I think you mean “That would be down South, suh.”

Jeff Wright,

Delta IIs, even at “lower cost,” still cost more than Falcon 9s. But you can quit hating them now – they’re dead.

Richard M,

Christmas off is probably doable. But I suspect SpaceX will be working Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

Finishing the year with a monthly total of 20 or more would be a heckuva statement of intent anent 2026.

Either Elon was in a foul mood when he last visited the Cape, or Kiko’s team has decided to take a page from China’s tradition of packing the final quarter of the year with as many launches as humanly possible.

Seriously, I think they’ve just had a lucky stretch of good weather and lack of other delays. I think the launch teams have earned Christmas Day off this year.

Jeff Wright: “So frequent as to be invisible.” Nicely done,

Delta II flights were what I thought “frequent” looked like. They were lower cost, but tiny things…but they launched frequently enough to actually annoy me.

“Is this all that commercial spaceflight allows?”

I hated that rocket.

Finishing the year with a monthly total of 20 or more would be a heckuva statement of intent anent 2026. I figured SpaceX would go for 200 Falcons plus an unknown number of Starships next year, but 20 Falcons per month is an annualized rate of 240! Day-um as they say down south.