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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1425 on: June 23, 2022, 06:39:00 PM »
I'm astounded every few months how irate I get that SpaceX hasn't done anything innovative and awesome recently

I think a lot of their awesome stuff is being done quietly, almost under the radar.  Not that they're being all that secretive, it's just that they don't toot their horn until they are ready to fly something.  I like how they show us nearly everything at a launch, even if it goes boom.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1426 on: June 23, 2022, 08:58:12 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1427 on: June 23, 2022, 09:00:03 PM »
it's just that they don't toot their horn until they are ready to fly something.  I like how they show us nearly everything at a launch, even if it goes boom.

Unlike a certain Jeff Who company
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1428 on: June 23, 2022, 09:45:45 PM »
I think a lot of their awesome stuff is being done quietly, almost under the radar.  Not that they're being all that secretive, it's just that they don't toot their horn until they are ready to fly something.  I like how they show us nearly everything at a launch, even if it goes boom.
Never seen an Elon Musk presentation, have you?

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1429 on: June 24, 2022, 09:05:47 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1430 on: June 24, 2022, 11:05:26 AM »
Never seen an Elon Musk presentation, have you?

His presentations aren't all that frequent IIRC.  Again, I don't believe SpaceX is being secretive so much as they are just busy working on space.  They let us know stuff on occasion when they come up for air.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1431 on: June 24, 2022, 11:39:31 AM »
His presentations aren't all that frequent IIRC.  Again, I don't believe SpaceX is being secretive so much as they are just busy working on space.  They let us know stuff on occasion when they come up for air.

They are actually secretive to a necessary degree.  They aren't patenting their stuff in order to maintain trade secrets.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1432 on: June 27, 2022, 08:05:07 PM »
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LIVE: SpaceX Rolls Out Third Starship Tower Section at Kennedy Space Center
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1433 on: June 27, 2022, 10:38:01 PM »
Like sometime out of a scfi movie at the moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBeoReu12E

If you have to rewind go to ~02:38 UTC
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1434 on: June 28, 2022, 08:32:44 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1435 on: June 29, 2022, 04:26:53 PM »
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Falcon 9 is launching the SES-22 mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:04 PM EDT from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

 LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches SES-22 Mission
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1436 on: June 30, 2022, 08:14:29 AM »
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ISRO undertakes PSLV-C53/DS-EO mission on June 30, 2022. The launch is scheduled at 18:00 hours IST from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The countdown of 25 hours leading to the launch begins at 1700 hours IST on June 29, 2022.

 Launch of PSLV-C53/DS-EO Mission
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1437 on: June 30, 2022, 02:33:38 PM »
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V is launching the USSF-12 mission for the US Space Force. The launch window opens at 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC) from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida.

LIVE: ULA Atlas V 541 Launches USSF-12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4LdUzElsKc
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1438 on: June 30, 2022, 02:37:22 PM »
LIVE: ULA Atlas V 541 Launches USSF-12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4LdUzElsKc

One fewer Atlas V's in the world.  And still no Vulcan or New Glenn to take on the load.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1439 on: June 30, 2022, 02:41:05 PM »
One fewer Atlas V's in the world.  And still no Vulcan or New Glenn to take on the load.

Elon should start selling Raptor 2s on Amazon  :rofl:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1440 on: June 30, 2022, 07:01:37 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1441 on: June 30, 2022, 07:31:59 PM »
Still holding, they're concerned about lightning.
Window is until 8:00 edt
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1442 on: June 30, 2022, 07:35:22 PM »
Scrub
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1443 on: July 01, 2022, 03:06:11 PM »
Let's try this again

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V is launching the USSF-12 mission for the US Space Force. The launch window opens at 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC) from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida.

LIVE: ULA Atlas V 541 Launches USSF-12 Mission
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1444 on: July 01, 2022, 06:27:28 PM »
Weather hold but they're expecting it to clear in the next 20-30 minutes
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1445 on: July 01, 2022, 06:52:31 PM »
Clear to go
Countdown ~23 min
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1446 on: July 02, 2022, 05:20:02 PM »
From the ULA Atlas 5 launch

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1447 on: July 02, 2022, 05:20:24 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1448 on: July 02, 2022, 05:22:07 PM »
And now a little Space X

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1449 on: July 02, 2022, 05:22:44 PM »
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