Oddbean new post about login | logout So this just happened. "This is absolutely insane, on the first EVER attempt we have successfully caught the super heavy booster back at the launch tower..." Truly incredible. From the Ground: https://v.nostr.build/CaCXdwVkwTAyhgCb.mp4 Livestream: https://v.nostr.build/s2omFIphsyNlyww0.mp4
Incredible. If you can’t get over Elons shitposting in the face of his accomplishments I just don’t know what to say. This is truly amazing.
🤯
Pretty much the only thing that gets me excited about humanity’s prospects these days is watching SpaceX pull off crazy fucking shit like this over and over
I don’t follow this stuff that closely, so must be missing something. How is this that much more impressive than the rockets that land themselves?
The scale.
Thank you. Figured that must be it, but honestly want sure. Must be failing to grasp difference
And the precision. It has no landing legs so the margin of error is much smaller. If the catch fails, the tower is likely destroyed, thus no more launches for a long time. High stakes.
This one lands at its actually launching tower, the tower grabs it in the air, this was the first attempt, and this rocket is bigger than the statue of liberty. Those other rockets that you've likely seen land themselves are way smaller.
I prefer the government way just throw away $50 billion rockets into the ocean each time then increase everyone's taxes
I just got here from Telegram, where footage like this is regarded as fake as fk.
If only there were not literally thousands of people (and some of our friends) there, recording it on their phone...
Curious, do they think that starlink is fake satellite internet also, and/or that the rockets that take those up and land back on their landing sites is all fake as well? 🤔 I don’t quite see the point of such an elaborate faking and doing it over and over again thinking they wouldn’t get caught.
NASA is amazing...
Not NASA, that’s Space X
It so incredible that it I get tears in my eyes
Just Wow!!!💖 nostr:nevent1qqs2e9sfn76n342kydy0z63se4kwkvrl0mykhkyazgs8784znsppg6qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg9euaj5dwsxg4hdxqweu54uf8ay3ec2d0ezs2l85xh899rkzgprmspsgqqqqqqs88jlpw
This is so mind blowing awesome. Seeing this makes me strangely proud that this is an American company progressing space travel for all humans. Not sure how we get the collective public to lean into this more and recapture that 1960’s space race energy.
The shockwave on the clouds when the rocket is close to the lunch tower 🤯🤯🤯
Amazing what a world without wars can be. nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
Lyn Alden doesn’t think this is anything special.
So? 😄
Just calling out she has some weird takes on Musk, just as many other bitcoiners here suffering from MDS.
I mean that’s whatever. I legit don’t agree with ANYONE on everything. That does surprise me a little, but I also am not bothered at all 😁👍🏻
It doesn’t bother me either. Just here to stir the pot a little and pump the nostr numbers! 😀👍
Who?
ha really? Why do you say that?
Apparently she thinks Musk is just a salesman and not an engineer.
And Lyn is right about that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeUvcJUdRK0
Crazy indeed! 🤯
Remarkable
That is impressive. nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
Just for reference, this isn't perfectly accurate because i can't find exact measurements of the booster only, but the entire starship is a little over 400ft. This makes the Statue of Liberty a tad taller than the booster alone from what it looks like, but this should give some references to try to picture the scale of what just happened and why this is a big deal. This is the rocket that they expect to be able to potentially take humans (back? 🤔) to the moon and further, and it just launched into space, returned on its own, and was firmly and safely placed back to the exact same position where it will take off from for its next mission. 🤯 https://i.nostr.build/o3eGcnWt69I4qkkf.jpg This is where you can see the workers in comparison... https://i.nostr.build/kxGqnWWNwDG1PuC2.webp https://i.nostr.build/HFODRV1ohGahuMP6.webp nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
Elon is a dickhead. But I agree this is pretty impressive. nostr:nevent1qqs2e9sfn76n342kydy0z63se4kwkvrl0mykhkyazgs8784znsppg6qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg9euaj5dwsxg4hdxqweu54uf8ay3ec2d0ezs2l85xh899rkzgprmspsgqqqqqqs88jlpw
Every time I see one of these rockets land I am completely blown away. What an amazing feat of engineering! nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
I thought everydayastronaut.com would have an article on the Starship specs but I can't seem to find it. I was following this very closely until about 2 years ago...
Fucking well done Elon 💪 nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
Bullish
One of the most amazing things I have seen in my 63 years on this planet - beyond remarkable
Now if the asshole would just concentrate on just doing this kinda spectacular stuff he’d be a hero… But no.
Organizations succeed despite, not because of, Elon Musk
Do people in his companies say this? 🤔
Absolutamente incrível. Uma das raras vezes que testemunhamos um evento realmente histórico. nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
fucking amazing
So cool, been listening to a lot of vintage scifi audio books recently, recommend if you are looking for great content untainted
This is like Satoshi figuring out how to convert @adam3us hash cash into the proof of work system bitcoin is today via solving of Byzantine Generals Problem / difficulty adjustment. nostr:note14jtqn8a48r24vg6g794rpntvavc87lkfd0vf6y3q0u0298qzz35qw0hc60
So how does this work? This thing comes down with rapid speed, a jet/booster/whatever fires in the opposite direction in perfect equilibrium without any side thrusters slowing it down in the perfect orientation to enable it to be “grabbed”?? Reminds me of cartoons where this is “possible” in zero gravity and the hero comes strutting out….but on earth? With gravity? With wind? With violent air currents from the air heated by the rockets..? ….Nah! Fake I reckon!
Each of the boosters moves independently and you can watch them while they do. And there are correcting thrusters toward the top. You can see them fire every so often in most videos of the rockets landing. This wasn’t an answer to my question though. So in your thinking all of the smaller rockets that have been doing this for years are fake too? What are your thoughts on starlink internet? Is that just fake or are they just lying about how they get them into orbit?
