No, Futurism, Artemis is not synonymous with SLS. I make this clear in my upcoming Reason study.
Category Archives: Space
Freedom In Outer Space
Is it at risk?
Starship Variants
An interesting thread:
I've been thinking about all the upcoming and potential SpaceX Starship variants on the horizon so they're listed here in this thread.
— KiwiThinker (@KiwiThinker) February 9, 2025
Start:
I count 15 variants. Let me know if you think I missed any.
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About The “Rescue” Of The “Stranded” Astronauts
I finally got fed up:
OK, so I’m getting really, really tired of listening to the abject ignorance and obtuseness from @JesseBWatters and @greggutfeld, at @TheFive who are normally smart people, about astronauts, the ISS, and NASA. No, Elon didn’t “rescue” them yesterday. If he “rescued” them at all,…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) March 20, 2025
[Saturday-morning update]
Jim Meigs has a similar take to mine.
[Bumped]
Starship Troopers
This looks potentially promising, but I hate to get my hopes up.
Crew Or Automated
An interesting thread:
Will the flight crew get to “drive” Starship HLS during terminal landing on the Moon, or will landing be fully automated? The idea of a pilot landing something so tall and massive by hand on rough terrain seems a little… difficult? But if there’s no crew in the loop, how will… pic.twitter.com/338ApLPcLx
— Dr. Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) March 14, 2025
Warfighting In Space
What weapons the Space Force thinks it needs.
Light Posting
I’m at O’Hare, changing planes to go to DC for the Satellite Show. Not sure how much time I’ll have for blogging.
About That Falcon 9 Booster Loss
It was caused by a fuel leak.
Leaks happen.
The Growing Business Of Space
An interesting interview with an economist, with transcript.