** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[bliss]

So Blue Origin are now suing NASA over the HLS contract, which no doubt will slow down the return to the moon considerably. And on top of that BO's HLS Lead Engineer has walked, and joined SpaceX. Is this what burning bridges looks like? Because I feel like it is.

 

[MadMossy]

Doubt that law suit will even get off the ground, SpaceX were cheaper and further along with progress towards making it a reality.

And within a month they will have the facilities to launch Starship fully constructed and operational at a basic level.

 

[Trig]

So Blue Origin are now suing NASA over the HLS contract.

Do we think there's a new guy in legal trying to get Jeffs attention, AWS suing the US govt. over some contract or other and now BO doing the same with NASA, wtaf?!

 

[bliss]

Do we think there's a new guy in legal trying to get Jeffs attention, AWS suing the US govt. over some contract or other and now BO doing the same with NASA, wtaf?!

By all unconfirmed reports, this is Bob Smith and Jeff Bezos' doing.

In other news, Lauren Lyons, ex SpaceX engineer and broadcast host, is now also ex BO HLS Lead Systems Engineer after moving to Firefly and becoming their new COO.

Even if BO successfully sued NASA which they almost certainly won't, they'll have no HLS team left anyway.

 

[Stu999]

Doubt that law suit will even get off the ground

Boom boom!

 

[BananaDunka]

Can't recall posting this before but, SEA do amazing videos and this is no exception from a few months back.

 

[bliss]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1428447164120932353

They're a detriment to human space exploration. If they ever find themselves cornering the market I could genuinely see them try and destroy all of the competition including any new start-ups by any means necessary.

 

[bliss]

New teaser trailer, including the new SpaceX Ariane vehicle.

 

[drakulton]

An old (free) LM PC simulator. Default ground view position moved to Surveyor 3 camera position. What it might have recorded, had Surveyor still been working.... and had a better video camera..... and pan/tilt function when Apollo 12 landed.

 

[Malevolence]

 

[Delvis]

Quite an interesting video from Derek, a bit light on details sadly but I suspect they don't want to give away too many trade secrets.

Thanks, interesting watch

 

[bliss]

It's been a long time coming. Getting it into space now the only hurdle.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-has-completed-testing

 

[Malevolence]

It's been a long time coming. Getting it into space now the only hurdle.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-has-completed-testing

Yep, and in a few years we'll be able to see all it has to offer - via one of NASA's glorious 720p streams.

 

[Tefal]

Yep, and in a few years we'll be able to see all it has to offer - via one of NASA's glorious 720p streams.

And in a few more years it will be scrap.


Really surprised they didn't put in some kind of refueling mechanism even if they never thought anyone would ever do it

 

[VaderDSL]

And in a few more years it will be scrap.


Really surprised they didn't put in some kind of refueling mechanism even if they never thought anyone would ever do it

If we're talking about the James Webb, then I think they have included a docking collar onto it, just in case something ever needs/can dock to it. So it's not beyond the possibility something can be thought up to prolong its life. But the fact its at L2? I think, not sure there's anything remotely capable of reaching it, could starship do it? I might have to have a search, see if Scott Manley has addressed that question./

 

[Malevolence]

End of an era.

 

[Malevolence]

Astra test launch from Kodiak, Alaska.

 

[bliss]

Yep, and in a few years we'll be able to see all it has to offer - via one of NASA's glorious 720p streams.

Luckily for us the news on the grapevine is that NASA are undergoing upgrades to their streaming tech now that public interest is piquing again.

 

[bliss]

Astra test launch from Kodiak, Alaska.

20 minute hold finally cleared.

 

[drakulton]

End of an era.

not a proper atlas without verniers.