CatastrophicFailure

Wait, don’t rockets generally use rivets? No, bolts! Bolt all of this! With explosive bolts! what’re we bolting again?

This is the impression I got. Also might be some DSN access conflicts.

Looks like a guidance and control issue.

Of all the flarping... Gaaaaaaaah!

Specifically the Soviet Lun-class. Basically a high-speed missile platform. Been around a while, kinda comes and goes in terms of recognition. Was eclipsed by Kraken drives for a while.

If the game lets you do it... it’s not cheating.

Well if they're gonna go thru all that, they might as well just shoot a Dragon out of a ginormous cannon... ...right into the Moon's eye.

Because that's been working so well with the fairings... Altho... didn't he mention something similar back before FH? I know he's mentioned the bouncy house before, when it wasn't related to fairings...

Maybe it’s mostly for data collection toward that end? They mentioned the same thing in the buildup to Falcon Heavy, sounds like they’re gonna try a ballute.

And here I thought they had completely given up on that. Does he mean TESS? It would have a craptonne of extra weight capacity, but they just said they aren’t returning that one at all.

I wonder if they're considering giving up on the idea entirely? Maybe modifying the fairing to be a bit more waterproof and soft-landing on the water is starting to make more sense?

Interesting tweets this morning: in no particular order, cuz it's morning... TESS's booster will fly again on the next CRS mission Tomorrow's weather still looking 80% good: BFTent: absolutely not a miniature TESS's upper stage will not be de-orbited. Fairing is equipped for recovery and will land in the ocean, but no Steve-O: Apparently a droneship landing is actually easier on the rocket: And since this is the last Block 4, probably the last all white booster:

Crap, he’s discovered the Ladder Drive. Everybody run! on a ladder...

Can I substitute the beans for more tortillas?

1.2.2, 16gb RAM, SSD... 213 seconds without, 232 with. Didn't work for me, I'm afraid. Holey crap, dude.

The Kerbal is strong with me. you shoulda seen the response when I mentioned Juno arriving at Jool...

So, TESS is a measly 370kg, yet it’s only getting boosted to 60% of the distance to the Mün by the F9. It’ll have to make up the rest with its own thrusters. Y tho? Surely the Falcon 9 can send more than a few hundred kg to a direct lunar flyby, right?

Almost midnight here, can confirm. And click.

This. Thanks alot, @sevenperforce

That’s no M—*squints* oh... nevermind...

Baby you a song, You make me wanna roll my window down, and— *get sucked out into the vacuum of space to die horribly*

But... it’s not political, it’s a history lesson! We’ve got like a bona-fide history professor and everything! But perhaps we should/could take this fascinating turn to a group PM? @razark‘s probably right...

I certainly hope so. I just got through dealing with a.... somewhat less encouraging member of the upcoming generation. Guy was absolutely incapable of managing a ball, a bicycle, and boarding the bus. Never got his bike on the rack right, the ball tried to make a break for it several times (possibly to commit seppuku in traffic), and he went 10 miles in the wrong direction after being repeatedly counseled, “dude, this will take you ten miles in the wrong direction.” I should have asked if he had any Tide pods. I’ve got a stain on my shirt. Possibly from my own brain cells leaking out my nose from acute exposure to second-hand stupidity.

Keep it going a little longer. unless you haven’t seen this movie and don’t get the reference. Then we’re all doomed.