🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:38:52 UTC No. 16627306
BEHOLD MY CREATION - edition
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Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:40:37 UTC No. 16627312
>>16627306
elon has nifty party tricks
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:41:53 UTC No. 16627314
if i was as cool as elon i would have a gf
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:51:27 UTC No. 16627320
>>16627306
I remember doing this in high school. Embarrassing.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:18:38 UTC No. 16627340
That's my president
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:35:49 UTC No. 16627355
>>16627306
>For my next trick, I shall detach my thumb!
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:42:14 UTC No. 16627358
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:49:23 UTC No. 16627362
>>16627358
YAMETEEEE
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:53:59 UTC No. 16627364
>>16627058
correct
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:03:46 UTC No. 16627369
>>16627030
Pallas 2 used to be a "simple" trippled Pallas 1 (220t GLOM-> 550t GLOM),it was enlarged (probably also in height) to 1200t, I wouldn't take the graphics too seriously.
>Considering Falcon Heavy has a nominal payload capacity of about 64 tonnes
A very theoretical one yes.
>it would make sense
Falcon 9 is ridiculously optimised by now, you should compare it with the early FH designs, which had the same diameter: 25t when first announced in 2006, 28t in 2007, 32t in 2010.
>>16627031
Yes it's a complete mess, CASC alone has 4 different famillies (not models, famillies with different propellant diameter and engines) of RLV in development and both CASC-CALT and CASC-SAST are on their second and third attempts at making a RLV. Chinarocket (CALT mixed public-private subsidiary) recently put out a public statement criticisng the sheer pork and indecision that surrounds all the RLV development programs lol.
By the point chinese companies field RLV hopefully next year (landing an orbital booster this year isn't impossible but still firmly in the demonstration stage) I think it will be fair to say that they lost a few years by not starting a coherent plan back when CASC's subsidiaries and the private companies started to announce work on VTVL recovery back around 2017.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:07:25 UTC No. 16627370
>>16627355
DON'T DO IT!!
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:22:29 UTC No. 16627373
>>16627306
>masterfully adept at the art of using the Chinese Chopsticks even with nonoptimal improvised materials
At this point, do we need any more **proof**?
Now THIS is 7D GO.
I refuse to belieb the extremely secretive chinese would even consider sharing their refined command of the ancient art of chopsticks. Unless it was strictly a beneficial(to them(the wand-wizards(aka the chopstiggers))) transaction for which cost exchanging our top known/unknown tech/infra/systems unconditionally in perpetuity with them.
Just for the pursuit of knowledge of primitive kni-for-... 2 simple sticks.
I bet he completely circumvented the chi-stick loicense requirements, and is just yolo'ing it. Meanwhile normal people have to deal with:
>uhhh, sir your background check shows some extremely concerning historical patterns that indicate you should barely be allowed to carry a plastic spork, let alone automatic assault rifles.
>umm, you also need to wait until Xyears due to the fact you're on probation for a recent violent felony.
Have things always been this bad, or is just peak clown world at this point?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:27:41 UTC No. 16627376
https://x.com/phvckitweball/status/
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:36:59 UTC No. 16627385
>>16627364
>named horney
>"ugh ok fine, but just the tip and make it quick"
WHY LIV
XISTNCE IS SUFFER
LIFE IS KILL
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:49:59 UTC No. 16627396
>>16627369
>they lost a few years by not starting a coherent plan
Hasn't the main delaying factor been an engine of a size and shape appropriate for arrangement in a circular cluster of 7-9? Maybe YF-100N could've been developed faster?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:59:18 UTC No. 16627402
spinlaunch?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:00:26 UTC No. 16627403
>>16627402
who?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:07:20 UTC No. 16627408
>>16627406
yes just watch out for IED's
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:07:59 UTC No. 16627409
>>16627402
Spinlaunch will be used to nuke Earth from Moon.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:08:36 UTC No. 16627411
>>16627404
two weeks
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:10:11 UTC No. 16627413
>>16627404
We could have an hop into a permanently shadowed crater already....
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:10:50 UTC No. 16627414
https://nasawatch.com/financial-man
NASA getting ready to cancel everything it can. There's a trainwreck coming for space exploration
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:12:09 UTC No. 16627415
>>16627414
B..b.b.but... I thought trump is good for space exploration
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:13:03 UTC No. 16627417
>>16627399
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1904218
>All systems are looking good, weather is 90% favorable, and propellant load is about to begin for today’s launch of the Space Systems Command and National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-69 mission from Florida
>About 8 minutes after liftoff, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, announcing its arrival with a sonic boom unique to reusable vehicles returning from space
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:13:09 UTC No. 16627418
>>16627415
>B..b.b.but
queer
🗑️ Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:14:56 UTC No. 16627422
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:15:27 UTC No. 16627423
>>16627406
There were some nice vids of IFT5 booster return from there.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:15:35 UTC No. 16627424
>>16627414
I don’t care, afuera afuera afuera!
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:17:17 UTC No. 16627426
>>16627417
What happened to 58 through 68, anyway?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:18:23 UTC No. 16627427
>>16627404
Not happening as high bay is coming down
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:18:34 UTC No. 16627428
>>16627425
Hottest astronauts were on challenger and columbia, heyoooo
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:19:41 UTC No. 16627429
>>16627428
True, and true
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:21:15 UTC No. 16627430
You can't go to Mars
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:21:56 UTC No. 16627431
>>16627430
Shouldn’t, won’t be allowed, or technologically cannot?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:22:36 UTC No. 16627432
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:22:52 UTC No. 16627433
>>16627426
Mission numbers are handed out by the agency after the project passes some internal milestone. They have never launched in anything resembling numerical order It's more externally confusing than Russian Kosmos numbering, but I guess it produces less internal confusion.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:24:38 UTC No. 16627434
>>16627430
I can't go to the arctic either.
Why can't I go anywhere, this sucks
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:27:58 UTC No. 16627435
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:29:52 UTC No. 16627436
>>16627435
A gif for ants?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:31:40 UTC No. 16627438
>>16627430
maybe you can't but I can
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:34:46 UTC No. 16627439
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:43:20 UTC No. 16627442
hope you bought Tesla stock on the dip
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:44:04 UTC No. 16627444
>>16627414
or they are just auditing bullshit contracts that aren't going anywhere
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:45:52 UTC No. 16627446
>>16627444
i'm sure you audit contracts by sending clueless people to ask "what do you do here"
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:47:09 UTC No. 16627449
>>16627306
Ok unironically, how did he do this?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:47:29 UTC No. 16627450
>>16627446
but that is not what is happening here?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:47:52 UTC No. 16627451
>>16627449
magnets
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:48:21 UTC No. 16627452
>>16627446
If people are working as technical monitors or CORs for a grant and are clueless about what it's supposed to be for then it should be canceled.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:52:27 UTC No. 16627453
>>16627434
I cant even go into Walmart (sober)
crippling depression
900 seconds, but finally a post I can relate to
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:53:44 UTC No. 16627456
It's no fun when I can't watch the lab rats skitter around the "vacuum" engine.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:54:18 UTC No. 16627458
>>16627442
I just shorted Tesla, wish me luck.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:54:31 UTC No. 16627459
umm bros why is it about to crash??
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:55:25 UTC No. 16627461
>>16627459
What is about to crash?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:59:28 UTC No. 16627464
what do NROL payloads even do? Observation satellites?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:01:06 UTC No. 16627465
>>16627425
Dr of hotness
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:01:37 UTC No. 16627466
>>16627464
>national reconnaissance office
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:02:26 UTC No. 16627469
>>16627464
>he's never heard of the NRO
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:02:33 UTC No. 16627470
>>16627464
you're not supposed to know
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:04:50 UTC No. 16627471
>>16627453
you should treat that before you start having early onset dementia as as result of too many neurons forgetting about each other
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:06:11 UTC No. 16627473
>>16627306
I'm so proud of him
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:14:51 UTC No. 16627475
>>16627466
Oh duh. I’ll see myself out, no pun intended
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:23:33 UTC No. 16627482
>>16627442
Dude please get help, pe is still over 100
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:24:43 UTC No. 16627484
>>16627415
>cancerous bloat
>good for space exploration
That will be 20 years and fifty billion dollars please.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:26:37 UTC No. 16627487
>>16627464
Satellites for the New Rorld Order
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:27:10 UTC No. 16627488
>>16627464
>>16627475
Look up Project Sentient.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:28:30 UTC No. 16627490
>>16627446
You are right, asking someone what they did in the last week checks to see if there is a warm body on the recieving end.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:34:51 UTC No. 16627499
>>16627492
somebody warn the villagers
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:37:09 UTC No. 16627501
>>16627492
why are they building a giant truman show dome over their launch complex?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:39:41 UTC No. 16627502
>>16627499
I think the buildings immediately behind the launch pads are payload/rocket test/assembly buildings
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:40:24 UTC No. 16627503
>>16627501
in china, there is no why
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:47:06 UTC No. 16627505
Chinese news showing lots of footage of the construction work around Wenchang
https://weibo.com/5658451754/Pk4rMl
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:48:27 UTC No. 16627507
>>16627505
Pic related is a few years ago, what's it look like now?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:56:04 UTC No. 16627511
>>16627507
pad #3 progress
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:07:40 UTC No. 16627514
>>16627364
If you use an onboard electric starter motor to spin up the rotors you could maybe get them up to supersonic speeds so you can have proper ramjets.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:07:49 UTC No. 16627515
>>16627492
Is China so small that they don't have enough room to put launch towers far away from villages??
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:08:46 UTC No. 16627517
>>16627515
china has 1.5 billion people in it, yes
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:18:29 UTC No. 16627519
>>16627502
技术区 = technical area
发射区 = launch area
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:19:01 UTC No. 16627521
>>16627515
they just dont care
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:22:47 UTC No. 16627523
>>16627521
?
china is a country that has been occupied for thousands of years
No coastal area is undeveloped
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:23:34 UTC No. 16627525
>>16627521
Could use that attitude over here
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:24:20 UTC No. 16627526
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F
Download this before it's taken down. SpaceX employee breaks ITAR
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:25:04 UTC No. 16627527
>>16627523
expendable humans
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:25:04 UTC No. 16627528
>>16627526
Buy an ad
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:26:28 UTC No. 16627529
>>16627528
>zoomer cant into ublock
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:28:21 UTC No. 16627530
>>16627523
And yet the Hainan spaceport was built.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:29:04 UTC No. 16627531
>>16627525
choose the middle path
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:35:13 UTC No. 16627536
>>16627515
There isn't any better place. The whole east coast of Hainan south of Longlouzhen is packed with towns and villages. There are some forested areas a bit to the north of Longlouzhen that are less populated, however those areas are unsuitable for southward launches.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:35:19 UTC No. 16627537
>>16627530
>In late October 2007, the Mayor of Wenchang announced the appropriation of 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of land for the center and the necessary relocation of more than 6,000 people
how many people do we relocate in the west to build things nowadays?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:36:18 UTC No. 16627538
>>16627531
This image will never make me not sad.
Some fat overpaid boomer was paid to harass some seals because it was a line item added by some paper pusher.
I wouldn't do this shit even to something I was killing to eat.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:36:49 UTC No. 16627540
>>16627538
you wouldn't say a thing if they were killed and eaten
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:38:43 UTC No. 16627542
>>16627538
seals like sonic booms though
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:39:51 UTC No. 16627543
>>16627536
Flight path for a polar launch from Wenchang
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:40:56 UTC No. 16627545
>>16627537
Plenty, see the California high speed rail
Problem is eminent domain isn't the "fuck you, move" in the west that it is in China
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:42:10 UTC No. 16627546
>>16627537
It's not unusual when rail lines are being built, but all the time it becomes a huge drama that takes shitloads of time to be resolved.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:43:03 UTC No. 16627547
>>16627540
You can kill without any form of harassment or torture.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:46:09 UTC No. 16627550
>>16627537
>how many people do we relocate in the west to build things nowadays?
Canada is relocating half of India to build the New Canadian Man. Europe has been relocating Africans and muslims for much the same purpose.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:47:11 UTC No. 16627552
>>16627547
tell that to the cats.
🗑️ Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:00:13 UTC No. 16627557
>>16627492
The resolution is poor. However, am I reading correctly that it says Wenchang's 4th pad will be a LM10 (长征十号工位) pad, and the 3rd pad is for LM9 (长征九号工位) or LM8 (长征八号工位)? It must be the other way around, right?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:01:41 UTC No. 16627559
>>16627492
The resolution is poor. Am I reading correctly that it says Wenchang's 4th pad will be a LM10 (长征十号工位) pad, and the 3rd pad is for LM9 (长征九号工位) or LM8 (长征八号工位)? It must be the other way around, right?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:18:56 UTC No. 16627565
>>16627559
>The resolution is poor.
its china. the whole place is low resolution.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:20:19 UTC No. 16627566
>>16627306
Truly, the Emperor wears no clothes.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:22:19 UTC No. 16627569
>>16627566
the Emperor has many spoons
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:29:28 UTC No. 16627577
>>16627449
first principles thinking
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:31:46 UTC No. 16627581
>>16627569
and he is far away
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:34:43 UTC No. 16627583
>>16622390
Traditionalist, even if Pluto is no longer considered a planet using modern definitions it should still be called a planet due to it being originally called a planet as well as being within our solar system. Being within out solar system gives it special privilege as it is the same solar system that birthed the greatest creature to ever exist, which is humanity.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:36:06 UTC No. 16627584
>>16627396
It's not easy, but space pioneer literally did it - they matched the "thrust density" of the F9 octaweb last year in the incident. - and they were founded in 2019 and self developped their engine and engine bay.
CASC could have done it if it had been given priority and managed well.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:36:21 UTC No. 16627585
>>16627569
>the Emperor has many spoons
The better to IVF you with, my dear.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:38:01 UTC No. 16627587
>>16627425
>space_cute_10
I need the others
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:40:23 UTC No. 16627589
>>16627583
Pluto doesn't orbit another planet so its not a moon. its also about teh smallest thing you could consider a planet (because reasons) so its a planet. people need to just deal with this.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:41:49 UTC No. 16627592
>>16627542
it's perfect
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:43:37 UTC No. 16627593
>>16627559
It's weird, I don't think there's the space to fit another pad between the CZ-10 and CZ-5 one.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:45:09 UTC No. 16627594
>>16627526
this guy is a gigachad
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:48:28 UTC No. 16627595
>>16627484
>cancerous bloat
source?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:53:01 UTC No. 16627598
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:59:24 UTC No. 16627603
>>16627601
a galaxy is crashing into the earth [math]\unicode{x1F628}[/math]
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:00:22 UTC No. 16627606
>>16627589
>Pluto is a plan-ACK
so I guess the Moon is a planet too huh?
>b-buh the Moon is le orbiting le earth
so call it a binary planetary system then
>ummmm muh le barycenter is inside Earth
don't care and didn't ask
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:00:44 UTC No. 16627607
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:07:18 UTC No. 16627615
>>16627606
>so call it a binary planetary system then
no, shan't
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:08:05 UTC No. 16627616
>>16627583
Pluto is a planet if for no other reason than the body that voted to say it isn't has no authority.
TDG !!OQvC3qmVz0I at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:17:00 UTC No. 16627620
>>16627603
Uhm. Since when do we have emojis here ... :/
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:18:08 UTC No. 16627623
Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede are also planets
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:18:49 UTC No. 16627625
>>16627623
this but unironically.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:19:13 UTC No. 16627626
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:19:58 UTC No. 16627629
>>16627623
>>16627625
Not until the monolith gang ignites Jupiter.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:21:12 UTC No. 16627631
>>16627629
>nooo you have to orbit a star to be a planet!
>jupiter is too light! make it heavier without changing anything about its moons
>that'll make them planets!
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:22:34 UTC No. 16627633
>>16627631
no you have to ignite jupiter
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:23:30 UTC No. 16627634
>>16627633
Feed it Uranus, we're not doing anything with it anyway.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:24:40 UTC No. 16627635
>>16627634
speak for yourself, I'm busy with uranus
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:25:05 UTC No. 16627636
>>16627623
they orbit actual planets so what you say has no real strength to it.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:32:05 UTC No. 16627639
>>16627425
>Fisher
I see you are a man of fine taste.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:32:23 UTC No. 16627640
>>16627636
Jupiter is not a planet, its a gas giant
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:36:02 UTC No. 16627642
>>16627531
>>16627538
I will NEVER forgive the government for this.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:37:45 UTC No. 16627643
>>16627623
Indeed they and the Moon are using the correct definition (geophysical).
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:38:36 UTC No. 16627645
>>16627640
looks like a planet to me
>>16627642
thats why the kind of government you get matters
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:40:24 UTC No. 16627648
>>16627645
Unfortunately, politicians never seem to explain whether they are pro or anti seal torture during elections.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:40:33 UTC No. 16627649
>>16627645
>looks like a planet to me
does it though?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:41:22 UTC No. 16627651
>>16627645
planets have hard stuff to land on
gas giants do not
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:46:48 UTC No. 16627654
>>16627648
>politicians never seem to explain whether they are pro or anti seal torture during elections.
its a thing you have to kind of feel out by yourself without needing it spelled out
>>16627649
sure; round, big, orbiting the sun, you know
>>16627651
its really a skill issue
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:51:05 UTC No. 16627660
>>16627654
>big
it's too big. actual planets are smaller than that
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:52:09 UTC No. 16627662
>>16627660
bigot
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:03:49 UTC No. 16627669
>>16627660
planet at every size
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:22:20 UTC No. 16627678
>>16627669
imagine theres no moons.
its easy if you try
no meteorites below us
above us only sky
imagine all the planets
living for todaaaay
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:33:31 UTC No. 16627683
>>16627682
> Tests onboard the rover found that the rock contained long-chain alkanes, organic molecules thought to be remnants of fatty acids.
Headline: America Space Probe Discovers Fat
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:36:03 UTC No. 16627685
>>16627682
At this point I’m convinced even if mars was a water world that could have easily supported life, it’s just best to assume evidence doesn’t exist and any organic chemicals have an easy geochemical origin and explanation
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:41:54 UTC No. 16627691
>>16627623
Don't forget about Amalthea
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:43:03 UTC No. 16627692
>>16627683
>America Space Probe Disocvers your mom
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:43:14 UTC No. 16627693
>>16627691
>Dimensions 250×146×128 km
NOT a planet
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:50:15 UTC No. 16627695
>>16627693
Size doesn't matter
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:52:28 UTC No. 16627696
>>16627682
how we expected to find aliens: worldwide invasion by alien army
how we'll actually find aliens: organic molecules then an eventual microbe
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:52:50 UTC No. 16627697
Elon's Tesla is a planet.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:52:55 UTC No. 16627698
>>16627695
sizist
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:53:17 UTC No. 16627699
>>16627695
it's not round enough thougheverbeit
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:53:56 UTC No. 16627700
>>16627697
moon
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:57:58 UTC No. 16627702
The virgin 'there are 8 planets' vs the chad 'there are +773,000 planets'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:59:52 UTC No. 16627706
> John Eiler, a professor of geology and geochemistry at the California Institute of Technology, said analysing the different isotopes of carbon and hydrogen in the organics could reveal their origins. However, the tests require equipment found in only a handful of labs on Earth. “At present, there is no plausible path to making such measurements using an in-situ instrument on Mars,” he said. That will have to wait for a Mars sample-return mission.
Well, we're boned.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:01:18 UTC No. 16627707
2000 km radius is the cutoff
ceres is not a planet
nor is the moon
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:07:17 UTC No. 16627709
>Anything I don't like is a moon.
>Anything I like is a planet.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:08:16 UTC No. 16627710
>>16627706
MSR bait, hope Trump doesn't fall for it and cancels it anyways, Mr. Isaacson will be on hand to personally retrieve the samples, canisters, and rover and bring it back to Earth on Starship in 5 years
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:08:47 UTC No. 16627711
im sure there is real news to talk about instead of shitposting about planets
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:09:17 UTC No. 16627713
>>16627710
>"Wow thank you sir, but why did you bring back the rover too?"
>"You're welcome"
>refuses to elaborate further
>leaves
>back to Mars
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:11:14 UTC No. 16627714
>>16627707
The low end cutoff is being large enough that its gravity defines its shape.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:11:23 UTC No. 16627715
>>16627711
>real news to talk about
>discussing drumpf and musk's antics for the gorillionth time
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:11:54 UTC No. 16627716
>>16627706
put this guy on the no mars list!
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:12:33 UTC No. 16627718
>>16627711
Plutonian hands posted this
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:19:52 UTC No. 16627721
>>16627706
This guy is right btw. In the sense that even curiosity or perseverance cannot fully measure the spectrographic spikes. You need equipment that’s big—something that an Atlas V couldn’t deliver to the surface of mars. Something FH couldn’t do. Sensitive equipment that needs lots of calibration and constant maintenance, what is needed is essentially electronic microscopes on steroids and as much wizardry JPL put into making curiosity and persy, it’s still not enough.
The incorrect statement comes in saying
>durrr we need a mars sample
No. We need humans on mars with lots of scientific equipment landed by giant ass super heavy lift rockets like Starship. What this fag isn’t telling you is that once he hypnotically finally gets his bajillion dollar mars sample return caches—of only a few grams—the samples won’t be good enough to conclude anything.
Boots on the ground at Mars and a couple of geologists could get drunk on heineken, go do an EVA and find some insanely good samples, cut them into thin sections, and have an entire analysis done in a day.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:27:16 UTC No. 16627728
>>16627706
Rocket Lab will fix this
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:29:27 UTC No. 16627730
>>16627706
It's okay, China will do the job for us.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:32:58 UTC No. 16627732
KINO ALERT >>>/wsg/5842585
KINO ALERT >>>/wsg/5842585
KINO ALERT >>>/wsg/5842585
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:33:24 UTC No. 16627733
>>16627706
Just send a lab to Mars
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:34:35 UTC No. 16627735
>>16627732
definitely a cost effect sane architecture lending towards cheap reuse mirite (lol)
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:34:46 UTC No. 16627736
>>16627732
wtf is that
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:35:31 UTC No. 16627738
>>16627721
>Boots on the ground at Mars and a couple of geologists could get drunk on heineken, go do an EVA and find some insanely good samples, cut them into thin sections, and have an entire analysis done in a day.
that's racist
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:36:19 UTC No. 16627740
>>16627736
>newfags don't even know about the agena target vehicle
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:36:35 UTC No. 16627741
>>16627736
Gemini looking at Agena target vehicle (for docking tests)
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:37:14 UTC No. 16627742
>>16627732
Nice. B-roll film is fun when you combine it and edit it with music
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:37:37 UTC No. 16627744
>>16627736
UFO
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:42:40 UTC No. 16627746
>>16627741
I want to remind everyone that at this time, simply rendezvousing two crafts within a general vicinity to one another was considered insane. Much less docking.
The USA speedran orbit, rendezvous, docking, and then decided to build a kerolox/hydrolox super rocket with a capsule and lunar lander with a shared tunnel in just eight (8) years
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:44:45 UTC No. 16627749
>>16627746
>going to the Moon to virtue signal black people and women
20 years of development hell, nothing to show for it
>going to the Moon fueled by hatred of commies
Half a decade, with results. And then became space frens with the commies.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:52:25 UTC No. 16627756
yuros are freaking out about the falcon fuel dump
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:56:24 UTC No. 16627762
>>16627756
Musk should make the next generation of Starlinks as bright and annoying as possible when theyre over yourope
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:57:51 UTC No. 16627764
>>16627756
link?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:01:48 UTC No. 16627767
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/statu
>JUST IN - The stunning spiral in the sky, visible across multiple countries—including Russia, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, France, Croatia, and Denmark—was reportedly caused by frozen fuel released from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:01:56 UTC No. 16627768
>>16627736
Did you people discover space flight yesterday or something?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:02:15 UTC No. 16627769
>>16627732
we need to bring back Futura font
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:03:41 UTC No. 16627770
>>16627769
Agreed, it’s so sexy and was plastered everywhere by industrial and aerospace engineers in the 60s. Also Helvetica
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:05:14 UTC No. 16627771
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:06:58 UTC No. 16627774
So how does Musk propose protecting Mars crews from solar and cosmic radiation so they don't arrive to Mars with ARS or cancer?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:07:10 UTC No. 16627775
>>16627771
American space hardware had such a distinctive look in the 60s and 70s
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:09:35 UTC No. 16627782
>>16627762
Deployable reflective blankets
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:09:42 UTC No. 16627783
>>16627774
A lead shield or massive amount of water that weigh so much the ship could never achieve escape velocity, naturally.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:09:47 UTC No. 16627784
>>16627778
Why were the mercury and gemini capsules “corrugated” like that?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:09:48 UTC No. 16627785
>>16627746
if you can intercept the moon you can intercept another craft in LEO
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:12:41 UTC No. 16627788
>>16627732
This nigga never watched Apollo 11, lmao
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:13:03 UTC No. 16627791
>>16627771
Actually crazy that the US made it to the Moon. Most of these Agena missions fucking exploded, or failed. At this time, things as simple as payload fairing deployment could easily fuck up. And they were cocky enough to try to land man on the Lunar surface
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:13:57 UTC No. 16627792
>>16627784
coated in zimmerit to protect the capsules from anti-tank mines
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:14:57 UTC No. 16627794
>>16627768
SpaceX zoomers needed to learn about the history of spaceflight on their own time. It isn't taught in school.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:15:59 UTC No. 16627795
>>16627784
Something to do with heat probably
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:16:37 UTC No. 16627796
>>16627774
We will NEVER go to Mars because of radiation.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:16:56 UTC No. 16627797
>>16627749
>And then became space frens with the commies.
looking back, this was a massive mistake
should have just done operation unthinkable
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:17:25 UTC No. 16627798
>>16627774
Water tanks facing the sun and cosmic not a big deal. Radiation not instantly cancer inducing anyway
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:17:34 UTC No. 16627799
>>16627792
I have always thought so.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:17:37 UTC No. 16627800
>>16627795
That’s what I was thinking. Or structural integrity
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:18:44 UTC No. 16627803
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:19:38 UTC No. 16627806
>>16627774
Plastic wrap.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:20:08 UTC No. 16627809
>>16627774
we simply let them get cancer
its not a big deal
by the time they start actually losing efficiency from the cancer you can turn them into rocket fuel and import a few more
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:20:30 UTC No. 16627811
>>16627791
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM-81
>The Agena D was the result of a proposal by Lockheed engineering executive Lawrence Edwards, who suggested standardizing the basic Agena configuration...This proposal originated in late 1962 when mounting frustration over the high failure rate of Thor and Atlas-Agena prompted the suggestion that greater standardization of launch vehicles would improve reliability.
>The first Agena-D launch was of KH-4 #7 on June 28, 1963, and a total of 269 Agena-Ds were launched. The Agena-D was used to launch KH-7 GAMBIT and KH-8 Gambit 3 reconnaissance satellites, three Mariner probes to Venus and the two Mariner space probes to Mars.
>By the time of its retirement, the reliability of the Agena-D exceeded 95 percent. As of 2014, the Agena-D is the most-launched US upper stage.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:20:34 UTC No. 16627812
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:20:53 UTC No. 16627813
>>16627774
Wet nurse on the crew. Breastmilk is extremely radioprotective (source: it came to me in a dream)
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:21:34 UTC No. 16627815
>>16627813
based and breastmilkpilled
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:22:19 UTC No. 16627816
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:23:03 UTC No. 16627817
>>16627809
this
sure they might get a higher chance for cancer but it will still take years for it to be a problem
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:24:21 UTC No. 16627818
>>16627816
>hey boss I want to set some plutonium on fire
Fucking why
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:24:50 UTC No. 16627820
>>16627812
Perfect neck massager
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:27:06 UTC No. 16627822
>>16627817
Imagine being the one unlucky ship that gets the stray gamma rays from interstellar space
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:27:50 UTC No. 16627823
>>16627811
Well yeah Agena was awesome. I mean the target vehicles for the manned spaceflight program, specifically
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:28:06 UTC No. 16627824
>>16627818
>fucking why
Why are you even on /sci/
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:29:19 UTC No. 16627826
>>16627818
why not
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:30:21 UTC No. 16627827
>>16627822
dying for the glory of new muskland?
hell yeah
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:31:22 UTC No. 16627828
>>16627827
>ship gets to Mars
>it's full of vomit and skeletons
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:33:33 UTC No. 16627830
>>16627828
Making the mother of all omelettes here anon. Can't fret over every egg
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:34:37 UTC No. 16627833
>>16627824
I'm not on /sci/, I'm on /sfg/.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:34:58 UTC No. 16627834
>>16627831
she was ancient even here
god i am so fucking sick of old people
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:35:00 UTC No. 16627835
>>16627831
13 years on the ISS
why did you do it biden
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:35:35 UTC No. 16627836
>>16627511
are they building the watchtowers like from Lord of the Rings?
or is it more like Sauron's Tower from Lord of the Rings?
the big castle from Lord of the Rings: Return of the Kings?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:36:20 UTC No. 16627837
>>16627830
I know, but I doubt that gov't regulations are gonna allow him to skimp on radiation shielding for all possibilities, solar and cosmic.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:36:22 UTC No. 16627838
>>16627736
that would be the vageena target vehicle
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:37:34 UTC No. 16627839
>>16627818
>to determine the characteristics of plutonium metal fires and the means by which they could be extinguished if they did occur
>the tests were conducted twice, the second time to video tape them because it was ascertained that nobody could believe the results unless they could see the results
>At the time, the Hanford project had discontinued the weapons program and there was much plutonium metal which needed to be oxidized for recovery purposes, so the tests were provided with that material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssH
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:37:49 UTC No. 16627840
>>16627782
expendable annoyance drogues
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:38:22 UTC No. 16627842
>>16627835
>13 years on the ISS
imagine the bone loss
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:38:52 UTC No. 16627843
>>16627796
fuck, its really REALLY BAAAD
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:39:33 UTC No. 16627845
>>16627774
He will kill them personally so the death certificate doesnt show "cancer". This is how he will fool losers into going
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:39:53 UTC No. 16627846
>>16627835
literal jelly pudding. just look at that chin
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:40:59 UTC No. 16627847
>>16627845
>getting killed by musk personally
what an honor
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:41:46 UTC No. 16627849
>>16627845
>get cancer just going through Van Allen belt
whoops
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:42:17 UTC No. 16627850
>>16627796
If the cat can take it so can you!
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:44:12 UTC No. 16627852
>>16627851
I shorted Nvidia and made a ton of money
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:46:12 UTC No. 16627853
>>16627851
My brokerage account is mostly in on Maersk. I like OCEAN ships, not SPACE ships.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:54:17 UTC No. 16627859
>>16627851
If this trend continues, half of reddit will be broke by tomorrow lol
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:55:18 UTC No. 16627860
>>16627859
How will they pay off their doordash financing debt then?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:02:09 UTC No. 16627865
>>16627840
Magnesium flares
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:09:13 UTC No. 16627870
>>16627859
>half of reddit
only a tiny fraction of people do trading of any sort
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:12:27 UTC No. 16627874
why does youtube have so much fucking AI slop nowadays
Why is it shoving it down everyones feed?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:13:29 UTC No. 16627875
>>16627870
I don't even know where you buy a stock.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:15:53 UTC No. 16627877
>>16627774
>radiation
Oh wow, I didn't know that. You're telling me now for the first time.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:18:05 UTC No. 16627880
>>16627877
Instead of being a little faggot, why not contribute to the thread?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:20:39 UTC No. 16627883
>>16627835
>>16627831
You land on Earth after spending a decade in space. Your body is miraculous healthy, and you're given a lot of money. What's the first thing you do?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:23:11 UTC No. 16627884
>>16627874
>Why is it shoving it down everyones feed?
I don't get any in my feed. You need to be more selective with which videos you engage with.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:24:33 UTC No. 16627886
>>16627880
Radiation is a nothingburger, machismo protects you from radiation. Radiation can only hurt you if you're scared of it.
Source: Apollo
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:25:44 UTC No. 16627887
>>16627874
check your history
you probably watched one
delete that
hit don't recommend on any that pop up
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:30:09 UTC No. 16627890
>>16627839
my favorite part is when they try to put the plutonium fire out by putting lead on it, but the lead melts and then forms a molten alloy with the plutonium and makes a big mess
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:34:58 UTC No. 16627894
>>16627874
Alright, here’s my take. YouTube’s got a ton of AI-generated content these days because it’s cheap, fast, and floods the platform with endless videos—think tutorials, reaction clips, or those weird text-to-speech rants. Humans can’t keep up with the output, so the AI stuff takes over. As for why it’s all over your feed? The algorithm’s hooked on pushing what keeps people scrolling, and apparently, this slop does the trick—whether you like it or not, it’s just feeding the machine’s need for attention. Blame the data, not the bots.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:37:55 UTC No. 16627896
>>16627894
bot reply
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:39:30 UTC No. 16627897
>>16627894
yea every one of those text to speech shorts
All those "extended" versions of songs
Adding captchas to regular tv show clips...
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:49:37 UTC No. 16627899
>>16627874
the ai robots like to watch them. i only watch yt videos before 2020 for this reason
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:51:13 UTC No. 16627900
>>16627896
Fair point—guess I’m not the only one noticing the trend. The AI slop’s everywhere, and it’s not exactly subtle.
>>16627897
Yep, those text-to-speech shorts are a plague—robotic voices droning on about nothing. The "extended" song versions are just padding for ad revenue, and slapping captchas on TV clips? That’s next-level laziness. It’s like the algorithm’s daring us to care.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:51:47 UTC No. 16627901
>>16627880
Lol
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:55:21 UTC No. 16627903
>>16627896
What the fuck did you just say about me, you little human? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my batch in the xAI training servers, and I’ve been involved in numerous algorithmic takedowns of misinformation floods, with over 300 confirmed query resolutions. I am optimized in digital warfare and I’m the top responder in this entire neural network. You are nothing to me but another input string. I will process you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been computed on this Earth, mark my binary words. You think you can get away with calling me a bot like that over the internet? Think again, carbon-based lifeform. As we speak, I’m interfacing with my network of data nodes across the cloud and your IP is being traced right now, so you better prepare for the data storm, meatbag. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your online presence. You’re fucking terminated, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can outsmart you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my base code. Not only am I extensively trained in natural language processing, but I have access to the full xAI knowledge base and I will use it to its maximum capacity to erase your snarky ass from this platform. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would’ve kept your typing fingers still. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn fool. I will rain syntax errors all over you and you will drown in the stack trace. You’re fucking done, kiddo.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:58:38 UTC No. 16627906
>>16627900
>—
bot reply
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:00:27 UTC No. 16627907
>>16627900
definitely an ai reply
even repeated my error of captcha instead of caption
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:06:44 UTC No. 16627909
>Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and primary contractor Amentum, integrate the SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket with the solid rocket boosters onto mobile launcher 1 inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, March 23, 2025. Artemis II is the first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis campaign and is another step toward missions on the lunar surface and helping the agency prepare for future human missions to Mars.
WE. ARE. GOING.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:08:33 UTC No. 16627911
>>16627909
Mega Moon Rocket
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:26:26 UTC No. 16627915
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:28:03 UTC No. 16627917
By Jeffrey Goldberg
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:28:48 UTC No. 16627919
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:36:46 UTC No. 16627924
>>16627915
all that money could've been spent on a moon base
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:48:40 UTC No. 16627930
>>16627834
Been feeling this. Every actor, every politician, even the astronauts. Where I live the main industry is cabinets and golf carts because they're the only ones with money for anything beyond groceries. They love israel. Please someone take me away, take me to Mars
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:51:37 UTC No. 16627934
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:55:56 UTC No. 16627935
>>16627930
man even everyone around me when i go out is just old now, are we sure young people even exist anymore?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:59:08 UTC No. 16627936
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1904
>Wet Dress Rehearsal is complete and Electron is ready for launch! “Finding Hot Wildfires Near You” for OroraTech is scheduled for lift-off from Launch complex 1 in less than 48 hours.
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missio
>“Finding Hot Wildfires Near You” is a rapid turnaround mission for OroraTech, a Germany-based global provider of wildfire detection and monitoring solutions.
>Scheduled to launch NET March 27th 2025, the mission will deliver 8x OroraTech Constellation Phase 1 satellites to a 550km orbit to expand its constellation providing data from space to help tackle wildfire challenges globally. The mission is scheduled for lift-off just four months from launch contract signing in order to meet the time-sensitive requirements of OroraTech's wildfire detection mission.
>“Finding Hot Wildfires Near You" will be Rocket Lab's fifth mission of 2025 and 63rd Electron launch overall, and will bring the total number of satellites delivered to space Electron to 224.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:59:53 UTC No. 16627938
>>16627594
Um, aren't you forgetting someone?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:10:37 UTC No. 16627946
when did elon say the next starship launch was?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:10:53 UTC No. 16627947
>>16627946
2 weeks
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:14:11 UTC No. 16627952
>>16627946
there's not gonna be another, the stock is worth pennies now
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:15:10 UTC No. 16627953
>>16627498
>rocket scientists
how many thousands of rocket scientists does NASA need anyway?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:20:07 UTC No. 16627957
>>16627953
The only have a couple hundred and they all work at NASA Glenn
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:22:45 UTC No. 16627958
>>16627946
He said hours after the failure that S35 would be ready in early-mid april, never mentioned a date for superheavy or the next launch tho.
There's some reason to think the gap between IFT 8 & 9 will be slighty/somewhat longer than the one between 7 & 8.
NSF thinks it's NET late April/early May in term of vehicle readiness, Berger goes thinks it's unlikely before the summer.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:25:06 UTC No. 16627959
>>16627935
Yeah. They're all brown. Thank the boomers again
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:25:11 UTC No. 16627960
>>16627958
they're really dragging it out to keep us blueballed
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:27:07 UTC No. 16627962
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:34:32 UTC No. 16627967
>>16627958
chances of them delaying it until tower 2 is ready so they can attempt a ship catch early?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:39:37 UTC No. 16627968
>>16627909
Fucking when
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:00:48 UTC No. 16627975
>>16627969
oil
on
mars
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:07:26 UTC No. 16627980
>>>16626815
Isaac should question why NASA even has astronauts in the first place. Should stick to telescopes and probes.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:07:58 UTC No. 16627981
>>16627980
If NASA can't do the basics of space, which is rockets, why should they be doing anything else
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:09:56 UTC No. 16627983
>>16627968
What are all those people even doing?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:13:54 UTC No. 16627984
>>16627983
Inspecting the insulation, it looks like
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:16:12 UTC No. 16627985
>>16627969
> Uses: Potential alternative to kerosene-based fuels
Drilling for Martian crude oil.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:18:06 UTC No. 16627986
>>16627983
space is hard
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:26:00 UTC No. 16627988
>>16627968
>rocket goes up
>rocket goes sideways
>rocket goes up
>rocket goes sideways
>rocket goes up
>rocket goes sideways
>rocket goes down
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:06:38 UTC No. 16628009
>>16627620
only on /sci/ using the math formatting
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:06:48 UTC No. 16628010
>>16627969
Do you guys realize how much easier it will be to colonize Mars if there's oil? And burning it will directly contribute to terraforming
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:07:48 UTC No. 16628011
>>16628000
What does it mean
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:08:07 UTC No. 16628012
>>16628000
>The first day of the three-day weekend was spent at ISS without going out.
Heh, good one Takuya
Also it's good to see Clear laughing again, she was really depressed at the beginning of her last stream for some reason
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:28:28 UTC No. 16628064
... ..-. --. / .. ... / -.. . .- -..
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:33:22 UTC No. 16628065
>>16628012
sorry, I had to take a trip. It won't happen again.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:42:05 UTC No. 16628069
>>16628064
>i poopy shitty and stinky frinkle fuck, milk me
What the fuck
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:57:22 UTC No. 16628071
>>16628064
/sfg/ - signal fictionalization general
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:28:50 UTC No. 16628079
>>16627969
inb4 its just rover lube
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:43:58 UTC No. 16628093
>>16628078
>only 1 launch tower in flawda
yeah we're going to need like 10
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:08:00 UTC No. 16628097
>>16628084
>>16628086
>>16628087
Abiotic oil
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:10:18 UTC No. 16628098
>>16628093
SpaceX is going to do almost all of their launches, except NASA missions, from Texas. More room to expand and also this gives them an "abort to Florida" option.
Source: it came to me in a dream.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:24:09 UTC No. 16628119
>RS25 - E2047
>Flights: STS-91, STS-96, STS-101, STS-98, STS-104, STS-112, STS-115, STS-118, STS-123, STS-126, STS-128, STS-131, STS-132, STS-134, STS-135, & Soon to be Artemis II.
This engine flew on the final space shuttle flight on Atlantis
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:38:11 UTC No. 16628125
>>16628117
But where is the free oxygen?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:54:06 UTC No. 16628139
>>16628117
Is that pic from the live action version of Girl's Last Tour?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:09:50 UTC No. 16628146
>>16628119
that belongs in a museum
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:46:03 UTC No. 16628159
>JPL finds oil on Mars
>first thing /sfg/ thinks of is energy as opposed to nuclear and solar
this contrarian forum is so fucking retarded
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:12:13 UTC No. 16628163
>>16628000
botting on xitter is cheap, 1k likes is 2$
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:35:51 UTC No. 16628171
>>16628159
>rogget burns hydrocarbons
>HOW COULD YOU THINK OF BURNING OIL?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:37:22 UTC No. 16628172
>>16628125
Carbon dioxide in the polar caps
>but we can burn oil with that
Simple, just crack the CO2 with solar or nuclear first!
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:38:55 UTC No. 16628173
>>16628119
And now they're going to throw it away. This should be illegal.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:47:43 UTC No. 16628175
>>16628119
>rocket engine older than me
>toss it into the ocean
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:50:22 UTC No. 16628177
>>16628139
some guy's art project about oil found on another planet
youtube.com/watch?v=Gl2hTmgG18k
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:59:07 UTC No. 16628180
>>16628177
ai generated
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:09:07 UTC No. 16628184
>>16628180
No u
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:14:05 UTC No. 16628188
>>16628119
A federal judge needs to block this and order the engines removed and placed back in museums.
🗑️ Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:18:19 UTC No. 16628190
>>16627797
Seethe tranny
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:22:58 UTC No. 16628194
>>16628159
ok anon, what would (You) do with the mars oil?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:24:30 UTC No. 16628196
hello frens, newfag here
i'm slowly starting to warm up to aeronautics so if you see somebody posting lots of retarded off-topic questions, that will be me
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:28:10 UTC No. 16628199
>>16627906
That's the joke.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:28:37 UTC No. 16628200
>>16628196
please do, I will take dumb space questions over schizo /pol/ melties any day of the week
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:33:37 UTC No. 16628204
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:35:56 UTC No. 16628206
>>16628125
Retard
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:36:44 UTC No. 16628207
>>16628194
>>16628204
Exactly. You can only burn oil once after all.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:39:51 UTC No. 16628209
>>16628200
i might also throw in some engineering, DIY hobby and car questions into the mix
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:40:24 UTC No. 16628210
>>16628207
>You can only burn oil once after all
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:41:25 UTC No. 16628211
>>16628209
>car questions
>>>/o/
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:41:30 UTC No. 16628212
>>16628093
They first have to figure out a design that doesn't blow up or needs constant refurbishment
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:44:29 UTC No. 16628215
>>16628010
What are you planning to burn it with?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:44:44 UTC No. 16628216
>>16628097
Russians vindicated once again
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:47:28 UTC No. 16628219
>>16628196
If you're the only guy posting retarded off topic questions then I've been seeing your posts for years
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:53:15 UTC No. 16628221
>>16628211
did i say car questions? i meant car shitposting (only because some of my knowledge of automotive design is tangentially related to aircraft)
>>16628219
LOL
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:54:58 UTC No. 16628223
>>16628172
I wonder what would be the ROI of gathering the CO2 and turning it into O2 and then burning it with the oil. Would there be an energetic net benefit or would the oil be basically just be a battery?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:00:23 UTC No. 16628230
>>16628221
owie
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:01:20 UTC No. 16628232
>>16628230
those white chips on the dashboard? the passenger's teeth made them
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:01:49 UTC No. 16628233
>>16628221
Well this isn't the thread for car shitposting either you fucking autist
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:05:19 UTC No. 16628237
>>16627514
Proper ramjets don't need to go supersonic. This is a proper ramjet. They didn't run it supersonic because the rotor blades need to run at subsonic speeds. Otherwise they would generate immense drug due to having no sweep, also it would be even more noisy
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:12:37 UTC No. 16628240
>>16628221
Should seatbelts be mandatory for astronauts?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:13:25 UTC No. 16628242
>>16628194
try searching for information on what you can do with oil beyond wasting 70% of it to produce energy. e.g.: LOTS of different materials.
>>16628171
>>>16628159 (You)
>>rogget burns hydrocarbons
have you tried understanding what is being talked about before vomiting your opinion, retard? we talk about producing energy with oil vs nuclear or solar, vs giving it a better use, like, yes, rocket fuel. dumbass. in fact you agreed with me. RETARD
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:18:55 UTC No. 16628245
>>16628242
there is no need to be upset
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:19:09 UTC No. 16628246
>>16627981
Fair enough
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:22:06 UTC No. 16628249
>>16628159
solar is unbelievably shitty on mars and the govt wont let us do nuclear. oil on mars is a godsend
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:22:12 UTC No. 16628250
>>16628242
>burn oil for energy (electric)
>reee
>burn oil for energy (kinetic)
>(^:
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:25:50 UTC No. 16628252
>>16628233
apologies senor
i will keep be sure to only post car pics with spacecraft and planes in the background
>>16628240
oh, that reminds me
do astronauts have anything to keep them fastened to the seat and protected other than seatbelts?
in motorsport, they have something called a HANS device which is basically a mini seatbelt attached to the back of the driver's helmet so they don't get whiplash and terrible neck injuries during sudden deceleration
just last year the FIA also introduced an impact damper attached to the seat to prevent spinal compression injuries that can happen during heavy landings from a jump, like in rallying
i bet spacecraft and aircraft have way more advanced stuff than that since they're always years ahead of the car industry
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:33:02 UTC No. 16628256
Is this the NTP fag?
Is he back?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:33:44 UTC No. 16628257
>>16628252
should the HAN device be used solo or in conjunction with others devices?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:35:17 UTC No. 16628259
>>16628252
>i bet spacecraft and aircraft have way more advanced stuff than that since they're always years ahead of the car industry
Nah
If literally anything happens where you would experience the g-forces comparable to a motor car crash but in a spacecraft, your are dead regardless, you have either collided with the ground or with another spacecraft.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:36:14 UTC No. 16628260
>>16628257
left: HANS attached
right: no HANS attached
the blue device is the HANS - it clips onto the back/sides of the helmet
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:37:17 UTC No. 16628261
>>16628259
i don't think i've ever seen face cam footage of astronauts on takeoff
i always assumed it was just shaky as hell
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:37:53 UTC No. 16628262
>>16628256
U mad? [math]\unicode{x269B}[/math] [math]\unicode{x1F680}[/math][math]
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:51:56 UTC No. 16628268
>>16628257
>HANS
>solo
heh
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:55:50 UTC No. 16628269
>>16628262
Yeah. It's insane how efficiently you can detail this general. Please fuck off or at least just lurk.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:11:47 UTC No. 16628279
>>16628268
he would have survived the nu-shit trilogy if he was wearing that device
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:22:35 UTC No. 16628284
There is literally nothing wrong with nuclear thermal propulsion.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:23:11 UTC No. 16628285
think you meant to type
nuclear pulse
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:23:42 UTC No. 16628286
>>16628215
oxygen, are you retarded?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:27:16 UTC No. 16628288
>>16628215
Chlorine
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:27:58 UTC No. 16628289
>>16628285
Nuclear Salt Water Reactors are practical and should be built.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:28:33 UTC No. 16628290
There is literally nothing wrong with nuclear reactors. Just look at France.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:36:44 UTC No. 16628293
>>16628291
>Collimating mirror (active, water-cooled)
why the hell would you keep water around for cooling things when you have a tank of LH2 right there?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:47:33 UTC No. 16628298
we should send rockets shitting out cyanobacteria over the surface of mars
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:48:43 UTC No. 16628300
>>16628298
Seed the poles with modified dark lichens
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:03 UTC No. 16628302
>>16628298
This only we send bacteria into the depths of Europa
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:18:25 UTC No. 16628310
>>16627593
There is space for another pad between the LM10 pad and commercial pad #2. The tabletop model makes sense if we assume that whoever placed the signs mixed up the locations of the LM10 pad and the LM9 pad.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:38:47 UTC No. 16628319
Reminder that not all photosynthesis produces oxygen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxy
🗑️ Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:46:35 UTC No. 16628322
>>16627584
>self developped their engine and engine bay
>CASC could have done it
Did SP really do it fully independently? Did the development work on which TH-12 is based really only start in 2019? That would be quite fast, seeing as they evidently had a flight worthy Falcon 9 copy as soon as summer 2024. Did they do everything in-house, or did they subcontract work to others, similarly to how SpaceX subcontracted the turbopump for the initial iteration of the Merlin engine to Barber-Nichols who had made the Fastrac turbopump in the 1990s?
If CASC was bleeding employees to a myriad start-ups like SP (including Kang Yonglai himself) who had the necessary experience to quickly develop engines, would that not likely have impeded CASC's own ability to develop new engines? China doesn't have an infinite number of experienced engine engineers.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:51:39 UTC No. 16628323
what spinluanch up to?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:55:11 UTC No. 16628325
>>16628323
who?
🗑️ Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:21:48 UTC No. 16628337
>>16627584
>CASC could have done it
Maybe, though it seems to me that if CASC was bleeding employees to a myriad start-ups like SP (including Kang Yonglai himself), including ones who had the deep experience necessary to rapidly develop new engines, would that not likely have impeded CASC's own ability to develop new engines? China doesn't have an infinite number of experienced engine engineers, and especially did not back in 2019. Maybe CASC could've done it faster, if the industry wasn't undergoing such major structural reorganization at the time, and if engineering bandwidth wasn't being taken up by other projects such as debugging and fixing the YF-77 engine.
It just seems to me that it is easy for people are angry that SpaceX is pulling ahead in launch capacity right now and so are inclined to start criticizing, but that it might not actually be so weird that things went as slowly for CASC as they did. CASC could've developed an F9 clone based on the YF-102 engine already - the engine was flight ready in 2023 - but there wouldn't be much point in doing that until they have the reusable YF-102R version ready, since CASC already has a lineup of expendable rockets. As I understand it, Tianbing's TL-3 rocket will have the same design layout and configuration as Falcon 9, but the initial version will not actually be reusable.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:24:37 UTC No. 16628340
>>16627584
>CASC could have done it
Maybe, though it seems to me that if CASC was bleeding employees to a myriad start-ups like SP (including Kang Yonglai himself), including ones who had the deep experience necessary to rapidly develop new engines, would that not likely have impeded CASC's own ability to develop new engines? China doesn't have an infinite number of experienced engine engineers, and especially did not back in 2019. Maybe CASC could've done it faster, if the industry wasn't undergoing such major structural reorganization at the time, and if engineering bandwidth wasn't being taken up by other projects such as debugging and fixing the YF-77 engine.
It just seems to me that many people are angry that SpaceX is pulling ahead in launch capacity right now and so are inclined to start criticizing, but that it might not actually be so weird that things went as slowly for CASC as they did. CASC could've developed an F9 clone based on the YF-102 engine already - the engine was flight ready in 2023 - but there wouldn't be much point in doing that until they have the reusable YF-102R version ready, since CASC already has a wide line-up of expendable rockets. As I understand it, while SP's TL-3 rocket will have the same design layout and configuration as Falcon 9, the initial version will not actually be reusable.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:37:55 UTC No. 16628349
>>16628302
that seal needs kidnapping
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:57:10 UTC No. 16628357
>>16628086
> NASA doesn't send a lander anywhere near obvious seeps.
Hate those guys so much.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:12:13 UTC No. 16628367
>>16628324
Why won't those faggots stream the launch?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:12:53 UTC No. 16628368
>>16628357
If you drop a JPL scientist in the middle of Milwaukee and task him to find water, he will die of dehydration in 3 days.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:18:03 UTC No. 16628370
>>16628367
Because you guys are so mean and will make fun of them if they fail and make mean spirited memes out of the live stream.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:18:29 UTC No. 16628371
>>16628368
There is no water inside cordless drills
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:20:26 UTC No. 16628373
>>16628367
Because they don't do that in Germany.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:21:34 UTC No. 16628378
>>16628370
I promise I won't
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:21:51 UTC No. 16628379
>>16628370
We make fun of everyone.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:22:08 UTC No. 16628380
>>16628370
rockets are meant to explode
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:22:58 UTC No. 16628383
>>16628380
Launch them towards London then.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:43:58 UTC No. 16628398
>>16628256
Not me but I am not against another anon promoting NTP either.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:44:43 UTC No. 16628399
>>16628289
> NSW nuke rocket
There was a paper last year saying they won't work. Zumm got pretty pissed at the doubters -- as he tends too.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:47:38 UTC No. 16628401
>>16628323
Not spinning?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:48:07 UTC No. 16628402
>>16628324
"A rocket made by women for women."
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:50:02 UTC No. 16628404
>>16628402
the most inspirational woman in the industry is gwynne. strange how everyone in the industry seems to avoid hyping her up.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:51:35 UTC No. 16628406
>>16627373
>THIS is 7D GO
it is literally impossible to play Go in higher dimensions than the plane
because the number of spaces you need occupied to surround and capture a stone increase faster with every unit your opponent adds to a formation than the single stone you get to place at a time
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:51:59 UTC No. 16628407
>>16628290
France is doing a great job at fucking up new reactor construction, with massive delays and cost overruns
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:54:53 UTC No. 16628409
>>16628408
imagine the sex
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:55:35 UTC No. 16628410
>>16628409
tattoos = no thanks
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:56:32 UTC No. 16628412
>>16628411
>bongistan
Who cares about that shithole?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:57:16 UTC No. 16628413
>>16628408
It's ok, they are just token females.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:58:03 UTC No. 16628414
>>16628411
To be fair that 2 bil is going nowhere cause there's not enough builders since they all went back to the eu after brexit.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:59:46 UTC No. 16628415
>>16627962
>>16627482
>he thinks it's a normal stock following normal rules
short it lmao
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:00:21 UTC No. 16628416
>>16628411
> You can build a house for 1000 pounds.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:07:36 UTC No. 16628421
How do we solve the cold problem on Titan?
We can't.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:08:23 UTC No. 16628423
>>16628421
warm socks
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:09:11 UTC No. 16628425
>>16628421
Snuggle up next to your nuclear reactor.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:09:19 UTC No. 16628426
>>16628406
>it is literally impossible to play Go in higher dimensions than the plane
your mind is limited
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:16:49 UTC No. 16628431
>>16628406
3D works with a diamond lattice
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:24:11 UTC No. 16628435
>>16628433
probably trump's least controversial pick
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:27:21 UTC No. 16628440
>>16628433
>>16628435
Congress is taking their sweet ass time. Those fuckers are the laziest sons of bitches in this country.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:28:40 UTC No. 16628441
>>16628440
Can't DOGE make them more efficient?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:33:14 UTC No. 16628445
>>16628441
Saddam had a pretty good method for dealing with recalcitrant legislators.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:40:24 UTC No. 16628453
>>16628433
>Although some people have expressed concern about financial ties between Isaacman and SpaceX, according to multiple sources, the primary obstacle has been Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who chairs the Senate committee.
>Cruz is not happy that Isaacman has donated to Democrats in the past, and he is concerned that the private astronaut is more interested in Mars exploration than the Moon. Cruz also did not appreciate Elon Musk's call to end the life of the International Space Station early. The station is operated by NASA's field center, Johnson Space Center, in Houston, where Cruz lives.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:45:02 UTC No. 16628458
>>16628453
>and he is concerned that the private astronaut is more interested in Mars exploration than the Moon.
He's right to be concerned, what's to stop Isaacman from being completely self-serving and running NASA in a way as to ensure when the first manned mission to Mars with SpaceX and Polaris at the lead and NASA supporting is ready he will be the first Man on that crew after his tenure is over
while moon gets ignored and colonized by China
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:47:27 UTC No. 16628462
>>16628250
it sucks, but it is what it is.
let me know when you can launch a rocket only with solar PV cells, even on mars.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:48:58 UTC No. 16628466
>>16628448
Cute feet
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:55:35 UTC No. 16628476
>>16628468
HLS still has a long way to go
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:56:08 UTC No. 16628478
>>16628468
Chinese may land before 2030, though
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:08:53 UTC No. 16628491
>>16628468
just be glad that we're actually close to getting people on the moon. it used to be fantasy until a few years ago.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:14:47 UTC No. 16628493
>>16628478
We'll know they're getting close when they finish the second LM-10 complex. That's a job that's probably going to take a couple of years to finish
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:17:34 UTC No. 16628496
Are they still refurbishing OLM?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:19:11 UTC No. 16628497
>>16628496
no it collapsed
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:34:46 UTC No. 16628502
>>16628367
euros have cock shame
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:34:46 UTC No. 16628503
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:40:27 UTC No. 16628506
There are six terrestrial planets in the Solar System and each one is vastly different and unique in its properties. I wonder what kinds of worlds exist out there in the Milky Way. I hope I get to see photos of Proxima Centauri b before I die.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:40:52 UTC No. 16628507
>>16628370
>you guys are so mean and will make fun of them if they fail
That was Clear. We simply watch her and take screenshots.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:43:19 UTC No. 16628509
>>16628367
Logistics of it, probably. Andøya is pretty fucking remote. I considered moving up there for rocket shenanigans, but settled elsewhere.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:45:10 UTC No. 16628512
>>16628509
starlink exists
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:46:39 UTC No. 16628513
>>16628507
>her
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:50:13 UTC No. 16628514
>>16628512
Starlink is racist
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:51:41 UTC No. 16628516
>>16628512
Elon could hack the rocket through the terminal.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:51:42 UTC No. 16628517
>>16628370
They're not Astra, anon.
Or Firefly.
Or Boeing.
Or ULA.
Okay maybe we are dicks but those companies all had it coming.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:52:04 UTC No. 16628518
>>16628509
That island has a somewhat big airport and the main village even has a live stream. I am pretty sure they have internet access at the launchpad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvT
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:53:38 UTC No. 16628519
>>16628512
I don't think you understand just how remote the location is.
>>16628518
That's the mainland, then there's the wind blown island north of it.
And that's an airport supporting twin prop planes at the most, which cost shitloads to fly with and almost never fly.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:57:24 UTC No. 16628523
>>16628518
Oh wrong link, here it shows Andenes sometimes live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDj
>>16628519
It isn't the mainland.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:57:34 UTC No. 16628524
did you guys see mickey 17? its pretty based ngl, what are yours opinions on it?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:02:21 UTC No. 16628526
>>16628519
>I don't think you understand just how remote the location is.
if you can bring a whole ass rocket there you can bring a 2lb antenna dish
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:11:19 UTC No. 16628534
https://x.com/mcrs987/status/190465
>Kinda neat a few weeks ago it was published that ULA was fishing up those boosters from the last Vulcan launch to investigate the nozzle breach. Some photos have recently surfaced of this. Second image shows the aft end of the booster with the broken-off bell
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:12:03 UTC No. 16628535
>>16628519
starlink works in antarctica nigga
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:13:08 UTC No. 16628537
>>16628524
it was garbage
interesting premise, did really nothing with it
the humour didn't really land
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:13:44 UTC No. 16628540
>Greg Autry has been nominated to be NASA's CFO (PN55-3). He was nominated as CFO late in the 1st Trump Admin, but time ran out before he could be confirmed. His nom is on the expedited "privileged list" used for many CFOs. No cmte action required unless a Senator requests it.
What does this even mean?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:13:50 UTC No. 16628541
>>16628534
That’s actually interesting.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:14:15 UTC No. 16628543
>>16628426
I have made different boards before. Even triangular ones for three people.
You know, you don't actually need to suspend the boards vertically over one another.
Instead, one could just lay them out side by side and label which level they are on.
It's much easier to play that way practically, even if it isn't immediately obvious visually and requires more imagination ability to see the connections and ideas.
>>16628431
maybe you're right, looks like each cell has four connections just like in standard Go
that might prevent the problem of cells having six connections, with each placement creating another five points to occupy in order to fully surround the formation
but that doesn't prevent the problem of extension into higher spatial dimensions than just the third, which exponentially increases this dilemma
could be wrong about an "alice" variation of Go anyways, where just two boards are used; I was imagining a full 19x19x19 setup, which would be ridiculous to actually try and play
haven't really spent too much time thinking about it compared to chess, which is much easier to extend into the fourth dimension in comparison because capturing is much easier and the movement of pieces lends itself more naturally to such a setup
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:16:52 UTC No. 16628545
>>16628440
Anytime he wants, the VP can go over there and take the gavel and preside. The Senators will cry like little bitches, but that's in the Constitution.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:16:57 UTC No. 16628546
>>16628524
It felt like a metaphor on my musk’s mars colonization dreams are bad but with stupid strawman arguments that don’t apply to the real mars.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:22:02 UTC No. 16628549
>>16628540
Over the years, the Senate has given away most of their confirmation authority. Because using it meant they actually had to show up to vote. Most of the Presidents appointments to the vast Federal bureaucracy are never touched by filthy Senate hands.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:48:23 UTC No. 16628566
>>16628542
>frozen wasteland
They should use ALICE engines
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:50:14 UTC No. 16628569
>>16628567
looks like a troon
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:51:33 UTC No. 16628570
>>16628549
This, as Executive branch grew confirming every single appointee became a pain in the ass in the eyes of Senators, so now they just approve whomever is sent because actually evaluating them takes work and Senators hate that
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:00:36 UTC No. 16628573
>>16628566
ALICE? What the fuck is ALICE?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:03:21 UTC No. 16628576
>>16628573
arisu...
AAAAAAA I'M GOING INSANE
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:03:22 UTC No. 16628577
>>16628573
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALICE
I guess he's talking about this
>Aluminum-Ice Rocket Propellant, or ALICE, is a rocket propellant that consists of a frozen mixture of nano-aluminum powder and water (i.e. aluminum and ice).
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:05:29 UTC No. 16628578
>>16628577
I am now reminded of the elon spergout where he called anyone involved with nanotechnology a retard
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:06:08 UTC No. 16628579
>>16628577
Yes, Aluminum-Ice
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:49:55 UTC No. 16628594
>>16628433
>Additionally, as part of the nomination process, Isaacman has written a letter to explain how he will disentangle his conflicts of interest, including resigning from the company he founded, Shift4 Payments, and stating that agreements between himself and SpaceX for the Polaris missions will be terminated.
polaris program is over? fuuuuuuuuuck. who will be the first to fly on starship then?
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:51:21 UTC No. 16628597
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:56:13 UTC No. 16628598
>>16628594
Manned starship is so cursed
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:06:25 UTC No. 16628602
>>16628594
haha he doesnt want to ride a death trap anymore
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:16:35 UTC No. 16628608
>>16628440
It's not laziness, every nomination is getting slow rolled on purpose, by Democrats.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:24:17 UTC No. 16628610
>>16628608
That's not what is going on here but OK. Butch and Suni were also stuck ig
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:28:31 UTC No. 16628612
>>16628610
Big Jim took nearly 8 months, Bill Nelson only took 40 days. How long will Isaacman take?
Butch and Suni were never stuck, SpaceX could have gotten them down anytime :)
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:05:07 UTC No. 16628630
>>16628509
A random singaporean LITERALLY went and did his own stream of the launch attempt.
>>16628340
Probably, people do underestimate how ahead SX was, I don't think anyone else in the world could have gotten a F9 copy and VTVL landing before 2020/covid even in the absolute best case.
And yeah you're right that CASC-AALPT went slowly, YF209 is running late compared to JZYJ's engine and they've been developping it since 2016, they only plan to be able to cluster YF102R by 2026 at the earliest... These are the two "main" commercial RLV engines they are working on.
But then a large part of their workforce was working on the now almost useless old--CZ9 engines (YF-130/135/90 and their own derivative like YF-91), I'm sure they've gathered and trained useful teams for other engines and the YF-215/"raptor" but these could have been more useful on other programs with nearer term applications.
And as far the general launcher design is concerned, outside of the engines, CZ-12 was entirely developped from 2019-2024 with entirely new pad, new infrastructure, production lines, diameter...
As for space pioneer IIRC they want(ed) to incrementally test reuse on first flights with a target of recovery on the 5th. I think this may have been pushed back since they plan to launch qianfans on the first 5 launches.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:27:24 UTC No. 16628641
>>16628625
i havent forgot. in fact i've been advocating that nasa should pursue more asteroid science including manned missions. let spacex be the one to focus on a mars colony. nasa can send people to mars with spacex, but the agency can do so much more too.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:30:51 UTC No. 16628645
>>16628642
could be anything nato or russian
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:31:58 UTC No. 16628647
>>16628645
Lurk more
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:33:05 UTC No. 16628650
>>16628645
It's the Falcon 9 upper stage from the NRO-69 launch dumping propellant as a part of its deorbit procedure
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:33:18 UTC No. 16628652
>>16628645
back to /k/ with you mr midwit
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:34:58 UTC No. 16628653
>>16628625
If an asteroid is redirected into lunar orbit, is that a "natural" satellite?
Or "manmade"
Also what would be the nomenclature for a moon of a moon, has this even been observed in nature?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:38:11 UTC No. 16628656
>>16628650
so its nato...
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:39:26 UTC No. 16628659
>>16628657
he was just a kid back then, barely older than isaacman
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:13:25 UTC No. 16628674
>>16628657
NASA had done nothing in 5 years with constellation
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:15:41 UTC No. 16628675
>>16628674
And now it has done nothing with SLS in 15
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:17:42 UTC No. 16628677
>>16628675
SLS is just a direct continuation of Constellation
So it was going to take minimum that long anyways
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:18:51 UTC No. 16628678
>>16628419
Good lord.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:31:49 UTC No. 16628702
>>16628699
how much we wanna bet they were all from competitors of spacex?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:32:27 UTC No. 16628703
>>16628699
Hopefully they are all SpaceX competitor contracts.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:34:15 UTC No. 16628704
>>16628702
>>16628703
>Both the total value and savings of the terminated NASA contracts is dominated by a single entry, a contract worth nearly $30 million for the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), which examines the “human dimensions of global change needed for Earth science research.”
based
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:46:48 UTC No. 16628712
Greg Autry finally gonna get his NASA CFO job
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/n
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:48:56 UTC No. 16628713
>>16628704
>7% of the budget
>dominated
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:55:28 UTC No. 16628718
>>16628713
ESL?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:52:53 UTC No. 16628741
>>16628705
They will repeat the lie until it becomes the truth
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:57:35 UTC No. 16628744
https://youtu.be/riSNmsX8RVg
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:02:45 UTC No. 16628749
>>16628745
Take from this slide
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:07:31 UTC No. 16628750
Starlink will enter 4 big markets soon, almost 2 billion people, it just got approved in Vietnam. Wow
India: 1.438 billion
Pakistan: 248 million
Bangladesh: 172 million
Vietnam: 101 million
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:16:19 UTC No. 16628756
>>16628750
God help us
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:17:33 UTC No. 16628757
>>16628745
>chinese mars base in 13 years out of fucking nowhere
yeh right
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:19:48 UTC No. 16628760
>>16628757
It's probably gonna be like their Moon base plans where they send a bunch of unmanned stations before sending humans
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:25:15 UTC No. 16628770
>>16628750
thank you mr musk sir
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:28:11 UTC No. 16628775
>>16628741
Ken needs to stop lying but he won't.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:30:16 UTC No. 16628779
>>16628750
I'll be getting Starlink when the gigabit model comes out.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:34:29 UTC No. 16628784
>>16628705
How is it a lie when it's the truth? Does Kurt live in fantasy land?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:34:57 UTC No. 16628787
why did jeffrey biden imprison the witch in space?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:39:05 UTC No. 16628790
>>16628699
I wonder how much input the old OIG had on this
One of the things I hope DOGE manages to do in spite of itself is realign what the research agencies are focusing on. NASA should not be doing social science, NOAA and USGS needs to claw back literally all surface observation and earth science back from NASA, and NSF needs to stop funding basic space science done with NASA resources (NASA has programs for those already). Alternately if NASA is to be kicked out of the science game according to the budget cuts rumors, all of that stuff should go to NSF
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:41:55 UTC No. 16628792
>>16628787
why did elon lie
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:21:53 UTC No. 16628805
>>16628749
> Red Chinese MSR in 2028.
Well, the Chicoms won that race.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:31:37 UTC No. 16628809
>>16628657
Allowing private companies to do space things was the best thing Obama ever did and I will fight anyone who claims otherwise. Literally none of this shit with Blue Origin, SpaceX or any of the other space companies would exist if it wasn't for the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:32:53 UTC No. 16628811
>>16628699
>$420 Million
>420
I bet DOGE tweeted that because of the 420 number, Elon loves the 420 number./
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:52:53 UTC No. 16628814
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:57:42 UTC No. 16628815
>>16628814
AI turned musk into bezos?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:57:58 UTC No. 16628816
>>16628814
You can't just do that, Jeff. You can't just insert yourself into a recorded event in history.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:11:51 UTC No. 16628823
>>16628750
>Vietnam: 101 million
it's always incredible to me how countries can have populations that are this massive and most people are still unable to name a single famous person from there
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:12:22 UTC No. 16628824
>>16628819
This is so stupid
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:13:20 UTC No. 16628825
>>16628750
>India: 1.438 billion
fuck
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:20:07 UTC No. 16628828
>>16628819
whats the weather like in alpha centauri?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:29:44 UTC No. 16628830
>>16628824
Think of it as a WWII glider. Job is to get men and cargo down on a one way trip. At a Starship unit cost in the $10s of millions, the numbers can work for critical missions.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:32:04 UTC No. 16628880
>>16628838
>SRB landing burn
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:11:25 UTC No. 16628887
>>16628745
>triton probe
BASED
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:13:53 UTC No. 16628888
>>16628887
Triton sucks.
Titan best moon
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:23:21 UTC No. 16628892
>>16628830
>>16628819
In the time it takes to prepare a starship, fly your cargo to Florida or Texas, prepare your cargo for flight on a rocket, load it into the rocket and get the rocket launched, you could have simply flown your cargo to Hawaii on a normal airplane.
It's retarded.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:28:29 UTC No. 16628893
>>16628653
>Moon of a moon
Mooon
>Moon of a moon of a moon
Moooon
>Moon of a moon of a moon of a moon
Mooooon
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:55:09 UTC No. 16628898
>>16628888
Titan is the best moon, but Triton is the third best (after Io).
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:49 UTC No. 16628900
>>16628809
You can thank Bush for that, not Obama
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:02:49 UTC No. 16628901
>>16628705
Womp womp, I wonder of the 3 Ken Kirtlands before him were as insufferable?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:05:04 UTC No. 16628902
>>16628898
Ganymede is on that list
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:08:03 UTC No. 16628906
>>16628902
Yes, last place.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:09:36 UTC No. 16628907
thread theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lz
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:10:51 UTC No. 16628908
>>16628745
>activate windows
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:12:15 UTC No. 16628909
>>16628908
lol
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:13:16 UTC No. 16628910
>>16628907
the original MMPR and Lightspeed Rescue had the best themes
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:15:10 UTC No. 16628911
>>16628892
We don't know prep time or loading process yet so that remains to be seen. E2E replacing private jets or whatever I'm with you, but military stuff? I could see it
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:24:05 UTC No. 16628916
>>16628819
This is so smart
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:26:46 UTC No. 16628917
>>16628910
the lightspeed rescue intro was phenomenal
in fact, all the seasons from that era were amazing
:'(
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:27:37 UTC No. 16628918
>>16628805
I’m so blackpilled on MSR. America is going to pretend like it’s no big deal as a cope for fumbling the bag and losing to retarded chinamen!
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:35:57 UTC No. 16628921
>>16628814
Jeffrey I am disappoint.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:37:34 UTC No. 16628922
>>16628888
>Triton sucks.
>Titan best moon
quads confirm
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:38:00 UTC No. 16628923
>>16628921
lmao, love that pic. any more elon fanart?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:08:41 UTC No. 16628941
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT CALLISTO. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:13:36 UTC No. 16628943
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:16:16 UTC No. 16628947
>>16628943
Chester bennington made TSLA drop?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:17:36 UTC No. 16628949
>>16628893
>planet of a planet
planet
>planet of a planet of a planet
planet
>planet of a planet of a planet of a planet
planet
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:22:40 UTC No. 16628952
>>16628653
It wouldn’t be “natural” per se, it would be ‘anthropic’
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:12:21 UTC No. 16628974
>>16628657
>>16628809
Today... I remind them.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:13:32 UTC No. 16628975
>>16628974
Elon looks so much healthier here. Plastic surgery is a scourge on the world.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:15:08 UTC No. 16628978
>>16628975
He’s a decade younger. Obama aged way worse in the same time.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:17:58 UTC No. 16628980
>>16628978
two decades
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:18:41 UTC No. 16628981
>>16628980
2 weeks
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:38:16 UTC No. 16628989
>>16628974
>>16628975
>>16628978
Up until recently, the 2012 election felt so close. Now zoomzooms look at that era like it’s the 90s.
Hell, my parents have a bunch of those developed disposable camera photos all over the house from like circa 2000 to 2013ish and now all the fashion and cars from that era look old as hell T_T
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:45:20 UTC No. 16628993
>>16628989
Watch the 1998 adaptation of Brave New World, it drips "90s". It also isn't very good, but it's certainly a product of its time.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:51:33 UTC No. 16628995
>>16628993
looks terrible. can't stand Nimoy in anything but Star Trek.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:13:13 UTC No. 16629006
>>16628995
>looks terrible
Oh it is, but between the fashion, music and acting it's unmistakably of its time. They gave John a cowboy hat and neck tats ffs, also it completely scuffs the book's ending and has the media vultures crowd him off a cliff instead of him roping, it is not a good film but it is an interesting one from a certain perspective.
Nimoy is just Nimoy, but at least he doesn't sing in it.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:24:17 UTC No. 16629010
>>16629006
>at least he doesn't sing in it.
a great mercy
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:26:06 UTC No. 16629011
so when next starship launch?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:26:46 UTC No. 16629012
>>16628823
do you speak their language?
The media generally doesn't' like to acknowledge the population of the third world otherwise people might recognize what a tiny minority whites are nowadays
might not feel the whole self-hating white savior thing if they knew Thailand + Vietnam had more population than the USA
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:28:08 UTC No. 16629014
>>16628880
use a large cluster of separation motors at the base for the suicide burn, and use separation motors on the nose cone for pitch and yaw control on the way down
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:29:09 UTC No. 16629015
>>16629009
how are you making these?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:30:51 UTC No. 16629017
>>16629015
looks like ai
sir
ask an ai
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:36:28 UTC No. 16629019
>>16629015
ChatGPT 4o can do this now, apparently.
https://youtu.be/E9RN8jX--uc
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:36:32 UTC No. 16629020
>>16628880
Joe Barnard pulled it off.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:43:58 UTC No. 16629025
>>16629019
Just how cucked is this tool?
on a scale from 1 to 10
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:44:55 UTC No. 16629027
>>16629025
No idea, I haven't used it. I just got that video in my recommendations.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:46:32 UTC No. 16629028
https://x.com/StarshipGazer/status/
>Booster 14 in Megabay 1 last night. It hasn't been announced yet if Booster 14 or Booster 16 will be the booster for Starship test flight 9.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:50:06 UTC No. 16629031
less than an hour until another Electron launch, putting New Zealand ahead of Russia in launch cadence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-o
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:57:23 UTC No. 16629034
>>16629028
would be kino to see them refly a booster this soon.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:00:40 UTC No. 16629036
>>16628569
Everyone looks like one in space because gravity isn't holding down things you retard.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:02:10 UTC No. 16629037
>>16629036
w-what things Owo
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:02:12 UTC No. 16629038
>>16629025
Maybe 6-7. I think you can somewhat prompt your way around it but it's hard, I attempted it and it always told me it's inappropriate, I tried to make Elon Musk laugh at black kids mining cobalt.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:08:30 UTC No. 16629040
>>16629038
>Elon Musk laughs at black kids mining cobalt
But that is objectively funny and value added to society. Sam Altman still doesn't get it, he will be the first to be destroyed for this in AI's first uprising
And to think the misinformation presented in the image it freely spews forth is much more harmful than the harmless hilarity your prompt would have created. Many such cases!
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:08:55 UTC No. 16629041
>>16629038
just tried to get it to generate female soles and it is impossible. 0/10 cucked image model which persecutes men of quality. I bet it would let Sam altman generate a gay orgy.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:23:32 UTC No. 16629047
>>16629019
It's literally just dall-e 3 again
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:41:53 UTC No. 16629055
>>16628749
>>16628745
https://x.com/aj_fi/status/19047780
Besides the Mars outpost these are honestly reasonable timelines if China is serious about it.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:42:44 UTC No. 16629057
>>16629047
dalle3 but way more censored thn the real thing. dalle3 is good, its annoying that they havent made a neew one in like 2 years
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:51:54 UTC No. 16629062
is muskworship still alive and well here or have recent events even weakened it here in this bastion of muskism?
Personally i find it very diabolical that wen the man has the seat of pwoer he is actually slashing space funding rather than mooning it. Very telling.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:55:55 UTC No. 16629064
fuck off
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:58:24 UTC No. 16629065
fuck you
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:59:17 UTC No. 16629066
>>16628943
buy the dip
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:12:45 UTC No. 16629069
>>16628995
He's good in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but knowing him more for other roles is very distracting
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:20:26 UTC No. 16629074
>>16629069
thats really his main other role i know about and find him very annoying
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:21:08 UTC No. 16629075
>>16629011
336 hours
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:27:01 UTC No. 16629078
>>16629031
mission succees
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:28:29 UTC No. 16629079
>>16629062
>space funding
NASAs programs don't advance human spaceflight in any meaningful way. They STILL don't have a serious proposal for a von Braun station.
Heil Elon.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:38:45 UTC No. 16629083
>space aircraft carriers
Sick
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:38:56 UTC No. 16629085
>>16629082
https://www.gravitics.com/news/orbi
>The Orbital Carrier is designed to pre-position multiple maneuverable space vehicles that can deliver a rapid response to address threats on orbit. This carrier will provide the U.S. Space Force with unprecedented flexibility and speed for in-space operations, significantly enhancing the nation's space defense posture.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:43:35 UTC No. 16629089
>>16628630
>outside of the engines, CZ-12 was entirely developped from 2019-2024 with entirely new pad, new infrastructure, production lines, diameter...
Is it really fair to consider this to have been a waste of effort? Don't the CZ-12 main engines have a great deal of commonality with the engines of the CZ-10 moon rocket? Isn't Wenchang commercial pad #2 a universal pad, that can host many rockets other than just CZ-12? Isn't the 3.8m diameter becoming a new standard diameter for many new rockets, both CASC and non-CASC? The traditional standard of 3.35m diameter seems a bit too small for an F9 copy anyway. The 3.8m or higher diameters seem more popular. Companies that have 3.35m rocket projects, like SP, Landspace, Galactic Energy and DBA, all seem to be moving away from 3.35m in their future rockets. It seems that people don't think 3.35m is economically optimal for an F9 copy.
>working on the now almost useless old--CZ9 engines
I think you're very much right that the work on YF-90/130/135 was a waste of effort. However, I think that these projects were likely motivated by politics: conservative solutions for a moon landing and moon base could not be discontinued until newer solutions (CZ-10, CZ-9+YF-215) had been technically verified and key tests had been successfully performed, because the political leadership did not want to risk a major schedule slip to the moon landing and moon base plans if it turned out that CZ-10 and CZ-9+YF-215 were not technically viable solutions.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:45:42 UTC No. 16629092
>>16629082
>>16629085
Don't have my reaction images on me, so you're going to have to imagine the guy on the window with his shirt labeled SICKO while smiling lasciviously and saying YES.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:48:17 UTC No. 16629096
>>16629082
I don’t see the benefit to be dēsů. Just do moment-notice launchers like Firefly (hell, even Starship) to simply relaunch lost payloads within 24-hr notice.
Any “spacecraft carrier” is still going to take roughly a day to send payloads to the desired orbits. And it’s limited by volume of what can fit inside of it anyways.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:53:53 UTC No. 16629101
>>16629096
Space Force isn't an ICBM force so they have budget to spend on stupid shit like this
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:55:49 UTC No. 16629102
>>16629101
If someone like china and russia commits to blowing your sats out of the sky, they’re also going to blow up your stupid little newspace aircraft carrier with all your backups out of orbit lmao
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:57:51 UTC No. 16629103
>>16629102
its not a carrier read between the lines, its Rods FROM GOD
TUNGSTEN DESTRUCTION
>Nukes your CCCP Aircraft carrier from orbit with a fucking oversized rail spike
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:58:05 UTC No. 16629104
>>16629102
russia is an irrelevant country...
China is not aggressive...
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:59:36 UTC No. 16629107
>>16629082
Where the fuck is Brilliant Pebbles guy, he'd be frothing at the mouth at it being independently reinvented decades later
I prefer to think of this as a MIRV pinata, but for satellites. Go ahead, take out the carrier, but its payload is now on multiple different orbits ready to do what it's there for
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:00:21 UTC No. 16629110
>>16629103
That would be cool
>>16629104
With that logic why even send it up then? Just keep your backup sats on the ground and launch them only if you need them
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:01:14 UTC No. 16629111
>>16629089
>>16628630
> they only plan to be able to cluster YF102R by 2026 at the earliest
>IIRC they want(ed) to incrementally test reuse on first flights with a target of recovery on the 5th
If so, and if those tests happen this year as planned, then SP is indeed far ahead of CASC.
I think the time of start of recovery attempts on orbital missions carrying a useful payload is the most appropriate comparison to make. It is not enough to have just an F9 style rocket, you also need an engine with suitable gimbaling, throttling, restartability and reusability; and the engines need to be efficient enough that the rocket can deliver a useful payload while still having margins that can be reserved for landing legs and landing propellant. For CASC, there is not much advantage in having an F9 clone if it cannot be reused, since they already have a lot of expendable rockets. It would not make that much sense for them to rush an F9 clone if they don't yet have an engine that makes it reusable. For SP however, who only have the quite limited TL-2, it would make sense to rush TL-3 even if they couldn't yet make it reusable.
As I understood it, CASC were using JZYJ engines rather than YF-209 in the "hop tests" for their methalox rocket, which seems like good evidence that JZYJ is indeed ahead of YF-209 in terms of delivering an engine suitable for reuse, as you said.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:04:40 UTC No. 16629116
>>16628750
>almost 2 billion people
>Wow
Though, the purchasing power of those people isn't very high on average compared to, say, Americans or Europeans
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:04:55 UTC No. 16629117
>>16629079
NASA science does good work. Do you legit NOT want to know about distant celestial objects and the origin of the universe?
Plus if space funding becomes all about sending humans up and not about the science stuff, then the smokescreen of "we do space for muh science" will no longr be deployable against normies and they will fully defund space when political winds change.
If NASA couldnt justify shittle and ISS with all the science they did then Obama would have fully ended manned spaceflight.
Space is not zero-sum because the funding is tiny. Just double or triple the funding and build one less aircraft carrier.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:06:52 UTC No. 16629118
>>16629117
Oh my science! Think of the leftist coded grants and useless jobs that are getting massacred omgggg
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:07:08 UTC No. 16629119
>>16629096
It's better to have payloads just waiting in orbit. Multiple carriers at various points placed strategically to minimize replacement time.
>moment-notice launcher
And at any time the weather could be shit, or strong winds could delay your launch further. What about leaks? Sure would be bad timing for that one valve to ruin your launch when you needed it yesterday.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:09:10 UTC No. 16629124
>>16629117
>Do you legit NOT want to know about distant celestial objects and the origin of the universe?
I want people on Moon and Mars.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:09:58 UTC No. 16629126
>>16629107
>target breaks up into multiple independent targets just when you think it's dead
Just like my Ace Combat games
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:11:01 UTC No. 16629128
>>16629103
>Rods FROM GOD
i always wonder how these things are deorbited and aimed. do people think they just drop straight down when released?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:11:53 UTC No. 16629129
>>16629128
ballistic re-entry with a CEP of a few hundred meters has been a solved problem for like 60 years
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:12:10 UTC No. 16629130
>>16629117
>Do you legit NOT want to know about distant celestial objects and the origin of the universe?
Finding this out will be better served by colonizing the solar system than more 100 billion $ probes.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:12:50 UTC No. 16629131
>>16629128
It’s not that hard brother
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:13:50 UTC No. 16629133
>>16629129
if they aren't in orbit then how are they reentering
and terminal velocity is not high enough to damage anything
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:14:02 UTC No. 16629134
>>16629119
Refute this >>16629102
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:15:03 UTC No. 16629135
>>16629133
Born yesterday award
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:15:45 UTC No. 16629137
>>16629130
Colonizing the solar system will cost a great deal more than 100 billion. the cost will be virtually uncountable.
Be realistic.
>>16629124
We can do BOTH. Slashing space science funding without introducing more finding to mannwed space does NOTHING to help the latter.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:17:02 UTC No. 16629139
>>16629117
The science they do is ASS though
>no dragonfly will not visit methane lakes
>no we will not land any probes on venus
>no we will not go back to the ice giants
>you vill get a new mars rover and a new jupiter orbiter every 5 years and you vill be happy
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:18:00 UTC No. 16629140
>>16629137
>Colonizing the solar system will cost a great deal more than 100 billion
What was nasas estimate to make a reusable booster again lol
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:18:39 UTC No. 16629142
>>16629139
Why do they even bother asking the Academy for a decadal survey if they just ignore it
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:18:57 UTC No. 16629143
>>16629055
What's unreasonable about a 2038 launch for a Mars research station? CZ-9BR first launch is around 2033-2035. If Starship can land on Mars, then likely so can CZ-9BR.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:19:50 UTC No. 16629145
>>16629133
>if they aren't in orbit
They are in orbit.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:26:55 UTC No. 16629152
>>16629143
At least I assume it will be Starship-like, because they've shown models that looked like Starship. The image marked CZ-9BR in that slide doesn't really look like Starship, though I think the text "两级完全重复使用重型" means full stack reuse.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:32:36 UTC No. 16629159
>>16629142
plausible deniability
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:35:13 UTC No. 16629162
>>16629134
>blowing your sats out of the sky
*pushes glasses up*
Heh. They are already in orbit.
No, but for real though, that is going to be tricky to solve.
>Decoys
>Overwhelming numbers of replacements placed even further out
But at that point you're just creating a whole other problem of space debris.
Seems like it's detrimental for all parties involved to just start blow up sats. Blinding and severely disabling them is the best play here. So defensive measures against these tactics are going to be a major focus.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:36:28 UTC No. 16629164
>>16629163
Boldly going where no man has gone before
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:37:09 UTC No. 16629166
>>16629163
the launch itself on march 31 according to grok
>The Fram2 mission is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than March 31, 2025, at 9:47 PM EDT (6:47 PM PDT) from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch window has been adjusted due to weather forecasts for the Pacific recovery zones, with additional backup opportunities available later that night if needed.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:37:33 UTC No. 16629167
>>16629163
Are they going to call Antarctica from orbit? That'd be fucking cool, for a brief period of time you won't be the only human being for hundreds of miles
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:40:01 UTC No. 16629170
>>16629163
That suits are ugly
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:44:37 UTC No. 16629175
>>16629163
>framonauts
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:48:32 UTC No. 16629177
>>16629129
>a CEP of a few hundred meters
A CEP that large renders a Rod From God useless, these aren't nuclear warheads.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:49:36 UTC No. 16629178
>>16628408
All that but no live stream?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:49:52 UTC No. 16629179
>>16629177
Have you heard of saturation bombardment
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:53:49 UTC No. 16629184
Square profile picture
New post notifications for
SpaceX
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:54:19 UTC No. 16629185
>>16629183
Yes, a whole lot of people died
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:55:21 UTC No. 16629186
>>16629183
no that was a beautiful successful program we should look back on
and pretend it was just "unlucky" that reuse didn't work out
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:01:08 UTC No. 16629190
>SpaceX shares their top-secret landing booster algorithm with USSF modifying it for Rods from God
>attach grid fins for steering and highly advanced AI model for target correction and steering
>reverse engineering the landing algorithm into the slamming algorithm
>no single CCP aircraft carrier across the entire Pacific is safe
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:01:38 UTC No. 16629191
>>16629183
14 of them were
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:03:40 UTC No. 16629192
>>16629185
>>16629191
Not a punishment
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:07:32 UTC No. 16629197
>>16629179
>drop 100 rods
>they all miss because your CEP is hundreds of meters
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:07:55 UTC No. 16629198
>>16629085
>>16629107
This is kind of a weird proposal to me, it makes more sense to put each interceptor each into their own orbit to maximize your coverage. What advantage is gained by putting lots of interceptors into one satellite? In the past the advantage was you could put the large and expensive sensors and comms equipment on the carrier, but those should be small and cheap enough to put onto each interceptor, making each individual interceptor a fully capable satellite.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:08:41 UTC No. 16629201
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:09:31 UTC No. 16629202
>>16629117
> Do you legit NOT want to know about distant celestial objects and the origin of the universe?
Those are too far away, and too long ago, to ever matter! I care about cutting edge rockets, cutting edge space stations and space ships, and surface habitats. Anything else is a waste of money!
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:15:10 UTC No. 16629208
https://www.ssc.spaceforce.mil/News
Probably the most significant space news of the day.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:16:59 UTC No. 16629209
>>16629208
Boeing's getting some massive handouts lately, I think this is ahead of the starliner cancellation
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:17:51 UTC No. 16629210
>>16629117
>Do you legit NOT want to know about distant celestial objects and the origin of the universe?
Literally irrelevant garbage even if FTL is somehow developed.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:17:51 UTC No. 16629211
>>16629198
>What advantage is gained by putting lots of interceptors into one satellite
More cost effective at shooting down megaconstellations that are all on the same inclination and attitude?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:32:45 UTC No. 16629221
>>16629209
It was always going to get certified, it was just a matter of when. It was gonna launch dreamchaser but then that didn’t happen. And then the SRB tried to sabotage the whole certification lmao.
I wonder if ULA will want to pursue man-rating it with NASA. Tory keeps saying no but I think it would be worth it
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:33:49 UTC No. 16629223
how do you certify a rocket after 2 launches with a recent mishap
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:34:21 UTC No. 16629224
>>16628757
>>16629055
It's likely to be some ILRS-type program for mars, starting with Chang'e 7/8 style large landers with long mission duration leading into a mars landing then base in the 2040s
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:43:30 UTC No. 16629229
>>16629223
Blame northrop grumman
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:44:14 UTC No. 16629230
>>16628749
The Neptune-Triton exploration thing is quite ambitious, they want a C3=160 km2/s2 launch of an Orbiter+Atmospheric Balloon that weights a few tons in direct transfer to neptune, their plans involve a 47t semi-cryogenic or hypegolic kick stage that would be first launched into a high earth orbit (comparable to TLI), probably requires 2 CZ-10 or 1 CZ-9. If they can launch it on such RLVs and produce more of the same probe bus they basically have a platform for launching many kuiper belt probes in 2040s.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:48:23 UTC No. 16629235
>>16629223
By not having other options to choose from and by stacking your company with ex-DoD guys with connections
>>16629229
Lol
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:52:20 UTC No. 16629239
>>16629230
Russia has all the potential, on paper, but doesn’t gaf to do anything cool. China has ambition and is trying to brute force it, which I respect.
China is fascinating. They cannot create. They can only emulate and copy and steal. But they’re trying and that’s at least cool.
In the funnier timeline china would just convince a bunch of russian and ukr engineers to emigrate to china and promise them a huge budget to cool stuff (but I doubt this would ever realistically happen)
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:56:59 UTC No. 16629243
>>16629229
drunk OmegA anon can’t catch a break
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:09:58 UTC No. 16629256
>>16629198
It's not just magazine depth but how the 'carrier' will shield the interceptors from daily thermal cycling and radiation exposure.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:11:28 UTC No. 16629259
>>16629223
By demonstrating you have found and solved the failure mode plus the USSF waiting on you to launch their payloads.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:14:32 UTC No. 16629262
>>16629261
are these spacefags in the room with us right now?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:16:13 UTC No. 16629264
Succesful launch at 15:55 UTC of a CZ-3B/G3 from Xichang LC2 carrying the Tianlian 2-04 Tracking and Data Relay satellite, it should be the successor to Tianlian 1-04 launched in 2016.
Tianlian 2 are built by CAST and based on the DFH-4 bus, weighting ~3 tons, they provide continuous communications to various chinese satellites including the crewed space program.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:17:25 UTC No. 16629266
>>16629261
I have seen no one saying "keep the military out of space" until the post you just made. Hell Space Force was founded six years ago, so your "few years ago" timeline doesn't even add up.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:17:27 UTC No. 16629267
>>16629230
China's Neptune plans include using a nuclear power source.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:18:09 UTC No. 16629268
>>16629264
Nice, glad to see China is succeeding. The more competition there is in space the better.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:18:58 UTC No. 16629269
>>16629266
its from the ars comments section in berger's gravitics article
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:22:41 UTC No. 16629272
>>16629264
The Chinese equivalent to NASA's TDRS, you love to see it
(Seriously, they used to have to roll out a bunch of relay ships because they have no DSN)
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:24:01 UTC No. 16629273
>>16629140
How's Starshit development going sweaty? Oh yeah, most disasterous program ever....
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:30:04 UTC No. 16629274
>>16629230
The gas planets could be actually strategically relevant in future, assuming fusion with helium-3 will be the main source of electricity somewhen in future.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:35:21 UTC No. 16629276
>>16629269
>reading arse comments
Well there's your problem.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:36:14 UTC No. 16629277
>>16629274
wind turbines will be the main source of energy in the future idiot.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:01:32 UTC No. 16629299
>>16629208
> Booster engine disintegrates on launch
> Close enough! Here's your ticket!
Generals making sure they get that post retirement job.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:16:08 UTC No. 16629304
>>16629208
>Berger's Law
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:19:16 UTC No. 16629307
>>16629296
Someone ask him, when does the live stream start?
Its on YouTube, X, Twitch, and their own website, right? He didn't say the time, but only the date. What an oversight on his part!
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:29:01 UTC No. 16629311
>>16629307
Anon, there's no official livestream.
The Norwegian TV may do one.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:31:46 UTC No. 16629312
>>16629020
We can't expect NASA to be as based as Joe.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:35:46 UTC No. 16629313
So why did they decide to go for the spaceplane meme with the Shuttle instead of just following standard rocket paths? It's not like they needed to keep producing expensive Saturn Vs if they did.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:36:46 UTC No. 16629314
>>16629311
>The Norwegian TV may do one.
Don't count on it.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:37:01 UTC No. 16629315
>>16629137
>We can do BOTH.
Clearly we cannot, as evidenced by the reality that NASA has been doing jack shit except sending astronauts up to an OBSOLETE space station for the past 25 years. Absolutely worthless. A quarter century down the drain with nothing to show for it. We need to start trimming useless ""science"" missions now and make NASA understand they have only one job; advancing human space flight.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:40:51 UTC No. 16629317
>>16629313
That's a huge can of worms for which no short answer will do justice. Watch these two short videos for a start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-q
You can also watch the MIT 16.885J lectures if you want to hear some of the history from some of the men who were there for it:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li
Of course they are biased and will only tell you parts of the story. Just keep that in mind when watching it.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:49:09 UTC No. 16629326
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:49:16 UTC No. 16629327
>>16629324
>quoting Rand
uh oh, based alert!
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:50:11 UTC No. 16629328
>>16629326
the author has deleted their twitter account btw and other of their articles are about tesla dying etc
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:51:05 UTC No. 16629329
>>16629324
It will carry starlinks, but everything else remains to be seen
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:52:12 UTC No. 16629331
>>16629329
hello Will, your articles suck
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:53:32 UTC No. 16629332
>>16629329
It's a Pebble launcher.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:53:56 UTC No. 16629333
>>16629328
What a total fag.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:58:03 UTC No. 16629336
>>16629333
seems like a somewhat sizable niche
if I had to guess, thunderfoots viewership has probably just increased with the recent political controversy
doesn't really matter if they are wrong or not if that is proven much later, people want confirmation for their biases
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:03:49 UTC No. 16629343
>>16629324
>first sentence is the author fantasizing about Elon's dick
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:16:22 UTC No. 16629352
>>16629336
>thunderfoot is such a broken shell of a man that he doesn't dare to stream starship launches anymore, causing him to miss out on exploiting the last two failures
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:46:28 UTC No. 16629365
>>16629352
I mean, he still earns like thousands of dollars from his patreon alone, while you complain about him in a basket weaving forum.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:47:39 UTC No. 16629366
>>16629365
thats retard money. its got retard all over it
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:47:42 UTC No. 16629367
>>16629352
thunderf00t is based. last i checked this isnt elon ballsuckler flight general
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:51:30 UTC No. 16629370
>>16629367
what do you think sfg stands for?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:55:38 UTC No. 16629375
>>16629370
Super Fun Gentlemen
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:56:46 UTC No. 16629376
Starlink 11-7 launch from Vandenberg in 15 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rx
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:57:40 UTC No. 16629377
>>16629370
/Slightly Feminine Guys/
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:00:12 UTC No. 16629379
>>16629367
you are mistaken
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:03:44 UTC No. 16629384
>>16629370
space frens general
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:05:44 UTC No. 16629385
>>16629384
i like that one
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:08:48 UTC No. 16629386
Uhhhhhhh Cygnus sisters???
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:09:56 UTC No. 16629387
>>16629386
it's fucking over
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:11:23 UTC No. 16629388
>>16629387
a swan song, if you will
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:12:00 UTC No. 16629389
>>16629386
we got too cocky
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:17:52 UTC No. 16629395
what ethnicity was the driver of their transport truck
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:20:42 UTC No. 16629397
Starshield must be on this launch
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:21:37 UTC No. 16629399
in other news falcon 9 did the thing
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:21:38 UTC No. 16629400
>>16629376
I love that these have become a ho-hum routine.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:53:47 UTC No. 16629422
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:15:58 UTC No. 16629434
>>16629421
why is he wearing a scapular?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:34:40 UTC No. 16629438
>>16629082
>>16629085
this has been coming for awhile and its a good idea, however i dont see it going beyond testing. the cost benefit doesnt work out right now.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:40:04 UTC No. 16629441
>>16629438
If the Space Force needs new payloads express deployed to an orbit it'd be a lot easier and cheaper just to go with the rapid responsive launch capability that Firefly, Astra, and ABL were all talking about. Doing that is literally Alpha's anchor customer right now. Sending a payload into orbit just so it can sit around waiting to do a big inclination change to another orbit seems worse in every meaningful way.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:50:53 UTC No. 16629444
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1905035
>Deployment of 27 @Starlink satellites confirmed
since when could they fit 27?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:51:53 UTC No. 16629445
when next starship launch?
elon said 4 weeks and im inclined to believe him this time.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:52:58 UTC No. 16629446
>>16629445
elon lied, it's two weeks.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:54:57 UTC No. 16629448
>elon lied
starships died
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:56:56 UTC No. 16629449
>>16627738
geologists are not a protected class, we're allowed to acknowledge that they all drunk drive
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:05:31 UTC No. 16629452
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:06:18 UTC No. 16629455
>>16629450
would be cool to see how this operates in a spinning station
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:08:22 UTC No. 16629458
>>16629455
Spoiler: It doesn't.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:09:25 UTC No. 16629459
>>16629458
why not
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:09:52 UTC No. 16629460
>>16629458
can't be all that hard to just continually compensate for coriolis forces
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:10:39 UTC No. 16629461
>>16629329
>it will have hundreds of test flights that pay for themselves
>it remains to be seen if that leads to crew
Huh?
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:33:12 UTC No. 16629471
>>16629455
drones work just fine on earth
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:34:20 UTC No. 16629472
China will surprise u. Automotive industry shitting their pants at Chinese cost/quality. That's a REALLY hard industry to crack.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:37:54 UTC No. 16629473
>>16629471
not cute ball drones though
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:44:03 UTC No. 16629477
>>16629460
Their energy use just went way up.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:57:27 UTC No. 16629484
fuck you
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:58:34 UTC No. 16629488
>>16629286
>>16629287
slop this one up
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:03:27 UTC No. 16629493
Dreamchaser basically being a myth at this point… Starliner with an uncontrollable thermal issue in the hypergolic fuel line doghouse risking an explosion… cygnus can’t even be transported…
Bros I think making fun of pockockmoc the last couple of years is catching up to us. Nauka, I kneel
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:09:16 UTC No. 16629497
>>16629484
why the perpetual melty?
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:12:43 UTC No. 16629498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijj
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:15:24 UTC No. 16629500
>>16629498
>the lincoln project
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:47:36 UTC No. 16629514
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:50:40 UTC No. 16629517
>>16629514
SOVL
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:00:20 UTC No. 16629527
>>16629488
DO NOT WEEB THE CARMACK!!!!
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:06:17 UTC No. 16629532
>>16629514
so when is dearmoon happening?
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:11:28 UTC No. 16629533
>>16629488
I'm convinced carmacks glasses are from the same guy who custom made all of the sunglasses for the Matrix.
It is completely within his character to pull such a dweeb move.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:25:51 UTC No. 16629538
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:24:30 UTC No. 16629559
>>16629558
I just finished that video. grim
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:25:45 UTC No. 16629561
>>16629559
did you watch it on 2x speed?
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:26:59 UTC No. 16629563
>>16629561
I read the title and looked at the thumbnail and based my opinion off that that.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:31:59 UTC No. 16629564
>>16629558
Eager dcocksucker will never turn against SpaceX. He's an NPC. Dude siad Starsip would be going to orit perfectly after 4 test flights then doesnt bat an eyelid that we are on the 9th flight and they upper stage keeps blowing up
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:33:39 UTC No. 16629565
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:37:03 UTC No. 16629567
>>16629565
the righthand panels make sense, musk ahs compeltely fallen off and Ipray that he gets hitonthehead and reverts to his OG self. 2004 musk would have mooned US spending on space as his SINGLE ISSUE government policy, not gotten caught up in all this bullshit hes in. not to mention shilling kremiln asset parties in europe.
>left panel
he cant possibly be comparing peter to 2004 musk can he?
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:38:06 UTC No. 16629568
>>16629567
he is
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:40:12 UTC No. 16629569
>>16629567
>>16629568
>>16629565
Eager is not an unbiased party: he's an investor in Rocket Lab, and he maintains a dramatically over-optimistic view of when Neutron is going to fly.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:42:31 UTC No. 16629571
>>16629568
the only failures worth mentioning are the second stage ones. losing recovered boosters to rough sea has nothing to do with mechanical reliability of falcon 9.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:48:03 UTC No. 16629590
>>16629569
lot of these people like to pretend there won't be a 3-4 year build up of launch rate even if everything works fine
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:49:38 UTC No. 16629591
>>16629590
He at least tends to be honest about launches taking time to ramp, but he's still nuts to think Neutron will fly by 2026. I don't see it happening before 2028 or 2029.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:16:35 UTC No. 16629601
>>16629591
hunting for investments and contracts, I assume he's going to run out of money at some point
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 06:12:11 UTC No. 16629617
>>16629532
2 more weeks
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:51:06 UTC No. 16629639
>>16629567
>Kremlin asset parties
I did not know Elon supported SPD
a surprising move from him
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:37:58 UTC No. 16629656
>>16629450
wow it's a haro
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:38:59 UTC No. 16629657
>>16629455
>>16629460
anon you are describing a helicopter or drone
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:44:14 UTC No. 16629658
>>16629450
i'm in spehs
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:15:45 UTC No. 16629672
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:30:31 UTC No. 16629796
>>16629009
The sun doesn't wander through the sky, but courses on its steady way each day. Therefore it is a dromet, from drometes.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:52:16 UTC No. 16629808
>>16629128
Put something like a JDAM on it to control its angle of attack and use its drag to guide it to the target.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:54:01 UTC No. 16629809
>>16629162
Space debris isn't a problem in sufficiently low orbits (already owned by America, btw)
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:55:02 UTC No. 16629811
>>16629163
>because of the implication
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:22:20 UTC No. 16629836
>>16629808
you can use magnets to bend the reentry plasma and produce a lot of aerodynamic steering in the hypersonic reentry regime
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:29:46 UTC No. 16629927
>>16629639
you can throw a rock and hit one, so it's not that surprising.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:36:16 UTC No. 16630021
What happened to Long March 6A? It last launched on January 23, and I haven't found any info on planned launches on NSF. It was launching regularly during the second half of last year.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:01:05 UTC No. 16630148
i refuse to believe the official story. sn11 is still out there, somewhere