I dunno if the US has the same juice it did as a state to organize

This is it right here. The US just doesn't have the ability to organize the insane resources needed for a lunar mission, let alone Mars, anymore.

The Starship test was a failure that will continue to knock things back.

Artemis 3 is not happening in 2025...

Most manufacturers serve the general aviation and private jet markets. There are lots of really cool home build kits are out there from really small manufacturers (think a couple of guys in a garage).

Just noticed some removed mod deleted a minor comment I made (correctly) stating that SpaceX, despite being terrible, are the best launch provider in the game right now. Absolute baby brained.

Absolutely howling at that edit... :miyazaki-laugh:

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I honestly don't think the launch could have gone worse (aside from blowing up on the pad). With the incoming delays due to the pad being fucked and the regulators going mental, any goodwill SpaceX has will disappear as they become the ones delaying the return to the moon. I think in a few years the company is going to be cut into sections and sold to the traditional aerospace companies.

Lol, it didn't separate and was destroyed downrange.

The Contra video is fine, an enjoyable waste of time.

La Chinoise is so good.

AM/PM guy "let me just start my day a 12"

CHAD 24H : "day starts at zero"

is this the 9/11 birthday girl video?

Artemis, at it's core is dumb, making rockets outta old rockets is stupid and a complete waste. Going to the Moon is tight as fuck though.

Don't post shit from the S*n please.

I do airplane models. Recently, I got a good pair of binos and a scanner so I can watch and track anything flying over my house. Caught a couple of Blackhawk helis overhead a few weeks ago.

Lmao, very funny but incredibly stupid from a military point of view. An Su-27 is WAYYYYY more important than a MQ-9.

One of the biggest fumbles by Eisenhower. The US had all the pieces in place (big rockets, Nazi scientists) but in fighting among the military branches absolutely fucked any chance of getting to space first. Another fun fact is that Sputnik weighed 184 lb and America's first satellite, Explorer 1 was a tiny 30.8 lb.

Goddamn, I love the U-2. Such a cool aircraft.

It's feels like only western leftists share this sentiment. The Vietnamese, in my experience, understand the class dynamic and hold little resentment towards individual Americans.