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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Wow!! I think most of us assumed cancellation was politically impossible, so it's going to be very interesting to watch the fallout of this report. What will be the battlelines in Congress?

 

We shouldn't overreact, as Berger points out none of the relevant appointments have been made. It's still a stunning report with huge implications. Here's the full quote:

To be clear we are *far* from anything being settled, but based on what I'm hearing it seems at least 50-50 that NASA's Space Launch System rocket will be canceled. Not Block 1B. Not Block 2. All of it. There are other ways to get Orion to the Moon.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Did not enjoy the wait for AOS!

May Clipper have a boring journey.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Stunning. They have no right to make it look so easy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I was ready to wait until Christmas for this and now I'm not emotionally prepared!

If there's a catch attempt I'm expecting a mild success where something goes wrong (those arms sway sooo much), but I'm optimistic about Ship reentry. Going to be great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for mentioning this! Loving the world so far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Curious to see what happens in the Gulf given Zack Golden's speculation from a few days ago. Are they really going to retrieve a booster that's hundreds of meters below sea level? Feels hard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Unfortunate for this to happen on a high profile flight, amid all the regulatory bickering.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad my concerns about these suits were overblown! They look like a big improvement over status quo.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Pretty confused about why SpaceX released this - it's a vague, whiney, entitled message, even if they're right!

Parts of the regulatory process are clunky, and the goals of an environmental assessment don't always align with the goals of SpaceX - that's the point. I'd be concerned if the company was happy with the process.

I don't want to write an essay right now. I know it's messy, and the process needs to improve. I just wish SpaceX had brought receipts before starting...whatever they just started.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't expecting such beautiful shots at midnight in the desert!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This is probably going to be so boring, but I won't be able to look away.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Thanks, the stories I've read have made it hard to piece together this timeline.

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