🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:38:40 UTC No. 16553752
BEFF- edition
previous >>16552111
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:42:48 UTC No. 16553759
When Flight 8?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:44:50 UTC No. 16553762
>>16553759
two more weeks
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:45:28 UTC No. 16553763
Stop wasting time and money on Starship. Just adapt a bunch of Soyuz rockets to refuel on orbit and send that to Mars.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:48:08 UTC No. 16553767
>>16553756
two weeks
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:54:13 UTC No. 16553774
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:55:07 UTC No. 16553776
>>16553771
i'm gonna paint that cute face white
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:55:15 UTC No. 16553777
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:56:18 UTC No. 16553778
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:00:42 UTC No. 16553783
I'm glad this stupid gay rocket blew up, do something beautiful like write poetry you fucking nerds.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:00:53 UTC No. 16553784
>>16553779
>oh no, a wrap around a piece of steel delaminated due to fucking rocket engines braaaaping directly onto it
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:02:03 UTC No. 16553787
>booster caught
>point to point tested
I'm calling it a success
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:02:36 UTC No. 16553788
>>16553783
Writing poetry is no longer a human activity.
Beneath the stars, a vessel flies,
Its silent journey, cold and stark.
A burst of light ignites the skies,
Its shards descend, a fleeting spark.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:06:05 UTC No. 16553793
>>16553788
Total kitsch yawnfest.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:07:46 UTC No. 16553795
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:12:20 UTC No. 16553797
>>16553783
>There was a man named Musk
>His antics caused a fuss
>One day, his rocket got too hot
>There laid its corpse, left out to rot
>Musk was sad
>Musk was mad
>For now he knew
>Jeff was the real Chad
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:19:36 UTC No. 16553800
>>16553773
the whole stand is buckling and bending. everything is failing
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:26:30 UTC No. 16553808
>>16553783
Beneath the veil of heaven’s gleaming fire,
Where titans duel with ambition’s desire,
Two forces rise, their pact unspoken,
To claim the heavens, their bond now broken.
SpaceX, the daring, bold pioneer,
Flames of methane its engines sear.
Raptor’s roar, a metallic hymn,
In stainless steel, its future swims.
Starship’s wings, both cheap and swift,
Payloads mount in a fiery lift.
Reusable dreams, their credo clear:
To Mars, to stars, beyond frontier.
ULA, the steadfast, ancient guard,
Cautious steps through space unmarred.
Atlas and Delta, heritage proud,
The safety of systems—an oath they’ve vowed.
Cryogenic dance in hydrogen’s grace,
A timeless engine, a measured pace.
Vulcan looms, its promise near,
A phoenix reborn with no need for fear.
Yet as they clash in cosmic lore,
The Devil smiles, for both implore:
"Grant us the skies, the secrets above,
We’ll pay the price for dreams we love."
SpaceX, with recklessness its lover’s creed,
Hastens to worlds with unbridled speed.
But will their flames, so fiercely bold,
Burn too bright to grasp the gold?
ULA, in caution, holds its ground,
Innovation whispers, yet silence resounds.
Will time outpace their measured tread,
While rivals soar, their ambitions fed?
And there in shadow, between the stars,
A Faustian pact leaves its scars.
For every rocket that scrapes the black,
Carries whispers of what it lacks.
Economy’s siren, technology’s muse,
A soul for progress—what will they choose?
The cosmos watches, its judgment still,
As titans wrestle, bend their will.
One aims to leap, one aims to stand,
Each forging a future, hand in hand.
Yet in this duel, as rockets soar,
Which dream fulfills, and which implores?
So, heed this tale, oh mortal wise,
For bargains struck beneath the skies,
May build the heavens, or spark the flame,
That burns the stars in endless shame.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:29:26 UTC No. 16553811
>>16553808
kino, thank you chatgpt
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:37:46 UTC No. 16553820
>>16553771
drip god
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:45:49 UTC No. 16553826
>four /sfg/ threads
Great job /sci/
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:46:16 UTC No. 16553827
>>16553818
>Muskrats call this a success lol
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:47:11 UTC No. 16553829
>>16553827
Let's see Jeff's gigantic cloud of burning debris
spoiler: we won't because he's a coward
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:49:59 UTC No. 16553832
>>16553818
very safe, very cool
we're ready to launch again in 3 weeks but the damn FAA purposefully delays our mission
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:50:36 UTC No. 16553835
>>16553818
kino af tbf
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:51:06 UTC No. 16553836
>>16553832
it was the ULA sniper
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:51:38 UTC No. 16553837
>>16553831
booster ok
ship not ok
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:51:48 UTC No. 16553838
>>16553826
And all of them suck ass.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:53:53 UTC No. 16553842
>>16553829
You think Musky boy uploaded those clips himself? SpaceX cut their feed as soon as engines stopped. No one captured a New Glenn inferno blanketing the Caribbean because there wasn't one. The Blue Origin mission was an overwhelming success.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:55:29 UTC No. 16553844
>>16553831
keine problemen cameraden, yah yah zee rocket go boom, is no problem. next we make another one al is ok yah.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:56:08 UTC No. 16553846
>>16553844
once they go up, who cares where they come down? not my department ja?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:57:20 UTC No. 16553847
>>16553842
they failed to land nigga
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:58:16 UTC No. 16553850
>>16553827
All I see is the arrival of a starship armada returning from Mars. What's the issue?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:59:28 UTC No. 16553852
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/statu
>Super Heavy Booster 14 was lowered onto the launch mount yesterday evening following its catch and landing back at Starbase during Starship Flight 7. Can't wait to see what this colorful stainless steel patina looks like after dozens of flights per booster.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:59:57 UTC No. 16553853
>>16553808
that better be grok
gotta support daddy musk
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:00:30 UTC No. 16553854
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:01:14 UTC No. 16553855
>>16553854
reusabilitysisters... I don't feel so good.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:03:01 UTC No. 16553857
>>16553856
lol guys shoving chunks of stainless into junk yard cars for clicks now?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:03:08 UTC No. 16553858
>>16553846
i only vant to go to speece
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:04:00 UTC No. 16553861
>>16553857
yeah seems like a scam lol
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:04:01 UTC No. 16553862
>>16553859
Are 8 if them reusable?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:04:11 UTC No. 16553863
>>16553855
thats just seasoning. like in a well used coffee mug
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:04:26 UTC No. 16553864
>>16553854
that does NOT look reusable at all
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:07:13 UTC No. 16553868
>only 4 /sfg/ threads in catalog
rookie numbers
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:07:22 UTC No. 16553869
>Tells the FAA to fuck off starting Monday
The meme of "LE FAA WILL STOP ELON AND DRUMPF" is fucking retarded. Elon IS now part of the US GOVT, he can do whatever he wants starting Monday.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:07:50 UTC No. 16553870
>>16553865
2 weeks till next launch
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:09:11 UTC No. 16553872
>>16553857
It will be funny if the fatal flaw in the stainless steel design is that now every person in the Caribbean can throw some scrap metal through their window and sue Musk.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:09:39 UTC No. 16553873
>>16553859
they all look reminiscent of another rocket but I can't quite put my finger on why
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:10:19 UTC No. 16553874
>>16553872
you can identify steel
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:11:33 UTC No. 16553875
>>16553869
Trump always leaves his allies out to hang. FAA is gonna crucify Elon and Trump won't do shit.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:14:31 UTC No. 16553878
>>16553752
>prostate cancer edition
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:16:35 UTC No. 16553879
>>16553842
>No one captured a New Glenn inferno blanketing the Caribbean because
Nobody was around to care
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:18:14 UTC No. 16553880
>>16553875
>FAA is gonna crucify Elon and Trump won't do shit.
This time for sure, right?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:18:51 UTC No. 16553881
>>16553869
Elon will be out of Trump's favor by February
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:21:01 UTC No. 16553882
>>16553881
You dorks already failed to decouple them, and the attempt has been noted.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:21:20 UTC No. 16553883
>>16553869
>MAGA AI editing trump to not look like an 80+ year old man
Peak irony.
And no, elon is fucked, FAA can't let a huge publicly visible mess like this go. AT BEST 2 months to next launch. At worst 6 months.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:22:28 UTC No. 16553884
>>16553883
>AI
Zoomers don't know it's possible to do this with photoshop.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:23:20 UTC No. 16553885
>>16553883
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/18802
you sure about that?
FAA needs to be deleted so America doesn't go bankrupt
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:24:16 UTC No. 16553886
>>16553862
9 of them are intended to be reusable (not necessarily from the beginning)
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:25:48 UTC No. 16553887
>>16553885
HOLY SHIT!!!! O M FUCKING G. A HECKING ELON MUSK TWEETY????? THAT HECKING WON THE INTERNET!!!! DOGE TO THE MOON ROFL!!!! *Holds up spork*
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:27:08 UTC No. 16553889
>>16553887
malding and seething lmao
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:27:39 UTC No. 16553890
>>16553885
>Prints own currency
>Currency is the global standard
>Somehow going bankrupt
Just more proof Elon is a retard when outside his wheel house.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:28:21 UTC No. 16553892
>>16553889
Wanna bet on if we get a starship launch in the next month? I'll give you 2:1 odds.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:29:17 UTC No. 16553893
>>16553890
currency is the global standard right now
that isn't some divine law and the global standard currency has changed every now and then
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:32:31 UTC No. 16553895
>>16553892
you are moving the goalposts and deflecting
pathetic
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:33:23 UTC No. 16553897
>>16553894
that's crazy, just the size of it
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:38:27 UTC No. 16553900
This general is half elon and half bezo bots.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:39:02 UTC No. 16553901
>>16553784
>>16553787
cope retarded pajeet
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:42:24 UTC No. 16553902
>>16553857
>>16553861
cope retarded pajeet
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:43:26 UTC No. 16553905
>>16553901
>>16553902
cope retarded pajeet
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:43:46 UTC No. 16553906
>>16553901
>>16553902
projection
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:49:51 UTC No. 16553912
>>16553908
Wow.... This is truly the blue origin.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:51:36 UTC No. 16553914
>>16553908
why is it so much bluer than starships plume?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:51:46 UTC No. 16553915
>>16553752
How much delta v would a Starship with 100 tonns payload have that jettisoned 5 engines and its mainframe?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:54:29 UTC No. 16553917
>>16553752
The weak should fear the strong
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:54:45 UTC No. 16553918
>>16553914
They are running oxygen rich.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:56:37 UTC No. 16553920
>>16553914
blue LED's
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:57:13 UTC No. 16553922
>>16553912
oh, so that's why they call it that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8m
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:05:40 UTC No. 16553925
https://x.com/thunderf00t/status/18
>WEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeee....... so thats how you turn $300 mn of taxpayers money into wreckage in less time that it takes to eat a pizza!!!! Truly Musk has made government efficient!
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:06:48 UTC No. 16553928
thunderchads eatin good
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:06:58 UTC No. 16553929
Bros... that shit looked like armagedon
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:08:25 UTC No. 16553930
>>16553783
That's no way to speak of Jeff's rocket.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:08:59 UTC No. 16553931
>>16553929
it was just the first test of the Earth Glassing Project. demigod war anon was right
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:09:20 UTC No. 16553932
>>16553925
>thunderf00t
he got shills so mad
https://x.com/thunderf00t/status/18
Payloads to Orbit:
Starship 0 : New Glenn 1
Launches
Starship 7 : New Glenn 1
Payload success
Starship 0%: New Glenn 100%
now takin bets how many more launches before starship actually launches a payload? 5? 7? 20?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:09:44 UTC No. 16553933
>>16553925
he is such a disingenuous faggot its unreal
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:10:08 UTC No. 16553935
>>16553925
>starship flight 7 cost $300 million
any source on that figure? or did he pull that number out of his ass?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:11:46 UTC No. 16553937
>>16553935
his source is that he doesn't understand marginal costs.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:12:34 UTC No. 16553939
>>16553933
>>16553935
>>16553937
cope pajeet
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:12:38 UTC No. 16553940
>>16553932
>Unironically shilling for Blue Origin now
why am I not surprised?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:13:18 UTC No. 16553942
God I wish we could just ban the second and third world from the internet.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:13:48 UTC No. 16553943
>>16553940
one rocket works one doesn't
>shills mad
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:13:51 UTC No. 16553945
>booster successfully caught in mid air for the second time
>overshadowed by loss of Starship
sadge
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:13:55 UTC No. 16553947
>>16553938
for all the cameras they didn't have on the booster or gs2 their pad cams are way better than starship
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:14:49 UTC No. 16553949
>>16553942
>ban the second and third world
so ban the USA
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:14:52 UTC No. 16553950
>>16553936
We cannot let the "you can pollute space"/"space pollution" mindset/narrative take hold in leftist circles, it must be ridiculed at all times
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:15:00 UTC No. 16553951
>In a 2024 response to a lawsuit, SpaceX stated that the cost of the Starship program was approximately $4 million per day
I'm pretty sure starbase development is most of that cost
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:15:53 UTC No. 16553952
>>16553949
The first world: The Western World and its allies.
The second world: The Communist Aligned block.
The third world: the neutral parties.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:16:07 UTC No. 16553953
>>16553942
cool, I agree
>2nd world: venusians
>3rd world: urfers
>4th world: martian chads
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:16:08 UTC No. 16553954
>>16553945
>booster successfully caught in mid air for the second time
completely pointless thing that shills hang onto
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:17:38 UTC No. 16553955
>>16553954
cope, its the engineering feat of the decade
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:18:28 UTC No. 16553956
>>16553859
cgi launch?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:22:32 UTC No. 16553960
>>16553940
Faggots know that posting dumb shit generates guaranteed (you)s, that's the reason.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:24:46 UTC No. 16553962
>>16553937
He still doesn't understand, or pretends to not understand, that the HLS contract is for services rendered and SpaceX hasn't gotten that money yet because they haven't hit most of the milestones.
But he's very smart! Muh chemistry degree.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:25:19 UTC No. 16553963
>>16553958
Dosent matter when building rockets take them longer than a FAA investigation.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:25:34 UTC No. 16553964
>>16553910
I knew that the fins are big but it still fucks with my head whenever we get a human for scale
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:25:44 UTC No. 16553965
>still no life signal from sponge anon
he overslept to death, didn't he
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:27:26 UTC No. 16553966
>>16553938
nice
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:28:01 UTC No. 16553967
>>16553965
kek
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:30:07 UTC No. 16553968
>>16553936
pic needs a few spread eagled women as well, trying to catch his billionaire demon seed
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:32:21 UTC No. 16553969
>>16553948
this is next level intellectual discussion
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:35:15 UTC No. 16553971
>>16553942
Why do you want to ban americans so nuch?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:35:36 UTC No. 16553972
>>16553925
>in less time that it takes to eat a pizza!!!
He clearly never saw me a scarf down a pizza. What a fucking moron.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:38:49 UTC No. 16553973
>>16553925
I think Thunderf00t will be unemployed again when the US govt money spiget to his Czech academic employer gets unceremoniously turned off.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:41:01 UTC No. 16553975
>>16553852
I can't fucking stop seeing Longcat on that thumbnail, it's even the exact same orientation and size
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:42:14 UTC No. 16553976
>>16553955
>cope, its the engineering feat of the decade
if you are a retard or pajeet which is the same
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:42:50 UTC No. 16553977
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:45:10 UTC No. 16553980
>>16553976
>pajeet
It's just jeet now sweaty.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:45:50 UTC No. 16553981
>>16553855
>>16553864
newfags
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:47:32 UTC No. 16553983
>uses 33 extremely overengineered engines with super complex cycle that is pushing material limits
>wants rapid reusability out of it
the whole things gonna blow up upon ignition isn't it?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:48:35 UTC No. 16553986
>>16553983
Wrong, launchpad won't be able to support rapid reusability
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:49:05 UTC No. 16553987
>>16553981
Prove they reflew that rocket.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:49:44 UTC No. 16553988
>“The FAA is requiring SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation into the loss of the Starship vehicle during launch operations on Jan. 16. There are no reports of public injury, and the FAA is working with SpaceX and appropriate authorities to confirm reports of public property damage on Turks and Caicos.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:51:07 UTC No. 16553990
>>16553988
And there goes that February launch promise. Scammer Musk scams again.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:51:47 UTC No. 16553991
>>16553986
thats why you need extra launch pads
just have
20 launch pads and have people refurbishing them constantly
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:09 UTC No. 16553993
>>16553988
source? I can't find this anywhere
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:13 UTC No. 16553994
>>16553988
Did people really expect otherwise
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:24 UTC No. 16553995
>>16553988
Since Anon didn't provide a source: https://x.com/jeff_foust/status/188
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:28 UTC No. 16553996
>>16553991
You have to do environmental studies whenever a launch pad is damaged.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:53:21 UTC No. 16553997
>>16553995
Your source doesn't provide a source
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:53:29 UTC No. 16553998
>>16553988
*ahem*
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:54:05 UTC No. 16553999
>>16553988
>>16553995
>During the event, the FAA activated a Debris Response Area and briefly slowed aircraft outside the area where space vehicle debris was falling or stopped aircraft at their departure location. Several aircraft requested to divert due to low fuel levels while holding outside impacted areas."
it's so fucking over
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:56:15 UTC No. 16554000
>>16553988
why does the FAA cares about what happens over british territories?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:56:48 UTC No. 16554003
I live in Turks and Caicos and some small debris landed on Providenciales and South Caicos. It felt like an earthquake in my office as it was flying overhead and you could hear what I assumed were sonic booms. I’m sure more debris will turn up today as it was almost nightfall.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:56:57 UTC No. 16554004
>>16553998
please save me donald trump
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:57:26 UTC No. 16554005
Elon fucked up by admitting they didn't "double check" for fuel leaks. If FAA determines quality control has a root cause, they will ground all of SpaceX operations, even Falcon.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:58:17 UTC No. 16554006
>>16553988
>>16553999
nothingburger
1-2 months and the investigation will be finished
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:58:28 UTC No. 16554007
>>16554005
If that's true, they will execute elon on the spot, no trial needed. Im not kidding, the law states no trial needed in that scenario
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:59:11 UTC No. 16554010
>>16554006
>2 months
>nothingburger
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:59:11 UTC No. 16554011
>>16554003
>sfg consists of 10 people
>one of them happens to be a Turks and Caicos islander
proof?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:59:17 UTC No. 16554012
>>16553856
rvac nozzle extension
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:59:38 UTC No. 16554013
>>16554005
>government bureaucrats who have never built anything in their lives overseeing every aspect of what you work on and demanding you justify to them the things you do
execute them
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:00:12 UTC No. 16554015
>>16554011
hes obviously trolling but yeah, this is the end of the US space program
China gets to claim to moon I guess
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:01:28 UTC No. 16554019
>>16554006
Elon opened his stupid cock holster on X and admitted it was a QC check failure though. You ALWAYS say hardware failure and never say quality failure. Hardware can be replaced. QC failure means numerous audits on your whole quality system, reviewing mountains of documentation, retraining employees, revising SOPs, iterating with auditors, etc...
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:01:51 UTC No. 16554020
>>16554010
They need roughly the same amount of time to prepare another stack.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:02:19 UTC No. 16554021
>>16554015
a starship literally flew over her house, memes become reality
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:02:23 UTC No. 16554022
>>16554020
wrong
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:02:50 UTC No. 16554023
>>16554013
>NOOO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST EXPLODE BILLIONS OF TAX PAYER DOLLARS OVER HEAVY AIR TRAFFIC AND NO ONE SHOULD ASK ANY QUESTIONS
Chinks, leave. We have safety standards in white countries.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:02:52 UTC No. 16554024
>>16554022
You're wrong.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:03:08 UTC No. 16554025
>>16554020
they could prepare a full stack in 2 weeks
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:03:37 UTC No. 16554027
>>16554022
care to explain why?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:03:56 UTC No. 16554028
>>16554013
There's absolutely nothing wrong with forcing companies to do quality control
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:04:16 UTC No. 16554029
>>16554015
>So who is supposed to pay for my car
The insurance company. Islanders are fucking retards.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:07:17 UTC No. 16554032
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks
what the fuck is this bullshit? why does every single tiny island in the Caribbean has their own creole language? how impractical that must be, what's next, every hut and house having their own dialect?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:08:04 UTC No. 16554033
>>16554028
The US should allow rocket companies to fly unregulated whenever they want. It's the only way we're seriously getting to Mars, otherwise China will plant a flag there first. Who cares if some Earthers get hurt in the process? Jesus, why won't you tourists leave already?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:08:29 UTC No. 16554034
>>16554015
Do they live on the moon?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:11:28 UTC No. 16554036
>>16554034
HLS DEMO WAS A SUCCESS! Thunderf00t GET STOP LOSING.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:11:46 UTC No. 16554038
>>16554033
based
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:13:58 UTC No. 16554040
>>16554028
? It costs more and takes longer to do "quality control" than to do destructive testing
Is it spacex's fault that the whole air flight system uses 1940's era technology of talking on radio?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:16:11 UTC No. 16554042
>there are 4 sfg's on the catalogue right now
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:17:23 UTC No. 16554044
>>16553973
As amusing it would be, it's not going to happen.
Jungwirth's group is a big deal at ÚOCHB and Phil has a very safe position.
And while I'm sure they got some grant from US at some point, US doesn't fund much of anything there.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:18:06 UTC No. 16554045
>there are 108 non-/sfg/ threads in the catalogue right now
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:18:22 UTC No. 16554046
>>16554003
>>16554015
"simple folk" getting their 15 minutes
except now they have social media
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:19:44 UTC No. 16554050
>>16553975
>>16553977
LongCatch
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:20:31 UTC No. 16554052
>>16554003
> It felt like an earthquake in my office as it was flying overhead
shut up fag
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:20:58 UTC No. 16554053
>>16554040
Air traffic control does seem extremely low tech. Like in ATA videos, you hear the controllers asking pilots for various instrument readouts. Why is that shit not automated?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:22:15 UTC No. 16554055
>>16554053
because when they try to update things you get boeing max situation
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:22:40 UTC No. 16554056
>>16554034
>China and US in a space race to the moon
>When we get there, we find some Afro-Caribbean islander dicking around with his 1993 chevy shitbox.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:23:24 UTC No. 16554057
>>16554055
the boing max situation was because they were updating a 60's era plane trying to keep everything the same so that arbitrary retraining rules wouldn't apply
Literally another effect of regulation by bureaucrats
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:25:06 UTC No. 16554061
>>16554003
Truly sorry that you lived (despite your story being a complete fabrication)
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:27:54 UTC No. 16554064
https://x.com/i/status/188002675913
>Are those...stars?!
Jesus Christ
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:32:07 UTC No. 16554068
>>16554064
were they?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:33:15 UTC No. 16554069
https://strawpoll.com/XOgOV4leQn3
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:35:46 UTC No. 16554072
>>16554067
bro what
i write financial software and all conversions (think currency pairs, foreign stocks) are accounted for dynamically, how is this even possible?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:39:30 UTC No. 16554078
>>16554067
Welcome back MCO
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:40:48 UTC No. 16554079
>>16554067
Well deserved for using utter retarded units not making any shred of sense in a modern era.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:42:49 UTC No. 16554081
>>16554053
ATC side moves slowly because it's governments and intragovernmental orgs that control the standards. Airliners and GA people want to move slowly because they don't want to do multiple expensive avionics upgrades in the lifespan of a plane.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:43:13 UTC No. 16554083
>>16554079
but enough about metric
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:43:42 UTC No. 16554084
>>16554072
H1B software devs.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:44:26 UTC No. 16554086
>>16553951
How long has it gone on, like five years? I'll just go with five, that would put them at 7.3 billion so far
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:45:49 UTC No. 16554088
>>16554067
>they mixed up imperial and metric.
how tf is this still a problem in current_year
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:48:18 UTC No. 16554091
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:48:23 UTC No. 16554092
>>16554088
it's not. Mr. TheSpace has no idea what he's talking about.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:48:40 UTC No. 16554093
>>16554088
Are we talking about the metric or Imperial year
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:56:22 UTC No. 16554098
WTF!!! THE SHIP JUST CAME BACK TO STARBASE I SEE IT ON NSF STREAM IT IS STILL SMOKING WTF???? I CANT COMPREHENT IT
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:59:27 UTC No. 16554100
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:01:15 UTC No. 16554101
>>16554098
Yep turns out the debris we saw was just its aft flaps that detached, otherwise its fine and landed back at Masseys last night, Flight 8 soon!!!
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:15:24 UTC No. 16554113
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:16:26 UTC No. 16554115
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:17:24 UTC No. 16554116
>>16554115
these don't look warped at all to me
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:17:28 UTC No. 16554117
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:25:07 UTC No. 16554132
>>16554116
they all look beautifully round and proper
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:25:34 UTC No. 16554134
>>16554116
Whomst claimed they were warped on ascent.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:27:04 UTC No. 16554136
>>16553855
You fucking faggots stop with xsisters shit. There's no women that even use sfg.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:32:31 UTC No. 16554144
>>16554136
I too am sick of that cringe shit, but anon won't stop now out of childish spite.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:36:12 UTC No. 16554149
pajeets on huge damage control
>but it caught the empty tube
>they are using one engine from the old one, it's so reusable
>the debris aren't real it was swamp gas
>it's ok elon lied about poe2
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:40:25 UTC No. 16554153
>>16554136
sistersisters it's so over
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:41:53 UTC No. 16554155
>>16554136
>>16554153
I heard elon banned sister on xitter
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:53:20 UTC No. 16554164
>>16554032
It's just a fancy word for ebonics
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:53:37 UTC No. 16554166
>>16554079
skill issue
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:54:50 UTC No. 16554169
>>16554165
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTf
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:05:19 UTC No. 16554180
>>16554172
>y'all
Yeah I don't care what this woman 'engineer' has to say
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:08:18 UTC No. 16554183
>>16554180
>sexist pig
Why am I not surprised
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:08:38 UTC No. 16554184
>>16554180
Yankeefag detected
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:18:05 UTC No. 16554197
>>16554183
>Why am I not surprised
Go back faggot
>>16554184
Nah I'm southern, but seeing y'all used by non southerners is some yankee soi fag shit trying to appeal to niggers
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:19:39 UTC No. 16554200
>>16554196
well, now that they have found the maximum limit its just a matter of testing to 99% of that limit to find out how quickly it blows up again. rinse and repeat.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:21:07 UTC No. 16554203
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:23:22 UTC No. 16554206
>>16554203
bridges =/= rockets
you can't put a 3x safety factor on a rocket if you want meaningful payload
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:23:40 UTC No. 16554207
EDS seethe continues
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:24:55 UTC No. 16554211
>>16554203
it makes sense
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:27:01 UTC No. 16554214
>gwynne shotwell and peter beck are now billionaires
how long until media and normies start hating them
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:27:59 UTC No. 16554215
Feels like testing the limits this time is just a cope
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:28:58 UTC No. 16554217
This can never be allowed to happen again. Bring Elon Musk before congress, sanction his companies. Do whatever you can to ensure this cannot continue
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:30:02 UTC No. 16554219
>>16554196
>>16554149
>>16554215
give it a break
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:31:47 UTC No. 16554221
>>16554219
you just posted cringe
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:34:14 UTC No. 16554225
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:36:38 UTC No. 16554226
>>16554225
saved lol
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:38:39 UTC No. 16554228
>>16554222
man I am so jealous of these cunts
How much do you think they'll sell the debris for?
probably a few hundred per tile, right?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:48:58 UTC No. 16554238
>>16553925
If it were up to me slime like him would be imprisoned in hard labor camps.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:50:57 UTC No. 16554243
>>16554238
he is stuck in his own shitty youtube channel forever, so there is that. also, imagine being trapped in his mind. gah
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:52:28 UTC No. 16554245
>>16554222
from the UAP?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:57:02 UTC No. 16554250
>>16554237
Hopefully someone does a new analysis to see if they improved anything
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:57:23 UTC No. 16554251
>>16554222
>>16554237
imagine it raining free Starship merch. those lucky bastards
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:59:03 UTC No. 16554253
>ape hybrids thought we would let them into "space" and leave their planet zoo
>they grug laugh at explosions
Why don't you knuckledraggers go back to your sports and sex/drugs/booze. You aren't allowed past the ice wall when will you learn?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:59:26 UTC No. 16554254
>>16554067
The US will lose the space race with China because they didn't convert to metric, lol
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:01:47 UTC No. 16554260
how come when ULA's, Ariane's or Roscosmos's rockets blow up over the ocean nobody ever complains about pollution? Tory bruno must be laughing his ass off rn
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:03:21 UTC No. 16554263
>>16554237
You just know its going to end up in a $200 little jar of crumbled tile material at some tourist flea market
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:06:45 UTC No. 16554266
>>16554265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJ
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:09:45 UTC No. 16554271
>>16554267
spacex is going to be paying billions in property damage for this. they'll probably move away from hardware rich testing and onto traditional testing where you dont launch until you know it has a very high chance of success.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:10:30 UTC No. 16554272
>>16553752
Now with this successful failure, Mars in in reach, what should be send in the first unmanned Mars mission in 2026?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:11:17 UTC No. 16554274
>>16554267
Grok… TUUUUAAAAHHHH!!!!!
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:12:58 UTC No. 16554275
>>16554260
You want to know who lives East of French Guyana on an island? No one. There are no islands there.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:13:17 UTC No. 16554276
>>16554201
>70 degrees at starbase
>mfers dressed up like its snowing outside
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:14:56 UTC No. 16554277
if elon didn't have to follow any government rules, how often could starship be launched?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:14:59 UTC No. 16554278
>>16554267
Was boca chica a mistake? They will always have to worry about this due to launching near populated areas, unlike launching at the atlantic
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:15:16 UTC No. 16554279
>>16554275
Why isn't SpaceX launching from California westwards??? there is no one.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:16:28 UTC No. 16554283
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:19:36 UTC No. 16554287
>>16554278
>cape is bad because it can drop debris over people during reentry
>boca chica is bad because it can drop debris over people during ascend
I don't think there's a better option really
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:23:10 UTC No. 16554290
>>16554287
they should make it a mission requirement that vehicles are not to explode or break up during ascent and descent
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:29:02 UTC No. 16554295
All the Russians and Chinese at Puerto Rico and Turks and Caicos collectan' debris
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:29:08 UTC No. 16554296
>>16554287
retvrn to kwajalein
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:29:25 UTC No. 16554297
yjk chinese are scrambling to scoop up as much debris as they can
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:31:09 UTC No. 16554299
>>16554277
you're about to find out!
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:31:22 UTC No. 16554300
>>16554284
Two of those engines didn't look happy.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:33:38 UTC No. 16554303
>>16554067
Dear Mr. Bezos (United States),
I am very regretful that a software glitch with metric unit conversion has caused you inconvenience. I may assure that this issue is escalated to development team. Thank you so much for patient understanding. Ticket closed.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:35:35 UTC No. 16554307
>>16554300
you some kind of engine whisperer now or something?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:36:08 UTC No. 16554310
>>16553988
It's over.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:36:23 UTC No. 16554311
>>16554309
toy rocket
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:37:07 UTC No. 16554313
Is the Expanse a good watch? I like the aesthetics of it and the style of the ships. I like that they aren't your boring sci-fi ships but more grounded designs. Is it woke?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:37:29 UTC No. 16554314
>>16554306
>VSVN
what?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:39:43 UTC No. 16554316
>>16554313
do yourself a favor and never watch any television.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:41:35 UTC No. 16554319
>>16554313
Its fucking booooooooring.
For All Mankind, Mars, and Andor are the only 3 /sfg/ approved tv shows.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:41:55 UTC No. 16554320
>>16554313
Watch Lost instead, it includes suborbital flights.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:42:25 UTC No. 16554321
>>16554320
Is it a Starship documentary?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:42:45 UTC No. 16554322
>>16554313
best space scifi show in since bsg / stargate. andor was boring aside from the set design i guess. first two seasons of for all mankind are a decent watch though.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:43:51 UTC No. 16554324
>>16554321
>Is it a Starship documentary?
Yes.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:44:52 UTC No. 16554326
>>16554319
>For All Mankind
They have a pajeet version of Elon
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:45:59 UTC No. 16554328
>>16554322
>first two seasons of for all mankind are a decent watch though.
yeah. season 3 gradually had less and less space stuff into while season 4 was basically a communist union dispute in a confined area
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:46:04 UTC No. 16554329
>>16554313
Read the books, nigga.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:47:58 UTC No. 16554330
>>16554228
Broken hunk of shit tiles go for hundreds. A beauty like that will go for thousands
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:49:22 UTC No. 16554332
>>16554326
Dude was honestly a good character. Him taking back the company and doing his pirate special ops was kino. Last season was quite nice after the shitshow that was the one before it, felt like how it was in season 1. Toned down the wokeshit by a lot, and interesting events overall.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:50:57 UTC No. 16554335
>>16554313
three words: gay space magic
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:53:43 UTC No. 16554338
>>16554316
I haven't watched any shows since Andor but I'm getting the itch for some space slop for inspiration.
>>16554319
>>16554322
Isn't For All Mankind the one where the nigga says "it's good to be black on the Moon"? If I watched that I would punch a hole through my screen.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:56:51 UTC No. 16554341
>>16554313
it has some interesting moments, but gets pretty shit at times with a good episode or scene here and there
the last season is also super rushed
but overall idk
its not great but I would probably recommend it to someone into the genre
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:57:10 UTC No. 16554342
>>16554313
up till season 3 then amos hard carries the show.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:22:34 UTC No. 16554376
>>16554375
probably just a lazily reused asset
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:26:38 UTC No. 16554383
>>16554375
They are still selling tickets for New Shepard so that's gonna stay. At least they shoehorn it in the webcast, or did they?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:27:53 UTC No. 16554386
>>16554287
>>boca chica is bad because it can drop debris over people during ascend
There's literally no one out there to drop it on. It would have to literally veer miles off course to the northwest for any chance of debris hitting SPI or Port Isabel or Brownsvile.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:31:52 UTC No. 16554391
Can we please flip the gridfins down on starship now? what did they save, 2 weeks of development time by not folding them?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:34:24 UTC No. 16554394
>>16554391
starship has no gridfins
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:35:19 UTC No. 16554395
>>16554332
The last season was the dumbest one. Earth wouldn't let people just steal their giant space rock and get away with it. Earth would launch a bunch of rockets at the Mars colony and blow it up, then just take the rock.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:36:25 UTC No. 16554397
>>16554394
shut up nigger
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:37:26 UTC No. 16554398
>>16553818
You dont need to use webms anymore, mp4 is fine
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:37:33 UTC No. 16554399
>>16554272
something gay like more flying things
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:37:58 UTC No. 16554400
is the sucess of new glenn stressing elon to the point that it's making him beef with dysgenic e-celebs?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:38:16 UTC No. 16554401
Is solid fuel a better choice for refueling? You can just leave it up there as long as it's stored properly.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:39:38 UTC No. 16554402
>>16554401
you can do that with liquid fuels too...
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:40:20 UTC No. 16554403
>elon never came to /sfg/ on a tripcode to argue with retards
Who do we blame for this?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:41:44 UTC No. 16554405
>>16554403
we only have ourselves to blame for being unworthy
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:42:42 UTC No. 16554407
>>16554400
>liberals hate xitter now
>liberals hate tesla now
>liberals hate spacex now
>dumped by trump
>new glenn works
it's all downhill from here
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:43:29 UTC No. 16554409
new glenn competes with f9
not with starship
they'll never do more than a dozen launches a year
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:43:41 UTC No. 16554410
>>16554403
Grok tuah!
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:49:12 UTC No. 16554415
>>16554401
since a solid rocket booster can't be modulated it's perhaps a good choice for accelerating mars missions but not for earth-moon dynamics
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:49:26 UTC No. 16554416
>SpaceX only exists because they keep handing out government money to them
>well no here's a breakdown of their revenue
>why are you such an Elon fanboy
Strange conversation that keeps happening online, at this point it's like trying to talk with someone saying the moon landings were fake
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:51:10 UTC No. 16554418
>>16554416
You're noticing.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:52:33 UTC No. 16554419
>>16554416
It's not an accident that they never use proper capitalization and maybe, occasionally, autosuggested punctuation at most. It means they're using non-English keyboard layouts.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:53:11 UTC No. 16554420
>>16554416
They aren't real people with an interest in spaceflight, they are EDS tourists who are going to dry up when the rocket is in serial production. It was the exact same with F9.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:53:59 UTC No. 16554423
>>16554420
They're not even EDS tourists: they're paid shills, probably getting paid a fraction of a penny per post.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:54:29 UTC No. 16554424
>>16554419
I'm using a non-English keyboard as well
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:55:45 UTC No. 16554425
>>16554416
>Musk has nothing to do with the companies, but if you correct them, it's because you want to suck Musk's cock
>Musk has nothing to do with the companies, but if the companies do something shitty it's because Musk is retarded
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:55:55 UTC No. 16554427
>>16554416
there's alot of that stuff online now. they'll argue misinfo / disinfo until they're dead. could be retards, could be psyops, could be bots.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:56:45 UTC No. 16554428
>>16554417
SpaceX obviously
>>16554416
>>SpaceX only exists because they keep handing out government money to them
They don't understand or care that even if it were true, SpaceX has saved the government billions of dollars that it would have had to pay to other vendors that would over charge and under deliver for inferior service.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:57:40 UTC No. 16554429
>>16554423
Well, I don't buy that because there is no shortage of EDS (a lot of it recently is his own fault, two things can be true at once) and there's no particularly good profit motive in shitposting about SpaceX. It's a private holding that already owns most of the market.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:06:39 UTC No. 16554436
Apparently the lawsuits over the debris corridor redirecting a shitload of planes to the point that a lot of them had to divert or return because of low fuel could be quite significant.
Anti musk&spaceX fags will love this shit.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:06:44 UTC No. 16554437
>>16554416
background noise at this point
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:07:17 UTC No. 16554439
>>16554429
If you're Thunderf00t, gaslighting people into thinking he's got the right idea attracts video views which yields ad revenue.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:08:51 UTC No. 16554440
Taking my GET
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:09:30 UTC No. 16554442
>>16554403
Did elon ever even acknowledge that 4chan exists?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:10:08 UTC No. 16554443
>>16553818
effectiveness as an anti aircraft weapon? Inter Continental Surface to Air Missile? ICSAM
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:10:15 UTC No. 16554444
>>16554442
I think he did once, talking about how it's useful somewhere for AI training data, but I could be wrong.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:10:23 UTC No. 16554445
>>16554440
Epic Muskrat Fail
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:11:42 UTC No. 16554446
>>16554443
was that type 3?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:11:43 UTC No. 16554447
>>16553832
>the damn FAA
remove it
You don't own the sky, so you can't tell us what to do in it. Don't fly if you're worried about getting take out by a shartship.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:11:53 UTC No. 16554448
>>16554222
proof the heatshield works
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:13:03 UTC No. 16554449
>>16554447
i'm still free, they cant take the sky from me
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:13:17 UTC No. 16554451
>>16554439
I really doubt he has the funds to recruit any shills, they just naturally gravitate towards anyone who makes the right noise. I hope he does catch a big windfall though because it gives him hope and makes the descent funnier
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:15:12 UTC No. 16554455
Wikipedia’s 2025 in spaceflight page has this table of expected maiden launches, I’d like to know which launchers are missing.
Obviously I need a source for any change, I’d also gladly take any source that justifies removing launchers from the chart (for exemple for Tsyklon-4M)
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:17:43 UTC No. 16554457
>>16554416
>SpaceX only exists because they keep handing out government money to them
Considering the overburden of other corporations doing that, assuming SpaceX is guilty of it aswell, so what? Perhaps we eliminate 1% of the deficit (4 SLS launches).
If you wanted to cut back on spending, quit healthcare spending.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:17:48 UTC No. 16554458
>>16554442
He was literally fielding questions from /pol/ on his alt
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:23:35 UTC No. 16554461
>>16554457
>quit healthcare spending
Whichever congress creatures vote for this will get eviscerated at their next election by the boomer block and they know it. Also they are paid off by big pharma to keep the tax piggy dollars flowing. Not happening.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:23:53 UTC No. 16554463
>>16554251
>>16554263
how kind of SpaceX to boost the market of these Caribbean islands!
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:23:55 UTC No. 16554464
>>16554451
That requires paying attention to abominably stupid people, and it's just depressing to devote brainpower to remembering them.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:24:13 UTC No. 16554466
>>16554458
that was his h1b interns
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:25:29 UTC No. 16554470
>>16554464
Someone else will do that for me and make a funny compilation video
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:28:45 UTC No. 16554479
>>16554461
>Whichever congress creatures vote for this will get eviscerated at their next election by the boomer block and they know it.
Yes obviously. That's why all democracies are universally doomed. "Once the people realize they can vote themselves other's money, the republic is lost." - Sun Tzu.
>Not happening.
Doesn't mean I'm wrong. Final solution to the deficit/debt question is to just hold spending (nominal) in all areas for a few years. The economy will outgrow the deficit, then the debt will start to be removed. Again, likely impossible.
I recon dysgenics led us here.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:30:49 UTC No. 16554481
>>16554458
still thought his question about the BBC was kind of funny
>>16554463
a real windfall when you think about it
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:35:12 UTC No. 16554493
>>16554455
Alright Some that I can thinking of
Gushenxing-2 https://www.stdaily.com/web/gdxw/20
Full scale (4 stage) Goche Yeonlyo Uju Balsache https://www.spaceradar.co.kr/news/a
Some doubts on Perigee Aerospace. A recent english language interview says commercial launches in 2026, with only test launches starting in early 2025, but the test launches in question are suborbital ones that were delayed from last fall.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:35:55 UTC No. 16554495
>>16554446
no idea, ripped from wiki page on behive shells, 46cm gun
If you're interested in effective anti-air artillery, look for Red Queen. UK post war, smooth-bore, subcalibre impact fuse round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXa
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:36:55 UTC No. 16554497
>>16554495
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZ
that one
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:45:18 UTC No. 16554511
>OpenAI admits they are working on LEV testing
>Elon is now going full steam ahead starting Monday since the FAA will not give out more restrictions
>Advacement in AI and technology is now accelerating fast, 2025 will feel like ten years by 2026
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:47:58 UTC No. 16554517
>>16554442
Yes he’s called it by name, I doubt he’s privy to /sfg/ though
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:48:15 UTC No. 16554519
>>16554511
I still don't know how that AI works
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:50:43 UTC No. 16554523
>>16554519
https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/18
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:52:42 UTC No. 16554525
Obviously Elon is an extreme narcissist.
How does this affect spaceflight in the future?
Is this actually a good thing as his track record might suggest?
Or do we need someone else who is not as troubled to take the lead?
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:53:33 UTC No. 16554526
>>16554523
https://www.technologyreview.com/20
This is fucking huge, with this happening - the best of the best at spacelight research can live longer and bring new ideas.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:54:56 UTC No. 16554527
>>16554525
There is no one else than him you retard, I'll take his retarded boomer episodes more than anyone else.
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:56:59 UTC No. 16554530
>>16554526
Fuck off
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:57:24 UTC No. 16554531
Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:58:33 UTC No. 16554532
>>16554525
There is no one with Elon's money who has the vision and drive to get us to Mars. Someone like him comes around once every 50 years.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:01:56 UTC No. 16554535
>>16554525
His brain is being eaten alive by the same proteins that made him smart in the first place. it's killing him, this wont end well at all. much worse than unclipped fingernails and pissing in bottles
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:05:15 UTC No. 16554541
>>16554525
Can't you get a real hobby
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:13:03 UTC No. 16554550
space has no room for narcissism or racism
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:16:28 UTC No. 16554553
>>16554550
Space has the most room for racism. Especially against filthy Xenos.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:19:14 UTC No. 16554556
>>16554493
>naming your new rocket ballsack
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:10 UTC No. 16554562
>>16554557
toy module
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:41:59 UTC No. 16554571
>>16554557
looks completely autistic
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:56:06 UTC No. 16554585
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8t
>13 years ago
when did everything go wrong?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:59:22 UTC No. 16554587
https://x.com/davill/status/1880386
>Our Blue Ring Pathfinder hit all our mission objectives within the planned six-hour journey after being inserted into the desired orbit by New Glenn with an apogee of 19,300 km and a perigee of 2,400 km at a 30-degree inclination. GS2 and the BE-3U engines nailed insertion with a less than 1% deviation from our exact orbital injection target.
There is a video too
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:02:59 UTC No. 16554590
/sfg/ - Sucking off Felon General
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:03:04 UTC No. 16554591
https://x.com/davill/status/1880401
Liftoff clip
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:03:56 UTC No. 16554593
>>16554590
we already had that one before
be more original
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:05:16 UTC No. 16554595
>>16554593
/sfg/ - SameFag General
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:07:07 UTC No. 16554598
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:10:18 UTC No. 16554601
>>16554600
i dont care
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:12:44 UTC No. 16554602
>>16554600
Shame they'll have to clear a mishap investigation and implement mitigation measures first. Probably won't fly for a while.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:13:00 UTC No. 16554604
>>16554601
You have AIDS
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:13:07 UTC No. 16554605
>>16554598
nice slow motion video
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:15:41 UTC No. 16554607
>>16554605
it’s sped up actually
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:15:42 UTC No. 16554608
/sfg/ - ship fragmentation general
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:20:18 UTC No. 16554612
>>16554602
TWO MONTHS
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:21:27 UTC No. 16554615
>>16553818
I think I have seen that before...
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:22:56 UTC No. 16554616
>>16553818
is this what rods from god would look like?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:25:03 UTC No. 16554618
Last night after Flight 7, Elon and SpaceX's Ryan Goodnight (@ryangoodnight) and Lauren Dreyer (@laurendreyer06) hosted a delegation of leading Indian business figures at Starbase for a fireside Q&A. The group was led by the India Global Forum (IGF) to mark the UK-headquartered policy and events platform's expansion into the US. Per Elon, "Things are trending positive. I'm certainly in favour of lowering trade barriers to increase commerce between the US and India." The pic was taken on the top floor of Mega Bay 2.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:28:42 UTC No. 16554620
>>16554618
>leading Indian business figures
is that they're calling H1-B's now?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:30:14 UTC No. 16554621
>>16554618
This shit is SO fucking tiresome bros
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:39:00 UTC No. 16554626
>>16554618
god i wish i was indian
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:41:54 UTC No. 16554627
>>16554525
He has all the power one man could reasonably attain and he takes it out by sometimes taking people's blue check marks away. Elon is a casual narcissist at best. The world is safe.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:43:42 UTC No. 16554631
>>16554032
This will literally happen on Mars in the future
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:52:50 UTC No. 16554637
>>16554557
looks like AI lmao
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:55:23 UTC No. 16554639
>>16554618
lmao fucking based
/sfg/ - Saar Flight General
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:55:47 UTC No. 16554640
>>16554618
The Indian Starship clone will beat the Chinese clone to orbit.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:02:43 UTC No. 16554647
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:03:01 UTC No. 16554648
>>16554618
>vehicle vaporises across the sky into 10000 pieces due to QC issues
>so anyway I started bringing in more indians
I'm so tired....
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:12:50 UTC No. 16554656
>>16554618
>>16554640
Yep, we'll make it there with some biryani power
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:21:18 UTC No. 16554661
>>16553818
Surprised nobody is capitalizing on this kind of fireworks yet. Some guy out there with a big ego and a million bucks can easily pay for such a breathtaking spectacle. If we could find a way to make it less dangerous like make the debris disintegrate early on or create a compound that burns the same way maybe it could work?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:24:07 UTC No. 16554662
>>16553756
Feb
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:25:42 UTC No. 16554665
>>16554662
much better. booster re-use is likely to happen this year.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:27:38 UTC No. 16554668
at what point does #TeamSpace end and it becomes a ruthless cutthroat environment like every other industry?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:41:21 UTC No. 16554683
https://www.rocket.jaxa.jp/rocket/h
The 50th H-IIA flight will also be its last. To commemorate the occasion, a special decal will be placed on the rocket that'll contain submitted messages.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:44:06 UTC No. 16554685
>>16554067
We should abolish the metric system. It's just silly and causes nonsense like this.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:44:52 UTC No. 16554686
>>16554683
>H-IIA
nice name saar
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:49:31 UTC No. 16554689
>>16554314
21st century VOC
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:51:58 UTC No. 16554693
https://x.com/StarshipGazer/status/
>Super Heavy Booster 14, flown on Starship test flight 7, was lifted off of the launch mount tonight for transport back to the production site.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:52:34 UTC No. 16554694
>>16554693
it looks really good, maybe it will be the first to re-fly
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:57:53 UTC No. 16554697
>>16554693
b-but esefgee told me that the engine bells were completely warped and bent, what gives
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:02:47 UTC No. 16554700
>>16554693
>>16554697
263, 388, and 371 look a bit out of round.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:04:13 UTC No. 16554701
>>16554700
right edge of 302 is flat
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:10:25 UTC No. 16554709
>>16554701
I think you're right. Continuing three engines over clockwise from 302 has a squished bell on the inside. There's a lot of messed up engines in there.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:15:34 UTC No. 16554713
>>16554525
kill yourself, retard
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:16:34 UTC No. 16554714
>>16554550
>>16554553
space has no room for niggers
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:18:09 UTC No. 16554715
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:19:15 UTC No. 16554716
>>16554700
Oh no, muh 3 seconds of ISP
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:01:48 UTC No. 16554744
>>16553914
It looks bluer at night and that's the actual reason they launched it then.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:25:36 UTC No. 16554765
augmented reality cryptocurrency AI drone spaceflight
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:26:52 UTC No. 16554768
>>16554765
you forgot to add quantum
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:39:26 UTC No. 16554778
>>16554765
Elon Musk billionaire NFT block-chain, UAP Trump, game-changer
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:50:17 UTC No. 16554785
You know remember this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHG
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:50:45 UTC No. 16554786
>>16554287
Just hear me out.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:09:30 UTC No. 16554793
>>16554786
Cringe chileno, that would only work for retrograde and some polar orbits, unless you were to launch all the way from Tierra del Fuego. Argentina is a way better option for traditional, eastward trajectories. Milei should pitch this idea to Musky.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:10:19 UTC No. 16554794
12 hours until starlink launch
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:13:09 UTC No. 16554795
>>16554693
These engines are WARPED and DESTROYED.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:15:33 UTC No. 16554796
>>16554794
This would mark the 399th Falcon landing, including Falcon Heavy missions. Now, if we also include Super Heavy, then it'd be the 401th landing in general.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:22:25 UTC No. 16554798
>>16554042
>mods keep stickying old threads
>threads hit image limit when sticky ends
>old threads return to page 1
>takes two days to reach page 10
that's why you need to make fucking launch threads
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:24:43 UTC No. 16554799
>>16554796
>401th
Meant 401st. Also, this would be the 369th reflight of a Falcon booster, and the 10th flight of this particular stage B1082, reaching the same number of missions as the Challenger Space Shuttle orbiter.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:29:16 UTC No. 16554801
>>16554799
The booster with the most amount of flights so far is B1067, with 25, basically the same number as the Endeavor Shuttle. Next up to surpass is Atlantis with 33, and finally Discovery with 39. Will a Falcon stage reach 40 flights before being phased out with Starship? hmm
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:29:54 UTC No. 16554802
>>16554793
brazil would be even better or equatorial launches but for some reason they have never even launched a satellite.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:33:01 UTC No. 16554805
>>16554802
>he doesn't know
kkkkkk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLS-1
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:37:50 UTC No. 16554809
>>16554693
Engine bells look perfect this time round. Good deal
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:39:06 UTC No. 16554810
>>16554801
yes but
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:46:29 UTC No. 16554814
>>16554812
Punished Musk would really be something. Maybe he'll then finally go full anti-urfer and start with the Glassing Project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuL
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:47:42 UTC No. 16554816
>>16554793
Im from argentina, i say fuck off, we dont want rockets to blow up here
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:49:47 UTC No. 16554817
>>16554816
how bout this: eat shit out my ass faggot
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:53:49 UTC No. 16554818
>>16554816
I'm also from Argentina, boludo, and SpaceX and Musk are very much welcome here. Seguro votaste a Massa.
P.S. aguante river
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:01:08 UTC No. 16554821
>>16554032
This shit is so racist lmao. It's like translating "fly lice" => "fried rice"
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:03:42 UTC No. 16554824
>>16554819
reminder that Eisenhower and Anthony dollars feature the Apollo 11 mission patch design on the tails side
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:09:31 UTC No. 16554830
>>16554821
gyaru
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:11:08 UTC No. 16554831
>>16554816
>>16554818
latinx infighting
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:41:22 UTC No. 16554844
https://x.com/_jaykeegan_/status/18
Views from customs/border patrol camera tracking
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:41:50 UTC No. 16554845
>>16554841
just take a golf cart or something. why are we spending millions on this stupid bullshit
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:43:31 UTC No. 16554846
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-d
NYC passed a law forcing SpaceX to service hundreds of thousands/millions of poor people with $15/m high speed internet. That includes taxes, rental fees, and monthly fees and any charges.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:47:12 UTC No. 16554848
>>16554831
We are everywhere.
>latinx
*Latin American.
>>16554805
>VLS-1
A shame that this ended up going nowhere after that accident back in 2003. Last I heard its successor, called VLM, was still in eternal development, just like our Tronador rockets. Oh well, could be worse.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:47:17 UTC No. 16554849
>>16554846
SpaceX is also filing for an exemption, as they only serve a limited number of customers in New York and it would provide an unreasonable burden to their infrastructure to comply.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:51:29 UTC No. 16554850
>>16554849
20,000 is the limit. So if they have more than 20K, they're fucked. SpaceX has ~1.8M customers. US is prob 70% of that customer base. Thats 1.26M / 50 states = 25K per state. And New York is the 4th largest states so they'll be higher than the average. If I had to guess, they're prob closer to 40K than they are to <20K.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:52:37 UTC No. 16554851
>>16554846
4th amendment violation
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:54:37 UTC No. 16554852
>>16554851
https://www.pcmag.com/news/appeals-
It would need to go to the US supreme court
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:55:14 UTC No. 16554853
>>16554846
AT&T completely pulled out of the state over this, but yeah, poor people should have internet subsidies
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:56:02 UTC No. 16554854
>>16554852
https://www.pcworld.com/article/258
Also ATT killed their 5G ISP as they're incurring negative costs at this point
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:57:48 UTC No. 16554856
>>16554850
If Starlink cant get exemption, they'll have to kick off users from New York and put a hard limit of 20K users. Prob less than that, and allow some buffer for emergencies.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:58:23 UTC No. 16554857
>>16554850
That's not how customer demographics work. They claim they have fewer than 20k in New York because the population is highly urbanized and very heavily built out with broadband infrastructure.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:02:52 UTC No. 16554859
>>16554857
1) New York has ~20 million people.
2) Rural New York is ~12% of the population.
3) Thats 2.4 million rural.
4) Rural NY has avg family size of ~3.3. So 2.4 million / 3.3 = 727K rural families
If Starlink has 10% rural penetration, thats ~72K.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:05:05 UTC No. 16554862
>>16554859
Even 5% rural rate is 22K. So Starlink is likely between that. Probably closer to 7% @ 50K rural subscribers
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:11:24 UTC No. 16554864
>>16554416
This would only be a valid complaint if SpaceX never gave anything back. But they have a bunch of contracts with NASA. Starshield, ISS, maybe some other things. The US government is basically an investor and a customer. Why is that supposed to be bad?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:15:03 UTC No. 16554867
>>16554841
Aw, man, I liked those cars.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:15:49 UTC No. 16554869
>>16554859
>>16554862
Remind me again why you're inventing numbers for Starlink service rates in New York?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:19:42 UTC No. 16554872
>>16554869
Stop being retarded.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:21:44 UTC No. 16554873
>>16554872
Alright, got it:
>SpaceX's numbers aren't real, it's actually terrible! New York will get them!
>Use suspect methodology to create numbers to back your case
>Get called out on it
>"Stop being retarded."
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:22:56 UTC No. 16554874
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:26:59 UTC No. 16554879
>>16554875
but, how is that possible without alabama river rocks?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:41:07 UTC No. 16554883
>>16554618
All is forgiven. Bring them all in Mr Musk! We got a starship to code
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:41:34 UTC No. 16554884
>>16554879
It should be illegal, mandate alabama rocks
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:46:06 UTC No. 16554886
Not sure why I didn't know this already, but I just learned that Blorigin is planning to build a New Glenn pad at Vandenberg. Looks like it will be about a mile north of ULA's SLC-3E. I guess they must be anticipating a lot of customers wanting higher inclination launches in the future.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:48:20 UTC No. 16554889
>>16554886
i heard it was unconfirmed rumor
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:15:24 UTC No. 16554908
dare I say sfg is... moribund?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:33:23 UTC No. 16554913
in space, no one can smell you poop
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:37:54 UTC No. 16554914
>>16554812
He is facing it from the SEC for faking Tesla self driving footage. Interestingly as soon as the investigation started he suddenly cared about politics and broke his old record of donating $5k by donating $277m to the guy that sold pardons last term.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:55:47 UTC No. 16554916
>>16553818
Now I know how Roy felt
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:01:58 UTC No. 16554917
>>16554618
In a few days Elon will be free to start the great H1B replacement at SpaceX, if you thought the adventures of Saarliner were funny wait until you see Saarship.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:03:27 UTC No. 16554919
>>16554795
Is this a smashed and slammed joke?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:04:13 UTC No. 16554921
>>16553842
>ng
>overwhelming success
whatever makes you cope better
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:22:03 UTC No. 16554928
>>16554921
BO can now start putting payloads on NG and make money while they work on their booster. SpaceX can jerk off to videos of Superheavy landing while they work on Starship.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:38:49 UTC No. 16554934
>>16554928
SpaceX can continue to print money with Falcon 9
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:44:35 UTC No. 16554935
>>16554934
>we don't need Starship to work anyway
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:51:13 UTC No. 16554941
>>16554935
from a financial perspective, there is no rush
neither does BO have a rush (lmao) but you brought this up as some kind of gotcha
SpaceX is printing money with F9 and Starlink, BO has been sucking the tit of Bezos for almost 25 years now with miniscule revenues from
neither is reliant on their new rocket working on the short term for financial health, unlike lets say Stoke or Rocket Lab
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:59:57 UTC No. 16554950
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:03:03 UTC No. 16554952
where is the avionics/communication located? if they lost contact with Starship before it actually broke apart
in the aft?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:16:26 UTC No. 16554958
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:23:11 UTC No. 16554959
>>16554618
Imagine having the rocket you've been working on 80 hours/week for months blow up and just a couple hours later you're forced to kiss the asses of smelly Indians because your boss won't stop gobbling their cocks.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:29:05 UTC No. 16554966
>>>/wsg/5789065
Anyone notice how there was lot less fire on the booster upon the catch?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:35:45 UTC No. 16554967
>>16554816
Do not open your mouth, brownoid subhuman. We will do as we wish with your lands.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:49:31 UTC No. 16554973
As we dream of interstellar travel and colonizing distant star systems, we often imagine a united humanity spreading across the galaxy. But the reality is far more isolating—and fascinating. If humans become a spacefaring civilization, our species might face a level of fragmentation never before seen, not just across space but across time itself.
The speed of light imposes a hard limit on communication. Even if we could establish a colony at Tau Ceti, 11.9 light-years away, sending a message to Earth would take 12 years to arrive—24 years for a round trip. For more distant stars, this delay would stretch into centuries or millennia. Real-time communication between colonies would be impossible, leaving each star system to evolve independently.
Over time, colonies would develop their own cultures, languages, and histories, shaped by their unique environments and challenges. Knowledge of Earth and other human settlements would become outdated—if not entirely forgotten. Earth might become a mythical "origin planet," its history fragmented into incomplete tales across the stars.
This splintering would mark a turning point for humanity. Each colony would carry forward its version of our collective story, disconnected from the rest. Our shared history would no longer reside in one place but spread across the galaxy, a mosaic of diverse human experiences. It’s possible that colonies separated by thousands of light-years could even rediscover each other one day, perceiving each other as alien civilizations.
If humanity uses stars as stepping stones, spreading further into the galaxy, Earth would have no way of knowing how far we’ve gone. For the first time, human history wouldn’t just be fragmented across time—it would be splintered across space, creating a future where the story of humanity is as vast and unknowable as the galaxy itself.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:50:03 UTC No. 16554974
>>16554819
>shittle
>not saturn v
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:17:43 UTC No. 16554985
>>16554662
Man, I swear Starship 5 booster was a few dozens of centimeters away from *bonk* the tower. Now it's better, less heart-attack inducing.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:25:17 UTC No. 16554994
>>16554985
It's just the angle in the video
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:29:31 UTC No. 16554997
>a parachute-assisted approach outlined in an 18-page booklet prepared by Boeing:
>dual use of LOX tank as a pneumatic piston that keeps the stage from tiling over
>idea was deemed feasible and could've produced the world's first super heavy partially reusable rocket
>however, after the success of Apollo 11, Boeing et al shifted their efforts towards the Space Shuttle Program
bros, how come Boeing constantly cucks the US?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:30:27 UTC No. 16555000
>>16554966
Yeah, i assume they fixed the thing that set on fire on booster on flight 5
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:31:41 UTC No. 16555001
>>16554966
Well it was not normal
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:58:38 UTC No. 16555021
>>16554287
Oil rig bros… we are so back.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:06:24 UTC No. 16555025
>>16554535
I think it’s patasites, dude definitely caught something.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:09:12 UTC No. 16555029
>>16555021
Have we seen anything close to a realistic design for oil rig-based Starship megalaunch ocean platform?
I think its going to be more than twice the size of the previous junk they bought. Also highly specialized and unique. And it might be located far from America.
Might as well chain them in ocean corridors and catch the boosters at the next station downrange. Say goodbye to wasteful (but very cool) boostback burns. NuGlenn was 620 km downrange with the barge, Starship would probably need like 1000 km spacing between launch/catch sites.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:14:06 UTC No. 16555034
>>16554974
Like it or not it's still the high water mark for orbital reuse.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:42:12 UTC No. 16555065
>>16554557
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0s
>Explore Vast's in-house space station manufacturing capability
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:01:02 UTC No. 16555076
>>16554819
The metal they make those things out of is horrible, after a few months of use it turns to a blurry brown color and you can't see any details. All they want is for suckers to take the coins out of circulation.
>>16554824
SOVL, and that coin would still look good today if it wasn't the size of a Buick. And still not the same now that they're no longer 90% Ag.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:03:18 UTC No. 16555080
>>16554853
There's subsidies, and then there's the state leaning back and telling companies to foot the bill.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:04:21 UTC No. 16555082
>>16555081
need it sped up
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:05:56 UTC No. 16555086
>>16555081
PART 2
>>16555082
I dont have time for that
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:06:38 UTC No. 16555088
>>16555081
SpaceX provided him with attitude telemetry data? Or did he just pull it out of his ass?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:12:10 UTC No. 16555092
>>16555088
>3d artist, software engineer & turbomachinery enthusiast
probably simulation based on the engine failures
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:15:53 UTC No. 16555096
>>16555093
nice , thank you.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:22:51 UTC No. 16555107
Starship FTS General
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:24:48 UTC No. 16555108
>>16555088
all telemetry data goes directly into his brain via neurolink
>>16555093
Armstrong could have saved it
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:26:50 UTC No. 16555110
merge spacex, ula, and blue origin then split them into three companies equal in strength
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:33:45 UTC No. 16555115
i forget that berger is also a weatherman who writes extensively for his weather website. how does he write so much between that, ars, books, and tweeting all day? dude is a machine.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:41:12 UTC No. 16555120
>>16555110
What are you, a communist?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:03:52 UTC No. 16555133
>>16554088
>accidentally converted the already converted unit
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:16:29 UTC No. 16555140
>>16553953
the fourth world, you say?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:31:56 UTC No. 16555153
>>16554023
>tax payer dollars
lol, lmao
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:35:36 UTC No. 16555155
>>16554967
No you wont, we will let china launch from here tho, at least their rockets work
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:47:15 UTC No. 16555163
>>16555110
it doesn't work like that
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:50:20 UTC No. 16555168
>>16555115
He actually doesn’t do too much to be honest. His ars articles have gotten really short, and he can do his books over the course of 2-3 years which is reasonable with discipline to chip away at it every day
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:49:08 UTC No. 16555194
>>16555093
what would have happened to the astronauts in this scenario?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:55:11 UTC No. 16555197
I am learning about convolution and I am bored out of my mind. I wonder if Elon Musk knows anything about it. Is convolution used in the space industry?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:01:33 UTC No. 16555201
>>16554067
We really need to get rid of metric. Metric users make up such a small percentage of mass to orbit.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:09:05 UTC No. 16555206
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:11:49 UTC No. 16555209
in-space poop collection, recycling, repackaging
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:12:54 UTC No. 16555212
>>16555201
spacex uses metric though
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:32:25 UTC No. 16555229
>>16555197
signal processing is probably used somewhere so I guess
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:44:33 UTC No. 16555236
>>16555155
China had more rocket failures last year than the US, kek.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:04:05 UTC No. 16555260
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1880661
In the first video the right arm wobble looks kind of dangerous
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:07:02 UTC No. 16555265
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:14:44 UTC No. 16555276
I like how the expectation now seems to be booster catch, partly because they have such a wealth of experience with F9, but no one else has even succeed once with a smaller orbital booster yet.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:20:03 UTC No. 16555281
>>16555277
I never doubted booster catch, but I think ship is going to be much harder.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:34:56 UTC No. 16555293
theres a person in the booster flying it
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:41:37 UTC No. 16555297
>>16555281
looking at how well its flipped and then landed in the ocean im thinking that part of the whole deal is pretty solid. spacex is very good and landing things.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:47:22 UTC No. 16555303
>>16555297
lol
they are not going to be allowed to reenter over fucking mexico and do hourly sonic booms
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:47:24 UTC No. 16555304
>>16555297
But it also needs to be incredibly accurate coming back from orbit
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:50:22 UTC No. 16555306
>>16555304
? It's fully under control all the way down, thats the easiest part
Only NASA has always pretended that its hard so they need to splash down in the ocean
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:53:19 UTC No. 16555310
>>16555303
we'll see
>>16555304
seems to be so. did you see the footage filmed from the drones and boat at the end of flight 6? very accurate. landing stuff really is their specialty.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:54:45 UTC No. 16555312
>>16554618
Every day I pray China makes some sort of gene targeted virus and wipes them out
>>16555081
Why won't this piece of shit stop spinning
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:02:45 UTC No. 16555323
>>16555278
Melted the shit out of the tower
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:16:55 UTC No. 16555342
>>16555333
very nice. it improved
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:27:41 UTC No. 16555365
>>16554222
How many physical details of Starship do the chinks have by now? Think they have fished out any Raptors from the ocean?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:44:54 UTC No. 16555388
>things too look forward to are months away
I am having post-launch blues
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:47:24 UTC No. 16555393
>>16555388
BO apparently is targeting March for NG-2, we'll see how quickly it actually happens.
Same for Starship desu
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:48:37 UTC No. 16555395
>>16555393
Exactly, MONTHS away
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:51:44 UTC No. 16555403
first australian launch happening pretty soon, final launch license soon (February probably according to the article)
https://www.innovationaus.com/count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:52:34 UTC No. 16555406
We're in a good place, really: we only have to wait months for the next launch of a huge rocket, and in the meantime, we have dozens of medium lift launches to look forward to. Even during the Apollo program there was nothing like this.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:54:41 UTC No. 16555409
https://spacenews.com/transportatio
>The FAA fined SpaceX $633, 009 in September for violations of provisions of launch licenses covering two missions in 2023. The agency assessed $350,000 in fines for two violations of the license for a June 2023 launch where SpaceX used a different control center and did not conduct a poll two hours before launch as outlined in its communications plan. It assessed a $283,009 fine for the use of an unapproved propellant tank farm for another launch in July 2023.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:02:15 UTC No. 16555417
>>16555408
How many fucking satellites are up there so far? Last time I checked I thought it was at like 5k already. All the shells combined is supposed to be something like 20k+ starlinks, right?>>16555409
Simply ignore the bill and refuse to pay it.
Fuck 'em.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:04:23 UTC No. 16555419
>>16555417
>As of January 2025, there are 6,912 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 6,874 are working, according to Astronomer Jonathan McDowell who tracks the constellation on his website.
not really sure what the full constellation plan is right now, something like 20-30k probably
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:07:00 UTC No. 16555422
>>16554857
They'd easily have a million customers in New York if they were forced to offer broadband for $15/month
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:11:47 UTC No. 16555427
>>16555419
Almost 7k with more launching almost every day, holy shit. Imagine if they didn't have the sunshields, we'd see chains encircling the Earth in the night sky.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:11:47 UTC No. 16555428
>>16555194
If you die in space your next rebirth is in the celestial sphere
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:14:06 UTC No. 16555430
>>16555419
>20-30k probably
im not actually in favor of this
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:16:51 UTC No. 16555433
>>16555430
Yeah, we need more bandwidth so I can use a single mobile device with its own high speed internet connection everywhere on earth
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:17:10 UTC No. 16555434
>>16555422
They can't service that many customers in such a small geographic area; the satellites don't have that much bandwidth, or that many individual steerable beams.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:22:36 UTC No. 16555435
>>16555433
i saw what it looks like a lot this last summer because we had even BBQ most weekends. it already looks like a space invaders game up there, with sats tracing multiple different converging X shapes all the time. even just doubling the number is going to look dreadful.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:55:42 UTC No. 16555459
>>16555441
They're still around, I got to see one in Alamogordo a decade or so back. They had the remains of a captured V2 as well.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:00:48 UTC No. 16555464
>just build a really big rocket and then land it
space was just that easy
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:09:25 UTC No. 16555478
>>16555464
Lars Blackmore's algorithms for making fast computable near-optimum maneuvers were a big help, and it's very recent work compared to Apollo.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:26:19 UTC No. 16555499
>>16555408
thats wrong tho?
>jan 19 - falcon 9
>jan 20 - ceres-1
>jan 21 - falcon 9
>jan 23 - long march 3b/e
>jan 23 - long march 6a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:26:49 UTC No. 16555501
>>16555459
nice bike
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:51:15 UTC No. 16555521
>>16555155
stop larping
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:51:57 UTC No. 16555522
>>16555501
Thanks
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:59:36 UTC No. 16555528
/sfg/ be like >>>/wsg/5788267
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:00:39 UTC No. 16555529
>>16555528
me on the left
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:01:13 UTC No. 16555530
>>16555277
O can't imagine the goofy shit that would happen if it ever goes like a few meters away from the intended path, or a few seconds quicker or slower than intended
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:03:48 UTC No. 16555534
>>16555530
I half expected each catch attempt to take down the tower in a fiery explosion. Maybe one will try to divert at the last possible second and rocket away mid-catch, crashing in the desert or the sea.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:05:17 UTC No. 16555538
>>16555534
in an alt timeline, the pez door would have doomed s33
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:06:37 UTC No. 16555540
>>16555494
Noice, it bumps quite a bit, like a ski gondola terminus
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:11:47 UTC No. 16555548
>>16555464
Well, apart from the engines, and algs like this anon said >>16555478, I firmly believe that any G20 nation could easily build an expendable Starship-like launch vehicle capable of delivering at least 80 or 100 tons LEO, it's just that nobody gives a shit about it. Think about it, these are nations with almost limitless resources compared to those of SpaceX: trillions or hundreds of billions of dollars, millions of workers, and a gorillion of square kilometres of usable land. A single South African ADHD turbo autist achieved more with his private company and tight budget than the rest of the world combined... at this point it's even sad, cause it's been almost 10 years since Falcon 9 first landed, and only China seems to be making some kind of "effort" about it.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:18:32 UTC No. 16555564
>>16555548
It's lack of ambition
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:19:50 UTC No. 16555566
pebble status?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:20:31 UTC No. 16555570
>>16555566
dull and scuffed
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:23:07 UTC No. 16555575
>>16555566
on Turks and Caicos beaches
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:24:48 UTC No. 16555578
>>16555548
Getting people to care about space is really hard as it turns out.
Take China for instance, they seem really serious about it? Well, they recently just approved a bunch of boring infra projects like the $150 billion hydroelectric dam. The higher ups in control of the money still don't care about space nearly as much as you think.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:28:47 UTC No. 16555581
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:29:00 UTC No. 16555583
>>16555564
It's this same lack of ambition that one day will doom this species if they don't wake up and do something about it. One day, a rock big enough will hit this pathetic excuse of a planet, and then right at the very last moment will they lament and realize how important having a space program was. Thank goodness Musk was born and there is still hope, otherwise such scenario would be our unavoidable fate.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:34:45 UTC No. 16555595
>>16555578
Yeah, that's why I used the quotation marks. It's a relative effort if we compare them to the rest of the world. Anyways, China can still "brute-force" their way into space and call it a day, even if it's in a very inefficient way and with expendable rockets. That really tells you something about how powerful they could be if they took it seriously like Musk does, they'd be unstoppable.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:41:11 UTC No. 16555612
>>16555548
Impossible to justify building a launcher that big when every european county capable of it is trying fund their healthcare that is challenging by boomers living way too fucking long.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:42:45 UTC No. 16555617
>>16555612
>trying fund their healthcare
Proportionally, less taxes are going to our free healthcare than to your fully private one.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:46:54 UTC No. 16555626
>>16555617
Yet I think I pay far too much for it compared to what I get and are forced to use private if I don't want to wait for months for an appointment.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:06:53 UTC No. 16555647
When is the next return to launch site launch from Florida? The next one listed is the next crew launch but it doesn't list the details of most of the falcon launches on the ksc website
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:06:59 UTC No. 16555648
>>16555598
It is. Impossible to maintain leadership with just 4% of the global population if you don't have a way to integrate exceptional individuals abroad. Especially not if others are trying.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:26:48 UTC No. 16555663
>>16555657
Even our shitty rockets mog everything else, I love america
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:27:40 UTC No. 16555665
>>16555659
>marionawfal
Keep your garbage outside this thread
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:34:52 UTC No. 16555668
>>16555659
>DC
Who cares what those bugmen think?
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:41:13 UTC No. 16555674
>>16555659
>focus on fighting each other goys
>dont worry about things like spaceflight, universal healthcare, taxing the rich, state mandated qt gfs
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:50:19 UTC No. 16555687
>>16555680
lol what kind of frankenstein super heavy booster is that
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:52:15 UTC No. 16555688
>>16555663
Behold! he largest non-American launch vehicle
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:58:44 UTC No. 16555694
>>16555680
Just copy SpaceX/BlueOrigin as funding schemes
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:59:45 UTC No. 16555697
>>16555694
I do worry a bit whether these copycats are just 1) funding schemes 2) cargo cult 3) or actual follow the leaders and deliverance (rare)
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:00:14 UTC No. 16555698
>>16555688
Wait seriously?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:01:04 UTC No. 16555701
https://x.com/shivon/status/1880668
Nice slowmo
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:01:11 UTC No. 16555702
>>16555694
Well, why not?
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:02:32 UTC No. 16555704
>>16555657
I love how sharply blue the plume is on New Glenn, it's pretty.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:04:50 UTC No. 16555708
>>16555698
Technically, it's tied for height with Long March 5, but a lot of the time that launches in the LM-5B configuration which is a bit shorter.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:05:44 UTC No. 16555711
>>16555688
The Long March 5 outlifts Ariane 6
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:08:23 UTC No. 16555714
>>16555710
>get free space debris
>bitch about it
I hope the next piece kills him
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:09:25 UTC No. 16555715
>>16555696
I wonder what's the order of magnitude of loss of thickness for unprotected metal during launch/landing
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:23:14 UTC No. 16555730
new business model: "condosat", where multiple customers share a single satellite to lower costs and investment risks
https://spacenews.com/abs-rethinks-
i said they should do this years ago
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:32:36 UTC No. 16555738
https://x.com/tedcruz/status/188063
>We will go to Mars.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:43:06 UTC No. 16555744
>>16555712
I think I'm always going to be kind of dubious about the catch mechanism itself being part of the tower.
One of the many Chinese powerpoint farms had a setup that actually looked better to me, with the launch tower being exclusively for launch and the catch area being a cable-and-carriage rig suspended between four smaller towers. The catch points could be more agile, with quicker and finer adjustments possible and no need to smack the booster and ship. Then you just lower the rocket onto a dedicated transport and have a rail system connected to as many launch towers as you want.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:43:17 UTC No. 16555745
>>16554455
>Tsyklon-4M
Yuzhmash, the manufacturer of the rocket got Oreshniked, and I assume that would seriously set back a program. I also think that they have had other priorities since that date was announced.
No sources though, since I don't speak hohol.
RFA is looking promising for a launch this year (perhaps even soon?) from the scuttlebutt I have heard.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:48:13 UTC No. 16555751
>>16555710
>all these people acting offended and outraged at valuable rocket souvenirs they could be selling to PRC agents on ebay
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:48:16 UTC No. 16555752
>>16555738
Soarin' Ted - like an eagle
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:52:59 UTC No. 16555756
>>16555435
>is going to look dreadful
who cares? kill yourself
leave the future to us
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:58:14 UTC No. 16555764
>>16555435
>converging X shapes all the time
kek, nice publicity
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:03:57 UTC No. 16555770
>>16555738
was it ted cruz that was big on spaceflight for jesus reasons? or was that another texas politician?
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:06:34 UTC No. 16555771
>>16553752
https://www.scientificamerican.com/
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:10:18 UTC No. 16555774
>>16555771
Wait 'till they find out what happens to rocket boosters in China kek
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:11:36 UTC No. 16555776
>>16555770
You might be thinking of Mitt Romney, the Mormon. They have some odd beliefs about what other planets are for, and their destinies in the future.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:16:54 UTC No. 16555780
>>16555744
Yeah it's probably the objectively better way to do it but they are absolutely strapped for space down at Boca chica
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:17:54 UTC No. 16555782
Launch window for CASC's Longxing 2/CZ-12A high altitude opens in about 2 hours. They will attempt to fly it up to 75km on a trajectory simulating a first stage's ascent before returning it near the launch site, where it will attempt a soft splashdown.
Spacelens will try to stream it, it'll be morning in Shandong where it happens. The launch window lasts 5 hours with backups on the 20th and 21st.
https://live.bilibili.com/23118988
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:17:59 UTC No. 16555783
>>16555738
Mystery solved. The ice rat on the Falcon 9 missions is Ted Cruz protecting them and ensuring they complete their missions safely. Arigato, rato!
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:18:55 UTC No. 16555784
>>16555782
high altitude test*
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:19:25 UTC No. 16555785
>>16555782
Let's see if the chinks can btfo bezos
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:25:21 UTC No. 16555789
>>16555780
the army corps of engineers needs to be deployed to fill in that wetland to make launch lebensraum
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:26:30 UTC No. 16555790
>>16555789
several major airports have been built on artificial islands. we can do the same for spaceports.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:28:38 UTC No. 16555793
>>16555782
2025, year of self-landing rockets leaving the monopoly phase?
🗑️ Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:29:45 UTC No. 16555794
>>16555782
The Longxing 2 is about 3.8m wide (without fins) and 27m tall. It is powered by 3 "Longyun-70"* open cycle methalox engines totalling about 225 tons force of thrust at sea level, it is roughly comparable in mass/thrust to a Soyuz 2.1v or Titan 2.
The same vehicle already flew to 12km altitude last june, however it has since been heavily modified for this launch.
Here's a rough size comparison with various chinese and american "hoppers"
*provided by the private company Jiuzhou Yunjian
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:29:48 UTC No. 16555795
>>16555790
A large enough workforce of Mexicans could pound hundreds of thousands of wooden posts into the marsh, then build upon it like Venice.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:31:46 UTC No. 16555798
>>16555782
The Longxing 2 is about 3.8m wide (without fins) and 27m tall. It is powered by 3 "Longyun-70"* open cycle methalox engines totalling about 225 tons force of thrust at sea level, it is roughly comparable in mass/thrust to a Soyuz 2.1v or Titan 2.
The same vehicle already flew to 12km altitude last june, however it has since been heavily modified for this launch.
Here's a rough size comparison with various chinese and american "hoppers"
*provided by the private company Jiuzhou Yunjian
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:35:17 UTC No. 16555801
>>16555774
nice whataboutism you got there, Elon
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:51:42 UTC No. 16555808
>>16555789
b-but, think of the beetles!
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 01:29:21 UTC No. 16555837
/sfg/ ಸತ್ತಿದೆ.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 01:54:41 UTC No. 16555850
>the universe is infinite
no.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 02:02:52 UTC No. 16555859
>>16555850
How would you know, you haven't been to the edge.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 02:06:16 UTC No. 16555860
>>16555859
meh, there's only a restaurant there
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 02:34:36 UTC No. 16555864
>>16555782
bad news is that the weather is shit for amateur recording today
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:02:59 UTC No. 16555877
everyone here loves jeets taking their jobs
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:03:32 UTC No. 16555878
fuck you
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:04:33 UTC No. 16555882
>>16555880
all that smog
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:18:29 UTC No. 16555893
If elon had the Indians he wanted then flight 7 would have been a sucess. #EndITAR
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:26:40 UTC No. 16555897
>>16555880
How'd it do?
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:26:54 UTC No. 16555898
>>16555798
Damn they really have.a shitload of them
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:29:38 UTC No. 16555900
>>16555897
No word yet
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:34:18 UTC No. 16555902
If the FAA didn't exist, Elon would be able to launch anytime he wanted and hit as many aircraft as he wanted. #EndTheFAA
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:35:29 UTC No. 16555904
>>16555902
Are you fucking insane
>>16555893
No way, you people are nuts
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:37:18 UTC No. 16555906
>>16555897
Too much fog to see the rocket at long distance, , we'll have to wait for official or insider information
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:39:51 UTC No. 16555907
>>16555906
*smog
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:57:28 UTC No. 16555914
>>16555853
>arms rebounding
So does the top bit actually rub against the booster as it drops down?
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:07:10 UTC No. 16555921
https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/
>LongXing-2, Long March 12A prototype, took off around 03:00UTC for the 75km VTVL test. Waiting for official announcements
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:14:34 UTC No. 16555922
>>16555921
Fingers crossed for a successful landing or a village impact.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:19:16 UTC No. 16555928
>>16555922
https://x.com/TAbusnardo/status/188
>Rumors of some kind of failure...
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:22:55 UTC No. 16555932
>>16555928
Yes, two main chinese sources are implying it failed.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:35:08 UTC No. 16555944
https://x.com/raz_liu/status/188083
>Based on the discussion on the social media. The mission is likely a failure. Some say engine failure during decent. Since it’s a SAST mission. May need wait a long time for the official result.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:40:50 UTC No. 16555952
>>16554841
>artemis van goes bankrupt
>artemis suit goes bankrupt
anything else?
boing isn't doing too well right?
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:43:10 UTC No. 16555955
>>16554844
>US CBP spends ~$5 million per year to field this one antiquated Lockheed Martin aerostat with shit cameras. An $800 drone could do better.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:59:28 UTC No. 16555968
>>16555952
>anything else?
Crucial shortage of hand-picked Alabama river rocks
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:28:16 UTC No. 16555977
man this year doesn't start well for rocket tests
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:34:07 UTC No. 16555979
better to try and fail then never have tried at all
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:47:22 UTC No. 16555982
elon "fake gamer" musk might buy intel
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:52:15 UTC No. 16555984
Push us to page 10 fags this thread is dry as fuck
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:53:21 UTC No. 16555986
>>16555984
lots of us dont post on the sabbath
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:59:04 UTC No. 16555988
>>16555984
The main events of 2025 are over
/sfg/ is dead
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:06:40 UTC No. 16555991
for the first time, a person from the space force will be undersecretary of the air force. he's a strong critic of DEI and was discharged from the military because of it. but aside from that, this is further proof that trump is going big on space imo.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fo
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:35:17 UTC No. 16556003
>>16553831
>07:49
>>16553832
>07:49
>>16553834
>07:50
>>16553835
>07:50
>>>16553836
>07:51
>>16553837
>07:51
>>16553838
>07:51
What's your discord? Do I have to speak Hindi?
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:36:48 UTC No. 16556004
>>16555991
Well now.
the tappening continues I see
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:47:29 UTC No. 16556009
>>16555991
USSF alumni are gonna start popping up allot more.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:51:02 UTC No. 16556010
>>16555988
Which sucks cause I like doing lewd puzzles with sfg while waiting for a launch
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:58:09 UTC No. 16556012
tik tok muskrats...
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:26:06 UTC No. 16556020
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