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We found Ship 40 floating in the ocean
At the time of the capture, 2026-07-27 03:56 UTC, Ship 40 had been floating for 56 hours.
Using @MarineTraffic data, I estimated the position of Ship 40 and recovery ship GO Australis at the time of when the satellite imagery would be taken.
Harry Stranger then tasked an @UmbraSpace Synthetic-aperture Radar (SAR) satellite.
🛰️ Umbra / SpaceFromSpace

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DRIVER STANDINGS (after 11 races)
Kimi Antonelli heads into the summer break with a 50-point lead over Lewis Hamilton
#F1 #HungarianGP

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Millions of Australians received the AusAlert test. But what can you do if you were ghosted by the government?
sbs.com.au/news/article/a…
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@danmartell I'm 60 and retired. It's the best thing ever. I used to love my job and think they couldn't live without me. Not so. People actually said "oh, you'll be so bored". Not me, mountain biking, sailing, bikepacking, horse riding, international holidays, on 𝕏 whenever I like. Love it.
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It's a lawsuit that's sparked fierce debate over who should, and shouldn't, be allowed in female-only spaces. A Gold Coast pole dance studio is standing by its refusal to grant membership to a transgender woman, turning to crowdfunding for a legal battle that could test how the law defines a woman.
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I've been thinking... about Starship heat tiles... and how they are ready for Mars.
Wait, what? How can that be?
Sure, they're getting better with each flight. Fewer losses. Better attachment. Smarter materials. But there are still some problems. We've all seen the photos. So how can I say they're ready for Mars?
Simple: one-way trip.
Most of the first Starships that head to Mars won't be coming back. Some might crash. Some might land hard. Some will stick the landing and sit there as habitats or propellant depots. But none of those early ships returning anytime soon.
This means the heat tiles only need to survive one landing. Just one.
And the new V3 Starship, based on what we saw on Flight 13, looks like it can handle that. Ship 40 made it through reentry in good shape and delivered a soft splashdown. It was incredible.
So why wait?
Maybe it's time to send an actual one-way test flight to Mars sooner rather than later.
Let's go!
Excitement guaranteed. 🚀

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🇭🇺 I had a strong race, but there was an issue with blue flags' system, Oscar appeared in my blind spot when battling Fernando and we touched. Then I lost ground with the penalty and double stacking under VSC. Lots of homework, we'll come back stronger!
👉carlossainz.es/en/carlos-sain…

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@RobGrieves Damn Teslas pretending to be a different brand. They’re just trouble.
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Today at 2pm AEST, a 10 second AusAlert message will be tested on all compatible mobile devices in Australia.
AusAlert is our new national warning system created to share important information with Australians during local and national disasters.
This is only a test. AusAlert will keep Australians informed and aware during future emergencies.
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“Undoing almost 10 years of work & just rolling over to just give in to this person, it didn’t seem worth it… The clientele base I have, I value them… The impact on those clients if I change my business model, I have to think of them…”
Men who claim to be women think it’s all about them but it isn’t. It’s about women who want women only spaces. The moment a man is in one, it ceases to be a woman only space. They can go literally anywhere else, just not a space that is women only. When a man is in a woman only space, it leaves women with no where else to go.
Nomes Witney’s crowdfund: givesendgo.com/queenscrowdfun…
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@whoisheartbreak Well done everyone at @SpaceX. I’m cheering for you from my lounge in Brisbane. Can’t wait to see a booster and ship catch on the same launch.
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@JasonBailey @SpaceX When are you going to do something amazing. C’mon mate, get your act together.
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@SpaceX When are these mythical "orbital missions" going to happen?
So far, all Starship has done are ballistic flights akin to a V-2 rocket.
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@pewpewturtle69 Ill they recover the ship or is thrre enough data without going to that expense? Alternatively, will they cut a small section off and tske it back for analysis?
So amazing to watch the stack accelerate off the pad.
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I sometimes fail to compensate for how little others know about spaceflight. This past week I’ve encountered
1. Someone who didn’t know people went to the Moon earlier this year. Not a denier, she was just literally unaware it happened.
2. Someone believing that SpaceX wasn’t going anywhere because all their rockets blow up. This person was a smart academic prominent enough to have a Wikipedia page.
3. Someone believing that space radiation made life outside of Earth literally impossible. Was surprised when I informed him of the continuous occupation of the ISS for quarter of a century.
Lots of work to do.
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@AlexanderJ91756 Well done but don’t celebrate too early. Are you going to recover the ship? Maybe just rrop it off in Perth so all us Aussies can get a squiz at it.
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@SpaceX Ship’s floating back to Florida to be flown again. 🤣 Flying that ship again would be the ultimate flex.
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@MBuciuman @CL207 Come to BrisVegas in Queensland and I’ll bet against your maths.
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