I’m sure you’ll be as unsurprised as I am that when it comes to managing upper stages, China is not following them.
[Update a few minutes later]
Maybe we should make a “Hungry Hippo” version of Starship one day to collect and de-orbit spent rocket stages and other space junk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2026
Well, better luck tomorrow. I’ll be on a plane from DC to LA, or maybe on layover in Philly, but I might be able to see it on my tablet on the plane.
I gave up on this Elon-deranged nonsense after the paragraph in which he demonstrated his profound ignorance of orbital mechanics and the rocket equation, because I’m at an AIAA conference all week and don’t have time to properly fisk it, but have at it in comments.
It seems to me that Bezos could solve this problem on his own, but maybe he’s tired of financing it all himself if he can find Other Peoples’ Money.
Interesting blog post from Chris Stelter over at Goff’s site.
If methalox in LEO is less than $5/lbm, that means it can be less than $10 in EML-1, which makes lunar trips very cheap.
That’s the target date for the next Starship test, according to an email invitation to set up cameras. I’ll be at ASCEND in DC.
I hope that he is charged with revealing classified information.
Kelly is turning out to be the worst former astronaut in history, I think. Hard to think of anyone worse. https://t.co/MQMzoTKlDk
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) May 12, 2026
Aetherflux has rebranded from a space power company to a launch company, dedicated to its own satellites.
Elon explains how to build anything with first principles pic.twitter.com/DTBuEfazi7
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) May 9, 2026
I’m working on a lunar skycrane project, and doing a trade on how/when to unreel/reel the tether, but I’m thinking about simplifying by simply making it fixed length.
It was an historic rocket, but its successor will be much more so.