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- Krassy1
- I know you cant hear in space but I wish they had the speakers on playing music. With all the problems in the world it would be nice knowing that there ismugwart
- a car drifting through space with Killer Queen blaring on the stereomugwart
- ^word!!!Ramanisky2
- imbecile1
- tlimbecile
- after a quick $5 hand car wash, it'll be good as new.shapesalad
- detritus0
Even if they push $100M per FH launch, that makes it 10x cheaper than a launch of a single SLS.
there's only 7 tonnes difference in weight to orbit between them on a single flight, so for the cost of one SLS, we could get 600 tonnes to orbit.
That's components for a moonbase or moon orbiting/lagrangian point space station.
I can't wait to see what this, Blue Origin and China do in the next 20 years. Russia and Europe will stay Sciencey for too long whilst the rest of the world lunges forth and capitalises space.
- yeah. NASA and Euro can't take the same risks that happy-go-lucky billionaires and budget Asian space setups can. Also don't have the same revenue streamsFax_Benson
- NASA and Euro could take those risks (and used to)—we just live in a sappy pussified fucking world where the Gov's hands are tied leaving it to the priv. sectorPonyBoy
- they used to be able to justify the spend in cold war terms but can't get away with potentially blowing up $bns of taxpayer monies these days. or at leastFax_Benson
- that's the narrativeFax_Benson
- Exactly, fax - now the point is to let commerical interests pick up the reins and and use the tech. Just that the climate in the EU isn't as hungry as the USdetritus
- NASA still pushes boundaries where it can - just that these days they're not as comesmtically 'exciting' - supersonic parachutes and rocket descendersdetritus
- Unfortunately the US congress has bloated everything else though - just like Lockheed and BAE do elsewhere. Cunts.detritus
- BusterBoy3
RIP Central Core. We hardly knew ya.
- zaq2
- BusterBoy1
Brilliant to watch apart from the Apple Storesque cheering on the live stream that made it impossible to hear any of the comms in the background.
- Oh God Yeah - I'm afraid that's the one thing I really loathe about SpaceX footage.
Just shut thew fuck up and gaze in awe. Then clap at the end, as allowed.detritus - It was all a bit Ryder Cup. WOO! GET IN TO SPACE!!Fax_Benson
- Oh God Yeah - I'm afraid that's the one thing I really loathe about SpaceX footage.
- pockets1
twitter post with no solid source:
"Hearing from a friend that works in SpaceX, center core failed to relight and destroyed ASDS OCISLY"
- "Live stream radio confirms they lost the center core on landing on the drone ship. Bummer."pockets
- https://video.twimg.…pockets
- Boo, I feared as much. It's the most important bit, too! I'm guessing those pylons that attached side boosters might've fucked things on the way downdetritus
- ..he says, entirely speaking out of his arse.detritus
- uan3
- inv3
Mars announcement in 15 minutes!
- inv0
And we are on for the first reflight!
- is this on now?
excellent, thanks. xdetritus - brilliant, nothing like the suspense of yet another failed unmanned rocket.fadein11
- First first stage recycling? YAAAAY!detritus
- so silly, all the progess yet still burning fossils to escape Earth. Sad!fadein11
- 10,000+ km/hfruitsalad
- insane fruitsalad - but still useless once the gas burns outfadein11
- I SHIT ON THIS COVERAGEdetritus
- ok, they dun it. but fuck.
nnngh.
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:Ddetritus - ^5 inv
xdetritus - Are you being serious, or parodying trump, Fade?detritus
- partly but also confused why we have the entire history of human knowledge in our pocket yet zero progress in propulsion systems for over a century.fadein11
- is this on now?
- inv0
I do not think that a small likelihood of success, makes it less relevant. If something is important enough you try. The same goes with goverment subsidies. We should support important task (environment & research)
On the question of worth, I will let Carl Sagan answer. Perhaps you are asking the wrong question.
- and who deems what important? a few elite people? But nice to see you recognize the unlikeliness of it. What would make it relevant?deathboy
- What is the value of reaching for something that is most likely unattainable to you? Is this your inspirational poster of hope?deathboy
- If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up fdeathboy
- or grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes rambling along.” - carl sagandeathboy
- I'd put my faith in well educated, "elite" people before I'd trust some mass mentality that can be swayed with a cheap ad campaign.formed
- We have Trump and the Kardashian's for Christ's sake!formed
- Personally, I do believe that money should go to a better future. Perhaps I won't live to see the roi, but someone will and that's worth something to me.formed
- I am tired of the "me, me, me" attitude, God forbid our tax dollars actually go to helping everyone.formed
- that video was awesomesofakingback
- inv1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COku…
Looks like something from a Stanley Kubrick production!
- All that's missing is the PanAm logo.face_melter
- Nothing says innovation...
like a Nike swoosh logo!utopian
- detritus0
oh. shit?
- what happened??inv
- Looked like it blew up.islandbridge
- I think it blew. Need to rewind, but there was some weirdness no the nose around MaxQ, a wee while before.. whatever happened.detritus
- Around 1:14, when the noise interference kicks in, there are two bright points on the nose cone.detritus
- ESKEMA0
- or a gig ass parachute like they already use on their smaller applications and land it in the desert and not a small ass target like an expensive ocean platformmoldero
- parachute will only work if there's an atmosphere to provide drag, and that's not the case on most planetsmonospaced
- i see penis and vaginaset
- inv0