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If they can get this thing doing regular runs to both ISS and their own Orbital Reef space station, it could potentially bring costs down somewhat over time. Read more

It’s pretty cool-looking space-plane. I’m not sure if the costs will pencil out for using a reusable space plane instead of a capsule (it usually doesn’t), but I hope it does.
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Now it’ll be spyin’ on the fishes. Read more

You missed an opportunity to stick it to the Supreme Leader by titling this article, “Kim Jong Un can’t get it up.” Read more

Who coulda fuckin seen that coming? Read more

Or... DID IT!?
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RIP N. Korean rocket scientists Read more

ULA’s future is probably tied to this launch, too. They stopped building the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 rockets, and have only a few more launches of each scheduled. (And Atlas 5 was dependent on engines from Russia, so there can’t be any more than what engines ULA has on-hand.) Read more

Same here.  Part of it is knowing how much effort went into it, but it’s also like how these things become the team’s baby.
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Yeah, I don’t know why it’s so easy to anthropomorphize these things, but it is and I do and have no regrets. Read more

I hate to be a curmudgeon, especially as I really admire and appreciate the work the space agencies do - but how much time, money, and resources were spent on this? Was there a purpose behind the effort aside from the obvious awesomeness of the imagery and the showing of what can be done in 2023? Were they looking for… Read more

“Heartbreaking.”
I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I get all weepy every time one of these projects blows up on the pad, or right after, or crashes, or whatever.
So, so many people worked on each one, I dunno— I also absolutely love it when the rovers on Mars do their thing, and that little helicopter?
OMG.
I know, I… Read more

Outer Wilds already proved wood works

I wonder if there is a way to like GROW the wood in space, in such a way that the air stuff (taking CO2 and putting out O2) and the water stuff is inside, and the leaves/solar part is on the outside. Then the body of the satellite could at least be partially maintained by the sun still. THAT would be boss. Even if… Read more

The question is not if it will work, but why?  There is a weight penalty with wood, and aluminum is plentiful. Read more

“Here at our local furniture store, we carry several lovely items of magnolia construction: Check out our beautiful chairs, tables, shelves and even a satellite ready for a convenient backyard launching!”
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“How stupid. Who ever heard of a wood satellite?!”

True, but your iPhone can’t maintain a lunar orbit. Read more

Seems like these scientists have never heard of the Epley maneuver, a set of specific head tilts to relieve vertigo. Read more

Just watching it from the outside boggles my mind.  How much for a ticket? Read more