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The one that flew yesterday is really cool because it’s basically one big satellite that can attach smaller pods to some satellites (in this case three) and extend their life by 8 years. Compared to the prior ones that could only go to one per mission but did bring some pretty cool and rare views
They haven’t released public imagery but one did get leaked of their mockup from a presentation event a while back Yes, I can assure you this is a real image XD. I know it looks iffy but it was taken in one of the cabins of the mockup in line with expectations
Oh also, they have made the lift…and proven it works…in even higher gravity and loads….
I mean strapping him with cargo pallets without a suit (not enough ports or one available) is close enough Yes btw. This is literally the seat he would be given Comfy, fitted seats for the crew, box A and box B strapped together for the stowaway astronauts
The first lander was supposed to fly this year and is the largest lander ever built…but…the only vehicle that can fly it…is New Glenn…which is gonna be out of service for a while Very unfortunate timing
Here is the full video. As you can see, vertical the whole way down. The horizon is actually clear as day here too not hidden behind bounding waves Cope and seethe
You also conveniently shared a pic of a clearly choppy buoy where the horizon is not clear What about the one that was clear? Oh wait! It’s fucking vertical XD
And this is literally what they did with booster. They waited until their confidence was verified then brought it back and showed the world what they could do…then did it again…and again…and will do it even more
Well technically one did also go pop during a test. But that was part of the plan…because sometimes tests involve booms. But that’s not what I’m referring to
No actually. I’m saying that these are the people who made the launch and make the launches happen You guys are hate crushing over one guy so hard you’ll piss on their hard work
All of this is also irrelevant since the actual baseline for the contract they were awarded is a lander ready, in orbit for a lander by Feb 2028
Truly spaceflight fans, the people who stay up till 4am to watch a tanking test and get genuine stress over every crewed mission, know that a public private partnership is the way forward not the “SpaceX suck” “NASA sucks” bullshit parroted by tourists
They still do! They don’t do as much of the pop culture ones but they still are pretty bad ass or goofy
Hahaha no. Not even remotely the same actually Unlike oceangate, SpaceX clearly knows what they’re doing
This is the same path Apollo took with Apollo 9 and realistically should have been the plan from the get go.