Rocketry & ₿itcoin

News, fun facts, and technical insights about rockets, #space , and #bitcoin | No politics | Coming soon to #Nostr |

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

This twitter account is dedicated to providing educational content on two topics: rockets and #Bitcoin. The goal is to offer high-quality content for anyone interested in learning about the technical aspects of either of these two topics.

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

#Bitcoin knowledge thread! This one is about partially signed Bitcoin transactions (PSBT), what they are, why they are secure, and how it works.

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[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

"Oddly enough the overriding sensation I got looking at the Earth was, My God that little thing is so fragile out there."

— Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut

#EarthDay

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

...moon rocks, dust, and other lunar materials they had collected during their mission. They listed their cargo as "moon rock and moon dust samples," and the declared value was listed as "priceless." The astronauts then had to pass their filled-out customs form to a customs agent

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

Fun fact Friday: The Apollo 11 astronauts who first landed on the moon had to go through customs upon their return to Earth. After splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, the astronauts were brought back to Hawaii, where they were required to fill out a customs form declaring the...

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

At the time, the value of the 10,000 bitcoins was only a few dollars, but today, those same bitcoins would be worth millions of dollars. This transaction is now widely known in the cryptocurrency community as "Bitcoin Pizza Day" and is celebrated annually on May 22nd

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

Fun fact Friday: the first ever real-world transaction involving #bitcoin was for two pizzas. On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 bitcoins to another person in exchange for two pizzas.

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

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#starship #spacex

[Paul Breed @unrocket]

Had not seen this image before... Found it on the beechtalk forum...

[European Space Agency @esa]

Using the resources of another world would be a major feat for our species, bringing us closer to living in space to stay. But reaching such a milestone will take sustained inventiveness and effort – so we're inviting your ideas to help make it happen 👉 https://t.co/kGdrI8Y133

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

This tweet is relevant today

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@ErcXspace @MarcusHouseGame @brendan2908 @BocaChicaGal @NASASpaceflight Aspiring to have no flame diverter in Boca, but this could turn out to be a mistake

[NASA Goddard @NASAGoddard]

Why are comets different colors? ☄️

Comets’ comas (the cloud of gas surrounding a comet’s nucleus) contain chemicals that react with sunlight and give them colors!

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

@johnkrausphotos I have to think the flight was doomed from the beginning due to the amount of debris kicked up at startup. Both hydraulic gimbal controllers exploded, along with several engines. Nothing confirmed yet obviously.

SpaceX will get it corrected

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

@KerbalSpaceP @SpaceX https://t.co/Uu8ieVeakO

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

SpaceX is trying find the revert to VAB button

#Starship

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

@WatchersTank @elonmusk @SpaceX Could this be after FTS detonation on the booster?

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

SpaceX is trying find the revert to VAB button

#Starship

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff from Starbase

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

@planet4589 Another one that comes to mind- did stage 0 (and lack of flame trench) contribute to the first several raptor failures?

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

Nice find

[Ed Howard Models @HowardModels]

Raptor engine sensor failure?🤔
That could make thrust compensation difficult.

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

Answers my question from earlier. I wonder how the loss of these tiles would have impacted the re entry attempt had we made it that far

https://t.co/hKWojbPXvC

[TankWatchers @WatchersTank]

Starship only lost a few tiles during launch & looks better than we expected.

This stunning picture from the flap cam has no source and it has been circulating on Twitter for a few minutes.

Let's wait for official confirmation!

#SpaceX @elonmusk

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

Intense!

[Avid Space @LabPadre]

Wild Rover 2 war zone footage with audio. Good stuff! #SpaceX #Starbase #Starship #Superheavy

[Rocketry & ₿itcoin @RocketryandBTC]

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[Chicken @ChickenLentil]

#starship #spacex