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Aerospace Engineering at UFSC 🚀Libertarian 🐍 Violinist sometimes 🎻 Propulsion Manager at @kosmosrocketry 🚀

Brazil
Joined April 2020
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NOMINAL FLIGHT OF MORPHEUS 🚀 The first 30k ft SRAD of the southern hemisphere. 🇧🇷 Apogee was above 26k but we will have more clear data later. Recovery was nominal! Under a reefed parachute.
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Replying to @joebarnard
@joebarnard WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SEE
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Greece becomes the 14th nation and the 7th European country to select the KC-390 Millennium to reinforce operational capabilities and interoperability with NATO and allied forces. Watch to discover why nations are selecting KC-390, standard setter in its segment. @HAFspokesperson
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E-2 has achieved steady expander cycle mode. In this test video, 30 seconds of expander cycle mode are demonstrated on the tail end of an 80-second test fire that began in Ox-Rich Staged Combustion (ORSC) mode. In expander mode, thrust was reduced from 23,000 lbf to 6,500 lbf, corresponding to a 28% throttle setting. To our knowledge E-2 is the first kerolox rocket engine to demonstrate a transition from ORSC to expander cycle operation on the same hardware during a test fire, thanks to our LOX cooled combustion chamber. This low throttle capability could be useful for landing burns by reducing thrust to weight ratio and providing greater flexibility to correct deviations from the planned landing trajectory.
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Happy Hot Fire Halloween! 🔥 Stay safe out there, guys & ghouls. 🧛👻🎃
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Ship 42 static fires complete. The Starship preparing for Flight 15 performed a full duration, six-engine static fire, and fired a single Raptor engine to simulate a deorbit burn
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Full duration 33-engine static fire for the Super Heavy booster preparing for Flight 15
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Replying to @SpaceX
@SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 22 static fire. 🔊 🚀🇺🇸
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Starship Flight 15: Booster 22 Static Fire! youtube.com/live/BlyqwOjCJzA
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16 years of Tesla and 7 quarters of SpaceX side by side
Tesla vs SpaceX, Q3 2026. Charts are scaled correctly so it's easier to compare and understand both businesses. Now more important than ever, as Tesla fans are looking into SpaceX, and SpaceX fans are looking at Tesla.
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Explosion of the turbopump of engine № 8 of the N-1 № 5L 0.22 seconds before launch during the second flight test. The detonation was so powerful that it tore out part of the tail section, damaged engines № 7 and 9, and also the cable network
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SpaceX is profitable btw. It makes more money than it spends. This is true for the SI segment separately too. And not even a year ago people called the xAI takeover a "bailout" Lol, OpenAI, Anthropic, MetaAI... none of them are profitable.
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Hoooooly shittttt SpaceX’s AI segment is now making profit also they made $2.3 billion dollars in profit off Starlink over the last 3 months
Our Q3 2026 earnings report is now public → ir.spacex.com/files/content_… The live webcast with @ElonMusk, @Gwynne_Shotwell, and @BretWJ will begin in 30 minutes
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SpaceX has released a new Starship tower catch animation for the upcoming Flight 15!
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Lmfao a guy on the r/rocketry Discord server just posted a gif made by a Blue Origin insider that not just contains a new leaked angle of the NG-4 RUD, but also an internal dev name of a project called “Northstar”
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Mojave Sphinx Heavy firing all boosters 🔥 Photo by @Pad33space
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Update on the HLS provider timelines from NASA Short Overview: Still targeting early 2028 for Artemis 4 and late 2028 for Artemis 5. Starship cargo lander expected in 2032 and Mk2 cargo lander in 2033. NASA provided an image of the CONOPS for Artemis 3 which is currently targeting NET Q3 2027. Starship uncrewed landing demo still targeting NET Q4 2027. Blue Origin uncrewed Mk2 landing demo NET Q1 2028. Starship Milestones: First cape flight in Q4 2026 (currently NET Dec 10th). Completed HLS "Cabin 1" in Q4 2026 (ground testing cabin). This will have operations testing in Q1 2027 and airlock demonstrations in Q2. Prop demo in Q1 2027, first launch from LC-37 also in 2027 - I personally believe 37a will be ready in Q2 or Q3. Tank presurizations upgraded in Q2/Q3. The first uncrewed landing demo tanker launch in Q3 with the landing demo in Q4. Blue Origin Milestones: New Glenn return to flight Q4 2026. First Blue Moon Mk1 landing in Q1 2027. Second Mk1 landing in Q4 2027 with the viper rover. Third Mk1 landing in Q1 2028 with an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) for Artemis 4. Artemis 3 crew vehicle hardware complete in Q1 2027 with launch in Q2/Q3 2027. LC36B (9x4 Pad) complete in Q3 2027 with the first NG 9x4 launch in Q4. Source: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/…
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Our design language has evolved since the last reveal: from S3XY to Cybertruck, Cybercab & Optimus Roadster is inspired by the SR-71 & F-35
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