Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
We have the first #SpaceX #Bandwagon launch coming up tonight from #NASA #KSC Pad 39A tonight targeting 7:16 PM EDT. The landing at #CCSFS should be about eight minutes later.
What's a Bandwagon mission? At the link.
#NASA The #Biden administration today released a policy for what standard time will be used on celestial bodies other than Earth.
(Spoiler ... Universal Time, AKA Greenwich Mean Time.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Celestial-Time-Standardization-Policy.pdf
From #CNN ... We're approaching the 14th anniversary of the day Musk and Obama walked together at the Cape pledging a new direction for #NASA. Now Elon is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
"... Musk has become self-radicalized on the very website that he was forced to purchase for $44 billion, sliding deeper into the darkest and most unsavory corners of the platform ..."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/media/elon-musk-don-lemon-interview-analysis-hnk-intl/index.html
#Space From #NASA on Zombie Twitter:
"Cryogenic fluid technologies are critical for human missions to the Moon and Mars and our future exploration goals. Today, during the #Starship test flight, we worked with #SpaceX to demonstrate a liquid oxygen propellant transfer. Teams are reviewing flight data to learn how it went."
The program's web page is at the link.
From #NBCNews: Alabama Republicans are targeting a transgender Space Camp employee.
#SpaceX just made the call -- #Starship was lost on entry at an altitude of 65 km.
All in all, an incredibly successful test. The SpaceX approach has always been to accept failure during testing, to learn and go faster.
They also said that today is the 22nd anniversary of the company's founding. Even though Elon has "issues" these days, there's no doubt that he changed the future of American spaceflight.
A common question I've been asked over the years is, "Where does space begin?"
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the standard most of the world recognizes, says it's at 100 km (62 miles).
When the #SpaceX #Starship began entry, the camera on the grid fin showed a red plasma glow begin at an altitude of 100 km!
That was pretty cool. Thank you, science.
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022