Now I’m envisioning the US Strategic Glitter Reserves (SGR).
Before we put half a million broadband satellites in orbit, anyone want to consider environmental effects?
BP’s technology could one day be used to drill on Mars or the moon after it struck a deal with US space agency Nasa…BP believes the deal will help advance its plans to drill for oil and gas on Earth
god-FUCKING-DAMMIT!
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Returning the Starliner crew on the Crew-8 capsule, currently docked to the ISS, hasn’t been seriously considered as part of a nominal flight plan. However, NASA did explain that should a contingency event happen after Starliner left the ISS in uncrewed mode and before the Crew-9 spacecraft arrived, Wilmore and Williams would have to return to Earth unsuited. While the suits are, in theory, not required should the capsule maintain pressure during reentry, it is one more risk for NASA to balance.
The suits are not interchangeable: Boeing suits can’t be used in a SpaceX vehicle and vice-versa. SpaceX suits for the Starliner crew would arrive with Crew-9.
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The suits are not interchangeable: Boeing suits can’t be used in a SpaceX vehicle and vice-versa
What??? That seems very short sighted.
“Tell me this isn’t a government opera… oh, wait.”
Paging Mark Jenkins
funny how he says in the beginning he doesnt want to spoil the FAM-episode and then pretty much spoils most of the scene…
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