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Re: Starship Prototype update
Lowered Expectations!
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Shaun L. Bill
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#7441
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Re: Starship Prototype update
Would that be Elon's way of saying, without saying, he doesn't expect it to go well?
Would that be Elon's way of saying, without saying, he doesn't expect it to go well?
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Gary Slater
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#7440
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Starship Prototype update
Looks like flight window opens about 2pm.
Because this is a prototype test, Elon estimates maybe 1/3 chance of getting SN8 back intact.
Looks like flight window opens about 2pm.
Because this is a prototype test, Elon estimates maybe 1/3 chance of getting SN8 back intact.
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Shaun L. Bill
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#7439
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Re: spacex
Nothing immediately imminent.
Pad is clear and some venting is taking place but Remove Before Flight" items still in place.
Nothing immediately imminent.
Pad is clear and some venting is taking place but Remove Before Flight" items still in place.
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Shaun L. Bill
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#7438
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spacex
SpaceX Starship set to begin live coverage in a few minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf83yzzme2I
only scheduled for a 12.5 km flight but with landing of the
SpaceX Starship set to begin live coverage in a few minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf83yzzme2I
only scheduled for a 12.5 km flight but with landing of the
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Gary Slater
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#7437
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Re: RIP Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020
Oops, Monday.
- GDS
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Greg Smith
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#7436
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RIP Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020
Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, 97, passed away just before 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, December 7.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-death/index.html
- GDS
Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, 97, passed away just before 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, December 7.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-death/index.html
- GDS
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By
Greg Smith
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#7435
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Re: End of an icon
Yes, this is the facility featured prominently in Contact, one of my wife's favorite movies. I like it a lot, too. Very quotable.
Greg Ziegler
Yes, this is the facility featured prominently in Contact, one of my wife's favorite movies. I like it a lot, too. Very quotable.
Greg Ziegler
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Greg Ziegler
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#7434
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Re: End of an icon
Was this in the movie Contact? One of my favs.
John
Was this in the movie Contact? One of my favs.
John
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John Robbins
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#7433
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End of an icon
The Arecibo radio telescope collapsed completely on Tuesday morning, after a few months of increasingly dire news about its condition:
The Arecibo radio telescope collapsed completely on Tuesday morning, after a few months of increasingly dire news about its condition:
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Greg Smith
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#7432
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Re: Tuesday meeting on Zoom
#Meeting
#VirtualEvent
Wish I could attend… Our Model club has a ZOOM the same evening..
If that changes count me in!
Be safe all!
Mike Z
Wish I could attend… Our Model club has a ZOOM the same evening..
If that changes count me in!
Be safe all!
Mike Z
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M
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#7431
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Tuesday meeting on Zoom
#Meeting
#VirtualEvent
Here is the Zoom invitation for Tuesday's meeting.
Note that participants will enter via a waiting room once approved, and your microphone and video will be muted when you first enter.
Please let me
Here is the Zoom invitation for Tuesday's meeting.
Note that participants will enter via a waiting room once approved, and your microphone and video will be muted when you first enter.
Please let me
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Mark Joseph
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#7430
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Tuesday meeting on Zoom
#Meeting
#VirtualEvent
Our meeting on Tuesday, December 1 will be held on Zoom. Everyone is invited to join us. Details on how to participate will be posted sometime before the meeting. The topic for our December meeting
Our meeting on Tuesday, December 1 will be held on Zoom. Everyone is invited to join us. Details on how to participate will be posted sometime before the meeting. The topic for our December meeting
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Jonathan Sivier
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#7429
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Darth Vader, RIP
David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the first three “Star Wars” films, has died at age 85.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/29/darth-vader--dave-prowse-dies-aged-85
David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the first three “Star Wars” films, has died at age 85.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/29/darth-vader--dave-prowse-dies-aged-85
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Greg Smith
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#7428
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Re: Reminder - #Launch CANCELED
#Launch
It’s the butterfly effect. BECAUSE we cancelled the launch, we didn’t move around as much getting ready, loading our vehicles, ordering stuff from Chris that caused delivery trucks to move. This
It’s the butterfly effect. BECAUSE we cancelled the launch, we didn’t move around as much getting ready, loading our vehicles, ordering stuff from Chris that caused delivery trucks to move. This
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Greg Smith
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#7427
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Re: Reminder - #Launch CANCELED
#Launch
And.... it would have been perfect. For late November anyway.
And.... it would have been perfect. For late November anyway.
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steven dramstad
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#7426
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Reminder - #Launch CANCELED
#Launch
Just a reminder - there will be no rocket launch on Saturday, November 28 as originally scheduled. As Jonathan posted in his message here last Friday, we have decided to suspend all launches as long
Just a reminder - there will be no rocket launch on Saturday, November 28 as originally scheduled. As Jonathan posted in his message here last Friday, we have decided to suspend all launches as long
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Greg Smith
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#7425
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GARLO update for 2020 and 2021
Since we weren't able to hold GARLO on its original date last summer we held a mini-GARLO at the launch in Rantoul on October 10. We had people nominate the rockets they liked best for a scaled down
Since we weren't able to hold GARLO on its original date last summer we held a mini-GARLO at the launch in Rantoul on October 10. We had people nominate the rockets they liked best for a scaled down
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Jonathan Sivier
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#7424
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Zoom meeting on December 1
#Meeting
Our meeting on Tuesday, December 1 will be a virtual meeting on Zoom. The topic for our December meetings is usually an Annual Wrap Up and a chance for people to talk about the things that have
Our meeting on Tuesday, December 1 will be a virtual meeting on Zoom. The topic for our December meetings is usually an Annual Wrap Up and a chance for people to talk about the things that have
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Jonathan Sivier
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#7423
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new restrictions mean cancelling launches
At our business meeting (virtual meeting on Zoom) this week we discussed the consequences of the new state regulations due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. The restrictions go into effect today and
At our business meeting (virtual meeting on Zoom) this week we discussed the consequences of the new state regulations due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. The restrictions go into effect today and
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Jonathan Sivier
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#7422
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