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By: pzatchok

pzatchok — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:23:52 +0000

Are you saying that Russia has unaccounted for nuclear weapons that should have been revealed years ago according to our treaties with them?
Are you saying that they would lie to us?

I do not believe it. Putin is the most honest man in all of Russia. I hope he never finds out the USA has a few Nazis in our jails.

By: Questioner

Questioner — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 06:48:24 +0000

Mr. Zimmerman, you are mistaken. Please correct that. This looks like a successful launch: ejection from the tube and then ignition of the first stage at altitude. This is the Russian method. Btw, it has become known that Russia has handed North Korea state-of-the-art intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads, which are even equipped with decoys. That means North Korea has now become invulnerable to a U.S. threat unless it accepts a nuclear counterattack that would wipe out major U.S. population centers.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:24:00 +0000

I wonder if Bezos will let Tory go so as to buy more baubles for Bubbles.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:14:15 +0000

Speaking of ULA, they’re in kind of a tough spot: Dream Chaser won’t be ready until September at earliest, and maybe not until 2025. But ULA doesn’t want to wait any longer than September to fly that second flight, because they need it for NSSL certification, So what will they do? Is Tory Bruno willing to launch it with only a mass simulator?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/vulcans-second-launch-likely-to-be-delayed-until-at-least-september/

By: Steve Golson

Steve Golson — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 02:12:18 +0000

Re the NK launch: it looks good to me. The initial flash is from the ejection charge that blows (ejects) the rocket out of the launch/transport tube. Then once it is up in the air, you get the big flash as the motor ignites, and off it goes.

I suspect many of the little parts you see flying away are the shims that center the rocket in the launch tube.