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This small body, just outside Earth's gravity well could be a fuel stop (LOX), or space station. DV from LEO is about 4 km/s.

I was thinking they could give them away to employees as a bonus if they agreed not to sell them for 3 years.

Iridium is pretty much a $1/minute sat phone service provider that has a 300 kbp data service that can punch though bad weather. Mostly a military/intell/NGO/maritime play that will get more competition from Starlink Mobile (soon) and AST (maybe, eventually). Although key tech in some segments 20 years ago, its future only looks as good a military/intel want to sign up for another round of long term contracts.

Fun test payload for Starfall's first outing. Guess that can do 10 year with FAA's current license. Just wonder about refirb potential.

Might need a RL tag

It looks like it will be for F9/FH ... not Starship. My guess is that the DoD will pay to keep the F9/FH line going for at least another decade. For some payloads and orbits FH may have an advantage on Starship (until it has a good OTV ... not yet announced). And they want a backup to Starship (and the DoD has money to burn, unlike NASA).

So ... more than an F9 in recovery mode but less than F9 in expendable mode.

Limp is just putting out some Elon class optimism. Just the government part by part forensics, checklists, permits, reviews ... and Fed, State, Local, Cape ... will take months before they can really clear the site. The other lightning tower needs to be demolished before crews can work anywhere near that location. I think late 2027, so a bit sooner that JI suggested.

So they are really going to make it to 2030 ... 2032? They really need to close down the Russian sections and go with a minimal crew until SX can deliver that Deorbit Dragon (but that is not scheduled until 2031 ... should they pay SX to move this up?)

Walking back a goofy idea.

A few BE-4 tech warning that I was not aware of ...

Another big win for SpaceX (and this can just follow the F9/Starlink plan ... Starship is optional). SX as a DoD DoW contractor continues to build (good IPO timing).

Looks like they are trying to draw some lines, and sell more Starshield sats.

They just green lighted Blue Origin's NG for another flight after a far more serious fail after a few weeks ... this is just a needed one month review anyway ... it won't slow the next launch.

Its where the real money is ....