R.I.P. Scout26
Elon could shift gears for a little bit and get a larger faring for the Falcon Heavy up and running and that would allow the FH to take over until SS is available as a launch vehicle in the meantime.
Already is, but slower and distributing its cost over several launches because DoD didn't pay them to develop it unlike Vulcan.
NOW THAT Jeff Bezos’s space flight company Blue Origin has lost a multibillion contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Congress is prepping the ground for Bezos to win a contract anyway, ordering NASA to make not one but two awards.The order would come through the Endless Frontier Act, a bill to beef up resources for science and technology research that’s being debated on the Senate floor this week. An amendment was added to that legislation by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., to hand over $10 billion to NASA — money that most likely would go to Blue Origin, a company that’s headquartered in Cantwell’s home state.
Still have yet to see one photo from the Chinese Mars lander. Well except for maybe one unlabeled photo which may or not be from the lander. Either something has gone wong or they're just being aholes.
JohnnyBgood@Casual_Opinion·14hReplying to @katlinegrey and @DJSnMCan someone translate what the graffiti is saying?TipLT H@LTH38584255·13hПрежде чем лезть к вездам, человеку нужно научиться жить на земле = Before going to the stars, man must learn to live on Earth
SN15 rolling down the road to the barn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKfJPq4KbXc
*expletive deleted*ithttps://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1397446169098346496
Evidently it translates to some of that commie bullshit about fixing problems on Earth first.
https://twitter.com/Caspar_Stanley/status/1397140728153788416/photo/1
Chris G - NSF@ChrisG_NSFRecent news of graffiti defacement of a remaining #Buran orbiter in #Baikonur has led to renewed criticisms of lax security at the Kazakh spaceport & calls to transfer ownership of the "Soviet Shuttles" to museums.From Katya Pavlushchenko (@katlinegrey)
https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1397970730000826372
Satellite operator Viasat is asking the FCC to stop SpaceX from launching more Starlink satellites as it heads to court to compel a thorough environmental review of the rapidly growing megaconstellation.On Friday, Viasat formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to stay an April 27 license modification that allows SpaceX to continue building out the broadband constellation, which already numbers more than 1,600 satellites.
Viasat’s bid to stop or at least slow Starlink’s expansion rests on convincing a federal appeals court that the FCC was legally obligated to assess the megaconstellation’s environmental impact before approving SpaceX’s request to more than double the number of satellites it intends to operate from 550 kilometers.
Some Starlink newsActually wondered if something like this would come up due to Starlinks potential impact on ground based astronomy. It could start getting crowed up there with Starlink + ESA's Oneweb and now China's verision.Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches while it seeks court rulinghttps://spacenews.com/viasat-asks-fcc-to-halt-starlink-launches-while-it-seeks-court-ruling/
Endless environmental impact studies is how the aholes running the show kill technologies that would reduce our dependence on them. Like with nuclear power or the logging industry.I expect they really don't give two shits about the environment, they just was government protectionism against a market competitor.
