SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg SFB on June 18, 2024

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg SFB on June 18, 2024

[@KINGEIi]

Saw this go right over my house!

[@alienextraterrestrial113]

Same

[@deniseelles4545]

We did too!! AWESOME! 🚀

[@thecrossing2593]

How much did they pay you guys to say that?😂

[@KINGEIi]

@@thecrossing2593 I'm not joking 🤣

[@farifusmani]

Same

[@Route101North]

Awesomeness ~ 20 Miles from my City of Santa Maria. #805

[@tomasf.748]

Cambios Una de las características de SpaceX es su constante evolución. Hasta el momento no se ha detenido sino que continúa evolucionando no importando las grandes inversiones en prototipos que han funcionado a la perfección. Mientras evoluciona y aumenta sus tamaños y diámetros; los anteriores se van quedando obsoletos. Pero si les dijera que estos prototipos tienen una segunda oportunidad para seguir siendo útiles y hasta mejorados!!! Que les parece un pequeño adapté aquí y otro allá? Los sistemas V1 tienen 9 metros de ancho, los V2 tendrán 12 o 15, no se. Y posiblemente los V3 tendrán más diámetro. Y si les dijera que un booster de V2 puede utilizarse con una Starship de V1 aparte de su Starship V2 para lo que será construido. Y así el V3 podrá lanzar Starships V1 y V2 aparte del V3 para lo que será necesario. Y como esto es posible? Simple: conexiones cónicas, en su parte inferior el diámetro o ancho del V2 y V3 y en su parte superior los diámetros de V1 y V2 dependiendo de la necesidad. Inclusive podrían tener un adapte para las Falcón Heavy. Será posible que todos esos prototipos que han funcionado puedan darnos mayor utilidad? O es que no se acuerdan del diseño de las naves de las misiones Apollo? Dónde están esas mentes brillantes?

[@Thatonecherub222]

I saw it!!

[@thecrossing2593]

Looks like. Some deep fake s*** to me.😂

[@kingtuck1977]

Give me a hour

[@gabeusaf5483]

We saw this from Disneyland.

[@wbwarren57]

Question: did NASA and Boeing delay the return of Starlighter so that it would not overlap with the appearance of the Boeing CEO in front of Congress? The CEO of Boeing had a disastrous appearance before Congress in the past few days. It seems to me that delaying, a return attempt by Starliner that might have serious problems would be a wise thing for NASA and Boeing to do. Unfortunately, at this point, considering that the leaks are ongoing in Starliner, delaying the return of Starlighter may be exactly the wrong thing to do and may cause additional dangerous to the astronauts.If NASA and Boeing delayed the Starliner flight return for optics reasons, it could be that NASA and Boeing are just compounding the problems that could result in an even more unsafe return attempt by the astronaut and may be a fatal return attempt.

[@VladOk]

The decision is made not by Boeing but by NASA. NASA decided that more checks were needed and they would do more checks. NASA is the customer. And NASA doesn’t give a damn about any speeches from someone from Boeing somewhere. NASA needs a great safe ship, they paid the money to design and build it, and they, as the customer, decide everything.

[@wbwarren57]

@@VladOk When you spend almost $5 billion with a contractor and essentially get nothing for it years late, the contractor is no longer an arms length party, but a partner. NASA has a lot to lose at this point if Boeing is further embarrassed, especially when Congress is investigating Boeing. Considering all of the delays to the return of Starliner that NASA has decided on, my suspicion is that they’re on the verge of asking Boeing to return the star liner to earth in full automated control with no astronauts on board. Doing that during the Blumenthal hearings would’ve been catastrophic for Boeing and NASA. Unfortunately, NASA has a very bad track record when it comes to making decisions that might embarrass them. For example, going ahead with a launch of a challenger shuttle despite warnings that launching in freezing temperatures could lead the disaster. At that time, NASA did not want to delay the shuttle launch any longer Because it would embarrass them.

[@Diego_panrock]

🤘

[@ahyo5914]

Bro did it just turn the sky black