I’ve known about this for a while, but they seem to be becoming more open about it.
Category Archives: Space
Light And Scattered Posting
I’m at a two-day meeting in DC.
Space Traffic
ESA had an incident with SpaceX.
This much traffic was probably not anticipated by the drafters of the OST. We need to establish further agreements and norms.
Starship/SuperHeavy Progress
An interesting report on doings in Cocoa Beach from Teslerati.
Landing On Mars
Elon is starting to scout out sites.
The New U.S. Space Command
…building a vision for the final frontier. It’s not yet a space force, but they’ll call it one to make Trump happy.
The NASA IG
…has told Congress to butt out.
It will be interesting to see how they respond. Culberson isn’t there any more. I’m not sure that Shelby will care, as long as the money continues to flow to Huntsville.
[Update early afternoon]
Here’s the story from Space News.
Dorian
With the current track, the Cape is in the bulls eye. If it hits as a Cat 5, it could (finally) take out the VAB, which is only designed for a Cat 3. It might be a sign from God about SLS.
[Update a few minutes later]
I have to confess to being relieved, for the first time in a decade and a half, to not owning any property in Florida in hurricane season. Before we sold the house earlier this year, we did upgrade the siding, doors, and added a new window for impact, but the new owners will still have to decide if and how to shutter the old windows.
StarHopper
SpaceX’s live feed has started.
[Update a few minutes later]
A 57-second flight, that ascended, translated, and landed right on the bulls eye. Best water-tower flight ever.
[Update a few minutes later]
An early report from Bob Zimmerman, with pictures.
[Wednesday-morning update]
More from Bob: What Starhopper achieved.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here is Mary’s (@BocaChicaGal) video.
Here is Bill Harwood’s story.
[Afternoon update]
A drone’s-eye view.
A Next-Gen “Space Station”
This seems a tad ambitious. But it would be pretty cool.