As of: 12OCT/2030
(all times Eastern)
Plan is to catch the SpaceX Super Heavy booster with the tower arms
Watch Starship’s fifth flight test https://t.co/LVrCnTv797
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 12, 2024
• Also live
• Also also live
Other US launches planned for this week:
• MON 12:06 pm Falcon Heavy, Europa Clipper FL
• TUE 1:26 am Falcon9, Starlink FL
• TUE 4:03 am Falcon9, Starlink CA
• THU 3:55 pm Falcon9, Starlink FL
Crew Dragon returns to Earth from ISS:
• TUE 4:45 am Live coverage begins
Politics:
• FAA seems to have been visited by NASA enforcers
• CA wants to limit SpaceX launches due to Musk’s politics
(I expect them to be visited by USSF and NRO enforcers)
CA must love the idea of a few thousand more jobs leaving the state. Musk already pulled Tesla out of CA, to which a CA politician said, basically, “Good Riddance.”
Now this?
If I worked at Vandenberg I’d be furious and nervous.
Of course, the CA Coastal Commission is involved. Those guy are unelected bureaucrats who love to make others live by their diktats.
Tomorrow’s launch and catch is gonna be EPIC!
Succeed or fail, history is being made before our eyes, and it’s on par with the Moonshot. Much success, Elon!