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@sylwestermiel @XFreeze Raptor 3 TWR is insane. Your statement is completely wrong. It’s not the highest performing by ISP but overall it is an engineering marvel.

@XFreeze Still a very weak engine if you need to plug over 30 of them into an underperforming and still unproven reusable rocket.

Raptor 3 is engineering black magic SpaceX’s Raptor is the FIRST full-flow staged combustion engine to ever fly - only the 3rd ever built (after the Soviet RD-270 and the 2000s US demo that never flew) → Both fuel-rich + oxidizer-rich preburners → 100% of propellant through the turbines before the main chamber → Auto-ignites from hot preburner gases (no Merlin igniter fluid) → Record 350 bar chamber pressure Raptor 3 goes even crazier: Everything internalized with regenerative cooling. No heat shields. No fire suppression system. Saves 10+ tons This is how Starship becomes rapidly reusable

@gucciman5000 @cwebbonline Are you asking yourself a question?

@cwebbonline He is destroying everything that mattered to the History of America?

More waste… I’m not sure who told Donald Trump painting the Reflecting Pool was a good idea, because it will need to be recoated every few years. As a pool owner, I can tell you paint doesn’t last like hard surfaces. The existing granite lasted a lifetime and should have just been repaired as needed, not coated over.

@BylinkinMichael @Rainmaker1973 Is that what Canada will focus on? Seems to limit potential customers if your corridor is strictly high inc, polar? I wish you the best, but this won’t age well.

@Rainmaker1973 You do understand that it is far more difficult to launch rockets from a northern or southern portion of the earth, cause maths. Thats why all launch facilities are located closer to the equator. This is nothing more than a money laundering scheme by your government.

Canada is set to launch rockets from its own soil for the first time in history. The Canadian government has committed $200 million to develop the country’s first commercial spaceport in Nova Scotia. The facility, operated by Maritime Launch Services near the town of Canso, is expected to be operational by 2028. Until now, Canada has depended almost entirely on foreign rockets — primarily American — to place its satellites into orbit. This reliance has meant long delays, limited scheduling flexibility, and reduced control over mission timing and orbital destinations. The new spaceport will change that. It will provide sovereign launch capability, allowing Canada to send satellites for defense, scientific research, and commercial purposes on its own terms and schedule. This development is especially significant because roughly 20 percent of Canada’s economy relies on satellite technology for banking, communications, navigation, and Earth observation. Having domestic launch access reduces vulnerability to foreign launch queues and geopolitical uncertainties. Canada is also advancing its own rocket technology. The company NordSpace is developing the Tundra launch vehicle, which is designed to carry approximately 1,100 pounds (500 kg) to low Earth orbit, with plans to significantly increase that capacity in the future. The location in Nova Scotia offers strategic advantages, including access to a wide range of orbital inclinations, particularly those ideal for monitoring Canada’s vast northern territories. By building its own spaceport, Canada is joining a small group of nations with independent launch capability. In an era when reliable access to space is becoming increasingly vital, this move strengthens Canada’s position as a self-reliant space-faring nation.

@DISASTER__X @real_harmon @Rainmaker1973 Specifically, what is wrong about that post?

@real_harmon @Rainmaker1973 You're wrong. Just saying.

@knot_A_boer @XFreeze As a “white” I guess I missed class on the day they taught all that…you’re playing the victim, while claiming others are playing the victim? That checks out.

Are you insane? When did he put up money? He leveraged companies to get a valuation. He was able to get a good valuation based on contracts with the government. He used that money to put up. He’s more smart than you think. But he’s not playing with his own money, he’s playing with your and my money. The government gets the money back by him doing the work. It’s a HUGE RACKET. But isn’t this the way of Whites? From the beginning? Looting, polluting, using, playing the victim. Just to get their way. Smart as fuck.

Interesting how it works Elon puts up his own money, rounds up the absolute best AI talent on the planet, leverages every connection he has to secure serious resources, and launches OpenAI in 2015 as a pure non-profit explicitly created to develop AI for the benefit of humanity, with zero profit motive and open research Then the “team” decides they want the bag They push Elon out, take control, and quietly flip the entire thing into a for-profit machine All while preaching the same sanctimonious lines on repeat: “We’re still mission-driven!” “AI for the good of humanity!” “We’d never abandon our principles!” The ultimate betrayal: Elon got zero equity. Not a single share. He funded it. He built the foundation. He got nothing while they turned his non-profit into their personal cash cow This is the level of betrayal and hypocrisy we’re dealing with And for the record.... this lawsuit doesn’t put a single penny in Elon’s pocket. Any win goes straight back to the non-profit to restore the exact mission he founded

@Cybertruck0001 @TeslaCharging Sounds like a you problem. Does it solve anything to cry on SM?

I HATE F’n Buc-ee’s! Am I the only one consistently running into annoying jerks while @TeslaCharging . Don’t we have bigger problems in the world? RECOMMENDATION. Find a place that wants your business. 500 stops around the country ZERO Problems. 3 Buc-ees stops, 3 problems! That’s not a coincidence!

@bravado8513 @GS5913 It’s easy to say what should have been done once you know what took place. You’re lazy, armchair.

@check4twenty @GS5913 Going after 1 crazy asshole, incel, anime fan? Ok buddy.

@bravado8513 @GS5913 An active shooter isn’t hostile? You don’t know what could come up, and may need to be prepared as a war fighter. The guy in Mexico looks like he’s trying not to get killed. The guy on the left is going toward the danger.

@GS5913 Look at this dude, equipped as if he was in a warzone. 😆Compare him to these police officer deployed in actual hostile territory in Mexico. Just a rifle, pistol and a bulletproof vest.

@MattMahanSJ Who?

First MAGA called me the "most dangerous Democrat." Now they're attacking me for common sense? MAGA fears nothing more than a Democrat with a record of results.

@Garnet_2203 You have “MAID”…and it is abused. We’re all messed up, Canada is much further along.

Fuck you Joe Rogan. You want to talk about all that shit Canada did during covid? Fact: 1.23 million Americans died from Covid during the pandemic. Fact: 60,000 Canadians died from Covid during the pandemic. Americans were about 140% more likely to die from COVID than Canadians during the pandemic.🖕

@MartinM50436813 @TrueNorthStr0ng I was going to write about the equator thing on another post. Launching close to the equator gives a boost to delta V compared to launching in northern latitudes. Basically it’s more efficient the closer you are to the equator. You steal a bit of energy from the Earth’s rotation.

@TrueNorthStr0ng Here’s some math for you ! Why don’t you tell everyone how much per KG it takes commercial available options at the moment 3700us per KG Please tell us all what it will cost us ? Most launch pads are close to equator care to explain why

Yet again Mario is full of shit. No we didn't spend $200M on a "slab". Here are the actual facts: 1. The $200M is for a 10-year lease and it's retroactive to April 1, 2025. 2. This breaks down to $20M per year. The first payment was due in March 2026. Subsequent payments are made after each fiscal quarter. 3. The pad is to be built by the end of 2026, and 90% of the money must be spent in Canada domestically. Misinformation Mario is a moron.

@fire_starter457 The US didn’t break it. Iran wasn’t honoring the treaty.

If Donald Trump didn’t want Iran to have nuclear weapons…. Why did he break the treaty that prevented them from having nuclear weapons?

@micyoung75 😂

A former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor just told Canadians that their economic ties to the United States - once a strength - are now a weakness requiring structural correction. Canada fought in Afghanistan. Two World Wars. Carney named that history directly and then said: the U.S. has changed and we must respond. He won a majority government. He is diversifying trade, doubling clean energy capacity, and reducing internal barriers to make Canada less reliant on a single partner. "Hope isn't a plan and nostalgia is not a strategy." When Trump told him in January that Canada lives because of the United States, Carney filed that under data and kept moving.

@canalCCore2 Reuse at any rate doesn’t matter if the payload is not put into the correct orbit. There is no discrimination. That goes for any launch provider.

New Glenn vs Falcon 9 A Blue Origin está prestes a colocar o New Glenn no jogo e o segredo está no combustível. Ao contrário do Falcon 9 que usa querosene e gera fuligem, os motores BE-4 usam metano. Isso permite que o foguete pouse e decole novamente com menos manutenção.

@karolegabrielgk @canalCCore2 TMYDKWYTAWTMYDKWYTA.

@canalCCore2 Então a blue origin é tão boa que não faz serviço pra nasa por puro orgulho?

@CSI_Starbase They are completely different programs. BO is showing a consistent methodical pace. While SpX is taking larger risks for bigger jumps in advancement. BO had years to watch SpX fine tune reusablity and poaching engineers obviously helped them.

I don’t think Blue Origin recovering the same booster twice before SpaceX was on anyone’s Bingo card even a year ago. Exciting times!

@dalmaer What’s funny?

Funny how “God” worked it out for the octopus but not humans. Huh.

@AngryAstro66 @blueorigin Depends on perigee.

@blueorigin Here's the good news. The BlueBird has ion engines that MIGHT be able to compensate for the missed orbit. If so, it's still a mission success. If not, it's probably a failure.

NG-3 Update: We have confirmed payload separation. AST SpaceMobile has confirmed the satellite has powered on. The payload was placed into an off-nominal orbit. We are currently assessing and will update when we have more detailed information.

@Globalsurv @sentdefender How would Iran stop military ships from crossing? They have no navy.

@sentdefender Meanwhile Iran is not allowing military ships to cross??

According to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Iran is working with the U.S. to remove all the sea mines that were laid in the Strait of Hormuz.

@BenzNPenz @apotheosis369 @Polymarket Yes because we haven’t been arming Israel for decades…just orange man bad.

@apotheosis369 @Polymarket Gotta replenish the depleted stocks that were expended on arming Israel to commit genocide for two years, and this dumb spat with Iran that cost us billions upon billions

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