Secretary of Eumenes Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: What if we read the book that inspired Damon to make potatoes in his own shit? Advanced botany?? Read some real shit before you get all set on leaving that lame earf behind forever. Start with Kim Stanley Robinson and work your way forward to Neal Stephenson. I love The Expanse too, but anyone who calls it hard or realistic science fiction doesn't read enough science fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 JGP, Ser Scot A Ellison and LynnS 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) It wasn't suppose to light at all, SpaceX was just doing a test spinning up the turbines of all 33 engines. But do to so they need to be fuelled, and pressurized. And somewhere along the lines in the fueling process some methane must have leaked, and mixed with ambient air, and something sparked enough to make it go boom... The result doesn't look bad actually, which makes sense since everything there is designed to take a controlled explosion. Hopefully it won't be too long to assess the damage and get moving towards a launch attempt. Next time they do the spin test, they'll just do it one engine at a time instead of all 33. Edited July 12, 2022 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 25th Commercial Resupply Services contracted flight by SpaceX to ISS, tonight at 8:30PM EST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) Russian head of Rosocosmos ousted and replaced by the Deputy PM Borisov. meanwhile but wait a minute! Would have been funnier if one was just the goatee version of the other. Edited July 15, 2022 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On the one hand, Rogozin has been an antagonistic dick, but on the other Borisov is a military man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 I'm not typically posting every launch any more, unless there is a milestone passed or the flight has some significance beyond a generic commercial satellite launch. Today's launch of another batch of Starlink represents the 31st launch of the year, matching the number of SpaceX launches in all of 2021, and it's only July! It is possible SpaceX could achieve it's ambitious goals of 60 launches in 2022, averaging about one launch every 6 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Russia pretends it has the economy to support an independent space program again.... Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Note to mods: I don't want to start a new thread until Starship is days from launching. Edited August 15, 2022 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) ok i lied, will start a new thread for the SLS launch tomorrow. Edited August 28, 2022 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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