@usmntonly FIFA needs to fire that Referee, that was a terrible call. More yellows should have been given out earlier for the tugging on shirts and holding on both sides!
Teams recently completed build and acceptance testing of our 1,000th Merlin 1D engine for Falcon’s first stage! With Falcon’s reusability, recovering these engines has enabled continued reliability enhancements, making Merlin one of the most reliable rocket engines ever manufactured
How do we know it’s not just a “pile of rocks?”
Inside the boat-shaped structure, we found 2.7X more organic carbon, 40% higher potassium, and dramatically lower pH than outside.
These signatures scream ‘decayed ancient wood’
Our 2024 soil analysis (22 systematic samples inside vs. outside) revealed:
• Nearly 3X more organic matter inside the structure
• 38%+ higher potassium (linked to wood decay)
• Dramatic pH shift (8x difference) — creating a “closed system” signature
These chemical anomalies are exactly what you’d expect from a large decayed wooden vessel buried for thousands of years.
Combined with GPR showing geometric patterns below the surface, the evidence keeps building.
In 2026, we dig deeper.