Flavio hc16

This seems like a way better idea, yeah, you have more competition, but you aren't against a juggernaut. Right now to be in the launch businnes you either have to be: 1) A government-paragovernament agency ( Europe-China) 2) have the infinite money glitch ( BO) 3) have a really good idea with previous execution ( RocketLab, Impulse Space and Stoke) 4) SpaceX. I really can't see a future for anyone else

This is really a slam dunk of epic proportions. I don't know if we will see the starliner do a manned " normal procedure" flight to the ISS before it gets deorbited.

Considering that we have the name of the pilot, I would say yes, that happened. And you are dodging the argument.

Go and have a look at the " you really ought to go home" story Or at how they have to handicap the F22 to give Rafales and Eurofighter a chance Or the fact that they export the F35 but not the older F-22. Or the F22 flight envelope.

At speeds > 3 km/s, every kg of mass has more energy than 1 kg of TNT, so you just need the ship to release some payload before it starts the aerobraking manouver

Lul. The F-22 is so useless that it's mere possibility of presence in the sky basically grounds every other air force in the area. The best weapon it's the one you never need to use. Is the F-22 a failure as an air superiority fighter? Hell no, it actually created the "air dominance" fighter category. It's operationally a failure? Yes. Why? Mainly because it overly specialized and it has been built as the ultimate cold war fighter, not the "new world order" fighter. For that role, the F23 was better, and this is clear because the new F47 clearly get some heritage from the Black Widow II ( McDonald Douglas has been acquired just a bit later by Boeing) as, from the renderings, it is eerily similar in shape, size ( F47 will actually be bigger), same aim for long range and fast super cruise, super-high flight ceiling and more room inside. Also, the 1st flight of demonstrators for the NGAD, and I mean plural, have been Flying since 2019/2020. And before you ask, I'm European.

I'm skeptical that New Glenn will be able to launch 60 tons to LEO any time soon ( <18 months), and that this lander can land a crew on the moon with today's standard of safety. You know why Spacex did develop falcon 9 and BO is developing NG the way they do instead of how spacex is testing Starship? Because the NEEDED/NEED to do so, they NEED an orbital rocket to have a businnes. Spacex is in the controlling seat right now, so they can test a rocket without payload. In the long term, Spacex method of launching starship will pay out.

I really hope it slides to tomorrow, I have to sleep.... ... Sigh in European.

As a European, I really hope it goes to the 7th

Shuttle C was always the Answer, and it would have been a good architecture: 2/3 launches of shuttle C + a crewed launch of just Orion Ares I stile ( but not with the Ares 1) and you had a 170/ 240 tons stack in LEO ready to do whatever you want, and you knew you could launch at least 4-6 per year and 2 launches in close proximity.

Ift 7 video

or...instead of putting the cart before the horse, we could just wait the launch date? considering that for launch 2-3-4 we got the Mishap investigation and launch license a couple hours prior to the launch? Also, the SEC had a single investigation of Tesla ( 420 tweet) back in 2018

This is an educated guestimate: They will do a deorbit burn that will target 20/30 km out east of the landing pad, so that if anything goes bad, the heavier debris will fall into the Gulf of Mexico America, then do a direction reversal either aerodynamically or propulsively so to target the landing pad, and IMHO we will see somewhat of an "lofted" trajectory, higher up in the middle phase, so that more debris will fall in the ocean in case of problems (look at my mad Paint skilz)

This is quite a remarkable article! There is also a good video of Eager Space ( and if you are new to the space world, I would strongly recommend you watch basically all his videos).

I think that the Boeing space division is really getting desperate

Boy the Gradatim is biting them back

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/boeing-has-informed-its-employees-that-nasa-may-cancel-sls-contracts/ We might be at the end of the road of this 100B $ boondoggle.

https://jamestemplephotography.pixieset.com/spacexstarship7explosion2025-phonewallpaper/?fbclid=PAY2xjawH665dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpoWZuh2n_h0tNEFWyhEdbi7o3TNJ0g-4EC4dC4BN4ZriFbWTrq8IXjyOnw_aem_xWCgVWX0mUY61lM243q_hA If someone wants some amazing wallpapers/prints of the flight 7 breakup

The planes are taking revenge

If you don't do it already, follow Eager Space, he is a great creator and brings generally good points. He is the Perun of the space industry.

This is something that should get talked more IMHO. If the trajectory isn't over populated areas, let the ship remain intact and glide/bellyflop for as long as possible so that it has less energy and there is less chance it hits something, it would be also easier to avoid. Ofc if it is falling over risky areas, blow it up, it better to have a lot of debris than a Rods from Gods type situation with a 150/200 tons meteor.

This is bad, this might be a worse f-up than IFT-1 Another view:

(Alleged) photo of ship 31 (ift 6) during reentry https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/s/Sm87fqaQDP ( I have no idea why reddit is not embedding properly)

20 tons payload to polar orbit? That's a chonky spy weather satellite.

And we are actually coming up on the same finesse ration with starship... SpaceX rocket propulsion engineering is truly insane.