Space News & Views

[Corporal Hicks]

All the money was spent on R&D. Saving some cash on royalty free music.

[Immortan Jonesy]

This 👆😅

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

So not surprising, a pretty experienced crew (bar the one rookie, Jeremy Hansen). Note that this crew will not actually land on the moon but only fly past it because NASA is wisely following in the footsteps of Apollo with the "one small step at  a time" philosophy.

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1642910860845756419

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1642911119491694592

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1642911463781068806

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1642911787669389314

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

[Master Chief]

So not surprising, a pretty experienced crew (bar the one rookie, Jeremy Hansen). Note that this crew will not actually land on the moon but only fly past it because NASA is wisely following in the footsteps of Apollo with the "one small step at  a time" philosophy.

I hope they break protocol and land on it anyway.  Just to make some lunar soil angels.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

I hope they break protocol and land on it anyway.  Just to make some lunar soil angels.

That's probably going to be a bit tricky without the Lunar Lander on board! 

[Master Chief]

  I believe in them!

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

Live feed for the SpaceX Starship launch, the biggest rocket ever built.

Currently T-minus 15 minutes to launch:

https://www.youtube.com/live/eN57x2a_waw?feature=share

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGaNXwdkjJj


Update:

Scrubbed 8 minutes before launch.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

We just got a successful launch, biggest rocket ever:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1649043715686793218?cxt=HHwWhIDQybehyuItAAAA

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OyKAVQrgzwGb

[kwisatz]

and boom

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

and boom

Oh noes!!

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1649045802332073986?cxt=HHwWhMDRpfKay-ItAAAA

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

Sonavabitch is huge!

[Corporal Hicks]

It looked truly impressive! The power behind that thing.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

Must have been awesome to witness that in person. I know people have remarked on the earth tremmoring power of a shuttle launch before, but this must have been several magnitudes higher.

[Ingwar]

I don't like Musk but at least he's trying. I'll give him credit for that.