Recent content by richlite

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    Newfound super-Earth alien planet whips around its star every 0.67 days

    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...
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    SN9's failure to land

    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...
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    Rocket Lab gears up for 1st launch from US soil

    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...
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    SpaceX launches 60 Star satellites, aces rocket landing in milestone flight

    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
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    SpaceX tests Falcon 9 rocket for next Star satellite fleet launch

    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.