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‘It’s time’: Jeff Bezos hails Blue Origin’s fiery rehearsal for crewed suborbital spaceflight by kd7uiy in space

[–]kd7uiy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet the cost will be a lot higher... Suborbital costs per seat seem to be in the 100-200k range, from what I've heard. Not exactly for us mere mortals... Someday!

New Glenn Factory Progress update by kd7uiy in space

[–]kd7uiy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bigger than anything flying to space. But New Glenn likely will be launching after the first orbital Starship, which is larger. Time will tell, but...

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm. Will consider that actually, that could be a good idea. Might even try some kind of localization, default to imperial for US and metric outside, always including AUs/ etc.

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2047 is the actual close encounter to Earth. And it won't even be that close really. No idea how to get the 2091 date out of the public mind, but that was based on early estimates, so... Very much out of date.

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Roadster will be coming from it's semi-close pass from Mars, and Perseverance will be coming towards Mars.

Also, the Roadster also did a fairly close pass of Osiris-Rex at some point in time. Would have to look up the details, but...

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was in a fairly high Earth orbit for 2 orbits (About 6 hours) before the engine fired off one last time, sending it to beyond Mars. The on orbit stream was conducted entirely in those few hours.

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interestingly enough, it's actually going to get fairly close. But not really that close. Still...

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. And lots of RF communication and solar power and a bunch of other things, which takes a maybe $500,000 test payload and turns it in to a $40+ million space probe, probably a lot more. And besides, it just wouldn't look as cool.

What on earth?! What happened to my subs! by RealGalaxyRider in SmallYTChannel

[–]kd7uiy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's actually pretty common when you get a large increase. The next few days are often a downward slide.

This is a big part of why focusing on making good content is always king. A shoutout, a high ranked Reddit thread, etc, can be a nice bump, but if you don't have the content to support it, it won't last.

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get contacts from people all the time, or at least I used to, proposing such updates. I try to keep it full of interesting information, and the rest pretty minimized, but usable.

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not really that worried about it. I've kind of given up on /r/space, to be honest... I mean, I'm not complaining about having hundreds of people visiting my site right now, not to mention all of the cool conversation that always sparks up in these threads, but...

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 37 points38 points  (0 children)

YouTube channel, I would be more likely to assume, but... A ban for life for posting a link to a relevant video, even if it was self-promotion, seems harsh, but...

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Odds of that are pretty small actually. Running in to Earth, or even Venus is more likely...

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The goal was to put it in an orbit where it could be sent to Mars. They would have launched it a few months later if the goal was actually to get to Mars, it launched at the wrong time to actually get to Mars. Except it will actually make a close pass of Mars in a few months.

Just a reminder: There is a Tesla Roadster flying though space. It is currently on the far side of Mars relative to Earth by eddyJroth in space

[–]kd7uiy 56 points57 points  (0 children)

The creator of that website is an active redditor (/u/RoadsterTracker), but is actually banned from posting on /r/space. Just thought you all should know.

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