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Pentagon working with SpaceX to cut off Russian military's illicit use of Starlink internet in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Source?

Everyday Astronaut: Interview with the Polaris Dawn Crew in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

23:23 "Most of the IVA suits have an inseam zipper ..."

Just checking that everyone (who wants to) has seen this in action. Here's Sultan Al Neyadi putting on his IVA suit without assistance while on the ISS. (32:49 to 38:12.)

Is anyone aware of a better video of the suit than that?

SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Am I supposed to be a mind reader?

SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don’t mean SpaceX, I mean Elon Musk

Neither your comment, nor the article you are commenting about, mentions Elon Musk once! What am I supposed to think?

And if it's him you're talking about, then what does your term "disgusting extravagance" apply to? All those super yachts and private islands he owns and spends so much time on? /s

SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Are all rocket missions a "disgusting extravagance" or just the SpaceX ones?

The dozens of launches to the ISS? The Intuitive Machines moon lander from couple of months ago? All those TV satellites servicing various parts of the world? The hundreds of communications satellites?

[Postponed] WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread! in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

"WorldView Legion 1 & 2" sounds like a computer game and its sequel! For half a second I genuinely wondered whether I'd misunderstood some aspect of how Lemmy works, or something, and was seeing posts from a different [subreddit] ...

The hidden story behind one of SpaceX’s wettest and wildest launches in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

It's CRS-3.

Incidentally, it was the first mission to demonstrate the landing manoeuvre, albeit out in the ocean. The video was corrupted but the NSF forum helped SpaceX to tidy it up.

SpaceX’s most-flown reusable rocket will go for its 20th launch tonight in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Oh yes! Do we know the reason? (I assume it's not just this Falcon 9 getting paranoid in its old age!)

SpaceX IFT-3 Recap Video in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

At 0:18 we see what I presume is the mission control room near the launch site.

But the camera wasn't actually shaking that badly, was it? That was a special effect added for this video, right?

Crew-7 returns to Earth in c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

From the official NASA coverage:

https://www.youtube.com/live/PJAUetG6C2E?t=42m25s "It performed norminal ... excuse me ... nominal, which basically means normal".

I actually genuinely prefer when the SpaceX commentators accidentally say "norminal", precisely because "nominal" does NOT mean 'normal'. It's closer to the opposite.

If Alice was thinking of buying a car from Bob and I told her "the vehicle I bought from Bob works fine, nominally", she would rightly take that as a warning.

If my family member was in space and I heard on the nets "safety systems nominal", I'd be bricking it!

AFAICT it's only the space industry that gets this wrong.