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Tech Enthusiast 🚀, from gadgets to space 🌌: a journey in innovation.

[Zack Golden @CSI_Starbase]

Starting to seem like all the ship work stations will be built at Starbase while booster stands will be built in Florida. They will just trade stands back and forth each time a new vehicle is transported to the Cape until both Gigabays are fully outfitted.

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Starship Flight 14 is getting very close to launch

Both vehicles have now completed their major standalone ground tests:

• Ship 41 proof campaign
• Ship 41 static fire
• Booster 21 proof campaign
• Booster 21 full 33-engine static fire

That means the core Flight 14 hardware has made it through the biggest standalone testing ahead of flight

Now the focus shifts to stacking, final integrated work, launch notices and the official launch date

Everything is lining up

Now SpaceX just needs to make the date official

[Mars University @MarsUniversityX]

Elon Musk on "Age of Abundance":

"With AI and robotics, this is the path to abundance for all

We’re talking about an economic explosion that redefines what it means to have a high standard of living

If you want to solve global poverty or give everyone a very high standard of living, the only way to do that is AI and robotics

That doesn’t mean it’s without risk. We have to be very careful... we don’t want to end up in a Terminator movie"

[Sanjay Srivastava @Sanjay_Sriv]

Every Falcon 9 flight burns a $10M+ upper stage to ashes. 🚀

Bharat's EtherealX is building the Razor Crest Mk-1 to bring 100% of the rocket back home. 🇮🇳

1. The Context: The Upper-Stage Conundrum:
* SpaceX revolutionized orbital economics by recovering its first-stage boosters, but the upper stage remains expendable, burning up on atmospheric re-entry.

* EtherealX is developing Razor Crest Mk-1 as the world’s first medium-lift launch vehicle designed to recover both stages.

2. The Engineering Strategy: Turning Heat into Thrust:
* The Hurdle: Traditional upper-stage recovery requires heavy thermal heat shielding, which adds dead weight and crushes payload margins.

* The Solution: EtherealX’s Full-Flow Segregated Cooling Cycle (FSCC) engine design.

* How it works: The Pegasus upper-stage engine absorbs atmospheric re-entry heat to vaporize and pressurize onboard propellants, powering turbomachinery without a conventional pre-burner, turning thermal drag into usable energy.

3. The Numbers & Capabilities
* Payload to LEO: ~8 tonnes (fully reusable mode) | 24.8 tonnes (expendable mode).

* Propulsion: 1.2 MN Stallion engine (booster) + 80 kN Pegasus engine (upper stage).

* Launch Economics: Targeting costs as low as $350/kg at operational cadence (vs. industry averages exceeding $10,000+/kg).

4. Why This is Crucial for India
* Leapfrogging to Medium-Lift: Transcends suborbital/small launchers to compete directly for commercial mega-constellations.

* Addressing Launch Bottlenecks: Positions India as a high-cadence, cost-efficient orbital freight corridor amid global launch capacity shortages.

5. The Road Ahead:
* 2026–2027: Full-scale engine hot-fire qualification tests.
* Late 2027: First orbital technology demonstrator mission.
* 2028: Planned commercial operations rollout.
@theguildworld @isro @INSPACeIND
@SpaceX

By @AihikS @chandrarsrikant
https://t.co/g0M8Yx88N7

#SpaceTech #DeepTech #MakeInIndia #Aerospace #Innovation

[Mars University @MarsUniversityX]

Elon Musk:

“SpaceX is about helping make life multiplanetary and doing what we can to continue the dream of Apollo and ultimately make a contribution to life becoming multiplanetary.”

[Prusaguy @PrusaGuy]

Vlog 2 / 36week

Well, IFA Berlin has kicked off, and as you learned from yesterday’s vlog, we have a booth there. You’ll find us in Hall 17, so if you’re here, stop by to say hi and chat 😉🫶🏻

#3d #geek #vlog #prusa #daily

[Utah teapot 🫖 @SkyeSharkie]

LET HIM OUT OF THAT BOX! give him an orange, what is wrong with you??

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

Is anyone else also happy to see all these blender AI reconstructions as opposed to pure Gen ai videos?

[Mustafa @oprydai]

if you are in software, 2026 is the best year to make a pivot to hardware.

[PILED @PILED3D]

Laser cut file, grid, and displays.

[Car Print RC @Car_Print_3D]

🤯Awesome Make shared by "rlcapitao" from
@Cults3D

🚓 RC 1/10 Police Civic Cruiser - Heat Level 1
🏁 https://t.co/JdGlPgwBbc

❓ Download 3D printing model:
👉 https://t.co/Nl78ZCKgXn
💡 Designed by @Car_Print_3D

#3dprint #3dprinted #3dmodel #makecults3d #CarPrint3D

[Kenneth Cassel @KennethCassel]

was wondering how many machines I’d have to buy to be trumpf’s largest customer one day

did some digging and found ASML buys > $800m worth of trumpf equipment per year

trumpf makes laser equipment for ASML’s EUV lithography machines

[Robotaxi Tracker @RtaxiTracker]

The number of 30d active (spotted and/or taken ride within last 30 days) unsupervised Tesla Robotaxis has accelerated rapidly over the last 3 months, rising from under 50 to over 200

[Mars University @MarsUniversityX]

Elon Musk:

“SpaceX will put big telescopes in space and giant ones on the Moon.”

[Grant @3D Musketeers #1440Makers @3D_Musketeers]

For the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of #PrintFixFriday, we’re fixing our own fails: testing whether lube on the balls solves our @BondtechAB/@Prusa3D INDX issues, and looking at how a 20-hour ABS print on the HT90 somehow survived collapsed supports! Don’t miss it! (Link in comments)

[Kenneth Cassel @KennethCassel]

First distinguished guest @ReevesCanon

[Burnstation3D @Burnstation3D]

Been following the original post on Reddit since it was posted..🥹

Wasn't expecting @Ubiquiti to do this, bravo 👏 amazing company

When I die, just bury me in my server rack...that would be the final upgrade 🙂‍↕️

[Kenneth Cassel @KennethCassel]

Confetti is press brake operator approved

[Prusaguy @PrusaGuy]

Vlog 1 / 36week

A lot has been going on this week, but I haven't had much time to post, so I'm posting this now. See you at IFA Berlin!

#3d #geek #vlog #prusa #daily

[Shawn Hymel @ShawnHymel]

My final episode on #ReinforcementLearning for #robotics just aired! We add remote control commands in order to drive the balance bot around.

Check it out!

#AI #Arduino #engineering @digikey @M5Stack

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