I mean, he was always a little crazy… but not like this!

RIP B1073-21. Sacrificed to the gods of Delta-V.

o7

Starbase activities (2025-01-29):

• Jan 28th cryo delivery tally.
• Pad B: Disassembly of the chopsticks assembly jig is completed. (ViX)
• Closeups of the chopsticks on Tower B. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
• Sanchez: Work on launch mount B continues. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
• Other: Comparison of all three Starship launch towers. (Priel)
• RGV Aerial post a labeled flyover photo of the launch site.

Starship lunar Human Landing System:

• “NASA’s Kent Chojnacki says on the same panel that for the HLS uncrewed demo mission, SpaceX will have to demonstrate landing, surviving on the surface for a couple hours, and then take off. He adds SpaceX will then attempt a second landing.” (Foust 1, Foust 2)

SpainSat NG 1 deployment confirmed!

Hosted webcast is back. Fairing halves for this mission were on their 5th and 8th flights.

Edit: SES-2 confirmed.

Edit2: SECO-2 and nominal orbit insertion. Payload deployment scheduled for T+31:24.

SECO-1, nominal orbital insertion. Awaiting SECO-2 at T+26:37.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

SpaceX are live. John Insprucker is commentating!

Propellant load has started: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1884768757005897797

All systems and weather are looking good and propellant load is underway for tonight’s launch of the Spainsat NG I mission from pad 39A in Florida

NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xi3c1Ek5W8

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1884374093816029330

Targeting Wednesday, January 29 for Falcon 9’s launch of the SpainSat NG I mission to orbit from Florida

Happy cake day!

And yes, I’m inclined to agree with you. Probably best implemented at a community level.

In your opinion, should “posts” include the body, or just the post URL?

Isn’t this just a nitter instance? I thought nitter died when twitter removed their free API…

Presumably because they get paid? Also, companies are not their CEOs.

Yeah, I miss that version of Elon. This new version is… not as good.

Jon Edwards (VP of Falcon Launch) remembered though: https://x.com/edwards345/status/1878684914905956421

I really hope I get to be the first one to say “welcome to the club”🤞

Definitely hand-waviness on the part of Disney for that one!

Starbase activities (2025-01-28):

• Jan 27th cryo delivery tally.
• Jan 27th addendum: Timelapses of chopsticks lift from LabPadre Sapphire, Nerdle, and VR cameras.
• Overnight, the arms of the chopsticks carriage are attached to the skates on Tower B. (Priel)
• In Starfactory, sliding plates have been added to the catch points on Test Tank 16. (ViX)
• Pad B: Chopsticks are lowered and the yellow LR11000 crane is disconnected. (LabPadre, ViX)
• Workers are connecting up the cableway. (Anderson)
• Disassembly of the chopsticks assembly jig begins. (ViX)
• Build site: Two raptors enter Starfactory, a S35 LOX section and a transfer tube jig with tubes enter Megabay 2. Within Megabay 2, a raptor moves towards S34, and another transfer tube moves towards S35. (ViX)
• Other: RGV Aerial post a flyover photo of a tank being loaded/unloaded. Exact location not specified, possibly Brownsville Port, as a rail line is visible in the top left.
• Updated Knaggs render of Pad B with chopsticks, launch mount, and flame trench.

Overall, I think I preferred the 2005 version to the 1971 version. The sets and music are better, and it is more faithful to the book. In terms of Willy Wonka, I wasn’t satisfied with either portrayal of the character. Gene Wilder played him too vindictive and angry, while Johnny Depp was too cold and reserved.

It’s a difficult story to translate from book to screen. A lot of the elements which are whimsical in the book can easily come off as creepy on screen. I have not seen the 2023 film with Chalamet.