@NiohBerg Did you meen to put the full stop there?
Did you really mean "No normal civilians are getting hurt" or did you meen "Normal civilians are getting hurt."?
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Christopher Roberts
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My mom just called me from Iran through her landline. I haven’t spoken to her since February.
She said that Israel and the US are bombing the regime nonstop.
They taped all the windows because the building shakes constantly.
I asked if any civilians are getting hurt, and she replied “No, No, No. No normal civilians are getting hurt”
Everyone is hanging in there and counting the days for this regime to end and for the return of the Shah. 🇮🇷
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@BassonBrain @valarielala @Starlink @elonmusk But that doesn't tell us what's on the top, just the perimeter. Also it's got icicles on the lower edge showing something has melted at some point
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@phantomdistress @Alexphysics13 Or even if something didn't perform as expected. All these still tell them what they need to know for the next step
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@Alexphysics13 i love how despite the clarity, everyone is still speculating on the cause. It means one of thousands of GSE parts/sensors went slightly out of spec. They abort super conservatively for safety—usually something minor like a sticky valve or sensor glitch.
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So it looks like it's number 2 then, shorter than expected but still good to continue with the next round of testing!
🏳️🌈Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Alex)@Alexphysics13
If this was shorter than planned, I would expect them to try again at some point before rolling back. Unless... they're okay with just this brief test and they can just continue working on the booster before the next round of testing.
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@Alexphysics13 Yeah spacex have shown repeatedly that they don't need a complete or "successful" test to move forward or fix problems.
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should be as close as can be determined as far as timing is concerned
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It's funny how the mineral deposits from the deluge can actually be a good indicator of which engines fired. They're not using purified water so there will be material deposited over the hotter surfaces as the water vapor that contacts it evaporates quicker. You can see it especially striking over the lox supply to the fuel preburner where there's regen channels around it, clearly outlining mineral deposits on top of the engine thanks to the matte black coating making it especially obvious
Starship Gazer@StarshipGazer
A look at Booster 19's Raptor 3 engines while being removed from Starbase pad 2 today after completing static fire testing yesterday. 3/17/26
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@cnunezimages @SpaceIntel101 This is going to look amazing with 33 engines!
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@thejackbeyer Locksmith in Scotland would charge £850 for that and leave you with a door with a hole in it.
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A look at Booster 19's Raptor 3 engines while being removed from Starbase pad 2 today after completing static fire testing yesterday.
3/17/26
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@GregBaldwinIroh Then you aren't experiencing British baked beans
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I’m a native New Mexican.
Hear me out…
What if I added a little green chile…?
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British blokes….
I’ve purchased several “tins” of Heinz (British) beans because the idea of beans on toast intrigues me.
I eagerly anticipate a tasting.
Other than toasting bread and heating beans…
Are there any other steps/ingredients?
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@GregBaldwinIroh Butter the bread. Add some salt and sugar to the beans because they took loads out and ruined them.
Tiny bit of Worcester sauce also goes well in there too.
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@QuickBooks I'm disgusted by how much you put your prices up! When I joined it was £25 a month it's now £46! It went up £6 at the start of the year! Shocking that you get people using your platform then rag them for money.
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@_MaxQ_ @NASASpaceflight Dead. Erased by "ourselves" or at least by stupid people.
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We’ve come a long way in 100 years.
Imagine where we’ll be in 100 more.
NASA History Office@NASAhistory
A 2.5-second rocket flight that heralded decades of discovery in space! Today marks 100 years since the first successful test of a liquid-fueled rocket. Robert H. Goddard's achievement would have appeared unimpressive by most measures: His rocket flew just 41 feet in the air, landing in a nearby cabbage patch. Liquid-propelled rocketry has been the backbone of spaceflight ever since. 📷 by Esther Goddard on March 16, 1926 (Clark University Archive)
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@mitchellvii Terrorist nation of America will always be a threat until you stick behind your fucking boarders.
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So let's fast forward to 2 months from now.
The war in Iran is long over and that terrorist nation is no longer a threat. Hamas and Hezbollah have been wiped out.
Gas prices have fallen below $2 a gallon. Stocks are back to their all-time highs.
With the Iranian threat gone in the Middle East investment pours into the area. Rebuilding starts in Gaza.
The US economy takes off as all of that newly onshored business starts hiring.
And once again Democrats have nothing.
I'm feeling pretty good about the midterms.
Thoughts? ⬇️
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@bikepedx @dpoddolphinpro @NASA I thought that was what NASA stated at one of the press conferences for arti 1...
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@SNDLCKENG @dpoddolphinpro @NASA That's the conclusion I jumped to but was unsure whether it was true. Deep thermal cycling of thin metal tanks would seem to produce fatigue. Sound like a good subject for a YouTube video, maybe? Scott Manley
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No WDR? Yup - @NASA isn't planning to conduct another Wet Dress Rehearsal ahead of Artemis II, despite the TSMU LOx seals being replaced, the historical difficulties with LH2, and the work on the ICPS Helium seal.
"We've already tested the new QD in the VAB", said Shawn Quinn, Manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program.
Lori Glaze, Acting Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, wants the next time SLS is tanked to be a launch attempt.
I asked if this means they have definitively ruled out any Partial Tanking tests, or Integrity tests.
"At this point we have demonstrated that the seals that we have are the best seals we've ever had". "There's not more to be gained [from a Partial Tanking or Integrity Test]."
📷 @_MaxQ_/@NASASpaceflight
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@MCCCANM @mark_aster1 Because there is no value for human life.
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@mark_aster1 To save weight / fuel costs.
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Damnit.
I hope for a good ending, but there are no parachutes on the KC-135 anymore, removed long ago. A crash landing can be survived in some instances, but it depends on circumstance & terrain.
Let’s hope.
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@bikepedx @dpoddolphinpro @NASA I believe the tanks themselves are only rated for a relatively small number of cycles
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@dpoddolphinpro @NASA She mentioned that there was wear associated with each test. That implies to me that you can ruin some part of the rocket by conducting too many wet test rehearsals. I'm wondering what the mechanism is there.
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