Leon Hutton

Technology Enthusiast, @Tesla & @SpaceX Investor, Lover of Music, Gigs, & Travel

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Here's what 10,000 Starlink satellites look like in orbit:

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Elon on concerns that AI satellites will crowd space:

"Space is really big. It's not like space is gonna get crowded. Space is enormous. If you actually look at it relative to the earth, the satellites are so tiny you can't even see them."

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Cathie Wood taking her first Unsupervised @Tesla Robotaxi ride in Austin, Texas.

"The fact that I was talking to you the whole time and didn't pay any attention to the ride itself means that I think it's completely safe; I'm excited for Tesla. I'm excited for Tesla shareholders. I do think now, this slowly, slowly, slowly is moving into all at once."

Full video: https://t.co/deqpHRMJpm

[Troy @gixxer1k2005]

The New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad during a static fire test tonight on pad 36. Video from the new SpaceX building getting built. Watch it all and have your volume up to hear the explosion.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) events are not unusual in the rocket world

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

The U.S. Space Force has just announced that it has awarded @SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build a constellation of satellites that can track airplanes, cruise missiles, and airborne threats globally from orbit.

It’s for the “Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) program.”

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

NASA is aware of the anomaly that occurred tonight at Launch Complex 36 involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. 

Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets.

We will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Daylight reveals the extent of damage caused to Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) and the surrounding area of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, following last night’s massive explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn during a Static Fire Test. Significant fire damage to the launch pad, tower, and other infrastructure can be seen - which will undoubtably require months of repairs - while debris from New Glenn lay scattered around LC-36.

Photo credit: @asherbphotos @tweetsiphotos @LaunchHeavenX

[Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow]

Here's our video of the explosion at Launch Complex 36. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket.

Watch live views: https://t.co/tm2wZQmAVD

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@blueorigin @StephenClark1 Sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: "@SpaceX is probably our greatest commercial space company, hands down. We rely on SpaceX heavily to put our astronauts to and from the international space station."

[Starlink @Starlink]

Starlink-equipped buoys provided real-time video streaming in the Indian Ocean during Starship's twelfth flight test

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@aaronburnett We strive to entertain

[Aaron Burnett @aaronburnett]

SpaceX (fully aware of an impending IPO) set up drones specifically to capture this fireball and chose to livestream it. Let that sink in.

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Raptor 3 just officially flew for the first time on Starship Flight 12 and it’s an absolute masterpiece of engineering

When SpaceX first revealed it, many people in aerospace really thought it was an incomplete render. They kept asking where the rest of the engine was

Turns out… that was the full engine

SpaceX eliminated so many external pipes, brackets, sensors, and components that it barely looked real

It became the perfect embodiment of Elon Musk’s engineering philosophy:

“The best part is no part”

Raptor 3 comes with:
• more thrust
• higher efficiency
• radical simplification
• improved reliability
• dramatically lower manufacturing complexity

This was not just an upgrade. It was a complete rethinking of what a rocket engine can be

Raptor 3 has officially raised the bar for the entire aerospace industry

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship flip and landing burn at the end of its twelfth flight test

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

This is probably the best look at the shockwaves I’ve seen from the latest Starship flight.

Captured from a GoPro I clamped onto a proper camera to record simultaneous video. (I’ll show you the photo the better camera took in the reply)

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 takes flight for the first time → https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 landing burn over the Indian Ocean

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Onboard views from Starship and Super Heavy V3, which are equipped with upgraded cameras capable of streaming 4K video through every phase of flight via @Starlink