Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday
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I found this insightful. Eager Space has lost a lot of optimism about the program, and argues that SpaceX is now at the dreaded threshold of hubris. The Apollo program faced a similar crisis after the Apollo 1 disaster.
I find myself agreeing, especially with the spreading “block 3 will fix everything” mentality online. It doesn’t feel that simple.
[Eager Space] Starship Problems: What Would Falcon 9 Do?
Starlink Group 10-23 launch bulletin
Starlink Group 10-23 launch bulletin - Lemmy.World
Starlink Group 10-23 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-06-22 05:57 UTC, or 2025-06-22 01:57 local time (EDT). Booster 1069-25 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas. - SpaceX mission page [https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-10-23] - NextSpaceflight page [nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7881] Webcasts: - Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewZIxPP4eF8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ltg8mXro0] - Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Cts2eP_rE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Cts2eP_rE] - NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR8G4kN_NlQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR8G4kN_NlQ] - The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmA0ElvyUY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmA0ElvyUY] - The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos [https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos]
The static fire (at Massey’s) hadn’t actually started. Unclear how the ground systems are doing. At least it’s a pretty night explosion?
SpaceX's Ship 36 catastrophically failed while preparing for a static fire test.
Wow!! I think most of us assumed cancellation was politically impossible, so it’s going to be very interesting to watch the fallout of this report. What will be the battlelines in Congress?
[Berger] It's far from settled but...it seems at least 50-50 that NASA's Space Launch System rocket will be canceled. Not Block 1B. Not Block 2. All of it.
[Berger] It's far from settled but...it seems at least 50-50 that NASA's Space Launch System rocket will be canceled. Not Block 1B. Not Block 2. All of it. - Lemmy.World
We shouldn’t overreact, as Berger points out none of the relevant appointments have been made. It’s still a stunning report with huge implications. Here’s the full quote: > To be clear we are *far* from anything being settled, but based on what I’m hearing it seems at least 50-50 that NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will be canceled. Not Block 1B. Not Block 2. All of it. There are other ways to get Orion to the Moon. XCancel link to tweet [https://xcancel.com/SciGuySpace/status/1856522880143745133]