Category Archives: Space

Business, Space, Technology and Society

Is Today The Day?

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I’m assuming they have clearance from the FAA now.

[Update a while later]

Here’s the story on what happened with the FAA. I’d like to understand more detail on it. I’d be surprised if SpaceX really knowingly launched without authorization. I wonder if there was a miscommunication?

[Update a few minutes later]

Bob Zimmerman has more, with links.

[Post-flight update]

[Thursday-morning update]

You have to appreciate that kind of honesty in a CEO.

[Bumped]

[Afternoon update]

Per the comment that he was being sarcastic:

Business, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

SLS

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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]

Business, History, Space, Space History, Technology and Society

SN9

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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.