SpaceX News

[kgbsquirrel]

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.

[WLJ]

Already is, but slower and distributing its cost over several launches because DoD didn't pay them to develop it unlike Vulcan.

My understanding is that the larger FH faring is not ready yet due to it being a low priority on Elon's to do list since he's so focused on SS. AA's video gets into that some.  FH unlike Vulcan is already flying with proven engines but needs a larger faring for many contracts which Elon has said is doable. Maybe with this BO/ULA mess the DOD will be calling Elon and saying "Pretty $$$$$ Please".

[WLJ]

More faring issues. This time with the Ariane 5's effecting the launch of the James Webb Telescope.

Will the James Webb Space Telescope get delayed AGAIN?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNL_3Iirmtk

[WLJ]

More BO news
The man who just bought a 1/2 billion dollar yacht needs what is basically a bailout 

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.

SENATE PREPARING $10 BILLION BAILOUT FUND FOR JEFF BEZOS SPACE FIRM
https://theintercept.com/2021/05/25/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-senate-bailout/

[WLJ]

Word is SN15 is heading back to the barn.

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1397403053968400390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ABocaChicaGal%7Ctwgr%5EeyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19%7Ctwcon%5Etimelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.starshipstalker.com%2F

[Ben]

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.

https://youtu.be/uX2cS8wvQHI?t=91

[WLJ]

Another 60 Starlinks launched and another good landing

[WLJ]

SN15 rolling down the road to the barn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKfJPq4KbXc

[WLJ]

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[WLJ]

*expletive deleted*it

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1397446169098346496

[WLJ]

What it says

JohnnyBgood
@Casual_Opinion
·
14h
Replying to
@katlinegrey
 and
@DJSnM
Can someone translate what the graffiti is saying?
Tip
LT H
@LTH38584255
·
13h
Прежде чем лезть к вездам, человеку нужно научиться жить на земле = Before going to the stars, man must learn to live on Earth

[WLJ]

SN15 rolling down the road to the barn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKfJPq4KbXc

Okay, not the barn. Went pass the highbay.

[AZRedhawk44]

*expletive deleted*it

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1397446169098346496

Evidently it translates to some of that commie bullshit about fixing problems on Earth first.

[WLJ]

Evidently it translates to some of that commie bullshit about fixing problems on Earth first.

Translation is in my following post

[WLJ]

https://twitter.com/Caspar_Stanley/status/1397140728153788416/photo/1

[WLJ]

To go with the photo in reply #633

Why did SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Make a Visible Shockwave in the Sky? #shorts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkXVJQ0atE

[kgbsquirrel]

https://twitter.com/Caspar_Stanley/status/1397140728153788416/photo/1

Beautiful art.  Note the engines won't be that close to each other.  Have to leave room for gimballing.

[AZRedhawk44]

The outer ring won't gimbal.

[kgbsquirrel]

 

[WLJ]

Chris G - NSF
@ChrisG_NSF
Recent 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

[kgbsquirrel]

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1397970730000826372

Didn't the one Russia have end up wearing a roof because they didn't maintain the building it was in? 

[WLJ]

Some Starlink news
Actually 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.

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.

Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches while it seeks court ruling
https://spacenews.com/viasat-asks-fcc-to-halt-starlink-launches-while-it-seeks-court-ruling/

[kgbsquirrel]

Some Starlink news
Actually 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 ruling
https://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.

[WLJ]

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.

Not the environment per say but how thousands of low earth orbit satellites will impact ground based astronomy.