/sci/ - Science & Math

Fuck boing and fuck urf

electron launch soon

>>12603501
this triggers to rocket virgins

What's Virgin Galactic up to these days? Are they even doing anything?

>>12603508
what time EST?

>>12603508
Alright /sfg/, do I sleep soon and get up for Starlink, or do I stay up for Electron and sleep in? Can't do both.

>>12603518
1:58am

>>12603516
They're just one year away from launching commercial passengers

>>12603528
It's that one year or, like, one JWST year?

Alright /sfg/, time for your nightly injection of SLS cope
www.twitter.com/NASA/status/1351659517122138118

>>12603510
More like this triggers your autism for SSTO's and other great fairytales

>>12603516
They had a botched test flight a month ago, so I wouldn't say nothing but it's pretty close.

>>12603520
Go to Florida, stay up for Electron, get woken up by the Starlink launch.

Might require a little trespassing.

>>12603534
>Orion has already been in orbit
He knows what happened during that test right?

>>12603534
Hasn't SLS been in development longer than starship? And didn't have to have an engine development program because it reused RS25's?

oh man, it's been a while since i've posted doodles here. enjoy this launcher one chan

>>12603548
Cute!

>>12603548
kawaii

>>12603548
>the Virgin FC in the background
kek

>>12603546
What happened? All I know is that it went up on a Delta Heavy. Beyond that I have no clue what it did or what they tested...

I slept through the starlink launch

Is it really as simple as pointing a small satellite dish on site and logging in? I think I misunderstood an explanation that it would not be that. Could someone in china use it to bypass the government controlled internet?

>>12603566
Ah crap, I was thinking of starliner. Orion is probably fine.

pour one out for the MILFs lads

>>12603579
Well, Orion is "fine" aside from the fact that it has a power issue that literally cannot be fixed because it would require deconstructing the whole capsule lmao

>>12603594
How fucking bad can this program possibly get? At this point it feels more likely to kill astronauts than the shuttle. Even though I feel bad for the people working on it who're actually passionate about it, it would almost be best if it just had a RUD to avoid loss of life and NASA becoming even more of a glorified weather satellite operator.

Not sure if this second video from our Xplane autist was posted or not, but it's new to me-
https://youtu.be/mG4msn5mPyU

>>12603535
vroooom enjoy the glorious linear aerospike you autist. Imagine being mad about a gif, I'll post it every damn time just to burn your arse cunt :)

>>12603618
Okay fine, in your defense aerospikes are based as fuck. Wish we had way more R&D on them
>>12603617
That was too autistic for me, but I'll try to get through the whole video before I go to bed tonight

NEWS FROM KIWI-LAND
ELECTRON IS GO FOR LAUNCH AT THIS HOUR
WITH A SCHEDULED LIFT-OFF AT 0158 EASTERN TIME TOMORROW

ALSO
THE FALCON 9 RIDESHARE LAUNCH DUBBED "TRANSPORTER ONE" HAS BEEN DELAYED ONE DAY TO JANUARY 21

TOMORROW, A NEW CONSUL IS SWORN IN.
BY ORDER OF THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR, FOR THE DURATION OF THIS DAY,
ALL MOCKERY,
OF BOEING, AND THE SLS,
IS TO BE KEPT TO AN APPROPRIATE MINIMUM.

>>12603627
agreed :)
pic related, current state of the aussie space programme

>>12603655
Oh my lord this made me do a spit take

>>12603651
A CORRECTION
TRANSPORTER 1 HAS BEEN DELAYED TO THE 22ND

>>12603651
>>12603663
thank you based roman sir

>>12603577
Starlink only accepts customers in countries where they have permission to service. In theory you could setup an account in another country and then smuggle equipment into China but given the bi-directional nature of the link, Starlink is going to notice that you're always in China and likely suspend your account.

BIG SWASTIKA ON THE MOON

>>12603670
Well I was wondering two things

1) How simple is the local hardware, can you make a satellite receiver in a garage if you were a competent government dissenter? From what I know public knowledge of electronics is actually pretty decent because they build that shit for us and I've seen some videos on youtube that make hong kong look like a giant radioshack, hyperbole of course.

2) What if elon refuses to censor traffic or forbid traffic to/from china? He says they can shoot his satellites down, but china will cause kessler syndrome which I know will not go smoothly with uncle sam and be interpreted as an act of war, as well as pissing off the globalists who want as much connectivity and growth in the global market as possible. If you just took down global high speed internet to keep your draconian hugbox china might find out who's really in charge.

>>12603501
>Be me, EMT
>Make shit money and work hellish hours
>Always had a love for space exploration but never entered it as a career because I’m shit at school
>One day I get a call from my sister saying that my Dad died
>Go to the funeral in Louisiana
>Nothing happens, he was dirt poor so he left no one anything
>Two days later I’m sitting in my hotel room looking at old pictures of our family.
>Say “fuck it” and decide to go to Orlando to watch the upcoming Falcon 9 launch at the time
>Mfw I got to see my first rocket launch live but from a few miles away
>Gutstheme.mp3 playing in my head as the Falcon 9 takes off
>Mfw the Falcon 9 was expended on this flight and burnt up over the Atlantic
>Went back to my room and cried for a bit
>I had to go back to work a few days later
I’d like to believe that a little bit of my father’s soul left on that rocket bro’s. I just want to go to space bro’s, even if I die up there it’ll be worth it.

the jim era comes to an close bros. it's been a pleasure to watch his success. please take some time to remember jim for all he did for the cause. a great leader and patriot to the very end

>>12603668
Great. Now I'm imagining a Roman space program.

>>12603688
If any anon responds to this post calling you gay, THEY'RE gay.

>>12603688
Save your money, maybe you can go to mars some day

>>12603696
This vodka-in-a-toothpaste-tube is for you, Big Papi

>>12603697
Roman clothing and gear was absolutely, unequivocally based

>>12603717
Gotta commission an artist to redo pic related in a centurion aesthetic.

>>12603696
I cant believe he's leaving. this destroys my heart, i feel so awful friends

BN2 forward dome has some funky stuff on it

>>12603738
In the prior thread someone asked about the big xband floating radar capacity.
>>12602624

Cylinder, aka superheavy, is ~4,500 m^3,
the radar is about ~20,500 m^3
Assuming they’re equally pressurized the radome volume would be about 4 refills of superheavy.

Wolfram alpha:
17 meter radius sphere volume vs cylinder radius 4.5 meters 70 meter height

Dubs and SN9 explodes on ignition

>>12603688
This is your chance bro. never too late to try something new. maybe they need EMTs and shit down brownsville. a small part of history is still a part of history

>>12603745
oof

>>12603745
Begone satan

>>12603696
A good man who deserved to serve in better times.

>>12603745
>explodes on ignition
Yes, that is what rocket fuel tends to do. Now if it's *controlled* is another thing entirely.

>>12603745
dubs and i explode in yr mum tonight

How can Jeff 'Literally Who' Bezos even compete?

>>12603762
Musk will rule over heaven and Bezos will rule over urf.

>>12603745
I bet YOU explode on ignition, nerd

>>12603696
;_;

>>12603697

>>12603782
>Still can't believe the first animal in space was the emperor's horse

>>12603651
Please keep doing this, it's great

>>12603782
they had the spirit

>>12603687
It's a phased array antenna, which I know very little about aside from the fact that they're generally pricey. I'm willing to bet that the cost is more due to the fact that they're pretty niche equipment and Starlink is the first to bring real economies of scale into the equation.
The components might not be that costly, especially in China, so with some cleverly distributed build plans I'll bet you'd start seeing black market antennae.

ummmm......guys? maybe pence had something to do with sls anomaly....idk just saying...

>>12603697
You are now going to be sad about the fact that the Romans could have had an industrial revolution if Hero of Alexandria thought to keep iterating on his dinky little toy steam engine

>>12603793
based

Seriously fuck them and their sign. It's supposed to handle insane friction, temperature and pressure changes, and that yellow piece of tape stuck to it.

>>12603793
It says
>"DO NOT TOUCH"
with quotes. It's sarcastic.

>>12603696
I love you, Big Jim

>>12603796
Nah. The romans never had a chance; slave-based economies never innovate. If they had been anti-slavery from the beginning, then yes. Maybe having the provinces be anti-slave (their reasoning being so that italy could maintain a labor advantage) would have given them the pressures enough to develop mechanized labor, particularly in the wet mines of iberia and gaul.

>>12603792
Phased array means it uses multiple antennae to produce constructive interference at specific points, which allows you to focus the energy in a beam. It's the same tech that drives military radar and 5G masts. I'm guessing this allows allows for a very easy setup since the dish can orient itself and kind of point at the satellite, then do the rest with the phased array for a very stable connection.

>>12603697
Did the Romans really invent all that much? I can't really think of much beyond say indoor plumbing, aqueducts and siege engines. Did they even value technological and scientific pursuits?

Mars is looking favorably upon this thread

>>12603696
>>12603781
it will be a long time before Jim is topped. congratulations for a great 4 years, and I wish for many new endeavors in future

>>12603805
>Imperator, this guy Hero from Alexandria says he's invented a machine that can crush rocks into road gravel as fast as fifty slaves, and all you need to feed it is coal and water!
>"No shit?"

>>12603696
Wow, a message from Joe Biden to Big Jim

>>12603823

>>12603823
Does the dude who runs the orbit an /sfg/ user? I've seen him post/like OC straight from here many times

>>12603696
He inherited Orion from Bush era
and SLS from Obama era, but just for his sake I want for Artemis to succeed.

>>12603816
Reminder that roman clothing should be the cultural norm on the Mars colony

>>12603823
Jim posting the usual cuckold bullshit
Here’s hoping SLS blows up

>>12603814
there's roads i guess. But yeah, aside from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done??

>>12603834
bro wut

>>12603836
I didn’t read a word

>>12603835
romans deserved to die for inventing white privilege

>>12603834
either a troll or the joke went so far above your head it's in orbit

>>12603835
>brothers, we need to unite against the common enemy!
>The United Launch Alliance!
>No no no, the Martians!

>>12603617
new to me as well, thanks anon. His first vid was fun.

>>12603839
Newsflash, Romans don't rule the world anymore. If you are mad that you were conquered by civilization your ancestors should have fought harder to remain primitive.

Here is your NASA transition team:
Bhavya Lal, Jedidah Isler,
Ellen Stofan, Pamela Melroy, Shannon Valley

I think Shannon is kinda cute

>>12603687
>What if elon refuses to censor traffic or forbid traffic to/from china?
>Eron you want sell internet you comply with CCP
>Fuck you lol do what I want
>Ok we seize gigafactory Shanghai

>>12603889
pic rel

>>12603889
>>12603897
>AA hires
uh oh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQyNuF-Du7c
9 minutes to RocketLab stream start

>>12603889
thank god for SpaceX

>>12603888
you’re just mad that you have to acknowledge that people are fed up with white supremacist roman bullshit. fuck your eagle, cracker

>>12603897
>four (4) (IV) MILFS
based

>>12603897
Why do we live... just to SUFFER

>>12603897
RIP manned spaceflight
Climate monitoring satellites just got a massive budget boost

>>12603910
Live

Superheavy pad cancelled to instead focus on offshore launch :(

>>12603935
based kiwis

can't wait ot watch them skyhook a rocket soon

>>12603897
At least two of these women couldn’t even tell me the order of the planets

>>12603910
Pretty nice, my new 34" ultrawide arrived yesterday. Gonna be a comfy day of launches.

>Elon moving all SpaceX operations offshore in international waters out of NASA and FAA jurisdictions

>>12603937
Source?

>>12603952
Good plan. Biden's America will ban spaceflight because "global warming"

HOLD

>>12603947
mercuries,mras, plunto,u'reanus, urf, water planet

uuuuuuuh

sector 8

CUTE

>>12603952
He knows America is about to go full Bolshevik/implode

>>12603956
thank god this isn't an instantaneous launch window

>>12603953
I'm just guessing because SH pad construction stopped exactly before spacex bought those two rigs

>>12603959
Kiwi gf acquired

>>12603956
LOX TEMPERATURE RISING, APPROACHING NO GO TEMPERATURE HOLY SHIT IT'S GONNA BLOW

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>12603972
Can't they just vent it?

LET THE KIWI ON THE RIGHT SPEAK

Fuck the wind that's what TVC is for

>>12603981
Electron is a tinyboi

Bros how do we defeat the wind menace?

>>12603984
build rockets so grand that they can launch inside of a hurricane

>>12603819
More like:
>"Dominus, this guy Hero from Alexandria says he's invented a machine that can crush rocks into road gravel as fast as fifty slaves, and all you need to feed it is coal and water!"
>"Pay to have him killed, so that my rivals cannot have this machine, because I would rather remain on top than be threatened, as my wealth is currently tied up in slaves."

>>12603983
No rocket launch has ever failed due to a rocket being too small/skinny. it's a bogus pussy tactic

>>12603984
transfer atmosphere to mars

>>12603814
Why pursue technology when you already have an unlimited supply of humanoid flesh robots to do all the tasks in your society?

>>12603967
>SH pad construction
They're still working on the groundworks, piping and cabling at Boca Chica

Kiwi here, our women are statistically proven to be the most promiscuous on the planet. You do not want Kiwi gf.

>>12603915
>white supremacist roman bullshit
The glory of Rome is for all Romans, citizen. Be they Aegyptian, Hispanian, African, or even, perish the thought, those Gallic and German savages.

Jesus, put on track #2 kiwis. I just woke up and I'm drinking coffee to your hold. I don't need to be put to sleep again.

Why is wind such a menace for rockets? Is it purely a guidance/stability issue or does it also affect the plume/create flow separation through local pressure differentials?
>>12603996
Thanks for the heads up, kiwianon.

>>12603994
if SH has twice the thrust of a saturn v, and with the pad much closer to civilians than saturn v, does spacex have anything clever they'll do to curb the noise/energy?

>>12604003
17m tall, 1,2m diameter. You could snap it in half with a stiff fart once it gets going and vibrating from its engines.

>>12604004
Ask people to leave their homes, it's worked so far

>>12603996
How is that a bad thing? Are they not faithful?

>>12603984
Marsform terra.

>>12604007
so based honestly

>>12604007
those shacks arent gonna look the same after a SH launch

>>12604004
No they don't even have a flame trench and a single raptor blows up the launch pad every time they lift off.

>>12604005
I was thinking more in general, SpaceX also HODLs their falcon launches when the wind picks up.
>>12604008
Promiscuous implies impulsive sexual actions.
>>12604012
>>12604013
Sorry sir, but you'll have to vacate the premises, your home is too close to our rocket.
>>12604019
It's ghetto in such a lovely way.

Yeah this shit ain't launching today. Funny how they wanted to launch every day from one of the windiest places in NZ lmao... Also mommy Jacinda is about to fuck businesses hard, good move building pads in the US.

>>12604019
>design one of the most powerful rocket engines in the world
>act surprised when it inadvertently shreds your rocket via debris when you don’t have a flame trench installed
Musk was just testing his luck lmao. Wonder what they’re gonna do about it on mars aside from just armoring the bottom.
What happens if a rock an hero’s a rapvac engine bell on mars?

>>12604022
F9 has its own issue. It's a really long and thin pencil that is also prone to snapping in half due to wind shear. Rockets are built on the absolute edge of "how fucking thin and light can we build these fuckers and still maintain structural integrity".

That's how they get more payload per block upgrade after all.

>>12604024
I guess they need to send spare ships just in case.

>>12603999
By the time non-italians were accepted as roman citizens, rome was way past its height.

>>12604029
The same can be said for America and blacks.

>>12604023
post mommy

ITS HAPPENING

>tfw no propulsion quality engineer gf

>>12604035
Like any other empire, it falls when the dominant ethnicity loses power

>>12604025
Wind shear is a meme that has never cause launch failures. stop repeating this obvious falsehood

>>12604043
>never caused launch failures
Yeah, because they don't launch.

>>12603984
build a large enough fan to redirect the wind somewhere else

this kiwi bitch has serious qantas voice

>>12604043
It seems very arbitrary, but it's probably decided through simulation

>>12604035
Eh, I'd argue america reached its first peak in the early 1900s, and second peak in late 1960s with first moon landing, but nonwhites in those times were still heavily "discriminated" against and america was far more socially conservative and homogeneous still.

>>12604048
she sounds like a newscaster, pretty impressive for a nerd

>>12604041
Pretty much. When americans forgot who made this country and why, that was the day america was doomed.

>>12604046
so there is no precedence for wind shear killing rockets. launch providers are just pussies doing it "out of precaution"

>>12603828
He basically told a Redditor to fuck off today so I wouldn't be surprised

>>12604055
You bet your ass they've run it in sims, scrubbing costs money after all.

>>12604043
It's a technicality I guess, but I'm pretty sure excess wind shear caused the O ring failure to become catastrophic on Challenger. Less wind shear and it could have survived.

Beck would be a genius if he allowed his broadcasters to just get drunk and casually geek out about the rocket

>>12604064
Did you not heed kiwianon’s warning? They would get too horny.

>>12603823
>come on man
>if you don't accept your new globohomo leader you're a bad person
jesus christ wtf

>>12604069
Maori women are based but kiwis in general are... you know what they just remind me a lot of vermont. Quiet yet total weirdos, don’t get up to enough for anyone to have an opinion on them. Also, every kiwi i’ve ever talked to on 4chan was a bisexual twink.

launch thread is up early, because I'm not waking up at 5am goddamnit. Will still watch it live of course, but groggily made launch threads are a recipe for disaster.
>>12604073

>>12603617
When will he release the Starship flight sim on Android?

>launchcat.gif

nice background

Electron going up!

>>12604062
they dont do it to save costs, they do it because they are more scared of losing customers if it blows. like i said, pussies

>>12604077
lol good one

SLS is finished

>>12604092

>>12604092
Bezos BTFO’d my sam gamgee and two horny kiwis

>>12603548

can't fucking wait

Bros I gotta say, that kiwi accent is really soothing

>>12604103
Someone post the Sealand /k/ comic

>>12604103
who bought this already? I missed part of yesterday's thread

>>12604103
You think Musk ever gets tired of the stalking? I mean at least they aren’t stalking HIM, just his business decisions.

what do kiwi girls look like?

>>12604063
Wasn't that due to cold temperature turning the O ring brittle?

>>12604111
brown and fuzzy on the outside, green and soft on the inside

>>12604109
SpaceX did

lol they accidentally showed the payload for a second

>>12604111
If you live here for a while you can point them out when you go overseas and you see one, the men too. There is a certain look that is a byproduct of a small population inbreeding over several centuries. Hard to describe.

>>12604112
Yes, cold temperature reduced the margin for stress induced on the joint before critical failure. The stress is induced partially by wind shear in the first place.

>>12604111
Like this
>>12603959

>>12604110
I think he empathizes with people's excitement, he is the reason so many new people are interested in space, after years of stagnation and "space is hard"

>>12604111

>>12603967
then why do you present your opinion as fact buddy

>>12604109
spacex bought two sea platforms for pennies on the dollar. Desmond and Pheasant

>>12604128
>>12603959
ohh they are hideous

>>12604115
and for only 500k dollars each!
why don't we buy an oil platform anons?

>>12603687
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOmdQnIlnRo

>>12604135
3.5m each

>>12604132
to make you seethe? for the (you)s?

>>12604063
Politics ensured the boosters couldn't be manufactured as a single structure. It was doomed from the start.

Bruh we missed an entire chinese launch cause they don’t announce or livestream that shit.

>>12604133
>Desmond and Pheasant

Good start to 2021 for the hobbit launch company

>>12604153
I only care if it blows up so I can laugh at them.

Uh.....guys?? Mini SLS...
https://youtu.be/tqt4hmsi4b0

>>12604137
Seems like insects are going to wreak havoc on the unsealed part.

>>12604119
where, missed it?

Here’s your maneuverable martian home bros

>>12604138
oh so these fags made a typo
https://4youdaily.com/space/spacex-buys-two-offshore-oil-platforms-to-launch-rockets-from-them/

>>12604167
Ministarshipbros...I don't feel so good

>>12604157
You could tell from the type of clapping they aren’t real Americans

>>12604165
Imagine if they streamed from the booster like SpaceX
>booster seperation
>booster begins falling back to earth
>as the geographic features become more extinct you notice something that looks man made
>the village is in sight and the booster angels it's control surfaces for maximum population control
>a huge fireball, hydrazine and a successful launch for the CCP

>>12604110
>I mean at least they aren’t stalking HIM,
They pretty much are, you track his jet and figure out his general area at all times.

>>12604175
Reminds me of those KSP rovers I make when I'm really fucking bored and want to use the shuttle parts for something.

>>12604157
>>12604097
kek

>>12604175
>Why yes, I do live in a cybertruck XX

How far will the offshore platform be from Boca Chica?

>>12604167

>>12604097
Who would win?
>The second richest man in the world
>some flightless birds

>>12604167
Impressive. They even modeled the premature shutdown correctly.

>>12604205
post the one where sls is on its knees fucking orion

>>12603915
have you decided on which indigo girls song your gonna play when you suicide whitey?

>>12604205

music you'd play in space?

for me it'd be yyz during the ride up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdpMpfp-J_I

>>12604175
https://youtu.be/PtetgK1PuVI?t=95

>>12604259
Has the bowie vibe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFlEIQbmr5o

https://youtu.be/NdWDpiH7HoA
>This is the biggest test NASA's run in the last 50 years
Listening to sls follow up press conference is hilarious and sad

>>12604259
I hear the punk scene in southside Wernersburg is pretty solid. Dangerous, though. You ever seen a mosh pit in 1/6th g?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deA3BXAnHs
had serious issues but there's a deep kind of sadness in me that i'll never see one of them fly with my own two eyes

>>12604276
>1/6th
I believe you mean half-grav, earther

>>12604270
not bad

>>12604259
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EDSGP3d7Iw

>>12604285
>half-grav
I believe you mean 1 MLSG (mean lunar surface gravity), marshy

>>12604281
i watched this a couple months back and i dunno why but i welled up. guess i hadnt watched a shuttle sequence in 10 years, so it was a flood of emotions and nostalgia. it's weird bc the shuttle kinda pisses me off nowadays

>>12604301
it's a complicated feeling.

>>12603697
Some historians maintain that Russia is the successor to the Roman Empire. If so that means the Roman Empire sent the first man into space, sort of.

>>12604294
How does it feel being earth's little bitch? How does it feel that you don't even have convertable soil? How does it feel living on a rock made of razorblade sand? How does it feel being recycled into food?

I fucking wait having to wait 22 minutes to shut your asses down, and then having to wait another god damn hour for you to respond

>>12604259
For taking a plasma magnet yacht out for a spin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9cKyVJuV2Y

>>12604259
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2GC5qGR__g
>genre: space rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6dIShi9WYM
and above for obvious reasons

>>12603696
I though he did good, although I admit I never really paid attention before. I couldn't name a single other one. Rough time to be working high-level government though, so props to him for keeping his dignity.

>>12604259
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNcsUNKlAKw

>>12604311
Feels pretty good not living on a planet with 5 billion african niggers. Enjoy your ecological collapse since you stupid urf fucks can't manage the paradise you were given.

>>12604314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1q-LVH_0vI

>>12604259
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLncD0ta2jQ

Tell me 5:09 onwards isn't just perfect for kicking in when engines for TLI lights up.

>>12604326
Anon you might have retardation

>>12604318
hell yeah motherfucker good shit

>>12604333
He isn't wrong though, according to population predictions

>>12604259
https://youtu.be/-lug-xWnMaM

>>12604335
>climate change apocalypse
>believing scientists
>population bomb
>believing scientists
uh oh bro

>>12604335
you're replying to someone LARPing as a duster, so citing earth population stats is rather small brained

>>12604259
having this come out the speakers at the right time would be great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q2qCV_q65Y

>>12604259
Maximum comfy, in memory of Big Jim
https://youtu.be/flREucFlzt4

>>12604338
>Niggers will stop breeding like they have throughout the entirety of history because uh just trust me bro

>>12603823
>>12603696
Leave space to me

>>12604356
china used to be the same and now they're struggling to increase birthrates. it happens when nations become developed

>>12604360
Based, I love Chineses

>>12604361
>Africa
>Developing

Omega tier lul

>>12604365
So what are you worried about? They'll stay poor and locked to their continent

>>12604376
>Locked to their continent

Yeah I guess if everyone closes their borders to Africans and "refugees" then stops providing food and medical aid this problem would go away as niggers starve and die by the hundreds of millions. How likely do you rate that as actually happening anon?

>>12604319
Mars ain't a paradise, moonman. I thought they taught you how to read over there.

>>12604356
They are following the exact same population patterns as everywhere else on the planet.
No-one escapes globohomo.

>>12604384
never met an african refugee in my life

>>12604259
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jefGwY87K7c

Alone in the dark

Would be pretty based if SpaceX could scramble a Falcon 9 / Heavy next time we spot an object like oumuamua. Double based would be if the probe sent back pics showing indisbutable technology

>>12603687
If he refuses to abide by CCP rules they will, in order:
>Apply pressure diplomatically
>Seize Shanghai gigafactory under an intentionally thin guise of "inspection" or some shit
>Ban exports to Musk owned companies or companies that supply Musk owned companies
>Shoot that shit down

>>12604410
>China shooting down satellites DoD uses
How to start a war.

>>12604410
lol no, you've been fed propaganda if you really believe this. i actually know chinese officials, they dont operate like this

>>12603534
>>12603546
>>12603566

"Orion flight" was a boilerplate. Ie something well below the level of what boing flew with their starliner test flight.

We could argue SX already sent electric powered man rated tesla rover to Mars that way.

>>12604259
When I'm working on the moon.
https://youtu.be/myg0VXPWTm0

>>12604110
He might be slightly irritated by it, but it also strokes his ego, so it's probably fine.
Also trying to stop it would only lead to terrible optics, killing the hype machine that sustains his companies and ultimately no real decrease in rocket paparazzis.

>>12604103
Can this thing even float with a couple thousand ton, fully fueled starship stack on it?

>>12604259
>the ride up
nekkoya always gets me hype https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Zrjm9thRg

>>12604456
yeah, easily

>>12604456
It's obviously made out of iron and iron can't even float. It's dead in the water.

>>12604103
>fags were arguing spacex hasn't even started thinking about offshore platforms
>someone says 'maybe they are looking into buying oil platforms second hand as usual"
>hurrr (heckin') retard(arino)
>implying oil platforms float
>implying they'll spend three billion for one
>implying ss will even fly
>implying platform can even work
>implying rockets work in vacuum

>>12604506
IT'S A WITCH

Will /sfg/ even exist during the civil war?

>>12603577
>>12603670
>>12603687
It also needs a base station within a bounce of your location. It doesn't magically pull internets out of hyperspace. The laser links (when they happen) are probably only going to be between adjacent sats in the same orbit ring.
And then while technically you might be able to get it bounced in (say) parts of China close to India or Japan, it would still know your location and black you out anyhow.
And you can't build a phased array antenna in your garage. That is some high tech level shit. In 2008 I was working on a little project to get satellite radio with a 16-patch antenna (I think Starlink is 256-patch) and I learned just how magic it was. (I only got to do some antenna rotation code and an FPGA loader before the project imploded.) In particular, what few chipsets existed then were marketed (and priced!) for military projects. They were doing that shit with an FPGA and a lot of PhD-tier math.

>>12604217
>expend THIS tower, you filthy dog!
>>12604175
It's like a Jawa crawler.

What will FAA say when SpaceX wants to launch outside their jurisdiction.

Tim Messenger, hi hi. Can any anons give word on when they think SN9 will static fire and hop?

>>12603688
>be me, emt

They'll need EMT's on mars bro, they'll need doctors, nurses and surgeons.

Do your training at work, get a stellar reference, and I'll see you on the red planet.

>>12604036
Whats your opinion of her ?

>>12604361
But any nation they inhabit stagnates or degrades.

>>12603577
>I slept through the starlink launch
Which launch? The latest one was scrubbed again on the 19th, and will be launching this morning (the 20th). SpaceX website says the stream will go live in 67 minutes.

>>12604259
OMW to Mars playing nothing but Troshin
https://youtu.be/x5DR7v04YnE

>>12604075
>kiwis in general are...
As a MURICAN that has spent time in the Lord of the Rings island, I can say the women are quite normal all things considered.
At least they don't have all the she-boons chimping around like we have in the states.

>>12604617
Would impregnate

>>12604175
>rubber tracks instead of steel
Almost perfect

SpaceX stream live
>>12604073
>>12604073
>>12604073
>>12604073

>>12603828
Surprisingly he's not. I spoke with him on Twitter a few days ago and he had no idea that /SFG/ existed. He knows now, though; I linked him to a thread.

>falcon landed on a wet deck with heavy winds

>>12603510
It's not the aerospike triggering me, it's that IESLB of yours.

EIGHT FLIGHTS FROM FALCON 9

>>12604867
muh sekrit club

How many more flights are we expecting out of Virgin Orbit this year?

Man Falcon 9 really is tough. It’s neat that they don’t static fire anymore but it also makes sense; The engines fired only a month ago with no issue so why do we need to fire them now? What difference does it make? Most rocket engines like the RS-68 normally fire MONTHS ahead of launch and then get packed away and installed with no static fire (unless there’s some weird engine shutdown at start, but that doesn’t count. Also neat is how even an “old” Falcon 9 can still push the envelope with the landing. I thought that was really cool I was worried we’d see the thing crash. Last but not least it’s amazing how the Falcon 9’s airframe is taking these launches so well.

2 more landings from this booster and Tony will an hero

>>12604911
the 10-launch milestone will be an important one. I think musk mentioned they’re made to go without major inspection till then

I wish they solved the video signal problem during droneship landings

>>12604921
If this booster completes two flights within the next two months, it’ll have flown 10 flights with its first being in March 2019 and its 10th being in March 2020. If I was Elon I’d carefully inspect the thing just to be safe no booster has come this far before.

>>12604911
I imagine that static fires would result in unnecessary engine wear that actually decreases engine life in the long term. Delightfully counterintuitive.

>airframe
As long as everything remains within the factor of safety, does the actual booster structure experience wear and fatigue?

>>12604932
I think I read somewhere that the first booster to reach 10 flights will be taken apart piece by piece and inspected.

>>12603017
>>12603027
>>12603078
>>12603156
Not him, but those people do exist. Might not be that many of them, but they do exist. Just go on /pol/ and you'll see people hating on Musk because he allegedly sponges off the government, stuff like that.

>>12604932
35 day turnaround on this one too, wasn't it? Another record.

>>12604945
38 with the delays

>>12604952
3 days standing around is not part of the turnaround.

>Elon's gonna print 1000 Starships that will be permanently flying

>NASA'S SLS is only launching between 1 and 4 times a year

>>12604932
>10 launches
>in one year
blundert0e btfo

>>12604954
we really don’t know the theoretical turnaround time.

>>12604958
35 days was stated, but 3 days of delay is not part of it.

>>12604911
>The engines fired only a month ago with no issue so why do we need to fire them now? What difference does it make?
They probably inspect/clean them between flights.
For example the 5th Starlink launch had an engine shut-off during ascent because there was some cleaning fluid left. Don't know if there was a static fire or if it could have detected the problem.

What % chances Musk has to actually reach Mars with manned flights?

I give it 30%

>>12604955
SLS will be lucky to launch once every two years lmao

>>12604962
I’m pretty sure there was a static fire on that flight it was just dumb luck that it didn’t work, which sucks because usually SpaceX gets lucky

>>12604955
If SLS flies 4 times a year I’ll eat a shoe. It literally can’t fly more than twice because it takes so long to stack.

>>12604937
Vibration and thermal cycling don't stop having any effect at all just because they're at safe levels, eventually lifetime stresses will catch up with it. Even SpaceX doesn't know when that will be though, for all we know it could longer than the life of the F9 platform itself.

>>12604932
It's 2021 now bro.

>>12604968
I think it will happen, but it will be much later than everyone is saying.

>>12604971
It's not that surprising since the static fire is only a few seconds and it the engine shut off after more than a minute in flight

>>12604982
It won't be until they fix some issues.

>>12604908
Nevermind wiki says they have 3 more launches planned for this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LauncherOne#Future_launches

need a shop of this with SLS

>>12604977
I've heard they literally don't have the production capacity to build more than two a year.
>>12604982
Ha ha that makes more sense, because that would mean like a launch every five weeks, records would have been busted hard.
>>12605002
>clocks are hard
t.Starliner Engineering Team

>>12605049
WHat

You would think someone in Congress would have pushed for a law banning the use of SRBs for human flight by now.

>>12605049
God this activates my poo fetish for sure. saving this for later and sending it to isaac

>>12605056
It's a drawing from those schizophrenics who believe "nasa" is hebrew for "deception", therefore space is fake.

>>12605069
>But think of the contractors!!!!!
SRBs do have a reliable record though. It’s just that the shuttle sucked. 269/270 SRB flights on the shuttle worked that’s an even better success rate than Falcon 9.

>>12605080
what does NACA mean in Hebrew then?
god conspiracy retards are so dumb

Starlink sats yeeted (yotten?)

>>12605095
it's yontonn

>>12605095
Yeet, Yeeted, Yoted

>>12605091
>comparing engine fires with entire flights
Now compare it to the Merlin engine success rate.

>>12605109
Yeet, Yeeted, Yatta!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6M8D41ZWU

>>12605118
Fair point you got me. Boosters are a meme though because companies usually buy them from other companies who inflate their prices. The boosters in the Atlas V cost more than an entire Falcon 1 rocket, or 6 Merlin engines (maybe 7), or 3 Raptors.

>>12604259
Sogno di Volare by Cristopher Tin
https://youtu.be/7Q2xy1KoO1s
The whole 'To Shiver the Sky' album is perfect for space

>>12604944
>Just go on /pol/ and you'll see-
Stop posting

Starlink launch's mission control feed is still streaming, lol.

Wow teamwork in the eurozone :D

>>12604944
Nobody on /pol/ dislikes Musk. You already got caught out yesterday for posting nothing, but straw men arguments and you are still trying again today. Give up lad you only need to check r*ddit to know the left hates Musk while he is seen in a positive light on /pol/ for reasons I have already explained to you last time.

I get that you desperately want to confirm you straw men arguments to put your mind at ease, but they simply aren’t true and the main group standing in the way of spacex has always been the left.

>>12605080
I think the drawing really means that Nasa promises big stuff, but just delivers shit.

I don’t know where you are getting Hebrew shit from.

>>12605200
Lurk /pol/ from time to time. It's amusing what the flatheads get up to.

>>12605080
>>12605200

my understanding is that it's some flat earther propaganda, i'm not quite sure of the source though; he might be right about the hebrew stuff. the image is too degraded to read it, but it looks like the writing in the top left could be cyrillic, could be some roskosmos propaganda for all i know.

>>12605129
...and you didn't do what I asked. Each F9 goes up with 10 engines, for just over 100 flights, so that's over 1000 engine-flights, not even counting the extra 17 per F9H flight. I can't think of more than two or three engine failures, and 1/333 is clearly better than 1/270.

>hey guys! /POL/
>guys guys guys, politics!
>hey guys, can we talk about some POLITICS!?
>guys did you know about POLE?! EL OH EL!
Get the fuck out if you can't shut up about that place for five minutes.

>>12605217
Holy shit you good anon? Don't blow a gasket

>>12605194
Link me a thread where majority says something good about him.

>>12604110
I don't think he cares about people filming Boca Chica but something like this would probably annoy him a little because I'm sure it was planned to be a major announcement in the future when finished.

>>12605228
>>>/pol/
Go there yourself and don't come back

>>12605185
>how do I spin reliance on 999 nameless contractors as a good thing
>phew that's done, this will now never be a problem
It's all so tiresome

>>12605209
Didn’t notice the writing, yeah looks more like Russian propaganda which makes sense cause they are probably pretty salty given how much of a joke their space industry is these days while nasa is what everybody looks too when thinking about space or at least they used to.

>>12605217
Social policy shit has no place here but economic policy drives or kills space exploration.
I wish this field wasn't so political but the reality is it is, we have just seen the best NASA admin in decades step down over politics.

>>12605228
Unlike here they don’t talk about him everyday, he only shows up if he says something and they spoke highly of him for calling out the censorship like a week or 2 ago, Jews owning the press (they more so called themselves out) and generally getting on quite humorously with his comments while not relentlessly attacking whites like many other billionaires do so he manages a decent reputation on there.

SN7.2 has been rolled out to the launch site

>>12605232
>Implying I give a flying fuck about murican politics

>>12605239
>100 days since the US has been able to get crew to the ISS agin
>Russia is a joke
They haven't had the money to do anything amazing but the Falcon 9 is the first US manned LV better than the R-7 since the Saturn.

>>12605251
>that Mk1 tier CRINKLE
I don't feel so good bros

>>12605242
joe literally begged him to keep his job >>12603823 you shit stain

>>12605251
>3mm
Hope it works, it's an easy way to save a shitload of dry mass if it does.

>>12605185
I've been meaning to ask, fellow Euros, which part of the ESM is your cunt making? The Netherlands is making the solar panels and Belgium the umbilical iirc. I want to know who to blame when it Apollo 13's

>>12605260
I never said nasa wasn’t a joke themselves, but the point of the cartoon is that nasa is full of shit basically yet everybody eats it up.

>>12605263
You might want to read that image you're linking, anon.

>>12605185
>Together, with the cooperation of many countries and millions of dollars, we can make pretty renders in 3ds max

>>12605263
>actually believing that
>all of my wuts

>>12605239
>>12605209
Looks like a watermark of some image aggregator site. It reads
>conspirological memes for elites of all sorts
("elites" is also misspelled to indicate it's used in ironical sense)

>>12605275
lmao

>>12605224
someone should give von braun a mtn dew out of respect for jim "punished big jim" bridenstine, fallen hero

>>12605275
kek, blame the French just because it would make them seethe

>>12605251
wow. I thought it looked like shit last week but holy moly it really does look absolutely awful!!

>>12605278
>>12605281
cope

>>12605275
whatever part the italians make will fail

>>12605304
With what?

Do we have any kind of idea when the pressure tank pop will be?

>>12604114
top kek
kiwi is best fruit

>>12604555
Possibly.

>>12605315
Tomorrow has a road closure so I assume that is for the pressure test.

>>12605163
Why, when it's true? Seethe you fucking retard.

>>12605194
>Nobody on /pol/ dislikes Musk.
Yes they do, I've seen people say stuff like "he just sponges off the government" or whatever.

>You already got caught out yesterday for posting nothing
I already said I'm not the guy who made the posts in the last thread.

>the left hates Musk
Some probably do, and so do some on the right. Why are you seething about this?

>the main group standing in the way of spacex has always been the left.
Ebin meme my fellow /pol/tard, us righties are always the based side!

Cringe.

>>12604968
90%. He has much more momentum now, especially with starlink funding.

>>12605345
Please just stop with the non-space related politics.

>>12605345
>this post is extremely low quality

https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1351917625715130368
Last goodbye to Big Jim

>>12605350
It's about Musk. And I didn't start this stupid discussion, I'm just telling them they're wrong in saying Musk doesn't have any people on the right who dislike him.

They're the ones getting butthurt about this.

>>12604103
how do you guys think this will be converted? will they just use the heli pad, or will they overhaul the whole thing to have one big smooth surface?

>>12605354
I didn't start this discussion, they're the ones getting butthurt and I'm telling them that they're wrong because they are.

COPE and SEETHE.

>>12605363
Lots of people of all political leanings hate Musk while others suck his cock, it's not relivant to /sfg/ unless the people that hate him or suck his cock have political power over US spaceflight.

>>12605371
>this post is also extremely low quality

>>12605345
>reddit spacing

>>12605370
I assume it's going to be for landing the first stage as the second stage should be able to return to launch site.
In that case I think they are going to give it an armored flat top and have propellant storage below so it can fly back to the launch site.
They would also need a small crane to put an aerodynamic nosecone on it for the return flight.

>>12605384
Yeah but I don't think they want to have the second stage to return somewhere else, otherwise they would have to have a whole waiting line of starships near the platform since they want to be able to make multiples lunches rapidly

>>12605389
>they want to be able to make multiples lunches rapidly
they better hire good cooks

Holy shit Big Jim started tearing up in his farewell address bros

>>12605389
>have 2 first stages per second stage
Easy fix assuming Musk and his "1 hour turnaround" is actually needed within the next 2 centuries.

>>12605397
https://twitter.com/jimbridenstine/status/1351917625715130368?s=21

>>12605400
Its a 3 hour turnaround, and it is needed for being able to fuel martian colonization fleets of hundreds or thousands of starships in between the orbital synods in time.

>>12604955
>4 times a year
>SLS

You wish. That requires many billions in expanding engine and fuel tank production.

If they can pull of rate of 1/y the program will be a gigantic sucess.

>>12605397
>>12605407
Don't cry Jimmy it is going to be alright :(

So, who will replace him?

>>12605409
I was just thinking about it and a single LEO orbit takes 90 minutes while the first stage will be landing 10 to 15 minutes after launch.
This means:
>launch
>15 min later first stage lands
>60 minutes to refuel and get first stage ready to launch
>15 minute return flight
>first and second stage land at launch site at the same time

>>12604968
At this point only regulatory malpractices can stop it.

>>12605419
Kendra Horn!

>>12605419
A climate cunt, no doubt

>>12605420
They don't have to land at the same time though.
Imagine if they used the Starship form the previous launch to land near the next Superheavy

>>12605419
Boeing

>>12605427
That is what I was saying here >>12605400

>>12605427
nono, to land ON TOP of the next Superheavy

>>12605407
Legit punished jim. He has probably been thinking about this day for the past few weeks

>>12605419
MOMMY

Get ready for NASA doing nothing except studying BS climate change

>TFW never saw a shuttle launch live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw9gHAmObps

>>12605453
We could still go see SLS launch in 20 years. Do they make kevlar umbrellas? There will be shrapnel raining down on us

>>12605372
>Lots of people of all political leanings hate Musk while others suck his cock
THAT'S LITERALLY MY POINT.

>it's not relivant to /sfg/
As I said, I didn't start the discussion. But it is still relevant because it's about an important figure in spaceflight.

>>12605375
Seethe.

>>12605381
How new are you? Pic related.

>>12605451
Nah, there are legit concerns about a civil war and last time that was the case they used the moon landing as the ultimate circus following the cassic "beard and circuses" trick.
I think Artemis will still happen as quickly as they can get the SLS working.

>>12605462
>[aggressive shitposting intensifies]

>>12605384
I doubt theyd be flying it back to the launch site anytime soon. It would be impossible to get FAA approval for flying a mostly untested rocket over US soil.

>>12605469
Civil war is the best option but would probably put spaceflight on halt

>>12605363
Look, I'm not one of those asshole plebbitors who go "UGHHHHH OMG GO BACK TO /POL/ /POL/ /POL/ EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE", but please just cut it out.

>>12605478
based rational spaceflight enthusiast

>>12605453
>read this
>think underage b&
>check when the fast flight was
>12 years ago
I'm getting old, people that were 6 for the last shuttle launch can now die for Israel.

>>12605475
It would be coming in from the sea and landing on the shore, the second stage would be the harder sell as it would be reentering above the US like the shuttle did.

>>12605485
To be fair, I'm sure there's people who lived their full adult life during the shuttle era and never saw a launch/landing with their own eyes.

>>12605478
He won't, this is what gets him off.

Thread-related, what's /sfg/ think of the little helicopter on Perseverance? Kind of useless but getting aerial panorama images might be cool. I remember seeing a video of pic-related getting tested by air-drop years ago, canceled of course but I wonder now if it would've worked?

>>12605488
Mars plane is a terrible idea as it can't safely land. Mars chopper is a great idea, it can cover great distances fast, find something interesting and land close to it.
The main thing it's missing is wheels as being able to land next to a rock then drive close enough to take a spectrum scan would be amazing.

>>12605483
>two virgins hanging out

>>12605488
Having what's essentially a drone camera on mars will make for some extremely kino shots, especially with the recorded ambient audio

>>12605503
>Mars plane is a terrible idea as it can't safely land
A fatal flaw in using it as a one-and-done aerial rover. I wonder if something like that would be useful for aiding human exploration though? I guess the only advantage it'd offer over a regular drone would be range, if you could get it to fly out to some distance and back for a recharge it might make for a neat scout.

>>12603651
>BY ORDER OF THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR, FOR THE DURATION OF THIS DAY,
>ALL MOCKERY,
>OF BOEING, AND THE SLS,
>IS TO BE KEPT TO AN APPROPRIATE MINIMUM.

K e K

>>12605358
he's fucking crying at the end i just cant bros i cant fuckimg take it ;;;;_;;;;

>>12605522
You could probably pack like hundreds on a crewed Starship. You could program the Mars drone to do flips and stuff. Prime Mars entertainment.

>>12605529
Im gonna lose my shit if Jim posts a hint of moving to Texas or working for SpaceX in the next few days