Not often I see my neck of the woods - I grew up in Burleson. In my religious upbringing days, we'd go down to a big Christian camp outside of Glen Rose. So I have mixed feelings about those memories. heh. But it's really pretty down that way.
And this is a really nice shot :)
I hate to quote Elon but...
Do it!
I just wish it wasn't billionaire vs trillionaire dick measuring, but if the rocket works and helps build a moon base then I'll shut up.
That is a giant rocket. 9x4 with new engines, a 3rd stage, and a big fairing is bonkers. Hopefully they get the new pads up and running for this thing sooner than later.
I did not see that coming. It's hard to blame them between the Falcon 9 fairing limitations and New Glenn and Vulcan groundings.
Cowboy Space? They're a data center first company that's building their own rocket.
Do you mean "why on moon"? 😅
oopsie
This is an interesting move for anyone following along in this space. Has a satellite company ever built their own rocket before?
If people here are wondering why on earth a road might be the first thing scientists are thinking of, be reminded that kicking up lunar dust is going to quickly ruin vehicles. They sure started ruining space suits within hours.
A road solves this problem. With no atmosphere, dust should very rarely settle on the road after it's constructed.
Well, as long as rockets aren't blazing around nearby.
The industry desperately needs another competitor besides SpaceX. Bonus points if its cheaper too. Hoping the get back online soon.
Flight termination system tests: One of the few cases where "giant explosion" is the desired outcome for a rocket!
If only Katalyst knew how to make a satellite bus...
Phew, the explosion in the thumbnail scared me for a second
Gotta be dumb AF to waste our most precious resource on this MIC bullshit.
Yea, about as likely as Elon solving world hunger, I'd say. No billionaire is a good person. They don't become billionaires by, "doing it on their own dime".
I'm pretty sure this dudes a billionaire sycophant. I forget why but I had him labeled as Eloncuck
presses X to doubt
Before he was NASA administrator, Jared even offered to do this on his own dime. Hopefully something will come of it this time.
Can't wait for the big merge!
did they get this from the martian
Thanks!
Made an attempt at mosaicing plus stscking but I don't think it helped all that much because I was hitting my maximum magnitude of my telescope which was around 3000mm focal length for a 150mm aperture newt
Well, if it helps I started with (and often still do) using my phone's camera for landscape astro / milky way shots.
Pretty much any android phone from the last decade has a main camera that can take decent long exposure photos.
If you can save them in RAW format too then you just need a semi-decent sky and some patience!
Daaaamn that's a hard one to capture, love the composition!