What are we talking about?
Extraterrestrial material? Already have some (meteorites, moon/asteroid samples, etc.)
Extraterrestrial crewed craft? Very highly unlikely
Extraterrestrial robotic craft? Somewhat less very highly unlikely
Hiding the fact-of may be useful to governments, of course;
but I think that this ambiguity is be even more valuable to Hollywood
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54 Years Ago Today
Eight months later,
I’d be workin’ my first satellite launch
from the launch complex now used by Falcon9s
in the post below.
(What? Hey, we’re both gettin’ up there in years)
Textbook launch/landing from Vindundfog SFB
(What? Nah, just hate to waste an idea, lame or not. Think of it as been-off-line DTs)
Just to be clear,
know their pronouns;
but don’t use ’em properly.
Gives you time to think/escape/aim
while they unscrew themselves from the ceiling
Had a problem logging-in for a few days.
JR fixed it!
Too bad, lots of fun events goin’ on.
As a reward for your patience, here’s a little Stuff That’s Hard to Do:
Bonus: RocketLab Electron ride-share launch from NZ
Meanwhile, in Japan…
FIRE IN THE HOLE! A rocket test by Japan's space agency resulted in massive explosion on July 14. Thankfully, reportedly no one was injured in the incident. pic.twitter.com/FzjVXvGavu
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) July 18, 2023
Previously, on the Centaur test stand
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Midnight launch
16th flight for this booster!
Nice vids
(What? Oh c’mon, humor me. Used to do this for a living all during the ’70s from this very place, SLC-4.
Rest of my AF career was never quite as cool)
