Looked like it did everything they wanted it to do. Feel free to discuss.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Bob Zimmerman has the story.
Category Archives: Space
Back In Good Graces?
Will Trump renominate Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator?
Dream Chaser
RIP?
I spent years tiling this ship. Drilling composites and making every detail perfect. Management was a disaster and even tried to convince us they were on par with SpaceX. Now that I work on starship comments like that sound even more childish than before. Rip chaser. Never to be. https://t.co/4Lk7ta8L8f
— ajaxthegreat (@AlexanderJ91756) September 26, 2025
“Is This A Hobby, Or A Business?”
That’s a question that I’ve been asking about Blue Origin for over two decades. I hope they’ve finally decided it’s the latter.
A New Book On SpaceX
Data Centers
Why they will be built in space:
Here's an argument why data centers will be built in space instead of on the ground. Projected by 2040, $700B/year of costs due to environmental, regulatory, and delay costs for building data centers on Earth. Compare this to decreasing launch costs (not shown here) to predict…
— Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) September 10, 2025
A Compromise On SLS?
Eric Berger has the latest. Killing EUS would also eliminate the need for ML-2. It could be that we’ll have to continue wasting money on the SLS core and Orion for a while, but it would free up some funds to actually get back to the Moon soon.
A Book Recommendation
Though written by a woman (and a friend), and recommended by another woman (and another friend) this looks like a good book to get boys back to reading.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Laura returns the favor.
Commercial Space History
James Bennett is raising funds to write an important book.
Starship Thoughts
I've been reflecting on the Starship program the last week and one thing has become obvious to me. SpaceX is enjoying the freedom to try and fail in a way they couldn't with Falcon 9.
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) September 5, 2025
Doing anything "experimental" on the Falcon 9 was risky because it was SpaceX's only source of…