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I don't want to be too thin skinned, but I banned this guy from the thread. All he ever does in here is post snide comments about the stupidity of it all.

NASA's budget is 22 billion or thereabouts.

HHS budget is over 60 billion and Social Security spending is over 1 Trillion. I'd say we are 'helping' people...far more than what they're doing in space.

Of course, lets not forget that SpaceX is not federally funded to begin with.

Your banning is completely fine, just because that poster is that stupid.

savchief

02-13-2020 02:15 PM

Starlink 5 set to launch Saturday. Two weeks since 4th mission.
Tentative date for Crew Dragon2 (actual people) is May 7
And Chiefs are world champions

DaFace

02-13-2020 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by savchief (Post 14794321)

Starlink 5 set to launch Saturday. Two weeks since 4th mission.
Tentative date for Crew Dragon2 (actual people) is May 7
And Chiefs are world champions

It's a good time to be alive.

DaFace

02-17-2020 08:28 AM

Another Starlink launch coming up in ~40 minutes.

allen_kcCard

02-17-2020 09:13 AM

Saw some sort of debris on the left side of screen a bit before entry burn started on the booster. Interesting, wonder what it was.

Donger

02-17-2020 09:15 AM

That doesn't look good

allen_kcCard

02-17-2020 09:15 AM

LOL, and a miss. Interesting

GloryDayz

02-17-2020 09:15 AM

Looks like they missed the landing...

allen_kcCard

02-17-2020 09:18 AM

Will have to try to prop up that 50th booster landing next time.

Looked back at the debris, it looked like a cable of some sort that was on the booster that detached and then cartwheeled off. I am guessing it is something that is supposed to detach, but never saw it before on other booster re-entries.

Donger

02-17-2020 11:14 AM

Soft water landing confirmed.

eDave

02-24-2020 04:17 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mad Mike Hughes just launched himself in a self-made steam-powered rocket and crash landed. Very likely did not survive. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MadMike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MadMike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MadMikeHughes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MadMikeHughes</a> <a href="https://t.co/svtviTEi8f">pic.twitter.com/svtviTEi8f</a></p>— Justin Chapman (@justindchapman) <a href="https://twitter.com/justindchapman/status/1231336002175717376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shiver Me Timbers

02-24-2020 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14811121)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mad Mike Hughes just launched himself in a self-made steam-powered rocket and crash landed. Very likely did not survive..........

Here we go............

Bob Dole

02-24-2020 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14811121)

Pretty sure that doesn't count as "space exploration".

DaFace

02-24-2020 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Dole (Post 14811280)

Pretty sure that doesn't count as "space exploration".

Technically the ground takes up space...

eDave

02-25-2020 03:15 AM

Katherine Johnson, famed NASA mathematician and inspiration for the film 'Hidden Figures,' is dead at 101

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