Space and Science BS Thread

I watched it straight off the SpaceX website.

 

Taking a break from work. Wow...

To my eyes, it looked shallow well before staging.

 

Pre Launch:
https://x.com/trevormahlmann/status/1725681952957546742?s=46
https://x.com/trevormahlmann/status/1725690611276112120?s=46
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725690858249556454?s=46
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1725709799382458576?s=46

https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725846531389964588?s=46
https://x.com/spaceoffshore/status/1725853320210760097?s=46
https://x.com/spaceoffshore/status/1725854702632419832?s=46
https://x.com/sciguyspace/status/1725854812749623760?s=46
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725855953004708326?s=46
https://x.com/spacex/status/1725856214918246893?s=46
https://x.com/spaceoffshore/status/1725855805805572218?s=46
https://x.com/erikkuna/status/1725852346314314196?s=46
https://x.com/jennyhphoto/status/1725857446730559590?s=46
https://x.com/alexsvanart/status/1725858864048799848?s=46

 

Launch:
This site crops embedded pics but it’s a PITA to save and post the full pics .. I'll take the pain for those that are particularly iconic IMHO
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1725879726479450297?s=20
https://x.com/reuters/status/1725862216514334949?s=46
The on screen graphics were pretty cool:
https://x.com/spaceoffshore/status/1725862299020165404?s=46
https://x.com/djsnm/status/1725862576809271743?s=46
https://x.com/spaceoffshore/status/1725862753506660410?s=46
https://x.com/Teslaconomics/status/1725887734076907586?s=20

https://x.com/djsnm/status/1725863048735572158?s=46
https://x.com/djsnm/status/1725863255078547711?s=46
https://x.com/djsnm/status/1725864579878789449?s=46
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725863945276195266?s=46

https://x.com/planet4589/status/1725865537765335466?s=46
https://x.com/djsnm/status/1725865757714546890?s=46
I wonder if FTS testing was part of the profile? Would make sense after the delay in OFT-1. Well, so much for that theory...
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1725880148271190388?s=20
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725866131364176096?s=46
https://x.com/rgvaerialphotos/status/1725866364567429270?s=46
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725865242427609588?s=46

https://x.com/spaceabhi/status/1725862821031018697?s=46
https://x.com/tylerg1998/status/1725869823215673395?s=46
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725868505692520701?s=46
https://x.com/abernnyc/status/1725868070206378008?s=46
https://x.com/tina__nigro/status/1725870261738569968?s=46
https://x.com/nova_road/status/1725871024929943843?s=46
https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1725862657285071031?s=46
The graphics!
https://x.com/spacex/status/1725863437887242515?s=46
https://x.com/alexsvanart/status/1725872055931859184?s=46

 

Which way did it go? They were saying trajectory nominal with moments to go for seco.

 

I'm gonna guess you were on YouTube....

SpX is now using X to livestream. They're also steaming to YT but I saw today they put a 10 minute lag on YT so I ended up using AirPlay to have the SpX cast to my TV. No way was I gonna watch it on a tiny phone screen.

 

The countdown is on for the re-entry (doesn't show in this post but it's at about 50 minutes now):
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1725852544587727145?s=20

No onboard footage yet, you know I'll post it here when it comes..

 

Post Launch:
https://x.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1725891298479997176?s=20
Considering the good shape Stage 0 is in, hopefully it won't include the USFW...
https://x.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1725903672167546901?s=20
https://x.com/SPACEdotcom/status/1725900129813614919?s=20
https://x.com/Alexphysics13/status/1725899483454623808?s=20
This hot staging pic is amazing:
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1725898823262949586?s=20
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725873691903275256?s=20
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725896467901010386?s=20

 

Spoiler: Wow

From Spx - they believe the FTS was activated on the second stage soon after staging....The broadcast has ended.

 

https://x.com/thejackbeyer/status/1725907768127672633?s=20
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725913749650031088?s=20
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1725880321621864787?s=20
https://x.com/StephenClark1/status/1725906015206396412?s=20
https://x.com/planet4589/status/1725917544114974995?s=20
https://x.com/planet4589/status/1725922709622735084?s=20
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1725918203778678979?s=20
https://x.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1725921599575015627?s=20
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1725923207918784718?s=20

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1725926274995028152?s=20
https://x.com/eliassob/status/1725871782186381474?s=46
https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1725963479339688065?s=20
https://x.com/AlexSvanArt/status/1725960208222929192?s=20
https://x.com/esherifftv/status/1725932513363632149?s=20
https://x.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1725949574567600283?s=20

 

Too many images on the page for it to load. Could we spread them out a little or delete a few.

 

Works fine on my Starlink connection.

 

Seems to download fine for me. I’m in Taiwan on a bad connection.

 

Sorry about that. I was just trying to keep up with the info...

+1

 

https://x.com/comminathan/status/1725910514541191327?s=46

 

Page crashes several times before finally loading and allowing me in. Just this page on the site(random experiment). Cool images, thanks. I’m stoked about engine performance, way beyond expectations though I guess we’ll have to wait to see if running meant running at designated throttle. Also why the late stage anomaly. The PR overflight must have been a sight to see in person.

 

SpX livestream host and Senior Manager:
https://x.com/kate_tice/status/1726001089663893715?s=46

 

Scott Manley has a nice after action report with slow mo and syncing of the video with telemetry. Lox consumption increased about the time we started seeing the plume just prior to second stage termination. On the booster he theorizes fuel flow issues caused by sloshing and cavitation as the booster decelerated at separation and flip. Seems reasonable.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2C7xE9Mj4&pp=ygUGc3BhY2V4

 

https://x.com/alexphysics13/status/1726145764865294380?s=46

https://x.com/alexphysics13/status/1726145767016927461?s=46

 

https://x.com/spacex/status/1726290657705422950?s=46