Category: Fun & Curios

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)

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• Inspiration
• Title cultural ref

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.

• 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.