killerofa23
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It's not going to get regulatory approval before the environmental impact statement is done
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gral
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Change of course for Voyager 2?
...Musk's next major building project at Boca Chica: liquid oxygen generator.
I think they have a LOX plant and storage under construction as we speak; however building one big enough to service Starbase, and building it in the middle of all the other work, takes time.
There are also rumors Musk wants to use the Boring Company to create traffic tunnels so they don't need to keep blocking roads in Boca Chica when they move parts or rockets.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully finished testing. The next step will apparently be transporting it to the launch site.
NASA’s $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope Has Successfully Completed Testing
After successful completion of its final tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is being prepped for shipment to its launch site. Engineering teams have completed Webb’s long-spanning comprehensive testing regimen at Northrop Grumman’s facilities. Webb’s many tests and checkpoints were desi
scitechdaily.com
Not with 10k feet. They apparently had a 5k foot square footprint one in the past for ground testing. This new round 10k tall one is replacing it.
Article on the Future of the International Space Station. First launched in 1998 and "completed" in 2011, NASA's agreements with international partners is set to terminate in 2024 but NASA is looking for an extension until 2030 at least for the station and its only microgravity laboratory.
Meanwhile there are ongoing private ventures to either expand and/or create a new Space Station such as by Texas-based Axiom Space and Colorado-based Sierra Space. There is also an ongoing project by China to develop their ongoing Tiangong Space Station whose first module was launched into space last June.
thenextweb.com
Meanwhile there are ongoing private ventures to either expand and/or create a new Space Station such as by Texas-based Axiom Space and Colorado-based Sierra Space. There is also an ongoing project by China to develop their ongoing Tiangong Space Station whose first module was launched into space last June.
The ISS could be gone by 2024 — what does it mean for the future of space travel?
Retiring the ISS in the coming years presents a big void “ what will be the future of space stations once the ISS meets its fiery death in the coming years?
thenextweb.com
"Elon Musk - Communist-approved and -endorsed!"
That'd be one hella scenario for a "Both the USA and the UdSSR survive to the year 2022" ATL.
Or maybe 'approval of fellow rocket engineering and space tech' people is what we should think of it as.
Trying to make this about old politics, instead of modern cooperation and recognition of a achievement for all humanity in what Musk is doing, shows how fucking petty you are.
They are posing in front of an American flag decal. 😛