Category: Fun & Curios

• THU Falcon9, Starlink FL
• THU Falcon9, NROL CA (nice vid from me ol’ stompin’ grounds, scroll ahead to -20:00 liftoff)
• FRI   Starliner Re-entry and landing (in progress)

Upcoming Next Week:

• TUE 3:38 am Falcon9, Polaris Dawn FL (crewed)
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• Starliner noise has stopped (feedback issue)
• Undergrad rocket math for starship
(i.e. the stuff I’ve long forgotten how to do)

• WED Falcon9, Starlink FL
Looked to me like one landing leg collapsed on Booster-1062’s 23rd landing (most ever),
after 236 successful Falcon9 landings in a row (Good discussion and vid details)
• SAT Falcon9, Starlink CA
• SAT Falcon9, Starlink FL
Hey, two out’a three ain’t bad

Next Week:
• WED 3:38 am Polaris Dawn (crewed) FL
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• Reminder: “Stuff That’s Hard to Do” is our title, after all.
Searching for the reliability/fatigue/life limits is part of engineering:
Use it until something goes wrong,
Fix the limiting problem,
Use it some more until something else goes wrong,
Fix that,
Rinse, Repeat
• See Also: Progress
No initial design/build/operating plan is ever perfect
Y’gotta throw that pesky Reality™ at it, then pay close attention

Yeah, they’re all pretty much the same joke;
but sometimes it’s fun to try it multiple ways

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Hey, these posts don’t cost ya nuthin’ so don’t whine.
Remember, I’m just entertainin’ myself, here.
I appreciate that folks have different thoughts and opinions,
but I really don’t care.
These posts’re just handprints on a cave wall, not Jefferson’s diary.

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• Inspiration

Current events are getting tiresome,
so thought I’d toss out the occasional
historical perspective when an idea
falls into my lap

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• Inspiration

This week

• TUE Falcon9, Starlink FL