CatastrophicFailure

I meant the hamster.

Heheh oh yeah, just didn’t know much much cussing there might be.

Careful, I’ve heard things about those Russian hamsters…

There’s this… which despite the usual hullabaloo seems like more nothing…

Almost. https://x.com/austinbarnard45/status/1702057715051253848

I walked a goat today. I must admit, when I woke up this morning, those are not words I was expecting to utter today. We came around the corner on the way home and my wife was like, "that's... not a deer..." He was just standing there in the middle of the road looking cornfused. She noted the collar on him, so I parked, hopped out, grabbed a random leash from the back seat, and turns out he's incredibly friendly. Or hungry. Or both. He came right up to me and proceeded to lick my hand, at which point we very nearly owned our first goat. Sigh. But yeah, we figured he belonged to a neighbor and got loose. So some mild drama and a walk around the loop ensued until we found his caretaker out looking for him. Apparently his actual owner is somewhat AWOL, too. Oh, and his name is William. Gonna have to step up our efforts on that goat pen now... I hate to break it to you but this is for Christmas 2027...

All 63 requirements have either been completed or are for future flights… also 90+ cameras.

Meanwhile, across the pad… Ship 26 has been rolled out for testing. Quite the head-scratcher, this. Lots of speculation that it’s a prototype expendable tanker/orbiting fuel depot/fuel-transfer tester, but in any of those cases it’s odd that it still has tile pins and mounting hardware for fins. IIRC there’s upgrades on this booster specifically for that.

Sounds to me like they’ve already done it.

+1 for “oubliette.”

Yup. As someone deep in that X thread said, this would be the FAA’s response whether it was the day after IFT-1 or the day before the new launch license was granted. Bit fun tho to scroll through the comments and watch, sigh, “both sides” blow it all out of proportion.

FAA to SpaceX:

And going up.

Gave the puppy a piece of pancake as a treat. He’s now decided it’s the greatest toy EVER and has spent the last hour evenly distributing it around the living room. [WeNeedAFacepalm.gif]

[citation needed]

This doesn’t seem like a big showstopper to me. The Shuttle did this dozens of times. Dragon regularly does. And by the time Starship actually attempts it, they’ll have a LOT of data from, and presumably several successes at, bellyflopping into the Pacific.

Embeds seem to be broken again but… https://x.com/tobyliiiiiiiiii/status/1697642656602501125?s=61&t=JV3DuAKeQdnHM-A2F2U-lA https://x.com/jenakuns/status/1697442574099947530?s=61&t=JV3DuAKeQdnHM-A2F2U-lA

clearly, the parents have already converted.

Funny how that works. It’s Almost like they’re actually colleagues or something…

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I didn't to watch the launch, but this is interesting: Paige, No! ...

Seattle gonna Seattle.

Sigh. Space is hard, Moon is harder. Do svidanya, Chibi-Luna-25.

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

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