Vice President tells NASA to get to the Moon in 5 years.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10302]

4 hours ago, flatdawgs said:

In two years, the last Apollo mission will be closer to WWI than to the present. 

Furk.

That's what cool about this one. You know there will be another mission building on this one likely next year. Timelines are months instead of decades now.

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Not a lot of *NEW* info in this video, but it's a well-presented summary of the entire escapade.

 

 

[thunderlounge 7866]

Anybody that willingly hops on starliner now is an idiot. 

[elfenix 34312]

Turns out building working rockets is hard 

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ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly

https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/10/04/ula-launches-second-vulcan-flight-encounters-strap-on-booster-anomaly/

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The two strap-on solid-propellant boosters generate another 919,200 pounds of push, providing a total thrust of just over 2 million pounds. The Vulcan can be launched with up to six strap ons depending on mission requirements.

@NowThis

[Hagbard Celine 10871]

On 9/19/2024 at 3:15 PM, RamjetFDO said:

Not a lot of *NEW* info in this video, but it's a well-presented summary of the entire escapade.

 

 

sanity check: tom herman IS still employed by florida atlantic

this is how this video ends:

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so, what did we learn?

space is hard

rocket science is hard

being an astronaut is hard

and money makes the world go round

[BamaATL 16593]

Starship gets FAA approval for 5 and 6, 5 is stacked and has a launch window for tomorrow at 8 am.  Booster catch at the pad is expected to be attempted.  

[Texas Jeff 1945]

That launch window opens at 7 am central time for anyone up early, 8am on the east coast.

What a gutsy move.  The launch may take place at 7am and the booster stage may return from space at supersonic speed and destroy the launch pad at 7:15 ... or maybe not.  Tune in and find out.

[BamaATL 16593]

1 minute ago, Texas Jeff said:

That launch window opens at 7 am central time for anyone up early, 8am on the east coast.

What a gutsy move.  The launch may take place at 7am and the booster stage may return from space at supersonic speed and destroy the launch pad at 7:15 ... or maybe not.  Tune in and find out.

Yeah, it's one thing to slow land it on a drone ship, but this goes bad and it blows up the tower and the pad.  I'd give it 50/50 they abort or miss the pad, and only about a 10% shot this works on the first try.  

[Captainant 27680]

Ho lee fucking shit. The fucking madlads caught super heavy with a picture perfect launch and landing! They're attempting a starship landing in about 5 minutes 

 

 

[McCroskey 1504]

Absolute madness to pull off catching that booster.  Wow.

[Captainant 27680]

Despite the explosion in the water, it was a completely successful mission! They landed right on target and did a controlled hover over their spot before dropping into the water, falling over, and exploding. Definitely still have some plasma burn through to solve on the control surface joints to the main body, though

[McCroskey 1504]

Good view of the booster catch.

 

 

[RamjetFDO 10577]

We are living in a sci-fi future, my friends.

 

[Captain Ron 12883]

Gwynne Shotwell - you are the real beating heart of SpaceX.