I’ll just squeeze-in this Vandenberg launch Saturday morning
Routine launch from the Cape
although it could be CGI or a replay for all I know
NOTE: nasty hurricane effects came nowhere near me in SCentral NC, just rain.
Lack of posting was due to having nothing unique to add to common reactions to current events.
Y’all don’t need my teeth-grinding in addition to all the others’.
Hard to find something clever or cute or snide or funny to say,
buuut that’ll change
LAUNCHES THIS WEEK:
• Starlink Saturday evening
• Crew Dragon to ISS Saturday morning
Full-duration, 33-engine static fire of Super-Heavy B9 Friday morning
(multiple angles of Starship booster test)
The test produced approximately 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) pic.twitter.com/LA6BIGzzLu
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2023
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2023
Electron from NZ tonight
40th flight, 7th recovered booster, first re-flown booster engine
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon!
More info with background and future plans
Tues morning from Vandenberg (landing in the x-ring)
• Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon (interesting video of latest news, updated)
• On deck: India’s second try (Wed morning)
If the whole Biden ’24 goal collapses any further,
I’ll wager that the Dems will do something drastic
to protect against their worst nightmare
