Yeah, if I were the USSF, I'm not sure I would be comfortable putting a billion-dollar spy satellite atop Vulcan just yet. I'd probably want a bit more investigation into the GEM 63XL SRBs before giving them the stamp of approval.
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Given that Vulcan has only two BE-4s, I don't expect they would have much capability for engine-out unless it occurred very shortly before scheduled MECO. As for SRB-out capability, that feels like it would depend on the required orbit, SRB configuration, and the exact nature of the failure. They've now demonstrated a certain level of SRB-out capability for the VC2S configuration, but I think a certain amount of luck was involved, in that the rest of the rocket seemingly sustained minimal damage. For the 4- and 6-SRB variants, I think the chances of cascading failures would be higher.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I bet I could come up with five non-weird cheeses pretty easily.
Hapy cake day!
May it be filled with many 'taters.
He didn't go to Mordor. He went to Gondor.
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"Didn't work, did it?"
Although I don’t think ebooks would be her kind of thing
You don't think so? Remember how many textbooks she stuffed into the beaded bag? A solar-powered e-reader and some micro-SD cards would be way easier. I think she'd love it.
Also Galleons and Knuts.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1842333550974247407
Teams encapsulated @NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft into Falcon Heavy's fairing earlier this week ahead of next week's Falcon Heavy launch from pad 39A in Florida
Glad to see Waymo going electric.
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I bet there exists a non-Euclidean surface such that all these lines are straight.