It’s official; they’re going to do another static fire, perhaps this month. This almost certainly moves the first flight out to next year. Not that it matters.
[Update at noon]
Meanwhile…
[Afternoon update]
Category Archives: Space
More Money Down The Drain
I hadn’t realized that the Air Force had given NG over half a billion for The Stick. I hope that this is the last of the money that will be wasted on it.
SN9
Bob Zimmerman has a post up about today’s planned flight.
If it happens, it will have happened on the 35th anniversary of the loss of Challenger, and on my birthday.
[Update a few minutes later]
Looks like winds are too high, so they’ll miss the anniversary.
[Afternoon update]
Well, it looks like they are going to try today. They’re loading propellant, but there seems to be an FAA issue.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Well, here‘s what we know so far.
O’Neill Cylinders
At Ceres?
The timeline seems a mite ambitious.
The SLS Green Run
Yes, I have trouble believing they won’t redo it, particularly now that the schedule pressure for 2024 is gone.
Pioneers And The Future
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman on our societal risk aversion, and an announcement.
Those Three Static Firings
…were apparently harder on the Raptors than expected.
Well, that’s how you learn.
Another Hypersonic Startup
Color me skeptical.
Blue Origin
…will be flying New Shepard in half an hour.
Mars Perseverance
Bob Zimmerman has an analysis of the landing ellipse next month.