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4:37p, 1/8/22
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For those less nerdy folks still curious about the Lagrange points, this image shows the relative topography on a gravity well map:

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7:48a, 1/9/22
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Sierra Space VP interview @ CES. They are again funding the crewed DC on their own, raised 1.4 billion privately, and it is not an ITAR vehicle, so could launch elsewhere.



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Apparently they will be the 2nd Vulcan Centaur launch this year, toward November.
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6:22p, 1/9/22
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8:11a, 1/10/22
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In reply to PJYoung • 8:13a, 1/10/22
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It's going to be amazing to see it work for the first time and actually catch a spaceship!
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In reply to will25u • 9:05a, 1/10/22
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will25u said:
PJYoung said:
It's going to be amazing to see it work for the first time and actually catch a spaceship!
Yeah as incredible as it was to see the Starships land (and fireball), it will be exponentially crazier to see them catch one.
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In reply to PJYoung • 5:34p, 1/10/22
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Until that day, we got to witness at least half a dozen fireballs!!!
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9:18p, 1/10/22
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Y'all see the starships in Katy Perry world premiere video during half of the championship game? Let me try texags pic hosting…



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In reply to Centerpole90 • 9:28a, 1/11/22
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LOL, everything about her is fake, of course, so why not that too.

I knew they used radios…but wow this is a complex data link.



Glad they have really smart people who figured all of that out. Amazing to think the Hubble is still basically corresponding over a 28.8 baud modem from the 80's.
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In reply to nortex97 • 10:18a, 1/11/22
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The comms issue is why this one could never really be pulled off commercially, not in the next 50 years anyway. Having a dedicated DSN is not something private space will be doing for a long time to come. Even Musk will be beholden to NASA for a long time I'm afraid.

NASA is going to end up become space AT&T..... we should call them Comstar! See how many people get it without Google ;-).
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10:21a, 1/11/22
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10:23a, 1/11/22
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Why would the private sector bother making a DSN? That would be a huge waste of money.
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In reply to jt2hunt • 10:31a, 1/11/22
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Hopefully, I can get internet soon with this one.
My family member on the vehicle recovery team has been back and forth to starship site since July, which has been the main focus. Last week they were told to be ready for back to back to back missions as they intend to make 50 Falcon launches this year.

Obviously all of those will not be Starlink launches, but it is feasible they double their current starlink fleet again in 2022.
Natural antibodies are best antibodies!
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In reply to aTmAg • 6:02p, 1/11/22
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aTmAg said:
Why would the private sector bother making a DSN? That would be a huge waste of money.


That was my point. If neo-comstar didn't exist, there would be no DSN, at least until private Mars missions cranked up.
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9:45a, 1/13/22
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Way cooler than the launches, imho, even if a lot less power.

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9:47a, 1/13/22
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Love the RTLS launches!
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9:49a, 1/13/22
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When's the next Heavy go up? Double RTLS might be the best thing SpaceX has ever done until the send a Starship
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In reply to Decay • 9:55a, 1/13/22
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I think USSF 44 will be the next one, the payload has had some issues so it's just designated as "early 2022" for now.
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In reply to Eso si, Que es • 12:11p, 1/13/22
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Eso si, Que es said:
jt2hunt said:
Hopefully, I can get internet soon with this one.
My family member on the vehicle recovery team has been back and forth to starship site since July, which has been the main focus. Last week they were told to be ready for back to back to back missions as they intend to make 50 Falcon launches this year.

Obviously all of those will not be Starlink launches, but it is feasible they double their current starlink fleet again in 2022.
Living 15 miles from McGregor I'll vouch for the 50 missions. Engine testing at an insane pace.
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1:11p, 1/13/22
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I agree with the post that was deleted. This thread is not a conspiracy thread. It's about Space X. If he wants to start another thread about aliens killing JFK on the moon then he can have at it.
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In reply to aTmAg • 1:23p, 1/13/22
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aTmAg said:
I agree with the post that was deleted. This thread is not a conspiracy thread. It's about Space X. If he wants to start another thread about aliens killing JFK on the moon then he can have at it.
And he does, quite often, all over TexAgs
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In reply to aTmAg • 1:51p, 1/13/22
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 1:52p, 1/13/22
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2:10p, 1/13/22
What's the proper perspective again?
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8:31a, 1/15/22
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Well, sounds like all is good for the JWST, for now but here is a good explanation of why the rest takes so long;



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9:31a, 1/15/22
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Reading the bit on the mirror manufacturing process, some of the mirrors were made and polished in 2011. The manufacturing process started in 2004.
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In reply to nortex97 • 11:38a, 1/15/22
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I read that the mirrors move at the pace grass grows. Incredible.

Any bets on what the first image released will be?
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In reply to mwp02ag • 11:50a, 1/15/22
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The joke was they already released it...



In seriousness could that L+36d initial image mosaic be anything of scientific interest beyond the benchmark for further mirror and sensor calibrations?
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 2:15p, 1/15/22
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Mathguy64 said:
Reading the bit on the mirror manufacturing process, some of the mirrors were made and polished in 2011. The manufacturing process started in 2004.
Yeah I think the spacecraft was basically designed/planned in the mid 90's. We could probably have a multi-page thread lamenting how/why this took so long to get into orbit, but…it's what we've got, right now. Something about 'you go to war with the army you've got, not the army you want' comes to mind.
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8:12p, 1/16/22
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8:23a, 1/17/22
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Went down yesterday for a peek. I'll try Texags hosting hopefully it doesn't end up in grey boxes.


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In reply to Rapier108 • 9:57a, 1/18/22
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'potential' maiden flight. I'll believe it when I see it.

Apparently, on the good news front, the JWST was launched so well/perfectly they now anticipate they have enough fuel to run it for 20 years instead of 15. Also, all mirrors except A3 and A6 deployed 'just right' prior to pictures. Those two for some reason are adjusted differently.

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10:28a, 1/18/22
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Live broadcast for the observation of the asteroid that is coming close to Earth today. Starts at 3pm Eastern

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2:25p, 1/18/22
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screenshot from live feed...

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