Mark Reiff

#space #engineer #consultant for hire. #tcot

[Mark Reiff @markreiff]

@TheBabylonBee That's a zit. ;)

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@TheCalvinCooli1 That's ok, Corny is no longer a priority for Texans.

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@ChadPergram @guypbenson But which way she votes matters more than merely showing up.

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@dansgoldin A corrupt politician. Keeting 5.
Let Clinton off the hook for a shuttle ride. And you let him.

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@MattLoszak @kevindavis1701a Buzz's cycler rockets. Look it up.

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@space_stations @_abbie_watson_ There's always a product or service, and if it's a real business then there is at least one customer. The problem has been that that customer for space products and survices has mostly been the government.
Success is having lots of customers who are willing to pay you + cost.

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RICO their butts into oblivion.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

They're talking about how there's been no word from the "admins" about further mobilization.

We have undeniable proof that NGOs are calling the shots from top-down.

We know they were responsible for BLM and Summer of Love v1 too. These NGOs and their funders need to be sued for every bit of property damage over the years.

[pitching downrange @OwnerEmeritus]

@davill @NASAAdmin Please name the next booster “Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated”

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Hopefully this is not "happy talk" and @blueorigin gets back on track as quickly as he says.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.

I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.

We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.

[Dr. Insensitive Jerk @DrInsensitive]

This seems relevant again.

For non-nerds, Blue Origin took NASA's design approach, careful (and slow) design, with extensive reviews, to produce a rocket that works the first time with no embarrassing explosions.

It just exploded and destroyed their only launchpad.

The SpaceX approach is, "Build a prototype, smash it on the concrete until it breaks, then reinforce the part that broke and do it again."

In my opinion, 20 iterations of the SpaceX approach might produce a design that can reasonably be called "robust."

The NASA approach never did. Let's hope Blue Origin has better luck.

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@Simberg_Space @Rand_Simberg

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@MorEdge_Insight Static firings are supposed to be static. Obviously someone goofed big time.

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@realhomerhickam @SciGuySpace @NASAAdmin @blueorigin Army Corps of Engineers couldn't build their way out if a paper bag.
I'm sure Bezos can hire those who could. If not, Elon could loan him a few.

[Epic Hubris @EpiclyHubris]

" @MIT Researchers Develop a Low-Cost Technique to get Lithium Out of Rocks" https://t.co/XwlcJzYTyS

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@SciGuySpace The hits just keep coming.

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@BasedMikeLee Now he's hearing voices. Maybe he should see a professional about that.

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@django No, usually the find the dead that way. ;)

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@SERobinsonJr Well that's one way to drain the swamp.

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@robert_zubrin @JustinWStapley And yet the @TheDemocrats openly support the only U. S. Senate candidate with a NAZI tattoo. @grahamformaine

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@JeffGreason @Lori_Garver @NASA Garver was a NASA shill and sabotaged earlier commercial space efforts as NSS chair.
Only after I publicly called her out at ISDC in mid '90s, did she pivot to suck up to Clinton Administration.