Henry Slack

@AshleyKillip Why do they need to open up the side of starfactory? Isn’t there a door already?

That is some big steel. From Starfactory in the open crossover between Gigabay

@INiallAnderson Wait till you hear about cryo testing

Hopefully the least complete we ever see a block 3 booster ever again!

@davill Any engines going to NG-2 booster?

Our engine shop at Rocket Park continues to hum. The next BE-4 shipset is ready for install on our third New Glenn booster.

@transtage05 Artemis 3

Today marks 100 years since robert goddard launched his rocket for the first time. It is amazing how far we have come since then and I wonder where we will be 100 years from now.

@booster_10 “I’ll take those odds”

What do you think the next New Glenn booster should be named?

@NASASpaceflight It’s going to look ridiculous on launch day!

STATIC FIRE: Booster 19 fires up, but feels very short and potentially aborted early. However, first time for Pad 2, the first time for V3, and the first time Raptor 3's have fired up together. youtube.com/live/z83PHp7A0…

@ScottLikedSLS Rage bait

it will forever and always be Shuttle with Columbia post SILTS install

@VickiCocks15 @LabPadre 4 seconds to fully tank! Wow 😂

Booster 19's test from last night. From first fill to detank. 300x speed. @LabPadre

@legitspaceleaks @grok is this real? Source?

Booster 19 will do something tomorrow

@ScottLikedSLS Source: trust me bro

Not that SLS is cheap but if you honest to God believe that SpaceX is earning money off selling a $90m starship launch.... Starship has been costing around 300m to launch for SpaceX (which is still hugely impressive for it size) They undersold to ensure the contract.

@wesley_alder @thejackbeyer Adrian looking how we all felt

NSF’s reaction to flight 9 was so funny

@INiallAnderson Unc

I'm a quarter century old in a week chat, is it over for me????

@davill @Alexphysics13 We also asked for an NG-3 update…

Because you asked, here is another shot of our GS2-5 hotfire test at LC-36. This is from our drone, giving us this new view.

@LabPadre She is close to the top!

Mega Bay 1's door has opened revealing V3 Booster 19 with grid fins installed!

@Elevatorcait What does MMOD mean?

I think there's a good chance these are the MMOD tiles for HLS and depot ships

@Flight2Starship @LabPadre Watch it be the transport stand going all by itself again

A booster transport stand has been moved to the ringyard!!! This is most likely to move Booster 19 to the Orbital Launch pad for static fire testing ahead of Flight 12. 📸@LabPadre

@LabPadre 👀👀👀👀👀

A Booster transport stand has moved from Sanchez to the ring yard.

@PlanetaryWhisky @HDonaldson71166 @rookisaacman @SciGuySpace @Fyredrakeonline @saxushu @lrocket @NASAAdmin Congress does need to be kept happy but is is the administrator. He has pull. Could go either way tbh

@HDonaldson71166 @Spaceiscool42 @rookisaacman @SciGuySpace @Fyredrakeonline @saxushu @lrocket @NASAAdmin Gateway isn't going anywhere, Jared almost certainly has to keep it to build a workable compromise with congress.

Bravo to @NASAAdmin @rookisaacman on restructuring the #Artemis program – this is the leadership we need for the U.S. space program to succeed. Standardizing around a Block 1 variant is the right call. It opens an opportunity for commercial companies to support heavy cargo delivery to deep space. What we need is a standardized, expendable third stage. It’s cost-effective, flexible, and useful for other deep space missions beyond the Moon. @GoToImpulse’s Helios is capable of meeting that need. It’s a launch vehicle agnostic third stage that will have the highest-performing hydrocarbon engine ever and be capable of taking multiple tons of cargo to deep space. Helios meets a larger need for in-space mobility with the capability to go far, fast. Impulse is ready to support Artemis and other U.S. space goals. Let’s go!

@rookisaacman @SciGuySpace @Fyredrakeonline @saxushu @lrocket @NASAAdmin If ML-2 and EUS are not just around the corner like we thought, does that mean gateway isn’t as well? Is it likely to get cancelled?

I love that NASA has an engaged community that is passionate about our hardware. I will just say that those who believe ML-2 and EUS were “right around the corner” are mistaken. We can spend billions more and put the schedule at risk, or we can focus our resources and limited time on going to the Moon. The people have waited long enough for this grand return--industry knows that, political leadership knows that, and at NASA we certainly know that.

@Truthful_ast At least 3 years until first launch imo. The at least 2 years until full reuse is achieved

Your friendly reminder that LandSpace is moving rapidly towards their own Starship class reusable rocket