That is one BFR

Looking nice and clean

Alpha Block 2 really needs to hit the ground running. Firefly has been struggling hard with Alpha so far. And I want them be successful, but more so to keep their lunar lander program alive (Blue Ghost 2 this December? 🤞).

I’m waiting for the next administration to announce the Remix to Ignition

Hopefully enough new contracts get cut and hardware gets built that they really get the ball rolling on lunar surface exploration. Time is of the essence before the next admin changes course again.

This is a real little clip. Hank Green also just made a video nerding out about it. The satellites, Aurora, thunderstorm, reflection of the moon, and city lights. The pale blue dot is alive!

Is the range of the Slate fine for you? Slate has way more financial backing than Telo, so I’m expecting them to be easier to deal with for the next few years. If Slate actually ships vehicles this year AND they aren’t lemons, I’m still considering one next year.

Hoping for the best with block 2. In my mind, Alpha is still in the same group as LauncherOne and Rocket 3 until they get the reliability and launch rate up.

That wasn’t on my bingo card. Cool. Hopefully it pans out and relieves some launch site congestion.

Every time I see their name, I’m stunned that they still exist.

Virgin Orbit? Yeaahh it’s not too surprising that they shut down after all the launch failures. It’s a little disappointing that they were one of the few launch startups with some differentiation. It was a dead end that didn’t make sense as the main thing for a public company, but it would have been cool as a little product line that flies 10x a year for some bigger company. Rip.

That is a LOT of rideshares for a non Transporter.

It’s unfortunate but cool to see the wildfire monitoring ones. This might be a rough year for the American Rockies and Southwest after the low snowfall.

Groundhog Day launch schedule.

2 weeks is the closest yet. Maybe this one will stick.

I’m still really worried about whether Telo will last. Slate at least has better financial backing.

And yeah, I hope Ford makes an EV Ranger and hopefully Maverick on their new platform.

The Mythbusters water heater rocket was more successful than anything from Arca.

Edit: hmm maybe that didn’t embed right.

Making up prices, but:

• Slate EV- 150 mi. / $25,000 = 6

• Slate long range - 240 mi. / $30,000 = 8

That’s not awesome

PR machine spinning out of control

NASA only has 4 Starliner flights booked at this point. 1x Cargo + 3x Crew. I wonder how annoying it would be to get fairings for the 2 leftover Atlases.

I’m looking forward to the next attempt. The double booster landing is still one of the most inspirational things I’ve seen in spaceflight.

Nice work. That’s a pretty good turnaround (24 days) for ULA. On to he next one, apparently NET 22 May.

Yeah, they made a lot of ISS pressure vessels and still make Cygnus ones. They were supposed to be the part of all these new stations that we didn’t have to worry about…