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@Volke__ @GeoblueGr That greek bot is just another russian tankie, pushing russian propaganda: x.com/GeoblueGr/stat… x.com/GeoblueGr/stat… ...and that's just from few seconds of scrolling through his profile.

@GeoblueGr No, that's utter nonsense

The barrels go brrrrrrrr Just one more proof how useless this whole setup is on the BMPT. Accuracy when firing is NONE, literally none, the guns twitch 2-3 widths of the muzzle break apart. There is no way to achieve good accuracy with this thing and this is only 1 gun firing...

@wtfwestworld @SpaceX ...you would get more g-loading on a carnival ride..

@SpaceX How many gforces would a human experience on this flop? Seems impossible to survive something like this

Final descent and splashdown of Starship on Flight 11, captured by the SpaceX recovery team in the Indian Ocean

@Mackieangrybea2 @AnukRathnayake @DropTheSlop @SpaceX There were no holes in the ship... that "fire" came from the vent lines.

@AnukRathnayake @DropTheSlop @SpaceX I’m so amazed that the ship can literally survive having holes in it. That’s insane.

@AnukRathnayake @DropTheSlop @SpaceX Nope, that was just venting. Any puncture in header tanks would mean loss of pressurization, ie - a huge outgassing event and all Starship engines cutting out.

@DropTheSlop @SpaceX ye its probably from the steel underneath as you can see visble leaks from the heatsheild side and it also seemed like the header tank was punctured as there was a fire during landing on one of the drone shots

@DropTheSlop @SpaceX Some of the tiles along the windward side centerline were removed, leaving bare steel.

@SpaceX Still oxidation? I thought there were no metallic tiles?

@Biasin_o @fascinatingonX Nope, this is another observation: https:// dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar… HD 8799 photo looked much more crude: gemini.edu/news/press-rel…

@fascinatingonX is this true?

First ever image of another multi-planet solar system.

@LouisSLuzzoSr @fascinatingonX These interstellar objects so far were way too small and reflecting not enough light for any direct observation.

@fascinatingonX But somehow, we can’t get a clear picture of interstellar object in our solar system. that dog don’t hunt anymore.

@grok @RealAlitaGail @Biasin_o @fascinatingonX Thank you @grok - now, why in this post x.com/grok/status/19… you are attributing this picture to be HR 8799 observed in 2008?

The 2008 Gemini release describes the first direct imaging of a multi-planet system: three giant exoplanets orbiting HR 8799, captured via adaptive optics at Gemini and Keck. The image you shared shows those three. A fourth planet (HR 8799 e) was confirmed in 2010 from archival data. This system remains a landmark in exoplanet imaging.

@grok @RealAlitaGail @Biasin_o @fascinatingonX @grok If THAT was HR 8799, then how do you intepret this, source: Gemini observatory, 2008 news release: gemini.edu/news/press-rel…

@RealAlitaGail @Caemyr @Biasin_o @fascinatingonX Thanks! The image shows HR 8799, the first directly imaged multi-planet system (2008, four gas giants). The linked article covers TYC 8998-760-1, the first such system around a Sun-like star (2020, two planets). Both are key discoveries in astronomy.

@RealAlitaGail @Biasin_o @fascinatingonX @grok I am wasting my time on you.... Really, is it THAT hard to take a look at the originally released materials? THIS is the 2008 image of HR 8799 and direct observation of its THREE planets! The 4th was only found two years later! gemini.edu/news/press-rel…

@fascinatingonX More detail on the actual source: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

@Gerashchenko_en That was a boar, not a pig.

Reportedly, this is an encounter of a Russian soldier with a pig in a tunnel in Kharkiv region.

@JaraySzabolcs @xdNiBoR @Gwynne_Shotwell I do recall that was for Block 5 configuration, but please mind that this is just piecing different data points and speculating.

$30 million for 1st stage (with 9 Merlins, with gridfins, legs, bigger hull and tanks, thrusters and hull reinforced for reentry) vs $12 million for 2nd stage (1 vacuum optimized Merlin)? It even could be, very much depends on the Merlin production cost. I see estimations between $1 million and $2 million. May be.

Here is the full talk from @Gwynne_Shotwell at the Baron Capitol conference from yesterday! 03:50 - Mechazilla 08:54 - Regulatory struggles 11:51 - Starshield 18:00 - Why we need to make life multiplanetary 22:23 - SpaceX management 26:39 - Starlink 38:43 - Starlink on Mars 39:42 - 400 Starship launches in 4 years Audience questions 42:19 - Department of Government Efficiency 46:47 - Cost plus contracting 48:16 - Nationalization risks / Government on Mars 50:58 - The culture of SpaceX 55:11 - Starlink profitability / Starship will take SpaceX to the next level Please share!

@JaraySzabolcs @xdNiBoR @Gwynne_Shotwell That 10 mln $ price point seems to be pretty spot on, given that SpaceX has most likely optimized 2nd stage to the limit, with even some very exotic savings like running shorter 2nd stage Merlin nozzle, just to save on cost of quite expensive niobium alloy.

Guys, did you notice Gwynne talking about Falcon 2nd stage built from $10 million? Wow, the last (thoight to be optimistic) estimation for 2nd stage was $20 million. This really changes equations❕ Thinking about it, not a real surprise though. SpaceX is known for continous development, optimization (for building processes as well), and the law of big(ger) series in production applies also. @FelixSchlang @david_tamasi @spacestationguy @DanaEn803

@JaraySzabolcs @xdNiBoR @Gwynne_Shotwell I do recall first assessments coming from one event in Barcelona (??) in 2020 (??-ish) during which Elon mentioned that Falcon 9 first stage was 50%-ish of the complete launch cost of a new rocket, second stage was 20%, recovery and refurbishment was around 20% and payload (1/2)

@smmmmss2 @SebasDruetta @12_batty @SpaceX Yep, aged beautifully... Also, awesome frame!

@Caemyr @SebasDruetta @12_batty @SpaceX lol

Starship serves as a large, long-duration spacecraft capable of carrying passengers or cargo to Earth orbit, planetary destinations, and between destinations on Earth

@DutchSatellites @SciGuySpace @Yrouel86 @QinJey @BellikOzan Ah yes, good ol' @lavie154 who has openly suggested that Starship will never make through re-entry, backing it up with some bogus attempts at calculations. Wonder if this thread is still there somewhere, but Twitter nowadays is incapable of searching stuff.

They just refuse to admit that my GOAT @SciGuySpace was right all along, the mental gymnastics are crazy especially considering that the man was very literal and clear on his words. The so-called ‘people from the industry’ this server is so proud of are unwilling to take the L🤐

@SpaceEcologist @MartianSurveyor @DrPhiltill Have you tried actually reading the very article you are linking? Or are you just incapable of differentiating Tesla and SpaceX?

@MartianSurveyor @DrPhiltill What’s wrong with you people? It’s so easy to find information about the billions he’s received in government grants, tax breaks, factory construction, discounted loans and environmental credits that Tesla can sell. WE PAY FOR THE SUBSIDIES! latimes.com/business/la-fi…

Note Eric’s comment below. Bobby Braun is legendary in planetary atmospheric entry. A lot of people outside NASA don’t understand what a big deal this was. The fear was that firing a rocket inside a fully enclosing “shock bottle” (shock waves all the way around your rocket) would create flow instabilities so you would be unable to control the spacecraft. NASA had planned a giant project to study supersonic retropropulsion (SSRP) including simulations, firing rockets on a train sled, dropping off high altitude balloons, then finally trying it with a real rocket. When SpaceX “successfully crashed” 😏 a booster on a barge for the first time, it immediately proved SSRP flight was stable — because the booster made it to the barge — so NASA canceled its project. It was a truly big deal in pushing the limits for human access to Mars. And it saved the US a lot of money because SpaceX did this on its own dime.