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12:17p, 11/8/24
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In reply to will25u • 12:22p, 11/8/24
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Standard procedure is to de-orbit failing or obsolete satellites. There's not enough atmosphere to burn all those satellites up on reentry.
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In reply to TexAgs91 • 12:33p, 11/8/24
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Would they necessarily be in a, I guess the term would be LMO?
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In reply to Jock 07 • 12:36p, 11/8/24
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Jock 07 said:
Would they necessarily be in a, I guess the term would be LMO?


If it's like Starlink, yes.
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12:42p, 11/8/24
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Yea I didn't see anywhere that they identified the orbit. For that application I wouldn't be surprised if they used a GEO orbit and super synch retired birds.
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In reply to will25u • 3:57p, 11/8/24
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I'm not moving to Mars until I can stream in 4k.
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In reply to Jock 07 • 4:02p, 11/8/24
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They will need ground stations first.

Will not consider until nfl Sunday ticket is working well on mars.
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In reply to nortex97 • 4:02p, 11/8/24
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nortex97 said:
They will need ground stations first.

Will not consider until nfl Sunday ticket is working well on mars.
Why not just watch the MFL at that point?
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In reply to txags92 • 4:11p, 11/8/24
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True, but based on my fantasy football management experience, not sure I want to bring that voodoo to the free people of Mars. It will also take decades until Martian football can rise to our expectations/standards.

The weighted balls will really impact the kicking game, imho. Interplanetary trade rules will have to be established. I already like Martian refs better though.
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7:12p, 11/8/24
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Mars sports are gonna be weird. We'll have a good decade at least of streaming earth sports
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9:18p, 11/8/24
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Thinking about Martian sports is crazy. If there were interplanetary competition how do you control for the gravity difference? Do we have a big humidor like Coors field for the baseballs?
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9:24p, 11/8/24
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Think of the record field goals!
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In reply to Decay • 9:53p, 11/8/24
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Decay said:
PJYoung said:
This was flight 5 and I think 6 is landing in the same area


Can't believe they went from "we can't stop it from tumbling in space" to "we picked a postage stamp next to a camera and landed on it" in one freaking flight

Two flights. The next flight was the"little flap that could."

It landed but I think it missed its target point due to flight control limitations

Still behind freaking impressive!
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 9:58p, 11/8/24
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Thinking about Martian sports is crazy. If there were interplanetary competition how do you control for the gravity difference? Do we have a big humidor like Coors field for the baseballs?
Home field advantage is going to be stout.
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7:37a, 11/9/24
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Fun video.
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6:10a, 11/10/24
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I guess…Vandenberg will wind up getting starship launches after all, or is this a concept for FH?



Should be fun.

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4:35p, 11/10/24
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Have we seen these Chinese…






…. Chopsticks????

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCM2Uk_OBKR/?igsh=MTVyN2dsbWhwOTBwMA==
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In reply to Centerpole90 • 4:48p, 11/10/24
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Gonna be exciting to watch it explode the first time they try to catch one.
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In reply to PJYoung • 5:09p, 11/10/24
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Honestly, can we say they copied SpaceX if we call them chopsticks??!!??
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In reply to Centerpole90 • 5:10p, 11/10/24
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Centerpole90 said:
Have we seen these Chinese…






…. Chopsticks????

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCM2Uk_OBKR/?igsh=MTVyN2dsbWhwOTBwMA==
At least they'll be attempting to drop their rockets on their launch facilities instead of their civilians.
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In reply to Centerpole90 • 5:15p, 11/10/24
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Would be much more fitting if there were made of wood
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2:15p, 11/11/24
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Deleted lots of TPS!
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In reply to nortex97 • 2:24p, 11/11/24
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nortex97 said:
I guess…Vandenberg will wind up getting starship launches after all, or is this a concept for FH?



I see one of the images mentions RP-1... That would have to be FH. Also landing pads would suggest FH unless Elon has some landing legs tucked away that no one knows about yet.
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3:14p, 11/11/24
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In reply to PJYoung • 3:40p, 11/11/24
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What's the significance of the banana?
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3:41p, 11/11/24
Banana for scale
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 3:54p, 11/11/24
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OnlyForNow said:
What's the significance of the banana?
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