Jock 07 said:Decay said:
Didn't For one thing weapons are totally banned in space but I'd be very curious how you enforce that without... Weapons...
Not totally, just WMDs
Can? We almost certainly have them.Decay said:Jock 07 said:Decay said:
Didn't For one thing weapons are totally banned in space but I'd be very curious how you enforce that without... Weapons...
Not totally, just WMDs
Wait really? I absolutely thought space was by treaty unarmed. So we could have small scale death sats? That's cool.
Decay said:Jock 07 said:Decay said:
Didn't For one thing weapons are totally banned in space but I'd be very curious how you enforce that without... Weapons...
Not totally, just WMDs
Wait really? I absolutely thought space was by treaty unarmed. So we could have small scale death sats? That's cool.
“If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States & Europe”
— tes.3m.21 (@tes1m211) February 26, 2022
I think Elon is referring to this above (translation provided by Twitter).
So Elon answered: SpaceX
PJYoung said:“If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States & Europe”
— tes.3m.21 (@tes1m211) February 26, 2022
I think Elon is referring to this above (translation provided by Twitter).
So Elon answered: SpaceX
nortex97 said:
Sigh, government alphabet agencies slow FAA approval through to no earlier than March 28 now. Environmental justice, climate change, fish disruptions, you name it. Bureaucrats gonna do their thing…
PJYoung said:The head of Russia's space agency: "If [the U.S.] blocks cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled descent out of orbit and a fall on the United States or"—continued in his next tweet—"Europe?"
— Marina Koren (@marinakoren) February 24, 2022
"The ISS doesn't fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours." https://t.co/LSU1F4GnL8
Quote:
"The ISS doesn't fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours."
Maximus_Meridius said:
I think somewhere in the past a scenario existed where Starship could dock to ISS, but I'm not 100% on that. I think it could be done inside of a year if the government would tell the FAA to stfu.
Has anyone heard any updates about Starliner recently? I've been swamped with work and some personal issues, plus Ukraine, so I haven't really been keeping up with much.
Russian personnel withdrawing from Kourou space centre - looks like no more Soyuz-ST launches from French Guiana. https://t.co/r8LgfMaWk0
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) February 26, 2022
This, on the other hand, seems like a big deal 👀 #AvGeek
— Chris Combs (@DrChrisCombs) February 26, 2022
“Any technology related to aviation and space” could mean a lot of different things depending on how liberally it is interpreted/enforced https://t.co/bF2pxLitcT
With Cygnus near to Dragon on the aft end of the station, and two Dragons docked to the forward end, this would give very good attitude control capability, and provide multiple reboost options. pic.twitter.com/jPp5JnsYHE
— Pete 🚀 🛰 (@Space_Pete) February 25, 2022
Yes, and 51.6 > 41.2 degrees. Most of Russia is well above 51.6, but there are parts that go below.Kenneth_2003 said:
ISS inclination is 51.6*. By and large he's correct, it does not orbit over Russia.
How can the Roscosmos Director speak to a partner like this and expect to remain a partner.PJYoung said:“If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States & Europe”
— tes.3m.21 (@tes1m211) February 26, 2022
I think Elon is referring to this above (translation provided by Twitter).
So Elon answered: SpaceX
Yeah, and someone needs to knock them down and show them a dose of reality.Decay said:
Russia seems to be fully drunk on power at the moment. Feels like they're daring everyone to stop them everywhere.
Not the point. The point is we don't need "partners" who would just as soon let the ISS drop on US territory because someone said some nasty things about their invasion of Ukraine. That's not the kind of "partner" we should have ever been doing business with.Build It said:
We don't need the station. Let it fall.
Elon having fun at the charro’s days festivities, enjoying a spiropapa🥳🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/FIif6kHFwS
— Austin Barnard🚀 (@austinbarnard45) February 27, 2022
mwp02ag said:
Is this the thing Elon was asked to attend during his presentation Q&A the other night?
Starlink — here. Thanks, @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/dZbaYqWYCf
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 28, 2022
The top speed was >200 Mbps for a while.
— Oleg Kutkov (@olegkutkov) February 28, 2022
Decay said:
So we had a discussion today and I almost think Musk could out-populate space if Russia and/or China tried to knock down Starlink sats. They might have anti-sat tech but SpaceX put 90 Starlink sats in orbit this week. Sure there's several critical paths but you are launching at least one anti-sat missile per Starlink. Add in the reusable first stage and fairings, I think Musk might be able to put more Starlinks in space than they could physically shoot down.
