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Michael Sheetz

@thesheetztweetz

22 days

Welcome to the world, my son.

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Michael Sheetz

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2 years

This stunning, real video of the SpaceX Inspiration4 launch is made of multiple telescope tracking shots. Created by @MarsScientific :

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

SpaceX announces the DOGE-1 mission to the Moon for the Geometric Energy Corporation: Launching on a Falcon 9 rocket in first quarter 2022, GEC is sending a 40 kilogram cubesat – paid for entirely by cryptocurrency DOGE.

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Michael Sheetz

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Breaking – Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin loses lawsuit against NASA over the HLS lunar lander contract, with Judge Hertling siding with the agency and SpaceX in ruling:

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Michael Sheetz

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6 years

You can see the pulse of the gas thrusters on @SpaceX 's Falcon 9, as the rocket's boost stage guides itself back to Earth last night.

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

I know it’s April Fool’s but I don’t for a second question that he means this

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moon

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

Here’s what comes in the Starlink Kit from SpaceX: Credit: Reddit user Snowjunkie21

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

This looks more like a painting than a photo. A stunning portrait of last weekend's historic launch: Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

At the rate the Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robots are progressing, I would not be surprised to see them on NASA’s upcoming moon missions:

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

For the first time, SpaceX launched and landed a rocket booster 5 times. An uninterrupted live feed of the landing tonight on the company’s droneship in the Atlantic Ocean:

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Michael Sheetz

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2 years

A nearly uninterrupted timelapse view of SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster returning to Earth after today's launch, from separation to landing:

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Michael Sheetz

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2 years

Less than 48 hours after Musk said SpaceX's Starlink dishes were en route, a shipment arrives:

Mykhailo Fedorov

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Starlink — here. Thanks, @elonmusk

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

3 U.S. rocket CEOs responding to a Twitter account with 10 followers, who asked about the exhaust flow of a rocket engine. Your daily reminder that this website is still free:

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Michael Sheetz

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2 years

SpaceX rolled out "Starlink for RVs" for $135 per month, which "provides the ability to pause and un-pause service at any time and is billed in one-month increments." Notably: "Starlink for RVs is not designed for use while in motion."

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

The view from onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster last month, from launch to reentry to landing:

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

The U.S. Coast Guard tells CNBC that, earlier today, SpaceX recovery boat "GoSearcher" rescued a person who had drifted away from their boat outside Port Canaveral in Florida.

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

SpaceX's Starlink Kit — with the dish, a mount and the WiFi router:

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Michael Sheetz

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5 years

The @NASAInSight #MarsLanding in a single gif:

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

NASA Commercial Crew program manager Steve Stich says the SpaceX Crew-2 launch is scheduled for 4/20 but the agency will "probably adjust that a little bit."

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

SpaceX on the cover of @AviationWeek , 16 years apart:

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

A great onboard view as SpaceX lands another Falcon 9 rocket booster, this one for the eighth time.

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

SpaceX wants to connect more than just homes to its Starlink satellite internet: The company submitted an FCC request to begin installing and operating terminals on "moving vehicles" – from cars and trucks to ships and jets.

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

NASA's Inspector General says delays in spacesuit development are another factor making a 2024 astronaut Moon landing impossible. With $420M spent and another $625M expected, suits won't be "ready for flight until April 2025 at the earliest." Report:

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

News — SpaceX, the day after Elon Musk's doge-filled appearance on SNL, announces it is accepting $DOGE to pay for a payload on a lunar Falcon 9 mission next year. SpaceX VP Tom Ochinero: "We're excited to launch DOGE-1 to the Moon!"

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Michael Sheetz

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6 years

Look at the relief from @elonmusk on the @SpaceX livestream – you can tell how important this first #Block5 mission was to him

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French astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured spectacular photos of SpaceX's Cargo Dragon capsule firing its Draco thrusters while docking autonomously with the ISS on Monday: Credit:

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Michael Sheetz

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India lands on the moon. The nation’s space agency ISRO confirms the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has safely touched down on the lunar south pole:

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Michael Sheetz

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6 years

Last night's @SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, seen from downtown Los Angeles. (via Reddit)

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Michael Sheetz

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1 year

Elon Musk is holding a Twitter Spaces discussion on SpaceX's first Starship launch. Thread:

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

Another view of Starship SN8's landing flip maneuver: For context, the SpaceX rocket is about the size of a 16 story building.

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A recovered Falcon Heavy side booster just rolled past the press site at KSC. VAB for scale:

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NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet is taking shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in California, with this photo last month showing the nose being positioned in place. Photo: Garry Tice

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Michael Sheetz

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India PM Modi: "All the people of the world, the people of every country and region: India’s successful moon mission is not just India’s alone ... this success belongs to all of humanity."

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Michael Sheetz

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39 reasons why Starship’s second launch was a success:

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Michael Sheetz

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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck was once skeptical of reusing rockets but is now an evangelist for the approach: "Anybody who's not developing a reusable launch vehicle at this point in time is developing a dead-end product because it's just so obvious."

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Michael Sheetz

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5 years

Watch this: A tracking camera gave an incredible view of @SpaceX 's Falcon 9 rocket booster hurtling back down through the sky. You can even see the booster bounce just a little on the landing!

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

Elon Musk, on SpaceX's $2.9 billion contract win for NASA's Human Landing System program last week: "It's a great honor to be chosen by NASA to return people to the Moon."

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

SpaceX’s Starship prototype SN15 sticks the landing! #SpaceX #Starship

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Michael Sheetz

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Elon Musk, speaking at the Crew-2 post-launch briefing: "Thrilled to be part of advancing human spaceflight and looking forward to going beyond Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, and helping make humanity a spacefaring civilization."

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Michael Sheetz

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6 years

It’s official: @SpaceX is the most disruptive company in the world, ranking #1 on @CNBC ’s 2018 #Disruptor50 list. Congratulations, @elonmusk ! Next stop, Mars.

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Michael Sheetz

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Elon Musk, at the WSJ CEO Council, says "Starship is a hard, hard, hard, hard project." "This is a profound revolution in access to orbit. There has never been a fully reusable launch vehicle. This is the holy grail of space technology."

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Michael Sheetz

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3 years

Blue Origin updated its HLS infographic about SpaceX's Starship, saying this is "what immense complexity & heightened risk' looks like for going back to the moon:"

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Michael Sheetz

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@LucRiesbeck @nytimesbusiness @Nissan @Groupe_Renault @FiatChrysler_NA

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

Universal Pictures committed to funding Tom Cruise's space movie, Deadline reports, with SpaceX partnering on the project that will send Cruise and director Doug Liman to the space station #CruiseDragon

How Tom Cruise & Doug Liman Pitched Way To $200 Million Universal Commitment On Space Film With...

How Tom Cruise Pitched Way To $200 Million Universal Commitment On Space Film

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

On this day 10 years ago, SpaceX successfully launched its first Falcon 9 rocket to space.

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Michael Sheetz

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4 years

Every NASA angle of the SpaceX Demo-2 launch, a thread:

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Michael Sheetz

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The full flight of NASA helicopter Ingenuity this morning on Mars, captured by the cameras onboard rover Perseverance: #MarsHelicopter

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An emotional William Shatner, moments after returning from space, tells Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos about his experience: "Everybody in the world needs to see this." #NS18

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Michael Sheetz

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News – SpaceX says it has received more than 500,000 orders for Starlink satellite internet to date, but the $99 deposits are fully refundable and do not guarantee service.

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Michael Sheetz

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SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Endeavour" prepares to launch its second astronaut mission, Crew-2, and is mated to a reused Falcon 9 rocket booster, after finishing processing on April 12. Launching in 8 days:

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Michael Sheetz

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A lead engineer of Blue Origin’s HLS lunar lander team has left the company and is joining SpaceX, per LinkedIn:

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Blue Origin video from inside the New Shepard capsule in space: Jeff Bezos: “Who wants a Skittle?”

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An astronaut family: Photos: Kim Shiflett/NASA

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Michael Sheetz

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What a shot! The lower stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 separates and begins to return to Earth, while the upper stage fires up and continues on toward orbit.

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Michael Sheetz

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The SpaceX recovery team job description probably includes "must jump victoriously off the top the capsule"

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Michael Sheetz

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SpaceX's launch director, just before today's Starlink mission took off, with a mischevious reference to the Russian space agency chief Rogozin's recent comments: "Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom. LD is go for launch."

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Michael Sheetz

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SpaceX told NASA that — before it flies astronauts to the Moon in 2024 — Starship will have done: - Orbital flight with Super Heavy - Reflight - Long duration orbital flight - Beyond LEO flight - Lunar landing demo mission in 2022

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@elonmusk How'd it feel to see it fully stacked?

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Michael Sheetz

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. @QuiltyAnalytics found that U.S. space companies are poised to benefit from Russia cutting itself off from much of the global space industry, with SpaceX "the clear winner" in the launch market -- exemplified this morning by OneWeb's new deal:

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Elon Musk, on Jeff Bezos: “In some ways, I’m trying to goad him into spending more time at Blue Origin so they make more progress. As a friend of mine says, he should spend more time at Blue Origin and less time in the hot tub.”

Elon Musk: Interview with FT’s Person of the Year

The controversial Tesla chief executive has triggered a historic shift in the auto industry towards electric vehicles

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Michael Sheetz

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SpaceX urged the FCC to investigate whether Dish and Michael Dell-affiliate RS Access filed "intentionally misleading reports" in the battle over 12GHz broadband, a fight SpaceX representatives describe as an unlikely but existential threat to Starlink:

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@joroulette NASA: "All of this once-in-a-generation momentum, can easily be undone by one party—in this case, Blue Origin—who seeks to prioritize its own fortunes over that of NASA, the United States, and every person alive today"

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Elon Musk, accepting the @axelspringer award in Berlin, says he is "highly confident" that SpaceX will land humans on Mars "about 6 years from now." "If we get lucky, maybe 4 years ... we want to send an uncrewed vehicle there in 2 years."

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Elon Musk says the long-awaited Starship update presentation is set for Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. ET

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Scoop – Elon Musk's SpaceX hits $100 billion valuation:

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In less than two decades, @SpaceX went from @elonmusk ’s dream of reaching Mars to conducting the majority of U.S. rocket launches. I went back through the archives with @CNBC to tell the SpaceX origin story. Watch:

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Michael Sheetz

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I surveyed over 50 users of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet over the past few months, to get their impressions of the service so far. Here's what they said about pricing, installation, speed, reliability and more:

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"We are not receiving signal." A tense #Chandrayaan2 control room as engineers wait for updates on the lunar lander.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells @SquawkStreet that he "frequently" talks to Elon Musk, who "had to get out of California because, in part, of the social policies in California." "Elon consistently tells me that he likes the social policies in the state of Texas."

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The first look at the #Inspiration4 crew out of their seats in orbit:

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News – The FCC approves SpaceX's third modification to its Starlink license, despite objections from companies including Amazon and Viasat, in a win for Elon Musk's growing satellite internet network:

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Michael Sheetz

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Total mass launched to orbit in the second quarter of 2020, by rocket builder (Source: Bryce Space and Technology): 1) SpaceX 🇺🇸 2) CASC 🇨🇳 3) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 🇯🇵 4) Roscosmos 🇷🇺 5) United Launch Alliance 🇺🇸

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A big crowd on hand in Texas to watch SpaceX stack its first Starship rocket bound for orbit:

Everyday Astronaut

@Erdayastronaut

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History has been made. The world’s tallest rocket… ever 😱

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SpaceX responds to Amazon's request that the FCC dismiss the Starlink Gen2 amendment, calling it "a continuation of efforts by the Amazon family of companies to hinder competitors" and referencing Blue Origin's lawsuit against NASA: Highlights mine: $AMZN

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SpaceX President & COO Gwynne Shotwell named to @TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2020," with her bio written by NASA astronaut Kathryn Sullivan:

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Elon Musk, on the criticism of the billionaire space race: “I think we should spend the vast majority of our resources solving problems on Earth – like 99%+ of our economy should be dedicated to solving problems on Earth.”

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Morgan Stanley surveyed institutional investors and industry experts on two SpaceX vs. Tesla questions: 1 - Which is a more attractive investment? 2 - Which has the potential to be more valuable over the long term? 63% answered SpaceX for both.

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You may make mistakes, but at least they're usually not "we can see your mistake from space" bad

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SpaceX lands its Falcon 9 booster, this one for a 10th time, back near where it launched from at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida: Sound on to hear the sonic booms and landing burn!

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4 years

David Blaine is ascending

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Horrible news: Glen de Vries, CEO of Medidata and Blue Origin astronaut who flew with William Shatner to space last month, was one of two people killed in a small plane crash in New Jersey yesterday, state police confirm.

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SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour got quite cleaned up since splashing down 8 months ago:

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Incredible to watch SpaceX land a pair of rocket boosters simultaneously. Views from today’s Falcon Heavy launch:

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Stunning video of the moment the Arecibo Observatory telescope platform collapsed and smashed into the dish: via @NSF :

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Just hours after the #Inspiration4 crew returned safely from orbit, Elon Musk helped the mission achieve its @StJude fundraising goal: The SpaceX CEO personally pledged $50 million, pushing donations past the goal of $200 million to over $210 million.

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SpaceX released new high definition video of Starship SN10’s landing earlier this month:

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SpaceX's #Starship prototype SN8 explodes on impact during its attempted landing

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SpaceX takes a massive leap forward in Starship's development, on a historic anniversary in US spaceflight. Watch the highlights of today's SN15 flight test in South Texas: #SpaceX #Starship #SN15

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SpaceX animation visualizing all of the company’s orbital rocket launches and landings to date:

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A great perspective of the International Space Station, seen through the windows of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around in November:

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NASA administrator @SenBillNelson backs fixed-cost contracts, like those given to SpaceX for Dragon & Starship development, saying that cost-plus contracts, like the ones given for SLS & Orion, have “been a plague” on the agency. “You get it done cheaper.”

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SpaceX this morning launched its first Starlink mission from Florida in about five months: The company’s Falcon 9 rocket launched and landed for a 9th time, with 53 Starlink satellites deployed in orbit.

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The license plate on a Tesla carrying Crew-3 out to the launchpad: "S3ND IT"

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I've reached out to NASA and the companies for comment, but Musk is the first to respond to the HLS ruling:

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Austrian filmmaker Christian Stangl combined some of the more than 400,000 images taken by @ESA 's Rosetta mission into a stunning short film: "the Comet." Together the images show details of Comet 67P, which Rosetta followed and researched for 2 years:

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3 years

It’s difficult to wrap my mind around just how enormous that rocket booster is

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Super Heavy on road & 7th Tower segment added

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The visible shockwave at Starship booster ignition is wild:

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NASA confirms: SpaceX will launch the first crew from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is now undergoing final testing and prelaunch processing in a facility at Cape Canaveral.

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In just over 24 hours, the Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX's inaugural Falcon Heavy mission will have its first "close approach" of Mars – coming within 0.05 astronomical units (or less than 5 million miles) of the Red Planet

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that Starship prototype SN10 has a "good chance of flying this week!"

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will have Starship "ready to fly" in July, after reviewing the company's progress in person yesterday. "We will have a second Starship stack ready to fly in August and then monthly thereafter."

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