ThatGuyWithALongUsername

IDK, I wasn't watching them either. I've only heard this somewhere. It wasn't on every launch, either, just slightly more notable ones, I think.

I think they're afraid of broadcasting a failure. Sure, broadcasting a success would be great, but these rockets might fail, and they don't want the publicity that comes with live video of a failure (see the ongoing discussion in the SpaceX thread as an example). Announcing quietly that "oh, it failed" is a much less captivating way to announce a failure, and if the launch is a success we often get a launch video later on. They were actually starting to livestream just a bit more a few years ago, but then the second flight of the Long March 5 failed live on camera and they haven't done anything like it since.

Haha, yeah, the view from the surface would be stunning. Really the whole journey would be, too. And the surface itself- Valles Marineris would be an epic tourist destination. I also note the optimistic "when" instead of "if." I hope so, too.

Nah, it seems inside the atmosphere and not lit by the sun properly. It's probably just dust.

Not an official one, no, but... douyu.com/1963680

I see your YouTube video and raise to you a tweet:

This isn't new... Elon released this on his twitter like an hour after launch

...this is actually the first landing failure since they stopped referring to them as experimental. (excluding FH, since that was a test flight) That gives them a 24/25 success rate, or 96%.

P.S. @NovaSilisko was really fast on this one:

You know, I was only kidding when I thought to myself that the landing was gonna fail or something because I was going to miss the launch! I didn't mean it! Don't drink and land, kids.

I think the concern here is that the darker tanks will absorb more heat, messing up the fuel. I don't think it will be a problem, the losses are probably there but minimal. I mean... it's not paint, but we have an all-black launcher now, and it seems fine... although it does gain a cover of pure white frost when fuel is loaded.

Not just you, that sounds awesome- this actually touches on the fundamentals of spaceflight coolness. Human spaceflight is still "cool," though, but after some amount of repetition it begins to... wear off. The less common and closer to the "frontier" a mission is, the cooler. Controversial as it may be in practice, few can argue that a manned Mars landing wouldn't be "cool." In other words, it's all about exploration. Gaining as much knowledge about the universe as we can. Discovering new landscapes, new worlds, new perspectives on our own world. This is what makes spaceflight si inspiring and "cool." If it feels boring, somebody isn't pushing the frontier hard enough. (Doesn't mean we should lose our ground, though- I quite like the idea of having a continuous human presence in space.)

I've got a nice, mini-essay opinion to put here, but thankfully I'm too lazy, so I'll leave it at this: Science is cool.

Rats, to day was much better for my schedule! Or should I say "mice?" It's not like they're gonna just float freely around the station! They'll have a cage...

Alright... the entire DM-1 schedule is a complete mess/mystery at this point. First, last month, NASA set the launch date for January 7th with their invite to media to watch the launch. Next, NASA said that DM-1 won't be ready until spring or something because of problems with the parachutes and they only set the launch date to that so they could invite media. Now, SpaceX is saying that DM-1 is still on track for a mid-January launch and has no problems with the parachute. In retaliation, evidently, NASA now says that the first commercial crew spacecraft will launch when MS-12 is on the ISS, which is after Feb. 25. There are a bunch of other confusing points, such as the idea that DM-1 might occur after CRS-16 leaves the space station in "early January," and the whole confusion on whether the booster without grid fins at LC-39 is B1051, the DM-1 booster (which launches from that launchpad and has been confirmed to be "at the cape") or B1054, the GPS III-A booster (which launches sooner and needs no grid fins).

I still don't get why the Air Force asked for this, there isn't any extra risk involved on their end... if they still want to be picky about reused cores, then that's fine, but what difference does the landing make if the payload is so lightweight?

Webcast is over.

The LOX boiloff looks extra cool against the "extra-sooty" first stage @Ultimate Steve, the video @tater just posted was on the webcast, just fyi.

Besides, it should have flown a few more times by then. Meanwhile, more Mr. Steven views

Alright, successful launch! No problems with the first stage separation this time, it seems...

Meanwhile, in the field of increasingly futile guesses on BFR- I mean, Starship development, Elon may have dropped another hint on the materials change for those who are still guessing and aren't just letting it go until an announcement. Sounds like the new materials are more scorch-resistant. Yeah, I'll just wait. There's enough excitement on other stuff going on right now, anyway...

not to mention the New Horizons Ultima Thule flyby, potential BFR developments and tests, and 3 separate lunar landings! AAAAAAAAAA

Alright, Alright... so, first off, we already have 2 launches, a manned space station docking, an asteroid rendezvous, and a historic third relight tomorrow... and now you're telling me there's another fairing recovery?! Actually, not just tomorrow, but this whole week is insane. We've got 7 launches coming up, 5 or 6 of which have live webcasts, and at least 2 of which will accomplish important, historic firsts. This isn't just from SpaceX, of course, so this is a bit off topic, but still, this is crazy!

Is this a first for one of Elon's project? Lol

This statement is completely meaningless for 4 completely different reasons: SpaceX doesn't need money from NASA- they are, by all appearances, already profitable. For exra money, they're deeloping a satellite internet constellation, and they have recently acquired a $250M loan. ELoon probably hass some more money to put in later anyway. Except for Lockheed Martin, all of the companies they've announced partnerships with are smaller, less established companies. NASA is already indirectly funding SpaceX's ambitions through the commercial cargo/crew programs. These are all small unmanned landers, not 9-meter crewed interplanetary... things.