Interesting… Apollo for Digg might happen… I’m happy in the Fediverse with my 8+ Lemmy apps.

Salacious Crumb: A Star Wars Story

“Never before has any voice dared to utter the words of that tongue in Imladris, Gandalf the Grey,”

Yes.

Lego or K’nex?

Tell your brother that I agree!

Additional info from Jonathan McDowell:

https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpm6infl7c23

LAUNCH at 1150 UTC May 20 of the Zhongxing-3B military communications sat on a Chang Zheng 7A from Wenchang

https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpndzza6m22g

Zhongxing-3B has been cataloged in a 206 x 35799 km x 15.5 deg geotransfer orbit.

https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpnsvt6lnk2j

LAUNCH at 0405 UTC May 21 of a Lijian-1 from Jiuquan with six sats: Taijing 3-04, Taijing 4-02A, Xingrui-11, Xiguang-1 02, and Cube-108 001

https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpnv4wzz6s2a

and (I should have added) Xingjiyuan-1

Starbase activities (2025-05-21):

• May 20th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: Overnight, R-vac #509 and R-vac #524 are delivered to Megabay 2. (ViX 1, ViX 2, SpaceRhin0)
• The new ship lifting jig is raised in Megabay 2 and moves towards the left side. (ViX)
• Static fire stand arrives at Megabay 2. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• S35 heads back out to Massey’s for a third round of testing. (NSF 1, NSF 2, NSF 3, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer, Pike (4k drone), Gisler 1, Gisler 2, cnunez 1, cnunez 2, cnunez 3, cnunez 4, NSF full livestream)
• An orange high explosives placard confirms that the flight termination system is already installed on S35. (Starship Gazer)
• Additional tiles have been removed. (Beyer, Anderson 1, Anderson 2, Anderson 3)
• Highbay demolition continues. (ViX, Gisler, Anderson)
• Hold-down arm spotted at Sanchez. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
• Probable engine transport trailer. (Gisler)
• Launch site: Tower B cladding installation is underway. (Anderson)

McGregor:

• The south Raptor test stand is engulfed in a brief but spectacular fireball. (NSF, Golden)

Thanks! Sending love from up North! Hope you guys pull through!

Huh, interesting. What are the advantages from an urban planning and traffic flow perspective? Prevents vehicles from going through the middle?

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1925045393307627815

Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed

https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpndzza6m22g

Zhongxing-3B has been cataloged in a 206 x 35799 km x 15.5 deg geotransfer orbit.

Starbase activities (2025-05-20):

• May 19th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• May 19th addendum: Highbay demolition continues. (Hammer)
• 2-hour road delays are posted for May 21st between 12:00 and 16:00 or between May 21st 22:00 and May 22nd 04:00 for transport from factory to Massey’s.
• Build site: A new part moves from Starfactory to Sanchez, possibly for a new booster or launch mount lifting jig. (ViX, Chen_Tianfei)
• Orange sign spotted on Megabay 2, possibly the explosives warning sign, suggesting that installation of the flight termination system on S35 is imminent or already completed. (Planatus666)
• S38 LOX barrel section (A3:4) moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX)
• Cladding is removed from the new outer wall of Starfactory, a single ring section is taken for scrapping, and Highbay demolition continues. (ViX)
• Cladding is replaced with taller panels. (ViX)
• RGV Aerial post a flyover photo of S36 and S37 aft flaps near Starfactory.
• Launch site: Pad B chopsticks load testing continues. Partial fill on the bags, but twisted cords seem to have ended the test prematurely. (ViX, NSF, Anderson, unrelated Wikipedia article)
• Starship Gazer posts a recent photo (May 19th) of Pad B launch mount support structure progress.

KSC:

• Mid-May photos from GEOSAT of Roberts Road and LC-39A. (Stranger)

Stage 1 landing confirmed! B1095 has completed its first landing!

Edit: And SECO.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

NSF are live for tonight’s launch attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuKRsw56NL0

Quasimorph?

Prenatal robot with function of mincing the meat

These words seem like they should not be together in the same sentence…

The special characters are:

• U+1D615 (MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF ITALIC CAPITAL N)
• U+2142 (TURNED SANS-SERIF CAPITAL L)