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They don’t want to see it succeed with a Democrat in the White House.
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You’d think the congressmen (mostly Republican) that rabidly insist that we can’t lower defense spending would also want to make sure we’re 1-uping the Chinese to everything in space. Maybe NASA needs more effective marketing material, or better congressional blackmail material. Read more

Nobody visits Yogi Rock anymore, it’s too crowded. Read more

So that explains aliens shapes. Big head, more room for ventricles, and scrawny arms and legs from no gravity. Read more

Watching it now. Pretty amazing stuff. Putting it in the background with the communication between the ISS and NASA command is just perfect. Read more

Not that I have any reason, and I certainly don’t have the knowledge to disagree, but it looks like waiting 3 years to return to space is simply being cautious. They have no require the brain return to it’s Earth-side state. As was said it “seems like a good idea”. Read more

The Starship part of the Starship LM that SpaceX promised NASA should probably undergo more independent testing for its space-worthiness while its superheavy-booster companion is still going through its growing pains. SpaceX can’t be so hard up for resources and manpower that they don’t have the people necessary to… Read more

Everyone from a mile away can see that a 2025 deadline has a low chance of being met. Such is rocket science. It would be more uncommon if a rocket launches without delays. That being said, SpaceX does iterate very fast and I am more confident that they will have less delays than for example launching the Artemis 2… Read more

There needs to be more analysis of the damage that all this reckless rocket launching is doing to our atmosphere. Once again, we’re wrecking our only home based on a pipe dream about living elsewhere. Okay, so you get to Mars, Quade. What are you going to DRINK, let alone breathe? Just another example of the… Read more

Well it would certainly help if SpaceX didn’t get all the delays from environmental reviews, etc. Along with what 30 days for comments,etc. Better off to go to Cuba for launches. By the way, won’t waste time with gizmodo for 2 factor id, you’re just not worth it. Read more

Ah...the benefits of running a space program for the benefit of private corporations run by egomaniacs!
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What? SLS had a full successful mission when it launched. (If you’re counting launch attempts, Starship had launch scrubs same as SLS) Read more

Most delays SpaceX have encountered have been the product of government red tape or external forces (like lawsuits.) The US FAA license to launch the first rocket for example took an exceedingly long time to acquire, this was outside SpaceX’s control. Read more

FTS did respond - it just didn’t impact structural integrity that much since starship has autogenous pressurization. The tanks just bled slowly until the internal pressure was low enough for it to break apart.

solution- bigger boom

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Fun thing about the Apollo Landings is they learnt the hard way that Dust got EVERYWHERE. It’s sticky, abrasive and incredibly dangerous into scientific instruments and the human body because it’s basically like breathing in microscopic glass. Going to the Moon is hard. Living on the Moon is going to be even harder.  Read more

But the exhaust would still kick up dust simply due to a force being exerted on it although I guess it would be less.
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An interesting way to mitigate the problem: Have your lander make a landing pad during the descent by injecting material into the rocket engine exaust to deposit on top of the lunar surface: Read more

It LOOKS like McDonnell Douglas’ decline because it IS McDonnell Douglas’ decline... Read more

Boeing, Boeing, gone!
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Any way you look at it, it’s very cool: seeing a cloud and its shadow on another planet. Read more