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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1175 on: March 18, 2022, 09:47:22 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1176 on: March 18, 2022, 09:59:45 AM »
They should have built an EV crawler.  Won't someone think of the climate?!?

Should just launch from the building. This is what happens when there are no evil geniuses or slow witted henchmen on your design team.
AKA Navy Joe   

I'm so contrarian that I didn't respond to the thread.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1177 on: March 18, 2022, 10:27:19 AM »
Should just launch from the building. This is what happens when there are no evil geniuses or slow witted henchmen on your design team.

So that's what NASA has been missing all these years!
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1178 on: March 18, 2022, 05:58:46 PM »
Meanwhile

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Falcon 9 is launching 53 Starlink internet satellites on the record-setting 12th flight of Falcon booster 1051. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:23 p.m. Eastern (3:23 UTC) from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HorSk_MfhL8
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1179 on: March 18, 2022, 10:13:21 PM »
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Due to unfavorable weather, now targeting a new T-0 of 12:42 a.m. ET for our upcoming Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites → Spacex Twitter
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1180 on: March 21, 2022, 07:04:03 PM »
A competitor to Starlink will now be flying SpaceX thanks to the Russian/Ukrainian War 

OneWeb to fly on competitor SpaceX's rockets
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60825386
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1181 on: March 26, 2022, 08:19:29 AM »
The FAA has now pushed back the completion of its environmental review to the end of April.  Who didn't see this coming?  That was a rhetorical question.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-extends-environmental-review-spacex-boca-chica-072946680.html

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1182 on: March 31, 2022, 11:04:56 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1183 on: March 31, 2022, 11:39:46 AM »
And while I way over slept after a rough night

WATCH: Blue Origin New Shepard-20 Rocket Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870WxIu_rvA
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1184 on: April 01, 2022, 11:04:07 AM »
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Falcon 9 is launching the Transporter-4 rideshare mission with 40 satellites onboard. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:24 p.m. Eastern (16:24 UTC) from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Transporter-4 Rideshare Mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHXMRXA2eo
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1185 on: April 01, 2022, 12:36:49 PM »
Continuous video for the first stage landing on the drone ship.  It didn't blank out like it normally does.  That was pretty cool.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1186 on: April 02, 2022, 08:09:30 AM »
Rocket Lab - Without Mission A Beat Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU2-0J5w0oE

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Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch the “Without Mission A Beat” mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Pad A during a launch window that opens April 1, 2022.  The launch is a dedicated mission for BlackSky through global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc.

The T-0 lift-off time for today's mission has been changed! Electron will take to the skies.

Target T-0:
PDT | 05:41 April 02
EDT | 08:41, April 02
UTC | 12:41, April 02
CEST |14:41, April 02
NZDT | 01:41, April 03

Rocket Labs - Electron - Without Mission A Beat - LZ 1 - New Zealand - Space Affairs Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGSbZ9cPq7g
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1187 on: April 02, 2022, 08:34:12 AM »
Live
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1188 on: April 02, 2022, 09:38:50 AM »
Payload deployment
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1189 on: April 02, 2022, 11:01:16 AM »
Wait a minute
This came out of nowhere

SpaceX Launch Starlink Sats Mission! Elon Musk gives update on SpaceX! ( Elon Musk CEO )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4PqH2ZZYEk

Says live but it has to be a recording
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1190 on: April 02, 2022, 11:08:25 AM »
And then it cuts off
I think someone pushed the wrong button somewhere.
I just checked the launch site (Vandenberg) should be in day light now but video was showing a night launch
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1191 on: April 03, 2022, 03:11:04 PM »
Comparison of BO and SX engine designs and gets into perhaps why BO may have bit off more than they can chew in theirs.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1192 on: April 07, 2022, 09:15:19 PM »
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SpaceX is targeting Friday, April 8 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window opens at 11:17 a.m. ET, 15:17 UTC, with a backup opportunity available on Saturday, April 9 at 10:54 a.m. ET, 14:54 UTC.

Ax-1 Mission | Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nLk_Vqp7nw
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1193 on: April 07, 2022, 10:19:38 PM »
Comparison of BO and SX engine designs and gets into perhaps why BO may have bit off more than they can chew in theirs.

BE 4 Failure!
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Raptors on Vulcan is looking more possible.  =D

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1194 on: April 08, 2022, 08:49:14 AM »
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 is launching Ax-1 – the first all-private mission to the Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. Eastern (15:17 UTC) from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

LIVE: SpaceX Launches Axiom-1 Crew to Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmAv2cyh_nE
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1195 on: April 08, 2022, 11:00:40 AM »
Nice view of SLS on one pad and a fueled and ready to go F9 on another
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1196 on: April 08, 2022, 01:57:58 PM »
Sigh

Warning AA tends to over dramatize things so when I get more time I will do some digging.

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The Sierra Club is claiming victory as the Army Corps of Engineers closes the Starbase permit for expansion for environmental concerns.  Why did SpaceX fail to provide the required information in time?  Has Elon Musk already decided to move Starship launch operations to the Cape?

Starship may NEVER launch from Boca Chica! Environmental groups claim victory over SpaceX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IjlMxIMqV0
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1197 on: April 08, 2022, 02:11:54 PM »
Sigh

Warning AA tends to over dramatize things so when I get more time I will do some digging.

Starship may NEVER launch from Boca Chica! Environmental groups claim victory over SpaceX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IjlMxIMqV0

I've heard this is a nothing thing.  This is just expanding certain buildings on the site.

Corps of Engineers is going to approve just about anything SpaceX wants.  But there's no point expanding anything until the FAA gets off their ass and gives a decision on the launch permit.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1198 on: April 08, 2022, 02:19:30 PM »
Hear someone has a painting for sale
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1199 on: April 09, 2022, 10:45:54 PM »
Now booster landings are almost* boring

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*I said almost.
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