Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace
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Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. Likes rockets. Author of the best-selling book on the Falcon 9 and Dragon, REENTRY. https://t.co/5HYUhJzFHZ
Houston, TX
Joined August 2008
I’m thrilled to announce the sequel to Liftoff, titled REENTRY, will be published on September 24. This book picks up the story where Liftoff left off, taking readers on a wild ride aboard the Falcon 9, Dragon, Heavy, and so much more. Publisher page: https://t.co/UqEl83GNWA
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Congratulations @JeffBezos and the @BlueOrigin team!
BOOSTER TOUCHDOWN! New Glenn returns to its blue origin.
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New Glenn departs the blue shores of Earth as ESCAPADE heads for the red planet Congrats Blue Origin on the successful launch of NG-2 and first landing of New Glenn! 📸: @blueorigin
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HOLY SHIT! They landed the booster. Huge congratulations to Blue Origin and everyone who worked their asses off to make this happen.
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And ... an automatic abort in the final seconds of the countdown.
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Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive. This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇
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It is also possible this is named after Jeffrey's uncle, who is proud of his son's important job at the Parks Department.
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Maybe as a compromise they could have named it: Amazon Leo DiKuiper
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Kuiper was a kick-ass name. Not sure how I feel about this.
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Excited for this! Especially that little moment at 9 minutes and 9 seconds after liftoff.
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A little thought experiment … https://t.co/aC8YsUqeaK
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The problem is that it may be difficult to find options that both NASA and SpaceX like.
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And here's the official word from Blue, confirming this. Still waiting for ULA. https://t.co/PEfxy4ECau
NG-2 Update: We are scheduled to launch tomorrow, November 13, with a launch window from 2:57–4:25 PM EST / 19:57–21:25 UTC. The live webcast starts here at T-20 minutes.
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I think both Blue Origin and ULA, weather permitting, will try to launch tomorrow. Range and commodity issues have been resolved. Nothing is official yet, however.
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More information here on why the launch of ESCAPADE on New Glenn was canceled. https://t.co/Qyxcjzj9uH
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I think ULA has the range tomorrow. So it could be a few more days.
NG-2 Update: New Glenn is ready to launch. However, due to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft, NASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve. We are currently assessing opportunities to establish our next launch
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Kind of wild to see Eric Schmidt out here signing launch agreements.
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Pete Beck explains why Neutron won't launch this year. “Those who have failed to deliver are numerous. Basically, every new space company except Rocket Lab and SpaceX has failed to build an orbital rocket that is scaled to any kind of launch cadence and is reliable. Now this is
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“Those who have failed to deliver are numerous.”…
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New space companies are now buying old space companies. https://t.co/UuD2GWjBQR
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“They’ve been Ford Aerospace, Space Systems/Loral, Maxar, Lanteris, and now it’ll be Intuitive Machines.”…
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