Jason Cook

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:56:01 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Massive!

#^https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1423659261452709893/photo/4

Spacex Starship

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Sat, 07 Aug 2021 20:23:01 -0400

Freddy WILLEMS

frewi80@hub.inktada.com

It's a monster..

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 22:00:35 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Would be awesome to see that launch.

Up for a trip to Texas?

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 23:26:36 -0400

Freddy WILLEMS

frewi80@hub.inktada.com

Well if I retired I sure would...

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:03:36 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Awesome launch & first stage landing on the coast of Florida
#^Transporter-2 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 30 at 3:31 p.m. EDT for launch of Transporter-2, SpaceXâ€™s second dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission, from Space...

SpaceX space

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:19:13 -0400 last edited: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:38:31 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Looks like recent delays are a result of the requirement of a possible new environmental impact statement (they routinely have to file these). My guess is that spacex has already completed this and is waiting for review. Until this is complete, the FAA will not issue a license to launch. Hopefully this is complete and test launch occurs by end of July.
#^SpaceX stacking giant Super Heavy rocket ahead of Starship orbital flight test (photo)

SpaceX has been targeting July for the landmark flight.

Starship SpaceX

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:04:31 -0400 last edited: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:04:49 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

This was posted 4 days ago, and it does not look like SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell's concerns are related to environmental impact statement, but the R&D effort itself. They are still trying to have a first launch in July.
#^SpaceX aiming for July for Starship orbital launch despite regulatory reviews - SpaceNews

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says the company is â€œshooting for Julyâ€ for the first orbital launch of the companyâ€™s Starship despite lacking a license.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:07:11 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Awesome launch earlier today #^GPS III Space Vehicle 05 Mission

On Thursday, June 17 at 12:09 p.m. EDT, Falcon 9 launched the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Sta...

Footage of landing, fairing ejection, and GPS III deployment is excellent.

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Fri, 18 Jun 2021 02:41:52 -0400

FourOh-LLC

fouroh-llc@hubzilla.factoryfouroh.net

The re-entry and the landing of the booster was really something, it is a brand new technology.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:01:01 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

#^SpaceX is converting an oil rig into a floating launch pad in the ocean for its Starship rocket in Mississippi

One of SpaceX's oil rigs, Phobos, is now located in Pascagoula, a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, The Sun Herald reported.

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Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:41:31 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

#^SpaceX Starship: Map and schedule for Elon Muskâ€™s ambitious orbital flight

SpaceX is gearing up to send Starship, Elon Musk's ship designed to travel to the Moon and Mars, to new heights. Here's what you need to know.

SpaceX

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:06:46 -0400

Freddy WILLEMS

frewi80@hub.inktada.com

Hope to have time to witness that ! Hoping launching from Space Port in Florida.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:40:57 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Excellent launch today.

While the whole launch is fun to watch, I have the video forwarded to where the first stage is close to landing on the drone ship. Really nice footage from Falcon 9 of the whole event!

#^CRS-22 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, June 3 for Falcon 9â€™s launch of the twenty-second Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-22).Liftoff is targeted for 1:29 p....

SpaceX Space

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 18:08:42 -0400

Freddy WILLEMS

frewi80@hub.inktada.com

Indeed Jason that is the coolest video ever.. Will watch again.

Sat, 22 May 2021 09:26:27 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

#^Starship SN15 patiently awaits a decision - The Road to Orbit - NASASpaceFlight.com

Following its successful launch and landing, Starship SN15 has been placed back onto a launchâ€¦

SpaceX

Sat, 22 May 2021 15:13:33 -0400

Freddy WILLEMS

frewi80@hub.inktada.com

Wanna see that for sure !!!

Sun, 09 May 2021 11:45:50 -0400 last edited: Sun, 09 May 2021 11:58:17 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Good quick read with information about future starship launches too.
#^Elon Musk says SpaceX might refly Starship after historic landing

Update: CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX â€œmight try to refly SN15 soonâ€ after it became the first Starship to ace a high-altitude launch and survive the landing. In other words, SpaceX might be about to kick off whatâ€™s bound to be a long and fruitful future of Starship reusability. Less than six months after â€¦

SpaceX

Sun, 09 May 2021 12:02:43 -0400

FourOh-LLC

fouroh-llc@hubzilla.factoryfouroh.net

I am not following this too closely, as I always considered Earth's gravity well a showstopper for anything really exciting in my own lifetime. Add the reentry, and the ratio of useful cargo to the rest of the spacecraft is dwarfed. A spacecraft build around the orbit, like the space-station, may reduce the bulky shell. I think the next exciting mission is going to be building a robotic mission to collect / capture the stuff from the moon, space debris (natural dust, gases, ore) to be used to build more. Decades down the road for sure.

Sun, 09 May 2021 13:45:08 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

When done, with first stage complete as well, it will be like a reusable Saturn 5 with more carrying capacity. Unlike the Saturn 5, it doesn't take 10% of the entire national budget to build.

Wed, 05 May 2021 18:09:03 -0400 last edited: Wed, 05 May 2021 18:36:38 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Launches possibly in 11 minutes!
#^Starship | SN15 | High-Altitude Flight Test

As early as Wednesday, May 5, the SpaceX team will attempt a high-altitude flight test of Starship serial number 15 (SN15) â€“ our fifth high-altitude flight t...

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Wed, 05 May 2021 18:37:52 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Venting; detanking. Keeping fingers crossed.

Wed, 05 May 2021 18:41:53 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

"Fire is out."

Wed, 05 May 2021 21:59:37 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

20:25 CDT: "Recover personel are heading to the landing pad."

Hopefully they give details as to the condition of SN15 as well as improvements needed.