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My parents visited Deep South Texas over the weekend. Although their arrival was upended thanks to the flooded Valley International Airport in Harlingen, had to detour instead to San Antonio and rent a U-Haul to drive southward to Brownsville (they forgot their credit cards, and were denied by all car rental companies when attempting to use debit card), and dinner at Starbase was scrubbed, the rest of the weekend was full of SpaceX and South Padre Island goodness. We were all treated to a special tour of Starfactory on Saturday morning. Sadly, no pictures permitted.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark" data-cards="hidden" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The 1-million square foot Starfactory brings many parts of the manufacturing process under one roof for the first time, moving as much system integration work as possible earlier in the build process, with the goal of eventually producing 1,000 Ships a year <a href="https://t.co/vz44XcTTN8">pic.twitter.com/vz44XcTTN8</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845434891430920423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The 1-million square foot Starfactory brings many parts of the manufacturing process under one roof for the first time, moving as much system integration work as possible earlier in the build process, with the goal of eventually producing 1,000 Ships a year <a href="https://t.co/vz44XcTTN8">pic.twitter.com/vz44XcTTN8</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845434891430920423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

From there we got to hovercraft over to South Padre Island, enjoyed drinks by the beach, a tour of the new Sea Turtle Inc. facility, and dinner by the bay.

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A couple months ago I was able to tag along with my wife to rescue cold-stunned sea turtles, which was a helluva adventure along the remote shores between Starbase and SPI. A few days later we then got to release the turtles the morning of the AFC Championship game. A random YouTube channel happened to document the sea turtle release:
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Cool live view. Something to do in a different tab while the server catches up.. :D

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Sounds like a good hearty soup. Cold stunted baby sea turtle soup.

Blue Origin's upcoming all-female spaceflight to launch Monday.

Pretty shocking list of woman on the flight. But I guess woman are primarily responsible for Bezos success with Amazon.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin NS-31 mission is set to be the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, when the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space during a three-day solo mission. The crew will launch from West Texas and includes aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, activist Amanda Nguyễn, CBS Mornings host Gayle King, pop singer Katy Perry, and former TV host and Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez.

NASA offers $3M in competition to recycle human poop in space

NASA offers $3M in competition to recycle human poop in space

April 9 (UPI) -- NASA is offering $3 million to anyone who proposes technology to solve an unusual problem: recycling feces and other human waste in space.

The space agency's LunaRecycle Challenge calls on members of the public to propose a technological means of recycling astronauts' feces, urine and vomit on the moon and during long-haul space flights.

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Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 18027499)

This is CP, of course poop will be mentioned......ROFL

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Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 18027480)

Hope they had enough room for all the sun visors.

On a scale of 1-10, just how nervous are these women tonight?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...n-mission.html

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 18028594)

On a scale of 1-10, just how nervous are these women tonight?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...n-mission.html

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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 18027550)

Hope they had enough room for all the sun visors.

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Originally Posted by MagicHef (Post 18028631)

Yeah, thats exactly where I'd be

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 18028649)

Yeah, thats exactly where I'd be

NS-28 with Emily Calandrelli, first thing she does after landing is hug her husband and say “I didn’t die!”

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 18028594)

On a scale of 1-10, just how nervous are these women tonight?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...n-mission.html

New Shepherd is a pretty robust little flying penis. They don't have much to worry about.

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Originally Posted by MagicHef (Post 18028645)

So they can all check their makeup.

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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 18038523)

Love this shot:

https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-conten...reak_JP-1.jpeg

:thumb:

Just another Falcon 9 launch but this one? Something amazing about it:

SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 1:42 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 5:25 p.m. PT. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Tuesday, April 29 starting at 1:11 p.m. PT.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.

This will be the 25th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149, and 16 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.