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31·19 days agoCrazy story. Happy to hear of immediate action taken, might be the fastest by NASA in a long time!
1·23 days agoExcellent interview, lots of juicy details.
2·23 days agoI think their second stage design is so cool.
This was the first time any company besides SpaceX has propulsively landed an orbital-class rocket booster, coming nearly 10 years after SpaceX recovered its first Falcon 9 booster intact in December 2015.
^title is technically true, but is overblown
I think it’s safe to say that SLS is the boondoggle of the US space program.
I’m so glad they figured that situation out and got home safely.
1·3 months agoThe nothingburger answers were so disappointing.
I really hope they can get this to work!
Imma have to defer to CSI Starbase for this one 😅
And the spiciest answer:
Last year The Wall Street Journal reported, credibly, that SpaceX asked companies seeking launch services, including OneWeb and Kepler Communications, to share spectrum rights as a condition of flying on Falcon 9.
Probably the most striking thing about the new directive is that it seems to favor Vast over NASA’s original contractors…
“All the current players are going to have to do some kind of pivot, at least revisit their current configuration,” McAlister said. “Certain players are going to have to do a harder pivot.”
One industry official, speaking anonymously, put it more bluntly: “Only Haven-1 can succeed in this environment. That is our read.”
Do you guys think there’s been foul play or just a coincidence?
map the lunar surface for concentrations of water ice “that are large enough and with a high enough confidence to justify the expense and energy required to retrieve it,”
Wow, sounds like they’re pretty serious about this.
That thing really leaps off the pad!
Oh my idk how I made that mistake. Fixed!
I believe that’s from the ship’s recent really long static fire which lasted almost a minute!
Some nice news to hear in time for the holidays!