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Podcast 247: Paul explains it all

Ben Popper on June 26, 2020

Never doubt the dialog when two dads go head to head.

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NASA Space Flight

11:02

NASASpaceFlight.com: Astronauts set to begin series of spacewalks to complete final ISS battery replacements

posted on June 26, 2020 by Pete Harding

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are conducting the first in a series of… The post Astronauts set to begin series of spacewalks to complete final ISS battery replacements appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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geoffc

13:30

SpaceX has a Falcon9 on LC-39A for Starlink today at 4PM EST or so.
They have a Falcon9 on LC-40 getting ready for a launch of a GPS III satellite on Jun 30th. OCISLY is out at see for Starlink, I guess JRTI will be heading out soon to catch the GPS launch booster.

And rumours are more Starlink in 10-12 days, and in between a possible commercial launch. With 2 ASDS's in the East coast, they eliminated that time delay between launches. Next delay - pad recovery for next launch. Again, two pads so that helps.

Now it seems like they may not have enough cores to refly! Only 5 active cores (F-H side cores are not being reflown, no one sure why). Crew Dragon and GPS bring new cores into the fleet. Todays Starlink is on its 5th flight.

Could see ~ 1 month between reflights happen if they push this schedule forward.

AKA - Everything is awesome!

uhoh

13:58

@geoffc SpaceX as two vertical rockets on two launch pads right now?

geoffc

I saw a shot of it, both in one pic too! Should have saved it.

@uhoh found the photo.

With the payload on left is LC-39A with 5th flight of a booster for Starlink. In the distance behind it, missing a payload is the new booster for GPS III mission.

uhoh

Wow! That must be a first!

geoffc

Might be. I had seen a pic of two shuttles on the pad at once as well. decades ago now, probably.

Oh look someone posted in response the shuttle photo

uhoh

14:13

wow two shuttles and a rainbow! all it needs now is a "farting unicorn"

geoffc

I did not even notice the rainbow. Good catch.

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14:26

The Overflow #27: A simulation

Ryan Donovan on June 26, 2020

June 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #27 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. Hot town, summer in the city. TypeScript past and future, shopping for sweaters for absolute zero, and the security implications of copy and paste. From the…

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