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It's notable that they didn't actually get all of the possible information that they could have from the Starship re-entry. With the tiles that had been removed and the rather extreme programmed maneuvers, they didn't actually test to destruction. Without a ship shattering kaboom, they still don't ...

Does anyone want to bet Trump will send JD Vance into orbit once the Starship is man rated and made a few successful round trips? Before the Shuttle Challenger explosion, NASA used to have a program that sent "congressional observers" into space. Representative Bill Nelson and Senator Jak...

I'll admit, I'm a bit surprised that Musk didn't tell them to try to catch it anyway. Maybe he learned something from the rocket that ripped the hell out of the launch pad a while back. Or maybe the launch team learned something from that. Belushi TD After launch they go through a serious of health...

Latest SpaceX Video. IFT-6 is still planned for tomorrow. Update- Rumors that Trump will be attending the IFT-6 flight tomorrow. Hopefully the SpaceX team doesn't get go-fever. Making Life Multi-Planetary https://youtu.be/T43sbhCKvBY?si=FWGbSesCd1cevq_B Since they aborted the tower catch, the Space...

Latest SpaceX Video. IFT-6 is still planned for tomorrow.

Update- Rumors that Trump will be attending the IFT-6 flight tomorrow. Hopefully the SpaceX team doesn't get go-fever.

Making Life Multi-Planetary

https://youtu.be/T43sbhCKvBY?si=FWGbSesCd1cevq_B

SpaceX Video of Starship 5th flight. Some very good never before seen video from some unique camera positions. https://youtu.be/hI9HQfCAw64?si=xmX6M4-nbgWIPqnw SpaceX is moving towards flight 6 with a current date of NET November 18th. I have a feeling that Trump has told Elon that he wants to see b...

I just got done reading Eric Berger's book "Re-entry" which covers SpaceX from the first Falcon-1 successful flight up to about 2021-2022. His book for the earlier history of SpaceX called "Lift-off" covers SpaceX from it's beginning to it's first Falcon-1 flight. After I got don...

The level of accuracy(control authority) shown by SpaceX in landing the Super Heavy is incredible.

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1845966756579627167

Trump is only projecting on Harris what he did as President, when he misappropriated FEMA funds. FEMA also has several different funds for different purposes and they are by law prevented from shifting fuinds from one pool to another precisely to combat abuses and corruption. Yopu may want to ask t...

Just as I suspected, the head of the US space council cannot be bothered to acknowledge the achievement of SpaceX on Sunday.

Yes, and Disney argued that they had an absolute right to special treatment under the law into perpetuity, and the courts told them to kick rocks. Kind of funny that the state only decided to change things after Disney expressed a political opinion that the state didn't like. True, but utterly irre...

The conflation of Ukraine aid and lack of aid for the Helene victims in the Hot Air post is disingenuous. It's a false dilemma which is disgusting for them to use. However beyond that there does appear to be a very, very, very real problem with Biden et al and indeed Cooper et al (Democrats, what a...

Disney was arguing that they had a fundamental right to establish a feudal fiefdom in Florida, and the courts all said, "Nobody does." The feudal fiefdom was already established and had been for decades and the Florida government signed off on all of it. Yes, and Disney argued that they h...

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2024 10:09 pm
Disney was arguing that they had a fundamental right to establish a feudal fiefdom in Florida, and the courts all said, "Nobody does."

The feudal fiefdom was already established and had been for decades and the Florida government signed off on all of it.

California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk's X posts https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/california-officials-reject-more-spacex-rocket-launches-with-some-citing-musk-s-x-posts/ar-AA1s6Zsb Given some of the reasoning, the commission needs whammed upside the head...

Jay Leno's Garage "Big Boy"

https://youtu.be/5YMAqqCYe00?si=PQYfbUG6WF4Sx7To

I do wonder if Musk is going about this the wrong way. Just announce that the FAA has brought up serious concerns for SpaceX and the overall Safety of launches. SpaceX thinks the best thing they can do, is do a safety standdown of all launches until the end of the year so SpaceX and the FAA can hav...

I do wonder if Musk is going about this the wrong way. Just announce that the FAA has brought up serious concerns for SpaceX and the overall Safety of launches. SpaceX thinks the best thing they can do, is do a safety standdown of all launches until the end of the year so SpaceX and the FAA can have...

The head of the FCC said that Starlink is a probable monopoly because it provides so much service. Umm...doesn't the 'monopoly' exist because no one else has gotten up there yet? What is even better is that FCC denied SpaceX subsidies for rural broadband coverage because the FCC decided that SpaceX...

This is a 4 page example of a Bureaucracy that is out of control. I would say unable or unwilling to do their job in a timely manner except that I don't know whose schedule they are on. The timing is suspect. Trying to make SpaceX appear to be criminal, rogue scientists to punish Musk because of hi...