SpaceX

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1 hour ago, PattyD22 said:

View from Big Bear Lake.  

It landed in Toon Town.

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Final piece of Space Shuttle Endeavour exhibit to be transported through L.A.

Traffic will be hell Wednesday morning.  Other than that though.  I saw them transport the shuttle through the streets.  It was a pretty amazing sight.  Also saw it at the museum, and it was still pretty impressive.  Can't wait to see it in it's upright launch position.

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is about to become a workhorse for NASA

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Lol.

NASA Is Struggling to Open Its Asteroid Sample Container

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3 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Lol.

NASA Is Struggling to Open Its Asteroid Sample Container

i told them not to use one of these.

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21 hours ago, Lhalo said:

Now scheduled for Saturday. 

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/16/musk-spacex-now-aiming-for-saturday-for-starships-second-flight-test/

 

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15 minutes, here  we  go.

 

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5 minutes

spacex link

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2

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Launch - 8 min

1st stage boom - 11 separation then an impressive boom

2nd stage looked like it went poof 16:30

 

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Lol.

SPACE Amazon buys SpaceX rocket launches for Kuiper satellite internet project

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it's just monopoly money for these guys.

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A commander’s lament on the loss of a historic SpaceX rocket

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The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2023

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NASA canceled a whole research program due to SpaceX's Veni, Vidi, Vici approach

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Just so routine that not much pub for a  manned launch.

Four astronauts, including Turkey's first, arrive at space station

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Jan 20 (Reuters) - A four-man crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday for a two-week stay in the latest such mission arranged entirely at commercial expense by Texas-based startup company Axiom Space.

Both the Crew Dragon vessel and the Falcon 9 rocket that carried it to orbit were supplied, launched and operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX under contract with Axiom, as they were in the first two Axiom missions to the ISS since 2022.

 

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News on the future of the ISS. Also some news on the Artemis program.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/16/nasa-international-space-station-decommission/72240686007/

 

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9 hours ago, Tank said:

News on the future of the ISS. Also some news on the Artemis program.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/16/nasa-international-space-station-decommission/72240686007/

 

Would have been cheaper to just sell it to some private company and let them turn it into a hotel or gas station.

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3 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Would have been cheaper to just sell it to some private company and let them turn it into a hotel or gas station.

it has the potential to be a very cool and literal Air BNB.

#missedopportunity

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4 hours ago, Tank said:

it has the potential to be a very cool and literal Air BNB.

#missedopportunity

Can you imagine the listing.  Air BNB.  1 bath, no pool.  $10,000 a night.  Cleaning fee $1,500,000.  Security deposit $10,000,000.  Must provide own transportation. 

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1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Can you imagine the listing.  Air BNB.  1 bath, no pool.  $10,000 a night.  Cleaning fee $1,500,000.  Security deposit $10,000,000.  Must provide own transportation. 

6 bedrooms. view. no yard. no pets. quiet neighborhood.

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US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft