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will25u
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2:16p, 6/6/23
Moar JWST pron.

Each dot of light is a star in galaxy NGC 5068 17 million light years away.

https://www.businessinsider.com/new-james-webb-telescope-image-spiral-barred-galaxy-2023-6
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In reply to will25u • 2:33p, 6/6/23
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For anyone who doesn't have it, APOD is a great bookmark for scrolling thru cool astronomy pics too.
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5:08p, 6/7/23
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LIve feed of the ULA Vulcan Flight Readiness Firing...set to start at 6:45pm ET


https://www.youtube.com/live/UhWc8-Oyug8
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6:28p, 6/7/23
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Let's see how this goes. They are testing the only two BE-4 's they have.
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6:50p, 6/7/23
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They have been in a T -7:00 hold for 30 minutes.
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7:11p, 6/7/23
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Still hanging at T-7:00. Going on an hour now.
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7:25p, 6/7/23
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Did I read the banner correctly? It's a weather hold?
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In reply to munch96 • 7:28p, 6/7/23
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Weather for what? It's not a launch just a static test.
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7:32p, 6/7/23
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7:58p, 6/7/23
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Countdown has started!
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8:04p, 6/7/23
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Looks to be go....30sec
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8:16p, 6/7/23
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Yeah pretty quick test. My kids were bored out of their minds waiting like ten minutes for it and I don't think they were any more excited to actually watch the firing. Especially when the last one we watched was Starship
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In reply to Decay • 11:14p, 6/7/23
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I'm curious if they ran the way they wanted, that seemed.... shorter that I expected.
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In reply to Ag_of_08 • 10:32a, 6/8/23
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Ag_of_08 said:
I'm curious if they ran the way they wanted, that seemed.... shorter that I expected.

That's what she said!
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11:14a, 6/8/23
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In reply to nortex97 • 11:17a, 6/8/23
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That time-lapse!
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In reply to nortex97 • 11:21a, 6/8/23
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nortex97 said:


That bottom time lapse looks remarkably like Santa's sleigh taking off from the North Pole in the Polar Express.
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8:46a, 6/9/23
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I guess it would be nice if we really do reach a point soon when a 'robonaut' etc. can go outside a manned space outpost/station and do any construction work without putting a person at risk.
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7:46a, 6/11/23
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Good Dreamchaser review/update(s); inching along in development incrementally since 1966? I joke, but kind of true.





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8:15p, 6/11/23
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At port Canaveral with the family. The kids and I are getting up at 3am to see Group 5-11 launch.
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In reply to nortex97 • 10:11p, 6/11/23
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nortex97 said:

Wow
No, I don't care what CNN or MSNBC said this time
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10:46p, 6/11/23
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Yeah, but I assume that includes some cargo dragon ships, which is an entirely different ballgame.

Additionally, I think they're counting time that dragon is attached to ISS, dependent on its life support and station keeping. The shuttle was never really reliant on ISS in that way.

I could be wrong though.
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In reply to double aught • 3:38a, 6/12/23
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Cargo dragon is still a dragon 2, and there has not been a failure of life support on one to my knowledge.

A lot of shuttle's time was spent docked as well, they just don't have to keep a 3 man crew like on the shuttle to operate it, so they don't require the extended life support capabilities.

Then you look at the cost per kg, cost per hour in orbit, and the years in service to get to this point.... it's still a valid milestone.
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In reply to Malachi Constant • 7:16a, 6/12/23
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First time actually seeing a launch. Incredible.


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8:31a, 6/12/23
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In reply to PJYoung • 9:54a, 6/12/23
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Long thread, linked to FT piece.

Quote:
Tim Farrar, an industry analyst, had this to say at the FT's Summit about the future of Amazon's Project Kuiper, which hopes to challenge Starlink: "Unless Starlink proves within the next 2-3 years that there's an opportunity to connect tens of millions of subscribers, it's hard to see an economic rationale for Amazon to complete a $10B-$20B Kuiper constellation."

Just yesterday Mark Schmulik, an analyst at Bernstein who penned an activist letter to Amazon, had this to say about the opportunity of low-earth orbit satellite broadband: Capital intensive low margin utilities aren't worth the effort, regardless of how 'cool' the technology may be. Ouch.

Zombie claim three: Your company needs a space strategy.

Now. …according to Harvard Business Review.

Or, "Space. The Missing Element of Your Strategy", from McKinsey. These papers outline the strategy version of the trillion dollar economy claim by Morgan Stanley. Basically, your company is going to use data that is from space, or that travels through space. An example used to demonstrate this is GPS, the global positioning system, and how this impacts businesses all over the world. Therefore, apparently, you need to dedicate resources to space strategy. ASAP.

...

The frustration with the McKinseys and the Morgan Stanleys and the Harvard Business Reviews of the world entering the 'space is hyperscaling' conversation is that they have willingly exaggerated or misled their audiences to provide legitimacy to the space industry's hot air when they don't honestly discussed the industry's real market size, and the induced demand in the system.

I've seen how these three "industry expert" papers have been used countless times to promote crypto-like shilling of stocks and investment deals that can only end badly.



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9:33a, 6/13/23
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In reply to will25u • 10:14a, 6/13/23
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will25u said:

So around my prediction of October 1st. Got it.
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In reply to will25u • 10:18a, 6/13/23
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will25u said:
No, I don't care what CNN or MSNBC said this time
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11:32p, 6/13/23
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Wondering if a judge will actually grant an injunction, I'm not hopeful leading up to the election
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9:59p, 6/14/23
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4:54p, 6/15/23
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7:19p, 6/15/23
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All the possible contenders teamed together to ensure they fleece the EU.
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In reply to lb3 • 7:35p, 6/15/23
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All the possible contenders teamed together to ensure they fleece the EU.
And there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.

Honestly it's a miracle and a half (at least) that SpaceX has been able to do as much as they have.
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