Everyone: cancel EUS
Boeing: π©
contingent on Environmental Impact Statement.
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Hopefully they checked their staging
I've been assuming for awhile that Northrop would buy these guys given all the Antares investment.
Their business model still seems pretty rough if it's mainly launch (with a bad track record), in space mobility (that they haven't proven out), and lunar landers (that only cater to academia).
At least they're a much more real company than Astra.
I don't think Europe will get a SpaceX, but I could see some of these companies being their Rocketlab and Firefly.
I love what they're doing and wonder what's next. They're scaling up and speeding up with their buses and capsules. I wonder if/when they'll work on reuse or a bigger capsule?
As much crap as I give the incumbents, Maia is looking like Europe's best bet at the moment.
It's a bad sign that PLD isn't targeting a Miura Next launch until 2030. Hopefully Miura 5 goes well for them in 2026.
If ULA can finally get those two NSSL launches off this year then it'll be a win. Dreamchaser would be cool? It'll be interesting to see how many SDA launches actually happen between Falcons and Vulcans this year.
Most SUVs are just less practical minivans for people in denial
I drove a new Hyundai Sonata hybrid and was pretty annoyed by how flaky the lane keeping and adaptive cruise control were, plus the shift knob thing and clunky hybrid/EV switching after a red light.
I had wireless Android Auto in a rental car last month and loved it. My car just has the wired version. With wireless, I just sat down and it had locations up already that I was looking at and picked up the music or podcast I was playing. I'm a fan.
It's great to see so much activity.
Blue just keeps on building. At some point they'll start seriously launching, right? RIGHT?
Project BEEP being next to OneWeb is interesting. I wonder if they want their own payload processing facility like Amazon built for Kuiper.
Reminder that the SLS 1B ML is a Burj Khalifa over budget.
Can't wait for Vulcan to pick up the pace and get the 2nd VIF online.
Stoke has been a little quieter since their hopper and engine firing, but it's good to see infrastructure progress.
Relativity, idc, cool engines though
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