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threelonmusketeers, 2 days ago to lotrmemes in TELL ME (xpost from Leaky_Cauldron@diagonlemmy.social)

typecast to play much older than he was. He was only 63 when he first played Gandalf

Isn’t Gandalf a multi-thousand-year-old immortal angel of sorts? Seems like a bit of a strange concern in that context…

threelonmusketeers, 2 days ago to crows in 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

Wow, this looks really cool!

Um… what letter is this supposed to be? T? r? 3?

threelonmusketeers, 3 days ago to lotrmemes in Don't ask me where I found this

myoged?

threelonmusketeers, 3 days ago to pbsod in A literal Windows error

Why would one want it to emit UV? We can’t see it, and it damages us.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago to spacex in Starlink 8-8 launch bulletin

x.com/SpaceX/status/1799283700599025882

Up next, Falcon 9 is targeted to launch 20 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California in ~9.5 hours

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to spacex in Starship Development Thread #56

Starbase activities (2024-06-07):

• Comparatively quiet day.
• R-vac #390 arrives at the Highbay again, is lifted into the Highbay this time, and S30 is lowered onto the engine.
• Launch mount work platform returns to the launch site. Post-launch inspections have already begun.
• Another horizontal tank arrives.
• RGV Aerial post-launch flyover photos of the launch mount.
• Road delay for booster transport to Massey’s seems to have been rescheduled for Jun 11th 00:00 to 03:00.

KSC:

• NSF complete timelapse of barge loading and departure.

Other:

• Recent Ringwatchers article is updated with new info on changes to the nosecone and aft sections.
• Mary posts a photo of the camera which gave us such great views of the right fore flap.
• FAA is assessing whether a mishap investigation is warranted. IFT-4 could be the first full stack flight which does not require one.
• Older Starships to be moved close to the fence for photo ops.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago to spacex in Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin

Starlink deploy confirmed: x.com/SpaceX/status/1799273994581156022

Deployment of 22 @Starlink satellites confirmed

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to spacex in Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: SECO, nominal orbital insertion.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago to spacex in Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago to spacex in Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin

Liftoff!

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago to spacex in Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin

Propellant load is under way: x.com/SpaceX/status/1799250496131420542

Less than 35 minutes until tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of 22 @Starlink satellites from Florida. Prop load is underway and weather conditions have improved for liftoff

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago to spacex in Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin

x.com/SpaceX/status/1799112824733708665

Targeting tonight for a Falcon 9 launch 22 of @Starlink satellites to orbit from pad 40 in Florida

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to firefox in Easiest way to bookmark YouTube ads?

Wow, thanks for your offer to help! I’ve added a lemmy.world link to the post of what I’ve tried so far. Should open on your home instance.

threelonmusketeers, 4 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to spaceflight in NASA foregoes Sunday launch, delaying Starliner takeoff to at least Wednesday – Spaceflight Now

Not entirely a NASA mission, as the rocket and capsule were ULA/Boeing (contracted by NASA), but an abundance of caution is definitely warranted when it comes to crewed missions.

And it worked! Butch and Suni are now aboard the ISS!

threelonmusketeers, 5 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to spacex in Starship Development Thread #56

Starbase activities (2024-06-06):

• Jun 5th addendum: R-vac which arrived at Highbay leaves. An R-vac is removed from S30.
• Overnight, cars to the pad.
• Mary evacuates, OLM and tower venting (ViX, NSF), frost on ship (ViX, NSF), engine chill,
• IFT-4 happens :)
• Jun 7th and 8th road closures are revoked. No surprises there.
• Road delay for booster transport to Massey’s is posted for Jun 8th 00:00 to 03:00.
• Post-launch photos of the pad from Starship Gazer and Jack Beyer.

IFT-4:

• Liftoff, hot staging, hot stage ring jettison, booster splashdown (landing coordinates), ship coast phase, reentry and partial flap disintegration, ship splashdown is confirmed.
• Chopsticks slowly close shortly after booster splashdown.
• Clear shot of disintegrated flap hinge. (annotated)
• Flap hinge was an anticipated weak point, and will be addressed on newer ships by shifting the flaps leeward.
• A WB57 was near the booster landing location, and a Dassault Falcon 900EX was near the ship landing location. RGV Aerial performed a flyover in the afternoon, likely to the booster landing location. Hopefully these planes got some good footage.

KSC:

• Barge which is carrying the chopsticks and remaining tower segments departs, but hasn’t gone far yet.

Other:

• SpaceX confirms that the missing heatshield tiles are intentional experiments.
• ViX tally of recent cryo deliveries to the Starbase orbital tank farm.
• Current orbital tank farm will supply both launch pads.
• Booster catch on IFT-5 is a possibility, per Elon.

I need to get some sleep, and you probably should too :)