Anyone else start dreaming of dead cities below the ocean after the Falcon 9 hit the moon?
Big Dumb Booster
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Aerospace Engineer. Pressure-Fed Astronaut on the YouTube, bad audio on End of Mission. Writing a few books and building the Big Dumb Future.
One of the nicer shots of Atlantis on the Mate/Demate Device after STS-44.
Went well enough. It would be more impressive if this was Flight 2, not 13. Still losing tiles, there's damage to the airframe, and Super Heavy was lost again. On the same flight path as the others. At some point, this thing has to actually work.
Big Dumb Booster@buccaneerboosters.bsky.social · 3w agoTo reiterate: it's abundantly clear the Starship program is a colossal systems engineering failure. Despite cries of "iteration", we are at the thirteenth flight and third version of this vehicle and it still lacks basic functionality.
For the 23rd Party Congress, we'll be discussing Luna 10 because STS-75's recording had an issue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q94N...
First to Orbit the Moon | Luna 10 | End of Mission Episode 49
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To reiterate: it's abundantly clear the Starship program is a colossal systems engineering failure. Despite cries of "iteration", we are at the thirteenth flight and third version of this vehicle and it still lacks basic functionality.
Spoke to the Eternal President today for 20 minutes. I swear I saw him get his skull ventilated by a rebel last week. Strange times we live in. Anyway, back to trying to make OTRAG work.
I remembered how to make pretty space shots. Pictured here is one of Buccaneer's planned space services.
What do I bring up more: orbital mechanics or the ISS's configuration? We're talking "Gravity"! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GSr...
Angular Pedantry | Gravity (STS-157) | End of Mission Special Episode 14
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Second Chinese mission to the Moon that also goes other places. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPaL...
Quick Trip to the Moon | Chang'e 2 | End of Mission Episode 47
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It's called hard science fiction because you have to do a lot of hard math.
More things to read for my "Bad Arguments About Space" series* (which is real I'm totally working on it it just goes to another school you wouldn't know about it okay). *Nothing against this article. I want to be able to find it again.
Noema Magazine@noemamag.com · 2mo ago“Detractors might scoff at Musk’s ambition to die on Mars, but at least the dying part would be easy.” — @henrywismayer.bsky.social #mars #spaceexploration #spacex
AMROC's Aquila 31, the 1992 version with H-1500 hybrids, an Orbus 21s third stage, and U-75 hybrid upper stage. Remade the logo myself.
A very special episode. With monkeys and rats! Nothing else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyzP...
"I'm Not Coming Down" | STS-51B | End of Mission Episode 46
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Caravel is now gay in celebration of Pride Month.
A celebration of 4k subscribers is underway, starting with audio issues and New Glenn exploding (I had nothing to do with it). www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkfF...
4,050 Subscriber Special! (And New Glenn Blew Up)
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So... who wants to make a lunar lander bid? (Yes, I will make you talk like a pirate.)
Back on this nonsense. I know where my bread is buttered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlwz...
Starship Flight 12 Was a Flight
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What am I supposed to say? It didn't blow up, but it's still losing engines, parts are still falling off, and whatever happened to Super Heavy. Am I supposed to be impressed? We're at Flight 12 and there's basically no real progress.
Yes, I am pleased to announce my very cool space hotel that you should buy tickets to visit without any renders based on this simple and not suspicious at all announcement.
I have been inside the 16" gun turret of a World War II battleship (USS Alabama). Very crammed, but cool.
Heads up, End of Mission folks: Mariner 4 is coming Saturday the 16th without the standard posts. I'll be on vacation (and reading "Book of the New Sun").
Only 4 months behind schedule! Let's take a look at some, not all, Europa III proposals. (More coming later this year, I promise.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srzz...
Europa III | Know Your Rocket
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I keep forgetting the Wikipedia OTRAG article doesn't use the right design/model for the rocket. It's clearly Interorbital's Neptune or concept art of something like it. Should I fix it?
It's fun reading the press kits for old Shuttle missions. They tell you everything: where the experiments are in Spacelab, basic wiring diagrams, and the names of each experiment. Even better when there are diagrams of the experiments themselves.