Space and Science BS Thread

I borderline feel like we're being trolled here

 

Sorry, what now?

 

Speaking of ICBMs:
https://twitter.com/afglobalstrike/status/1567487742220673027?s=21&t=yYymG9Zy6jtPt_LrUV7YxQ

 

Neutron's first stage will land, RTLS, with fairing attached. It's second stage will be ultralight and cheap - so maybe a disposable re-entry capsule as well would be developed?

 

Less than 3 weeks
https://twitter.com/dr_thomasz/status/1567591154383740933?s=21&t=yYymG9Zy6jtPt_LrUV7YxQ

 

Tesla is developing a humanoid robot, named Optimus with the end goal being to replace a bunch of workers, or lack there of. Think I robot. Personally the tech is here for it, but co-op bots are TERRIBLE. But they tend to be from low production manufacturers as well, so we'll see how it goes.

 

laughable? Why?

 

Let's start with this article:
https://arstechnica.com/science/202...f-blue-origin-leaders-trying-to-catch-spacex/

 

https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1567622377185415173?s=21&t=p164pw1gjradP0apWReWDQ
https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1567622669973037056?s=12

 

I had no idea they were doing that.

 

Show me BO's 'orbital class booster'.

Wait, there's a boilerplate. And an assembly building.

Show me BO's landing plan for their New Glenn rocket. ... wait she's going to the scrapyard, unused.

Show me their engines rated for a a full flight that have flown at least once ... ... bueller? bueller?

They're well capitalized, but have nothing but a (mostly) reusable sounding rocket to show for it, in working hardware.

 

I guess maybe he’s equating New Shepherd with F9 maybe because both can land? Yeah, the disparity in launches, landings, payload mass and payloads to orbit is laughable even if you don’t include Falcon heavy. William Shatner isn’t quite that heavy yet and afaik nobody can measure the mass of an ego so Bezos doesn’t add much. It’s not that BO is incapable, they just don’t do very much so they’re not nearly as capable and keep falling further behind. Bezos provides funding and has goals but isn’t in a he same league as a driving and driven force that Musk is.

 

Someone say static fire?
https://twitter.com/bocachicagal/status/1567990554000064512?s=46&t=ST_Fw8_bFVm-iY10XWiabw

 

Encouraging to say the least. It doesn’t translate as much as I’d like to B7 due to the differences in plumbing, start up sequencing, launch mounts, and sheer volume of thrust but definitely a step in the right direction.
Given that they don’t need the orbital launch license to continue with suborbital testing I’m hoping to see some starship launches(not SH)to gather data on both engine performance and descent/landing/catch profiles. HLS won’t have flaps but the moon doesn’t have gusts or a prevailing wind so any atmospheric testing has to account for those plus the need the practice anyway. HLS will be autonomous for the landing which is purely ballistic anyway and much more predictable. In any case once an orbital version drops transonic the profiles become similar to this stripped model. Attempting a catch with a stripped version might be more likely but adding landing gear would suggest a different approach.
Moah please.

 

Confirmed by the people bringing you the reported static fire:
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1568010239185944576?s=46&t=nqneHRM3TUVmGxeK2zLUxQ

And the downside:
https://twitter.com/csi_starbase/status/1567989756184887297?s=46&t=nqneHRM3TUVmGxeK2zLUxQ

 

Cool view of an F9 landing (looks the same as a New Shepard, right )
https://twitter.com/systems_zero/status/1566961113530613760?s=46&t=L0IT74V3C06xYt50F3zGCg

 

https://twitter.com/rgvaerialphotos/status/1568237736867291145?s=46&t=L0IT74V3C06xYt50F3zGCg

 

I didn't realize that New Shepard had even launched, let alone landed safely, let alone that BO has another drone recovery ship.

 

NS is the flying phallic symbol that does BOs sub orbital flights:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Shepard

 

Oh. I pay so little attention to BO, that I thought New Shepard was New Glenn.