Alex Kaplan

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@NASASpaceflight @torybruno @Redwire Which is pretty funny since the videos from the ISS with that mechanism show it really clearly

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@exploreplanets @NASAAdmin Why aren't we flying more of the small to medium rovers already in development for the moon? It seems like that would have less NRE than using promise, and help build the commercial lunar economy.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@yatharthmann @elonmusk The SEC would like to know your location

[Skyroot Aerospace @SkyrootA]

ORBIT ACHIEVED. 🚀

Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 has reached orbit. India's first privately developed orbital rocket has completed its final burn and injected its payloads into a ~450 km orbit, making India the third country in the world with private orbital launch capability.

History is made. 🇮🇳

#Vikram1 #JourneyToOrbit #SkyrootAerospace

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

India private space made orbit on their first try!

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@Blobifie The man ironically causes one rocket to explode and now he feels a need to do the opposite for every rocket going forward.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@SigmaFemale1818 ATMOS's challenge is going to be the fact they are competing against The Exploration Company, who has raised over $335m and is targeting a lot of the same markets.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@jimbelosic Ansi Fit Tolerances and Gear Cutting

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@SigmaFemale1818 @Pearsonpc @SpaceInvestor_D @Starlab_Space Atmos is also non US, which locks them out of most of the DOD side of Reentry.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@SigmaFemale1818 @Pearsonpc @SpaceInvestor_D @Starlab_Space Voyager is talking to a handful of companies including reditus. So far, the only ones who has done reentry under their own power is SpaceX with Dragon and Varda, and Varda is the only one doing dedicated inspace manufacturing and down mass missions. Atmos is a bit behind.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@Pearsonpc @SpaceInvestor_D Varda

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@DJSnM @UnwantedBlog The legs do help pull your center of pressure forward enough to actually have some amount of cross range for reentry.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@jkissl_allstar @MattGialich https://t.co/cIHpdqAY8c

[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

VIDEO OF CHANG ZHENG 10B CATCH

That's... a lot of smoke from the interstage lol. But they caught it!

This capability allowed SpaceX to become *the* launch superpower. China could now do that too.
https://t.co/O4tFOlzwqH

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@DJSnM It is a real shame how many of the links are broken recently when they link to JPL work. NTRS has been my teacher for spacecraft mechanisms since 2021.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@thespacecpa @FuseAnimation @Int_Machines Shouldn't there be more rovers on it?

[Homer Hickam @realhomerhickam]

Sonny Morea, the man behind the F-1 Saturn engines and the Lunar Roving Vehicle has passed. Quite the life he had. https://t.co/2RDZKub1lA

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@SpaceInvestor_D $17 m seems pretty low.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@SpaceInvestor_D The exolaunch approach to lunar payloads is interesting.

[Alex Kaplan @KaplanSpace]

@FireflySpace @NASAJPL @NASA See you there ;)