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hph6203
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In reply to TexAgs91 • 1:36p, 10/2/26
On the long tail the manual controls will introduce more errors than they resolve. By a lot.
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In reply to hph6203 • 3:39p, 10/2/26
It's for redundancy. It's a must-have
Chemistry happens and eventually the rocks get opinions...
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In reply to TexAgs91 • 4:25p, 10/2/26
TexAgs91 said:
It's for redundancy. It's a must-have

You can have redundant systems without one of them being manual control.
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3:59a, 10/3/26
50 launches in '27 would be fantastic!

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4:43p, 10/3/26
Would be pretty neat if they can pull it off.

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In reply to will25u • 5:00p, 10/3/26
Why did they stop trying?
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In reply to double aught • 5:05p, 10/3/26
double aught said:
Why did they stop trying?


It depends if the weight of the cargo is low enough to have enough fuel to do it I believe. Most of the time they need to boost the orbit with the center stage so it makes it unrecoverable.
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In reply to will25u • 5:12p, 10/3/26
It has to be a real niche mission to recover the center core down range. Surprised to see that.
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7:39p, 10/3/26
Chemistry happens and eventually the rocks get opinions...
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8:21p, 10/3/26



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In reply to will25u • 10:17p, 10/3/26
Those are badass. Good to see Pluto get its due credit.
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In reply to double aught • 10:55p, 10/3/26
double aught said:
Those are badass. Good to see Pluto get its due credit.

Why? It's not a planet.
It's the inner-most member of the kuieper belt
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11:44p, 10/3/26
I'm more partial to that baby blue. Oh yea that reminds me, **** bud Adams, bout time to go piss on his grave again.
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12:55p, 10/5/26
Up a bunch today I saw (pushing $170). I guess the options releases/blocks have finished and some valuation estimates are positive based on the SI/AI stuff.

As I'd expected, I wish I'd bought more shares. I do think volatility will continue, however. The V3 birds are still raising their orbits and have yet to begin testing communications in earnest.

More to follow.
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Hey Nav
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In reply to nortex97 • 1:19p, 10/5/26
For my modest "hobby" account, I finally bought SPCX a week ago. It's up 13% with today's bump. Charles Schwab still gives it an "F" grade. I think I was told to wait 'til it went south of $70 to buy. Oh well, it's just fun money.

CS also grades Rocket Lab as an "F". I bought it about 14 months ago. It's only up 64%.

I'm ready for a fun ride...
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In reply to Hey Nav • 1:30p, 10/5/26
Hey Nav said:
For my modest "hobby" account, I finally bought SPCX a week ago. It's up 13% with today's bump. Charles Schwab still gives it an "F" grade. I think I was told to wait 'til it went south of $70 to buy. Oh well, it's just fun money.

CS also grades Rocket Lab as an "F". I bought it about 14 months ago. It's only up 64%.

I'm ready for a fun ride...

Yeah, I am pretty happy that I filled up the rest of my IPO request that wasn't initially granted back at $118.
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In reply to txags92 • 3:33p, 10/5/26
txags92 said:
Hey Nav said:
For my modest "hobby" account, I finally bought SPCX a week ago. It's up 13% with today's bump. Charles Schwab still gives it an "F" grade. I think I was told to wait 'til it went south of $70 to buy. Oh well, it's just fun money.

CS also grades Rocket Lab as an "F". I bought it about 14 months ago. It's only up 64%.

I'm ready for a fun ride...

Yeah, I am pretty happy that I filled up the rest of my IPO request that wasn't initially granted back at $118.


I bought about a month ago at $140. Being laid off i picked up what I could. If I had paychecks coming in I would have made a bigger move.

No Ragerts!
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10:13p, 10/5/26
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11:03a, 10/6/26
It's crowded up there!



Also... some space pron...

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9:14p, 10/6/26
Anyone here heard about a secret space program?
There is only one narrative: The ETs Farsight is in contact with are the good guys. Not so regarding the faction of et OUR military is in bed with.
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9:21p, 10/6/26

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In reply to Arachnologistguy • 9:39p, 10/6/26
Arachnologistguy said:
Anyone here heard about a secret space program?


The left cannot kill the Spirit of Charlie Kirk.
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4:53a, 10/7/26
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In reply to will25u • 5:00a, 10/7/26
It's 'anonymous' from the @FT. Keep in mind they are straight enemy propaganda, whether Kiev, EU or anti-business;

FCC approved the SPCX direct-to-cell constellation plans (15K satellites).

(Which, for the record, ATT and VZW have dismissed as impossible, so expect an @FT piece shortly claiming it won't work, if it's not out already).
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7:21a, 10/7/26
I mean, they have doubted SpaceX every step of the way... And Elon is still raking in the wins over the doubters.



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SPACEX: Today, SpaceX was granted patent US 12,757,141 B1.

A Starlink satellite talks to phones on the ground through many narrow beams at once. A phone near the middle of a beam is closer to the satellite than a phone at the edge, so its signal arrives a little sooner. Cellular networks expect those arrivals to line up. If they do not, calls and data can slip out of step.

This patent is how SpaceX fixes this. For each short slice of time, the satellite measures how long the signal takes on every beam, using the distance from the satellite to a reference point inside that beam's footprint. It then holds the faster beams in a buffer just long enough that every beam matches the slowest one. The phone sees one steady delay instead of a mix.

The patent covers the satellite computer and the phased-array antenna that do this, plus the link from the satellite through a gateway into a normal mobile carrier's network.

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In reply to will25u • 7:36a, 10/7/26
will25u said:

15,000 satellites
Assuming a 5 year life span, similar to Starlink V2
Assuming 50 units per Starship launch
60 launches per year
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In reply to Arachnologistguy • 7:37a, 10/7/26
Arachnologistguy said:
Anyone here heard about a secret space program?


Not today vlad/xi
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8:20a, 10/7/26
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8:20a, 10/7/26
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8:55a, 10/7/26
Given Elon's previous comments about keeping old flight articles around...I'm kinda curious what the end result here will be...
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In reply to Maximus_Meridius • 9:09a, 10/7/26
Maximus_Meridius said:
Given Elon's previous comments about keeping old flight articles around...I'm kinda curious what the end result here will be...

I figured it was bound for the Rocket Garden at Starbase....
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10:05a, 10/7/26
Inspect the ablative layer below the tiles and the thermal impact to the SS beneath
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In reply to normaleagle05 • 10:14a, 10/7/26
normaleagle05 said:

Glad they missed the hurricane brewing out there.
The left cannot kill the Spirit of Charlie Kirk.
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1:17p, 10/7/26
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In reply to Maximus_Meridius • 3:45p, 10/7/26
Would imagine it'll be chopped up for inspection.
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