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You can have a blast diving in Lake Huron, either the
Canadian or the US side. Tons of shipwrecks play with, especially around Tobermory. Most are shallow, the water clear. Just don't be surprised...

My gift: a new custom leather waistband holster for my SIG's compact frame option. Already had holsters for the sub-compact and full size configurations.

Super Heavy booster rollout to the orbital launch pad. Fully loaded with 33 Raptor 2 engines, this thing is effing gigantic.

Pressure and static fire engine tests soon. Starship #24 will also be...

It seems Ship 24's nose fins look smaller. This had been hinted at but not seen. This is likely the first orbital test flight vehicle.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536896085557399552
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Doing pretty okay, down on Tesla from its peaks but they're getting ready to do a 3-1 split in August. Long hold anyway.

2 Starship flight articles on the way.

Bear in mind that SpaceX has one launch pad ready in Boca Chica and another under construction at KSC LC-39A, now preparing to stack its launch/catcher...

After months of trying to get FAA
environmental approval for their Boca Chica launches the agency report finally came out as a mitigated FONSI, of finding of no significant impact. FAA still needs...

Russia is an early 20th century power trying to find its way through the 21st century. So far they aren't doing very well, and it's going to bite them in the ass.

A totally disturbed toon

Roscosmos is the Russian space agency.

https://www.novinite.com/articles/215386/Head+of+Roscosmos+Threatened+Bulgaria+with+a+Nuclear+Missile

They mention the reduced launch costs of upcoming large vehicles like Starship, which has a 9m diameter. Blue Origin's Jarvis reusable vehicle would also be in this class with a 7m diameter.

The...

I wouldn't be surprised if SpaceX offered an LEO version of Dragon XL, the large cargo vehicle they plan to use for the Gateway lunar station. At least until Starship is in routine service.

On...

I think all of what you mentioned is going to delay the Starliner crew flight test (CFT) at least a year, perhaps longer. It really is a clusterfrack.

If CFT slips to 2024+ NASA should just cut...

Let's run through the OFT-2 problem list (so far);

• 2 OMAC thruster failures, low chamber pressures.

• 2 RCS thruster failures during approach, low chamber pressures.

Almost makes you think...

Starliner OFT-2 webcast begins today; May 19 at 1800 Eastern on NASA TV

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg

All Starlink satellites since about New Year's have had laser links, and once Starship starts flying the Gen 2 birds get massive upgrades and they'll carry hosted payloads. It'll carry almost 200 at...

Chinese military website.

After its performance in the Ukraine war they are really wigged out over Starlink. Ukrainians are using it not just to bring there civilian comms back online but to do...

Let's see if they can get it right this time...

Date: May 19, 2022
Time: 1824 Eastern
Pad: LC-41 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Booster: Atlas 5 N22
Vehicle landing: White Sands, New Mexico

Starliner has been stacked on Atlas 5 for a launch attempt.

Apparently they patched it together enough to fly, swapping out the entire service module, but the valve system and plumbing need a...

Polaris Dawn's launch is NET November 2022. This is the first of three launches in the Polaris Project, which will culminate in the first crewed Starship launch.

Shooting for an altitude of ~1400...

Sounds like fun practice for a gymkhana.

In downtown Detroit drivers have to be content with pieces of old bridges falling off and hitting their hood.

Fortunately, they're finally getting...

https://youtu.be/TG4upJFBMLE

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trailer & opening title sequence


https://youtu.be/XL4iCAB6MFo

Is this same issue they had with carcinogenic foam particles in their CPAP machines?

Short version; get your messaging right before the war.

No, but I am saying that such capabilities exist and in the future they will be much improved.

There's also the issue that the Russians have walked themselves into a fixed position, surrounding...