Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab

[Kirwan]

Elon time caveats aside, if he can this think to land on Mars and the Moon we are truely living in the future. The second version of Starship in extendable mode will take 200 tonnes to orbit. Just the implications for science alone is incredible.

[canefan]

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

Elon time caveats aside, if he can this think to land on Mars and the Moon we are truely living in the future. The second version of Starship in extendable mode will take 200 tonnes to orbit. Just the implications for science alone is incredible.

Now he just has to invent a warp drive....

[dogmeat]

and a flux capacitor

[canefan]

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

and a flux capacitor

Let's not get stupid now... 😉

[Duluth]

Looks like the Polaris Dawn launch is happening in just over an hour.. if the weather is good

First private space walk. Humans furthest from earth since Apollo missions

[Kirwan]

Has a Starlink dish on it too, so we should get 4K pictures of them leaving the hatch.

Third time this dragon has flown.

[nzzp]

Delayed - jumped from 40 min to 2h20

[Kirwan]

Some of the best shots I've ever seen;

[Kirwan]

Looks like 8.50pm for the space walk. The pictures from 1400km above earth have been awesome.

FAA fucked over Elon again. Flight 5 has been ready to fly since August 1, but they delayed the flight license until mid September, and now have delayed it until the end of November. Am sure it has nothing to do with the election.

[Machpants]

[Duluth]

Space walk is live here

[Kiwiwomble]

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

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

[Machpants]

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

[Kirwan]

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

[Kirwan]

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

[canefan]

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

[Kirwan]

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

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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.

[Duluth]

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?

[Kirwan]

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.

[nzzp]

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