Hope everyone is having a happy Locktober (lock in October)

Liftoff completed, launch tower cleared, stage 1 tested. Awesome result for a first test launch.

I talked to a poet today who told me he now writes 10,000 lines of poetry a day thanks to AI. That’s probably the limit case. He’s an experienced bard, he knows the muses well, and he is using AI 12 hours a day. But he’s not naive. This is not 10,000 lines of doggerel.

We’re excited to announce The Exploration Company has selected Agile to provide our DS250 bipropellant thrusters for Nyx, a European modular capsule targeting an ISS docking. payloadspace.com/agile-space-in…

Me leaving the California Science Center with my suspiciously Gemini 11 shaped bouquet

We’re excited to publicly introduce Agile’s DS250 — a 250-Newton, bipropellant rocket thruster designed for high-reliability in-space maneuvering. The DS250 will power The Exploration Company’s Nyx vehicle. Read more: agilespaceindustries.com/press/agile-sp…

Property taxes are the most efficient and equitable tax humans have devised. They could only be improved by shifting more of the tax to the value of the unimproved land rather than the structures.

it’s fun that i can type “6704T998” and most of you instantly know where it’s sold

They should let me bring my Celsius in the cleanroom

New: Could Anduril be stepping into reentry downmass? The company quietly won a $1M study award to design a reentry-capable payload container. Blue Origin, meanwhile, got $1.37M for rocket-cargo analysis. Story in reply.

Dunning-Kruger curve updated to take into account the effects of AI use.

“priced under $750,000 … engaging targets … above Mach 5 … ranges greater than 200 km” I’m not enthusiastic about this set of requirements. The price point is very optimistic for the desired capabilities. But it’s also an RFI, so much is subject to change prior to an RFP

I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. yahoo.com/news/articles/…

.Agile Space Industries’s currently in development dual-mode engine is set to bridge the gap between high thrust (chem. propulsion) and high efficiency (electric propulsion). This will enable more mission flexibility 🚀 Written by cosmictylxr 🛰️ ⬇️ 🔗 proximareport.com/articles/agile…

BE-7 vacuum test. Engine in flight configuration with flight pumps, tank head start, and spark igniter. We’re currently hot-firing this engine five times a day. Full flow closed expander, specific impulse 460 seconds. Next stop, the Moon.

The Onion is dead

as was stated in the holy texts

Don't chop Discovery up, she's the ship of record of the Shuttle, kept as close to flight config for study and reference. She belongs here, where the public can /for free/ enjoy looking at the incredible engineering of the orbiter.