Recent content by platinum_jello

There's a real chance to do some investigative reporting on this whole Orion thing... Something had to happen legally (and therefore publicly available) with regards to ownership or closure of the business, dissolution of assets (including IP, parts supply and even hardware people said they had...

The safety is that called the catch off were located on the tower, so I don't think it had anything to do with the safety of humans so much as preserving the tower and surrounding infrastructure (tank farm, etc). They have extra boosters lined up and ready to go, towers not so much.

Can anyone clarify that map's content for me? are the time rings duration of visibility, how long after launch you should look, how long the effect is expected to last at that location, etc? Article isn't really clear at all what to expect, and being in the last ring out (Wisconsin), I'm...

"While New Glenn remains under development, Blue Origin's other rocket — New Shepard — has a nearly perfect streak so far across a dozen flights. The latest mission in December 2019 saw the rocket launch several commercial, research and education-focused satellites into space." I may be...

Well, that's a private enterprise, NASA isn't commissioning Starship. They could have clarified in their statement that they meant NASA crewed vehicles, but the article still isn't technically wrong.