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Helene’s terrible damage avoided us here in the NC Sandhills, a world away from the mountains
⭐️Mech
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (23-28 Sep)
This Week’s US Orbital Launches:
As of: 01OCT/1700 (times Eastern)
• TUE Falcon9, Starlink CA (aka: Vind’n’fog SFB)
• SAT Falcon9, Crew Dragon to ISS FL
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I expect more, unless it’s SpaceX vacation week;
or the FedGov political bureaucrats get involved
Goin’ Green
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• Cultural ref
• Yeah, I know you know; but fifty years from now,
some communications student is gonna need this for
their thesis on 2024 culture to make sense
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (15-21 Sep)
Should be another fun week:
As of: 20SEP/1300 (times Eastern)
• SUN Dragon, Polaris Dawn Splashdown
• TUE Falcon9, Galileo FL
• FRI Falcon9, Starlink CA
• TBD Electron, Kineis NZ
(Wed launch attempt aborted at ignition, before liftoff)
Groundhog Days
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• Inspiration
• Title cultural ref
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (8-14 Sep)
As of: 12SEP24/2155ET
Busy SpaceX week: three Falcon9 launches and a spacewalk
• TUE Falcon9, Polaris Dawn FL (crewed)
• THU Polaris Dawn Spacewalk
• THU Falcon9, Bluebird FL
• THU Falcon9, Starlink CA
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• For other countries’ launches and a look ahead, try Rocket Monkey
• I’ll try to keep the sched as current as I can
(without actually making much of an effort to do to),
and I’ll keep the flag up for about a day or so,
because everything gets updated during the week,
so it’s hard to keep up with what’s new new.
• I’ll try to include an as-of date/time (US Eastern)
with an update flag next to any new info
• Keep in mind that I’m just entertainin’ myself, here.
I’m not on the net, I don’t get the memos,
and I usually don’t check-in until the afternoon.
Storytelling Theory Test
South Park creators give a great lesson on story telling pic.twitter.com/glH96mXwku
— Interesting As Fuck (@interesting_aIl) September 4, 2024
(situation statement, exposition, punch line) worked like that

Stuff That’s Hard to Do (1-7 Sep)
• 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)