Falcon 9 fairing re-entry

[ThreatMatrix]

Hello nerds. This is really cool. Falcon 9 fairing half re-entry. Took me a second to get my bearings. Camera is mounted in the nose looking down the length of the fairing as it falls "backwards" through the atmosphere. Very clear view of the plasma. While the fairings do make it to space they don't make it to orbit so they aren't coming in at what we think of as re-entry speed. They are just really large and very light (carbon fiber and aluminum). They can't get that hot because C and Al melt at low temps.

 

[Gatormac2112]

I'm too stupid to know what the hell I'm looking at.

 

[URGatorBait]

I'm too stupid to know what the hell I'm looking at.

It's Threats butthole after Taco Tuesday

 

[ThreatMatrix]

This is unfortunate. Japan is one of the good guys. Landing on the moon is hard, ask India and Israel.

Japanese company says moon lander unexpectedly accelerated and likely crashed

If all had gone well, ispace would have been the first private business to pull off a lunar landing.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[ThreatMatrix]

It's Threats butthole after Taco Tuesday

Thank you for noticing.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

This guy is really good - if you're interested in that kinda thing. He doesn't drop videos often but when he does they are very detailed. Starting with an explanation of what's happening with the launch pad he then breaks down everything that happened during the flight.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

These guys came out of nowhere for the title of the first commercial station.
"A private space station company, Vast, announced on Wednesday that it intends to launch (on a Falcon 9) a commercial space station as soon as August 2025. After deploying this "Haven-1" space station in low-Earth orbit, four commercial astronauts will launch to the facility on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle."


That's in an F9 fairing. It's a little smaller than the diameter of an ISS module.

How are they going to do this? Spin the module like a drum?
"The company is planning some artificial gravity experiments on Haven-1—it should be able to reach approximately lunar gravity, or one-sixth that of Earth's gravity. It is hoping for a more robust artificial gravity setup with the Starship module later this decade."

"To meet NASA's needs, Vast is planning to launch a larger "Starship-class module" by around 2028. This will be nearly twice as large as Haven-1, with a seven-meter diameter, and it will launch atop SpaceX's Starship rocket. (The International Space Station modules are 4.2 meters in diameter.)"

Roadmap — VAST

www.vastspace.com