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Bro is this really about to happen? Don't get me wrong, the circumstances are suspicious at best, but it's been a long time coming! Does anyone else think this public notice could be political posturing?

Vast begins Haven-1 testing and reschedules its launch in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I wish them best of luck! I think it's a cool idea to develop a space station quickly.

[Eric Berger] Europe has the worst imaginable idea to counter SpaceX’s launch dominance in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

This would be so funny if it weren't a serious issue

NASA requests industry proposals for VIPER lunar rover partnership in c/nasa@lemmy.world

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What a strange story this has turned out to be. I really hope the rover makes it to the moon.

Blue Origin launches New Shepard on lunar gravity suborbital flight in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Glad there is artificial gravity in action! Maybe this will help bring large-scale orbital artificial gravity for humans closer to reality.

The Mars Dream Is Back — Here’s How to Make It Actually Happen in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Sorry I haven't been able to watch the video you linked yet, but I thought the Wikipedia article was fascinating.

I'm curious what you mean by starship "working". They're seemingly close to booster reuse, upper stage recovery, going orbital, payload deployment, and propellant transfer. There's no fundamental reason the technology wouldn't work, right? Landing on the moon or Mars does seem like a challenge, but it's sort-of on the horizon. Return from Mars, however, now that really would be pretty crazy. Even so, doesn't this open-up new capabilities?

The Mars Dream Is Back — Here’s How to Make It Actually Happen in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Are you referring to me or to the author?

[Firefly Aerospace] We're Still in Earth Orbit! Blue Ghost Week 2 Update in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That was truly unexpected. Good on them for having some fun with it!

Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Honestly, yeah. Yesterday's failure was such a bummer. It's understandable, but still a bummer. Gotta go orbital to get anything done too. The good news is, even yesterday's kaboom should only set them back a month or two at most (just my guess).

[Eric Berger] Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I wonder if this is a similar goal-post moving as in the space race with the ussr. Maybe we can't get back to the moon as fast as the Chinese, but we have a chance to get to Mars first?

Probably not though, it's Musk and he says random shit all the time.

Thuraya 4-NGS launch thread in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So clean! I love it when we get landing audio.

NASA selects four companies for commercial communications services in c/nasa@lemmy.world

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think I agree with you... to a degree. On one hand something like CLPS has been a questionable use of funds at best, but on the other hand a NASA investment got us the greatest aerospace company in the history of humanity (SpaceX). Maybe it really depends how the program is structured?

All that being said, I'm not sure how Challenger relates to this considering that was a NASA program.