where we’ve previously been seeing about one collision a day
Wow. Good on CO for investing in these.
Let's agree to leave it, stop expanding it, and add rail to the corridor
I don't feel great about NASA's lunar plans right now, but I'm holding onto hope that commercial stations take off. Cutting ISS operations now, when it's more productive than ever, is so stupid and shortsighted, but the clock is ticking and we need to be investing more in the replacements. Vast seems promising.
A screen porch for the hammock is awesome!
Especially in bug heavy areas, more screened space is so nice. There are a few times I've camped with hammockers who brought and shared an extra dome tent to keep their stuff and change clothes.
When do we get the electric RS 6 Avant?
Given that a regular A6 and S6 start at $58.1k and $75.9k, that isn't toooo crazy. The S6 E-tron is pretty much the same price as the ICE one.
TRACERS is a cool program. Studying space weather like this is such a perfect example of NASA's science mission being helpful for everyone in space and everyone on Earth that uses those services.
The launch being a NASA rideshare with 3 other NASA missions, an ESA one, and a private one, is also really cool.
It still kills me that the launch was delayed by an FAA power outage, when the Skykraft sats on board are for air traffic control and could have helped with that exact problem.
Integrating the different shapes and sizes of stacks for different launchers still has to be a little annoying, but doing it under their own roof helps a lot. Now, for Ariane launches off-site, though...
At full capacity, the new site will be able to process more than 100 satellites per month and support three simultaneous launch campaigns
That's not quite enough? Or maybe it is with an FCC extension and a few Ariane launches to boost the numbers a bit.
This is extra funny because one of the rideshares, Skykraft, is for air traffic management
It would be cool to see them dock to Tiangong.
I'm not convinced that an ESA owned and operated station is worth it, but a European module on a private station could be a good middle ground.
The people demand ACES