Well, they weren't kidding when they said it was in danger of collapsing. It's gone.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Arecibo Observatory&#39;s telescope has collapsed <a href="https://t.co/VDz4JEzHEt">https://t.co/VDz4JEzHEt</a> <a href="https://t.co/lARnaFZOf9">pic.twitter.com/lARnaFZOf9</a></p>&mdash; Engadget (@engadget) <a href="https://twitter.com/engadget/status/1333827170330947591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That is just so 2020. :(

Oh man

Wow. I'm not a rocket scientist, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but these seems like REALLY bad design decisions. Apparently it could take a year to fix a problem with the Orion capsule expected to launch next year...

https://www.theverge.com/platform/am...lure-artemis-i

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conte...ip-800x450.jpg
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...rly-as-friday/

What happened to the next static fire?

Guessing it happens in the next couple days. Or they decide the last one was good enough?

Could be wrong, but I don't THINK they're doing any more static fires before the "hop." They've already done 4.

Here's the last official tweet we had about it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good Starship SN8 static fire! Aiming for first 15km / ~50k ft altitude flight next week. Goals are to test 3 engine ascent, body flaps, transition from main to header tanks &amp; landing flip.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1331386982296145922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In case anyone's curious, here's the collapse of Arecibo. Crazy that they actually had a drone up there when it happened.

<iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/679256133001/EkLWnGuil_default/index.html?videoId=6213883083001' allowfullscreen frameborder=0></iframe>

That's just depressing. :(

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a static fire tomorrow. Flight no earlier than Wednesday.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1333123173815087111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That was last week. :D



EDIT:
Smiley for Elon/SpaceX timelines.

Very cool. Thank you for sharing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SpaceX is now targeting Monday for Starship SN8’s test flight from Boca Chica, Texas.<br><br>The temporary flight restriction for Friday&#39;s attempt has been pulled. A new TFR will have to be published for Monday, which is the next possibility per road closures.</p>— Michael Baylor (@nextspaceflight) <a href="https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1334641195084079104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>