Fully’s note

After reading this piece from J C I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible for Elon Musk to have come from this planet . How is it possible for one man to be so far ahead of the whole space programs of all the Countries in the world combined . It’s completely other worldly.
This episode described by JC is beyond “Impossible”…and yet it worked on first try .
NASA with all its Multiple Billions and all the worlds greatest rocket scientists blasted 2 astronauts into space and onto a space station and then had to abandon them there…Super Musk to the rescue !

Then there is Tesla and X and Neurolink and the worlds only satelite internet provider and god know what else…all originating from the Mind of one “Human” ? NO WAY ! and Sheesh too !

Whatever the hell he is I am super glad that he is now a staunch Trump Supporter . I cannot say which of these 2 Dynamos is the most consequential “person” of our lifetimes…but I am leaning Musk .

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The New York Times ran a truly miraculous story yesterday headlined, “SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch.” With everything happening these days, it would be easy to miss the record-shattering significance of yesterday’s SpaceX landing. A 20-story tall, 300-ton booster rocket lifted its cargo, then landed autonomously by precisely descending into the tender mechanical arms of a gigantic robotic crane custom-built for the purpose. It was literally the pinnacle achievement of human engineering. (paywalled)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/science/space-starship-launch-landing.html?

clip 1 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845467052443828579?

clip 2 https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1845446512584626586?

Musk explained that the engineering purpose of the landing is so that Starship can keep working without long delays through “launch and return.” The goal is for the ship to be ready to rapidly re-launch just one hour after landing, so that Starship will be more of an everyday workhorse than a delicate one-trick pony like NASA’s Space Shuttle.

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1845560344221241777?

Musk explained that the engineering purpose of the landing is so that Starship can keep working without long delays through “launch and return.” The goal is for the ship to be ready to rapidly re-launch just one hour after landing, so that Starship will be more of an everyday workhorse than a delicate one-trick pony like NASA’s Space Shuttle.

NASA, which could not build anything close to this even with its massively bigger budget and its access to decades of the full resources of the U.S. government, broke tradition and did not congratulate SpaceX on its successful landing. Sore losers.

SpaceX’s mechanical crane system just plucked one of the heaviest rockets in service right out of the air. And the rocket navigated itself into the perfect position to be caught. It’s nearly impossible to imagine the incalculable numbers of component parts that had to perfectly come together for the midair capture to work.

It truly is an incredible time to be alive.

…….MEANWHILE BACK AT THE LAUNCHING PAD….

While SpaceX was breaking more records, Engadget ran a story Saturday headlined, “Boeing to lay off 17,000 employees to ‘stay competitive’.” The military-industrial giant will shed ten percent of its workforce, including executives and managers.

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/boeing-to-lay-off-17000-employees-to-stay-competitive-110033175.html?