Five Weird Things That Happen in Outer Space - NASA

"Cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see"Starship v3 is truly wild> 200+ feet (just the upper stage ship itself)> 220,000 lb payload capacity to low earth orbit> 30 feet internal diameter> enough space to carry 100ppl

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Starship Flight 12 goals:• Debut next-generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles• First launch from Starbase’s newly redesigned launch pad• Demonstrate upgraded Raptor engines in flight• Deploy 20 Starlink simulators and 2 modified Starlink satellites• Test in-space Raptor relight• Evaluate heat shield performance and tile damage scenarios during reentry• Perform experimental reentry and maneuvering tests• Offshore splashdown attempt for the redesigned Super Heavy booster

🇺🇸 Elon is turning the dream of AI data centers in space into reality.@SpaceX is planning a massive new solar manufacturing facility near Austin capable of producing 10 GW of solar panels, an absolutely insane scale built specifically to power orbital AI supercomputers.They’re manufacturing the sun-powered infrastructure needed to run AI at galactic scale.This is next-level vertical integration. Rockets, chips, solar, and space data centers.Source: Bloomberg, @elonmusk

I just realized Eridians probably never calculated the speed of light and thought the periodic table ended at uranium.