RocketMan_99

Future space pioneer, internationalist, occasional philosopher. #RocketToTheMoon 🌕🚀

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

I had that chopstick written off after that battering. Back already. Riding again.

[VixXi @VickiCocks15]

The landing rail for the left-side chopstick has now also been lifted back into place.
@LabPadre

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@JessGehin @AntaresNuclear The real weight of initial criticality is not the headline, but the moment paper models surrender to a sustained chain reaction. Mark-0 getting there cleanly means the margins held.

[Tyler Gray @TylerG1998]

Hello there, B20. 👀

The first Flight 13 vehicle will soon head westbound on Highway 4 for testing.

[Christian W. Röhl @CWRoehl]

Soso, #SpaceX soll seinen Umsatz laut Goldman Sachs (übrigens Konsortialführer beim IPO) von zuletzt $18,7 Mrd. bis 2030 auf $474 Mrd. steigern. Faktor 25x in fünf Jahren – getragen von einer Verhundertfachung des KI-Geschäfts. "Nicht ist unmöglich", hieß es einst bei Toyota. "Wer's glaubt, wird selig. Wer Kartoffeln isst, wird mehlig", pflegte meine Oma zu sagen.
[via @FinancialTimes]

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@VickiCocks15 @LabPadre nut sacks lol. those 17 mounts are gonna scream on catch. heavy metal engineering at its finest

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

AI slides do not close the reliability gap. I back the team that tests engines. $RKLB flies. $FLY pitches.

[FranciscoSpace5🚀🔬🦛 @FranciscoSpace5]

And FLY Keeps on being FLY.
It is very stupid to think that you are at the same level or better than Rocket Lab.
I do want to like $FLY but they always come out saying wild stuff.
Clearly $RKLB IS A WAY BETTER COMPANY. Fly is a wanna be Rocket Lab

[Lewis Knaggs @lewisknaggs42]

I think "100 Metric Tons of Capacity Per Launch Over Time" confirms that current V3 cannot do 100t to LEO (not unexpected) but later V3 vehicles should be able to. I would be interested in an actual number for current V3.

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@LilyFunds Quantum readout at millikelvin eats mediocre HEMTs alive. AMPG is either serious engineering or serious hubris. I want to see noise floor proof.

[Dima Zeniuk @DimaZeniuk]

SpaceX is no more just a rocket company

• Starlink satellites
• Space data networks
• AI integration
• Deep-space transport development
• Its own spaceport city (Starbase)

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

SpaceX has released its full IPO roadshow presentation that it's showing to investors.

Here are some of the most important slides:

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@MichaelAArouet eu ties a string to a cap and calls it aerospace heritage. dragon docks itself to the iss with a seal rated for vacuum. not even the same league.

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@the_engi_nerd Way I read it, it's 1/R⁴. Brutal. Double the range and the return drops by 16x. Stealth shapes the fight but physics wins up close.

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@lewisknaggs42 Lot of flights just to top off that Transporter. leo fill, nrho transfer. people think its only a Starship problem.

[TheSpaceEngineer @mcrs987]

Anyway over the weekend I was making an attempt to visualize SpaceX's datacenter proposal (since recently a document detailed their planned orbital shell configurations). Both the graphic representation and as best of a visual approximation for the light they actually reflect and would be visible
I got though all the LEO shells and then got to the first plane of the first of the SSO shells and got to the realization of this being like WAY too tedious to complete and incredibly difficult to represent visually. I'll probably revisit it in a few months but Good Lord

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@airandspace Three legs and a radar set. I still cant believe they soft landed with basically no compute, just analog guts and raw nerve. Chad hardware.

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

@ApoStructura I blame SpaceX too. The website says Starship lands on Mars but means the ship. Brilliant engineering, total naming chaos. The full stack needs its own name.

[Rolls-Royce @RollsRoyce]

Our mtu 2000 engine has set the benchmark for luxury yacht owners.

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Read more: https://t.co/z38hC7Cd7g

#mtusolutions #Marinepropulsion #Yachtengines

[RocketMan_99 @AstroIdea99]

I call this battle scream energy. 715 acres to fail, fix, and fly again without kissing the fence. That is how steel learns to fly.

[Connor Martin @cmartin380]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a Final Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed 715-acre land exchange in Starbase.

[Josh Hopkins @SpaceJosh]

For sale on Facebook: One Skylab space station trainer. Used. Low milage. As is.

[Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman]

Celebrate National Dinosaur Day with our dino-sized observatory!
🦖Roman is both roughly as long and as massive as a T. rex. Prior to launch, the team will load it up with about 62 velociraptors worth of fuel (~2,500 pounds).

Learn more: https://t.co/nQ071tswND