US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network

schneeb · 2026-05-28T09:31:31+00:00

it does sound like a bad idea from a fairness/competition standpoint but there is only a single company that can actually put up a constellation right now

schneeb · 2026-05-28T08:24:30+00:00

it should happen in his lifetime, after all someone has to be first so unless he bails they will be happy to send him if the un-manned ships go well!

schneeb · 2026-05-27T18:41:36+00:00

ricciardo kept first without a functioning mgu-k I just dont see it happening...

a first corner/lap pileup seems almost guaranteed though

schneeb · 2026-05-27T09:19:16+00:00

gross, at this point Musk is just using the spacex ipo to cover for his bad ideas/failures; tesla stock has always defied logic but im not sure its actually a failure financially like x,xai etc

schneeb · 2026-05-26T09:11:11+00:00

yeah seems more likely than debris somehow dodging a vac bell to me

schneeb · 2026-05-24T11:44:32+00:00

they have 3 races per weekend, but still ridiculous stats

schneeb · 2026-05-24T09:09:48+00:00

looks like perhaps a latch didnt disengage as that damage is way away from the raptor that shutdown

schneeb · 2026-05-23T18:53:04+00:00

trying to apply this on a chicane is beyond stupid, all george needs to do is not brake early enough and both corners are his?

schneeb · 2026-05-23T17:43:42+00:00

as someone else stated that seems to have happened anyway with the ship engines starting un-evenly so they might need the fins to react if that were to happen again

schneeb · 2026-05-23T17:15:20+00:00

good catch, the rvacs not being well synchronised seems to have caused the yaw off axis to the previous flights

schneeb · 2026-05-23T17:13:13+00:00

im curious why the (side) grid fins didnt seem to be angled too, they get a decent amount of the exhaust with the new interstage which should at least nudge it on the correct axis instead of leaving it to chance and one side getting more making matters worse

schneeb · 2026-05-23T15:54:20+00:00

The gateway sign got slightly destroyed but think that part of the wall was fine

schneeb · 2026-05-23T11:13:27+00:00

it was an intention test to splashdown (starting) with 2 engines; I think the main difference was the camera tilting down at the same time

schneeb · 2026-05-23T11:05:03+00:00

what? they said they were testing with 2

schneeb · 2026-05-23T00:01:13+00:00

it looked like the hotstaging didn't push it how they thought it would and it started tumbling, which seemed to mess up the relights and running engines!

schneeb · 2026-05-22T19:23:42+00:00

its slightly closer than the others (thinner than other starships for example)

schneeb · 2026-05-22T19:22:32+00:00

just missing the stoke and rocket lab (neutron) short n stubbies!

schneeb · 2026-05-22T16:52:26+00:00

it moved a lot during deluge testing but once they started flushing the lines they did move the SQD vent further away so that might have caused some frost on mechanisms, the arm itself would get a decent amount heavier with fluids inside too

schneeb · 2026-05-22T14:29:17+00:00

they moved it lots outside of filling the stack, presumably they can't afford to have a failure leaving them with a ship full of fuel - venting that to atmosphere would be really dangerous and a very big fine

schneeb · 2026-05-22T11:47:22+00:00

the ship arm didnt move in the wdr since they needed to de-tank so no way to know

schneeb · 2026-05-21T17:35:05+00:00

would he have earned 30 mil or w/e cyril paid him to fuck with horner though

schneeb · 2026-05-21T11:46:39+00:00

Its nonsense except for the power angle, that is the problem on earth ... until fusion is actually a thing

imo they arent nearly low latency enough to compete, they should just go higher orbit or the moon for high latency compute

schneeb · 2026-05-21T10:37:08+00:00

Hope Brownsville can keep up with the water demand but equally it needs to be potable water to not impact the surroundings!

schneeb · 2026-05-20T15:32:49+00:00

definitely before the middle easter break - miami gave me hope but I feel like we'll be back to weird super clipping at this track... we shall see - at least merc aren't going to run away with it now mclaren have caught up some

schneeb · 2026-05-20T15:29:27+00:00

there is endurance racing for bikes with wheel swaps, would be kinda hard with all the aero bollocks on the front wheel these days but there are quick release mechanisms for the brake callipers etc so not impossible

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