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Male Idiot said:
Scientists predicted them but they had ni evidence... until now, for one.
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It's still indirect, the idea seems to come from the fact that this object appears to predate stellar processes, which are the standard way of forming black holes. Though the direct collapse hypothesis is a wild card - no one's seen it in action so you could come up with some contrived shit there. Next gen gravitational wave telescopes should give something more concrete.
 
The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:

Wikipedia says 2026 based on nothing in particular, but it's probably accurate.

Flight 11 will be final Block 2 launch, no orbit. Flight 12 will debut Block 3, and Musk wants one launch of it before the end of 2025. My guess is there would be at least two suborbital Block 3 flights to test the basics and the heat shield. Propellant transfer takes up two flights and Wikipedia says the "chaser" will launch 3-4 weeks after the "target".
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Musk wants to send a handful of Starships to Mars on a demo flight and the next optimal transfer window is Q4 2026. The explosion in June is probably why the refueling demo got pushed from late 2025 to early 2026, but they need the refueling to work before they can send Starships to Mars.

They just finished building the production facility that is going to mass produce starships, so test flights will probably see a faster tempo.
 
Screamer_2 said:
I just hope for tests flights to mars, they can use a Falcon Heavy to send a lander with a camera so we can see the Starship land, crash or explode on the surface of Mars.
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Travelling to new worlds and turning the skies orange with the fires of progress. What a time to be alive.
 
Extremist Frank said:
Musk wants to send a handful of Starships to Mars on a demo flight and the next optimal transfer window is Q4 2026. The explosion in June is probably why the refueling demo got pushed from late 2025 to early 2026, but they need the refueling to work before they can send Starships to Mars.

They just finished building the production facility that is going to mass produce starships, so test flights will probably see a faster tempo.
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This is also required for the SLS to land on the moon, which is crazy.

The Starship might be lunar capable before the SLS depending on what progress gets made on orbital refueling.
 
Ars Technica: Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage (archive)
The language in Cruz's supplement to the "One Big Beautiful Bill" says NASA must procure and operate the Space Launch System for Artemis IV and V missions, but it does not specify the configuration of the vehicle. NASA had been intending to upgrade the rocket with a new second stage, the Exploration Upper Stage, starting with Artemis IV.

However, this upgrade has already cost NASA billions of dollars and has necessitated construction of a launch tower that has vastly exceeded its original cost (now estimated at $2.7 billion) and is years behind schedule. For this reason, the House Appropriations Bill calls for the space agency to "evaluate alternatives" to the Exploration Upper Stage.
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Ars Technica: Pentagon begins deploying new satellite network to link sensors with shooters (archive)
These satellites will not only detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missile launches. They will also transmit signals between US forces using an existing encrypted tactical data link network known as Link 16. This UHF system is used by NATO and other US allies to allow military aircraft, ships, and land forces to share tactical information through text messages, pictures, data, and voice communication in near real-time, according to the SDA's website.

Up to now, Link 16 radios were ubiquitous on fighter jets, helicopters, naval vessels, and missile batteries. But they had a severe limitation. Link 16 was only able to close a radio link with a clear line of sight. The Space Development Agency's satellites will change that, providing direct-to-weapon connectivity from sensors to shooters on Earth's surface, in the air, and in space.
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This seems like a big deal.
 
NASA rover found pretty convincing evidence of ancient microbes on Mars
Not too surprising considering what we know about Mars. I wish the government would fund that sample return mission, but I also don't want some incompetent fuckup accidentally infecting our world with Mars Covid.

But this checks out with my views on aliens. Microbial life is probably pretty common in the universe if it could pop up on a place like ancient Mars. But planets that stay habitable long enough for more complex life to develop are rarer and that makes multicellular life rare too. It took earth ~3 billion years just for multicellular life to evolve and Mars became a desiccated husk ~3 billion years ago.
 
Buttigieg2020 said:
This is also required for the SLS to land on the moon, which is crazy.

The Starship might be lunar capable before the SLS depending on what progress gets made on orbital refueling.
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Isn't India building their own Lunar Orbit capable spacecraft that's gonna be used to ferry astronauts to Gateway (Unlikely)?

But then again, depending on the Indians for primary Spaceflight isn’t really ideal considering they haven’t sent a man into space yet with their own independent capabilities.
 
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Cedric_Eff said:
Isn't India building their own Lunar Orbit capable spacecraft that's gonna be used to ferry astronauts to Gateway (Unlikely)?

But then again, depending on the Indians for primary Spaceflight isn’t really ideal considering they haven’t sent a man into space yet with their own independent capabilities.
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We are getting closer to this:
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india should pursue shit methods of propulsion honestly they could build a tower of shit to the moon with how much they make poopies on train tracks
 
Cedric_Eff said:
Isn't India building their own Lunar Orbit capable spacecraft that's gonna be used to ferry astronauts to Gateway (Unlikely)?

But then again, depending on the Indians for primary Spaceflight isn’t really ideal considering they haven’t sent a man into space yet with their own independent capabilities.
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No, the Indian human capsule Gaganyaan is a relatively small capsule that is primarily geared towards LEO with India working on a Space Station. And yes, the Astronauts will be wearing Russian space suits for launch and reentry.

Oh, and India has a robot meant to fly with crews:

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ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
No, the Indian human capsule Gaganyaan is a relatively small capsule that is primarily geared towards LEO with India working on a Space Station. And yes, the Astronauts will be wearing Russian space suits for launch and reentry.

Oh, and India has a robot meant to fly with crews:

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Could’ve sworn at one point when India joined the Artemis program, there was an thing that mentioned they were gonna ferry astronauts.
 
Cedric_Eff said:
Could’ve sworn at one point when India joined the Artemis program, there was an thing that mentioned they were gonna ferry astronauts.
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India signed it but Gaganyaan isn't capable of lunar flight. They joined the Artemis Accords which are primarily about the governing of outer space and the principles of lunar exploration. India does eventually intend to send people to the Moon. Plus, international participation of non-US Astronauts on Artemis missions is pretty much sorted for a while and there wouldn't be room for India.
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
India signed it but Gaganyaan isn't capable of lunar flight. They joined the Artemis Accords which are primarily about the governing of outer space and the principles of lunar exploration. India does eventually intend to send people to the Moon. Plus, international participation of non-US Astronauts on Artemis missions is pretty much sorted for a while and there wouldn't be room for India.
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Still find it interesting how they chose the Artemis program.

I thought the Chinese/“BRICs” program was fine.
 
The Artemis Accords aren't related to the Artemis Program at all, that's just obfuscation by the US government to make it seem like they might be leading an international effort to colonize the moon.
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
No, the Indian human capsule Gaganyaan is a relatively small capsule that is primarily geared towards LEO with India working on a Space Station. And yes, the Astronauts will be wearing Russian space suits for launch and reentry.

Oh, and India has a robot meant to fly with crews:

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Indian Brapgods put sexbots in orbit.

The east has fallen.
 
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