Space Things

[Ultramaroon]

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Btw, Perseverance lands at around 3:55pm Eastern Time today. Here's the "live" stream link.

https://www.nasa.gov/content/live-la...everance-rover

Nailed it!

https://blogs.nasa.gov/mars2020/2021...ce-has-landed/

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

This might be "ingenious" if I understand your meme correctly.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

This might be "ingenious" if I understand your meme correctly.

Yeah. Sky crane is old news. Gimme some of that aerial action!


...It was exciting to see the crew's relief. Still a HUGE deal.

[TommyJ]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Failing is learning. He claims they are still 2-3 years away from this being reliable.

I did not say that I disagree with this statement. I just don't understand how it works now. It looks like some kind of strange PR campaign.
In any case, over 18 years of existence, starting from scratch, they have achieved a lot.
Interestingly, there are now over 60 private space companies. And they are all successful in their own way. But no one makes PR on mistakes.
Recently I found out about an interesting space company that is working hard to launch its own space tugs to clear debris from orbit. It is called Skyrora.
So they make press releases only after they succeed in their tests.
For example, after successfully testing their Skylark Micro rocket.
And there are many such examples.

[brewloc]

Given the nature of rockets, it will never be trivial.

The Falcon9 has proven itself, its configuration is locked (block5), nuff said.


Now what is going on in south Texas, that is all iterative testing. If one thinks they are wasting money or overall failing, then more research into past outcomes using this method needs to be done.


It is not PR, they are really just breaking records every day. Look into their methods, materials, processes, and procedures.
SpaceX is just more open with their projects. Contrast them with Blue Origin, both private, but one keeps its IP under much tighter wraps.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Spuds

This might be "ingenious" if I understand your meme correctly.

I just got it.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

This might be "ingenious" if I understand your meme correctly.

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I just got it.

Oh, God... I'm an idiot. Sorry, Spuds. That must have been disappointing.

[brewloc]

RocketLab announced a new rocket today:Neutron. Set to launch in 2024, human capable!!



Obligatory quirky announcement video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1366358673522499588

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by brewloc

RocketLab announced a new rocket today:Neutron. Set to launch in 2024, human capable!!



Obligatory quirky announcement video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1366358673522499588

They also merged with a SPAC. So you can own a piece of Rocket Labs now.

[brewloc]

SN10 went to 10k and then stuck the landing this time. Pretty neat.


Edit: Holy crap, methane leak, it exploded on the pad 10 mins after landing.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by brewloc

SN10 went to 10k and then stuck the landing this time. Pretty neat.


Edit: Holy crap, methane leak, it exploded on the pad 10 mins after landing.

Hopefully nobody had approached it.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Hopefully nobody had approached it.

I would assume they have some kind of cooldown period before letting people get going to inspect it.

Hopefully.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spike021

I would assume they have some kind of cooldown period before letting people get going to inspect it.

Hopefully.

This is SpaceX we are talking about lol.