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SN5 about to get wet, and maybe glow by
Snidely
From teslarati.com:
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Delayed from July 8th and 10th, Starship SN5’s first Raptor static fire
is now scheduled no earlier than ~10 am CDT (~15:00 UTC)...
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Space catches its nose shrouds by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Not nearly as important as recovering the first stage, but still
recovering the nose cone reduces yet again launch costs for SpaceX.
Their fairing recovery...
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Morpheus Space NanoFEEP by
Snidely
Anyone here familiar with Morpheus Space's NanoFEEP thrusters?
Used to lower a cubesat's orbit...
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Artemis 8 by
David Spain
Robert Zubrin proposes using a modified crew Dragon and two SpaceX
launches (F9 and FH) with a rendezvous and dock in LEO with the Falcon
Heavy upper stage...
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Bigelow Aerospace by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace they talk about
Bigelow Aerospace in the past tense.
"Bigelow Aerospace was an American space technology...
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Europa Clipper clippings by
Snidely
Eric Berger, writing at Teslarati, is rather down on NASA's EC
managment, and the handcuffs provided by Capitol Hill:
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that means that if Falcon...
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Airships to orbit? by
[email protected]
Workable? Or just another flight of fancy?
"This airship flies from the upper atmospheric station to orbit. It uses hybrid chemical/electric propulsion to...
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Easy Ride to Sub Orbital Altitudes by
David Spain
Ride a helium balloon to the edge of space in a pressurized & tethered
gondola! No ill effects from 0g free fall for those with queasy stomachs.
Dave
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Martian Solar Eclipses Observed by
David Spain
When you have two moons you can have twice the fun!
However when your moon's disks are too small to cover the solar disk
they aren't quite as...
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Tank ruptures at Boca Chica by
Dean Markley
On Friday, June 26, 2020 at 8:09:00 AM UTC-4, David Spain wrote:
On 2020-06-23 2:49 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
Also, since SN7 was built as a test tank without...
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Lunar lander ideas over the decades by
Greg \(Strider\) Moore
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20190031985.pdf
I ended up skimming it after awhile, but a LOT of details.
My only regret is I wish they...
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What to expect by
Alain Fournier[_3_]
Happy New Year to all.
What do you expect will be the most interesting things coming up in 2020?
Alain Fournier
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Size of engines by
Torbjorn Lindgren
Jeff Findley wrote:
In article ,
says...
SpaceX just designed...
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Of Space Elevators and Tesla Coils? by
David Spain
Has a hostile Earth environment of LEO satellite clusters and
telecommunications, established a de-facto ban on the use of Space
Elevators and giant Tesla...
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Tank Pressurization on Starship by
Snidely
Remember when David Spain bragged outrageously? That was Thursday:
On 2020-05-19 8:34 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
I'm not 100% sure of the details, that's...
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