Marcus House

It has been a thrilling week seeing the 10 Raptor 3's test fired for the first time. Next up, 33 Raptor 3's in full force. It will be absolutely bananas! 🔥 Lot's to catch up on today! 🚀 youtu.be/0pG-eaiHxbQ

Crazy how fast the Florida site is moving. Check out that Gigabay. 😍

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@geoffswan @eevblog There is water, so oxygen is there. How easy any of this is however I have no idea. The supply chain for a computer is staggering.

@eevblog @MarcusHouse Imagine smelting copper on the moon with no oxygen…

In relation to the mass driver idea on the moon, for anyone that has a deep understanding of materials needed for such a satellite, can most of it be sourced from the lunar surface? Interesting to know what percentage can be obtained directly vs needing delivery.

@marvmervin +1

@MarcusHouse Shouldn't really be that excited over a sign, yet here I am lol 😍

The Gateway is back! 🎉

@TeslaModelDoge @elonmusk I don't think flapping solar panels on the moon will be a thing.

This is the future Permanent Moon and Mars bases. Mass drivers launching payloads from orbit using lunar resources. Lunar factories building Al satellites powered by massive solar arrays to beam terawatt-scale energy to Earth. —@ElonMusk

@NASASpaceGhost The moon is the ultimate stepping stone and Starship is still designed as a Mars vehicle (otherwise you certainly wouldn't pick CH4 for the upper stage which can't be obtained on the moon), so will certainly be Mars.

@MarcusHouse Wonder if it'll still say 'to Mars', or change 'to the moon'🤔 or Luna🤔

Would be an amazing place to explore and test. The problem I see with stating an end goal like launching AI sats into space from the moon, is that you need every level of tech, raw material extraction, processing, and manufacture. For something like an AI sat, I was wondering how much they could realistically manufacture outside of what could be sent from Earth. To have that infrastructure up there in its entirety would be staggeringly difficult if not near impossible for who knows how many years. Many decades probably, I don't even know where to start trying to estimate the complexity in that.

@RH7238275914862 @MarcusHouse 5/ In the case of Marius Hills, satellite analysis and the presence of Skylights indicate that these giant lava tubes are underneath. Possible lunar lava tube skylight observed by SELENE cameras agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Pretty sure it near entirely wipes out my ability to get revenue from posting here on the platform by the sounds of it, but you will still see the posting. I mean, most of my experience with Twitter before revenue was even shared was all done free, so I suppose I shouldn't complain too much. Seems a bit unfair that I don't get treated the same because of where I am from. Think there is a word for that. 😁

@nikitabier Well this sucks for people like @MarcusHouse who I follow for SpaceX.

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Wow! That is incredible.

@eevblog 😆 my question was largely leading to what I learned following just this one supply chain. Loved this vid.

Hardly any of it can be mined on the moon. And even if it can it needs to be processed using a complex supply chain. People massively underestimate (by orders of magnitude) the complex supply chains required for even making basic stuff here on earth. To give you a small taste: youtube.com/watch?v=37vl4T… Even simple components like resistors and capacitors require insanely complex supply chains. Every bit of complex electronics and other things will have to come from Earth.

I'm assuming some raw materials in meaningful amounts would need to be shipped from Earth (or some other source) such as Copper, Gold, Phosphorus, Carbon/Nitrogen, and other rare earths which don't seem to be practical to get from the lunar surface (unless they find some good impacts that contain a lot of that sort of thing. Then you need to set up the full production line from start to finish.

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SpaceX looks to have picked up this GPS III launch off ULA . It is absolutely critical ULA drastically up the pace of Vulcan otherwise it is hard to see them being able to stay a thing. Add New Glenn and the reusability there and they are must be in serious trouble. insidedefense.com/insider/ula-bu…

@INiallAnderson Happy Birthday mate! 🎂🎉🥳

25 years down... forever to go ♥️ Grateful for the past and excited for the future 🙏🏻

@marvmervin So many firsts to see here.

@MarcusHouse exciting times! 🚀🔥

Brilliant result. Lets go with that 33. It is going to be absolutely wild.