Comments on: FAA red tape apparently stalling the next Starship/Superheavy orbital test launch

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:01:28 +0000

So FAA bureaucrats, who are probably DIE hires, are trying to make people think that they are rocket scientists.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:46:03 +0000

The one thing we might consider is that Elon has bought himself at least some protection by making his company so utterly invaluable to both the Defense Department and NASA. Killing or slow-walking Starship throws a major spanner in their future plans, too.

So there’s at least the chance of Elon having some government allies jumping in the scrum on his company’s behalf, when lawfare maneuvers are attempted at other precincts of the managerial state.

By: John

John — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:41:54 +0000

Pretty ballsy to consider landing on the chopsticks already. If they mess that up there could be significant damage to launch facilities, not to mention the tower. Hope they’ve got good aim, that tank farm looks pretty explody.

By: Steve Richter

Steve Richter — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:01:16 +0000

The FAA sub commander who is responsible for signing off on Starship launches has himself in a very profitable position. His friends and colleagues are likely doing very well by going along and getting along in the space industry and beyond. By following the wishes of democrats in Washington his team loses the money and influence they have now. My bet is the FAA will grant approval soon.

By: Mil

Mil — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:17:53 +0000

PS — Note, once again, the technique. In der große Lüge, everything is inverted, facts are ignored, and good and evil are transposed. In this case, the intended take away is that Twitter / X is the purveyor of “disinformation,” and nothing that appears on this platform can be trusted. Just ask Tulsi Gabbard.

https://www.racket.news/p/american-stasi-tulsi-gabbard-confirms?publication_id=1042&post_id=147403238&isFreemail=true&r=288zcz&triedRedirect=truehttps://www.racket.news/p/american-stasi-tulsi-gabbard-confirms?publication_id=1042&post_id=147403238&isFreemail=true&r=288zcz&triedRedirect=true

At the bottom of all of this, we are in a war to determine which “reality” Americans want to live / will tolerate living in, and whether such things as truth, logical consistency, and morality still have any currency in today’s postmodern age.

By: Milt

Milt — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:04:01 +0000

One might almost feel sorry for The Powers That Be behind the Biden Administration. On the one hand, if they want to have a successful national space program, they must find a way to work with SpaceX and Elon Musk. On the other hand, the success of SpaceX — and Mr. Musk in particular — are such stunning rebukes to their collectivist ideology and everything that it stands for that they *cannot* wish to see them succeed. What’s a poor, America-hating Jacobin Democrat to do?

Well, here is one example, a new hit piece on Musk appearing in Rolling Stone:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-twitter-misinformation-timeline-1235076786/

Once again, Herr Goebbels would be *very* proud.

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:17:07 +0000

Jeff Wright:

Suggest GIF overlaying recent Long March 6A launch with Superheavy/Starship on same mission profile.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:38:20 +0000

Musk needs to explain how Starship is a re-usable upper stage that can lessen space debris.

Space fans know this already—but the point needs driving home.

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 06:52:35 +0000

I once read an interview with an Indian immigrant, whose primary impression of America, was, ‘Everything, just works.’ That was some time ago. Now, advanced bureiosclerosis.