Space settlement advocate. EV and robotics enthusiast. YouTube: Space Strategy
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Can any Moon Landing deniers help explain how this Apollo rover scene was filmed in a studio?
Eric Thiel retweeted
It’s not a race to the Moon. It’s a race for the Moon. China 🇨🇳 has a plan we should take very seriously.
“the more NASA delivers… the more kids dress up as astronauts.” @NASAAdmin
Eric Thiel retweeted
China has officially declared today that two Chinese astronauts will land on the Moon before 2030.
I’m digging the lunar rover/train. In order to avoid plume surface interaction on future equipment, landing zones might be far enough away from the base you would need rovers to transport supplies on between.
Pegasus: Coming to a Moon Near You in 2028
Four months since NASA's award, Lunar Outpost has completed Preliminary Design Review for our Pegasus LTV, marking another milestone as we work alongside NASA to mature, test, and prepare Pegasus for operations on the lunar surface.
From our entire team at Lunar Outpost, we are honored to deliver the next vehicle Astronauts will drive on the Moon for @NASA.
Crazy how the entire space industry has to make decisions based around SpaceX.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, and talking to people about a post-Falcon world. Why sunset the world’s best rocket? Can Starship replace it? What about Artemis? Why are SpaceXers flocking to Memphis? Grab a coffee, this is a long one.
arstechnica.com/space/2026/1…
Northrop Grumman only has enough refurbished steel-case SRBs for up to Artemis VIII. Later SLS missions could use a carbon-composite alternative. NASA might have to revive BOLE (Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension).
Metal SRBs are in limited supply. The specialized tooling and manufacturing capability for those steel cases was largely scrapped years ago around the end of Shuttle / Constellation.
Eric Thiel retweeted
Correct.
Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be.
Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them.
Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.
Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.
Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.
SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.
That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.
End of story.
SLS feels alone. @LEGO_Group will we have a Starship and New Glenn set ready in time for Artemis III?
Have we considered the possibility that escalation could lead to Russia triggering (Kessler syndrome) orbital assured destruction?
JUST IN: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News on Friday that the Starlink network is still not working, despite assurances from President Trump. abcnews.link/rTCx5sm
