Comments on: May 5, 2025 Quick space links

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 07 May 2025 06:16:18 +0000

In reply to Edward. Edward: Note that I did include it. I just found it unnecessarily pandering. Even the uneducated public deserves better.

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 07 May 2025 02:24:23 +0000

Robert,
RE the Vast “tour:” “I put quotes around “tour” because I was very disappointed with this video. It provided very little real or new information, and instead acted more like a promotional for the company. Largely a waste of time.”

The audience for this video is people who are relatively new to space stations. This seems more like a primer than a tour. A few months ago NASASpaceFlight did a tour of the Vast facilities which had people like us in mind as its audience.

Should you have included it as a quick space link? I think so. It gives us something to send to friends and family that they could learn from.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Wed, 07 May 2025 01:33:48 +0000

I am surprised that film still exists.

Let me tell you guys a secret.

Up until recently-the Air Farce had a bloody Thor in the same spot an Army Redstone used to launch Explorer I

I think I had a light stroke when I first saw that.

Then the Navaho missile got tossed.

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:27:53 +0000

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Presents…
“Our Man in Space”
https://youtu.be/7LgJHKu7yqw
16:54

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:08:51 +0000

In reply to Dick Eagleson. Dick Eagleson: Typo fixed. Thank you.

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:06:18 +0000

If the PRC was able to steal from SpaceX, it would have had a decent copy of F9 in operation by now instead of just a bunch of subscale look-alikes in the works. What Starlink satellites look like is public domain knowledge. What’s in them, not so much. The PRC are copying the Starlink form factor because it makes sense to do so for birds being built for the same purpose.

Shepard’s suborbital flight was in 1961, not 1962.

By: Ronaldus Magnus

Ronaldus Magnus — Mon, 05 May 2025 23:30:01 +0000

“”images suggest China’s engineers have somehow stolen SpaceX designs, or are copying them superficially””

Reminds me of the vaunted Soviet Union space shuttle. Did not work out too well.

Yes, I realize the Chicoms are successful in space. I just would hate to be one of the Chicom engineers who fails too much. The engineer might offer up a kidney to remain breathing.