Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Falcon9 Crew Dragon + Starlink
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
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Misc)
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)
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Moon landers)
• Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon (interesting video of latest news, updated)
• On deck: India’s second try (Wed morning)
Last Resort
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
Audited to Death
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