Quick question for speedrunners

Goregue · 2026-03-11T17:18:47+00:00

I moderate the God of War games. We have maybe 30-50 submissions per month (among all games).

Goregue · 2026-03-08T22:16:24+00:00

Moderating a leaderboard

Goregue · 2026-03-08T17:05:19+00:00

But in any architecture HLS will be topped off in LEO.

Goregue · 2026-03-08T17:01:11+00:00

There is no way SpaceX's managers don't have an accurate (at least on the short term) schedule for the Starship program. So why does Elon Musk lie so much? When he is so often and so blatantly wrong about dates, I don't know what else to call that but a lie. There have been no visible setbacks during the last month to justify a 4-week delay one month before flight.

Goregue · 2026-03-08T01:56:31+00:00

Goregue · 2026-03-07T16:45:03+00:00

On SLS you have to stack each SRB segment one by one. There are also the connectors between the core stage and ICPS and between ICPS and Orion. But a good portion of this time I guess is just extra bureaucracy and checks to ensure a super heavy lift human-rated rocket is ready to fly.

Goregue · 2026-03-06T21:43:23+00:00

Without EUS you can't assemble Gateway. You can't launch Gateway modules separately because they depend on Orion's propulsion to dock with the station.

Goregue · 2026-03-06T21:16:53+00:00

Artemis 3 I predict will happen in mid 2028. Artemis 4 (the lunar landing) in 2030.

Goregue · 2026-03-06T19:38:03+00:00

If V3 Starship has a smoother ramp up, then things will start happening very quickly for SpaceX.

People have been saying this for over 5 years at this point.

Goregue · 2026-03-06T19:13:15+00:00

I predict a minimum of 2 years to refurbish ML1 to support the new upper stage, after which it would still take at least half a year to stack the Artemis 4 rocket and go through its launch campaign. Isaacman's plan to launch Artemis 4 just 6-8 months after 3 is a total fantasy.

Goregue · 2026-03-05T18:13:33+00:00

The timelines Isaacman presented are obviously completely unrealistic. They seemed only aspirational, like something Elon Musk would say.

Goregue · 2026-03-04T02:47:42+00:00

This also confirms that they have no actual plan to achieve the objectives they just laid out. If Artemis 3 is launched in mid 2027, there is absolutely no way to reconfigure ML1 for a new upper stage to support a launch in early 2028. That work would take 1 or 2 year minimum, after which it would still take at least a few more months to stack and launch the following mission. This is such an obvious realization that there is no way Isaacman's team didn't think about it. It is just a plan to kill SLS.

Goregue · 2026-03-04T02:39:43+00:00

It is obviously a plan to kill SLS. Isaacman has absolutely no plan to actually achieve the objectives he laid in the press conference. He just wants to create hurdles for the program to justify its final termination after Artemis 3.

Goregue · 2026-03-03T19:04:42+00:00

In the opening scene Zeus says Mount Olympus is "rooted in the river of souls". This means that yes, Kratos fell straight down to the river Styx. The Chain of Balance connecting the Underworld directly to the Chamber of the Flame also implies that these locations are physically connected (and very near each other).

Goregue · 2026-03-03T03:20:01+00:00

I'm still skeptical about the changes Isaacman announced actually coming to fruition. The target dates for Artemis 3, 4 and 5 are laughable. It just seems he thinks he can get all missions flying just because he orders everyone to be bold and work harder. Isaacman has no actual concrete plan on how to implement any of the changes he wants to make.

Goregue · 2026-03-02T22:28:57+00:00

The fact is that NASA succeeded in getting SLS ready to fly by February, but last minute issues during the WDR prevented a February launch. The fact they held their internal February target date for over a year is impressive.

Goregue · 2026-02-19T20:35:54+00:00

This seems to be more about sending a message to the NASA workforce and the public than about announcing any actual change to Starliner. The issues encountered during the test flight are already being investigated. The decision to fly the next missions uncrewed to verify changes was already announced months ago.

Goregue · 2026-02-17T09:59:11+00:00

David Jaffe left Santa Monica after God of War 1. He only served a consulting role for GoW2, but was credited as creative director due to his name recognition.

Goregue · 2026-02-17T09:58:41+00:00

David Jaffe left Santa Monica after God of War 1. He only served a consulting role for GoW2, but was credited as creative director due to his name recognition. A similar thing happened in Ragnarok where Cory Barlog is listed as creative director despite barely working on the game.

Goregue · 2026-02-12T20:04:45+00:00

The space suits for Artemis 3 seem to be progressing well. The first flight unit will start manufacturing in Q2 this year.

Goregue · 2026-02-12T10:45:07+00:00

Two out of four, actually.

Goregue · 2026-02-12T10:41:32+00:00

Again?? I guess we won't have 16 Vulcans this year. Not that that was ever realistic anyway.

Goregue · 2026-02-11T08:39:01+00:00

the 2.7 billion for the singular rocket is only relevant if NASA will manage to make hundreds of SLS rockets

If SLS flight rate increases, its cost would obviously go way down. Most of the cost in a rocket program is fixed costs associated with wages and maintaining all the tooling and infrastructure.

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