That would be a crazy flex if they pulled it off, compared to entire companies focusing on RPO like Astroscale with their current demo mission and True Anomaly with their failed attempted RPO mission.

That being said, I doubt that any Starlink engineering cameras would be good enough to give them better views than the 2nd stage’s onboard cameras, and Starlink prop systems don’t look like they have enough thrusters or control authority for that kind of thing.

They made the Coke Freestyle machine into its own store?

They made the Coke Freestyle machine into its own store?

in Korea

😭

“Intentionally building toward”

Having a Honeywell CEO forever, especially when they were growing like crazy, is gonna be impossible to unwind from their corporate culture and policies.

Blue Origin with all this money and hype becoming an old space company is so disappointing.

The Artemis program was way too late in realizing that they would need a crew lander and EVA suits…

I think the value proposition is more about national pride and security, so they can keep launching things if they have a falling out with other countries. Like when Russia decided to start a war and take Oneweb satellites hostage. Imagine a world where the US elected a crazy nationalist who wanted out of NATO…

compact coupe SUV

I hate these. It’s a big vehicle without better storage space. Or better visibility, because of how huge the hood is and how small the windows are. It’s just big for the sake of being big.

I brought up Northrop because I’m guessing they bid a Cygnus derived deorbit vehicle.

How is this a handout? They bid for a contract and won it vs competitors.

I’m hoping we get a source selection statement soon where they spell out why companies like Northrop and Blue didn’t win.

Copa Cabana

Or the mythical Dragon XL?

They want to control the descent and not risk a bunch of huge chunks crashing through people’s houses. Or worse.

The ISS is too low to cause Kessler syndrome.

Part of why the commercial stations won’t be ready is because the ISS won’t commit to a deorbit date, so they can’t predict the market!

2030 should be the absolute latest, or the leaks on the Russian side will take the whole thing down.

Just when I thought I was going to bed… Thanks for the link!

I think my next campaign needs a pawn shop that’ll consider buying anything but will seriously low-ball it if they can’t move it easily. And maybe need to talk to an expert they know.

This has some great shots (boosters in the megabay, tons of engines, and the scale in the factory) but the interview questions didn’t really feel worth the time. I’m sure they had to cut some good stuff, but there was a lot of the usual reusability talk and too much of Tim’s “joke” ideas. The nuggets about their manufacturing philosophy, icing, and Raptor 3 upgrades were cool, though. Post-flight part 2 coming soon?

Between the EV3, EX30, R3, and little Jeep EV, I’m hoping that small EVs change some American minds about car size and reverse some of the arms race. They still aren’t small small, but at least they aren’t an F150 or Suburban.