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    #584

    Space walk is live here

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    this might have been posted before (dont keep up with every post)...and i also havent checked if its true....

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    I'm no rocket scientist but that looks really impressive evolution of design

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    Raptor 3 has a 1 on it, I call conspiracy!

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    Complexity is printed on the inside now, as is the Elon mantra they deleted parts. Most powerful engine in the world.

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    And they are making one Raptor2 engine every 24 hours, and expect that to increase for the simplified Raptor3.

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    Armageddon in real life

    https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/08/spacecraft-on-way-to-asteroid-rammed-by-nasa-two-years-ago/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFxw19leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVa7oZuBBEgFlEB2pMOEun5dNghlJaT7h8UOZxK6eZ1HTxR6k_HfMyLKMQ_aem_8PMmQBCB95fvvUD5DlbMjw

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    Looks like the FAA Director's fuckup testimony recently has speed up that pesky launch license delay. That and a few lawsuits.

    SpaceX

    SpaceX

    SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

    Worth watching this one, pretty good chance that catching a rocket the size of a building with the chopsticks isn't going to work first time.

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    Another starship launch is scheduled for 1am nzt

    They’ll be attempting to ‘catch’ the booster this time. Surely this won’t work first time?

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    Nasa said they were within a centimetre of where they aimed flight 4, so maybe? If it works first time and the tower survives it'll be amazing. Second tower being almost ready helps lol.

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    Just over ten minutes to launch. This is some science fiction shit going down people.

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    I can’t believe they caught it. Fucking incredible

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

    Seriously mind-blowing.

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    That was incredible. It's showing a leap forward that puts us on the path to being interplanetary.

    Just astonishing. If you can't be inspired by that, good luck to you

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    Flight 6 has a license already too, so not a long wait for the next one. Starship landing looks to have gone well too.

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    I watched Interstellar again last night. Musk’s dreaming is going to take humans beyond the moon. Where will we end up? Well that depends on the bureaucrats and political opposition getting out of the way and allowing true innovation to flourish.

    Today’s test gave me goosebumps. More please Space X!

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    It so looked like it was going to crash into the tower!

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

    It so looked like it was going to crash into the tower!

    Yeah it was surprising on the wide shots how big the approach angle is

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    Continually improving the code. Amazing.
    Even the lift off deluge system works like a charm. People don't think about that now.
    Star Trek here we come.

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    How do they solve these problems re moon, mars.

    1. Dust, rocks causing damage to the ship on lift off / landing
    2. Long term effect of radiation and weightlessness on the human body
    3. What happens to the ship if a cricket ball sized rock collides into the ship while flying
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