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60 more Starlink LEO commsats Launch date: December 30, 2019 Launch time: 2340 pm EST (0440 UTC, Dec. 31) Booster: ?? (B1048.5?) Pad: LC-40...

Rocket Lab now has 10 launches under its belt, and is working on reusability; the first stage will parachute in, then be retrieved by a helicopter. ...

Fan-art, but a nice size comparison.

Afaik for movies and such, an nvidia shield beats most low cost HTPCs.

ASDS Just Read the Instructions has spent the summer near NOLA getting upgrades, including beastly automatic positioning thrusters. Now SpaceX can...

Yeah, I have been thinking about a Pi4. The stupid thing though is that Netflix is still an issue on that thing AFAIK.

I'd go AMD/Nvidia if I had to use a x86 PC, just for the full decode possibilities. Waaay better than Intel integrated, even though that should be...

AIUI, the old paper noted NTO/Ti flammability, but they found it wasn't self-propagating at thruster line pressures. Apparently they didn't test at...

Titanium is a fairly reactive metal. When I worked for Pratt and Whitney, there were many solvents which couldn't be within 3 Feet/ 1M of titanium,...

Some say it should have only been 7 years, but in doing that the nitrogen tetroxide/titanium incomparability discovered during the DM1 test fire may...

Von Braun -> John Glenn = 17 years Space shuttle -> now >= ~9 years

Ciro Morales @CiroTweeter Facility being built by #SpaceX on Launch Complex 39A for their #Starship #NASA #KennedySpaceCenter @NASAKennedy ...

Via an announcement at the Reagan National Defense Forum; a House/Senate Conference Committee has agreed to create the US Space Force as a 6th...

Boca Chica, Sounds like assembly may happen in the IronHenge (wind break) LabPadre @LabPadre A ring headed to Iron Henge. #SpaceX #Starship...

Crew Dragon schedule alert!! Stephen Clark @StephenClark1 (SpaceFlightNow) Hello from Hawthorne. Got to see the Dragon for the Demo-2 crewed...

A recent NUC should be capable of 4K using its onboard graphics adapter:...

KSC LC-39A Starship pad: whoa...what happened to Phase 2? Straight to Phase 3?? The Starship/Super Heavy mount doesn't use a flame trench - it's...

We have a P239, P250 (hammer) and P320 (striker), the latter two being convert-a-guns with changeable calibers and size. My P320 is convertible...

I had a chance to try a SIG at the range (not sure which exact model). Very nice gun, nicer than Ares Rex, the trigger was more service style than...

A few items, 1) Cargo Dragon 1 can be used 3 times. Cargo Dragon 2 will start out being reusable 5 times. 2) Falcon 9 Block 5 is in such good...

Buy rifle/shotgun racks at the local hardware store, not to mention we carry his & her SIG's ;) Edit: Cybertruck will have a flip-stop on the...

What about the gun rack :D

1) Sounds like Crew Dragon DM2 carries a crew to ISS first. This includes extra crew training. Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF NASA says they've done...

Just a reminder, The 3-motor Cybertruck puts out about 800hp with 1,000 lb-f (1,356 N-m) of torque from 0 RPM, and power to the ground via 35/12.5...

OMG has my machine been extruding things, nice things, very high success rate. Found there maybe a few things that can improve quality, but mostly at...

Not sure I follow the logic of leasing produces cheaper less durable cars in general. I did not want a Mercedes, BMW or other higher end European...