The Perpetual MEGA Space Thread

[FLGUY]

Randy would have slightly more credibility if he had managed to completely wipe all the remnants of Elon's jism off of his chin before posting such a bizarre laudatory statement about a regularly scheduled Crew Dragon sortie to the ISS.

Bracing for FLGuy's dislike.

Idk man. You can argue that it isn’t a newsworthy article, but if him highlighting it is weird, then so is lambasting him over it to this degree in the…. -checks notes- Space thread.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Speaking of Mr. Shatner, he gets a ride on Blue Origin next week.

William Shatner will fly to space aboard Blue Origin rocket

Captain Kirk is rocketing into space: “Star Trek” actor William Shatner plans to blast off from West Texas next week

abcnews.go.com

Been out at The Great Wolf Lodge waterpark for the last few days, but I would be wrong to not mention the birthday of the original, and still the greatest, Captain of the Enterprise: James Tiberius Kirk. William Shatner turned 94 this past weekend. And I am still going with “A Piece of the Action” as my favorite episode.

 

[Brett327]

Shatner remains remarkably sharp for 94, though he always looks like he has exceeded the recommended inflation pressure by 10-15 psi.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Quite the story:

Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought​

"Hey, this is a very precarious situation we're in."

Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

“Hey, this is a very precarious situation we’re in.”…

arstechnica.com

 

[Max Q]

COMNAVSPACECOM establishment
Don’t know if this will change anything in terms of space billets

 

[Brett327]

COMNAVSPACECOM establishment
Don’t know if this will change anything in terms of space billets

So much for paring down our Flag Officer billets... though this was signed prior to the SD memo.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Congratulations to NASA and the designers of Voyager 1 - scientists today reactivated thrusters that have not been used in 20 years so exploration continues.

NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years: 'These thrusters were considered dead'

"It was yet another miracle save for Voyager."

www.space.com

 

[mmx1]

Things are going great:

Elon Musk pulls back on threat to withdraw Dragon spacecraft

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

apnews.com

 

[ChuckMK23]

Things are going great:

Elon Musk pulls back on threat to withdraw Dragon spacecraft

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

apnews.com

Mutually Assured Distraction.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Mutually Assured Distraction.

This is the falling out that everyone saw coming.

 

[Flash]

Things are going great:

Elon Musk pulls back on threat to withdraw Dragon spacecraft

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

apnews.com

That's not really how government contracts work, but okay. And then again the latest is...maybe not? Great way to run things.

Lost amid it all was the news a new Dragon capsule arrived on pad at Cape Canaveral in the last day or two for a scheduled launch on 10 June.

 

[sevenhelmet]

That's not really how government contracts work, but okay. And then again the latest is...maybe not? Great way to run things.

Lost amid it all was the news a new Dragon capsule arrived on pad at Cape Canaveral in the last day or two for a scheduled launch on 10 June.

These days, who really knows? Laws are just for the proletariat, and merely suggestions for the oligarchy.

 

[JTS11]

Someone told me that there are reports of illegal drug use by a major defense contractor...on it boss!

 

[taxi1]

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A fellow paddle boarder...cool

 

[Hair Warrior]

Saw a ForceConmect recently about the MSO redesignation opportunity. I don’t know anyone who is pursuing it but could be an interesting path for space nerds.