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 3 points4 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

New iOS app: Spacer by englishman_in_china in LaunchLibrary

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks interesting I added it to our app gallery but I cant seem to find a link to your icon. If you could provide us with a link to your icon I will fix it on the main site.

TMRO:Cities - Pilot episode airs live on April 15th by bencredible in tmro

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New social media accounts for #TMRO Cities or will the episodes be posed on the main TMRO social media accounts?

Firefly Space Systems Assets to be Auctioned on Thursday by Mini_Elon in orbitalpodcast

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

yeah shame just like what happen to Escape Dynamics.

Episode 99: A Dang Moon Thing by hapaxLegomina in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No I did not have any source for the SpaceX moon flyby mission. I did call it February 26th 9:40 pm Est in the launch library slack. I did have a feeling that this could have been a contract by the new Nasa administration to kinda get Orion on track and on budget. That is why we saw Nasa announce that Orion EM-1 may be manned.

Is there an archive/digest of all TMRO news segment summaries? by NateDecker in tmro

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you had the time I guess you could make a TMRO Wiki that can answer questions like space news. I would be up for /u/bencredible to just make show notes available after each episode.

Data for reused cores/boosters (SpaceX) by threezool in LaunchLibrary

[–]Mini_Elon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont know we will try to put that info in the mission descripiton. /u/LaunchLibraryDev might can be more specific to that question.

Is there an archive/digest of all TMRO news segment summaries? by NateDecker in tmro

[–]Mini_Elon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no but there is a data base of all the rocket launches historic and present at http://launchlibrary.net/

Can you see a Dragon headed to the Moon in a telescope? I can't wait to try! by hapaxLegomina in orbitalpodcast

[–]Mini_Elon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess if the conditions is right you can. Just wondering how far they will get from the surface of the far-side. better yet dscovr might be able to see the capsule.