Yup, I always tell people I'm biased about WI because I left. I'm sure OH has a lot of similar reasons.
Welcome to the resistance... Dick Cheney?
Hubris. They were up in the polls at the time and didn't think they needed to expand their appeal, so they caved and took Thiel's guy.
There are private/paywalled Discord servers and forums out there, too, so this could replace some of those. I think the Reddit format is better than a lot of alternatives, so I don't actually hate this idea.
I'm not really into the idea of moving everything to a baby Google, even if they're currently good about privacy. They just added an AI tool to email and a crypto wallet, which could be either awful or great signs depending on your perspective.
Ron Desantis's "Weekend at Bernie's president" joke at the RNC, like every other accusation from the GOP, was just more projection.
A DA will be a nice foil to the convicted felon.
I was kind of hoping for Impulse Space, but they're probably too unproven.
One of Starship's engines on the lowest setting would tear the station apart. Regardless of whether they make this based on Starship instead of something more reasonably sized like a Dragon or Falcon 2nd stage, it'll still need either a new engine design or a big cluster of Dracos. It'll be something custom.
Regarding their Artemis work- the payments are milestone based, so they get money as they pass milestones. Engine relights and ship to ship prop transfer are some of the next ones.
Regarding their other customers- the Starship manifest includes another moon cruise, several satellite launches, and a lot of Starlinks.
Serious answer- SpaceX is building the deorbit vehicle then turning it over to NASA, who will have full control over it.
Realistically, there's a SpaceX Dragon docked to the ISS, so that's probably their emergency shelter and ride home.
This process led to Falcon, which is one of the most reliable rockets of all time. The launch rate and reuse are unprecedented. Iterative design is a big part of how they got there. Their prowess in manufacturing and mass production is another large part of that success.
Good ole egulatory capture
It sounds like they still have some hope of bringing it back, so, fingers crossed.
It looks like more Venus probes will start launching over the next few years. There's the Rocket Lab / MIT mission first, then more from the US, China, India, and Russia to close out the decade. Plus ESA's next probe in 2032.
I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed
Milwaukeeans were already not going to be happy to deal with these people. If the event gets extra putschy now... uff da.
"The Mars 2020 science team wasn't interested in Ingenuity."
The space industry need to take a broader examination of issues related to space sustainability that go beyond preventing the growth of space debris.
Two celestial interlopers in Solar System have scientists eagerly anticipating more.
Japan’s SLIM spacecraft lowers orbit ahead of Friday moon landing attempt Japan’s SLIM moon lander has entered a lower, near-circular lunar orbit ahead of its Jan. 19 landing attempt.
Astrobotic said its Peregrine spacecraft suffered an unspecified anomaly hours after launch Jan. 8, putting its plans to land on the moon in jeopardy.
A NASA study examined several options for continuing a national laboratory in low Earth orbit after the ISS but stopped short of recommending one
In the age of megaconstellations, managing orbital capacity requires a more thoughtful, holistic approach than simply counting satellites.
The image is a vivid demonstration of the changing of the seasons.
A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope has renewed discussion about whether and how NASA might approve a private mission to service it.
Amazon has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch an unspecified number of satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband constellation on three Falcon 9 rockets from mid-2025.
NASA’s Dragonfly mission team is moving on to the next stage of development on the revolutionary, car-sized nuclear-powered drone it plans to fly over and land on the organic-rich sands of Saturn’s large moon Titan.
Lunar rover developer Astrolab announced eight customers have signed contracts worth more than $160 million for its first mission to the moon in 2026.
A NASA official said a short-term gap between the International Space Station (ISS) and commercial successors would not be “the end of the world.”
Virgin Galactic will reduce the frequency of flights of its current suborbital vehicle and stop them entirely by mid-2024.
Industry executives argue that SpaceX’s dominant position in the launch market is making it difficult for small launch vehicles to compete.
Posted: October 13, 2023 1:43 pm ET | Last Updated: October 13, 2023 6:10 pm ET | NASA launched the Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid by that name today on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, its first use of the Falcon Heavy. Psyche will arrive its destination in 2029.
"NASA’s aspirational goal to achieve a cost savings of 50 percent is highly unrealistic."
Wildly missed revenue projections cast a long shadow over space firms that went public by merging with a SPAC as their shares continue to underperform in the market.
