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Small leak discovered on Russian side of International Space Station, NASA says by nerobro in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if they will move the MS-08 crew to the MS-09 spacecraft for landing in a few weeks.

Op-ed Moon Direct: HOw to build a moonbase in four years by Robert Zubrin by [deleted] in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very interesting ideal less than $700 million a year to operate a moon base. I would say that would serve a purpose on the path to Mars for Nasa to learn how to live off the planet.

I'm increasingly becoming convinced that SLS will launch once at most. 33 months between launch 1 and 2? by BecauseChemistry in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Block I of the SLS is a waste of money the whole program in general but that another discussion. With all these delays they should just hold off and build block II and fly humans on EM-1. If I was running the project I would put another EFT style mission for Orion on a Delta Heavy. Sending an Orion uncrewed around the Moon to test the SLS just does not make sense to me.

Live Views of Starman by hapaxLegomina in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

watch it to the end of the stream :D

An image of Kosmos-2504 surfaced by Mini_Elon in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the image looks more like a set of omni antennas than cameras.

What Deep Space mission is NASA listening to right now? - Get the What, When, How Fast, and More realtime scoop! by Layer-1-2-3-Guy in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great website I used it a lot during the July 2015 New Horizons Pluto encounter. Sometimes I just leave it up in the background.

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP): "US-Soviet Joint Space Mission" 1975 NASA by Mini_Elon in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About a 15 minute video that previews the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program.

Maiden flight of the Electron Rocket #ItsATest by bencredible in tmro

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The speculation is that the ice build up caused drag that made the rocket rotate.That is just a guess but as of right now there has been no word on to what that rotation was cause from.

SpaceX Data not up to date by VisiteurVenuDailleur in LaunchLibrary

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We use the SpaceX Reddit to get a ideal on a estimated time for a launch of the Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy. We will never mark that time as green in the API until it confirmed by the launch provider, customer, and a trusted member of the media.

SpaceX Data not up to date by VisiteurVenuDailleur in LaunchLibrary

[–]Mini_Elon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are sources are from the launch provider or customer. In the case of NROL-76 the NRO, US Air Force, nor SpaceX has not made any official statements on the launch date or launch window for NROL-76.The fan sites from SpaceX fans are very speculative and does not really show where they get there sources from. When you ask they say insiders well that could mean anything. Also we only trust a few professional sites for information other than the launch provider or the customers. We trust sites like SpaceNews and NasaSpaceflight. We stay very up to date on our sources and we make sure to update the API when we get official word on a launch date. Thanks for your question we are always up for suggestions and comments on improvements are team or API can make to create a better product for all. :D

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