2 weeks status?

>>16964140
May actually be literally two weeks.

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Soon

i took a cool night sky picture but i think an autist will triangulate me with it so i can't post it sorry

>>16964157
If there’s no time information then all they can get is latitude

>>16964138
> not corroded junk edition
One job

>>16964158
nah someone will search the entire latitude on google maps to find the same foreground trees

>>16964162
Crop that bit out and replace with au generated ones

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Valentina looks p foxy from this angle

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Why did they send Buffalo Bill to the Moon?

>>16964162
then don't have trees in the foreground silly

>>16964164
too bad if you read about her you'll learn that she was actually kind of a retard.

women should only be in space to be impregnated and increase population size.

>>16964169
is there a single woman in history that had a real contribution to space flight?

>>16964140
>>16964141
50/50

>>16964168
they will look for moving objects in the sky and derive the time and location from matching that to satellite ephemerids and airplane schedules

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>>16964170
the first woman to make a meaningful contribution in spaceflight doesn't exist yet, it will be the first woman to have sex and be impregnated in space, and then carry a child and give birth to it in space, in order to get actual, real data on whether or not doing so is safe. it would actually be one of the most important points in history.
until then, they're just getting brought along to make regular women feel better because some of them (while still highly intelligent and competent, moreso than the average man, including me) are just barely at the level of bottom rung male astronaut candidates and therefore qualify, despite not really adding anything that another male astronaut wouldn't do better.

>>16964174
Use a still picture not a moving one

>>16964179
still picture will show streaks from fast movers, possibly long enough to give detailed information such as angular speed and exact direction of travel

>>16964168
You can use chat gpt to geoguess the city and neigbourhood of people posting about their dumb cars in /o/ but it won't give the exact property location. However I bet most posters here are Earthers.

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https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/2047581240841077057
>A Long March 2D lifted off at 0635 UTC today from Xichang, sending a new group of satellite internet technology test satellites into orbit. This was China's 25th launch of 2026.

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https://x.com/TechSpatiales/status/2047455062784348320
>Today, the Soyuz launch pad at Kourou was destroyed. 27 launches took place between 2011 and 2022, up to the invasion of Ukraine which led to the end of operations. It is Maiaspace (a startup of ArianeGroup) that has since taken over the site for its methane-powered Maia launcher.

>>16964192
when you think the sea dragon didn't go far enough

Isar Spectrum status??

>>16964196
https://x.com/masfaspace/status/2044571852031308059
>Andoya Spaceport has reported that there will be no further launch attempts conducted during the second part of the launch period, meaning no launch for the next several days. This means that Isar Aerospace will likely have to work together with Andoya to get a new license and work on getting a new launch date. Stay tuned for more updates.

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>19th century aerospace
kino blimps, aesthetic atlantis inspired art, world fairs
>early 20th century aerospace
schizos, spooky history, metaphysics wizards
>mid 20th century aerospace
soviet kino art aesthetic, CIA black ops, SR71
>post cold war aerospace
NASA being ultragay with blatant stupid photograph editing scams, soviet union replaced with pootin nu russia, predditors complaining not enough money to NASA scam, xitters cheerleading musk a simpsons con artist character irl, mUh UFO sIgHTing bullshit

We need a bunch of conans to raid the institutes and take out the thulsa dooms. Fraudass era.

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https://www.gspace.com/post/update-on-eris-testflight1-investigation
>Eris TestFlight1 lifted off from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport on 30 July 2025, marking a major step forward for Australia’s sovereign space capability. The vehicle subsequently experienced an in-flight anomaly, resulting in the vehicle being lost within the designated safety area.
>Our investigation found that approximately nine seconds after ignition, one of the four first-stage hybrid rocket motors experienced a loss of thrust. A second motor exhibited similar behavior at around 17 seconds, reducing vehicle performance and bringing the mission to an early end. Analysis identified two independent failure modes originating from the oxidizer pump subsystem. Electrical and thermal faults were observed in the electric pump motors and associated inverters, including components sourced from an external supplier. We now have a clearer understanding of the underlying causes. Based on the findings of the investigation, design, qualification, and process improvements are being evaluated and implemented.
>As with all first test flights, the mission was designed to generate flight data and uncover conditions not fully replicable in ground testing. Data from this flight is already informing updates to vehicle design and operations as we prepare for our next planned missions later this year. A final report has been submitted to the Australian Space Agency in coordination with the Office of the Space Regulator.

>>16964138
the one on the left has so much soul compared to the crap on the right. The one on the right looks like a cgi render

>>16964199
This is why nobody takes euros seriously. For people like america or china it’s just a matter of hardware output rate and/or quality control.
For europe, literally half the battle is trying to convince the overlords to give you a license that allows you to seek another license that will maybe perhaps grant you the real license (which will only be valid between the hours to 2 and 3pm for two days only)
P.S. Also special mention for russia and india (and previously ukraine), who are in their own boats with technical ability but just literally can’t get internal funding and can’t get their factories to do any production

>>16964209
Oh, so rockets don't need launch licences in America?

>>16964204
Space is actually more kino now than ever before. Although I will admit I’m tired of every airplane being the same 737/a320 design scaled up or down. I miss flying boats.

>>16964210
It’s still an issue but I’m overlooking it becuase America is flying SHLVs more than other countries are launching their own shitsat launchers.

>China will return a Mars sample to Earth and prove life was/is there
Burgeroids, your response?

>>16964213
Nuke China to prevent them from ending JPL's "is there life on Mars?" grift.

>>16964204
>NASA being ultragay with blatant stupid photograph editing scams
?

>>16964213
>is

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>>16964138
Remember this time?

>>16964219
based

>>16964219
I remember how they deleted ActBlue, that was pretty cool.

>>16964216
The changed what “true color” was for neptune

Why aren't solar sails a thing of reality?
Seems like everyone, even the japenese, have given up after few attempts

>>16964213
$1 billion to Israel!

>>16964225
they are pointless if you can't move enough mass upwell to begin with

>>16964224
so its not really fakery at all then.

>>16964219
Low key I was worried some nut job was going to try and do something extreme and radical against Musk. People were acting more and more out of control around Jan 2025. To the point where trump got shot, firebombing innocent teslas and blowing up businesses and shit was starting to become common. Kirk’s neck exploding.
Perhaps Musk’s melty and the distancing from politics was ultimately a good thing, people have seemed to have chilled out a little bit since then

>>16964225
Count Dooku had a solar sail in Episode 2, so it's associated with evil!

>>16964234
The world wasn't ready.
IDK if it will ever be ready.
Even regardless of Musk's actual politics that man is the antichrist to current government parasites.

>>16964247
>true color
this is retarded, no way the land on earth is that dark. And the exposure is completely random for each image.

>>16964251
>And the exposure is completely random for each image
you want mercury to be blown out and everything past saturn to be pitch black? you have to adjust to the different illumination of each planet

>>16964219
poor bastard went through the /pol/ phase as a famous middle aged man rather than a recluse teenager. One of the top ways to humiliate yourself.

>>16964255
it's scarily accurate to what i went through when i was 16, it's strange that he's only gone through it now.

>>16964254
>you want mercury to be blown out and everything past saturn to be pitch black?
Yes

>>16964256
>it's strange that he's only gone through it now.
I know right. Very strange guy. Considering he was a literal refugee escaping conscription in the ongoing race war in South Africa, yet he only started waking up when he saw low brow ragebait on twitter decades later.

>>16964258
you bring up a good point, he should have gone through the early redpill phase a lot sooner considering his upbringing and location.

>>16964234
they chilled out because the grift engine wasn't directly being threatened anymore

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Solar sails can make multiple interplanetary trips without refueling. It is superior to chemical propulsion for interplanetary transport as long it is just cargo.

>>16964164
Is that Saul Goodman?

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Why does anyone ever care? Mars is the most boring of all the planets. I will he so happy when the Mars meme dies.

>>16964270
Mars looks so annoying I could just punch it in the head.

>>16964267
What if you use those 5-20 refueling Starship instead to bring solar sails into orbit, what would be the payload to Mars?

>>16964270
because mars is easy.
it's easy to get to, easy to land on, doesn't cook you alive and has solid ground

>

“Following the identification of corrosion on HALO, a comprehensive investigation was promptly initiated,” a European Space Agency spokesperson said. “Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors, including aspects of the forging process, surface treatment, and material properties.”

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If humanity could access another solar system through a wormhole with existing sublight space technology, how might they go about colonizing it?

I got an idea for the story I'm writing that NASA discovers a wormhole in the asteroid belt that connects to a binary star system in a distant galaxy. There are two suns, an F8 primary slightly hotter and brighter than our sun, and its M4 red dwarf companion. The two stars are separated by about 15 AU and orbit each other around once every 50 years.

There are 9 planets in this system: 5 around the primary star, 3 around the red dwarf, and 1 in a wide circumbinary orbit. The 4th planet of the primary and the 2nd planet of the red dwarf both have liquid water on their surfaces.

>>16964279
go watch interstellar

>>16964279
Stop ripping off the Expanse

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wow... when you lay it out like that, this shit ain't happening, sisters
https://x.com/Erdayastronaut/status/2047693275205701915

>>16964138
I love New Glenn. Such an aesthetic rocket. Unlike Starship.
And it works. Also unlike Starship.

>>16964283
this fag has been teasing this video for months or something now
back to work

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ehh

>>16964283
what the hell starship is HUGE
why don't we just stack like six of them and just climb to the moon?

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https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded/
>“Using NASA-approved processes, Northrop Grumman is completing repairs to HALO after a manufacturing irregularity. We expect to complete repairs by the end of the third quarter. HALO can still be repurposed for any mission, and it’s the most mature technology to support a deep space or lunar habitat.” By referring to a “manufacturing irregularity,” Northrop answered the central mystery here: how corrosion could appear in both modules. This is because a French-Italian space and defense company, Thales Alenia Space, built the primary structure of HALO for Northrop Grumman.

>Thales is a powerhouse of the European space industry. It built several pressurized modules of the International Space Station, and it’s working with Axiom Space to build its commercial space station. The company also had a big piece of the Lunar Gateway in addition to HALO, developing the I-HAB module and a future communications and refueling module known as ESPRIT. Ars reached out to Thales on Wednesday evening for a comment about the corrosion issues. We received no reply until Friday morning, when a spokesperson said, “We are working on statement. We will come back to you early next week.” Northrop Grumman provided a comment within several hours of a request on Wednesday.

>The European Space Agency finally offered a comment on Friday. “Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors, including aspects of the forging process, surface treatment, and material properties. Based on the investigation and available data, the corrosion issue was understood to be technically manageable and did not constitute a showstopper for I‑HAB, which was, in any case, in better conditions than HALO from a corrosion point of view,” the spokesperson said.

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https://x.com/ulalaunch/status/2047687101051768981
>The ULA Launch Readiness Review is GO to continue preps for launch of Atlas V with our sixth Amazon Leo constellation mission. Liftoff is planned for Monday, at 8:52 p.m. EDT (0052 UTC) from Cape Canaveral. Early weather forecast is 75% favorable. The evening launch will be visible from Florida to New England, if weather conditions in your area permit. This visibility map shows when and where your best chances are to see the rocket as it streaks northeasterly into space. ULA will offer live reports from launch control in our automatically refreshing blog beginning at 5:45 p.m. EDT (2145 UTC). The launch livestream starts at 20 minutes before liftoff.

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>>16964283
Don't worry Orion, it'll be your turn soon

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>>16964286
oh fuck!

>>16964288
you don't hate euroids enough

>>16964283
>>16964286
All this to do what a Saturn V did in a single launch, lol.

>>16964295
Wait a minute, why don't they just build more Saturn V rockets instead? Seems obvious, innit?

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>>16964295
the payloads here are going to be significantly different

>>16964297
because elon needs his griftship

>>16964291
That's the optimistic case. Recall Bergers "household name" says up to 40 tanker flights for one lunar landing.

Why not give Ceres an atmosphere? I think you can faster replenish it than it is stripped off.

>>16964299
both of these vehicles carry two (2) astronauts and a car.

>>16964298
So it takes like 20x the launches to deliver 6x the payload?

>>16964283
Berger and House have already done their take on this a year ago. Basically, build a different mini Starship so you need fewer tanker flights. Of course, that destroys the entire rational of Moon ship is a Starship variant and requires another decade of redesign, building, testing and explosions -- but when you're just drawing spaceships in your school book you can do that.

>>16964306
As long as we have to haul an entire journey's propellant up from Earth, we'll never get anywhere easily.

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https://x.com/spaceOFFSHORE/status/2047648208520634677
>The GO America finally arrived at Port Canaveral overnight after being clearly seen operating in the New Glenn landing zone. Something mysterious is tarped on the deck - it's definitely not an intact fairing half, but it's something. Wait and see what the future holds for Blue!

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https://x.com/vantortech/status/2047684618640335086
>Celebrating 36 years of discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope. Collected on April 23, 2026, by one of Vantor's WorldView Legion satellites, this remarkable non-Earth image showcases Hubble from just 61.8 km away—an incredible perspective of one of humanity’s most iconic scientific instruments. With a space sample distance of 4.0 cm, Hubble’s signature cylindrical body, gleaming thermal shielding, and extended solar arrays are clearly visible, along with the open aperture door at the front of the telescope. For over three decades, Hubble has expanded our understanding of the universe—delivering breathtaking imagery and groundbreaking science that continue to inspire. Proud to support the technologies and teams that make moments like this possible.

>>16964288
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2047710860055888211
>I can confirm that the Axiom-1 module, also manufactured by Thales Alenia, has experienced a similar corrosion issue. Axiom still hopes to launch the module in 2028.

Oh no

>>16964309
Double checked. Bergers option, at least the one bookmarked so let's go with that, was HLS as is but disposable tankers to increase the prop per launch, depots in both Earth and Moon orbit, and everyone's favorite -- Moon Dragon.

>>16964318
kind of crazy that we've come so far that it's a valid business to spy on other spacecraft

>>16964319
VAST WON

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Aliens. It's always aliens.

>>16964328
it's lupus

>>16964288
This is why NASA is right in not giving a landing seat to a Euro.

>>16964279
where does the wormhole put you? If it's too far away it won't be worth it until fusion engines are common

>>16964301
>>16964291
Stuff like this is fact and yet SpaceXissies will freak out when you say Starship to the moon will cost over 1 billion dollars a pop. Artemis will be more expensive per mission than Apollo, which is quite ironic.

>>16964347
40*10mil = 400 mil
check mate bro

>>16964247
Venus is white in true color and Neptune is not that blue.

So is the double dashes ( -- ) the EDS-fag's new calling card?

>>16964350
No one with an oz of sense believes Elon's $100 a kilo bald faced lie.

>>16964363
BTW -- Falcon 9 is a demonstrated $3000 kg and that system is far up the learning curve.

>>16964254
>true color
>wtf do you mean you want true colors?

>>16964363
okay 2mil then

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>>16964368
>here's a picture of my basement in true color
>what do you mean you want me to turn the lights on?

>>16964372
negative space kino

>>16964283
One refuel, let alone 16, for a lunar mission is the dumbest shit I ever heard. It's comical.

>>16964251
I have bad news for you anon. There has never been a "true color" image ever taken. No I'm not trolling

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What is the point of this if they can't even LEO?
One can't take shit to proper orbit
One is messing up my astro photography
One RUDs

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>>16964322
how about SLIM style elaborate gravity assists?

>>16964386
at least they get their payloads to orbit LMAO

>>16964376
Same math that killed the 70s mission atudies with Saturn or Shuttle tankers. Doesnt pencil out.

>>16964376
so you end up making lots of smaller payload flights instead of fewer large payload flights. pretty simple. it must be this way outside of some new propulsion technology

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GrokAI - A member of the ElonCo family of fine brands

>>16964225
Deployment of photon sails thin enough to work is difficult

Who hyped for Star City?

>>16964295
You can’t build a base with a Saturn V, its limitations in that role were known 50 years ago

>>16964432
Can't build a moon base with Starship either, because it simply does not work and will never ever meet it's targets for reuse and cost.

>>16964312
link is dead. please tell me someone saved it.

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>>16964444

>>16964426
Dropped for all mankind after season one. Complete slop

>>16964399
Why are all the people imbedded in their seats? Did the AI take inspiration from soyuz 1?

>>16964452
Surprisingly, it somehow only gets worse

>>16964426
I'm kind of excited, I just hope it doesn't have any stupid soap opera drama shit in it like ed's wife sleeping with her dead sons mate.

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>>16964449

>>16964328
Avi Loeb of Harvard's Astronomy Department says its Aliens!

>>16964467
they were rehearsing a joke that wasn't in the actual livestream

aint shit going on, but there should be

>>16964476
two weeks

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https://x.com/astro_reid/status/2047770175131324548

>>16964399
Okay this made me laugh.
I love the idea that every module has a chamber for random guys in suits sitting in office chairs

>>16964482
i have unresolved trauma from texas beaches

>>16964482
Shitty ass galveston beach lmao. It’s comfy, though

>>16964328
Tanker full of grape soda crashed en route to the black homeworld

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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2047761136041275885

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>>16964426
I read that as Solar City and was confused for a moment.

>>16964476
It’s chillin on the beach day, anon. Didn’t you get the memo? Man has the right to relax, even as he seeks exponential growth

>>16964433
and other fantasies you can tell yourself as an angry EDSer grasping at straws.

>>16964482
this is what fulfillment looks like

>>16964452
Tards on here shilled that shit for years, it is so cringe I couldn't even make it through a 2 minute clip on youtube.

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>>16964190
Will the fart rocket work?

>>16964482
imagine this scene but on titan
one day, hey

>>16964499
it has some good moments, it has a lot of gay moments and the further the show goes, the more common the gay retarded moments become

>>16964386
>one can;t take shit to proper orbit
it can.
they can do leo, the main issue is you are a bad-faith liar.
starship suborbit test: 7.4 km/s
orbit: 7.6-7.8 km/s

now we watch as the EDSer goes into a panic, seeing real numbers, and now frantically searches for a cope reason why starship magically doesn't have that last 200 m/s in the tank.

>>16964499
>nasa gets its first female flight director
>disaster
what did they mean by this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hemp2c_X97s

>>16964507
lol wrong rocket dumbass. get your panties untwisted

>>16964499
yeah I realized everyone was a faggot and cried all the time and they replaced that guys white son with an asian that was insane. You can just watch clips to look at all the cgi

>>16964344

About 3 AU from the primary sun.

>>16964512
and this is how far from the nearest planets orbit?

>Once upon a time, Elon Musk was a counterculture idealist bringing power to the people. Today he's a greedy monopolist who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and he has to be stopped.
>the stakes will surely be higher than we’re able right now to know. Democrats, and indeed all humankind, should prepare for a long and bitter fight
https://newrepublic.com/article/208876/tech-world-evil-musk-bezos-thiel

>>16964516
Journalists are an imminent threat to the common good and represent an intrinsic refute to the social contract

>>16964256
>>16964258
Half of his posts are still fighting the race war. He's always fighting yesterday's news.

>>16964516
he is still a counterculture idealist, its just that woke became "the culture"

>>16964258
he realized that there is no running from it anymore, seems pretty simple to me

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24-minute video from SpaceX about Starship. It looks like a documentary of sorts
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2047800137133756633

>>16964524
whoa

>>16964524
four to six weeks and two more documentaries until starshit launch

>>16964526
cry about it incel

>>16964524
the campaign officially begins

>>16964528
why are they going all out for this flight? is V3 really that big of a deal or is this all for the upcoming IPO?

>>16964529
no idea but excitement is guaranteed

>>16964529
Both. Unironically a 50/50 scenario!

>>16964524
>can stay up in orbit for 48 hours
uhh muskbros?
will v4 fix this?

>>16964529
the ipo has something to do with it, but also, they've just made a lot more refinements, they have a whole new pad built with the lessons of the previous one, and they're getting close to finalizing the design for starship at this point the major engineering decisions seem pretty much done, all the larger kinks have been worked out, the last suborbital test showed a very intact spacecraft at the end of it and i think they're confident that they've now conquered that portion of flight like everything before it.

>>16964459
I will be watching for Rhys Ifans as Korolev

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huh i'm surprised they would even mention this lol

>>16964516
Jew

>>16964524
>SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket
Actually launching it from time to time helps

>>16964524
>24 minutes
So longer than Saarship has spent in space, lmao.

>>16964516
In hindsight Elon trying to make X the everything app was probably a clue the guy thought monopoly was a feature, and not a degenerate case of regulatory failure

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Is this good?

>>16964529
V3 is that big of a deal, yes. This is the intended operational version of the rocket that they've been working toward the whole time. SpaceX of course never said it out loud, but none of the previous versions were anywhere close to performance/payload goals, they were systems test-beds. People who were paying attention knew this. This is why we haven't seen even a hint of hardware for a payload door other than the Starlink slot—they weren't about to waste engineering time on a capability like that for a rocket that would be obsolete before it was even done being built.
The insane weight savings and moderate performance bump from this semi-finalized version of Raptor are most of what make V3 the "real" Starship, along with various structural optimizations and whatnot.

>the 33 engine static fire was aborted early due to pad issues
uh... two weeks sisters?

>>16964542
4 to 6 weeks!

>>16964426
It will be woke.

this has to be the most kino thing spacex has ever posted
perhaps other than some livestream moments

>>16964516
unbelievable bullshit. monopolist? lmao. must be stopped? these fuckers should be held responsible when one of their commie goons gets violent.

>>16964541
>SpaceX of course never said it out loud, but none of the previous versions were anywhere close to performance/payload goals, they were systems test-beds.
they actually did say that in the video now
but yes, correct, not really sure if people weren't aware of this or if they were pretending to not be aware
its not like it was really a secret

>>16964526
>>16964537
>>16964538
dont these losers get tired of being like they are?

>>16964539
a vertically integrated service doesn't mean its a monopoly
monopolies are horizontal taking over a specific market
taking a horizontal slice of many different markets is completely different

>>16964549
*vertical slice I mean

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>"sure hope it works"

>>16964548
I was being sincere

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>>16964540
Dunno but this is.

>>16964499
>it is so cringe I couldn't even make it through a 2 minute clip on youtube
lol literally me

>>16964541
I think that v3 still isn't hitting the performance goals that they (nominally) had for v1. But I hope they at least accept that this is what they're getting and start putting starship into revenue service.

>>16964524
Made for the upcoming IPO

>>16964547
>they actually did say that in the video now
Oh shit cool, I need to watch that when I get home

>>16964544
its like S04 - labor dispute on mars. cant believe they're reusing the same plot line.

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so both the aborted/interrupted static fires were due to sensor issues on stage 0, not due to the booster

>>16964560
its really good

>>16964562
how delightfully counterintuitive

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>>16964560
bro its gonna be a SERIES of videos???
https://www.spacex.com/content

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S36 aftermath
I think like most of the videos are new?
maybe some drone flyovers are old but thats just a few clips

>>16964565
have to spoon feed the tankwatching experience to the public (or the interested IPO buyers) to get an idea whats going on

> Stafford said in a 1999 interview that there was a real concern that Cernan would not be able to re-enter the capsule. Since it would not have been acceptable for Stafford to cut Cernan loose in orbit, he stated that his plan was to make re-entry with the astronaut still attached by his umbilical. However, such an action would have resulted in the deaths of both men.
wew

>>16964532
no. no refunds.
we werentjoking when w said its obviously a starlink bus btw. this thingwill never land on the moon let alone mars.

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>>16964524
https://x.com/danhuot/status/2047804950969758133

>>16964548
it's mostly one guy pretending to be retarded 24/7.
my diagnosis is parental neglect.

>>16964573
that is for this specific starlink bus version
obviously that doesnt mean that all v3 based starships have a max time of 48h
why do you have to be like this?

>>16964570
is that jah

>>16964570
It takes men of queer backgrounds and phenotypes and dispositions to change the world. Only someone this unique could come up with something like raptor v3

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>>16964562
https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/2047809434261373324

>>16964577
one love

>>16964524
Ok the music in this is actually pretty good, interstellar vibes (shit movie) but good. Best music SpaceX have done since the 2016 ITS cgi video.

>>16964576
see >>16964575

>>16964426
Are we gonna find out WHY they allowed illegal immigrants on Mars?

>>16964582
they're using music from https://lensdistortions.com/
its the same place where they used music for their starship flight recap vids

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>>16964570
Thunderfoot's black doppleganger

>>16964586
Every time I see this guy I'm reminded of that dude in Independence Day

>>16964585
damn, so they don't make it in house anymore? SpaceX has declined.

>teacher says urinis to avoid saying anus

>>16964589
she should be saying caelus

>>16964570
>>16964578
if he worked for nasa I'd call him a diversity hire but since he's at spacex I know he's insanely good at making rocket engines.

>>16964589
say you wouldnt mind your dick visiting her anus, if she catches your drift.

>>16964591
I think he was some pretty young engineer working on the raptor team when Musk fired the lead and promoted him to it

>>16964586
I just can't understand why he doesn't groom himself. His clothes, his beard, the messy hair... he looks like a bum.

>>16964588
They never made their own music.

>>16964560
yep, well worth it. very nice

>>16964575
sad really

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https://x.com/KenKirtland17/status/2047761512492597375

>>16964589
I hate the Uranus joke so, so much, even more than flat earthers and Apollo deniers. It's basically made it impossible to talk about the planet, at least in the English language.

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>>16964597
>>16964283
https://x.com/KenKirtland17/status/2047762857299775997

>>16964598
lol poopie :)

>>16964588
the music from the ITS video was basically stolen from orbiter 2010 though
https://youtu.be/Yr8EWPuwOL4?si=Bc3_LZqcTn8HSu74

>>16964598
you wanna, like, talk about uranus? ahuh
huhuhuhuu

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/technology/elon-musk-spacex-loans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dVA.mftz.QW8lmpJsNV1U&smid=url-share

tl:dr Musk loaned money from SpaceX and paid it back years ago

>>16964603
ScamX...

>>16964482
he's about to come out as a gayfag isn't he

>>16964599
>>16964597
so gateway was absolutely retarded from the get go

>>16964608
yes, always has been

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>>16964603
these organizations always make the people they hate look cool, happens all the time with Trump, too.

>>16964482
DOOD BEACHES AND WAVES
normoid nonsense

https://x.com/NASASpox/status/2047734958077202845

>>16964612
I aint clicking that nigga, write a fucking post

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>>16964613

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>>16964615
>face painted
>lashes painted
>lips painted
>hair painted
>fingernails painted
I summize that she paints the rockets?

>>16964613
It's an actual NASA account update video.
>From the Moon, to Mars, and to deep space, @NASA is on the move!

> Roman Telescope now targeting September launch
> Crew-13 announced
> Artemis III core stage rolls out
> Curiosity finds new signs of ancient chemistry on Mars

>Here’s the latest in your NASA Minute!

>>16964617
ok, incel

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>>16964621
I'm just objecting to posting twitter links without an image or remarks

>>16964325
https://x.com/Exogynous/status/2047758842969075801
>Same stuff but the EU REACH regulations ban chromate based conversion coatings which cope very well with these kinds of structures. Forging changes and Friction Stir Welding create slight imperfections which Chromates "self heal". Chromium free alternatives have incredibly tight tolerances in application and do not self heal.
>ESA did a study on this (STM-276) specifically tested Alodine 1200S (chromate) versus chromium-free alternatives (Alodine 5700, Iridite NCP, Nabutan) on exactly the alloys in question—Al2219 and Al7075—under space-relevant conditions. Chromate (Alodine 1200S): Zero visible corrosion or pitting on any alloy, even after thermal cycling + salt spray. The coating remained intact and protective. Chromium-free alternatives: Rapid pitting and surface corrosion on Al2219 and Al7075 within 24–48 hours (much worse on the high-strength/high-copper alloys used for pressure shells and secondary structures). Poor adhesion and defects (peeling, black spots) were also noted.
>The study concluded that chromium-free options were inadequate for high-strength aerospace aluminum and recommended sticking with traditional chromates for ESA spacecraft. Thales Alenia went with the regulations...

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why is SpaceX so fond of NSF?

>>16964624
my ancestor :)

>>16964624
based protestor. these xitter spammers are a cancer

>>16964625
well, there goes european spaceflight

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160th SOAR should get a base on the moon to rescue stranded astronauts. Just replace the helo rotorblades with hydrazine thrusters and Bob's your uncle

>>16964562
scamx cope

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>>16964625
I don't understand, how could this happen?

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>breaks after firing for 2 seconds
delightfully counterintuitive

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>reusable rocket engine

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>>16964562

>>16964645
kino

>>16964647
hahahhha
semen

>>16964647
regenerative cumming

>>16964368
Are you eyes unable to adjust to different lighting?

>>16964653
that's not the correct flag ratio

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>>16964290
brutal

>>16964283
We need to use Starship to assemble a giant nuclear electric/nuclear thermal hybrid tug in orbit, and have that thing ferry mass to the Moon, and get refueled from the lunar mass drivers. Starship is best as a reuseable orbital workhorse. Why Musk thinks it's for getting shit to other planets, when he can use it to put up the stuff which can, I don't know.

>>16964641
umm, aktually it was the emergency shutdown that caused the damage

>>16964255
>>16964256
>>16964258
It's part of the PayPal mafia strategy of inflaming grievances to get their guys into positions of political power. Once in power they just get money from the government, reduce regulation, and get cheaper labor. The only relevance of the actual content is that it makes you upset enough to vote. That's it. They don't actually care. I'll revise this opinion if anything ever comes of any of the issues besides talking about them

>>16964225
Solar Sails are the Hydrogen cars of space, at that point there are better alternatives

>>16964625
Grok?

We're living here in Allentown. REACH regulation is transitioning from authorization to a strict ban on most hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) substances in the EU, with a formal proposal due in 2025 and potential bans taking effect by late 2028. Key compounds like chromium trioxide and dichromates are classified as carcinogens and Islamaphobic.

>>16964624
Boo hoo! I can't click on a link. I just did my nails. Boo hoo!

Life sure is tough for you girls.

>>16964605
SpaceYecch

>>16964548
Oh, you're still not cried out yet.

>>16964547
Are you sure? Because our resident musk cheerleader insisted v2 had 98% of orbital velocity and could have easily gone into orbit. But Elon Donna wanna.

>>16964675
yes? that isn't contradicting the fact that it was a test bed still

conestoga could have made it to orbit if it didn't explode

>>16964524
How about "8 moths since the last flight."? That's the reality of your daily launch refuel on a hot pad grift.

>>16964677
Starship is ready! No, Starship is still a test project and can't be blamed for any failures! What do I need to say to protect Elonbae?

It was always only a lie.

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I love her so much bros

>>16964683
what Nhentai tags would this have

>>16964644
it'll form itself back into a bell if you just reignite it

>>16964687
anyone have the falcon 9 tin snips engine bell crack image?

>>16964426
> Any media
> in 2026
Hard pass m8

>>16964683
yuck

>>16964499
Checked there is not a single good space live action series, Expanse only has one decent first season, SENPAI is so pozzed they contradicts itself on what are they trying to psyop you in, 3BP are more subtle on the westernization but still all of them are a waste of time.

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Fully reusable with daily launch and landing with refuel on a hot pad.

>>16964611
I understand how he feels but its faggy to make a twitter post about it

>>16964611
>DOOD BEACHES AND WAVES
I say this but about titan

>>16964670
I hate twitter links because for some reason I get out of the session every damn day, i have to log in and the redirect url is the home page, having to go back to the previous link and reload. People shit on twitter screenshots but at least i can read the info instantly

>>16964696
Not your blog so no one is interested in what you like.

>>16964698
You are interested enough to write, solve a captcha and click Submit, faggot r3dditor. Thanks for reading my blog

>>16964290
KEK

>>16964699
No U!

Always a snappy comeback.

>>16964663
Very likely the case. Elon has a proven track record of lying like a psychopath. His lies are not random mistakes, they all make him richer. So it wouldnt be a surprise that the politics stuff is 100% a front. He lies so much that it's got me thinking inr ecent years that even the multiplanetary civilization stuff is a lie to make money too. It certainly worked.

>>16964683
This era of spaceflight was the most depressing there has ever been. DONT take me back.

The EDS-fag sure is posting a lot for a friday night. Must not have anything better to do.

>>16964702
So why does he want money? What's his actual dream?

>>16964707
Goal? Elon just indulges in the mortal sin of greed. That's the juice.

>>16964209
>india
>technical ability
Hello sir

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>>16964707
Why do grossly wealthy people usually want money? The whole reason why the Elon cult of personality gained traction is because he appeared to be an exception to the rule of rich people, in that he wanted money to do great things rather than to simply have money. It was a fantasy we all wanted to believe in, because the idea of a world where a visionary can get rich and do great things simply by following his passion is very just and righteous. It makes us feel like our huyis out there making the dream come alive. But it's just a story. In the real world people who follow their passions always end up poor. People who get grossly wealthy do so because they have a lust for money. They collect it and hoard it, and will lie cheat and steal til the day they die. Look at Trump for example, the guy is on his death bed and is still scamming everyone he can.

>>16964708
The problem is your theory has to attribute more genius to him than he actually has. Are you really saying that him fucking around with trying to buy a rocket from the Russians back when he knew barely anything about it in the early 2000s was part of a masterplan he was sure would be profitable, even though everyone else thought it was retarded? I'm willing to believe he's greedy, but to say that spaceflight hasn't been a genuine obsession ends up attributing too much to his powers of clarvoyance. Especially when we know he's shit at predicting things.

>>16964712
You're being too binary, and there's no way to prove what you're saying without mindreading anyway.
> In the real world people who follow their passions always end up poor.
No, they don't. Unless you consider highly successful musicians and artists poor too. I mean, relative to billionaires, yes, but following passion or not has nothing to do with it. It's about whether they get lucky.

>>16964712
Trump is easy to read becuase his IQ is a standard deviation below the mean, but if you read between the lines you can see Elon having pulled the same behaviour in a far more ssucesful and subtle way. He has sucesfully played the autistic savant to pull the wool over peoples eyes. He uses it to hide his strong skills in manipulating people. This is how he has become the most successful capitalist in history. In the Musk biography itis more or les detailed how he would stay up all night thinking of the next big way to scam investors, that's why they held autonomy day for example.

>>16964482
Did shrooms on a beach in San Diego. It was a bit overwhelming too

>>16964713
No one with any sense considers Elon a genius. "Elon learned how to be a rocket engineer just by watching" was always just simp talk. He's just a sewer rat that clawed over other rats to stay above water.

>>16964704
only because the government didn't want to do anything. Don't blame the shuttle for that

>>16964718
>No one with any sense considers Elon a genius.
based alternate reality poster

>>16964707
>why does a billionaire want more money
>imagining they have actual dreams
you can not form a theory of mind for these people. they are not like you. they are not like anyone you know.

>>16964328
Spice worms or something

>>16964588
>>16964595
What happened to Test Shot Starfish?