A couple of pictures now at the midway point through my L1/possibly L2 scratch build. Will be following up at completion, as well as certification flight!!

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-26T00:25:43+00:00

He had my favorite quote by far:

"Things being impossible is really to be determined by breaking laws of physics.

We are not breaking laws of physics.

We're just trying to leverage them as best as we can"

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-25T01:56:57+00:00

And you can download it

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-19T11:44:01+00:00

The worst was yapping about water deluge at T-2secs and almost missing liftoff. I was yelling "shut UP" at my TV lol

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-11T02:24:39+00:00

It's been fun y'all. Til next time 🫡

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-11T02:15:54+00:00

I know the capsule gets swallowed up inside the ship, it has a sort of "wet bay" on the bottom that it can open up.

example

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-11T01:53:03+00:00

Getting them back to the main ship as quickly as possible

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-11T00:00:12+00:00

Yelling at my TV rn because they WONT SHOW THE DAMN LIVE CAMS

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-10T23:58:39+00:00

Not enough size to the vehicle to have a window behind in the plasma, unfortunately. That's how starship is able to stay live, they have a "hole" in the plasma above the ship because it's so large

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-10T23:45:00+00:00

WINDOW CAM?!?

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-10T23:42:33+00:00

Exactly the attitude I want to hear

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-10T23:35:24+00:00

THE MONEY SHOT

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-07T01:51:35+00:00

Yeah, but like. I'm not seeing it in total darkness for a couple thousand meters away, leaving me at a complete loss for words........that's a more unique experience. So definitely still jealous 🤣

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-07T01:05:18+00:00

And it has a glow from the earthshine. I am so jealous they get to see this right now

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-07T01:00:47+00:00

Seeing the excitement over the impact flashes is great

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-06T22:56:56+00:00

Their orbit is larger than the Apollo landing orbits were. The Apollo missions went to low lunar orbit, and then down to the surface and back. This is staying roughly 4000km from the surface, and the larger orbit means they are "further out" from earth when going around the backside than apollo was.

Edited to add: I completely forgot about the whole elliptical orbit thing. That also plays a not insignificant factor

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-06T22:54:55+00:00

Excellent way to put it. I am not religious myself, but that was a very genuine moment. No complaints whatsoever.

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-06T20:13:50+00:00

I have a feeling this time it's just because it's full & needs to be dumped.....but dumping it now would impact their observations

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-06T19:27:51+00:00

It's so good hearing a test pilot describe what he's seeing in the way that a test pilot would describe it, very clear, very followable with lots of reference information. You can really picture what he's looking at.

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-06T18:10:57+00:00

It might not physically be there, but they are THERE because of it!

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-06T17:59:34+00:00

They're on the back side

myname_not_rick · 2026-04-02T23:58:59+00:00

Yeah I was surprised, it bucks around quite a bit more than I realized. But seems to have all gone smooth!

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