Starbase activities (2024-05-18):

• Overnight, tower segment 2 of 5 moves from Brownsville to Starbase. (Sean Doherty)
• GSEC-5 (cover of GSE-1) is removed. In the evening, a section is cut off the bottom and scrapped.
• Suborbital site dismantling continues: One of the three large black vertical tanks is dropped while being lifted by the GMK 7550 crane (slo-mo), and then loaded onto transport, slower-mo). No signs of injury. The tank leaves the launch site later that morning. The second tank is lifted in the late morning, and transported away in the afternoon. The third tank is lifted in the mid-afternoon, then dragged away and scrapped soon after. The large horizontal methane tank leaves leaves the launch site (right edge of video clip).
• Cryo tanker convoy continues, including one with a Space Shuttle painting. Potential full stack WDR on Monday.

Starbase activities (2024-05-19):

• Build site video tour: Parking garage construction continues. Tower segments are accumulating at Sanchez. Starfactory roof is completed.
• GSEC-5 (cover of GSE-1) scrapping continues: Sections 2 and 3, section 4.
• Tank removal from suborbital site continues.
• S26 is still sitting on the new flame trench at Massey's.
• Tower segment 3 of 5 prepares to move from Brownsville to Sanchez. (Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, cnunez).

Calvin's mom even talked to Hobbes during the raccoon saga!

UTC?

!pareidolia@sh.itjust.works

So where should it go? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Have you tried any of the other politics subs?

• !uspolitics@lemmy.world
• !usa@midwest.social
• !politics@sh.itjust.works
• !anime_titties@lemmy.world

Chewy -> Lion
Leia -> Dorothy
C3PO -> Tin man
That leaves Luke as... the Scarecrow?

Edit: I can't believe I missed Mouse Droid as Toto!

I’m very confident they don’t want someone who’s not NASA killing their very expensive instrument prematurely. They probably would feel better about a NASA astronaut accidentally killing the telescope

I wonder if Polaris II would ever become a joint mission with NASA? Perhaps with a pair of NASA astronauts and a pair of private ones?

Wow, I didn't realize they'd launched almost 20 of them over the years...

Aren't the events depicted here alluded to in a later comic as the reason they "have not been to the museum for a while, at the museum's request"?

"Could"

Until a working prototype is built, I will be treating the field of warp drives (even sublight warp) with a healthy dose of skepticism. Glad people are working on it though.

Starbase activities (2024-05-17):

• Build site video tour: Parking garage construction continues, Starfactory cladding now looks complete.
• Remaining section of GSE-2 outer tank is removed. This is followed by the lift of a small excavator.
• Suborbital site deconstruction: Small methane tank is removed from the suborbital tank farm. This is followed a few hours later by the removal of a large methane tank, which is pending transport. NSF 5-day timelapse of deconstruction.
• New road closures posted for May 20th through 22nd, 5:00 to 17:00, amended from an original 8:00 to 20:00 closure.

Interesting statement by the FAA to NSF regarding IFT-3 mishap investigation:

https://x.com/BCCarCounters/status/1791600893151821827

Statement of FAA provided to @NASASpaceflight about SpaceX led investigation:

"If the FAA agrees no public safety issues were involved in the mishap, the operator may return to flight while the mishap investigation remains open, provided all other license requirements are met."

https://x.com/BCCarCounters/status/1791611426991157438

NSF followed up with the question if this would mean that a positive outcome of this investigation would mean the launch license will be modified before the mishab is closed?

The FAA answered: "Yes, provided all other license requirements are met."

Norminal launch and landing. B1062 lands for the 21st time!

Edit, Starlink deploy confirmed: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1791644360918102053

Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed