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Re: SpaceX
And, just for Women's Month/Day whatever....
Interview with Gwynne Shotwell -COO of SpaceX.
Very interesting and fun interview.
-great video montage of Starship Flight 4 at around 18 min.
Shotwell is clearly a very smart and unassuming woman -and she looks like she's a pleasure to work with.
Don't think Elon and SpaceX could've done without her.
Congratulations on all the success!
Interview with Gwynne Shotwell -COO of SpaceX.
Very interesting and fun interview.
-great video montage of Starship Flight 4 at around 18 min.
Shotwell is clearly a very smart and unassuming woman -and she looks like she's a pleasure to work with.
Don't think Elon and SpaceX could've done without her.
Congratulations on all the success!
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SpaceX is involved in another public/political fight with the FAA to get things approved faster, but it is still just dragging on.
SpaceX has started publishing NOTAMs for a launch window next week (starting Sunday), but the FAA quickly chimed in to say they don't expect the license to be issued before end November...
Will be interesting to see what the outcome is. SpaceX has flight 5 and 6 hardware ready to fly, and flight 7 undergoing final testing.
SpaceX has started publishing NOTAMs for a launch window next week (starting Sunday), but the FAA quickly chimed in to say they don't expect the license to be issued before end November...
Will be interesting to see what the outcome is. SpaceX has flight 5 and 6 hardware ready to fly, and flight 7 undergoing final testing.
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Elon just appeared on stage in support of Trumpheisan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:02 pm SpaceX is involved in another public/political fight with the FAA to get things approved faster, but it is still just dragging on.
SpaceX has started publishing NOTAMs for a launch window next week (starting Sunday), but the FAA quickly chimed in to say they don't expect the license to be issued before end November...
Will be interesting to see what the outcome is. SpaceX has flight 5 and 6 hardware ready to fly, and flight 7 undergoing final testing.
you can bet your bottom dollar the FAA will do everything it can to throw spanners in the works for SpaceX!
Won't be long now, and SpaceX will have a much smoother ride towards Mars!
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A Mexican airspace NOTUM was handed out by the FAA for the 13th.heisan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:02 pm SpaceX is involved in another public/political fight with the FAA to get things approved faster, but it is still just dragging on.
SpaceX has started publishing NOTAMs for a launch window next week (starting Sunday), but the FAA quickly chimed in to say they don't expect the license to be issued before end November...
Will be interesting to see what the outcome is. SpaceX has flight 5 and 6 hardware ready to fly, and flight 7 undergoing final testing.
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FTS charges were installed yesterday, so seems like there is a real likelihood of a launch on Sunday.
From what I can tell, SpaceX received a temporary environmental exemption for using the water deluge system - which seems to have been the licensing hold up. With this in place, the license could well be issued before Sunday.
From what I can tell, SpaceX received a temporary environmental exemption for using the water deluge system - which seems to have been the licensing hold up. With this in place, the license could well be issued before Sunday.
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License issued! Wx looks good. Hopefully some fireworks tomorrow!
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....what time is it scheduled for pse?
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Between 14h00 and 14h30 (B).
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Lots of streams available:
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJL (official)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87WmFN_As
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfHL3B_NDFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJ54Y22cVI
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJL (official)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87WmFN_As
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfHL3B_NDFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJ54Y22cVI
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What is new, is that they will try and catch the Heavy booster with what SpaceX calls "chopsticks"... below an animation, from the CNN article...
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/13/scie ... index.html
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/loops/stel ... c=original
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/13/scie ... index.html
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/loops/stel ... c=original
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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845424870655398102
The Starship team is go for prop load, and weather is looking ideal for today's flight test!
The launch webcast will go live ~35 minutes ahead of liftoff which is currently targeted for 7:25am CT
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.bloody well done
.bloody well done
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Mr. Miyagi would have approved of that level of chopstick mastery
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Incredible!
Congratulations SpaceX !!
Hope Starship follows now with a textbook wet-landing on the spot!
Congratulations SpaceX !!
Hope Starship follows now with a textbook wet-landing on the spot!