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In scientific missions principal investigators are usually PhDs in astrophysics or physics so it's not impossible but there's more positions for engineers.
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2024-09-28
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The one caveat I would add to what others have commented is that having a Physics or Astronomy background would be useful if you wanted to work in instrument design for space such as orbiting telescopes or planetary exploration instruments. Understanding the scientific principles in greater depth allows you to design equipment that is more likely to excel at the job and allows you to understand the reasons behind some of the performance requirements you might be working from. Good luck.
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2024-10-15
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Would it be better to transport humanity to a new home world on a generation ship (a hulking mass designed to support a multigenerational population until one finally reaches a new home) or by packing a small craft with enough samples of DNA and the technology to “grow” a human population? I’m not gonna lie, the shuttle option sounds infinitely more efficient, there’s no disagreement there. But I’m still an advocate for the generation ship.
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2024-10-22
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Each time the OLM goes through a testing and upgrade cycle, the crews build scaffold structures for worker safety. Each time a booster is tested, they need to remove the scaffolding and rebuild again after each time. In some cases, they'll spend hours building the scaffolds to then remove it after a could of days, booster is tested, and then spend hours again rebuilding it again.
They're already got the disco stage to go under the OLM for rapid maintenance and engine inspections. Why don't they build a OLM top ring which locate across the rim and drops down to give access to the clamps? Make it so that it has some modularity or a base to build specific scaffolding structures from without having to build from scratch each time.
Surely a ring like that could be lifted in and out by the chopsticks and can be moved in and out very quickly would be far faster than building/removing/rebuilding scaffolding. For cost/building effort of a OLM refurb rig, then gain back on man hours on the task of inspecting and refurbing the OLM.
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2024-10-25
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Kind of a misleading headline there, the process is still ongoing but finishing up. Feeds the "hiding something" narrative that is not true.
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2024-10-29
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Hit piece. You can clearly tell the writer is upset with his Wopo decision.
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2024-10-31
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IMO, this just shows that blindly copying is a bad idea.
The reason it's good for Starship to RTLS in the first place is because is so freakin big. The tradeoff of an increased payload to LEO in exchange for the hassle of drone ship landings is not worth it to SpaceX.
But that's very much not the case for a smaller rocket like this one. Taking a 30% payload to orbit hit makes no sense for them.
And sure, getting rid of the legs is a marginal benefit. But it's nothing compared to the massive boost of landing downrange instead of having to do an RTLS.
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2024-11-01
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I was thinking these days about Starship and Super Heavy, about how complicated it will be to refuel Starship in orbit, according to Elon Musk himself, it will take several launches, somewhere between 7 and 10 launches to refuel the ship.
However, I wanted to know what would be the altitude limit that the Super Heavy could reach, because in my mind (I'm a mere amateur), if spacex could make a bigger Super Heavy, with more fuel capacity and that would be the highest possible without needing thermal shields, so a Starship could need less fuel to go into orbit or even go to the moon, since much of the necessary fuel would be saved with the help of the Super Heavy
I know that currently both the Falcon 9 (the first stage) and the Super Heavy go up to around 60km in altitude, but could you increase this without needing heat shields??
I ask this because Blue Origin's New Shepard
It can go well beyond 60km altitude, and it doesn't have a heat shield, how can they go that far without it??
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2024-11-02
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Hi, I'm a comm student and I have the hard task to make (at least 3) videos about inventions that were first made for space travelling, but we now use in every day life. The core of this task is about finding some inventions that pushed the technological and sanitary development.
I know for example that the technology we use in ultrasound scans come from NASA, as well as many other things.
So I'm here to ask you: What are your favorite? What do you think others don't know?? What do you find extremely interesting??
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2024-11-04
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The Finnish Woodsat seems to predate this but had frequency licensing delays at last report on their website: [https://www.wisaplywood.com/wisawoodsat/](https://www.wisaplywood.com/wisawoodsat/)
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2024-11-05
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I'd be more concerned about dimensional stability after extreme heating/cooling cycles (and outgassing, since wood is inherently porous)
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2024-11-05
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It's missing ballons, which also go to where the sky is black during the day.
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2024-11-06
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I have to disagree.
With the proliferation of the number of nukes and the number of countries with nukes, the threat of Nuclear Winter is a threat to all of humanity.
If Elon could develop an effective precision tracking (this likely already exists) and additionally an actual threat elimination system as nukes are launching or maybe even reentering the atmosphere in their terminal phase, (the Holy Grail) that would be a global game changer.
Suddenly the threat of a rouge madman (looking at you Kim) ending the world, is neutralized.
Remember, the Starlink system covers the entire globe (except the poles). So an effective system could stop Pakistan from nuking India or North Korea from nuking Japan.
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2024-11-07
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If Trump thinks about his legacy, he may remember that the Space Force was his creation.
With Elon in-house, he has a chance to double down on his efforts and make big moves in space so that his legacy will be undeniable.
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This is one of those things that once you find out why they weren't saying anything, you'll be like oh my bad sorry, enjoy your privacy
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2024-11-09
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Do they shit themselves or something? Lol
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Rocket labs stock jumped up 25% after hours. Holy shit.
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2024-11-13
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Yeah, I don't envy anyone working in public/semi public orgs in the US now.
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Why this shot of super heavy landing burn (3 raptors final burn) after the initial burn, it only shows the 9 out of 10 engines on fire (except the 3 middle) the top one seems to be not on fire or not ignited, was it 12/13 engines ignited?
Ps. Sorry for the bad English
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2024-11-14
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Has anyone heard when Starship flight test 7 will happen. I Know, don't get ahead of myself and wait for flight 6 to happen in 2 days. But just curious, Will they have a booster and ship ready before the end of the year.
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2024-11-17
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You remove the vacuum raptors on them, replace the center engines with propeller(s), and probably give them gimbals (If that's even possible, I'm not really an RC guy), and use servo's to control the flaps.
https://preview.redd.it/0fsuahy0yi1e1.jpg?width=992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=946875621d4cee7efafc992b26b74665a143287c
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Ship 31 and Booster 13 successfully lifted off from Pad A at Starbase on November 19th, 2024 at 16:00 local time. Booster 13 appeared to have a nominal ascent, however a catch attempt was called off due to unknown reasons with the booster. The booster made a successful soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ship 31 continued on into it's near orbital trajectory and successfully completed the first Raptor relight in space. The ship successfully made it through entry and and managed to control its descent despite the intentional missing tiles and higher angle of attack after entry in order to push the vehicle to its limits. Ship 31 then conducted a successful flip and burn maneuver before softly splashing down into the water right on target.
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#Links and Resources
* [SpaceX Twitter](https://x.com/SpaceX)
* [NSF Twitter](https://x.com/NASASpaceflight)
* [Elon Musk Twitter](https://x.com/elonmusk)
* [Starbase LIVE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg)
* [Current road closure list](https://www.cameroncountytx.gov/spacex/)
* [Official press kit](https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6)
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#Liftoff Occurred at 16:00 local time
#Vehicles: Booster 13, Ship 31
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#Livestreams
* SpaceX: [Twitter](https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6)
* NASASpaceflight: [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yd_cpPP4fE)
* Everyday Astronaut: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDFirLcQDM)
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#Updates
Time (CT)/Date/T+ | Description | Link
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**11/19** | |
T+ 01:05:39 | Expected tip over of Ship 31 to end its amazing mission. Congratulations on another successful test flight SpaceX! |
T+ 01:05:32 | **Successful soft splashdown of Ship 31 in the Indian Ocean!** |
T+ 01:05:09 | **Flip and burn!** |
T+ 01:04:27 | Starship now passing through 5km altitude and is still on a good trajectory! |
T+ 01:03:30 | Vehicle now in horizontal bellyflop and it seems like it may be yawing to the side in order to stress the flaps? Or maybe to test cross range capability? |
T+ 01:02:46 | Ship 31 is now conducting it's modified descent in order to stress the vehicle to its max. At an altitude of 20km it has kept it's nose up to scrub off nearly all it's horizontal speed and has just gone sub sonic |
T+ 01:00:40 | Ship 31 has made it through entry! The top of the right forward flap is glowing red hot but it seems like there was less burn through compared to the last two flights!
T+ 00:58:48 | A little bit of burn through visible near the top of the right forward flap. Not unexpected at this point |
T+ 00:56:00 | Ship 31 continues to survive entry as the it passes 59km in altitude |
T+ 00:43:15 | Plasma very visible around Ship 31 now. Plasma was actually visible a lot earlier due to it being dark during entry start. |
T+ 00:37:49 | **Raptor shutdown. Nominal burn!** |
T+ 00:37:45 | **In space Raptor relight demo ignition!** |
T+ 00:08:27 | SECO on Ship 31 |
T+ 00:06:54 | Booster 13 splashdown |
T+ 00:06:41 | Down to three engines as expected |
T+ 00:06:34 | **Booster 13 landing burn startup. All 13 engines!** |
T+ 00:03:58 | **Booster is NO GO for catch attempt. "Booster off-shore divert" heard on the net :(** |
T+ 00:03:42 | Hot stage ring jettison |
T+ 00:03:35 | Boostback burn shutdown |
T+ 00:02:47 | Boostback burn underway. All 13 engines up and running |
T+ 00:02:40 | Starship ignition and hot stage |
T+ 00:02:34 | MECO |
T+ 00:02:30 | **Tower is GO for catch!** |
T+ 00:01:03 | Max Q |
T+ 00:00:10 | **All 33 engines!** |
16:00 | **IGNITION AND LIFTOFF** |
15:59 | No hold at T-40! **Go for launch!** |
15:57 | Booster 13 prop load complete |
15:56 | Ship 31 prop load complete |
15:35 | SpaceX has revealed there's a payload onboard...**A banana for scale!** | [Tweet](https://x.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1858987411839348933)
15:19 | Booster prop load underway |
15:10 | Starship prop load underway |
14:47 | SpaceX confirms GO for prop load! |
14:37 | Tower vent starts. Chill down of the pad and tower have begun |
14:00 | Didn't catch the exact time but President Elect Trump onboard Airforce One did a flyby of the pad | [Tweet](https://x.com/_mgde_/status/1858974013693063665)
11:50 | Pope vent start! This is the start of tank farm chill down. This suggests SpaceX is still targeting the top of the window |
10:00 | Chopsticks raising to launch position |
09:50 | Helicopter landed at the same spot on the road as last flight right by the NSF camera. Getting refueled. |
08:00 | Road is closed. Tanker trucks still unloading into the tank farm |
**11/17** | |
15:00 | Thread goes live |
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Introduction
Inspired by aviation accident investigations, I propose a recovery strategy for Starship test flights to accelerate development and reduce costs while preserving valuable components for analysis.
Proposed Recovery Strategy
1. \*\*Upgraded Sea Platform\*\*:
\- Use a reinforced barge or ship as a landing target to minimize destruction upon impact.
\- Valuable components can still be recovered for analysis, even if the landing fails.
2. \*\*Buoyant Starship Design\*\*:
\- Modify Starship for partial buoyancy to ensure critical components like heat tiles and engines float in the event of a water landing.
3. \*\*Recovery Fleet\*\*:
\- Deploy specialized ships equipped with cranes, divers, and recovery tools to salvage wreckage from the sea.
4. \*\*Pre-impact Breakaway Mechanisms\*\*:
\- Add systems to jettison critical components (e.g., avionics, data recorders) before impact, ensuring they survive intact for analysis.
Why This Matters\*\*
\- \*\*Preserve Valuable Data\*\*: Real-world physical evidence provides insights telemetry alone cannot.
\- \*\*Refine Faster\*\*: Salvaging and analyzing components accelerates design iteration and model validation.
\- \*\*Cost Efficiency\*\*: Recovered parts reduce the need for full replacements, saving time and resources.
\*Conclusion\*\*
This strategy aligns with SpaceX’s "fail fast, learn faster" philosophy, moving closer to reliable, reusable Starship systems. I’d love to hear feedback or ideas to refine this concept further!
Tags\*\*: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Design, Engineering, Reusability
Feel free to copy this directly into your Reddit post, and good luck sharing your idea! 🚀
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Musk is talking on behalf of an incoming president.
This is pure bullshit.
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2024-11-19
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Musk loves nasa
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2024-11-19
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Don't gut NASA, but we should kill SLS.
It's a horrible waste of money, which can be put to better use.
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Not remotely. Its the only functional part of the program now. And now that its flying its actually delivering.
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2024-11-19
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No prior space technology portfolio? That's not true. AeroVironment made the Mars Helicopter
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It costs way too much.
The lunar gateway is pointless.
NASA should focus on science missions, where it really excels.
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I decided to dedicate this November 19 to Flight 6 (It'll actually be at November 20 01:00 AM here, but anyway) and manage to watch the launch livestream for the first time (I only used to watch recordings before, but as it is the last flight of V1, I *must* not miss it), so here's The Starship Song about today (and tonight)!
Original: [https://youtu.be/fLexgOxsZu0?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/fLexgOxsZu0?feature=shared)
Today I don't feel like doing anything,
Except for contemplating some art!
My SpaceXLounge is up and bright,
As well as the well-known SpaceFlight,
Cause today I don't feel like doing anything...
I woke up this morning, as fresh as T-Rex,
In my YouTube search I quickly typed in "SpaceX",
And clicked anticipatingly "Fi-ind", yeah!
Now here I can see it - the cherished livestream,
No doubts at the spot - I'm immediately in
And waiting for methane to igni-ite... oh,
Godspeed SpaceX,
Good luck, SpaceX,
And may the Ship reach Stars!
Today I don't feel like doing anything,
Except for contemplating some art!
My SpaceXLounge is up and bright,
As well as the well-known SpaceFlight,
Cause today, I say, I'm not doing anything
But watching the Start!
Oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh,
Watching the Start!
Oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh
Now, reading the latest of the news out there,
Thinking of a nice launch and a really nice catch,
I dive in as deep as I can di-ive, yaeh!
Imagining size of the Booster of Ship, I think "How on Earth can this thing even flip?
Until I see "The countdown is li-ive!" - oh,
Godspeed SpaceX,
Good luck, SpaceX,
And may the Ship reach Stars!
Today I don't feel like doing anything,
Except for contemplating some art!
My SpaceXLounge is up and bright,
As well as the well-known SpaceFlight,
Cause today, I say, I'm not doing anything,
But watching the Start!
Oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh,
Watching the Start,
Oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh,
Watching the Start!
Have a good flight, SpaceX, and a good watch, fellow Starshippers!
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Starship costs as much as SLS per day, according to SpaceX lawyers. All giant rockets are expensive. You should educate yourself.
Also gateway is extremely useful for multiple reasons, such as because LLO is incredibly unstable, and gateway provides constant communication with earth as a relay, and gives great surface access to moon. Plus it's a test bed for technology needed to go to Mars
You have some really strong opinions for how uneducated you are on spaceflight.
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NASA itself does need reform, eg the way the centres compete seems inefficient, and not focused on getting the best results.
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What do you mean? AFAIK Starship development is 4 million per day. A single flight of SLS+Orion is 4 BILLION dollars
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He loves their funding, but would rather cutout the middleman
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Are you talking about Starship development costs? Because a Starship launch costs *way* less than an SLS launch.
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You're uneducated. Starships costs $4m/day (that's billions a year) and they don't even have it working yet. Even this test flight that just ended did not work right. SLS worked perfectly on its first flight, despite it also costing close to the same amount per year.
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So you are talking about development cost. I'm referring to production Starship once reuse is happening. Falcon is already a good bit cheaper than fully-disposable rockets, and Falcon still throws away the upper stage. Starship will be orders of magnitude cheaper than the fully-disposable SLS.
Of course there's some chance that they'll never get it to production, but that chance diminishes with every launch test. They just did their first orbital relight about an hour ago, and a nice controlled ocean landing of the upper stage. They did skip the booster catch, but they demonstrated that on the last flight. And they got some minor heat damage on the way down, but they'd removed a bunch of heat tiles to see how far they could push it, and they were using their older generation of tiles.
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It’s important that the US has that capability. Our military can fly on commercial airlines, but we still maintain a fleet of passenger planes. As a nation, we need to assured access to space. If you 100% depend on a private company, you can’t always guarantee that.
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Another middle man is exactly what the market needed!
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> I'm referring to production Starship once reuse is happening
Okay you're pulling numbers out of your ass with no basis to reality, got it. Thanks, that's all I needed to know.
SLS is still in development too BTW and its costs are expected to drop a lot when that ceases.
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SpaceX already proved that reuse is cheaper than expendable. They're reusing Falcons nearly 20 times, and Starship uses cleaner-burning fuel. If you can't conclude for yourself that a 100% reusable rocket with fast turnaround will be a lot cheaper than a 100% expendable, then I guess nothing I say will make any difference.
But hey, maybe you're right, and we should save money on air travel by throwing away our airliners after every flight.
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> then I guess nothing I say will make any difference.
You keep citing bullshit that's not true, and think you know more than me (an engineer in the space industry, with insider knowledge on Starship even), so I'll mirror the same back to you.
Falcon is still expensive, even with reuse. Customers are still paying a lot of money per launch, more than you lunatics cite for Starship launch costs. SpaceX even had to raise Falcon 9 costs a few years ago.
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Of course Falcon costs more than Starship. It throws away the second stage. Falcon is still cheaper than its fully-expendable competitors.
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I imagine competitor and governments would want it. Especially seeing that it is landing softly in the ocean.
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NASA cannot provide the military any services in an emergency - they work on the timescales of years, not days.
You pay commercial companies to keep hardware at the ready for emergency launches. That's the only realistic way.
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> Starship costs as much as SLS per day, according to SpaceX lawyers.
Citation needed.
Plus: How is it even conceivable that a reusable rocket will cost as much as a single-use one?!
> You should educate yourself.
I know more than you.
> gateway provides constant communication with earth as a relay
You can do that with a simple satellite. No need for a hugely expensive manned station.
> gives great surface access to moon
You can do it directly from Earth, like they did 70+ years ago.
> Plus it's a test bed for technology needed to go to Mars
You don't need that. Just go to Mars.
> You have some really strong opinions for how uneducated you are on spaceflight.
You have no clue who I am and what I know.
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SpaceX's own lawyers literally said it costs $4m/day on average. That's $1.5b per year. That's pretty close to what SLS costs. Except SLS actually has flown a payload and has had a 100% successful mission. Starship has just been blowing money and doesn't even work at a fundamental level for what it's intended to do, considering the vehicles are still suffering bad hardware failures every launch.
Read a book. I know elon fanboys don't like being educated, but you should at least try.
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Startship is in heavy R&D. They're building boosters and ships like crazy (they flew booster #12 and ship #30 in the latest flight). So yes, if you're in rapid iterative hardware-rich R&D, it's going to cost.
But after the main development is over, the cost per launch is going to be lower than even Falcon 9, and literally orders of magnitude lower that SLS.
P.S. I have a PhD in quantum physics, so I've read a book or two.
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What's your PhD topic if you don't mind me asking?
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Control of quantum systems, with applications to quantum computation
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Does NASA toss them in an oven or something or is the cold vacuum of space more than enough to kill even the most hearty viruses and bacteria on earth?
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2024-11-25
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I was wondering why we don't just bombard the various moons and planets that could possibly sustain life with rockets loaded with earth life forms that may be able to survive.
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2024-11-25
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Oh boo hoo.
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Hi
I need a suggestion from you guys about my career. I have completed my B.E in Mechanical Engineering and working in a service-based company for almost 2.5 years as a design engineer. I am planning to pursue a masters. I am very interested in space and spacecraft, and the challenges behind that. When I saw the courses in some colleges, I felt orbital mechanics is one of my favorite subjects. So, Which one shall I go with Aerospace engineering or space engineering. Let me know any more info you need for giving suggestions
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Would you like to travel to space?
What would you want to do there?
What would you pay for a 7 day low earth orbit cruise?
What would make it amazing?
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This is going to sound like a crazy idea, but what if they use the latent heat of vaporization as cooling by completely deleting the silica heat shield in almost all areas except flaps, and extend a section of the methane tank all the way through the payload bay to let the liquid CH4 be in direct contact with the windward hull all the way to the nose. The boil off during re-entry would consume a lot of methane, but would the weight of the extra boil off of fuel be < than the thousands of tiles being deleted? The leidenfrost effect would an issue but this could be solved with heat fins on the inside of the tank to keep the skin JUST under the temperature that the leidenfrost effect comes on. I'm not a thermodynamacist, but it's worth taking a look at. Would the stainless steel be able to transfer enough heat fast enough to the CH4 before the outer layer of the stainless vaporized? If the stainless can't transfer the heat to the fuel fast enough but the calculated weight of the extra methane needed to absorb the heat still IS in fact less than the weight of every tile that could be removed, than how can the hull be designed to allow the heat transfer to take place?
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You’ve probably watched it 100x already, but here’s a view you might not have seen!
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Well that screws over the agency for one man's ambition...
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It could have been worse honestly. Isaacman understands actual science, believes we’ve been to the moon, and probably likes NASA existing. The real question is what this does to our moon missions, because scrapping SLS and betting everything on SpaceX hardware seems likely.
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If he does that, it means no moon for another 5+ years past the current farthest projections. It would be a disaster for the effort, handing it to china.
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2024-12-05
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Musk wants Bezos to work harder on space, not okay so much with his girlfriend
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“I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman. My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship, so I am constantly occupied. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.”
•Ulusoy views his research as a safeguard against potential AI complications, drawing a parallel to the Stanley Kubrick film “2001: A Space Odyssey” in which the computer, Hal, turns against the human astronauts. “If there was more interaction between humans and the technology, it might prevent what happened in that movie,” he said. “My research is about enabling humans to assist and enhance autonomous agents, so that we ensure that the systems we design work in our favor.”•
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Wow
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2024-12-19
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I would like that translated to bananas, please.
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2024-12-19
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Guinea pigs are metric, and therefore blasphemy.
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Hi ^^
I am currently studying “the flight dynamics” course at the university. Relatively recently, it turned out that I want to go into the space industry and am only taking the first steps in studying the theory of spaceflight, in particular orbital mechanics, and I want to start developing practical skills like doing scenarios in STK. (My specialty implies a calculation activity). So, I would really be glad if you would give me a couple of tips.
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What matters are the people who actually launch stuff into orbit. You might suggest that those who have paid for launches, which is a few other countries, might matter but in reality it is only the major spaceflight countries which matter for international space law. That is why the Moon Treaty failed, because only the major spacefaring countries of Mexico and Australia signed the treaty instead of....Russia, China, and the USA. If you can't even get one of those countries to agree to a treaty much less all of the majors, it is a lost cause.
Artemis still is a weak policy which will hinder instead of help the advancement of humanity into the cosmos. But at least it is something and better than the Moon Treaty by far. And a place to start negotiating for something that could be better.
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2024-12-22
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2025-01-05
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250k will not get you through the door, you need to win the auction, prepare at least 20x that
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2025-01-05
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Well shit. There goes my 60 year plan
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2025-01-05
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I’ve just deployed my 130th miner! I’m all in on this coin and more excited than ever! 🚀💰
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2025-01-06
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Since mid 2022 I have maintained a google document with information about many aspects of the Starship program such as vehicle status and locations, test results and more. I thought it was about time I made these sheets available for public viewing. If anyone notices a mistake or something I've missed please don't hesitate to comment here or on the document itself!
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2025-01-08
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Put them on the backpacks of space X engineers on their way back home?
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2025-01-10
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Ship 33 and Booster 14 successfully lifted off at 4:37pm local time on January 16th. Booster 14 made a successful ascent and was successfully caught by the chopsticks on the tower. However, approximately 8.5 minutes into flight Ship 33 experienced a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD) during its ascent burn. SpaceX will now look at the data to determine the root cause.
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#Links and Resources
* [SpaceX Twitter](https://x.com/SpaceX)
* [NSF Twitter](https://x.com/NASASpaceflight)
* [Elon Musk Twitter](https://x.com/elonmusk)
* [Starbase LIVE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg)
* [Current road closure list](https://www.cameroncountytx.gov/spacex/)
* [Official press kit](https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6)
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#Liftoff occurred at: 4:37pm local time
#Vehicles: Booster 14, Ship 33
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#Livestreams
* SpaceX: [Twitter](https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6)
* NASASpaceflight: [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yd_cpPP4fE)
* Everyday Astronaut: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDFirLcQDM)
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#Updates
Time (CT)/Date/T+ | Description | Link
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**1/16** | |
16:46 | What appears to be Ship 33 breaking apart above the Turks and Caicos | [Tweet](https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662?s=61&t=f46YKefYTwJgPenncZIaIg)
T+ 00:53:00 | **SpaceX confirms RUD of Ship 33** | [Tweet](https://x.com/spacex/status/1880033318936199643?s=61&t=f46YKefYTwJgPenncZIaIg)
T+ 00:09:00 | SpaceX trying to find out what happened |
T+ 00:08:26 | **The last center Raptor just went out and telemetry has been lost on Ship 33…**|
T+ 00:08:18 | Another RVAC out. Now down to one center and on RVAC |
T+ 00:08:03 | Another center Raptor and now an RVAC have just gone out |
T+ 00:07:54 | There seems to be a first visible inside the flap hinge of Ship 33 |
T+ 00:07:40 | One center Raptor on Ship 33 has shut off. This is not normal…|
T+ 00:06:56 | **SUCCESSFUL CATCH OF B14!!** |
T+ 00:06:47 | **B14 now between both arms!** |
T+ 00:06:39 | B14 now maneuvering towards the chopsticks |
T+ 00:06:37 | Down to 3 engines as expected
T+ 00:06:32 | **Landing burn startup! All 13 engines! They still used the one that wasn’t used on boostback!** |
T+ 00:06:19 | Insane closeup of B14 coming down |
T+ 00:03:40 | **Boostback burn shut down and hot stage ring jettison** |
T+ 00:03:28 | **Even with one engine out we are GO for catch!** |
T+ 00:02:47 | **Booster boost back burn startup, 12 out of 13 engines!** |
T+ 00:02:42 | **Hotstaging!**
T+ 00:02:34 | MECO |
T+ 00:01:17 | Max-Q |
T+ 00:00:50 | A piece of the metal tapered section on Ship 33 is flapping |
T+ 00:00:26 | Stage 1 propulsion is nominal |
T+ 00:00:00 | **IGNITION AND LIFTOFF! All 33 engines!** |
16:36 | Past the T-40 second hold point! |
16:34 | Prop load complete |
16:00 | SpaceX stream is starting |
15:46 | Prop load underway! |
15:32 | SpaceX confirms **GO** for prop load! | [Tweet](https://x.com/spacex/status/1880005238385787336?s=61&t=f46YKefYTwJgPenncZIaIg) |
15:17 | OLM and tower vents have started |
14:20 | New T-0 now 4:37pm | [Tweet](https://x.com/spacex/status/1879987136268739022?s=61&t=f46YKefYTwJgPenncZIaIg) |
13:40 | Pope stack has started indicating SpaceX is now begging to chill down the take farm ahead of the launch attempt today |
**1/15** | |
10:00 | Launch attempt delayed 24 hours due to weather |
**1/14** | |
15:00 | Thread goes live |
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2025-01-14
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The big question is: Who can line Trump's pockets with enough cash to flip Trump over this topic: Musk or Companies behind SLS?
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2025-01-15
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The companies behind SLS are nothing compared to the state interests that legitimately want to see their constituents jobs continue.
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2025-01-15
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Success on the first try, legitly impressive for any company to score it with the first attempt of their first heavy launcher :)
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2025-01-16
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That's not gone well...
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2025-01-16
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Like an outer ring-like combustion chamber, and we have a sequence of decreasingly smaller sized inner combustion chamber for rotating detonation engines, that will be huge if we can do that
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2025-01-19
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From a nozzle perspective it might work. From a plumbing perspective it will probably be a nightmare.
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2025-01-19
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I dunno, sounds like a great way for China to annex the Moon.
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2025-01-21
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Here's a pop quiz to test your space tourism knowledge, the answers may surprise you ...
* How many passengers flew private last year – like 50, 500, or 5,000?
* Who did more passenger volume — Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, or SpaceX?
* Did more professional astronauts or tourists go?
You’ll find the answers along with insights on contest winners, record setters, and beast-mode private astronauts this annual recap [Who Flew Commercial to Space in 2024? ](https://spaceportlounge.substack.com/p/who-flew-commercial-to-space-in-2024)
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2025-01-22
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Thanks for this input! There are several companies with plans to send balloons high in 2025 including HALO and Space Perspective, but none have transported paying customers to space yet. Hopefully soon and then I'll add in next iteration after they do.
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2025-01-22
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The Beresheet 2 mission will perform two landings on the moon and scientific experiments on and around the moon, including mapping, soil exploration, and the physical phenomena of its environment.
It will also include a mother spacecraft that will orbit the moon for five years, and will be a platform for interactive scientific activity in Israel and around the world.
The current agreement will allow Israeli and Italian researchers to collaborate in a variety of scientific and technological fields. As part of the mission, new technologies such as landing sensors, communications, navigation, and control will be developed.
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2025-01-27
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🤌 in space
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2025-01-27
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6X Earth mass would likely cause too high of gravity for large land masses to form. if there is water, the high gravity would cause the oceans to erode away all land exposed above the surface. Also probably too high of gravity for complex lifeforms to arise.
82 G Eridani is also 1 billion years older than the Sun, meaning it will be expanding into the habitable zone very soon, shortening the window for life to arise and diversify. Can you tell im a pessimist?
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2025-01-28
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Hi everyone, we just made an episode talking about how we could practically achieve interstellar travel. We focused on the rocket equation and how technologies like solar sails or fusion rockets could get us to an appreciable fraction of the speed of light. We also talked about more theoretical concepts like a Bussard ramjet, life extension, and freezing people for the trip. If any of this sounds interesting to you and you like podcasts, then you might enjoy this episode!
https://www.entropy-rising.com/links
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2025-01-31
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Not with this clown show at the helm and riggings, sorry bruv
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2025-02-01
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I was watching Guardians of the Galaxy and I saw jump zones and I thought about a space launcher that has a rotating ring shape that uses kinetic energy to launch ships through space, having a launcher close to the earth and another one at the end of the solar system close to Pluto and sent robots controlled by artificial intelligence to build launchers and stations at the beginning of other Galaxies and solar systems, each launcher would have a space station nearby as a base for repairing the ships, stock and supplies and a network of satellites over the distance to connect all the launchers and stations, the station close to the earth would use solar energy and the ones further away would have to use nuclear energy or find another way, then the ships would leave the earth for the space station to catch another ship to pass through the launcher, and to leave the earth they could use magnetic propulsion to save energy and fuel.
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2025-02-04
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It appears their goals for greater Israel are expanding.
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2025-02-05
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There are many fields, mechanical, electronics, dev, etc, you need a specialty. Flight dynamics is another one altogether, I don't know much about it.
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2025-02-09
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Orbital mechanics and spacecraft design (mechanical, electronics, optics, etc) are completely different fields, chose the one that you like the most.
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2025-02-09
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I just saw a Nasa hype video for Artemis II but I don't understand why we would risk human life for a dead-end program. If there can be no follow up, why test a deep space system that will never get built?
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2025-02-10
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Better give more grants to startups with <10 employees to solve this problem!!
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2025-02-11
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Z0FBQUFBQm9WUzJLNWlXdWJsZWJIdFZKcWFneXpDYnE0T2pvWktWWm9obXRnZnAwbUNpM01BVkx2LWxJTEs4b21pVjNsMHdmbmlDWGR4OXAtNExMRE5iV3k0Z0FUaml3enhmN0JWelRGYmpsX1RIbkhyTmhRMnc9
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I haven't seen them posted anywhere. I competed last year and the problem then was way different than this year's (more LIAB/OST instead of neutrality/peaceful use), so I don't think they would be much help to you if you could find them. I think there's a page somewhere on IISL's website with the winning memorials from 2008-2021 if memory serves.
Happy mooting!
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2025-02-15
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Ok share your insights, but preferably not filtered through the GPT
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2025-02-17
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Z0FBQUFBQm9WUzJLMHJMcGN6T3JhOWhYRmtJY25xQ2dDVnFGeXYtUUZ6Umo5TGJzV2ZzeWFzcG44UF94dEZXSHF6YzVLT3NqSVhHMXV2QVptV21jU3E5TGxVWjhpQ1lXM3NHR2RVRUxJclJaZUlqTUp2UGlFYmJfU1V5WUxtTXBZZlRvVWY1eFFHbnJTeVlJczZHRTh6NWFoZXo3aEg2cHJ1UHRqb3V5TTMzcXJlbjVDT21kcEtMelZGMEM2enJwTXlqN3A4YThUN0hu
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🍿
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2025-02-17
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Z0FBQUFBQm9WUzJLcnUwUzFxMU9GVktQdEQ5cDVCU1VvdWxJR3N5elZVaF82QnVsMFNvdjBiUVppdXZ2c1REaGdqZTdMRkV2QW1HQV9idWNTSnRyaHpsbHQtSlFYNHp5LUJReXNFLVZHQjZKTS00enhyN3czZy00M3Q3UzUxRjBYTVdBb1NRbDN0aEZEa3kxMHBuc0pyNWw2MEdpRkw3dEN0bHpDOXZSZGdJSkZwR0MzanAyb0gxU1JKbHBYazVDTHY4bHIteE5IeWo4
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Your absolutely right it was more practical atm to share but probably not most desired. I’ll follow up with write up in depth.
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2025-02-17
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