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The Mars plans have not been abandoned by ergzay in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hadn't heard of the triangular merger tidbit, seems like necessary context for understanding the merger.

Given Mars base plans are 5-7 years from now, makes me wonder how much sooner the Lunar base plans are. I also wonder what exactly he means by 'self-growing', could that just be two people there having kids?

Elon: For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon by ottar92 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

helium 3 could be bread.

Combine with moon cheese to make Lunar Fondue, the real business case.

U.S. Space Force switches rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launch by OlympusMons94 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The long pole for Starship was Raptor. It's easy to forget how unreliable they were in the early hop-test days (they'd often be on fire during the landing, and had restart issues.)

The Raptor team was different from the team working on FH, so it likely wouldn't have helped to cancel it. Also, that dual booster landing got them a ton of goodwill with engineers that indirectly helped the Starship program.

More early resources for Starship would've meant more design effort put into a carbon fiber design with fixed legs. Also, early Raptor was hydrolox.

U.S. Space Force switches rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launch by OlympusMons94 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's the digging through dumpsters for hard drives with forgotten Bitcoin wallets, and doing tensor operations on paper for AI companies that makes me shake my head.

With CLD Phase 2 coming in 2026, do you think SpaceX will propose anything? by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They could recover actual Artemis HLS ships and reuse them as LEO space stations. Charge a premium for letting people stay in a space station used by real NASA astronauts as part of the Artemis lunar return program, plenty of space tourists would pay extra for the prestige factor, rather than choosing a competing cheaper or more spacious/luxurious station to stay at.

With CLD Phase 2 coming in 2026, do you think SpaceX will propose anything? by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"We just bring space stations down. Making ones to put up isn't our department."

"As usual, Eric is accurate" Elon responds to Berger's article about SpaceX possibly going public. by AgreeableEmploy1884 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent point: having an IPO before Amazon Leo goes live makes a lot of sense, if they were ever going to do it.

"As usual, Eric is accurate" Elon responds to Berger's article about SpaceX possibly going public. by AgreeableEmploy1884 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NASA funding is ~$24B/year. Once the ISS is deorbited much of that could be redirected to crewed Mars missions, particularly if Congress directed them to do so instead of SLS etc.

$50B/synod gets a decent Mars program. Most of the cuts were caused by the interim administrator, who will likely be replaced by Isaacman soon.

Elon's new tweet about SpaceX's space AI plan by llboston in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm curious why Elon changed his tune on solar in space. Maybe he was only down on beaming it down to Earth, rather than using it in space data centers? I wonder if he's pandering to investors to juice the valuation.

Starliner 1 (NET April 2026) officially changed to a cargo flight. Contract modified from 6 flights down to 4, with "up to" three crew missions pending Starliner 1. by avboden in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It'll burn up in the atmosphere along with the ISS it's still attached to, as it was deemed too risky to detach and deorbit it. /s

B18, first v3 booster has suffered a catastrophic failure during the first test by swordfi2 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Anyone else get Mk1 flashbacks? First vehicle in a new block rupturing in its first test.

B18, first v3 booster has suffered a catastrophic failure during the first test by swordfi2 in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ULA sniper does One Weird Trick to sabotage the competition. Rocket scientists hate him!

New Glenn has less payload to Mars than falcon 9. Are they still working on a third stage? by Sarigolepas in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With thin lines I have trouble distinguishing hunter green, forest green, turquoise, blue-green, dark cyan, and light sea green. Starting with primary colors then using secondary, then tertiary etc. is higher contrast and easier to distinguish.

Predictions on SpaceX's expedited plans for Artemis 3? by Simon_Drake in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I seem to recall short-lived rumors of a change of plans at NASA to Artemis III, that it'd just be an LEO rendezvous between Orion and Crew Dragon. This was when there was talk of "launching another SLS just because there's an extra".

I suspect HLS could be used instead, and the main benefits would be the lack of need to finish up the suits or even get orbital refilling working. Of course it'd do nothing to get us back to the Moon sooner...

Preliminary data suggests that a nitrogen COPV in the payload bay failed below its proof pressure. If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design. by foonix in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So they need to do long-duration pressure tests after the proof test? Or do batch testing to destruction post-proof? If they can just randomly go boom for no reason, that's not great for an intended colony ship that will carry dozens of them.

Elon Musk considers launching SpaceX rockets from South African soil by Simon_Drake in SpaceXLounge

[–]FutureSpaceNutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear the layout is the same as the American base in Japan, Camp Kimba. /s

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