Space stuff

[pechelman]

Potential big week ahead for human spaceflight! Fingers crossed for a safe flight tomorrow for everyone and a few more so that boeing can finally figure out its leaky He valve.

[pechelman]

well that was pretty cool. got to see and hear the landing from what seemed to be almost front row seats

[tody]

Is this the right thread for a picture like this?
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS barely visible at the upper edge of the photo.

[endo]

cool @tody

and also pretty cool how the Space X people caught back the booster, were you involved @pechelman?

[pechelman]

That was absolutely incredible to watch @endo but I wasn't involved. I'm really hoping to be able to post some things but we've been very quiet since earlier this summer after a couple of tests we posted short videos.

[mikebarhoot]

i’ve had ties to JSC/NASA my whole life. as indicated by my forum name.

“you mean not every kid grew up playing on Guppies & re-entry pods?”. -BarHoot

[mclaincausey]

A wonderful gift for the space nerd in your life. An old National Geographic book called Our Universe is probably what ignited my lifelong obsession with space. This new book about JWST could provide similar inspiration for a younger generation.

[pechelman]

Just gonna put this right here. Many long days and nights to make this happen; tired but really stoked.

https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1872824935732916265

Edit to add a link with more context but no video
https://x.com/davill/status/1872826008774041719

[SKT]

@pechelman this is awesome. Thanks for sharing with us

[endo]

"When all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt."

[pechelman]

Anyone catch the launch?
If not, scroll to 1h45m in. Such an exciting and stressful and fun evening on console last night.

[Giles]

I have to say that I cant watch something like this without my eyes filling with tears, in admiration and sheer "how the absolute fuck"......Amazing.

And I loved the "Let's light this candle"......

You in here?

[pechelman]

Thanks for those words @Giles. I just watched the replay before posting this and also got a little teary. I was so focused on my systems and capturing data I didn't even really get to watch much.

That's a different support room from where I sat, but it looks very similar. Ours was off of the video feed circuit so we didn't get uniforms to wear.

[seawolf]

Holy shit! Wow. I'm blown away.

[Giles]

I was only trying to get a good view......Sorry.....

[mclaincausey]

Incredible. Much congratulations. There are few more meaningful endeavors for humanity than space exploration.

[Giles]

And sorry to bring a negative to this thread. But for fucks sake, this use of lack of clarity is pitiful, or is it unwoke to say what actually happened....

"Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause," SpaceX posted on X."

[Rococo]

@Giles "One of our more resource intensive performance vectors..." Quote from the Simpsons parody of the military, wish I knew which episode...

[pechelman]

@Giles space is really hard. They may not know exactly what happened yet, but I agree with you and I despise the dumbing down or obfuscation of information with things like "rapid unscheduled disassembly" phrasing. Just be up front; we don't know yet and will get back when we know.

But today's SpaceX launch was incredible. Even more incredible was this footage of the second stage breaking up over t&c
https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662

[steelworker]

Beautiful @pechelman !