IHP-1, will travel toward the nose of the heliosphere. The dwarf planet Quaoar and its moon Weywot are currently being considered as potential flyby targets for IHP-1.
>IHP-2, will fly near to the tail of the heliosphere, skimming by Neptune and Triton in January 2038.
quaoar chads, we can't stop winning.

Anonymous No. 16379530

>>16379119
>yet has not brought a single astronaut back!
Yeah, that lands hard. The only thing worse than taking billions of taxpayer money and having nothing to show for it is spending billions and having stranded astronauts.

Anonymous No. 16379532

>>16379524
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1625456615125094402
https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1709893313413681573
Never mind, investigated a little bit more and it seems that these missions have now become part of Tianwen-4, which will explore the Jovian system and perform a flyby of Uranus, so perhaps no Triton or Quaoar flyby after all. But who knows, it's too early and plans might change once again, maybe one day they could get their own dedicated probes.

Anonymous No. 16379537

>>16379166
And yet she will win anyway with the power of mail in voting and last minute ballot discoveries just like our current president.
No one in Washington DC has a fucking spine. They didn't do shit last time and they won't do shit this time either. Enjoy infinity immigration and the end of the American dream.

Anonymous No. 16379538

>>16379532
Gay mission. Changs fucked up once again

Anonymous No. 16379542

>>16379537
Shut the fuck up not spaceflight take your ass back to >>>/pol/

Anonymous No. 16379544

>>16379542
A Harris administration would be horrible for space flight and you know it. Don't even pretend otherwise.

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16379546

>>16379544
I dont give a fuck if its true this message is not spaceflight or science or math and therefore does not belong on this board. Get the fuck off the board you retarded tourist nobody wants your kind out of your kennel go back >>>/pol/

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Anonymous No. 16379554

>>16379490
Did it time travel?

Anonymous No. 16379564

>>16379554
Not fucking spaceflight
Take that shit back to >>>/lit/sffg

Anonymous No. 16379566

>>16378381
Kek

Anonymous No. 16379567

>>16378399
You know why

Anonymous No. 16379568

>>16379546
>>16379542
An incoming Trump administration is more likely to press forward on proposed legislation to remove FAA oversight of commercial space flight. As we have seen recently, SpaceX has faced regulatory headwinds and appear to be targeted. This has had a very real impact on their cadence and therefore spaceflight. It will worsen under a Harris administration that will be free to retaliate further without consequence. As much as we'd prefer otherwise the issue is inseparable at the moment. It cannot be denied.

Anonymous No. 16379569

>>16378418
You can't really show off starlink as a paid feature. It needs to be free so it looks like a plus to chose them.

Anonymous No. 16379573

>>16379361
Just bring a floaty

>>16379564
suck my cock faggot

Anonymous No. 16379574

>>16379111
Fuck the biden/harris cabal

Anonymous No. 16379576

>>16379537
sounds hopeless.. still voting for him though

Anonymous No. 16379577

>>16379573
>suck my cock faggot
Not spaceflight
Gb2 >>>/fit/

Anonymous No. 16379578

>>16379172
Actually pretty based

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Anonymous No. 16379583

>>16379202
It fits their bullshit
>>16379204
>xer

Anonymous No. 16379585

>>16379172
with that name, they are admitting it will crash and burn. they will be lucky if the ascent is nominal

Anonymous No. 16379586

>>16379202
k e k

I stopped watching years ago cause that other tranny had mild EDS leaking out

🗑️ Anonymous No. 16379590

>>16379180
retvrn
shortsnorter.org/Thomas_O_Pierce_C-47_Nose_Art_Gallery.html

Anonymous No. 16379595

>>16379172
reminds me of the ww2 bomber nose art
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Anonymous No. 16379598

>>16379577
>>16379568
>>16379564
Deranged samefag
>inb4 inspect element

Anonymous No. 16379600

>>16379598
>inspect element
Take that computer crap to >>>/g/ where it belongs, no one wants your kind here

Anonymous No. 16379602

>>16379467
A wild tiger wouldn't do this unless you made it mad or perceived a threat to it's cubs. Prey are always ambushed from behind. If the prey turns around or spots the tiger first it will abandon the attack. It doesn't know a human can't outrun them. It also doesn't know a human can't smell them thus ambushes are also always from downwind. Therefore I find this scene highly unrealistic even without the sci-fi elements.

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Anonymous No. 16379603

Knew it

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Anonymous No. 16379604

"Eff Boeing."

Anonymous No. 16379606

can someone tell me why theres always 1 assmad /ptg/ escapee every time i check /sfg/

Anonymous No. 16379611

>>16379606
What's wrong with Plasma Technology General?

Anonymous No. 16379612

>>16379611
its /ppg/ anon, plasma physics general

Anonymous No. 16379614

>>16379606
BECAZ I SHIT MAH PANTS!!!

Anonymous No. 16379615

>>16379600
Go be a hall monitor in some other general.
Or reddit is probably more your speed

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Anonymous No. 16379616

>>16379595
>>16379598
>>16379600
>>16379602

all me by the way

Anonymous No. 16379617

>>16379615
Hes taking the piss since he got his feelings hurt when I told him to fuck off about politics but considering he samefagged before theres a good posibility youre him

Anonymous No. 16379618

>>16379600
eat my fuckin ass, monkey

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Anonymous No. 16379619

https://x.com/agile_space/status/1834713084956467356?t=idydPKEDTZvvXFJN3PZT7g&s=19

>A new R&D program was presented at the @AIAA Technical Symposium, showcasing a propulsion system that operates in both chemical and electric modes using the same fuel

Anonymous No. 16379620

>>16379111
I don't think I've ever seen anything like this. They both active FCC commissioners but that woman is retarded so no choice but to tell the world. Imagine implying Starlink has a monopoly literally the day after SpaceX launched one of their competitor's satellites.

>>16379166
It's funny because it was Biden who reappointed this guy.

Anonymous No. 16379621

>>16379619
How though with just 1 propellant? Or maybe am idjit and not seeing where the noble gases would be held?

Anonymous No. 16379622

>>16379617
No I'm (you).

Anonymous No. 16379623

>>16379619
what's the point

Anonymous No. 16379624

>>16379623
twice the space debris

Anonymous No. 16379625

>>16379623
cuz they can?

Anonymous No. 16379629

>>16379623
Mass and volume autism are important in deep space missions.

Anonymous No. 16379630

>>16379623
siphon little drops of nasa grant money, waste time on dead end tech, idk

Anonymous No. 16379632

Hey Delta it didnt just drop you retard I literally remember posting about that shit months ago

Anonymous No. 16379634

>>16379623
let people pursue lines of tech, damn

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Anonymous No. 16379635

>>16379632
Not even months ago, over a year ago you retard

Anonymous No. 16379639

>>16379635
>>16379632
I said retard twice... I am as such

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Anonymous No. 16379642

Consider the advantages of a propane rocket

Anonymous No. 16379647

>>16379606
There's significant crossover between the threads, and hilariously never who you think it is.

Anonymous No. 16379655

>>16379647
Things that never happened

Anonymous No. 16379659

>>16379606
Private or public trackers general? /g/ do be infested with EDS sufferers.

Anonymous No. 16379668

>>16379621
idk about this, but you can use hydrazine for both RCS and main propulsion

Anonymous No. 16379669

>>16379111
>(((Rosenworcel)))

Anonymous No. 16379670

Everyobe goes on and on about the 0g seggs and shit, but how do you prevent incest in the first colonies on mars and the moon?

Would you want to, if you're sending the best of the best and are willing to preserve the good genes? The first few generations won't come easily, and unless you bog them down with amongus tasks, theyre gonna FUCK

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Anonymous No. 16379673

https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1834675788391633305

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Anonymous No. 16379674

>>16379673
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1834766275350085922

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Anonymous No. 16379676

https://x.com/AjitPai/status/1834593048765821352

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Anonymous No. 16379678

>>16379676

Anonymous No. 16379679

>>16378177
but i thought spacesuits were lost tech. like building mobile launchers.

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Anonymous No. 16379680

>>16379676
https://x.com/AjitPai/status/1834594680274595840

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Anonymous No. 16379682

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834747047872020550

Polaris Dawn day 4 update

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Anonymous No. 16379683

>>16379682
https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834747047872020550

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>>16379683

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>>16379684

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Anonymous No. 16379687

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834732495071318136

Polaris Dawn crew talking about the medical/health experiments they are going to do

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Anonymous No. 16379688

>>16379687

Anonymous No. 16379696

>>16379670
Don't think they should be sending people young enough to breed in the first place if it's a one way mission. Early colonies will be extremely shitty and cramped versions of McMurdo with danger conditions outside forever.

Initial waves should be late middle aged true believers who have no plans of breeding or who didn't because they were working so much. I'm sure there are plenty to choose from within SpaceX

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Anonymous No. 16379700

>>16379687
>medical experiments

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Anonymous No. 16379702

https://payloadspace.com/ispace-sets-second-moon-landing-attempt-for-december/
>Japanese lunar firm ispace will launch its Hakuto-R lander to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than December, CEO Takeshi Hakamada said yesterday.

ispace is going to try to land on the moon again NET December

Anonymous No. 16379703

>>16379702
are they even doing anything useful?

Anonymous No. 16379706

>>16379703
>It will deliver six payloads to the lunar surface, including the first experiment to attempt electrolysis on the Moon, and the Tenacity rover, which will collect regolith samples to sell to NASA—and drop off an art project in the shape of a little red house.
maybe

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Anonymous No. 16379711

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/eminent-officials-say-nasa-facilities-some-of-the-worst-theyve-ever-seen/
>Around 83 percent of NASA's facilities are beyond their design lifetimes, and the agency has a $3.3 billion backlog in maintenance. When you consider NASA's $250 million estimate for normal year-to-year maintenance, it would take a $600 million uptick in NASA's annual budget for infrastructure repairs to catch up on the backlog within the next 10 years.
>"In NASA’s case, the not-uncommon tendency in a constrained budget environment to prioritize initiating new missions as opposed to maintaining and upgrading existing support assets has produced an infrastructure that would not be viewed as acceptable under most industrial standards," the panel wrote in its report. "In fact, during its inspection tours, the committee saw some of the worst facilities many of its members have ever seen."

lmao, SLS is eating all the budget so NASA facilities are falling apart

Anonymous No. 16379718

https://youtu.be/7yE2XVSvnBk

Anonymous No. 16379729

>>16379467
I would have loved if Leslie Nielsen had done a parody of that movie. It could have been called "Prohibited Planet" or something.

Anonymous No. 16379746

>>16379711
Yes, this was reported back when Congress cut NASA's budget by half a billion dollars

They deprioritize nonessential spending to accomplish their mission. This has severe long term ramifications, just like their work slowdowns when they need to fit into budgets over multiple years

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Anonymous No. 16379770

Deep Blue Aerospace's VTVL demonstrator, note the lack of gridfins, like SAST's which did a 10km hop last june.
This one is planned to have a 10km hop very soon and a 100 km/new shepard-like one in a month or two. Components may be reused for the 1st orbital launch.

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Anonymous No. 16379781

Succesful launch of Chamran 1 space maneuvering demonstrator with a Qaem 100 this morning on a 550km orbit.

Anonymous No. 16379784

>>16379781
good morning saar

Anonymous No. 16379786

>>16379577
kek

Anonymous No. 16379788

>>16379770
China really is going to overcome the US in space. Its just a matter of time now, they will figure it out, then mass-manufacture the goddamn thing, CHEAPLY, efficiently, and without any safety/environmental/business restrictions. So what if a species goes extinct, a bunch of people die, valuable land gets stolen from private ownership, or a site gets horribly polluted, THIS goal is above all of that. They can literally do ANYTHING, without any fear of consequences, basically the SpaceX method on steroids, to just try and try again, eventually it will work.
The West is on a losing path, this is fucking blatantly clear, and any "leader" worth shit would have sirens going off right fucking now, and take action.
I could see Musk getting so goddamn frustrated with this bullshit in the next 5 years that he defects to China, along with the most elite SpaceX team member, and 100% of the know how, in great detail.
He would be such a valuable asset to China, they would let him retain all the privileges he loves, including breeding hot women. Its right there for the taking, get to Mars in ANY way he wants to pursue, blank check for spending, and live an ideal life inside the Chinese regime. Tempting...

Anonymous No. 16379791

>>16379788
implessive

Anonymous No. 16379795

>>16379788
SpaceX still has a 10 year advantage. China can only overcomes in the medium term if SpaceX's management/owner changes. If it doesn't they can only catch up in the long term.

Anonymous No. 16379797

>>16379795
2-3 years being hogged by FAA
2-3 years being hogged by congress
2-3 years being hogged by lawsuits

10 years is gone

Anonymous No. 16379799

>>16379795
>>16379797
>we have 10 year lead
>therefore we should burden and stop spacex
Castration of the western society when we're at the top is the stupidest collective suicide in history

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Anonymous No. 16379800

I swear I'm seeing things. Is it just me or does the ISRO logo say SHIT on it???

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Anonymous No. 16379803

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/two-private-astronauts-took-a-spacewalk-thursday-morning-yes-it-was-historic/?comments=1&comments-page=1

Anonymous No. 16379804

>>16379800
No it does look like that, and it’s one of the funniest coincidences ever

Anonymous No. 16379805

>>16379800
What do you expect from the people who gave us SCATSAT?

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>>16379803

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>>16379806

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>>16379807

Anonymous No. 16379811

>>16379803
People (who dislike Musk) always want a copout to explain why SpaceX is so successful despite their prenotion that Musk must be some sort of “con artist” scamming cities for boring tunnels, hyperloop, swindling people with a tesla roadster, etc.
So, similarly, in their own heads they make up this excuse that somehow NASA has personally kept Falcon 9 on life support all these years and that they paid for its entire development in the first place—and that now they are solely paying for Starship through HLS. It’s quite bizarre.

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Anonymous No. 16379813

>>16379795
Musk is so desperate to get to Mars, he teamed up with Donald Trump as a last resort. This is unlikely to work, and was a final toss of the dice to remain loyal to the US and still succeed.
Come 2025, and SpaceX (+ all his other companies) get absolutely shit on even more by a Kamala administration, endless lawsuits, could be a tipping point. Clearly he is a bold, decisive, and fearless free-thinker, and a total defection to China cannot be ruled out.
Remember, Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun? He changed sides drastically too, certain assets will simply gravitate towards the regime that will assist in his vision, this moral compromise is not unreasonable for the pragmatic man with a grand vision.

Anonymous No. 16379814

>>16379811
These people have equated their self worth with the prestige of the collective they see themselves as morally aligned with. If something contradicts the perceived set of values and opinions of the moral collective, it threatens their sense of self worth and must be falsified.

Anonymous No. 16379815

>>16379813
Elon Musk is not wholly pragmatic. He's also motivated strongly by his belief in what's right and wrong (which is not always strongly formed, but personal encounters with the fruits of genuine evil have a way of cementing opinions one way or another), but he does have strong views on essential liberties

Anonymous No. 16379816

>>16379809
I really hope Polaris 2 Dusk 2 has a Dragon-Starship flyby (and even docking, if possible), bringing 4 crew in a LEO Starship in say, 2026,, would really help the case of it replacing Orion/SLS after Artemis 3.

Anonymous No. 16379818

>>16379813
Meh, worst case SpaceX goes to mars on the Moon-to-Mars NASA pipeline, so uncrewed starship in 2030s and crewed in 2040s. That'd already be pretty great all things considered.

MSR also gives them an opportunity to go to Mars on NASA's behalf maybe as soon as 2029.

Anonymous No. 16379822

>>16379813
If America ceases to be America, who could blame him? But i doubt a move to China. More likely South America or some small pacific island nation.

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Anonymous No. 16379824

>>16379811

Anonymous No. 16379827

>>16379815
If a man get kicked enough times, he will adapt and change plans. He could realize, he wont get everything he wants, but can sacrifice some ideals (as did Wernher von Braun) when your hand is forced. Going from a Nazi to an American was certainly a compromise in his values, but was smart enough to just shut the fuck up, tolerate that, and enjoy the clear path to the solar system.
Also, remember the Trump assassination attempt? Elon also has a target on his head, and in China, he is (largely) protected, provided he sticks to the plan they agree on.
>>16379822
China is a BIG country, who can manufacture, protect, and support with resources. No undeveloped shithole is just gonna build a massive Mars launch infrastructure, he needs a capable host, and we know he hates Russia.

Anonymous No. 16379828

>>16379816
that’s what I was thinking. I wish SS was at least 2-3 yrs ahead of where it is right now.
I know jared wants Polaris 3 to be a Starship show with humans but if he’s willing to wait a while I think it would be unimaginably beneficial to do some sort of HLS pre-check mission. Bonus points for being extra bold (which he isn’t afraid of) and showing that a dragon-Starship architecture could indeed be used to get humans from LEO to the Moon and back. It would be a final show-of-force against SLS/Orion and could help drive the nail in that coffin

Anonymous No. 16379830

https://spacenews.com/united-airlines-bumps-geo-operators-off-fleet-for-starlink-wi-fi/
>“In our estimation, sometime in 2025, there will likely be a point in which the ViaSat pre-installs stop, and Starlink will be added to new delivery planes,” he said.
>Assuming each United aircraft currently connected with Viasat generates $120,000 in revenue every year for the satellite operator, DiPalma said this amounts to around $64 million in annual sales for the company, or roughly 1% of total revenues.

Anonymous No. 16379831

>>16379828
Dragon flights with the sole purpose of testing the suits could be beneficial even if Starship is not human rated yet

Anonymous No. 16379832

>>16379827
>China is a BIG country,
its also a big government. we'll see.

Anonymous No. 16379834

He has repeatedly said he'll die in America (or on Mars)

Anonymous No. 16379837

You stupid retards are missing the fact that China is at least 20 years behind on technical knowledge and that they can’t do anything organically unless someone else has done it first. Their F9 equivalent only gets 12T to orbit when a F9 can do 17.5 even in reusable mode. Aside from it being political suicide that is simply never going to happen, if Musk “jumps ship” to China he loses all the people at SpaceX running the show. Shotwell isn’t going. Raptor Matrixbro isn’t going.
He might be able to reverse engineer what he has now from memory alone but good luck. If you’re actually arguing Musk leaving for another country is in any way a realistic probability then you’re an idiot, sorry.

And no, if the POTUS situation doesn’t go in his favor he’s still staying and fighting the system with words and legal action. /sfg/ can be so retarded I swear. You think he’s going to give up on HLS and America to Mars for fucking China?? Listen to yourselves

Anonymous No. 16379838

>>16379828
its pretty interesting to keep in mind that the Apollo LM had never landed on anything before Apollo 11.

Anonymous No. 16379842

>>16379838
Well yeah and the plan right now is to simply put humans on Starship for the first time and land it on the Moon for Artemis 3. A bit crazy but not out of the realm of realism; I’m sure at this point NASA clearly trusts the competency of SX, even more so than Boeing (not something I would have seen coming if you asked me 10 years ago)
Does it need a pre-check? No. It would be cool though.
And yeah, as >>16379831 pointed out: even another Dragon flight with EVA suit v2 would be great. I just personally hope Jared goes even more ambitious, because I am hungry for extreme leaps and big missions

Anonymous No. 16379843

>>16379834
When America kicks you in the balls repeatedly, he might change his mind. America is changing, and his minority support is dwindling.
Remember, Musk is a big ketamine enjoyer, if you know what that experience is like, it causes one to rethink your core life principals every time, by a return to center, and then finding the best path out. This could lead to a total abandonment and do-over, if necessary. Just to keep the dream alive. Also, China would allow him to do crazy unethical shit with brain implants, AI, and other ventures.

Anonymous No. 16379847

>>16379837
People have jumped ships from Musk and nothing comes out of them. There's a reason why he's more valued than any other human in the world. Its not just "money" as a dollar sign. Its that these numbers translate into value. Particularly in his case, his engineering value.

Anonymous No. 16379849

>>16379843
It’s not happening

Anonymous No. 16379852

>>16379849
this man knows the FUTURE!
what else can you tell us wont happen? a top 10 list, from a psychic with a crystal ball.

Anonymous No. 16379855

>>16379842
without a hubble reboost mission I'm not really sure what Polaris 2 could do that is beyond what they did
maybe test welding in space or something, launch some kind of test platform separately, rendezvous with it with dragon and walk around testing the suit and more complex work in space
I think the main problem is probably that dragon is pretty small so the spacewalk will be short

Anonymous No. 16379856

>>16379855
why did NASA pull the rug out from under them on the Hubble servicing mission?

Anonymous No. 16379858

>>16379856
Hubble's gyros are failing so a simple reboost wouldn't do the trick and Dragon can't repair satellitesn

Anonymous No. 16379859

>>16379847
Mueller seems to be doing good work, JB Straubel (co-founder of Tesla) is doing OK with a battery recycling company I think
it usually takes a while for companies to really get big even if they do succeed (like 10 years), so I think its still a bit too early to tell if SpaceX alumni become unusually successful compared to the industry in general

Anonymous No. 16379861

>>16379858
that isn't the reason, they would have added a module with more gyros
its that NASA is too risk averse

Anonymous No. 16379862

>>16379859
Falcon 9's been flying for 14 years now, so a good chunk of the early departures who stayed in the industry have been around (or gone under) for more than ten years.

Anonymous No. 16379865

>>16379824
This negroni is WAY too optimistic about AI. It's his most discordant take

Anonymous No. 16379869

>>16379837
> if Musk “jumps ship” to China he loses all the people at SpaceX running the show. Shotwell isn’t going. Raptor Matrixbro isn’t going. He might be able to reverse engineer what he has now from memory alone but good luck
We don't need the fucking CEO, we need the elite engineering talent bros, and as I said, they will defect as a team, they are truly all-in on Musk's groupthink. He wont get everyone, but a core talent pool, many of them young, will go, and you best be sure 100% of the IP will be coped in great detail and "stolen" from the US, in a treasonous act.
But, treason is okay to a country who's government has gone to absolute shit (in their opinion, it has). China could ink up a deal that is favorable to this elite group, and they can quickly rebuild what they want to do (albeit, somewhat hobbled, because China)

Anonymous No. 16379871

>>16379862
but dude, when falcon 9 first started flying it was jet powered. it wasnt even a rocket company at first.

Anonymous No. 16379873

>>16379869
>We don't need the fucking CEO
Retard

Anonymous No. 16379878

>>16379869
You’re so dumb hahaha

Anonymous No. 16379879

>>16379873
>>16379878
You really think Shotwell is the true brain powering SpaceX?
And you are calling me a retard?

Anonymous No. 16379882

>>16379871
Your Russian is showing, Sergey.

Anonymous No. 16379883

>>16379879
You’re right I should be more sensible and realize Musk is about to randomly escape to China with ICBM tech and bring the whole SX team with him. It’s so obvious! Only a matter of time… two weeks

Anonymous No. 16379886

>>16379871
SpaceX has never produced a jet propelled vehicle of any type, and has always been a rocket company.

Anonymous No. 16379887

/sfg/ won today
>>>/int/202222222

Anonymous No. 16379900

>>16379871
that was BOs initial prototypes, not SpaceX

Anonymous No. 16379902

>>16379882
>>16379886
>>16379900
>forgotten about grasshopper
>forgotten about red dragon

Anonymous No. 16379903

>>16379902
nothing to do with jet engines

Anonymous No. 16379907

>>16379903
i dont know if i should laugh or cry

Anonymous No. 16379911

>>16379902
Forgotten what, exactly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDkItO-0a4

Anonymous No. 16379912

>>16379907
you should explain yourself

Anonymous No. 16379921

>>16379837
Yeah. People see China's rapid advancement and assume it implies innovation like it did with America. In reality they're just catching up, following a very clear playbook. Their materials science is way behind. Even with all of SpaceX's internal files, they would be technologically incapable of replicating the Raptor 3.

Anonymous No. 16379939

>>16379912
i forgot.

Anonymous No. 16379941

Insane that Artemis I was two years ago and we’re still nowhere close to Artemis II. What a stupid fucking program.
The difference between STS-1 and STS-2 was seven months…

Anonymous No. 16379942

>>16379941
And the difference between the first and second test flights of the Saturn V was five months

Anonymous No. 16379945

>>16379941
>>16379942
What the fuck

Anonymous No. 16379954

>>16379941
The United States government is not interested in landing a man on the moon. You are, I am, lots of people are, but the government is not representative of the people at present.

Anonymous No. 16379972

>>16379813
>a total defection to China cannot be ruled out.
It absolutely can you retarded nigger.

Anonymous No. 16379975

>>16379954
>The United States government is not interested in landing a man on the moon
Sweetie, they are indeed NOT interested in any more goddamn MEN on the moon.
The future belongs to women, people of color, the handi-capable, and nonbinary. ONLY!

Anonymous No. 16379978

>>16379975
Even when posted disingenuously, in jest, this kind of talk still disgusts me.
Goddamn I hate E*rthers.

Anonymous No. 16379983

In a decade or two it will become plainly obvious that Mars was never going to be a realistic palce to live, and that all of this was just a huge waste. It's pretty insane that all this work is being done when the end goal is so unfeasible.

Anonymous No. 16379984

>>16379687
sex

Anonymous No. 16379986

>>16379983
>It's pretty insane that all this work is being done when the end goal is so unfeasible.
Retard. SpaceX is building rockets that are specialized in launching massive LEO constellations. They aren't designing Mars habitats. Why do you insist on believing they're doing what they SAY they're doing instead of doing what they're DEMONSTRABLY DOING? Believe your eyes, not your ears.

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Anonymous No. 16379987

>>16379781
Why can't we get drone shots like this?

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Anonymous No. 16379988

I hate this faggot.
>>16379983
Shut up, short-sighted kike. We have thousands of years to figure this out. We only started 50 years ago.

Anonymous No. 16379989

>>16379987
uh sweety, that isn't safe because... uh... er...
it's just not safe okay??

Anonymous No. 16379990

>>16379983
(you)

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Anonymous No. 16379991

>>16379983
You are a liability and I don't want you on my planet any longer.

Anonymous No. 16380001

>>16379986
>>16379988
>>16379990
>>16379991
you are all delusional. you refuse to even consider what the facts of "life becoming multiplanetary" are. who the fuck would go to Mars? no one is goign to volunteer their precious life for that shit. who are we sending? rapists and other criminals?

Anonymous No. 16380003

>>16380001
Read my comment again you mouth breathing retard. SpaceX isn't building hardware to go to Mars. SpaceX is building hardware to put thousands of satellites into orbit.

>but they SAY they're...
Believe what you SEE, not what people TELL YOU. Have you seen them develop any Mars habitats? Have you seen them develop highly optimized LEO launchers? Which of these are they ACTUALLY DOING?

Anonymous No. 16380006

>>16380003
tldr: talk is cheap, actions speak louder.

Anonymous No. 16380008

>>16380001
Die, I have nothing more to discuss with the likes of (you).

Anonymous No. 16380014

>>16380001
people volunteer to die gruesomely for fuck knows what in ukraine and other wars in general. if the government wanted to get people to volunteer to go to mars it would be straight up EASY

Anonymous No. 16380015

Ignore the stupid ass china posters and ‘mars is impossible’ retards. It’s just engagement bait, I assume–and contributes nothing nonetheless.
In lieu of a magnetic field, what would be the easiest way to quickly orient yourself if you were around the lunar south pole? At first I was thinking that the astronauts could lay down small, simple solar-powered stakes at specific points as they do EVAs further and further away from their base that could “ping” their ipads or suits or whatever and help orient what direction they are facing. But the lunar south pole has the problem of dubious sunlight.
Perhaps a handheld star tracker? That’s a bit more work though. A device will be needed that’s as easy to use as a compass on earth. Btw NASA has put out a public request for such a device. They aren’t even asking for hardware models—they’re offering a cash prize just for specific ideas on paper alone (for me it’s not about the money it’s about the recognition of a 4ASS lunar compass actually being used for Artemis)

Anonymous No. 16380016

>>16380015
>Perhaps a handheld star tracker?
Mark 1 Eyeball

Lunar days are 30 earth-days long. Navigating by the stars should be easy for anybody who isn't retarded.

Anonymous No. 16380023

>>16380003
Congrats you out-schizoed the troll.

Anonymous No. 16380025

>>16380015
>At first I was thinking that the astronauts could lay down small, simple solar-powered stakes at specific points as they do EVAs further and further away from their base that could “ping” their ipads or suits or whatever and help orient what direction they are facing.
Technology like that would take at least 5 years for modern DEI hires to develop, you understand that right?

Anonymous No. 16380027

>>16380001
me, nigga. I only recently started working hard at life because Elon inspired me with his plans for Mars. I went from drinking in my grandma's attic to a net worth of $750,000 in the last five years, and I'm leveraging that to develop a component of Martian ISRU so specific and esoteric that if I said what it was here I'd show up on Google. If I get a billion dollars I'll be the second billionaire on Mars. We're going, I'm going

Anonymous No. 16380028

Mars is inhospitable...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plMB6gnxYNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plMB6gnxYNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plMB6gnxYNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plMB6gnxYNs

Anonymous No. 16380029

>>16379426
I KNEW IT
does truthful post here too?
I see some anons make a post that is literally word for word a copy of truthful's post including the image

Anonymous No. 16380030

>>16380028
Buy an ad

Anonymous No. 16380032

>>16380028
Don't care. Also you're not welcome, stay in your bucket.

Anonymous No. 16380034

>>16380028
Arizona is inhospitable too and people still go live there.

Anonymous No. 16380037

>>16380001
>Who would go to mars
Because it's there

Anonymous No. 16380038

>>16380001
>who are we sending? rapists and other criminals?
worked just fine for australia

Anonymous No. 16380040

>>16380030
>>16380032
>>16380034
just watch the video, then get back to me.

Anonymous No. 16380041

>>16380028
None of these are valid issues.

No I didn't watch the video. I just already know all the of the talking points these kind of people make and none of them are valid whatsoever.

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Anonymous No. 16380042

>>16380001
>who are we sending? rapists and other criminals?
Yeah.

Anonymous No. 16380043

>>16380040
buy an ad faggot

Anonymous No. 16380045

>>16380040
>just watch the video
No.

Anonymous No. 16380047

>>16380040
No retard, I don’t think I will

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Anonymous No. 16380048

>>16380040
No one in this thread needs to watch your gay clickbait video. We've all heard the arguments before and they are all incorrect assumptions made by uninformed individuals like yourself.

Anonymous No. 16380049

>>16380040
What for? I already know I'm right.
>>16380042
"we will throw rocks at them. :)"

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Anonymous No. 16380050

>>16378887

Anonymous No. 16380055

>>16380028
I want to rape this faggot so bad

Anonymous No. 16380059

>>16380055
that's gay, chain him to the deluge plate instead

Anonymous No. 16380066

>>16380055
Seems like he's not the only faggot...

Anonymous No. 16380068

>>16379711
good, let them die
total massfag death

Anonymous No. 16380069

>>16379700
I would do so many experiments with the blonde chick, I dunno about the brunette though.

Anonymous No. 16380080

>>16380041
Based.

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Anonymous No. 16380085

I miss CostPlusContent.

Anonymous No. 16380088

>>16378887
imagine building a chemical rocket that could launch humans from the upper clouds of jupiter. what would it look like?

Anonymous No. 16380092

>>16380023
>schizophrenia is believing somebody is doing what they're seen to be doing

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Anonymous No. 16380100

>>16380088
I don't think chemical would work unless you were committed to some sort of ungodly spaceplane with 1,000 raptors lol.
Imagine though, if you will, some sort of project orion wave rider

Anonymous No. 16380101

>>16380027
i like this attitude

Anonymous No. 16380102

>>16380085
>Martians
"We reject your stupid laws we operate on martian law"
>Earth
Ok we wont send any aid then. have fun starving to death and dying of dehydration or asphyxiation lmao!
>Mars
What? NOooooooOOOooooo

Anonymous No. 16380104

>>16380102
Yes, that big government known as "Earth"

Anonymous No. 16380108

>>16380104
how many governments do you think will be helping mars exactly? i could name three, and all three of them are jewed

Anonymous No. 16380111

>>16380108
If the US abandoned a Mars colony there would be no shortage of countries happy to throw money at the project in order to capture that prestige and get their own crew on the surface.

Anonymous No. 16380112

>>16380027
good goy, toil for 'mars'

Anonymous No. 16380114

would it be possible to have a baloon in the atmopshere of a gas giant similar to the proposals for weenus?

Anonymous No. 16380115

>>16380111
And who might those countries be? No one from Europe. Russia couldn’t even afford it.
China would be willing to get sloppy seconds here but any Western-established Mars colonist would rather die on red planet dust than survive on red commie life support

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Anonymous No. 16380116

>>16380115
GOOD MARTIAN MORNING SAR

Anonymous No. 16380119

>>16380102
lf martians are reIying on rockets from earth for survivaI, the "coIony" wiII be tiny anyways.
But we've been over this a biIIion times.

Anonymous No. 16380120

>>16380116
I hate jeets but i always find myself rooting for their space program. It's just so plucky.

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Anonymous No. 16380125

>>16380120
Same, I really want to see their capsule succeed. If a dirty country like India can do it, anybody can, and that kind of inspiration would be a great thing for the world.
>inb4 this thing flies better than Starliner

Anonymous No. 16380132

>>16380125
> and that kind of inspiration would be a great thing for the world.
You talk like a fag.

Anonymous No. 16380136

>>16380125
Gaganyaan is guaranteed to fly better: Indian software engineers used Starliner as a trial run.

Anonymous No. 16380137

>>16380132
You talk like a little nigger teenager who thinks being a pessimist is a good thing.

Anonymous No. 16380139

>>16380137
this, but even more dismissive.

Anonymous No. 16380140

>>16380137
I'm an optimist, I just don't care for meaningless platitudes.

Anonymous No. 16380151

>>16380125
gaganyaancat
poo poo poopoo poo poopoopoo poo poo poo poopoopoopooo poopoo poopoo poo poo poo

Anonymous No. 16380154

>>16379268
what are the comparative ISP of the various wind instruments? I imagine the bells of the brass instruments give them a slight boost compared to the woodwinds.

Anonymous No. 16380163

>>16379280
They're under tension dummy, they're not dangling twine.

Anonymous No. 16380165

>>16380154
Have you seen an Oboe? Those things are just miniature rockets.

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Anonymous No. 16380177

STAGING

>>16380173
>>16380173
>>16380173
>>16380173
>>16380173

Anonymous No. 16380202

>>16380001
If you assume people would leave Earth for "better life", as in big ranch and lifted truck, then yes, it's completely wrong expectation.
People will sign up to settling Mars will go for seemingly irrational reasons, with quasi-religious mentality and live in relative squalor in order to be part of something bigger than themselves.
(if ever)

Anonymous No. 16380253

>>16379603
ACK urself traniod

Anonymous No. 16380284

>>16379324
Ridiculous! Send able-bodied astronauts and cripple them in space. Then you get someone who can fill more roles.

Anonymous No. 16380285

>>16379347
I don't
It's technically inferior and a waste of finite resources

Anonymous No. 16380294

>>16379670
Just send frozen zygotes or eggs and sperm. It's easy to get as much genetic diversity as you need.

You only need a sufficient number of fecund females.

Anonymous No. 16380305

>>16379822
China is a nice place to live, but I think contrary to life in the west, the more powerful an individual becomes the more they're held in check by the central government.

As a middle class nobody in China you can generally do whatever you want with zero government interference, but if you are powerful enough that your actions have political and economic consequences, you won't be free to make your own choices.

It's probably one of the shittiest places to be a billionaire.

Anonymous No. 16380429

>>16380027
very based, I hope you succeed
mars city has to happen

Anonymous No. 16380620

>>16380294
You really don't need to as long as there are no recessive genetic diseases in the genepool.
The Egyptians & Persians would know.