#SpaceX #Starship #Testflight #Explosion: What a flight!!! Absolutely amazing.

STATIC FIRE: @BlueOrigin's Never Tell Me the Odds has ignited its BE-4 engines for a ~40 second static fire at LC-36! That was super long, fingers crossed this is good data towards a launch NET November 9.

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1/ The potential Mars Settlement has been narrowed down by @elonmusk to 7 locations on Arcadia Planitia Region first identified at LPSC-21 in the attached paper. In this thread I will go into depth on what we know and how you can research these sites. https://t.co/dvu9Bx5YFm

For the first time in our existence, we possess the means, technology, and, for the moment, the will to establish a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Starship is designed to make this future a reality → https://t.co/dGAZiB4rr3

"In response to the latest calls, we’ve shared and are formally assessing a simplified mission architecture and concept of operations that we believe will result in a faster return to the Moon while simultaneously improving crew safety." @SpaceX confirms they are working on an

Starship lunar variant update

Neuer X-59 Überschall-Jet: Der neue Nasa-Jet X-59 ist erstmals geflogen – allerdings noch in Unterschallgeschwindigkeit. Beim Durchbrechen der Schallmauer soll das Modell kaum Lärm machen. https://t.co/2Sqqqc8fZc

SpaceX has kicked off a significant demolition and upgrade phase at its Starbase facility, targeting Pad 1 to align it with the advanced capabilities of Pad 2. https://t.co/ITrgO43g6R By Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@Alexphysics13)

Having considered it (very) briefly, I’d be willing to accept a bet at 60:40 odds that it’s a comet. In fact I'd be willing to take it at 60:4 odds Inbox is open, Avi!

Rock on a totally predictable hyperbolic trajectory, now follows that trajectory behind the sun. Nobody could possibly know what‘ll happen next, stay tuned !

Die #NewGlenn wurde vor einigen Stunden zum Launch Complex 36 transportiert 👀 Es sieht danach aus, als stünde bald ein Hotfire-Test bevor – und damit rückt auch der zweite Testflug in greifbare Nähe. Ein genaues Datum hierfür hat @blueorigin bisher noch nicht genannt..

SpaceX Starship HLS: The company could lose launch contract for Artemis 3 astronaut moon mission. „I love SpaceX … The problem is, they're behind. They've pushed their timelines out, and we're in a race against China," NASA chief Duffy said. https://t.co/M69vi9ExQ9

Starship successfully executing a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown

Feeling the post-launch blues? Don't worry, there's plenty of Big Rocket Action coming up very soon:

The Milky Way is not only moving at 600 km/s, but also “flapping its wings” kinda like a butterfly🦋 https://t.co/W72RJtkndd

So there is definitely burn through on the tank but it is around the area where SpaceX removed tiles with no ablative. Also there is still white spots most likely the from the crunch wrap around the areas where tiles were removed. There is also some damage to the TPS on the aft

Final descent and splashdown of Starship on Flight 11, captured by the SpaceX recovery team in the Indian Ocean

Apparrently spring for ship catch which will be not long after flight 12

figured out the ship trajectory from the clouds. Visually mapped the "u-turn" during descent I love this game (video explanations in thread below)

SpaceX Starship: Nach dem erfolgreichen 11. Testflug, was kommt als Nächstes? Mehr hier: - Neuer Startturm - Neues Ship, Version 3 - Startturm-Catch von Ship (und Booster?), ab Testflug 13-15?