What is SpaceX doing with Mechazilla? - Space News Update

[@MattLowne]

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[@adriassoap977]

I don't see the point of joining an echo chamber.

[@chandlerday6471]

Theres too much CP on Bluesky for me to want to join.

[@MattLowne]

​@@adriassoap977as if X isn't one?? 😂

[@LKHR11]

Bluesky 🤣👎

[@witext]

@@MattLownethe amount of hate that people who join Bluesky are getting is ridiculous Personally that’s the exact reason I left X & i don’t understand how they do not see that Thanks for standing up for your self, keep being awesome Matt

[@visyxl]

Blue origon first realised they hadn't done auto struts, and on the second time they forgot to add rigid attachments.

[@emmeXXtreme]

I can only say one thing to them, check your staging

[@sreastronaut9765]

The good news about a night time landing with no external lights is that if there is any burn through on the new flaps we’ll be able to see very easily.

[@Bnryzombie]

When you have multiple radio sources interference goes up. I would assume these mimic the starships antenna and they are temporary.

[@MrStormrider1000]

You forgot to mention that Rocket Lab's recent launch for Kineis was their second within 24 hours, following a successful HASTE launch from LC-2 the previous evening. Two launches, two hemispheres, within 24 hours? That's a world first.

[@ParoXyzmm]

CASA allowing an aircraft to fly blacked out at the same time a rocket comes in for landing. But flying an FPV drone in a park is a no go unless I give them like $200 and submit a risk assessment involving having to do a survey of the area *months* in advance, FOR A SINGLE FLIGHT. smh.

[@EightHades]

Nah but imagine if the long march rocket blew up, destroying all of the surface infrastructure

[@pzkfw_warthunder]

great pronunciation on the russian and chinese words, youre doing great with these videos

[@CedarCoveTigerPark]

Yes, now please pronounce “sixth” correctly.

[@Ben-x7r]

1 view in only 15 seconds? Bro fe- Jk, but I too am very excited for the first test of starship block 2! And still somewhat soon considering the fact thag Christmas is just around corner! Space this week is one of my weekly highlights, and it brightens every Tuesday (I live in New Zealand).

[@elsupremoclash7419]

I'm literally half planet away from you 😂😂😂

[@Ben-x7r]

@elsupremoclash7419 Well, happy Monday then!

[@elsupremoclash7419]

@@Ben-x7r Happy Tuesday 🙂‍↕️

[@MrMonkey3]

hey matt :)

[@microwavebackroundradiation]

I’ve always loved the thought of new zealand and Australia having rocket companies im not personally from one of those countries but its good to see that there are countries that aren’t global superpowers that can go to space

[@JonathanOliverWolfdown]

and I also love the NZ launch site is a farm shed and a tower surrounded by cows

[@la7dfa]

I guess both EU and Aus/NZ could be big players. But the ones with most rockets are nuclear and "big" military powers. I.E. they have pushed a buttload of money from the military budget into developing and maintaing expensive space activity. So it is not the tech capabillity, but more the funding.

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks!

[@caseytube1519]

The best part about flight 7 for me, it’s that it’s on my FREAKING BIRTHDAY 🎉

[@la7dfa]

Sorry, but it will be scrubbed for 24 hrs :P

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

Thanks for your complete coverage of space news, its detailed and it keeps me going. Thank you.

[@operator8014]

I dunno if Boeing has stuck a landing quite that well in a loooooong time.

[@elsupremoclash7419]

WE LOVE YOU MATT❤❤❤❤❤

[@patrickrobinson317]

Great report Matt 😊 Patrick from Bethesda, Maryland, USA

[@1shotz1killz12]

3:19 Is the booster tilted like that because all the propellant is at the bottom of the ship? Or something else, I expected it to tip over

[@Blurgert]

Day 95 (getting close to 100!) of asking you to play REAL SOLAR SYSTEM the KERBAL SPACE PROMGRAM 1 Mod

[@jakfjfrgnei]

Don’t forget Realism Optimized

[@Blurgert]

@@jakfjfrgnei Realism Overhaul*

[@jakfjfrgnei]

@@Blurgert you see, i am sleep deprived

[@Blurgert]

@@jakfjfrgnei fair

[@evillazydragon]

Have you done a single stage to Duna, if not I'd love a video as I want a ship that can go anywhere and back without staging, preferably one that is easy to build and doesn't use much move tool, love the videos

[@nommy8599]

Where better to dry spilt coffee off antennas than somewhere high and windy?

[@bramborovyastronaut]

Is it possible that they have like seperate GPS system for the tower? If they can land within 5mm telerance. They may have something like that? That could be the reason for those natennas. Maybe to calibrate the system?

[@rryk]

I wonder if they were measuring how well GPS positioning works with those antennas at 00:54. After all, they need to use military-grade GPS to be able to land precisely on the arms.

[@lordgarion514]

It's actually an autocorrect that the tower itself handles. Where gps says you are varies, more than enough to cause the booster to hit the tower. So they figure out the exact GPS location of the tower, then when the tower works out the location the GPS system says it is at a given instant, it compares it to the known actual location, and the tower figures out a correction factor, and sends that to the booster.

[@imaginary_friend7300]

@@lordgarion514 Differential GPS. :)

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@lordgarion514 You don't need "military-grade GPS" because we already have differential GPS (DGPS) and Real-time Kinematic (RTK) civilian technologies. RTK can get you accurate to centimeters already as long as you have a known location base station nearby with a working radio link!

[@lordgarion514]

@@MikkoRantalainen You should learn how to use the reply button......🤦‍♂️ I'm not the one who claimed it was military grade......

[@lordgarion514]

@imaginary_friend7300 Question. Is your reply still showing up in the thread? It disappeared for me yesterday, but it still shows in my notifications. YT is going to sh*t. Lol

[@kaiperdaens7670]

5:00 what about rocketlab electron?

[@Photostar625]

While they can recover it, they’ve never recovered a flight worthy booster and reflown it (A couple of months)

[@kaiperdaens7670]

@Photostar625 ow ok

[@captain61games49]

has rocket lab given up on reusing electron?

[@NomadUniverse]

What is going on at Blue Origin?! Why is it taking so long? Tech becomes obsolete before they even get it in the air.

[@rickjames18]

How many Falcon 9 copies has China been able to launch? Also how many different companies tried to remake the Falcon 9 and heavy? anyone know? I was also wondering if SpaceX was ever sharing open source material about the space program?

[@andrewdavies3618]

Those 2 antenna look hung out to dry, they'll be fired soon.

[@parkersullivan7430]

I was top 3% of your viewers this year

[@slithery9291]

New Glenn is a parody of my love-life.

[@orleansjunky4074]

actually no one brings it up. when a president is in an area. jamming signals is a normal thing for secret service.

[@Eleanor_Ch]

0:08 🤣

[@KerbalsandWackMacs]

I cannot way to see S33 fly! That’ll mark the beginning of the next era for Starship

[@AnaI_69]

Can't wait for the future when people will have Starship as a private luxury rocket. and we'll be able to peacefully goon in a luxury bed while getting a head massage from a model.

[@judet2992]

Not surprised with that username. I need that PFP as a high resolution download tho.

[@michaelpapadopoulos6054]

Thank you for this insight, Anal_69! Very cool!

[@illustriouschin]

Are you a billionaire? Otherwise space is not for you.

[@microwavebackroundradiation]

⁠@@illustriouschin ya i wouldn’t be surprised if even 100yrs from now going to orbit is still a once in a lifetime opportunity

[@michaelpapadopoulos6054]

@@illustriouschin You'd need significantly less than a billion dollars to get to space, even to orbit, and I expect the price to keep going down. Needless to say most people will continue to not be able to afford that though, for the forseeable future. Nevertheless, I get the feeling that you are taking Anal_69's comment more seriously than they do.

[@Adblock4lyfe]

2:06 its pronounced 'shed-ule' in British English. 'Sked-ule' is the American pronunciation.

[@digitalplayland]

Slow Glenn. Give it four more years and three explosions. It'll fly....

[@Photostar625]

WEN BLUE

[@esecallum]

0:40 Tesla phone.

[@yoskarokuto3553]

where you go next space-x ?

[@masonce98]

Hello everyone

[@dkyaloh]

we love matt im watching in Kenya

[@CedarCoveTigerPark]

Si-X-th…

[@davidwatkins622]

Bluesky...lol... with the 50 other people with terminal TDS.

[@pauldaflyer7879]

Can't wait to see Space build up at the cape! Get er done Elon! 8 towers ASAP and construction factories and referberation buildings and storage out of the salt air.

[@janpolacek8184]

Hey! 22 222 views

[@Chrisanimations_]

W

[@siezarprendiz]

Dont mistake my honestly with hate, i love ur ksp videos i watch Them all the Time

[@DonovanJury-k9t]

I feel like I'm watching an old mystery show from the 1960s with that voice

[@MicrogravityMischief]

Matt, do you think Elon is the mysterious purchaser of ksp2?????????? it wouldn't surprise me.....

[@GmaniaGT]

FIRST COMMENT!!!

[@Marri-Tech]

Why dont we land falcon 9 back and save using drone ships

[@imaginary_friend7300]

Fuel margins. The more you want to launch, the more fuel you need and the less you have to return to launch site.

[@jakobusswart1376]

Simplest answer(s) the ship is more efficient as more mass to space basically requires more fuel which kinda defeats the point...also the Falcon 9 is built to land empty so margin of error literally doesn't exist and to land with fuel would basically make it a different rocket

[@Marri-Tech]

@@jakobusswart1376 surely it has fuel on to do the burn back and slow down for drone ship? Or is it the extra fuel to get into an orbit that would then let it come back in on an entry path for the launch site

[@jakobusswart1376]

@@Marri-Tech yes, it has enough fuel for backburn and suicide burn, only...it's less of the rocket aiming for the drone, but the drone actively aiming for where the rocket will be...if we were to extend its range, that would mean more fuel, but you need more fuel to get the first case of 'more fuel' into space...so it's diminishing returns that quickly turn into, just build a new, bigger, more efficient rocket for that role...

[@Marri-Tech]

@@jakobusswart1376 that makes total sense thank you

[@12b_engineer]

Blue sky. Ahahahahaha. Cause lefties love their echo chambers. Lols

[@microwavebackroundradiation]

Looking too deep into it? Or too busy raiding the capital?

[@siezarprendiz]

Heyyyyyy can you make a version of Pathfinder of the series FOR ALL MANKIND There's already a mod and it looks awsom but i'll like to See ur stock version of it and belive me fans ar going to love it. For all mankind is already going for season 5 sooo more ideas for rockets are comming

[@ValeriyTheCat]

1 view in 10 seconds. Bro fell off

[@elsupremoclash7419]

That was mine

[@siezarprendiz]

Please do a Pathfinder for all mandkind!!!!!!

[@Cheese_waffles]

Why so late?

[@siezarprendiz]

I think you should stick with just KSP videos, Alpha tek, and scott Do Much better and acurate space news

[@Cocoabunny826]

Skibidi

[@Nuke-MarsX]

GE-

[@Blurgert]

Day 96 (getting close to 100!) of asking you to play REAL SOLAR SYSTEM the KERBAL SPACE PROMGRAM 1 Mod

[@Blurgert]

I missed yesterday

[@Blurgert]

Day 97 (getting close to 100!) of asking you to play REAL SOLAR SYSTEM the KERBAL SPACE PROMGRAM 1 Mod