#please Elon be on this first ship to mars

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Elon being a bit too honest about billionaires planning to exploit earth’s natural resources till all the birds go extinct….and then presumably escape to Mars

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Attn Elon Musk: Paypal appears broken. Could you call them please? Also my son Kyan? I just left messages for Judge Cindy Davis- who just got promoted on cons- and Judge Mathew Brower. Our pilot Airforce TM sides administrator pilot Wally Devasier, my brother Haydn Huntley at University of Hawaii Astronomy Department. Why do so many hate me? My x went through same red tape when we got engaged! Who are you sending to Mars Saturday? Do you really have perfected models of us both? Could I meet them? Is there nothing salvationable here? I would go with you or let you send my prototype to procreate with yours there with yours. I believe in your studies and long to understand them better. This is a huge leap of faith but perhaps there's a black hole of possibility, and we need to suspend Judgements.

I love ideas of some aspect of our nature lasting forever and improving our ra, e and of course Elon Musk, is an ever duplicatable human. But how many women would we have to share 'Elon' with?): They're all in love now and we don't want them to violate any aspect of his being. It was awful Biden tried to F him. I don't believe in acting out of fear nor desperation. I'd like to know your plan in full; what happened last 7 years; refunds on every offensive pigs heads from clerk to Presidents and their extended cartels. I know triangulation and fucking from mass community for you must be worse for you than me. I pray I helped your pursuit to Mars and was an agent of support in every way; even if I stood up to you. Which is not easy BTW. When you go to Mars or send people bring some nagchamp. I have alot of bio debris that comes off me. Maybe stardust if someone loved me? You could send some if you want? Lol Pink glow worms came to woods in my garden of Idyllwild. I think they liked my Incense & singing. Why is ship landing by Kauaii? Couldn't that cause hurricanes and imbalances? I share a Raven cooed at me like an owl this morning when I was out walking. I don't know what she w

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I Tweeted for over a year about discrimination too. Elon musk knows. You closed my account right before I was kidnapped. I'm sick of reviewing it with Bullies on bribes. Find out who hurt my accounts and send damages to Elon

He says no refund is too large! Thanks! Xo

He asked his management to send $10b down immediately and they said youte giving us the run around?? Settle NOW w/ court, X and Elon. I need all assets and kids returned. Thankyou! Nitya Huntley Rawal

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Its honestly ludicrous that we're focusing on the "getting people to mars" part without any major projects to trial run "keeping people alive on mars from the moment they get there". People are acting like its the settling of the american west and you can just go there if youre plucky enough or some shit. But this is magnitudes harder than starting a saloon in the california badlands, you cant just "figure out what youre doing" planetside, it has to already be there ahead of you. Like theres no air. On mars. Its not breathable. Its not feasible to pack enough air to be a build team on the ground. We need robots to build shelters that supply oxygen, which cant be brought from earth. Thats more complicated than a rocket.

Its just an insane goal. It takes 7 risky months to get anything to mars let alone a team of people? What are they provisioned with on the trip, where is it stored? Whats the propulsion method since you cant carry 7 months of fuel. We trudging there by solar once we're out of atmosphere or what.

And whats their goal? to plant a flag and get back in the ship? and on the ship they breathe air thats being made how, the guys on the international space station need shipments of air and water from earth. Yeah they can use the water to make more air. They can only have so large an inventory. But that thing is stupid close to earth so they can get sent supplies. Are uncrewed little roborockets going to follow you out?

Why not send them...........first?? Develop your supply chain before developing the whole "humans on mars" fantasy. Like in the fantasy they get there to an empty planet, dont they. Like itd ruin the ~pioneer ~view of outer utah if robots had been there and built the stuff you need to live ahead of time? "No rolling up the sleeves and no digging ditches like its manifest destiny 2, makes elon something something"? I mean the concept of going there with zero focus on anything besides the rocket is so asinine im just trying to play outfield in that ballpark. Im pretty sure the problem here is an unrealistic fantasy, the known facts have all the earmarks of "magical thinking". So does his meetcute with grimes.

If we're bothering to go there and its taking up the "end world hunger" resources i feel like it should be more productive than a retool of the lunar landing. (Colonizing the moon is kind of redundant because if anything cosmically unavoidable and substantial happens to the earth our moons whole shit is fucked too, and the sensible reason to settle off-earth is to provide reservoirs for life, so it really does make sense to focus on stuff we dont share orbital gravity or whatever with...which is why this mars landing stunt is such a cheeser, this kind of modern era mission plan is setting back interplanetary expansion by 100 years)

If we could just get ranked ballots to be an international voting standard. Skip a few steps and we're shifting currency systems to state scrip and ubi with a wealth cap and anti-inheritance laws...we could render oligarchic capital obsolete overnight.

I just think uninhabited siberia is perfect for decolonizing to. And that this all coalesces with the mars habitation issues. The russian space program has always been the tits, i want to live in a test habitat overseen by cosmonauts. We could make it a weird big brother house scenario and offset the running costs a bit by broadcasting the tea about being stuck somewhere colder than winnipeg in an enclosed selfsustaining microforest village with a bunch of other expats hehehe

I got my parents 23 and me kits for christmas. Assuming they are indeed both genetically related to me I'll be able to find out where i "should" go back to once their results are in. (This is one of those shady gifts that benefits the giver.) Im assuming the isle of man lmfao no please lord have mercy

When the romans coopted christianity neolib style they infused it with their roman will to conquest ie the urge to "civilize" the world (bring it within your own cultures economic sphere; unified coinage as lingua franca). So youve got a martyr-crazed soldiering class thats being fed holy war, not just war-as-political-hegemony. They went a lot further on the former, those euro colonial empires that cannibalized the failed republic. Like geographically further.

And this ethos of civilizing, not just "civilization" but complete ethnocultural engulfment, is baked in to the daily running of colony, still. The holy roman breeding program worked and now there are so many of us we can handily just spill into someone elses traditional territory and occupy indefinitely, and we have; nearly every corner of the earth had a sudden white population bomb go off--every continent--and 95% of colonizers are fucking kulaks about it because they literally believe in this nebulous "post-empire" white supremacist world order in their bones.

Its just so disheartening

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Sarfin now looked as if the bundle of parchment had exploded.  The Council witness was outraged.  Blind Mecat was looking sightlessly sideways at Dark Iren and both were sporting Dragon grins, full of amusement and fangs.

Sarfin sourly agreed, “You have made your point.  This is the wrong Court for the matter of the counterfeiting.  Your proposal has merit and will be adopted after examination of the ships books.”

Kurin held out more parchments from the pile in front of her.  “Here. This is a fully referenced abstract.  It cites the Grandalor’s books by volume, page and line.  It will make the search much easier.”

This batch of parchment was gratefully accepted by the Judge, who was beginning to feel that things were out of his control.

“Now,” said Sarfin darkly, even angrily, we come to the admitted matter of slavery.  You stipulated that the Grandalor has violated the First Great Law, and sold victims into servitude.”

“I said no such thing, your Honor,” said Kurin politely.  “I said that they sold indentures to the Arrakan fleet.”

“It’s the same thing,” retorted Sarfin.

“Tis nae!” exploded Tanlin angrily.  “Do Oi look a slave?  Oi sold m’ indenture six times t’ earn m’ Master’s Certificate!  Oi made enough t’ buy a share o’ t’e Princimorn as well!”  More calmly, she explained, “Indenture, w’ich’s for a term fixed by contract, is t’e ‘eart o’ t’e Arrakan educational system. Each ship ‘as t’e duty t’ teach t’e young fry t’ read, write an’ figure.  After t’at, t’e youngsters decide w’at t’ey wont t’ do an’ sell t’eir indentures t’ learn.  T’e Master gets t’e person for a set term, paid in full at t’e start. T’e student gets room, board, payment for ‘is service an’ instruction in t’e art.  T’ere’s nae slavery.  W’at Barad did wa’ dune in Arrakan Water an’ legal t’ere.  T’e T’ird Groit Law, about respecting t’e law and customs o’ ot’er fleets in t’eir ane woters is all t’e defense Barad needs.”

“And the money from these sales that Barad made?” asked Captain Farrol with a skeptically raised eyebrow.

“Strictly regulated by Arrakan Law,” Kurin answered.  “A maximum of ten percent of the sale, after deducting specific documented costs of training, is available to the broker.  The balance must be paid to the student and to no other person whatsoever.”

“So,” asked Urson, “where does the Grandalor come up with these,” she spat the word, “indentures?  Violation of the Marriage Laws?”

Kurin looked at her with such pity that Captain Urson felt like crawling out a scupper.  “A friend of mine once said that if you want to ask a question, you should allow it to be answered, not answer it yourself.”  She turned to Barad.  “Sir, would you be so good as to explain to them where you got the students for your trade?”

Barad got slowly to his feet.  “Captain Urson, you in particular should know where my students come from.  Seven came from your ship alone. They chafed under your hard style of Captaincy and became trouble makers.  You put them off and they would have drowned had I not taken them in.  One is a lead deck-hand and content.  Another became a Master boat-builder.  A further one is a sail lofter.  The others are a bosun, Second Officer, First Officer and a Captain.  And you just threw them away.”

Barad put hands on hips and angrily surveyed the Court.  “I took men and women in when you found them inconvenient.  Easier to let them drown. You never investigated when they ‘disappeared’ because they were already condemned.  Now, you play at outrage.  Your mistakes live and prosper in the neighboring Arrakan fleet.  That is why the Arrakan trade has dropped off to nearly nothing.  They know you and your ways.”

He turned and faced Sarfin.  “Sir, of the whole Naral fleet, only your ship has never given me a student.  The only other ship like that is the Longin, and we did, to our regret, take on Silor Elon.”  

Kurin reached up and took Barad’s sleeve.  “We will tell that in it’s proper context.  Thank you for the clear explanation of where your students came from.”  

Barad looked down at her and smiled.  Then he sat.  

Sarfin looked like he could use one of Doctor Corin’s stomach cures.  “So, the indenture trade as conducted, is completely legal.  It has been the means of saving a fair number of lives into the bargain.

“Now, we must address the Charges, as they and the stipulated ramming are connected.”  Sarfin just looked tired and sad now.

“How do you plead to the First Charge.  Murder and attempted murder?”

Kurin stood before Sarfin, hands behind her back, the breeze ruffling her white hair.  “Captain Sarfin, we plead not guilty,” she said firmly.

“Kurin, we know that the plot to kill you, which miscarried and slew Garfin Halin Grython originated on the Grandalor.  At the highest levels, too,” Sarfin reminded her.

In genuine outrage, Kurin demanded, “What?  Is the Judge the prosecutor now?  Where is there justice in such a hearing?”

Sarfin actually cringed just a bit.  Then he said, “I must apologize.  You are correct.  The case against the Grandalor and her officers and crew to be determined will be presented by Council prosecutor, Captain Farrol.”  He smiled a little and added, “I will try to keep an open mind.  Captain Sula will assist me in that effort.  It was she who brought the fleet’s attention to the violation of the Grandalor’s rights and then made possible this expedition to restore those rights.”

Kurin immediately calmed herself.  “I apologize for my outburst, your Honor.  I have known you for a long time and am well aware that you have earned your nickname ‘the wise.’  All that I ask, for my clients and friends is that you set aside what you believe that you know and hear the case on its merits.  It is far different than even I believed, and I was a victim of the crimes involved.  If I believed that I were representing the criminals, I could not be here before you.”

That caused a small uproar among the audience.  Kurin could easily hear the words ‘young and gullible’ among others.  Her cheeks burned with the embarrassment of anger.  She did not consider herself gullible.

Sarfin regarded Kurin thoughtfully and nodded acceptance of her statement. Turning to Captain Farrol he asked, “Are you ready to proceed with the case against the Grandalor?”

“I am, your Honor,” he replied.  “The essence of the case is simple and the evidence compelling.

“About seven or eight Wohans ago, the Grandalor began to search for an Ord. Captain Barad, all of his officers and many of his crew participated in this search.  They finally obtained the deadly thing from the Dolthin.

“Ostensibly, the Ord was to be used for experiments in fishing.  The idea presented was to try to find a way to make it safe to catch large predator fish like Strong Skin, Wing Ray and Hag.  This was a transparent ruse.

“The real goal was murder.  Master Selked made a deadly awl out of one of the Ord’s spines.  The death-dealing awl was hidden in a kit of sail stitching tools.

“The target of the plot was none other than Kurin herself, who now defends the culprits!”  He pointed dramatically but his gesture was spoiled by Kurin yawning lightly behind her hand.

“Is that all?” she asked quietly.  “Garfin, I know, died of mishandling the awl because he didn’t know what it was.  That does make his death murder, of course.

“Do you have the sewing kit for evidence?”

Irritated that Kurin was being so direct, and stealing his thunder, Captain Farrol, said, “Of course.  It is right here.”  Donning a pair of gloves, he produced the box, once neat, now marred by the ugly green of Red Weed test paste, showing how far the contamination had spread.

Kurin addressed Sarfin politely, “Would you please get Masters Juris and Selked here?  I want their expert testimony.”

Captain Farrol immediately objected, “Master Selked is a part of the conspiracy.  His testimony is worthless.”

“Why not let the Court decide the value of his testimony?” Kurin riposted.  “Or do you have any need at all for the Second Great Law?  Willful violation of rights under the Great Laws is grounds for loss of Captaincy and Master’s Certification.  

“I wonder how the Captain’s Council would react if that matter were pressed.  There are those here,” Kurin gestured at at the rail, where five Great Sea Dragons were watching the proceedings, “who can press the issue if they have reason to do so.

“Blind Mecat, a question please.  How important are the Great Laws to the Dragons?”

“Little Fish, we regard the Great Laws as the core of human ecology.  Without them, both humans and many other species impacted by them all suffer,” Mecat replied.

“Thank you, Cat.  Captain Farrol, the purpose of this trial is to determine whether any of the accused are guilty of anything.”

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Kudos to Bill Maher for giving out  his Baldy award and talking about Henry Waxman. And I was glad to see Waxman mention it and the many others who do the hard work, the real work of running this country.

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Elon Musk is now the world’s richest person.

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Why yesterday’s SpaceX Crew Demo-2 was historic

You may have seen it on the news that SpaceX successfully launched two humans to the space for the first time ever. The event is historic for a variety of reasons. I’ve just posted them on my Facebook in Bangla and thought I’d post a version of it here as well in English. 

I’ve always been interested in space and everything about it. Though I wasn’t intelligent enough to study science, I’ve always had a keen interest in what’s happening in space exploration. I went twice to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, within a week and spent time looking at the launchpad and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) like it was a surreal thing. You can’t really appreciate humanity’s achievements to the fullest until you see some evidence of it with your eyes. 

Anyway, let’s get back to the topic. Fair warning, I’m not an expert in this so what follows is my general understanding of why SpaceX’s Crew Demo-2 mission yesterday was so historic and important for the future of space exploration. 

1. SpaceX is a private company. This is the first time a commercially-built spacecraft sent astronauts to the space. 

While most media outlets are focusing on the fact that it is the first time since 2011 that American astronauts are going to the International Space Station from American soil, I think the fact that they are being carried by a commercially-built spacecraft is a far bigger deal. 

2. This is an important milestone because this opens the door for ‘space travel’ where people like you and me could hop on board and take a trip to the space. 

Of course, that could be years away before space travel becomes common enough and affordable enough for truly general people to take a trip, but even if billionaires are taking the trip for the first few years, that’s still an incredible achievement. Think about the air travel industry. When the first commercial aircrafts began transporting people, it might have felt like a dream to the average people. But today, (before the pandemic, of course) air travel is something many of us take for granted. It has become that common. 

With enough luck, humanity could achieve a future where space travel could become just like that. 

3. SpaceX always wanted to reduce the cost of rockets. Imagine that every time you take a trip from New York to San Francisco, the plane that carried you there had to be thrown away. That meant the price of the entire aircraft would have to be added to the airfare, making it impossibly expensive for general people to fly. 

A similar thing happens in space travel. And it was Elon Mask’s mission to reduce that cost through reusability and sustainability. SpaceX rockets have been reusable for a while now, but yesterday was the first time said rocket and aircraft has carried live passengers to the space. 

Moreover, the rocket, Falcon 9, landed right back on a drone ship after delivering payload to the space. This is also not the first time SpaceX has done this, but it is the first time the payload included astronauts. 

4. What would NASA do if SpaceX continues this mission of sending astronauts and packages to the space? Good question. According to one NASA employee who spoke during yesterday’s live broadcast, NASA could take a ‘service’ from SpaceX wherein SpaceX takes care of sending people and packages to the space.

I think this could allow NASA to use its resources for other areas like deep space exploration while SpaceX takes over the responsibility of transporting people and packages. 

5. Elon Mask’s SpaceX has always been interested in Mars Colonization. We don’t know when or if humanity could really settle down in the distant planet, but if we ever could, yesterday’s successful launch would always be written as the first step towards that. 

 A SpaceX employee said yesterday that every time the rocket makes a reentry to the earth’s atmosphere, it has to be slowed down in a special way. A similar maneuver could be needed when entering Mars’ atmosphere. SpaceX is learning from every successful (and failed) missions and all of that knowledge could get us closer to the colonization of Mars. 

Like I said, I’m not an expert so I could have misrepresented some of the facts above (please correct me so I can update the post), but I think that’s a high level overview of why yesterday’s SpaceX Crew Demo-2 mission, with astronauts carried by Crew Dragon-2, carries such a high significance in the future of space travel and exploration. 

PS: With the pandemic ravaging the world, it may feel unimportant or untimely to think about space travels. However, in my humble opinion, I think this pandemic is seeing the most amount of resource being put into it already to find a vaccine or to prevent its spread. This doesn’t mean every other sector should stop doing everything they are doing, especially since it’s very possible they couldn’t realistically contribute to finding a vaccine. Like many others, I can’t wait until the pandemic is over. But I also applaud the advancement and achievements like yesterday’s that take us closer to a better future. 

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On the 50th Launch of Starlink, Spacex Ties the Record For the Most Falcon 9 Launches

To Begin,

In order to expand its constellation for the internet broadband system it intends to launch for customers in the United States and Canada starting later this year, SpaceX has successfully launched and deployed its sixth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. With 360 satellites altogether in its Starlink constellation, SpaceX now holds the title of largest private satellite operator in the world. Please follow the entire article to get more about the 50th Launch of Starlink. Know everything you want to know about SpaceX ties.

The Launching Plan

This morning's mission utilised a Falcon 9 first-stage rocket that successfully completed its fifth flight, setting a company record for the most reuses of this part of its launch system. The rocket was recovered once more during the launch, but regrettably, the first stage did not successfully finish the landing.

Goal of the Launching Mission

The fairing, or protective shell, that encloses the satellite cargo has also flown before — on a SpaceX Starlink launch from last May. This mission further advanced SpaceX's objectives for reusable rocketry. SpaceX also made an attempt to retrieve this fairing after it separated from the cargo and came back to Earth. They planned to use two ships that were positioned at sea and outfitted with nets to collect both portions of the fairing. Although that attempt was unsuccessful, both faring portions were "soon" recovered from the ocean where they had landed, which would have allowed for their renovation and subsequent usage.

About the Spacecraft

Currently, SpaceX can refurbish its Falcon 9 rockets in around eight weeks. The business will keep working to speed up this process and eventually reach even faster reusability with its Starship spacecraft, which is currently being developed by the company in Boca Chica, Texas. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1545031530812043265?t=PBL-Zw9LXQ-GvcQ2hPq_dg&s=08

Finally,

This is the company's fourth Starlink launch of the year and its sixth mission overall for 2020. Expect more to appear shortly as the service launches in parts of the rest of the world starting in 2020 and North America.

FAQs

Is Falcon 9 a SpaceX or NASA? Crew-4 astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 3:52 a.m. EDT to begin a 16 1/2-hour mission to the International Space Station on board a Crew Dragon spacecraft. When did SpaceX launch Falcon 9? The rocket launched on time on June 17 at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT). Is SpaceX part of NASA? SpaceX is a private spaceflight business that launches astronauts from NASA to the International Space Station as well as satellites and people into orbit (ISS). Elon Musk, the company's founder, is also developing and testing a Starship system for future crewed Mars expeditions and lunar landings. Has Falcon 9 been launched? Three launches of the Falcon Heavy have taken place. Its first flight took place in February 2018 and used two refurbished first stages as side boosters. Subsequent flights took place in April and June of that same year. Read the full article

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SpaceX's Starship finally completes successful test flight

SpaceX’s Starship finally completes successful test flight

A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket touches down safely for the first time, after four previous attempts ended in explosions. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player SpaceX has finally nailed a test flight of the rocket ship that tech billionaire Elon Musk wants to use to send people to Mars. Four previous test flights ended in explosions but the upgraded Starship went…

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SpaceX and NASA return to Earth in dramatic fashion | News, Sports, Jobs

Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken prepare to return to earth on a SpaceX capsule, Sunday Aug. 2, 2020. It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first return in the gulf. Unlike Florida’s Atlantic coast, already feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Isaias, the waves and wind were calm near Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle. (SpaceX via AP)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.

It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit. The return clears the way for another SpaceX crew launch as early as next month and possible tourist flights next year.

Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode the SpaceX Dragon capsule back to Earth less than a day after departing the International Space Station and two months after blasting off from Florida. The capsule parachuted into the calm gulf waters about 40 miles off the coast of Pensacola, hundreds of miles from Tropical Storm Isaias pounding Florida’s Atlantic coast.

“Welcome back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX,” said Mission Control from SpaceX headquarters.

“It was truly our honor and privilege,” replied Hurley.

More than an hour after splashdown, the astronauts emerged from their capsule on the deck of a recovery ship, both signaling a thumbs-up as they headed for medical exams.

Their ride home in the capsule dubbed Endeavour was fast, bumpy and hot, at least on the outside.

The spacecraft went from a screaming orbital speed of 17,500 mph (28,000 kph) to 350 mph (560 kph) during atmospheric reentry, and finally to 15 mph (24 kph) at splashdown. Peak heating during descent was 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,900 degrees Celsius). The anticipated top G forces felt by the crew: four to five times the force of Earth’s gravity.

Within a half-hour of splashdown, the scorched and blistered 15-foot capsule was on board a SpaceX recovery ship with a staff of more than 40, including doctors and nurses. To keep the returning astronauts safe in the pandemic, the recovery crew quarantined for two weeks and were tested for the coronavirus.

The opening of the hatch was held up briefly by extra checks for toxic rocket fumes outside the capsule. After medical exams, the astronauts were expected to fly home to Houston for a reunion with their wives and sons. Musk was also headed to Texas to meet with them from SpaceX’s Mission Control in California.

Hurley offered final thanks just before he exited the capsule. “Anybody who’s touched Endeavour, you should take a moment to just cherish the day, especially given all the things that have happened this year.”

There was one unexpected problem: Once the capsule was in the water, private boaters “just made a beeline for it,” and got too close, said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, promising to do better next time at keeping sightseers far away.

The last time NASA astronauts returned from space to water was on July 24, 1975, in the Pacific, the scene of most splashdowns, to end a joint U.S.-Soviet mission known as Apollo-Soyuz. The Mercury and Gemini crews in the early to mid-1960s parachuted into the Atlantic, while most of the later Apollo capsules hit the Pacific. The lone Russian “splashdown” was in 1976 on a partially frozen lake amid a blizzard following an aborted mission; the harrowing recovery took hours.

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Thomas Stafford — the commander of the last crew to splash down — watched the reentry on TV from his Florida home. While pleased with the crew’s safe return, he wasn’t overly impressed. “It’s what we did over 50 years ago,” he said.

SpaceX made history with this mission, which launched May 30 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It was the first time a private company launched people into orbit and also the first launch of NASA astronauts from home turf in nearly a decade. Hurley came full circle, serving as pilot of NASA’s last space shuttle flight in 2011 and the commander of this SpaceX flight.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who both watched the launch in Florida, sent congratulations..

“Great to have NASA Astronauts return to Earth after very successful two month mission. Thank you to all!” Trump tweeted.

NASA turned to SpaceX and also Boeing to build capsules and ferry astronauts to and from the space station, following the retirement of the shuttles. Until Hurley and Behnken rocketed into orbit, NASA astronauts relied on Russian rockets. SpaceX already had experience hauling cargo to the space station, bringing those capsules back to a Pacific splashdown.

“This is the next era in human spaceflight where NASA gets to be the customer,” Bridenstine said from Johnson Space Center in Houston shortly before the astronauts’ splashdown.

At a press briefing later, Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX called the mission a springboard to “doing even harder things,” like collaborating on astronaut flights to the moon and then Mars.

“It was an enormous relief after months of anxiety making sure we could bring Bob and Doug back home safely,” Shotwell said.

SpaceX needs six weeks to inspect the capsule before launching the next crew around the end of September. This next mission of four astronauts will spend a full six months aboard the space station. Hurley and Behnken’s capsule will be refurbished for another flight next spring. A Houston company run by a former NASA official, meanwhile, has partnered with SpaceX to send three customers to the space station in fall 2021.

Boeing doesn’t expect to launch its first crew until next year. The company encountered significant software problems in the debut of its Starliner capsule, with no one aboard, last year. Its capsules will touch down in the U.S. Southwest desert.

By beating Boeing, SpaceX laid claim to a small U.S. flag left at the space station by Hurley and the rest of the last shuttle crew. Musk tweeted his congratulations and a flag emoji followed by “returned.”

Also on board: a toy dinosaur named Tremor, sent into space by the astronauts’ young sons.

The boys recorded a wake-up call for their fathers Sunday morning, urging them to “rise and shine” and “we can’t wait to see you.”

“Don’t worry, you can sleep in tomorrow,” said Behnken’s 6-year-old son Theo, who was promised a puppy after the flight. “Hurry home so we can go get my dog.”

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By MATT STAGGS | UNBOUND WORLDS

The National Geographic Channel’s “Mars” is a six-part global event series that depicts mankind’s first crewed mission to Mars in the year 2033. This reality-based drama is accompanied by unscripted interviews with today’s biggest innovators in the growing field of space exploration. Among them is aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin: a longtime advocate for a crewed journey to Mars, and author of several books, among them How to Live on Mars.

Zubrin recently spoke with me about the television program, the opportunities that a journey to Mars would offer, and the limitations of conventional thinking. 

Note: This article is from November 2016 but republished here for its relevancy to current affairs in the space industry, NASA, and the recent formulation of a National Space Council via the Trump Administration.

UNBOUND WORLDS: I see that you invented three-player chess as a young man. What were you like as a kid? Have you always been someone who didn’t want to take accepted wisdom as the final answer to a problem?

ROBERT ZUBRIN: That was my first patented invention: I invented it when I was in high school. I would say that’s true. I’ve always looked for alternative ways to do things, and always asked why it can’t be done a different way. One thing impairs people from being inventors is that a lot of people have this idea that if they think something could be done a different way, and it’s not already being done that way, then they think there must be a reason why they’re wrong. My attitude has always been, “show me”, okay? They also think that if it was a good idea then someone else would have thought of it first.

There are so many inventions that you could look at, from bicycles to parasails, that could have been invented decades or centuries before they actually were. Did you know that the wheelbarrow wasn’t even invented until the 1200s? The Romans didn’t have wheelbarrows. It took until the high Middle Ages to invent wheelbarrows, but there was no reason why the Romans couldn’t have had them, or invented bicycles or at least scooters, but they didn’t. By World War II, people knew pretty much everything about subsonic aerodynamics that they know now, and yet they only had parachutes that could not be directed, as opposed to parasails, which were fully within their understanding, but no one had them.

I mean, look, the ketchup bottle you stand on its head so you won’t have to knock the ketchup out? We had that until 5 or 10 years ago when someone thought to put the ketchup bottle that way. There’s a lot of stuff that hasn’t been invented yet. People just need to have the guts to say, “Show me why I’m wrong.”

UW: How often have you been in that position? Do you get a lot of pushback when it comes to things like Mars and your plans there?

RZ: You get this throughout life. I always got, “You can’t be right because someone else would have thought about it first.” I recently published a critique of Elon Musk’s space colonization system. I said that he has this giant second-stage booster that he’s sending all the way to the surface of Mars and back. Seven million pounds of thrust? He should stage off of that just short of Earth escape and then it would be back in Earth’s orbit within a week. It could be used five times per opportunity, or every other opportunity, and you wouldn’t be sending it all the way to the surface of Mars and back. I published that.

Some people see what I’m saying, and then others believe that Musk must have already thought of that and rejected it. I don’t buy that argument. If you think that it’s wrong, then show me why it’s wrong. It must be wrong because otherwise Musk would have thought of it? People make mistakes. People leave things out. It happens all the time. That’s what you’ve got to do: Look at it with not cold reason, but brave reason.

UW: You’re an advocate of settling Mars by getting there and then developing what we need on the ground, is that right?

RZ: We’ll have to do it with what we have now, or what we’ll have soon. You have to understand that technologists are not the constituents of the Mars program, although they appear to some managerial types to be that. They are the vendors to the Mars program. You need some of them, but you want to need as few of them as you can.

It’s like running my business: I don’t run my business to please my vendors. There are certain vendors that I have and I make a lot of use of them, but I don’t run my business to give them maximum business. I try to economize. The problem that you have at NASA is that whenever anyone says, “Let’s send Humans to Mars”, then a bunch of people crowd into the room representing various technologies, and they say, “We love this idea because you’ll give our technology a job. We’ll support your program if you use our technology. On the other hand, if you don’t, we’ll hate you forever.”

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The problem with the 90 Day Study wasn’t that the engineers who designed it were incompetent: It was that the managers who were leading that effort were trying to find key roles for everyone’s pet technology. It’s exactly the opposite of the correct way to do engineering: They designed the most complicated mission they possibly could. In contract, with Mars Direct, we said, “We want to send humans to Mars. What’s the simplest way to do it?”

UW: “Mars” is set a couple of decades or so in the future. Did you have much input on the program or the mission as it is portrayed?

RZ: I was interviewed and you’ll see various comments by me scattered throughout the series, but to the extent that I influenced the design of the mission, it wasn’t as a consultant to the program. It was through my contributions to our thoughts about space travel, more broadly. For example, you have this ship that lands on Mars: There’s no mothership, just like in Mars Direct. That’s a break from the Von Braun paradigm, and I think one that I’m significantly responsible for. I haven’t seen the future episodes, but I have to assume that they’re going to come back using methane and oxygen produced on the surface of Mars. The direct landing on Mars only makes sense if you’re going to use in situ propellant. If you try to land on Mars bringing with you all of the propellant you’ll need to go home, then you’ll blow the mission’s mass budget out of the water. It’s impractical.

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UW: Were we able to come together as a species and use private and public resources, would we be able to make this happen sooner than we think?

RZ: I think we could have humans on Mars by 2024: not in 16 years, but eight. In fact, I just had a caller from a conservative publication who asked what I thought Trump should do. I said that he should commit the nation to land humans on Mars by the end of his second term. If Trump wants to make America great again, then great nations do great things. That’s what you have to do.

From a technical point of view, we are much closer today to being able to send humans to Mars than we were to being able to send them to the moon when Kennedy started the moon program, and we were there eight years later. Here we are, a country with twice the population and four times the gross national product of the America of the sixties. For us to say we can’t do this now — that we’re too poor, weak, or this or that — is to say that we’ve become less the kind of people that we used to be. That is something this country cannot afford. If you’re asking me if it’s realistic that we could be landing people on Mars in 2033 (the year that the Mars mission depicted in the program occurs), then, yes, absolutely. I think we could do it sooner.

UW: What frustrates you? What do you wish people would come together and solve right now?

RZ: What frustrates me is that we’ve had a number of swings at this. There was the original one when NASA landed us on the moon and said that we were ready to go to Mars. We could have been on Mars by 1981, but Nixon derailed the whole thing. Then the first president Bush, in 1989, said that we should go to the moon, Mars, and beyond, and then NASA totally hosed it up. Rather than embracing the goal and Bush’s desire to do that, they treated it as a way to justify a gigantic assortment of programs and that’s why they came up with that very expensive report that killed that program. I was fighting that and that’s how Mars Direct came about.

I was saying that we didn’t have to do it that way. We could be on Mars in 10 years, not 30, and it didn’t have to cost $400 billion. We could do it for a tenth of that. I did educate a fair number of people at that time and got NASA to embrace a Mars Direct-like approach. They then said, “Well, gee, we could have human beings on Mars in almost 10 years and it would cost $55 billion.” Yet, it didn’t go anywhere and most of those people have moved on from their jobs, so in 2004, when the second Bush announced an initiative for space exploration, I had to go in and educate a whole new group of people who then passed.

Now, here we are again. Maybe. We’ll see if Trump wants to do anything significant or not, because who knows what’s going to come out of this, right? I know that if he does announce it, then I’ll have to go in and re-teach everything: Why we don’t need giant, electric propulsion-driven space ships to go to Mars, and why you want to fly to Mars in conjunction class missions and not opposition class missions — that means a long duration stay and not a short duration stay. We’ll need people to finally look at the numbers and realize the radiation doses aren’t that great. As a matter of fact, we’ve already had a number of astronauts and cosmonauts with the same radiation dose by being on Mir or the International Space Station that they would get going to Mars and back.

This is not something to be done by Captain Kirk or Picard: It can be done by us, and it’s frustrating to have to keep digging it out. We’ll see you, know? Trump’s victory was a surprise. Most people, including me, thought that Hillary was going to win, and I had worked out a strategy to deal with that and get a humans to Mars program going because it would be a way to get millions of young people to enter science and engineering: to become technological entrepreneurs and inventors, medical researchers, and everything that would advance the nation. This would be a way to astonish the world and show what free people could do in a time when we’re being challenged by Putin, the Islamists, and the Chinese. They say that we’re of the past, and we need to show that we’re not. I think there’s still a message in there for the Trump crowd, assuming that he does want to stand up to Putin.

UW: What makes you hopeful? What are you excited about?

RZ: I think that in the long game we’re winning. Even though we’ve had all of these false starts, the fundamentals of the space program are much stronger than they were in the sixties. Right now, I would say that a significant fraction of the American population — it could be a majority, maybe 30 percent, but certainly not less than 20 percent — believe that it is essential for a positive future that humans expand into space; that we’re not just doing this for a temporary geopolitical purpose and that it’s something people really need to do. The mythos that has been developed through science-fiction and movies, as well as the missions themselves, has established this in people’s minds: This is where we’re going. That’s the fundamental driver on this.

We may have temporary reverses, but the fundamental technological foundation is advanced. We have wild cards like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who have advanced technological innovation greatly through entrepreneurship. That’s caused by two things. The spread of the idea that it is essential to a positive human future that we expand into outer space recruited Musk and Bezos so that they are doing what they’re doing. They aren’t doing this to make money: They have other ways to make money. They are doing this because they believe this is the most important thing being done in the world at this time and they want to do it.

The other fact that lends itself to make itself possible is that there’s a lot more very wealthy people in the world today than there was a hundred years or so. A hundred years ago, there were maybe 10 people in the United States that were like Bezos or Musk. You could name Rockefeller or Morgan, but now there must be at least a thousand of them. Because the world has gotten wealthy as a function of the advance of technology, average people are much wealthier than they were a hundred years ago or 50 years ago. At the far end of that income distribution there are a thousand people like that where there were 10. Were there only 10 such people, then it would be much less likely that one of them would be recruited to this idea of devoting their fortunes and talents to human advancement into space. You’ve got Musk doing this thing, and he has now demonstrated the ability to build space systems at a third of the cost and time of the mainline aerospace industry, and not only that, but developing things that nobody had developed before, like the reusable first stage. He’s really pushing the envelope and he’s much more daring than any bureaucracy could be. He has a higher rate of failure as a result, but that’s actually a good thing. Only if you’ve got the guts to fail will you do things that haven’t been done before. Even if Musk fails completely, if he has as series of failures and fades, or his political opponents manage to knife him, there will be others. He’s showing how it’s done and there will be others.

There are millions who understand that this is the most important thing going on at this time in history; that it will be remembered by others because this is the time that we first set sail to other worlds. They want to be the ones who made it happen, or helped to make it happen. It’s going to happen. We’re going to win. Failure is impossible.

Source: UNBOUND WORLDS

Images: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ‘MARS’ 

Thinking about moving to mars?

Well, why not? Mars, after all, is the planet that holds the greatest promise for human colonization. But why speculate about the possibilities when you can get the real scientific scoop from someone who’s been happily living and working there for years? Straight from the not-so-distant future, this intrepid pioneer’s tips for physical, financial, and social survival on the Red Planet cover:

• How to get to Mars (Cycling spacecraft offer cheap rides, but the smell is not for everyone.) • Choosing a spacesuit (The old-fashioned but reliable pneumatic Neil Armstrong style versus the sleek new—but anatomically unforgiving—elastic “skinsuit.”) • Selecting a habitat (Just like on Earth: location, location, location.) • Finding a job that pays well and doesn’t kill you (This is not a metaphor on Mars.) • How to meet the opposite sex (Master more than forty Mars-centric pickup lines.) With more than twenty original illustrations by Michael Carroll, Robert Murray, and other renowned space artists, How to Live on Mars seamlessly blends humor and real science, and is a practical and exhilarating guide to life on our first extraterrestrial home.  

Robert Zubrin is a recipient of the National Space Society’s prestigious Robert A. Heinlein Award and is the author of the bestselling The Case for Mars, as well as Entering Space, Energy Victory, and First Landing. He is the president of the Mars Society, an international organization committed to furthering the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. With a doctorate in nuclear engineering and a master’s in aeronautics and astronautics, Dr. Zubrin led the Mars Direct project at Martin Marietta Astronautics (later Lockheed Martin) and is the founder and president of the engineering firm Pioneer Astronautics.

Source: @penguinrandomhouse​

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KSP Weekly: The Martian Race

Welcome to KSP Weekly everyone. Last week we talked a bit about NASA’s Deep Space Gateway and Deep Space Transport projects, which sets up a plan for the upcoming decades for NASA and other space agencies with the ultimate objective of sending a crew to Mars’ orbit. If that wasn't enough, this past Thursday, September 28th, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, SpaceX CEO and Lead Designer Elon Musk provided an update to his 2016 presentation regarding the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars within the next 50 to 100 years.

Back on last year’s IAC in Guadalajara, Mexico, Elon Musk revealed SpaceX’s initial plans to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars, using huge reusable rockets. The new concept does not depart far from the original, which now features a slightly smaller rocket and spacecraft designed for a broader range of applications beyond Mars, including a Moon base and point-to-point Earth transport. The smaller design will facilitate the use of the codenamed BFR (Big Falcon Rocket... yes, originally we also thought it was a small hint at Doom) for other missions, basically combining all of the company's vehicles into a single product line, which coupled with the cost savings from reusability will make the project more affordable. Despite being a bit smaller than originally proposed, the BFR is still a BIG rocket (bigger than a Saturn V), capable carrying up to 100 people into orbit or a payload of 150 tons.

SpaceX's previous plan called for landing its first transport ship on Mars in 2022. The timeline Musk gave past Thursday was similar; two cargo landers would land on Mars in 2022, with four vehicles launching in 2024. Two of those 2024 ships would be crewed, meaning, in Musk's timeline, humans could walk on Mars in just seven years. This seems a bit aspirational, but SpaceX has surprised us many times before, so if there’s someone who can get people on Mars’ surface before 2030, it might as well be Elon. It seems that a crewed mission to Mars is becoming a reality and the question is who’s going to get there first. In the meanwhile, it could be interesting trying to replicate both NASA’s and SpaceX’s plans in KSP(some didn’t waste anytime doing so already); Right? But let’s move on and talk about KSP development.

But first, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Sputnik (no, we did not forget about it), we launched a Sputnik-like probe using some of the new Russian-inspired parts to be included in the expansion. Check it out!

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As you have probably noticed by now, yesterday we released Update 1.3.1. These releases usually involve many  preparations to ensure its availability throughout various platforms. Fortunately, the pre-release phase was a success and we were able to gather a great deal of feedback from the community, which allowed us to add several localization corrections, many bug fixes and the implementation of a few enhancements. We’ve said this many times, but it doesn’t matter, we want to express our immense gratitude to everyone who participated and shared precious feedback during the pre-release. You can read the detailed changelog here.

In other news this week, we received a new build for the console version of KSP, which incorporated improvements to the controller mapping and solved a few issues thanks to the conjoint effort of the external testers, Blitworks and the QA team. Some of the issues fixed within the latest build include a critical bug that locked up the game when the "Load Save" option in the Pause Menu was selected and forced testers to perform a game reboot to continue. Other minor issues were solved too, like one where the "Toggle Helmet Lights" binding in one of the controllers also activated RCS.

Work on the Making History Expansion continues vigorously. Testing nodes continues to be an important part of the daily tasks. We are currently testing the second batch of nodes, which mainly involve vessel and flight related ones, our testers did have lots of fun playing around with that. Additionally, the team also worked on reviewing some aspects of the design for Vessel parameters within the Mission Builder, which basically is a list of Vessel based parameters, what they are and where are they displayed, i.e. vessel weight, fuel limitations and so on.

Some devs spent some time working on the functionality of repairing part failures during missions. This task involves implementing the repair feature that allows a failed part that is "repairable" to be fixed by an engineer with appropriate skills. This gives an interesting layer to mission design and playability, as it gives a quasi narrative aspect to the way a mission will unfold to the player.   

The team also continued to work on a feature that will give mission creators the ability  to define and set mission wide scoring attributes for a mission. We’ve talked about the concept of this feature in previous issues. We’ve been implementing it in the past few weeks, and currently we are defining the global scoring design and its UI wireframes. Another feature that has been recently implemented is the Biome Selector, which is basically a tool that mission creators will be able to use to set specific biome-oriented objectives to a mission, e.g. plant a flag on Eve’s Lowlands. Although some things might still change, here’s a preview of the tool’s interface.

This week we wrapped up our analogue to the Apollo Service Propulsion System (the AJ10-137), too.  While we’re still finalizing the statistics, it will be a vacuum engine in the same league as the Poodle. It will also have a mesh switching option, with a bare version suitable for clustering, as well as a 2.5 skirt version.  You can see a picture of it here. As always, please consider these works in progress.

The artists started to replace some placeholders with nicer  UI elements within the Mission Builder, and simultaneously they were able to finish the last details of the MK1-3 IVA. Here’s a sneak peak of that, too.

Finally, we encourage you to participate in our latest KSP Challenge - Brick from Orbit Challenge. This time around, the challenge consists of landing a craft without any parachutes. With various difficulty modes and a scoring system, both rookies and veterans can participate and show off their skills. Are you up to the challenge? Check it out and share your creations!

That’s it for this week. Be sure to join us on our official forums, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Stay tuned for more exciting and upcoming news and development updates!

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TRIP TO THE MOON? ELON MUSK UNVEILS SPACEX STARSHIP

BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas - Elon Musk includes a Starship, and something day he expects it can help SpaceX achieve other worlds. Standing beneath a towering Starship Mk1, a prototype for SpaceX's massive multiple-use launch system, Musk organized his arrange for interplanetary travel in the company's South Texas test site here on Saturday (Sept. 28) - the eleventh anniversary from the first effective orbital launch of SpaceX's first rocket, the Falcon 1. The brand new form of Starship (and it is Super Heavy booster) can carry as much as 100 individuals to the moon, Mars or any other destinations wide or around Earth, he stated. It'll stand 387 ft (118 meters) tall and become completely multiple-use, with quick turnarounds. https://youtu.be/5UUtNR6BhjE   This is actually the rocket which will launch the millionaire Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and a number of artists on a holiday round the moon within the 2020s. SpaceX unveiled that planned space tourist trip this past year (but didn't disclose just how much Maezawa compensated). "This really is, I believe, probably the most inspiring factor I've ever seen," Musk told an audience of approximately 200 SpaceX employees, visitors and reporters in the company's site near Boca Chica Village, just outdoors of Brownsville. "Wow, how much of an incredible job by this type of great team to construct this incredible vehicle. I am so proud to utilize this type of great team." Musk has lengthy stated the primary objective of SpaceX, since its founding in 2002, is to help to make humanity a multiplanet species. The organization is promoting multiple-use Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, in addition to multiple-use Dragon cargo capsules along with a new Crew Dragon ship for astronauts. It's launchpads in Florida, California and today Boca Chica, where the organization broke ground on its test site in 2014. But Mars, Musk has stated, has continued to be the real objective. "This is actually the fastest road to a self-sustaining city on Mars," he stated Saturday night, talking about the Starship-Super Heavy architecture. Get more information at extra space.org videos... A Starship evolution SpaceX's Starship concept has gone through a type of rocket evolution within the 3 years since Musk first unveiled it around the world in September 2016 in the Worldwide Astronautical Union meeting in Mexico. At this meeting, Musk unveiled what he known as the the Interplanetary Transport System, or ITS, for Mars colonization. The ITS known as for any fully multiple-use spacecraft (with two fins) and booster that will stand 400 ft (122 m) high when put together. Its first stage might have 42 next-generation Raptor engines, and also the booster could be 40 ft (12 m) wide. The spacecraft might have nine Raptors. (SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets have nine Merlin engines on their own first stage. Falcon Heavy beginning have 27 Merlins.) https://youtu.be/wRF41f7hPWE   Musk updated the look in 2017, calling it the large Falcon Rocket, or BFR for brief. That plan known as for any launch system that will stand 348 ft (106 meters) tall and 30 ft (9 m) wide. Its booster might have 31 Raptor engines, as the spacecraft atop it might have six. Then, in 2018, Musk unveiled another design (and also the Starship name): a sleek, stainless-steel spacecraft with three tail fins that will stand taller than its 2017 precursor, having a height of 387 ft (118 m). The spacecraft would be operated by six Raptor engines, with as many as 37 Raptors powering the booster (now known as Super Heavy). This latest design has held to the current day SpaceX continues to be shooting for any 387-feet-tall Starship-Super Heavy stack, with six Raptors around the spacecraft. The amount of engines on Super Heavy could change from flight to flight Musk stated the rocket has space for approximately 37 Raptors, and every mission will most likely require a minimum of 24. "Starship will let us inhabit other worlds," Musk authored on Twitter Friday (Sept. 27). "To create existence as you may know it interplanetary." Using the design nailed lower, SpaceX intends to move fast. The organization really wants to achieve Earth orbit having a Starship prototype within six several weeks. And individuals could start flying aboard the automobile within the next year approximately when the test program is constantly on the work well, Musk stated. A city's hope, however with critics While Musk and SpaceX happen to be lauded by their ambitious push for any Starship able to deep-space travel, the street hasn't been smooth. As the organization ramped up its testing having a smaller sized rocket, known as Starhopper, frequent road closures, launch hazard advisories along with other negative effects from the program sparked ire among some residents of Boca Chica Village, a close beachside community. SpaceX's Starship Mk1, for instance, is simply a large number of ft from the primary travel route, Boca Chica Boulevard, leading towards the village. https://youtu.be/1SLbhJ01D5c   Previously Saturday, the boulevard was the scene of the rotating gallery of onlookers and SpaceX fans posing for selfies and photos using the Starship Mk1, even while SpaceX place the finishing touches around the 165-feet (50 m) vehicle. "I'm able to summarize my first impression such as this: 'Ooo, Shiny!'" stated Roy Paul, 78, of Mebane, New York, who travelled to Houston and drove over 7 hrs having a niece, nephew as well as their five children from Beaumont to determine the Starship Mk1. He's a passionate space fan who goes as IonMars on NASASpaceflight.com forums. This month, SpaceX provided to cash out some Boca Chica Village residents following a short 500-feet (150 m) test sparked a brush fire in the test site, based on Business Insider. There are SpaceX's some other clients. NASA continues to be awaiting SpaceX to accomplish the Crew Dragon spacecraft which will fly astronauts back and forth from the Worldwide Space Station. The area agency has selected SpaceX (and the other company, Boeing) to supply commercial crew flights towards the station. While SpaceX did launch an unpiloted Crew Dragon test flight towards the space station this season, a subsequent abort system test unsuccessful, resulting in the destruction from the vehicle. SpaceX aims to resume abort system tests later this season in front of the first crewed test flight. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, it appears, isn't pleased with time-lengthy delays of Crew Dragon, in addition to Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, especially having seen SpaceX build Starship Mk1 this season in front of its very own test flight. "I'm searching toward the SpaceX announcement tomorrow," Bridenstine authored on Twitter Friday. "Meanwhile, Commercial Crew is years behind schedule. NASA expects to determine exactly the same degree of enthusiasm centered on the investments from the citizen. You're ready to deliver." https://youtu.be/TzF6ksb2ms8 Meanwhile, the town of Brownsville, remains hopeful that SpaceX's presence - and future launches from Boca Chica - might be a boon for that community. The city's mayor, Trey Mendez, an attorney and native of Brownsville, stated that within the 5 years SpaceX continues to be in the Boca Chica site, the region has witnessed some vacationers arrived at gawk in the rockets, but such visits haven't were built with a significant effect on the city's economy. That may change, Mendez stated, if SpaceX creates regular space launches from Boca Chica. However, if the area just stays an evaluation site, then it might not be as big an effect because the city would really like. "Certainly I'm able to state that the city is overall excited using the possibilities the space industry brings. And we are excited to understand more about SpaceX's plans here," Mendez told Space.com just hrs before Musk's presentation. "I certainly hope that it's something which have a measurable impact for the city, since i would certainly enjoy having that." starship songs starship band members starship website starship spacex jefferson starship starship rocket starship movie mickey thomas starship Read the full article

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Space X Splash down with Dragon Crew

Shirley Moore 04 August 2020 03:35 At first when I was watching SpaceX hit the water, I thought that all the boats were part of the crew, then I realize they are spectators. I stayed up all night making sure they were ok, coming home. Shirley Reply

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“It was truly our honour and privilege,” Hurley radioed back. Just hours earlier, while still in space, Hurley said the experience is one he won’t soon forget.

Boeing isn’t ready to fly its first crewed mission, by the way: The company must first refly an unscrewed test mission to the ISS with its CST-100 Starliner capsule. Starliner’s first attempt at this milestone, in December 2019, went awry when the capsule suffered a glitch with its onboard timing system and ended up stranded in the wrong orbit to rendezvous with the station.

Crew Dragon had seven potential splashdown sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean to choose from. A spot off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, won the honor. The weather held out nicely, giving the astronauts calm waters to land in.

Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, added: “Today is a great day. We should celebrate what we all accomplished here, bringing Bob and Doug back, but we should also think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things with the Artemis programme. And then, of course, moving on to Mars.”

Once Dragon enters the atmosphere, it’ll deploy its parachutes, which will slow it until it’s traveling at a speed of just around 15 mph before it splashes down. The reason it requires such a long trip from time of departure to when it lands in the ocean is that it needs to slow down from a starting speed of around 17,500 mph when it departs the ISS.

SpaceX notched this milestone with Demo-1, its uncrewed station test flight, in March 2019. So today’s parachute-aided splashdown was the second ever for a Crew Dragon capsule returning from space. (The cargo version of Dragon, which flies robotic resupply missions to the orbiting lab under a separate NASA contract, has 21 ocean landings of its own under its belt.)

A SpaceX recovery ship named GO Navigator was on location to retrieve the capsule, crew and parachutes. In a news conference on Friday, Behnken and Hurley said they would have bags ready in case they experienced seasickness while waiting for pickup by the recovery crew. The astronauts reported they were doing well after splashdown and discussed some of the activities they’d undertaken while returning to Earth. The leisurely ride, they said, was broken up by a few prank calls back to Earth via satellite phone — and they asked Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, to foot the bill.

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A private American astronaut taxi has now broken that stranglehold, as NASA long intended. In 2010, the space agency began funding the development of a variety of homegrown commercial spacecraft. SpaceX and Boeing emerged as the winners of this competition in 2014, each scoring multibillion-dollar contracts to finish work on their spaceflight systems and fly at least six operational crewed missions to and from the ISS for NASA.

“The mission’s looking beautiful; it’s very clean,” Benji Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX, said during a news conference on July 29. “The data is looking great, but we want to watch all of this data and learn from it as we come back.”

The SpaceX recovery ship GO Navigator met Endeavour and hoisted the capsule aboard shortly after splashdown. After a series of checkouts, recovery teams opened Endeavour’s hatch at 3:59 p.m. EDT (1959 GMT) and extracted the two astronauts about 10 minutes later. Medical personnel can now begin assessing Behknen and Hurley, making sure the two spaceflyers are in good shape after their journey home from orbit.

“It’s hard to put into words just what it was like to be a part of this expedition — Expedition 63,” Hurley said during a farewell ceremony aboard the space station on Saturday (Aug. 1), the day Endeavour undocked and began its journey home. “It’ll be kind of a memory that will last a lifetime for me.”

“That’s really an equally challenging problem, from a laws-of-physics standpoint,” said Reisman, who worked for SpaceX from 2011 to 2018, serving as director of crew operations during the latter part of that run. He remains a consultant for Elon Musk’s company but stressed that his views are his own; he does not speak for SpaceX.

Demo-2, an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s system, is the last big box that the company needs to check before starting those contracted flights. And there’s still some work to do in this regard, even though Endeavour has returned safely to Earth.

Bibliography

Amanda Kooser 1970, SpaceX Crew Dragon splashdown: See NASA astronauts return to …, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-crew-dragon-splashdown-see-nasa-astronauts-return-to-earth/&gt;.

Nasa SpaceX crew return: Dragon capsule splashes down 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53621102&gt;.

SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic 1st splashdown to return … 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-splashdown.html&gt;.

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon splash down in the Atlantic Ocean … 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/02/watch-spacexs-crew-dragon-splash-down-in-the-atlantic-ocean-live-as-astronauts-return-to-earth/&gt;.

Source: https://www.jupiterfuture.com/blogs/space-1/space-x-splash-down-with-dragon-crew

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Space X Splash down with Dragon Crew

Shirley Moore 04 August 2020 03:35 At first when I was watching SpaceX hit the water, I thought that all the boats were part of the crew, then I realize they are spectators. I stayed up all night making sure they were ok, coming home. Shirley Reply

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“It was truly our honour and privilege,” Hurley radioed back. Just hours earlier, while still in space, Hurley said the experience is one he won’t soon forget.

Boeing isn’t ready to fly its first crewed mission, by the way: The company must first refly an unscrewed test mission to the ISS with its CST-100 Starliner capsule. Starliner’s first attempt at this milestone, in December 2019, went awry when the capsule suffered a glitch with its onboard timing system and ended up stranded in the wrong orbit to rendezvous with the station.

Crew Dragon had seven potential splashdown sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean to choose from. A spot off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, won the honor. The weather held out nicely, giving the astronauts calm waters to land in.

Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, added: “Today is a great day. We should celebrate what we all accomplished here, bringing Bob and Doug back, but we should also think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things with the Artemis programme. And then, of course, moving on to Mars.”

Once Dragon enters the atmosphere, it’ll deploy its parachutes, which will slow it until it’s traveling at a speed of just around 15 mph before it splashes down. The reason it requires such a long trip from time of departure to when it lands in the ocean is that it needs to slow down from a starting speed of around 17,500 mph when it departs the ISS.

SpaceX notched this milestone with Demo-1, its uncrewed station test flight, in March 2019. So today’s parachute-aided splashdown was the second ever for a Crew Dragon capsule returning from space. (The cargo version of Dragon, which flies robotic resupply missions to the orbiting lab under a separate NASA contract, has 21 ocean landings of its own under its belt.)

A SpaceX recovery ship named GO Navigator was on location to retrieve the capsule, crew and parachutes. In a news conference on Friday, Behnken and Hurley said they would have bags ready in case they experienced seasickness while waiting for pickup by the recovery crew. The astronauts reported they were doing well after splashdown and discussed some of the activities they’d undertaken while returning to Earth. The leisurely ride, they said, was broken up by a few prank calls back to Earth via satellite phone — and they asked Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, to foot the bill.

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A private American astronaut taxi has now broken that stranglehold, as NASA long intended. In 2010, the space agency began funding the development of a variety of homegrown commercial spacecraft. SpaceX and Boeing emerged as the winners of this competition in 2014, each scoring multibillion-dollar contracts to finish work on their spaceflight systems and fly at least six operational crewed missions to and from the ISS for NASA.

“The mission’s looking beautiful; it’s very clean,” Benji Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX, said during a news conference on July 29. “The data is looking great, but we want to watch all of this data and learn from it as we come back.”

The SpaceX recovery ship GO Navigator met Endeavour and hoisted the capsule aboard shortly after splashdown. After a series of checkouts, recovery teams opened Endeavour’s hatch at 3:59 p.m. EDT (1959 GMT) and extracted the two astronauts about 10 minutes later. Medical personnel can now begin assessing Behknen and Hurley, making sure the two spaceflyers are in good shape after their journey home from orbit.

“It’s hard to put into words just what it was like to be a part of this expedition — Expedition 63,” Hurley said during a farewell ceremony aboard the space station on Saturday (Aug. 1), the day Endeavour undocked and began its journey home. “It’ll be kind of a memory that will last a lifetime for me.”

“That’s really an equally challenging problem, from a laws-of-physics standpoint,” said Reisman, who worked for SpaceX from 2011 to 2018, serving as director of crew operations during the latter part of that run. He remains a consultant for Elon Musk’s company but stressed that his views are his own; he does not speak for SpaceX.

Demo-2, an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s system, is the last big box that the company needs to check before starting those contracted flights. And there’s still some work to do in this regard, even though Endeavour has returned safely to Earth.

Bibliography

Amanda Kooser 1970, SpaceX Crew Dragon splashdown: See NASA astronauts return to …, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-crew-dragon-splashdown-see-nasa-astronauts-return-to-earth/&gt;.

Nasa SpaceX crew return: Dragon capsule splashes down 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53621102&gt;.

SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic 1st splashdown to return … 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-splashdown.html&gt;.

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon splash down in the Atlantic Ocean … 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/02/watch-spacexs-crew-dragon-splash-down-in-the-atlantic-ocean-live-as-astronauts-return-to-earth/&gt;.

Source: https://www.jupiterfuture.com/blogs/space-1/space-x-splash-down-with-dragon-crew

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Space X Splash down with Dragon Crew

Shirley Moore 04 August 2020 03:35 At first when I was watching SpaceX hit the water, I thought that all the boats were part of the crew, then I realize they are spectators. I stayed up all night making sure they were ok, coming home. Shirley Reply At first when I was watching SpaceX hit the water, I thought that all the boats were part of the crew, then I realize they are spectators. I stayed up all night making sure they were ok, coming home. Shirley Get breaking space news and the latest updates on rocket launches, sky watching events and more! Thank you for signing up to Space. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. No spam, we promise. You can unsubscribe at any time and we’ll never share your details without your permission. “It was truly our honour and privilege,” Hurley radioed back. Just hours earlier, while still in space, Hurley said the experience is one he won’t soon forget. Boeing isn’t ready to fly its first crewed mission, by the way: The company must first refly an unscrewed test mission to the ISS with its CST-100 Starliner capsule. Starliner’s first attempt at this milestone, in December 2019, went awry when the capsule suffered a glitch with its onboard timing system and ended up stranded in the wrong orbit to rendezvous with the station. Crew Dragon had seven potential splashdown sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean to choose from. A spot off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, won the honor. The weather held out nicely, giving the astronauts calm waters to land in. Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, added: “Today is a great day. We should celebrate what we all accomplished here, bringing Bob and Doug back, but we should also think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things with the Artemis programme. And then, of course, moving on to Mars.” Once Dragon enters the atmosphere, it’ll deploy its parachutes, which will slow it until it’s traveling at a speed of just around 15 mph before it splashes down. The reason it requires such a long trip from time of departure to when it lands in the ocean is that it needs to slow down from a starting speed of around 17,500 mph when it departs the ISS. SpaceX notched this milestone with Demo-1, its uncrewed station test flight, in March 2019. So today’s parachute-aided splashdown was the second ever for a Crew Dragon capsule returning from space. (The cargo version of Dragon, which flies robotic resupply missions to the orbiting lab under a separate NASA contract, has 21 ocean landings of its own under its belt.) A SpaceX recovery ship named GO Navigator was on location to retrieve the capsule, crew and parachutes. In a news conference on Friday, Behnken and Hurley said they would have bags ready in case they experienced seasickness while waiting for pickup by the recovery crew. The astronauts reported they were doing well after splashdown and discussed some of the activities they’d undertaken while returning to Earth. The leisurely ride, they said, was broken up by a few prank calls back to Earth via satellite phone – and they asked Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, to foot the bill. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. A private American astronaut taxi has now broken that stranglehold, as NASA long intended. In 2010, the space agency began funding the development of a variety of homegrown commercial spacecraft. SpaceX and Boeing emerged as the winners of this competition in 2014, each scoring multibillion-dollar contracts to finish work on their spaceflight systems and fly at least six operational crewed missions to and from the ISS for NASA. “The mission’s looking beautiful; it’s very clean,” Benji Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX, said during a news conference on July 29. “The data is looking great, but we want to watch all of this data and learn from it as we come back.” The SpaceX recovery ship GO Navigator met Endeavour and hoisted the capsule aboard shortly after splashdown. After a series of checkouts, recovery teams opened Endeavour’s hatch at 3:59 p.m. EDT (1959 GMT) and extracted the two astronauts about 10 minutes later. Medical personnel can now begin assessing Behknen and Hurley, making sure the two spaceflyers are in good shape after their journey home from orbit. “It’s hard to put into words just what it was like to be a part of this expedition — Expedition 63,” Hurley said during a farewell ceremony aboard the space station on Saturday (Aug. 1), the day Endeavour undocked and began its journey home. “It’ll be kind of a memory that will last a lifetime for me.” “That’s really an equally challenging problem, from a laws-of-physics standpoint,” said Reisman, who worked for SpaceX from 2011 to 2018, serving as director of crew operations during the latter part of that run. He remains a consultant for Elon Musk’s company but stressed that his views are his own; he does not speak for SpaceX. Demo-2, an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s system, is the last big box that the company needs to check before starting those contracted flights. And there’s still some work to do in this regard, even though Endeavour has returned safely to Earth. Bibliography Amanda Kooser 1970, SpaceX Crew Dragon splashdown: See NASA astronauts return to …, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-crew-dragon-splashdown-see-nasa-astronauts-return-to-earth/>. Nasa SpaceX crew return: Dragon capsule splashes down 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53621102>. SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic 1st splashdown to return … 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-splashdown.html>. Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon splash down in the Atlantic Ocean … 1970, Viewed 6 August 2020, <https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/02/watch-spacexs-crew-dragon-splash-down-in-the-atlantic-ocean-live-as-astronauts-return-to-earth/>.

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Space X Splash down with Dragon Crew

Shirley Moore 04 August 2020 03:35 At first when I was watching SpaceX hit the water, I thought that all the boats were part of the crew, then I realize they are spectators. I stayed up all night making sure they were ok, coming home. Shirley Reply At first when I was watching SpaceX hit the water, I thought that all the boats were part of the crew, then I realize they are spectators. I stayed up all night making sure they were ok, coming home. Shirley Get breaking space news and the latest updates on rocket launches, sky watching events and more! Thank you for signing up to Space. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. No spam, we promise. You can unsubscribe at any time and we'll never share your details without your permission. "It was truly our honour and privilege," Hurley radioed back. Just hours earlier, while still in space, Hurley said the experience is one he won't soon forget. Boeing isn't ready to fly its first crewed mission, by the way: The company must first refly an unscrewed test mission to the ISS with its CST-100 Starliner capsule. Starliner's first attempt at this milestone, in December 2019, went awry when the capsule suffered a glitch with its onboard timing system and ended up stranded in the wrong orbit to rendezvous with the station. Crew Dragon had seven potential splashdown sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean to choose from. A spot off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, won the honor. The weather held out nicely, giving the astronauts calm waters to land in. Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, added: "Today is a great day. We should celebrate what we all accomplished here, bringing Bob and Doug back, but we should also think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things with the Artemis programme. And then, of course, moving on to Mars." Once Dragon enters the atmosphere, it’ll deploy its parachutes, which will slow it until it’s traveling at a speed of just around 15 mph before it splashes down. The reason it requires such a long trip from time of departure to when it lands in the ocean is that it needs to slow down from a starting speed of around 17,500 mph when it departs the ISS. SpaceX notched this milestone with Demo-1, its uncrewed station test flight, in March 2019. So today's parachute-aided splashdown was the second ever for a Crew Dragon capsule returning from space. (The cargo version of Dragon, which flies robotic resupply missions to the orbiting lab under a separate NASA contract, has 21 ocean landings of its own under its belt.) A SpaceX recovery ship named GO Navigator was on location to retrieve the capsule, crew and parachutes. In a news conference on Friday, Behnken and Hurley said they would have bags ready in case they experienced seasickness while waiting for pickup by the recovery crew. The astronauts reported they were doing well after splashdown and discussed some of the activities they'd undertaken while returning to Earth. The leisurely ride, they said, was broken up by a few prank calls back to Earth via satellite phone -- and they asked Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, to foot the bill. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. A private American astronaut taxi has now broken that stranglehold, as NASA long intended. In 2010, the space agency began funding the development of a variety of homegrown commercial spacecraft. SpaceX and Boeing emerged as the winners of this competition in 2014, each scoring multibillion-dollar contracts to finish work on their spaceflight systems and fly at least six operational crewed missions to and from the ISS for NASA. "The mission's looking beautiful; it's very clean," Benji Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX, said during a news conference on July 29. "The data is looking great, but we want to watch all of this data and learn from it as we come back." The SpaceX recovery ship GO Navigator met Endeavour and hoisted the capsule aboard shortly after splashdown. After a series of checkouts, recovery teams opened Endeavour's hatch at 3:59 p.m. EDT (1959 GMT) and extracted the two astronauts about 10 minutes later. Medical personnel can now begin assessing Behknen and Hurley, making sure the two spaceflyers are in good shape after their journey home from orbit. "It's hard to put into words just what it was like to be a part of this expedition — Expedition 63," Hurley said during a farewell ceremony aboard the space station on Saturday (Aug. 1), the day Endeavour undocked and began its journey home. "It'll be kind of a memory that will last a lifetime for me." "That's really an equally challenging problem, from a laws-of-physics standpoint," said Reisman, who worked for SpaceX from 2011 to 2018, serving as director of crew operations during the latter part of that run. He remains a consultant for Elon Musk's company but stressed that his views are his own; he does not speak for SpaceX. Demo-2, an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX's system, is the last big box that the company needs to check before starting those contracted flights. And there's still some work to do in this regard, even though Endeavour has returned safely to Earth. 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