tater Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, mikegarrison said: Very, very small governments. I should have been clear I meant government levels of money spent on space programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleKSide Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 7 hours ago, tater said: They are building the Mars vehicle. Musk has money to spend, and any additional funding/contracts simply offsets what he has to write a check for. There was a great quote I came across many years ago in regards to this 'new space' environment we are living in. We made it to the moon on the pride of nations. We might just make it to mars on the ego of billionaires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Epic. Also, a little over 12 hours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio hc16 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I'm going a bit OT, but I don't think people are realising how much money Elon will funnel Into SpaceX when Tesla solves vision. Full self driving is a 1-2 trillion profit per year endevour, and it's a "first to market wins most" type of deal. And don't want even to mention the Bot, because there numbers get really stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, Flavio hc16 said: I'm going a bit OT, but I don't think people are realising how much money Elon will funnel Into SpaceX when Tesla solves vision. Full self driving is a 1-2 trillion profit per year endevour, and it's a "first to market wins most" type of deal. And don't want even to mention the Bot, because there numbers get really stupid. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Machine vision has been "just about to be solved" for the last 40 years, and full self-driving has been "just about to be solved" for the last 20 years. And besides that, Tesla is a public company, not a private holding of Musk. So he can't funnel Tesla profit into his other companies. If he wants to get access to Tesla equity, he has to do it by either selling his shares in Tesla or taking out loans with his Tesla shares as collateral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) So 2 launches tomorrow, both in the morning, about 6 hours apart. Unsure if the webcast placeholder is wrong for the starlink. Edited June 3, 2023 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 They still have the Starlink launch, so maybe this one at OMG-thirty tomorrow morning, then the CRS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 2 min https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1665747395261632514 Sep, SES-1 (they are using the small nozzle on this as well). Entry burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 nominal orbit, Dragon sep is soon Dragon away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 I like a good view of the booster shadow during landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Brotoro said: I like a good view of the booster shadow during landing. I can't land without it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthgently Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 1 hour ago, tater said: Is there room for third and fourth Dragons or Soyuzes to dock? Maybe get a raft-up BBQ party going on up there. When ports run out, free more up by moving and retaining a Dragon with Canadarm. Dragons bring more Canadarms, Soyuzes bring more vodka. Invite the PRC crew to EVA over from their very stealthy recon craft stationed 500m away that ISS crew were ordered to pretend was undetectable for the last 42 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 16 minutes ago, darthgently said: Is there room for third and fourth Dragons or Soyuzes to dock? Maybe get a raft-up BBQ party going on up there. There are only 2 docking ports (PMA2 and 3). The other 2 are berthing, so only Cygnus and ATV (eventually Dream Chaster) can go on those 2. There are spots for 4 Soyuz/Progress. https://historicspacecraft.com/ISS_VV_Diagram.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) 4 hours: 18 hours: Edited June 12, 2023 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleKSide Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Kinda crazy how often F9 launches these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOXBLOX Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 3 hours ago, CastleKSide said: Kinda crazy how often F9 launches these days. Yeah, what's the limiting factor? How fast the droneships can 'sortie', or turnaround time on the rockets? Is it integrating payloads? I wonder what SpaceX's theoretical bottleneck is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, SOXBLOX said: Yeah, what's the limiting factor? How fast the droneships can 'sortie', or turnaround time on the rockets? Is it integrating payloads? I wonder what SpaceX's theoretical bottleneck is... If enough drone ships are made available, I'd think weather windows would be the next bottleneck. Hopefully, the ability to launch in more and more extreme weather will grow with time as happened with aircraft Edited June 12, 2023 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Last night's launch: Next launch 8 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuky Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 2 hours ago, darthgently said: If enough drone ships are made available, I'd think weather windows would be the next bottleneck. Hopefully, the ability to launch in more and more extreme weather will grow with time as happened with aircraft Even then the number of launch pads and possibly range would become a bottleneck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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