SpaceX’s live feed has started.
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A 57-second flight, that ascended, translated, and landed right on the bulls eye. Best water-tower flight ever.
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An early report from Bob Zimmerman, with pictures.
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More from Bob: What Starhopper achieved.
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Here is Mary’s (@BocaChicaGal) video.
Here is Bill Harwood’s story.
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A drone’s-eye view.
This seems a tad ambitious. But it would be pretty cool.
This is a dumb story. The first crime in space should have to involve doing something that could only be done in space. She could have done this from anywhere; she just happened to have been in space when she did it.
I will say that I did not know (or care) that Anne McClain was a lesbian.
What Hollywood scripts would look like if the scriptwriters understood it.
Now do space.
Casey Dreier thinks they’re a bad idea.
My comments:
[Late-morning update]
Bridenstine: NASA is considering all options, including prizes.
My former Rockwell colleague (and current business associate) Dallas Bienhoff has a survey of all the planned new on-orbit systems, including a brief description of my planned intraorbital infrastructure.
Bob Zimmerman has three case studies, and he’s not happy.
A warning that it could turn into Apollo again. I’d say that’s a best-case scenario.
I’ll be on tonight at 1900 PDT, talking lunar tardigrades and other things.
A dual FH launch would give them a direct trajectory, at far lower cost.
And why does no one ever question the provenance of that $1B estimate per flight for SLS?