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/sfg/ - Space Flight General Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:01:47 2023 No.15111220 [Reply] [Original]

LauncherOne edition. Will Virgin Orbit launch it before DEMO-1? ABL already scrubbed into the 10th lmao
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>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:04:31 2023 No.15111225 File: 74 KB, 970x640, BnZwVi9KXAata7taKLCGM8-970-80.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111220 too much text in OP

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:10:14 2023 No.15111233 >>15111225 Was about to make an ABL vs Virgin themed thread, but then I saw that ABL slipped into tomorrow and felt I had to mention that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:10:33 2023 No.15111234 ABL EDITION NO BLUFF NO FLUFF JUST SIMPLE HUMBLE ROCKETS

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:14:28 2023 No.15111237 >>15111234 We can have an ABL edition tomorrow, if it doesn't slip again.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:16:18 2023 No.15111240 File: 47 KB, 710x710, RainCube_spacecraft.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:17:29 2023 No.15111242 >>15111220 Tianwen-1 might be kill. And if that’s the case then there’s no way to communicate with the Zhurong lander https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1612294474042081283

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:18:07 2023 No.15111244 The fermi parasnoff smermy fartbof

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:19:19 2023 No.15111245 File: 2.98 MB, 1280x720, tianwen mars.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111242 Well that was quick.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:20:46 2023 No.15111252 unabl strikes again

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:22:16 2023 No.15111255 >>15111242 I hope NASA let's them use their orbiters

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:30:17 2023 No.15111264 New KSP2 footage: https://youtube.com/shorts/LJo06FXTFZ4

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:30:34 2023 No.15111265
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>>15111242
It was due to perform some aerobreaking tests right before this. Looks like it got too cocky and lowered its orbit by way too much and now they can’t establish a lock

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:31:30 2023 No.15111267 >>15111264 2012 tier graphics

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:32:08 2023 No.15111268 >>15111242 >>15111255 Mars Express is the backup satellite, although it's probably on its last legs too and pretty low bandwidth NASA probably could help them with their orbiter, but can't because politics

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:32:22 2023 No.15111269 >>15111267 That's progress.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:32:25 2023 No.15111270 >>15111267 In other world, a definitive step-up from KSP1.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:32:37 2023 No.15111271 >>15111264 it looks amazing, cant wait

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:33:39 2023 No.15111272 >>15111265 >aerobraking test with an orbiter For what reason?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:33:49 2023 No.15111273 >>15111264 Blows my mind how, despite all this time since the very first KSP build and all the delays for KSP2, someone hasn’t just made their own orbital video game that runs way smoother KSP2 is going to suck i’m not even excited for it anymore

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:34:46 2023 No.15111278 >>15111273 >KSP2 is going to suck i’m not even excited for it anymore What happened?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:36:00 2023 No.15111280 >>15111278 He's a doomer, don't bother

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:37:03 2023 No.15111282 >>15111265 >>15111272 Oh shite I just realized andrew jones published an article about it on space news like 5 hours ago https://spacenews.com/chinas-tianwen-1-mars-orbiter-and-rover-appear-to-be-in-trouble/

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:38:51 2023 No.15111287 >>15111278 sold to take 2 , that's what fucking happened. if the devs are running it like shit on their rigs it will never run good on anything

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:44:21 2023 No.15111297

>>15111282
Wow even with passive and active anti-dust contingencies (can’t think of a better word ugh) the rover has been in hibernation since May of last year and dust might have killed it
And the orbiter seems to have fucked off into its own orbit? This is weird. Well even if the mission is dead now it’s still a really good run for a first attempt from China.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:50:23 2023 No.15111312 >>15111297 these guys plan a sample return before US

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:50:27 2023 No.15111313 Perseverance and Curiosity will last until the first human landing. There is pretty much nothing that could kill them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:51:23 2023 No.15111317 >>15111313 For how long does their nuclear batteries last?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:52:13 2023 No.15111318 >>15111313 Considering the Voyagers still work I have little doubts. Curiosity might lose its wheels though

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:52:38 2023 No.15111320 >>15111313 jpl intern here, we're killing curiosity in may and no you did not hear it frum me

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:55:39 2023 No.15111329 File: 559 KB, 1024x1024, _mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_03706_opgs_edr_ncam_NLB_726499495EDR_F0991256NCAM00354M_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111313

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 17:58:31 2023 No.15111339 They have started methane heat exchangers and Ship hasn't even been stacket yet...

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:04:30 2023 No.15111352 File: 512 KB, 900x506, 1673287422006386.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111329 'tis merely a flesh wound

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:09:37 2023 No.15111360 >>15111339 Propellant has been warming up for a long time. They're chilling it with nitrogen and putting it back in the storage tanks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:13:18 2023 No.15111371 >>15111360 lame

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:15:42 2023 No.15111375 https://youtu.be/baHSxMQzGN8?t=490 everyday astronaut said the word "pooped" in his new video

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:19:38 2023 No.15111382 File: 90 KB, 780x734, a75f65ac092a6d7ac1dcbed9f01259e1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111375 >best space moments of 2022 >starship on the thumb

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:24:12 2023 No.15111390 File: 1.55 MB, 2599x4000, FmCJKcRX0AIsA_d.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:37:40 2023 No.15111419 File: 452 KB, 900x1200, Fl-zve4agAEbXkS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:37:49 2023 No.15111420 I want to learn sciences from scratch but I have no experience. Please can you provide some tips for me?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:43:16 2023 No.15111433 File: 68 KB, 903x508, autodidact.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111420

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:44:13 2023 No.15111434 >>15111433 What should I read?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:49:30 2023 No.15111441 >>15111434 How about that sticky on the front page? (>>5942502) MIT OCW. Kahn Academy. Harvard and Stanford put the syllabus for a lot of their courses out for free.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 18:50:42 2023 No.15111443 >>15111273 KSP2 should have looked like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTc7SIfwC5c

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:01:02 2023 No.15111470 >>15111441 I have bad eyesight, apologies. Thank you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:07:27 2023 No.15111485 >>15111017 >How much would such a constellation cost? A lot. But with boost cost dropping and a somewhat serialized production of the mirrors and sunshield parts itr would be cheaper to make than the one-off JWST.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:10:07 2023 No.15111497 File: 2.10 MB, 3112x2076, Fl_itQSWYAEUhCg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:11:22 2023 No.15111504 >>15111313 >There is pretty much nothing that could kill them. expect a cat

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:20:53 2023 No.15111530 >>15111273 I don't think KSP 2 will suck but as others pointed out it will probably run like fucking ass when rendering large structures. Besides, it will be a while until mods like RSS and Principia start popping.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:21:32 2023 No.15111531 File: 30 KB, 600x600, 91e.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >dream chaser has no windows why does everything needs to be so lame?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:24:29 2023 No.15111536 >>15111531 it has no crew

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:25:06 2023 No.15111539 >>15111531 Where they are going you don't need eyes to see.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:25:24 2023 No.15111541 >>15111536 Will the crewed versions have windows?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:25:40 2023 No.15111542 >>15111497 Looks like something you'd see in MoMA.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:27:09 2023 No.15111546 >>15111220 First for fuck Branson, don't destroy my fucking satellite

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:27:49 2023 No.15111549 >>15111539 Do you hear the voices too?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:29:19 2023 No.15111553 File: 248 KB, 541x380, 018.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111539

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:29:25 2023 No.15111554 File: 724 KB, 1170x1425, 1A12523D-D906-4E54-B286-6DD580FE0F3D.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who remembers this gem https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1184150505720897537

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:30:15 2023 No.15111559 File: 768 KB, 2459x1382, fheavy.jfif.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Falcon Heavy is rolling out for USSF-67 mission

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:30:25 2023 No.15111560 >>15111554 Astronauts be like >fuck, I’d rather fly on a DC without windows than fly on a Starliner!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:33:20 2023 No.15111567 Guys, How long has it been since the last Starship launch-landing? I just feel like they're gonna stall for another Year.

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:34:20 2023 No.15111570

>>15111375
I skimmed it, here are his opinions
>Honorable mentions: Tiangong completion, SpaceX launch cadence, Super Heavy 14 engine test (lol), end of longest-duration X-37B mission, Perseverance/Ingenuity progress, Vega-C debut (lol), Chinese solid rocket and LM6A debuts, Angara 1.2 debut, Sag A image, Axiom 1
>8: Boeing OFT-2
>7: Firefly Alpha
>6: KPLO
>5: CAPSTONE
>4: LOFTID
>3: DART
>2: Artemis 1
>1: JWST

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:35:35 2023 No.15111572 Lol Cygnus is going to use 4 Falcon 9 launches before switching to the Antares 330. Think NG and Firefly can get Anteres 330 running by 2024?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:36:49 2023 No.15111577 >>15111572 >Firefly needing to develop a whole new engine and first stage ready for operational missions by the end of next year Hmm, I wonder

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:39:34 2023 No.15111584 >>15111530 I'm just pissed off that all the new shit isn't coming at launch, it's literally just gonna be ksp1 with prettier graphics until god knows how long.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:41:57 2023 No.15111591 >>15111570 >Artemis 1 above DART

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:44:54 2023 No.15111599 >>15111390 Orbital flight when?

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:44:58 2023 No.15111600

>>15110904
>>15110790
>>15110895
>with more mature quantum computing we can achieve visible light interferometry and hence arbitrary aperture size
Quantum computing doesn't make any difference for this task. The problem is that visible light detectors (CCDs) only record intensity information of light. To do interferometry computationally you need both the phase and intensity information, and with CCDs the phase information is gone. At radio wavelengths there is the advantage that a radio antenna can measure both phase and amplitude simultaneously, nothing like that exists in the visible.
The only realistic way to do useful interferomtery at visible wavelengths is with direct recombination, like the VLTI and other ground based interferometers. This still requires combining the light with matched path lengths down to a sub-wavelength accuracy. No one knows how to build a formation flying constellation with such tight tolerances, although ESA is pushing the state of the art with Proba 3. For small numbers of telescopes it's possible to use delay lines for fine adjustment but it doesn't scale to large numbers. The maximum baseline (related to the resolution) will be set by the precision. Note that even with all these things solved interferometers are niche instruments, they have very small fields of view and nobody knows how to build one which could replace general purpose telescopes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:46:02 2023 No.15111601 >>15111577 Oof forgot Beta is supposed to be the next rocket.....

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:54:01 2023 No.15111612 >>15111497 What's that

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:57:33 2023 No.15111620 >quantum computing >>/x/

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 19:59:03 2023 No.15111621 >>15111559 anyone knows what the f are they launching? Regular spy sats shouldn't be that big to require a FH unless it's many of them or something new.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:02:09 2023 No.15111625 >>15111591 yes, unironically.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:02:35 2023 No.15111626 >>15111584 It sucks. But I guess better that than launching an unfinished product as V1 and the abandoning it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:03:52 2023 No.15111629 >>15111621 There have been some historically huge spooksats launched in the past.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:07:08 2023 No.15111634 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1612537432871927808 Oh shit the SpaceX double header is still on, but Vandy Starlink is only 30% favorable.

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Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:14:19 2023 No.15111650
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>>15111629
It's kind of frustrating, The biggest things I can find are the KH11 (KH12, KH13?...) and Orion/Mentor, but all of these are launched by the NRO on ULA rockets I think. I guess it could be just a bunch of stuff from SIGINT, early warning, killsats, recon and who knows what.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:15:19 2023 No.15111654 File: 870 KB, 2212x3928, IMG_20230109_121442.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] https://twitter.com/considercosmos/status/1612488479753093120?t=EiF7kpvEuPbqyjP5WL-eBg&s=19 Full stack soon

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Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:20:20 2023 No.15111670
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>>15111220
The missile that planey jet is carrying looks pretty heavy. Won't it be really unbalanced in flight?
Plus when it's dropped it could cause an unintentional barrel roll.

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:22:36 2023 No.15111677
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>>15111670
The airplane is a lot heavier than the rocket, and that particular spot in the wing is a hardpoint built for carrying large external loads. It's most frequently used to ferry spare engines.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:34:11 2023 No.15111711 File: 83 KB, 735x962, da2ba3c80630ff50c12b6d7ac9a875d4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111625

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:37:07 2023 No.15111719 >>15111670 there is no Z button on the SNES

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:37:47 2023 No.15111720 File: 1.86 MB, 4096x2732, FmDpX-CWIBcvWrt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] artemis 3's SLS

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:39:42 2023 No.15111724 >>15111541 Yep

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:40:48 2023 No.15111728 >>15111554 maybe they can just add a little window like 1 inch x 1 inch

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:45:35 2023 No.15111737 File: 1.13 MB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[115_04_17_47], take=[2023-01-09 14.45.08].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] At the same time as full stack, Falcon Heavy is headed to the pad for static fire

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:47:53 2023 No.15111740

>>15111600
Thanks for the insight. Wouldn't an advantage of a space based interferometer be that the multiple telescopes could be connected rigidly and there would be no need for delay lines that change length like on the VLT. ESA also has the LISA mission which will use interferometers floating inside "shells" to protect them from external disturbances. couldn't that also be useful for formation flying?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:48:32 2023 No.15111742 >>15111724 uh >>15111554

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:49:59 2023 No.15111747 >>15111650 these bad boys are listening in on Ukraine as we speak.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:50:59 2023 No.15111748 NASA presentation https://science.nasa.gov/science-pink/s3fs-public/atoms/files/AAS_Jan2023_final_online.pdf

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 20:54:40 2023 No.15111752 File: 655 KB, 1100x1100, content_M012728826S.map.1100x1100.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] http://shadowcam.sese.asu.edu/images/1284 KPLO/Danuri image of Shackleton at <2m resolution

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:03:25 2023 No.15111763 https://youtu.be/5Co18HcyqHk LATE

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:16:29 2023 No.15111778 >>15111763 LIVE (too live)

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:17:45 2023 No.15111781 >>15111778 >not playing the Stones "Start me up" shameful, but still rockin

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:18:49 2023 No.15111782 Stack happening

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:22:00 2023 No.15111787 File: 1.26 MB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[6_21], take=[2023-01-09 15.21.55].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Why is sign language so hilarious

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:26:23 2023 No.15111792 File: 469 KB, 1296x3056, flailing hands9.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111787 Because recently these retards have started being extra expressive when signing, but it always looks silly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:28:07 2023 No.15111795 File: 150 KB, 1280x720, karen space.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] We never should've ended the black arrow program. Now we're permanently planecucked

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:28:59 2023 No.15111798 >>15111546 it's your fault, you decided to launch from cornhole

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:29:06 2023 No.15111799 File: 92 KB, 684x984, 1673299733.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111782

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:29:30 2023 No.15111801 File: 1.19 MB, 2079x1089, 1670670057055.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Apologize.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:29:48 2023 No.15111803 So what exactly is the bail-out contingency in the even the thing fucking blows up or the release mechanism fucks up and it shears the whole wing off? I guess it’s only programmed to actually fire once it has a clear separation confirmation but still

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:32:54 2023 No.15111812 File: 115 KB, 1886x841, 1673299969.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111799 Rotating to align with the booster now

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:34:30 2023 No.15111814 File: 101 KB, 768x1024, 1669091747494.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111803 >So what exactly is the bail-out contingency In a decade or so Phillip Glass composes beautiful music to play over footage of your death.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:35:47 2023 No.15111818 File: 2.35 MB, 3982x3982, FmD5PPtX0A0Sukl.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111812

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:35:54 2023 No.15111819 >>15111803 There is no bailing out of an airliner. It would be harder to fuck up the rocket drop system, however.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:36:08 2023 No.15111821 >>15111612 gridfin viewed from the bottom diagonally

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:40:31 2023 No.15111829
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>>15111220
>America wins 2026 World Cup
>Artemis III delayed to 2026
>2026 is the 250 year anniversary of the USA

How based would it be if we brought the World Cup to the moon in 2026?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:42:10 2023 No.15111834 >>15111803 Hydrobreaking into the ocean surface have fun

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:42:32 2023 No.15111835 File: 134 KB, 904x608, astronaut smug coffee.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111829 We should leave it up there and make the other countries go get it themselves if they want it so damned bad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:47:33 2023 No.15111846 File: 1.88 MB, 498x331, contact-movie.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Have they built a second one just in case this one blows up? /tv/ here btw

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:48:38 2023 No.15111848 >>15111846 A second what?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:49:25 2023 No.15111855 >>15111848 A second one, in case the first one blows up.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:49:40 2023 No.15111857 File: 2.33 MB, 800x450, musk happening.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] IT'S STACKENING

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:49:57 2023 No.15111859 >>15111846 There's no way that's real

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:50:05 2023 No.15111860 >>15111855 kys

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:50:56 2023 No.15111865 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg dragon undockng

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:51:38 2023 No.15111869 I still find it hilarious that the grid finds won’t fold. It looks cool having them spread eagle with the starship flaps right on top of them

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:51:42 2023 No.15111870 >>15111859 That's from the film Contact starring Jodie Foster and it's great. >>15111860 Is there a second one?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:51:45 2023 No.15111871 https://youtu.be/ufyqE7-fLPs if youarent watching this what are you even doing with your life

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>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:52:33 2023 No.15111874 >>15111869 Yes look good. >>15111870 Second one of what?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:52:58 2023 No.15111876 >>15111871 I'm watching the Virgin plane take off

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:53:02 2023 No.15111877 >>15111865 It just dawned on me. Is this upcoming “rescue” dragon going to be Expedition 69?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:53:16 2023 No.15111879 >>15111787 >>15111792 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B9bWxUcnQM

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>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:53:59 2023 No.15111883 >>15111874 Second plane if the first one blows up. They have a backup right

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:54:56 2023 No.15111887 >>15111876 i hope it scrubs and they drop the rocket and the pilot fatally dies

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:54:57 2023 No.15111888

>>15111570
>Spacex launch cadence an honorable mention
lolwut
A single company hits greater than a launch-a-week cadence and this is somehow less significant than OFT-2? Shit, I would put B1051's last flight higher than Starliner yet again falling to meet expectations.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:55:24 2023 No.15111889 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Co18HcyqHk&ab_channel=VirginOrbit Cape Cornwall

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:55:26 2023 No.15111890 >>15111883 Not sure. If the plane blows up people die and the FAA cucks them out of launching for three years.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:55:57 2023 No.15111892 >>15111888 Tim’s probably trying to go out of his way to not seem spacex-biased at this point considering the fact that he has secured a Starship flight lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:56:24 2023 No.15111894 >>15111883 Orbital's Pegasus has done without a backup plane for decades. Its tri-motor is now the last of its kind.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:56:36 2023 No.15111896 >>15111888 Estronaut is a horrendous Bezos lover, it's sickening

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:56:58 2023 No.15111899 >>15111890 It’s really the NTSB that cucks them, a la the virgin galactic failure. But yeah

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:57:57 2023 No.15111902 We're rolling bongs

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:58:01 2023 No.15111903 >>15111871 I'm chatting with a girl. I sent her this and she said it's interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFSq4Q8WDs0

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:58:44 2023 No.15111905 >>15111899 NTSB is also currently in charge of the New Shep failure investigation. Even though it was unmanned they strong-armed their way in on the basis that is “also carries humans”. They suck.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 21:59:32 2023 No.15111907 File: 51 KB, 656x972, 1673301532.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:03:37 2023 No.15111922 Feel like Branson should be playing Tubular Bells instead of The Rolling Stones.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:03:55 2023 No.15111924 >>15111781 ah, they saved it for the actual takeoff, nice!

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:08:11 2023 No.15111933
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>>15111846
>Why build one when you can build three for thrice the price?

It doesn't really speak well of their launcher's rapid cadence capabilities if they have to triple their fleet to meet a minimally diversified set of clients.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:08:56 2023 No.15111935 how long until launch?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:09:03 2023 No.15111936 File: 398 KB, 1344x876, firefox_2023-01-09_17-08-16.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:09:43 2023 No.15111938 >>15111935 2 weeks

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:10:01 2023 No.15111939 >>15111938 that's a long plane flight

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:10:07 2023 No.15111940 >>15111924 https://youtu.be/lAkuJXGldrM another launch

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:11:41 2023 No.15111942 File: 143 KB, 1280x720, [1280x720] vtime=[116_00_54_20], take=[2023-01-09 16.11.33].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] dragon departing

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:11:56 2023 No.15111943 Just realized there's going to be a ton of UFO ''sightings'' in here in Europe tonight kek

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:12:02 2023 No.15111945 >>15111933 Just you fucking wait. Branson has a roadmap for launch superheavy lifters from planes. It will be glorious, I hope you've invested

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:17:06 2023 No.15111955 >>15111945 Just weld a couple of 747s together, simple as.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:17:10 2023 No.15111956 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1612527550089293824 I'm bloomin'

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:18:35 2023 No.15111960 File: 917 KB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[115_06_14_31], take=[2023-01-09 16.18.25].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:20:04 2023 No.15111961 >>15111956 Hypothetically speaking, what would it take for SeX not to be successful? What would be some event or circumstance that would determine its demise even if they're on a great ascent trajectory with plenty to still offer currently?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:20:05 2023 No.15111962 >>15111892 Yeah he won't be touring that Starbase again

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:21:45 2023 No.15111964 File: 191 KB, 1000x449, hadden.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111846 >>15111855 Make two, at twice the price!

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:22:00 2023 No.15111966

hilarious i could see cosmic girl from my house haha!
UK space port is actually just an old large military air base called St Mawgan that i used to go to air shows at. i saw the frecce tricolori do a pass under the tail of a C130 tailplane with 2 airmen sat on top of it. they were clearly insane, and caused the rammstein air show disaster a few months later

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:22:35 2023 No.15111967 File: 58 KB, 680x1069, 642d9629e83bb5898472436bf0b62a99.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111829 >America wins 2026 World Cup

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:23:01 2023 No.15111969 File: 217 KB, 2048x1164, FmEEwLFX0BMNkKB.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:23:13 2023 No.15111970 >>15111943 why aren't there a lot of UFO sighting here in Europe when they launch from Florida

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:23:29 2023 No.15111971 What would happen if the UK restarts the black arrow program?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:24:53 2023 No.15111973 File: 134 KB, 740x867, 1644967935121.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111971 Europe sinks >.t doomer europoor

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:24:57 2023 No.15111974 >>15111971 nothing

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:25:03 2023 No.15111976 >>15111971 no need to, just buy in the stuff these days

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:25:12 2023 No.15111977 File: 2.65 MB, 720x900, 1667905153329496.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111873 They still haven't launched anything from that contraption yet, and I don't think I'm going to get tired of it any time soon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:25:20 2023 No.15111978 >>15111956 >SpaceX is reusing rockets for the 15th time, no one else is reusing. Isn't the new shepard reusable? Also RL didn't reuse an electron so far but they're trying.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:27:42 2023 No.15111983 File: 69 KB, 970x640, 1573591269199.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111877 >Expedition 69

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:28:20 2023 No.15111985 File: 552 KB, 1080x1731, ed14-0186-098_xombie_awaits_launch-med_0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15111978 >new shepard Yeah this one is fully reusable too

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:28:23 2023 No.15111987 so will they be destacking SS again?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:29:59 2023 No.15111990 >>15111987 yes, thats all they do now stack, destack, move it back to the hangar, move it to the tower again, stack it, destack it, elon tweets that launch is in 2 weeks, repeat

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:30:01 2023 No.15111991 >>15111987 yes

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:32:07 2023 No.15111994 File: 78 KB, 586x981, 000972.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1612577720021704705

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:32:46 2023 No.15111997 >>15111987 WDR and possibly static fire

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:35:15 2023 No.15112000

>>15111740
>Wouldn't an advantage of a space based interferometer be that the multiple telescopes could be connected rigidly and there would be no need for delay lines that change length like on the VLT.
Yes, but that's only practical for a hundred meters or so. And at optical wavelengths you would still need delay lines. A limitation of such a system is that for good imaging you want lots of different angles and separations. Rails are only really possible for a very small number of telescopes. On the ground this is done my observing at different times and altitudes.
>ESA also has the LISA mission which will use interferometers floating inside "shells" to protect them from external disturbances. couldn't that also be useful for formation flying?
LISA is useful for demoing some elements (measurement and gentle thrusters) but it is a passive interferometer. It doesn't have to keep the separation at any precise value, just measure how it changes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:35:43 2023 No.15112001 >>15111961 Musk getting assassinated for wrong think, and spacex forcefully merged into boing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:40:02 2023 No.15112006 File: 318 KB, 700x819, 1553529283743.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112001 >doomfags

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:40:36 2023 No.15112007

>>15111961
Years of Starship failures requiring tons of capex. Starlink not being able to reach profitability with F9 alone. Forced abandonment of SS and Starlink due to said reasons. That would tick my not successful box even if they continued F9 services.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:41:56 2023 No.15112010 File: 103 KB, 600x600, 1375435917533.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >spacex forcefully merged into boing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:43:14 2023 No.15112013 File: 52 KB, 976x840, 1642288152356.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Fucking launch it already

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:44:27 2023 No.15112017

>>15112010
They only do this shit if it’s actually to everyone’s benefit. This would just fuck everything up. The gooberment also blocks mergers and acquisitions of multi-billion $ companies if they think it will be detrimental. Oh lockheed wants to buy aerodyne? Nope!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:44:36 2023 No.15112019 File: 1.63 MB, 1626x2200, alfonso-de-la-torre-alfonsodelatorre-xfd-3-superfalcon-03.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] God, I wish SpaceX would tinker around with aircraft.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:47:02 2023 No.15112025 >>15112019 Shut the fuck up retard, they should focus everything into their rockets.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:47:27 2023 No.15112030 File: 460 KB, 1800x1435, YF-23_top_view.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112019 RIP

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:47:45 2023 No.15112031 God I wish SpaceX would tinker around with tonka trucks

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:49:21 2023 No.15112035 God I wish SpaceX would tinker around with fleshlights

Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:50:06 2023 No.15112038

>>15112019
When Starship can fly to orbit and land anywhere on Earth (with legs installed), you dont need an aircraft.

When it can carry 100 ton anywhere around earth in 30 minutes.

When it can stay in orbit for years carrying 100 ton

When it can be refueled in orbit to stay up indefinitely

The possibilities are endless.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:53:30 2023 No.15112043 >There are four SpaceX rockets on launch pads right now >Three different types of launch vehicles >Two of them are launching tonight

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:53:56 2023 No.15112045 >>15112031 Based shlad

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:54:55 2023 No.15112047 >>15112035 Japan already had a rocket launch with Tenga themed livery, believe it or not

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:55:26 2023 No.15112049 >>15112047 based nips

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:56:28 2023 No.15112053 >>15112043 NASA wishes they could

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:57:30 2023 No.15112057 >>15112045 >>15112047 I believe you mixed the two anons here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:58:29 2023 No.15112059 File: 128 KB, 1322x742, komm-keine-panik.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] God I wish SpaceX would tinker around with EVAs or gigantic (space) robots.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 22:58:53 2023 No.15112060 >>15112043 FH is literally 3 F9s sticked together and SS is an ornamental rocket

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:00:13 2023 No.15112063 >>15112060 >FH is literally 3 F9s sticked together It's not that easy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:02:26 2023 No.15112066 File: 465 KB, 2459x1382, FmEA6n9X0Bkj1j0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:02:54 2023 No.15112068 >>15112066 soulless vs SOVL

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:03:14 2023 No.15112069 >>15112063 This is literally true for once. Commonality between side boosters and regular Falcon 9s was only recently achieved, and the center core is unique to Falcon Heavy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:04:52 2023 No.15112071 File: 229 KB, 1280x960, 1557666607050.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I remember when Windows 95 could make a grown man cry.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:05:06 2023 No.15112072 >>15112043 All three are just V2 derivatives it’s not that big of a deal

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:05:17 2023 No.15112074 >>15112059 why do you think Tesla called their robot Optimus? it's just the beginning

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:06:27 2023 No.15112075 File: 414 KB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[1_50_47], take=[2023-01-09 17.06.22].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] here we go

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:06:34 2023 No.15112076 a couple minutes until the Virgin Orbit drop and launch

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:08:10 2023 No.15112077 >>15112066 s0i vs s0iless

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:09:12 2023 No.15112081 File: 13 KB, 600x800, 1641234190708.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:09:24 2023 No.15112083 File: 200 KB, 1500x961, 1673305602023505.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >drop ready >target: esa headquarters

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:09:51 2023 No.15112085 Is there seriously no footage?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:10:48 2023 No.15112087 >>15112085 It's night time you git.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:10:56 2023 No.15112088 >>15112019 Shame they didn't bid for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:11:53 2023 No.15112092 Oh, nevermind, here's four vaguely rocket shaped pixels and some elevator music, thank god.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:12:54 2023 No.15112095 wtf is with this dudes eyes on the stream

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:13:19 2023 No.15112097 the stream is nice however the some units are not metric

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:13:40 2023 No.15112098 >no speed or altitude telemetry

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:14:01 2023 No.15112100 >>15112095 One eye on the rocket, one eye on the telemetry

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:14:13 2023 No.15112101 >>15112083 >target: esa headquarters They are already considering the possibility of forming an international committee to discuss whether or not they should go ahead with evacuating the building.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:14:28 2023 No.15112102 I didn't even notice they launched since I had the page in background. Incredibly anticlimatic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:16:23 2023 No.15112104 File: 870 KB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[1_59_59], take=[2023-01-09 17.16.16].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:17:01 2023 No.15112106 File: 837 KB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[2_01_34], take=[2023-01-09 17.16.51].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] off-nominal

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:17:05 2023 No.15112107 >>15112066 how to get this job?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:17:11 2023 No.15112108 another fucking Vega

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:17:18 2023 No.15112109 >that altitude graph

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:17:40 2023 No.15112110 singles and it fails

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:17:53 2023 No.15112111 File: 1.04 MB, 1920x1080, [1920x1080] vtime=[115_07_13_48], take=[2023-01-09 17.17.43].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:18:09 2023 No.15112112 File: 20 KB, 306x490, xxc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] We good

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:19:08 2023 No.15112115 >>15112106 brachistochrone tragectory

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:19:44 2023 No.15112116 >>15112106 Out to Pluto now

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:19:47 2023 No.15112117 File: 143 KB, 2048x1151, IMG_6018.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112112 Really, really good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:20:10 2023 No.15112119 >>15112111 checking stack

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:20:14 2023 No.15112120 >>15112112 Lmao

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:20:16 2023 No.15112121 File: 52 KB, 337x567, 1673306405.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112104 He's fast!!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:20:21 2023 No.15112122 dubs and it's a success

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:21:11 2023 No.15112124 New sign language guy just dropped

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:21:28 2023 No.15112125 >>15112122 barbiecue roll

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:21:32 2023 No.15112126 >BarbequeRoll Doesn't he mean Barrel Roll?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:22:31 2023 No.15112128 someone post Bezos Champaigne webm

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:23:48 2023 No.15112130 Uhh Why's there a police officer in the mission control centre

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:24:30 2023 No.15112133 >>15112130 Check the public's rocket watching loicenses

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:24:43 2023 No.15112136 >>15112130 ARREST RICHARD BRANSON NOW !

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:26:15 2023 No.15112142 >>15112130 He is the launch control officer. He will shoot everyone there if Virgin Orbit's lisence gets revoked.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:26:29 2023 No.15112143 >>15112130 Lock the doors.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:26:35 2023 No.15112144 File: 16 KB, 358x357, 10371626-0-image-m-9_1551290974772.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112122

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:26:45 2023 No.15112145 File: 2.03 MB, 1394x753, VirginLaunchControlimage.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:27:36 2023 No.15112148 >>15112145 me bottom left

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:27:57 2023 No.15112150 Are we going to tenerife?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:28:14 2023 No.15112151 >>15112145 me taking the photo

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:28:14 2023 No.15112152 >>15112112 >10 millions billions feet >3e+11km How far in space would that be? Another galaxy?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:28:37 2023 No.15112156 File: 72 KB, 969x1024, 1648115327274.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112142 more like LUNCH control officer LMAO

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:29:15 2023 No.15112158 >>15112145 Now show me the Chad Launch control room

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:30:16 2023 No.15112161 >>15112130 Notionalise Virgin Orbit now!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:32:29 2023 No.15112165 File: 224 KB, 1920x945, 1673307079.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:33:06 2023 No.15112168 >>15112145 Why is there a cop?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:33:31 2023 No.15112169 File: 243 KB, 405x720, 1673307057010431.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112145 >"""spaceport""" cornwall is some warehouse >mission control is a geography classroom The absolute state

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:34:07 2023 No.15112170 >>15112168 to suppress rioting by rocket hooligans

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:34:19 2023 No.15112172 >>15112152 not even close to andremoda

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:38:44 2023 No.15112179 File: 107 KB, 728x546, martin-marietta-x-24-wallpaper-preview.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] lifting bodies can be pretty too

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:40:52 2023 No.15112183 File: 113 KB, 1415x2048, 1672337100030947.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:42:15 2023 No.15112185 >>15112168 i don't think they have the tv license to be watching at those screens.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:42:24 2023 No.15112186 >>15112183 China should invest in higher quality cameras. Their rockets are actually pretty, but you only ever see them in 140p lmao

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:44:18 2023 No.15112190 >>15112186 that pic looks really good though

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:45:05 2023 No.15112193 >>15112066 work at spacex but have an office like nasa's

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:45:56 2023 No.15112194 >>15112183 Why does this booster setup look so janky in KSP but so cool here

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:46:02 2023 No.15112195 super heavy launch vehicle with only storable propellants

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:46:10 2023 No.15112196 >>15112183 Ariane 4 looking good

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:46:30 2023 No.15112197 it's over

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:46:43 2023 No.15112198 ANOMALY

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:46:46 2023 No.15112200 test post

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:46:53 2023 No.15112202 >>15112190 Yeah that was my point!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:47:07 2023 No.15112203 File: 448 KB, 1280x720, 1459878957082.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Lads, we completely fucked up

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:47:54 2023 No.15112205 IT’S OVER

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:48:40 2023 No.15112207 File: 203 KB, 606x557, 1269612803711.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112110 unchecked

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:49:52 2023 No.15112210 File: 108 KB, 479x821, 1673308180.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The timeline LMAO.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:49:57 2023 No.15112213 I KNEW IT This mission had Vega C energy I told you so >>15112108

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:50:19 2023 No.15112215 File: 1.69 MB, 1920x1080, Start Me Up Livestream _ Virgin Orbit 2-30-8 screenshot.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Launcher One anomaly not going to space today

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:50:19 2023 No.15112214 >>15112198 It was that 90 degree turn at 4 billion mph that did it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:51:02 2023 No.15112217 So how are Virgin Orbit shares doing

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:51:34 2023 No.15112219 File: 776 KB, 1170x1100, 1646409943048.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] RICHARD BRANSONIUS GIVE ME BACK MY SATELLITE

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:51:43 2023 No.15112220 >>15112217 fucking freefall

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:51:45 2023 No.15112221 >>15112215 Optimism: Gone

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:51:54 2023 No.15112222 Will ABL nail it tomorrow?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:52:02 2023 No.15112223 Absolutely fucking over for VO

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:53:12 2023 No.15112225 These tiny meme rockets seem to fail a lot more than larger ones >Falcon 1 >Astra >Launcher One expect the same of Spin launch and ABL

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:54:32 2023 No.15112229 >>15112225 I don't expect anything of Spinlaunch

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:54:56 2023 No.15112230 File: 223 KB, 871x872, 1572671608974.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] ITS OVER

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:55:22 2023 No.15112231 >>15112225 How is the success rate of Electron so far?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:55:36 2023 No.15112235 >>15112229 wrong

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:56:18 2023 No.15112238 i don't actually want these missions to fail, but it's so funny when they do and I check the comments here

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:56:18 2023 No.15112237 dude angry astronaut is going so hard

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:56:23 2023 No.15112239 >>15112230 gay rocket literally a lipstick

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:56:38 2023 No.15112242 https://twitter.com/VirginOrbit/status/1612589768415526912

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:57:14 2023 No.15112243 File: 206 KB, 479x382, ngmi.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Never trust an englishman to deliver your payloads

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:57:39 2023 No.15112244 >>15112229 Correct

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:58:03 2023 No.15112245 File: 368 KB, 1880x1382, FmEYFc7WIAIXNJQ.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:59:46 2023 No.15112247 Maybe they just forgot how rockets work.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 9 23:59:49 2023 No.15112248 >>15112237 where?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:00:19 2023 No.15112250 Spaceport Cornwall is being raided by norfman. They are demanding Branson give them a free Virgin cruise each.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:00:24 2023 No.15112251 >>15112210 Even worse that the Vega incident. These guys looks like it wrote a tweet that it reached orbit. They don't even know where their rocket it

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:01:44 2023 No.15112255 >>15112130 He's there to arrest every single employee for fucking up

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:02:51 2023 No.15112257 >>15112245 Still looks ass, assuini. Try uploading the unmodified image next time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:04:06 2023 No.15112261 >>15112245 Hdr-addicted fag

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:04:16 2023 No.15112262 https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1612600516592238592 >Virgin Orbit $VORB stock plunging in after-hours trading, -23%. >Was up ~3% when the company tweeted that it made orbit. There it is

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:04:21 2023 No.15112263 >>15112238 For the abysmal coverage that we got, I dont care

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:06:55 2023 No.15112267 >>15112217 >So how are Virgin Orbit shares doing They have failed to reach orbit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:07:06 2023 No.15112268 File: 17 KB, 300x328, ded.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Nine small satellites from military and commercial customers in the UK, the United States, Oman, and Poland were lost in tonight's Virgin Orbit launch failure.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:07:26 2023 No.15112269 They were literally talking over the time of launch. What the fuck was that

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:08:02 2023 No.15112270 >>15112247 pointy end goes up or you are not going to space today

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:08:21 2023 No.15112271 >>15112269 The best VO stream was that one that wasn't public and it's all downhill from there

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:08:30 2023 No.15112272 >>15112268 good. next time maybe get a proper rocket like the falcon 9 or electron.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:09:21 2023 No.15112276 Virgin can't get their rocket vacuumed

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:10:56 2023 No.15112279 Can't get it up

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:13:33 2023 No.15112286 I unhid the chat for a moment and holy crap all the spamming. It's like the faggots didn't know the chat was there and never set it to slow mode.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:14:10 2023 No.15112287 another bong space failure, stick to fish&chips Harry

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:15:18 2023 No.15112290 >we're removing our previous tweet about reaching orbit. >after it had pumped our stock mmmhmmmmm

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:15:58 2023 No.15112292 Are these 2 Falcon 9 launches really be only 35 minutes apart?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:20:38 2023 No.15112300 >>15112292 Yes. It is intentional. The tranny confirmed they were doing this in 2023.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:21:14 2023 No.15112303 >>15112292 That's what the flight plans say

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:21:18 2023 No.15112304 >>15112250 BASED BAZZAS

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:23:10 2023 No.15112306 File: 2.01 MB, 1280x720, vdronestack-noaudio.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Drone footage

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:23:38 2023 No.15112307 File: 18 KB, 326x306, siiip.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112268 problem?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:24:25 2023 No.15112308 >>15112306 KINO

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:25:32 2023 No.15112310 >>15112306 >timing the drone movement with the chopsticks nice use of fraudulons money

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:27:31 2023 No.15112314 >>15112306 doomerism aside, holy shit it looks so cool and futuristic, we are gonna make it bros

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:27:54 2023 No.15112315 >>15111787 As someone with a deaf gf, I can say usually ASL isn't this expressive, but there are a ton of regional dialects and if you're talking to a bigger audience than just people in your region, you need to go over the top

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:30:04 2023 No.15112317 >>15112306 Link for original?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:30:26 2023 No.15112318 >>15112306 How many times have they stacked now? It's boring at this point

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:30:49 2023 No.15112319 >>15112317 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1612601348234817536

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:31:08 2023 No.15112321 >>15112306 It's so smooth it feels like CGI. Am I finally reaching the future or will this all eventually end like Apollo?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:31:13 2023 No.15112322 >>15112306 Fueling in 30

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:31:14 2023 No.15112323 >>15112318 Like 5 times maybe.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:32:33 2023 No.15112326 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1612601348234817536

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:34:16 2023 No.15112329 Love to see smallsoi launchers get fucked. Reminder that Electron, the most accomplished and reliable smallsat launcher, is not profitable.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:35:52 2023 No.15112334 File: 2.70 MB, 1112x535, glowies.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Glowies spotted

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:39:04 2023 No.15112339 >>15112303 Why would you shoot a man before launching him into orbit?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:42:03 2023 No.15112346 someone should make a compilation of isolated rocket engine sounds with maximum crackle

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:45:01 2023 No.15112351 >>15112306 I don't say it often, but I will say it now: >KINO

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:47:18 2023 No.15112356 >>15112321 >will this all eventually end like Apollo? Worse. After Musk's fraud is exposed in about two weeks, space exploration will be banned, until we fix our problems here on Earth.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:48:03 2023 No.15112358 >>15112306 >the sync of the drone with the starship rotation I'm not usually a musk guy but this shit's cash

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:49:50 2023 No.15112361 >>15112356 >fix our problems down here on earth ftfy

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 00:55:11 2023 No.15112370 File: 1.66 MB, 1725x894, virgin comic.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How many months (weeks?) until VO is bankrupt or acquired?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:00:56 2023 No.15112374 Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut likes to do the monkey holding its hands over its eyes emoji

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:05:25 2023 No.15112378 >>15112370 Can't wait for them to be bailed out with bong tax payer money, kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:10:09 2023 No.15112385 >>15112374 okay

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:16:13 2023 No.15112391 >>15112374 don't care, he's going to the moon, (you) are not

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:19:37 2023 No.15112396 File: 630 KB, 1170x1715, 4A0CF193-EAAC-44A0-88C7-894D129C4C00.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Looks so weird here

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:20:36 2023 No.15112399 >>15112396 How does the other SLS looks like here?

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:23:15 2023 No.15112403
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>>15112378
Britain has so little interested in doing so you could use it to could use if for practical testing of vacuum-optimized engine bells. They were interested in "the first launch from British soil" for PR reasons, and even then they didn't care enough to try and get some of their regulatory gestapo out of the way. VO has a questionable launch model (with a now questionable rocket), is hemorrhaging money, doesn't have anything like a dedicated customer, and everyone knows all of this.

At this point the only thing keeping them from beating Astra as the first major newspace venture to go bankrupt is large, steady infusions of cash from the rest of the Virgin ecosystem.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:24:15 2023 No.15112406 >>15112391 Everyday Flybystronaut

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:24:35 2023 No.15112407 The absolute state of western space industry right now if you subtract SpaceX

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:27:00 2023 No.15112411 sooo.. Virgin Orbit is actually an american company?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:28:03 2023 No.15112414 spinlaunch centrifuge or big fucking linear accelerator?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:30:01 2023 No.15112416 >>15112414 Linear accelerator but neither on earth.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:30:22 2023 No.15112417 >>15112414 Linear accelerator if you want something resembling a sane launch profile. Giant mad science fidget spinner if you want to have GSE that's not built for a single launch inclination.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:53:21 2023 No.15112442 >>15112403 I think Astra has a few months of runway. Meanwhile, Branson could write off VO as a lost cause tomorrow.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 01:57:41 2023 No.15112450 all gimmick launch companies need to die.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:01:29 2023 No.15112454

>>15112442
Astra could jettison everyone and everything related to Rocket 4 and stabilize as a satellite component manufacturer. At that point they'd just be Apollo Fusion with different branding and management but at least their revenue would match their expenses. VO doesn't have any options like that. If they can't convince people that LauncherOne works they don't have a company.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:02:00 2023 No.15112457 File: 1.89 MB, 2180x1245, moon_ayys.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >decide to fuck around with https://www.google.com/moon/ >see pic related wtf? is it a bad photo, or ayys?

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:03:32 2023 No.15112459

>>15112329
Their gross margin is positive, the problem are the fixed costs. I hope they get to make Electron profitable by increasing the launch cadence and with the reuse program.

But desu, they should focus on using Electron as a marketing opportunity and as a way to sell space hardware/software. If they can break even the program is worth it. The real money should come from Neutron, Photon(s) and space systems.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:07:08 2023 No.15112463

>>15112454
If they do that, management & their SPAC partners are going to get sued to oblivion by investors. Due to all the money they received, just producing spacecraft engines as a minor player is not an option, they need to keep trying to be a launch provider and either make it (unlikely) or go bankrupt trying.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:13:26 2023 No.15112472 >>15112450 booster landing used to be a gimmick

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:16:58 2023 No.15112476 >>15112472 No it was a hard challenge with great, obvious payoff. "Uuh strap it to a plane I guess" and "swing it really hard lol" are just stupid gimmicks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:19:26 2023 No.15112480 >come back to see how starship is going >its just sitting there >they stacked it again holy fuck just hit the launch button already

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:27:49 2023 No.15112489 File: 152 KB, 4958x2672, 1642539044722.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112399 Long March 9 design here is probably outdated by now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:29:50 2023 No.15112492 >>15112489 Saturn V cargo is such a cool sight to see

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:29:51 2023 No.15112493 >>15112480 People more reasonable than felon chud are handling it now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:32:19 2023 No.15112496 >>15112396 Tumblrface Starship. That shit is all out of whack. Next time he should just trace an image.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:34:36 2023 No.15112498 File: 129 KB, 1920x1080, FmE1dn_X0AAe0mS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:34:47 2023 No.15112499 >>15112489 I honestly don’t know who thought the old CZ-9 concept was good

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 02:42:36 2023 No.15112506 >>15112498 >windows Delusional

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:06:02 2023 No.15112543 >>15112498 Who dafuq rendered this? this looks like the CGI from a low budget anime

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:06:55 2023 No.15112545 >>15112489 >>15112396 Is there a similar chart for Ariane rockets?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:15:11 2023 No.15112556 >>15112222 Yes

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:15:53 2023 No.15112558 File: 200 KB, 1957x1410, 1627805817854.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112545 Not really comprehensive but I did find this. Ignore the baseduz, of course.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:16:48 2023 No.15112561 >>15112556 why are you so sure?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:19:05 2023 No.15112562 >>15112306 Thank you elon

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:26:00 2023 No.15112576 >>15112396 lunar starship looks terrible :/

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:27:53 2023 No.15112584 >>15112561 No over-design, no gimmicks—just reliable, regular launches.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:31:42 2023 No.15112594 >>15112584 kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:40:28 2023 No.15112606 Will the ABL launch be streamed or is it just another gimmick?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:41:51 2023 No.15112611 File: 528 KB, 3277x2048, FmD7SFnXoAAAgI1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112480 but does the anon understand what this means

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:47:43 2023 No.15112619 >>15112611 raptors are some of the sexiest engines ever made ugh

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:48:36 2023 No.15112621 >>15112606 No streams, streaming is a gimmick

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:51:09 2023 No.15112624 File: 189 KB, 624x1104, B9E5E875-B924-4643-AD9A-36820B4C4BC0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just found out Atlas V and Vulcan are the same height. Neat

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:53:18 2023 No.15112625 >>15112624 Vulcan was designed to use the preexisting Atlas V GSE with a minimum number of modifications. It's like how the Delta III was designed to be the same height as the Delta II.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:53:42 2023 No.15112627 >>15112624 No shit it’s just a frankenstein blend of an atlas and a delta

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:54:20 2023 No.15112629 Wtf happened on the Virgin Orbit launch?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:56:14 2023 No.15112631 Weather is pretty bad at vandenberg; the Starlink launch got pushed back to 12:50 AM EST

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:57:31 2023 No.15112634 >>15112229 they're going to go build one for the Kims and get assassinated by the Unification Church

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:57:33 2023 No.15112635 >>15112472 Tory Bruno wanted you to think reusing the first stage was a gimmick because it highlighted how overpriced ULA rockets were.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 03:59:08 2023 No.15112637

>>15112629
Something fucked up badly with the second stage. It hard to tell exactly what because a lot of the telemetry in the stream was complete garbage and because launching in the middle of the night meant that we didn't have a clear view from the onboard cameras.

https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1612635496366366720

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:00:19 2023 No.15112640 >>15112625 what a stupid requirement

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:01:55 2023 No.15112642 >>15112640 It saves money and time

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:04:55 2023 No.15112645 File: 3.34 MB, 1920x1080, tory bruno headpats usui clear.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112642 Sure it does lmao

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:05:20 2023 No.15112646 >>15112168 1. Why wouldn't there be a cop 2. If you were smart, there'd be one near you too

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:05:49 2023 No.15112647 >Virgin Orbit stock at $1.93 It’s over >RocketLab stock at $4.22 It’s semi-over >Astra stock at $0.45 It’s over

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:06:37 2023 No.15112648 >>15112646 I hate cops

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:09:28 2023 No.15112650 >>15112647 Damn time to pick me up some Astra stock

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:20:35 2023 No.15112660 I really want Starship to be successful but not monopolize the market at the same time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:21:38 2023 No.15112661 Starlink launch pushed to tomorrow probably. Due to weather

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:23:23 2023 No.15112664 >>15112661 30% favorable weather

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:26:27 2023 No.15112667

I realised I'm a Musk contrarian.
I was really annoyed by him when people were treating him like the greatest genius on Earth and calling the "IRL Tony Stark" and generally fanboying over him.
Now I'm somewhat positive about him since so many people started hating him for the most bullshit reasons.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:30:16 2023 No.15112669 >>15112667 I’ve always liked him, although the Twitter stuff and it’s consequences were a mistake

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:30:58 2023 No.15112670 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bpTtXr-uNM T-20:00

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:36:58 2023 No.15112681 Keen observers have found that all of Ship 24’s Raptors don’t have any “remove before flight” tags. SpaceX Nigga believes Ship 24 is done with static fires, although it will be destacked eventually

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:37:18 2023 No.15112682 >>15112667 I've been musk stan for about as long as i've known of him, almost 10 years. you learn to take the based with the cringe

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:37:43 2023 No.15112684

>>15112667
For how long have you guys been following Elon? Anybody here knows him since the Falcon 1 days? I think I first heard about him in 2015-16 with the first Falcon 9 landing attempts. Really thought there was some kind of race between SpaceX and Blue Origin at the time, just by the way the media portrayed them. But I've been following him and SpaceX religiously immediately after the Falcon Heavy maiden launch.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:39:02 2023 No.15112685
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>>15112543
NASA doled out some 2023 NIAC seed money for new tech.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-experimental-space-technology-concepts-for-initial-study

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:39:55 2023 No.15112686 >>15112684 shut up newfag

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:40:32 2023 No.15112687 >>15112669 Too early to tell if its a mistake. Everyone told him starting SpaceX was a mistake. Everyone told him starting Tesla was a mistake. Give it time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:41:34 2023 No.15112688 >>15112684 I first heard of SpaceX in 2014 when they first tried to land a Falcon 9 and failed. Despite being a huge space fan at the time, I didn’t really care all that much and I still shilled Atlas V for a while until 2016ish

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:41:50 2023 No.15112689 >>15112684 Same. F9 landing attempts were what drew me in.FH was awesome sight to see. The most powerful rocket by a private company no less.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:42:10 2023 No.15112690 >>15112681 >although it will be destacked eventually Gotta get those lifting hardpoints removed and tiled over.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:42:42 2023 No.15112691 >Ariane 5 reached 7100 m/s at core stage separation What the fuck? It’s almost a SSTO

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:42:58 2023 No.15112692 >>15112687 People who are dumber than you will always be eager to give their opinion as if they are not.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:43:09 2023 No.15112694 >>15112669 >the Twitter stuff and it’s consequences were a mistake You probably think twitter is in dire straights too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:43:44 2023 No.15112695 >>15112690 Yep. I do wonder why they don’t bother with a final static fire with Ship 24 anyways

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:44:46 2023 No.15112697 >>15112695 Maybe they figured if they'd benefit from finding out what makes the ship explode in flight.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:46:25 2023 No.15112700 >>15112697 It makes me wonder if SpaceX would scrub a Starship launch if tiles come off during the final countdown for whatever reason

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:46:58 2023 No.15112701

>>15112684
first heard of spacex when i was 14 and saw a cgi falcon heavy launch. thought it was more nasa vaporware. when dragon docked with ISS i started to pay a little more attention, but didnt yet understand the significance of commercial space. hell, i didnt even fully appreciate the first booster landing, didnt watch live. wasnt until 2016/2017 when I saw Elon's talk at IAC Guadalajara it kinda changed my life. I dont think I'd ever been more inspired. I followed SpaceX like a hawk ever since, the lead up and launch of Falcon Heavy, F9 block 5, Crew Dragon, the whole tank watching saga from inception till now

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:48:04 2023 No.15112703 >>15112691 You forget about solid boosters.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:48:19 2023 No.15112704 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1612669769668517890 Oneweb livestream @ twitter. T-2 mins

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:48:22 2023 No.15112705 >>15112701 >IAC 2016 and 2017 Dude, same. The first time Mars became real for me, too

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:50:25 2023 No.15112709 File: 48 KB, 400x400, 1653326067031948.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] GO

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:50:51 2023 No.15112710 WE GAAAAAAN

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:51:29 2023 No.15112712 It's over for Starlink

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:51:51 2023 No.15112713 >it looks like a flying crown poetic!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:53:05 2023 No.15112716 >>15112705 Kek remember the guy who awkwardly begged musk for a job during the q&a

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:53:38 2023 No.15112717 >One americlap It's over

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:54:00 2023 No.15112718 >>15112716 they trimmed the Q&A off the original video. my fav was the mars poop toilet guy

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:54:37 2023 No.15112719 File: 672 KB, 1347x735, f9.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:55:04 2023 No.15112722 They really have Falcon 9 launches down to a science, and the commentary / visuals are insanely good. Just absolutely incredible footage almost every week.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:55:13 2023 No.15112723 Beautiful jellyfish this time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:56:16 2023 No.15112725 >>15112719 TEA-TEBOLOX

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:56:43 2023 No.15112726 I actually want to kill Nic Ansuini and kiss the Cosmic Perspective girl (and shake hands with the guy)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:56:58 2023 No.15112727 >>15112718 that q&a was pure agony to sit through in person

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:58:32 2023 No.15112729 Haha how will we POOP on mars?? like shit haha! Will it just get everywhere? Poop everywhere haha just like burning man!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:58:41 2023 No.15112730 25 metal chair scoots to orbit

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:58:53 2023 No.15112733 Elon can't keep getting away with it

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:59:45 2023 No.15112737 hello /sfg/gots looking for the 'THROOOSTER' soijak meme. It's a rare one from this general, last saw it dec 2021 but I failed to download it at the time. if anyone has it would make me very happy

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:59:51 2023 No.15112738 is Kuiper using a larger fairing onits Atlas V launches?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 04:59:54 2023 No.15112739 >>15112718 >No essays, just questions please

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:00:08 2023 No.15112740 File: 1.21 MB, 1387x502, landing.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112719 landing enjoy your space tunes

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:01:05 2023 No.15112744 File: 341 KB, 740x590, throosting_nauka.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112737

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:01:34 2023 No.15112745 >>15112650 >buy astra stock after a RUD >sell right before next launch Foolproof

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:02:58 2023 No.15112749 >>15112738 They’re both 4.6 meters in diameter on the inside

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:03:09 2023 No.15112751 https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1612673407396487169 Launch https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1612674029344768000 Staging https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1612675317386326018 RTLS

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:04:51 2023 No.15112755 Falcon 9 gives me so much hope for Starship. Seeing SpaceX make such a well oiled machine from F9 is inspiring in a way

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:05:20 2023 No.15112757 >>15112755 Yup

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:06:16 2023 No.15112760 >>15112744 lol I made that one. What a day that was when Russia almost destroyed the iss, good times, miss you rogozin.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:07:45 2023 No.15112764

>>15112684
I think the first time I became aware of Musk was around the time of the submarine bullshit.
For SpaceX, I'm not really sure when I started following them, it kind of just happened eventually. I started following rocket launches during 2021 as I was waiting for the JWST launch.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:08:59 2023 No.15112765 >>15112684 F9 first test launch for NASA

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:10:20 2023 No.15112768 >>15112760 I wonder what /sfg/‘s live reaction to Soyuz MS-10 (the one that failed on ascent) would’ve been

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:11:17 2023 No.15112774
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https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/6519859002?gh_jid=6519859002

Starlink factory opening near Austin area soon.

Video related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nbEJPDIoZw

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:13:04 2023 No.15112777 >>15112768 /sfg/ existed then, it was sort of just a “ummm woah oh shit. The LES works at least” It was way more subdued than a modern /sfg/ would react honestly

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:14:09 2023 No.15112779 >>15112777 makes sense since this general gets increasingly more deranged with time

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:14:57 2023 No.15112780 >>15112777 sfg didnt exist in october 2018. there might have been a launch thread or reaction to the accident, but proto sfg didnt start to form until a month later

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:16:11 2023 No.15112786

Some early JWST TRAPPIST data dropped. Very preliminary results but TRAPPIST-1g was found to have no signs of a Neptune-like hydrogen atmosphere.
This is good for the prospects of life, but note that there is also a chance is just has not atmosphere at all and is an airless ball

>https://earthsky.org/space/trappist-1-exoplanets-webb-telescope/

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:17:15 2023 No.15112788 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7tuHA5VhN2M Record your answers here so we can see who was a faggot in twelve months.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:18:34 2023 No.15112792

>>15112768
idk, perhaps with some convoluted ideas on how dragon could've performed better, had it been ready to fly back then, mentioning several times that it's a superior system by always having its LAS attached all the way to orbit. cue some mocking to pockocmoc and anons getting frustrated on how fucking old and stagnant their industry really is.
had it happened recently, the entire thread would' be filled with "it's over" posts lol

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:22:34 2023 No.15112794

>>15112780
Are you sure? I remember being on a 4chan thread when it launched. And it was 100% a space related thread so it almost certainly had to be a /sci/ launch thread maybe? Idk everything has started to blur over the years and I honestly can’t remember when I exactly started following /sfg/ religiously. It was after the name “sfg” was set in stone and stuff had started to happen at boca chica, but before starhopper’s flight. It was also after piss airlocks had already become a meme.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:26:43 2023 No.15112799 Why does SpaceX want to unstack Ship 24/B7 before the 33 engine static fire? Don’t you want to see how the Starship on top is affected by/affects the full engine complement?

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:27:34 2023 No.15112801
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>>15112794
>>/sci/thread/S10063117
only 1 thread in the archive that I found for that event. there were plenty of disperate spaceflight threads over the years, but there was no real general formed until tankwatching started up. used to have shitloads of launch threads too for pretty much every launch, but spacex ruined that lol. now only reserved for special launches

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:29:57 2023 No.15112806 >>15112794 Yes, /sfg/ historian documented the origins. Dont have his copypasta on hand, but it didnt have "sfg" in the name until Jan/Feb 2019. before that it was briefly "sg"

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:34:24 2023 No.15112814

>>15112786
Well this was a bunch of nothing but it was good to get some information about why it took so long. I doubt the innermost planet has an atmosphere at all and don't have high hopes for the next two, but I still hope for something on the outer ones.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:36:12 2023 No.15112821 >>15112814 It seems likely that TRAPPIST-1 doesn’t have habitable planets, sadly.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:41:38 2023 No.15112832

>>15112801
>>15112806
Scares me how fucked my memory is these days ugh. Im glad historyanon did that deep dive and cataloged a bunch of stuff for book keeping purposes before all the archives shat the bed. Crazy that MS-10 was pre-/sfg/, it feels like it JUST happened

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:42:10 2023 No.15112834 >>15112821 I will still hold my breath, this is not much results. Even if they are uninhabitable, they could be interesting for the sake of studying the development of terrestrial planets and the modeling around it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:43:11 2023 No.15112837 >>15112832 2020-2021 didn't happen

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:43:25 2023 No.15112838 >>15112832 I toured SpaceX HQ in December 2016. I can’t believe it’s been over 6 years since then

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:43:51 2023 No.15112841

>>15112801
SpaceX made what was once considered rare launches into routine. So its both a good and a bad thing.

They took away the mystique factor of the rare launches and made it look easy. They also forced others to adapt to new launch industry such that we now have many competitions.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:45:40 2023 No.15112847 >>15112837 For real though

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:49:24 2023 No.15112857

>>15112841
I see taking the mystique away as a good thing. I wish so much I lived in a sci-fi world were spaceflight is completely casual
In the other hand, I fear the trivialization will make people stop caring about it, like what happened with Apollo.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 05:57:16 2023 No.15112871

>>15112857
Nahhh that’s like saying the normalization of the ICE would make people stop caring about automobiles or aeroplanes. If and when rockets can be utilized more and more for industry and military purposes, they will only see more and more demand. How fast this will all take is a HUGE guess. Maybe musk will really have do this as a one-man-army funding a mars colony completely with starlink revenue within our life times. On the other hand the next 50 years could see a race between china and the US trying to have an up-mass war with the space force putting their own personnel in LEO and the Moon for territory. Who knows. It will happen though. Earth has a LOT of resources, but none of them are infinite. And technology is only advancing faster and faster. Our technology in the next 200 years might look unrecognizable to us

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 06:03:45 2023 No.15112878 >>15112198 KRAKEN

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 06:13:53 2023 No.15112886 >>15112857 Apollo stopped because its cost wasn't sustainable. The whole point of SpaceX is to make rockets cheap and to make space a profitable market, it can't disappear anymore

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 06:26:58 2023 No.15112905 File: 2.20 MB, 387x338, iss spin.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112744 >freebird.mp3

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 06:29:27 2023 No.15112909 >>15112799 Probably don't want to destroy 24 too in case everything goes wrong.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 06:41:37 2023 No.15112917 >>15112886 Apollo was cheaper than the space shuttle

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 07:14:35 2023 No.15112944 >>15112788 Did mine. Next Spaceflight was very useful.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 07:18:08 2023 No.15112947
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova-C#IM-1_mission
>Nova-C was selected in May 2019 for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services as one of the first three landers of this program
>DOGE-1 and EagleCAM will be deployed as secondary payloads. The DOGE-1 payload has a mass of 40 kg and was paid for with Dogecoin.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 07:33:50 2023 No.15112958 >>15112944 no cheating anon

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 07:34:03 2023 No.15112960 File: 105 KB, 599x657, 1673336036.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Imagine

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 07:35:41 2023 No.15112966 File: 3.94 MB, 3840x3760, FmF0WBxaUAAUPNA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112960

>>	ANON ANON Tue Jan 10 07:55:45 2023 No.15112988 File: 1.06 MB, 2003x1002, CIRNO IN SPACE.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] GOES TO SPACE

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 08:05:05 2023 No.15112998 >>15112988 What a dumbass

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 08:21:30 2023 No.15113014 File: 712 KB, 1096x1358, Screen Shot 2023-01-09 at 10.21.22 PM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112960 Isn't one of them a Falcon heavy? Big if true

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 08:23:04 2023 No.15113015 >>15113014 2 F9 (Oneweb/Starlink) 1 FH 1 Starship 2 Dragons

>>	ANON ANON Tue Jan 10 08:29:34 2023 No.15113025 >>15112998 IN SPACE NO ANON CAN HEAR YOU BULLY ANON!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 08:40:54 2023 No.15113047 Are there any good RS1 pics for the next thread?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:01:12 2023 No.15113078 File: 932 KB, 756x1024, TabloidCover.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Good morning /sfg/!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:09:01 2023 No.15113089 >>15112396 benis rogget :DDD

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:12:30 2023 No.15113092 >>15111978 Orbital rockets only. Carnival rides need not apply.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:14:02 2023 No.15113094 >>15112645 It saves ULA money and time, not the customer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:15:03 2023 No.15113095 File: 91 KB, 850x489, Quantized Inertia Horizon Drive Space Propulsion.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This hurts /sfg/

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:18:00 2023 No.15113099 >>15113094 If ULA wanted to save money and time they'd learn how to propulsively land a booster

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:21:53 2023 No.15113100 >>15113095 impossible

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:26:57 2023 No.15113108 >>15112744 kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:27:31 2023 No.15113109 >>15113095 Just to put this into perspective for the fuel 1 kg of uranium 235 costs ~$15million. 100 kg costs $1.5 billion. You need ~44kg to generate 10KWe on KRUSTY and it would weigh ~1500 kg.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:27:58 2023 No.15113110 >>15112755 it just werks

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 09:56:56 2023 No.15113134 >>15112905 fuck why has no one made that yet

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 10:04:07 2023 No.15113139 >>15113099 Hell no. Their entire business is based around building tanks and selling launches. Why do you think their entire "reuse" concept is based around recovering the one part they don't make in house?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 10:08:56 2023 No.15113143 >>15113139 Because they're coping. SMART ultimately wont save them money, nor time

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 10:32:30 2023 No.15113161
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>>15113139
Vulcan was designed at a time when propulsive landing was deemed impossible/impractical. ULA was under the impression it would take 10 reflights to break even. In reality they were quite wrong, as a F9 now only requires 2-3 flights before it turns s profit. SMART is far more complex of a solution, adds failure points, and does not scale. Now we're at a point where the efficacy of propulsive landing is without question, and SMART reuse is the unproven method. Based on the fun RL has had trying to reuse Electron, the challenge would be greater with Vulcan.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 10:43:39 2023 No.15113166
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>>15113161
based on this they expect to save 35% of the cost of the booster, but of course that doesnt factor in time to manufacture cores. and saves 0% of the second stage (but depots bro!). spacex current bottleneck with F9 is second stages. I shutter to think how much Centaur V costs in manufacture time. I dont think it is possible for Vulcan to reach a high cadence or lower costs without propulsive landing. Therefore I predict that ULA will give up on SMART and attempt booster droneship landings with Vulcan before 2030

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 10:59:34 2023 No.15113178 >>15112019 >>15112030 Sweet dreams YF-23 Fuck lobbiers this is why America xan't have nice things

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:19:18 2023 No.15113186 >>15112645 >headpats Looks more like he's grabbing her by the hair, getting ready to slam her face into the desk.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:23:16 2023 No.15113189 >>15113186 >you knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:25:53 2023 No.15113194 >>15111626 They could still do that though, the development of KSP2 can't be going that well if they can't even get the new features out after delaying the game.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:39:02 2023 No.15113203 >>15113194 Well it was restarted I just hope base ksp 2 has all the features of the latest version of ksp and looks good on top of this

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:52:37 2023 No.15113209
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>>15112806
>pre-Dec 2018
Various unconnected launch threads
>17 Dec 2018
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10223076
Initial catalyst, quadruple launch thread, first boca chica pics
>21 Dec 2018
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10223076/#10230858
First suggestion of "spaceflight general"
>21 Dec 2018
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10231408
SpaceX GPS launch thread, staged from previous launch thread
>22 Dec 2018
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10231408/#10235763
First collective OC
>23 Dec 2018
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10237471
First Starship/BFR discussion thread, starting relatively unbroken thread chain
>18 Feb 2019
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10399256
First thread with "spaceflight general" in subject line

>19 Apr 2019
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10562453/#10562640
First suggestion to use /sfg/ in general name instead of /sg/
>19 Apr 2019
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10571535
First thread using /sfg/ in subject line
>1 Aug 2019
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/10853630/#10854978
First post of SLS is real copypasta on /sfg/ (or /sci/ in general)
>03 May 2020
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/11632487/#11632831
Creation of 4ASS
>09 Jun 2020
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/11779749/#11780018
First appearance of PROOONT-anon
>10 Aug 2020
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/11993520/#11994869
First Krystal post
>07 Dec 2020
https://boards.fireden.net/sci/thread/12425748/#12430004
First appearance of the Zubrin sniffer

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:57:49 2023 No.15113211 >>15113209 sfg is little baby when there are still very active old-school aerospace forums from the late 90s/early 2000s

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 11:59:34 2023 No.15113213 >>15113211 yeah but /sfg/ has no boomers

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:03:13 2023 No.15113216 File: 98 KB, 793x811, energia shuttle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113213 if you were born in the 20th century you are a boomer

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:05:54 2023 No.15113221 >>15113216 thank the god i don't believe that i was born in 01

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:06:39 2023 No.15113224 File: 244 KB, 1656x1041, STS063-318-026-xx.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113213 I am a boomer in sovl

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:08:10 2023 No.15113227 >>15113209 Fuck I forgot all about Zubrin sniffer. And I wonder what happened to the Zubrin mention count.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:08:10 2023 No.15113226

>>15113211
I checked the unmanned spaceflight forum some anon linked here the other day.
So many people in the thread about the future Uranus orbiter wondering if they will be alive by the time it arrives there as if any other option was impossible. I find their lack of faith disturbing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:10:03 2023 No.15113230 File: 43 KB, 679x679, apollo18_ g.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113221 > thinks his curse is a blessing

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:12:35 2023 No.15113235 >>15113227 hard to count when the archives got all fucked up

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:18:26 2023 No.15113241

>>15113211
I don't know if it's still the case but back in the day I used to find those places insufferable because of the prevailing opinions that private spaceflight won't amount to anything and that we should only focus on unmanned probes because manned planetary exploration is a waste of time and money. Though I'm sure by now those old boomer mindsets are in the minority

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:19:44 2023 No.15113242 >>15113241 yeah, the shuttle era fucked up boomer brains for good

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:23:13 2023 No.15113244 Would private moon landers open the possibility of long lasting manned lunar missions? Just a somewhat cheap lander filled with supplies for the astronauts. (I'm imagining this as a no-Starship scenario)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:28:51 2023 No.15113247 >>15113244 That’s the ultimate goal, yes

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:37:29 2023 No.15113254 File: 120 KB, 385x604, lunar- leaper- psmar69.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113244 How long lasting though? getting through the lunar night is tricky

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:39:30 2023 No.15113255 >>15113254 Could a nuclear reactor be enough to heat a permanent station?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:43:01 2023 No.15113263 File: 189 KB, 1094x728, Star trails earth orbit from the International Space Station.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113255 That has its own issues which is why the poles are attractive for their near permanent sunlight

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 12:45:25 2023 No.15113267 >>15113263 Well, I guess that with the tilt in relation to the Sun there are some parts that would get extended sunlight through the year, I have no idea how much.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 13:08:07 2023 No.15113295
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are you guys gonna meet me on the south side of rio grande? it's only 2 miles from the launch site from mexico. they dont abide by the american exclusion zone, normally gotta be 5 miles away if on the american side

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 13:40:04 2023 No.15113317 >>15112684 I think I started following him in like 2013-2014, kind of inspired me to switch from physics to engineering, but its been a while so kind of fuzzy on that

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 13:57:33 2023 No.15113326 >>15112684 I do remember hearing about one of the failed Falcon 1 launches on the news. Didn't really start following him until F9 started to get underway.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:00:52 2023 No.15113333 >>15113326 This is odd, before a few years ago the only newspace company I saw on the news in my country was one who did high altitude flights back in the 2000's, I don't even know which one it was.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:03:08 2023 No.15113335

I wonder, how different versions of starship would look like, if they were designed for
'special cases'. Once they would have a stable working base starship that would make sense to make some different subtypes, just like ironman had different suits (please don't onions-jack me for marvel reference).

For now there is lunar starship, and maybe some special mars lingering in the distance, but how many different uses it could sustain, and what modifications you would make?

Or maybe making different starships variants would be useless if you could construct or ship, purpose build ships on orbit?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:06:11 2023 No.15113338 File: 683 KB, 1920x1080, Starship-Variants.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113335 I hope a deep space one ends the age of gravity assists.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:25:11 2023 No.15113352
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>>15112684
I remember reading about Musk on /b/ of all places, around 2011/2. People were mocking him for his pursuit of vertical landing of orbital boosters, saying that if it was possible, NASA would've done it already. They were calling him a scam and a fraud back then lmao. Have followed SpaceX and Musk ever since. I watched all the attempts to land the booster live, and am not ashamed to admit that I shed some manly tears when it actually landed. It's been a wild ride.
>>15113209
Ngl seeing my shitposts documented gives me a surreal feeling. I was really frustrated that we had no place on 4chan to discuss SpaceX in detail pre-2018.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:30:18 2023 No.15113359 >>15113352 >seeing my shitposts documented gives me a surreal feeling You can remember what you posted years ago?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:31:14 2023 No.15113360 >>15113359 Not all, but some.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:32:40 2023 No.15113361 >>15112321 Apollo was cheaper than Shuttle it never should've stopped

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:32:42 2023 No.15113362 >>15113352 What even is the point of image limits?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:34:09 2023 No.15113364 >>15113362 Saving server space I guess?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:36:59 2023 No.15113366 >>15113359 i cant remember 99% of my posts but if you show me a link to one i can almost always confirm whether i authored it. weird

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:39:01 2023 No.15113368 >>15113364 It gets all deleted in a few days anyway Feels more like a relic of the 2000s

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:41:20 2023 No.15113371 File: 374 KB, 1759x1815, Boosterthe30yearOldBooster.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15112744 related

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:41:30 2023 No.15113372 >>15113366 I remember browsing some old forum archives and finding a post that I agreed with. It was mine.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:46:06 2023 No.15113375 >>15112832 >Scares me how fucked my memory is these days ugh. I can't even remember if I joined here in 2021 or 2020

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:50:24 2023 No.15113381 >>15113267 There is parts on the poles that get sunlight through the whole year with a handful of consecutive days at most interruptions.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 14:51:05 2023 No.15113382 >>15113372 something similar has happened to me too lol

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:17:03 2023 No.15113406 So, Starship is stacked. What now?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:20:13 2023 No.15113408 >>15113406 Destack :)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:22:05 2023 No.15113409 >>15113406 lunch

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:28:10 2023 No.15113418 >>15113295 no I don't want to get killed by the Cartels and I don't have a throwaway gun I'm willing to just chuck in the river to get back home

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:29:03 2023 No.15113422 File: 1.93 MB, 1295x2489, 1619655762038.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113409

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:39:24 2023 No.15113431
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Booster 7 has been through hell goddamn
>Propellant tube crunched
>Spin prime explosion
>Doing 1 trillion billion million static fires
She deserves a spot in /sfg/ Valhalla

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 15:44:01 2023 No.15113435 >>15113418 lived in az my whole life and cartels are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. those students had it coming though

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:09:28 2023 No.15113461 >>15113431 How about a steel upper stage? Carbon is expensive especially for an expendable vehicle?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:12:45 2023 No.15113468 >>15113461 Ariane 6 doesn't have enough perfomance otherwise. A64 can only do 21 tons to LEO

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:18:19 2023 No.15113479 >>15113468 Kind of sad that 20ish tons to LEO has been considered the pinnacle of rocketry since the 70’s >Proton >Saturn IB >Titan IV >Atlas V 551 >Delta IVH >Titan IV >Long March 5 >Ariane 5 >Shuttle

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:20:26 2023 No.15113484 File: 162 KB, 1200x1200, D5A399AA-45EE-49A4-A22F-92FDE508CDD4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Falcon 9 Block 5 (expended) and Ariane 5 have the same LEO payload What the fuck?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:23:56 2023 No.15113491 >>15113484 what surprises you?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:24:02 2023 No.15113492 >>15113484 What were you expecting?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:32:12 2023 No.15113503 File: 140 KB, 808x1078, 1650652381051.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113431 It's like the first rocket to be reused before it was even launched.

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:34:44 2023 No.15113504

>>15113484
Hydrogen fueled rockets (especially upper stages) are optimized for higher orbits. That is why Ariane 5 mostly does comsats to geostationary orbits.
Proton's hypergolic upper stages get around that using lengthy five burn, five orbit trajectories (and a drop tank), making maximum use the Oberth effect to squeeze enough performance out of the energy-poor fuel.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:36:23 2023 No.15113508 >>15113406 Back to angar

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:38:09 2023 No.15113510 File: 230 KB, 1884x2000, 1669152394455914.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113406 touch booby

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:39:27 2023 No.15113513 >>15113479 It's all you need except for Starshippy things or giant singlemanifest space station / spooksat launches.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:46:32 2023 No.15113524 >>15113484 one simple stick vs amalgation of random ass SRBs lmao

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:47:16 2023 No.15113525 >>15113510 them are naughty thoughts, anon

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:48:04 2023 No.15113527 >>15113524 F9 is so fucking based. It has legs where the lesser rockets have SRBs

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:48:10 2023 No.15113528 >>15113484 Ariane 5 is not optimised for LEO, used to be some proposals for a heavier Aestus upper stage for LEO use but ME was prefered, then it was cancelled. Ariane 64 particularly in the block 2 version should be able to reach ~25 tons however

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:55:03 2023 No.15113540 >>15113479 20 t class has been the norm in large part because Shuttle and Proton set it That and GTO sat never grew above 6-7 tons

Anonymous Tue Jan 10 16:58:50 2023 No.15113546
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>>15113335
>please don't onions-jack me for marvel reference
I absolutely will
you had no reason to bring this up
you could have liked it to various types of trucks or freight wagons

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 17:04:10 2023 No.15113559 File: 69 KB, 650x1000, cheers56.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just a few more weeks bros

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 17:07:54 2023 No.15113564 >>15112088 ICBMs are best when they are solid fuel. No time to dick around with fueling when you need to launch on warning and ampoule types have too many disadvantages..

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 17:08:41 2023 No.15113568 Staging >>15113565 >>15113565 >>15113565

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 17:09:41 2023 No.15113571 File: 421 KB, 600x635, 6E0D26F4-4462-44C9-909F-3DC926CC35BF.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15113524 Proton is so fucking weird >Lol let’s put a bunch of fuel tanks around out oxidizer tank!!!!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 17:25:48 2023 No.15113586 >>15112684 I followed (and still do) a very well known spaceflight blog in spain that was posting about him in 2008, as far back as I can remember.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 18:04:59 2023 No.15113648 >>15112543 >this looks like the CGI from a low budget anime Because it is lol

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