Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab

[Duluth]

@taniwharugby said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@antipodean looks like a scene out of a movie!

[Kirwan]

However they have structured the company, their employees love working there. The description of how hard it was to build that water deluge system in the Texas summer is pretty full on.

[booboo]

Reverting back 50 or 60 years I've relistened to both series of '13 Minutes to the Moon' over the break.

Went looking for animation of the flights and found the following. Reminder of how awesome a feat getting to the moon is/was.

[booboo]

Google obviously read me searching for moon stuff and sent me this in my notifications:

Jan 4, 2024

Two companies will attempt the first US Moon landings since the Apollo missions

Two private companies in the US are attempting the country's first Moon landing since its Apollo program ended more than five decades ago.

[dogmeat]

Jan 8, 2024  /  Science

Nasa Peregrine 1: moon lander suffering from ‘critical loss of propellant’

US firm Astrobotic says it is assessing ‘alternative mission profiles’ after finding failure in propulsion system

[Machpants]

Japan's first moon landing, live stream starts at 0300 nz

[canefan]

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/01/26/nasas-mars-based-helicopter-logs-final-flight/?fbclid=IwAR3mDBjJncZM5k4ASIHhq75CgLLJ4t9f0-KSPnM7wxriu6WA-usqKD_BlTk

[Kirwan]

Latest launch test, just waiting on the FAA. Again.

[Kirwan]

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

FAA finally got their shit together and the first targetted date is early Friday morning 12:30am

[nzzp]

@Kirwan isn't it 1pm Friday NZ time?

Edit: this is misleading

[Duluth]

@nzzp

Starship launch around 1am

There is a Falcon 9 launch which is in the news (record number of reuses) which is the early afternoon

[nzzp]

@Duluth said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@nzzp

Starship launch around 1am

There is a Falcon 9 launch which is in the news (record number of reuses) which is the early afternoon

Yeah, just figuring that out.

livestream from half past midnight tonight NZT

[nzzp]

Holy shit, the sonofabitch did it.

That's an impressive test - getting to orbit is a massive step forward. Re-entry should be a more solvable problem - but I am very impressed this morning.

Rocketing is hard. Anyone know how long to the next flight?

[Kirwan]

The views on the SpaceX X account are incredible, the plasma field on re-entry was phenomenal.

He wants six more flights this year. Next flight will depend on orbital mount damage and Biden FAA feet dragging.

[Kirwan]

I think I heard that this is the largest object ever sent to space. Historic day.

[Kirwan]

[dogmeat]

@Kirwan what's Biden got to do with it?

Genuine enquiry.

Massive achievement today.

[Kirwan]

@dogmeat said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@Kirwan what's Biden got to do with it?

Genuine enquiry.

Massive achievement today.

Biden has several government agencies harassing Musk at the moment. FAA is just one of many.

[Kirwan]

[Machpants]

Andrew Jones  /  Mar 13, 2024  /  Private Spaceflight

Japan's 1st commercial rocket explodes shortly after liftoff (video)

The launch pad was not damaged and no personnel were injured.