Recent content by richlite

What are the odds that SpaceX steps up and pays $1 for the VIPER (since it is already built and only needing final tests) and launched it themselves on a Falcon 9 that has come near the end of its life ? Seems to me to be a garage sale "what a deal" !

Comparing our Earth to this "super earth" is the height of "scientific" news stupidity. With no proof that a planet revolving around its dwarf star in less than 24 hours and with a temperature that would boil water and all life is "Earth-like", "science" news continues to pump false concepts to...

It is beyond me why SpaceX waits until the last 5 seconds to get the SN9 (and the SN8 for that matter) VERTICAL. This launch seems to prove that they learned very little from SN8's explosive landing? Same old, same old? The answer is fairly clear: get SN10 vertical with plenty of time so that...

Great to have RocketLab here in the USA launching soon! Maybe I missed it in the news report but here's my question: Was this rocket build in the US or shipped here from the facilities in NZ ? Just wondering...

It is hard to get excited about this launch or any of the dozens upon dozens of Starlink launches when the skies become flooded with images like this one become the norm: https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=161494

No longer a fan of Musk... I had to deal with dozens of these man-made unnecessary sats every night now. Does Musk care? Not much. It's all about making money to send him to Mars and the heck with us ants on Earth.