Looks like all the hard work they’ve been doing has paid off, landed a contact with NASA to land on the Moon.
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They’ll pull that one off fairly easily. He won’t stop until we do the same to Mars, but that’s an entirely different story of killer variables!
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I must admit, the whole interaction between SLS and HLS still confuses me. With the Apollo missions previously being a single vehicle, my brain can’t cope!
As I understand it, SLS basically gets humans into a lunar orbit onboard Orion. Then this has to dock with HLS (ie Starship) which ferries astronauts to the moon?
I don’t quite understand how this ‘Lunar Gateway’ which is also proposed fits in nor how Starship HLS is going to stay in space and be refuelled - I guess it’s not ever going to return to Earth? 
Either way, going to be an interesting ride with SpaceX on board!
Wenhop? 
Out there isn’t power from solar generally?
Pretty sure the ISS has a load of panels on it?
And be able to land one without it going boom
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Thankfully plane landings are a tad more reliable.
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Just watched the live NASA cast of the delayed data receipt & images of the Mars helicopter. Very impressive. In a few decades there’ll be drones taking tourists around craters on Mars.
Amazon deliveries too.
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And a super league team
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Anyone planning to watch the Big Orange Rocket attempt to lift off at lunchtime?
Going well so far, and true to form, with a hydrogen leak when they’ve started fuelling 
Go to NASA’s youtube channel and select one of the Live Streams and it is on their… or SpaceFlightNow have coverage as well…
Launch is scheduled for approx 12.33 UTC
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Can recommend NASAspaceflight’s coverage on YouTube too.
Still not confident it’s going anywhere today though
Looks like there might be a problem.
Countdown suspended. R-
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Scrubbed. Silly Orange Rocket.
Scrubbed again. Silly Orange Rocket.
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Streaming it on YouTube, via Starlink 
And add a Tesla in 
Musk is odious and I feel really conflicted wanting anything he does to succeed.
But, I do feel they’re at the forefront of the new space race and I find this fascinating to watch develop in full view.
This reminds me of when they landed both of the boosters on the test flight of the Falcon Heavy. I wonder if we’ll look back in [10] years time and see these as groundbreaking milestones.