{"id":19729,"date":"2019-09-18T18:23:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T22:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19729"},"modified":"2019-09-18T18:23:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T22:23:53","slug":"space-transport-roundup-sept-18-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19729","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup &#8211; Sept.18.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5\">previous roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlueOrigin.com\">Blue Origin<\/a> still planning for crewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\/\">New Shepard<\/a> flights this year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blueorigin<\/a>&#8216;s Wagner says 1st crewed flight of New Shepard on track to fly by end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tariq J. Malik &#x1f680; (@tariqjmalik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tariqjmalik\/status\/1173665351772426242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The last flight of the New Shepard took place on <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18643\">May 2nd<\/a>. Jeff Bezos and other Blue management have been indicating that the first flights with people on board would take place this year after a few more uncrewed test flights. So it would seem that they must soon begin flying again and at a much higher rate.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VirginGalactic.com\">Virgin Galactic<\/a> marks a milestone in the assembly of a new SpaceShipTwo<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virgingalactic.com\/articles\/virgin-galactic-announces-major-milestone-in-manufacture-of-next-spaceship\/\">Virgin Galactic Announces Major Milestone in Manufacture of Next Spaceship &#8211; Virgin Galactic<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Virgin Galactic announced today that it has mated the fuselage and cabin of its next spaceship to the completed wing assembly. In addition, the two tail booms have been mated to the spaceship\u2019s rear feather flap assembly. The completion of these two milestones brings assembly of the next SpaceShipTwo, planned to enter service after VSS Unity, a major step forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19730\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virgingalactic.com\/articles\/virgin-galactic-announces-major-milestone-in-manufacture-of-next-spaceship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=19730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The_next_spaceship_being_manufactured_1000x562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The next spaceship being manufactured\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The next spaceship (right) being manufactured next to the VSS Unity on the left.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The_next_spaceship_being_manufactured_1000x562.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19730\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The_next_spaceship_being_manufactured_1000x562-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"The next spaceship being manufactured \" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The_next_spaceship_being_manufactured_1000x562-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The_next_spaceship_being_manufactured_1000x562-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The_next_spaceship_being_manufactured_1000x562.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The next spaceship (right) being manufactured next to the VSS Unity on the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VirginOrbit.com\">Virgin Orbit<\/a> plans to air launch the first LauncherOne rocket this year as well (a military payload, however, won&#8217;t be flown till next year): <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2019\/09\/branson-virgin-launch-of-usaf-sat-by-end-of-year\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Branson: Virgin Launch Of USAF Sat By End Of Year &#8211; Breaking Defense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>A Chinese Long March 4B rocket launched last week<\/strong> with two remote sensing satellites and a CubeSat that will test a drag-sail for accelerated de-orbiting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/09\/china-returns-long-march-4-ziyuan-2d\/\">China returns Long March 4 to service with Ziyuan-2D launch &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/09\/12\/china-launches-earth-observing-satellites-solar-sail-experiment\/\">China launches Earth-observing satellites, solar sail experiment \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjEaMYSiZAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Lunar space elevator possible with current technology<\/strong> according to a recent study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/space-elevator-moon-could-be-doable-surprisingly-cheap-ncna1051496\">A space elevator to the moon could be doable \u2014 and surprisingly cheap &#8211; NBCNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1908.09339\">The Spaceline: a practical space elevator alternative achievable with current technology, Zephyr Penoyre, Emily Sandford &#8211; arxiv.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Perhaps the biggest hurdle to mankind&#8217;s expansion throughout the Solar System is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth&#8217;s gravitational pull. In its many forms, the space-elevator provides a way to circumvent this cost, allowing payloads to traverse along a cable extending from Earth to orbit. However, modern materials are not strong enough to build a cable capable of supporting its own weight. In this work we present an alternative to the classic space elevator, within reach of modern technology: The Spaceline. By extending a line, anchored on the moon, to deep within Earth&#8217;s gravity well, we can construct a stable, traversable cable allowing free movement from the vicinity of Earth to the Moon&#8217;s surface. With current materials, it is feasible to build a cable extending to close to the height of geostationary orbit, allowing easy traversal and construction between the Earth and the Moon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/firefly.com\">Firefly<\/a> begins firing tests\u00a0 of dual Reaver engines<\/strong>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/firefly.com\/launch-alpha\/\">Alpha rocket<\/a> will use 4 Reavers on the first stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>You have to beware when walking around Texas at night \u2013 you might run into fire breathing Reavers! Big milestone for the whole Firefly team yesterday with the first Dual Reaver engine test. This slow motion video shows the two engine startup sequence. Getting the engines to start simultaneously is critical. Quad Reaver coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nuxEuXFcG8U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Images of the engines on the test stand:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The calm before the storm. We are stepping into the first multi-engine Reaver tests this week. Each Reaver engine generates over 41,000 lbf of thrust. We\u2019re starting with two engines and the integration team already has the next two ready to fill out the Reaver Quad! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2saL27mjc\">pic.twitter.com\/g2saL27mjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Firefly_Space\/status\/1173606546716016640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/show\/13-sep-2019\/broadcast-3374-lars-osborne-daudi-barnes\"><strong>The Space Show &#8211; Fri, 09\/13\/2019<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/guest\/lars-osborne\">Lars Osborne<\/a> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/guest\/daudi-barnes-1\"><strong>Daudi Barne<\/strong>s<\/a> discussed their company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agilespace.pro\/\">Agile Space Propulsion<\/a>, and &#8220;explained their propulsion systems, hypergolic fuel uses and why they stand out from other companies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19729-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3374-BWB-2019-09-13.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3374-BWB-2019-09-13.mp3\">https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3374-BWB-2019-09-13.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\">SpaceX<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>***<strong> Brief update on tests of the Crew Dragon abort system<\/strong>: \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-crew-dragon-thrusters-failure-investigation-end\/\">SpaceX highlights Crew Dragon SuperDraco thrusters as explosion investigation nears end &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ahead of our in-flight abort test for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commercial_Crew?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Commercial_Crew<\/a>\u2014which will demonstrate Crew Dragon&#8217;s ability to safely carry astronauts away from the rocket in the unlikely event of an emergency\u2014our team has completed over 700 tests of the spacecraft&#8217;s SuperDraco engines <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nswMPCK3F9\">pic.twitter.com\/nswMPCK3F9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1172215123777216512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Next Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg no earlier than Feb. 2020<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-falcon-9-west-coast-launch-8-month-lull\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s first West Coast Falcon 9 launch in eight months now set for early 2020 &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Speaking at 2019\u2019s World Satellite Business Week, Ra\u00fal Kulichevsky \u2013 a director at the Comisi\u00f3n Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), Argentina\u2019s national space agency \u2013 confirmed that the country\u2019s SAOCOM-1B Earth observation satellite making great progress towards that launch target.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Progress on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpaceX_Starship\">Starship<\/a> orbital demonstrators appears to be accelerating<\/strong> at the Boca Chica Beach, Texas and Cocoa Beach, Florida facilities. Elon\u00a0 Musk is expected to give a presentation on the Starship program on Sept. 28th at Boca Chica. He has said in tweets that the first suborbital test flight could happen as early as October for the Texas vehicle. Here are some items highlighting\u00a0 activities at the two sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas &#8211; Starship Mk.1<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <strong><em>Views of the Starship construction and launch site activities<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">StarShip Mk1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7l6LNFCmfD\">pic.twitter.com\/7l6LNFCmfD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austin Barnard&#x1f680; (@austinbarnard45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/austinbarnard45\/status\/1174067353904136192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Droid Junkyard, Tatooine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yACFR9y04P\">pic.twitter.com\/yACFR9y04P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1173872132880662528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DnSGmu6b5v\">pic.twitter.com\/DnSGmu6b5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpacePadreIsle\/status\/1173701553301131264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <em><strong>What the final stack could look like<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What could the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bocachica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bocachica<\/a> Starship look like in ~12 days with all pieces stacked + wings &amp; fins?<\/p>\n<p>Couldnt resist editing these pictures by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpacePadreIsle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpacePadreIsle<\/a> for a potential future glance.<\/p>\n<p>Wonder how close to this it will turn out?!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpaceX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Starship<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spaceflight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Spaceflight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElonMusk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElonMusk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iXf43gUEt7\">pic.twitter.com\/iXf43gUEt7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Delderfield (@Alex_ADEdge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alex_ADEdge\/status\/1174306552309661697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong> SpaceX is attempting to buy the homes of the small village<\/strong> near the launch site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/spacex-texas-spaceport-boca-chica-village-buyout-offer-letters-2019-9?utm_content=buffer9f098&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer-tiuk&amp;fbclid=IwAR3bEOEzdUSpOIBpVXSPDrdwxcdSgJM3hro25e5J9pB2A9zHagn0IEfhbZI\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SpaceX wants to buy a Texas hamlet to make way for its Mars rockets &#8211; Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>It takes a small village to raise a Mars rocket \u2014 or at least it does in South Texas, where SpaceX has built an experimental spaceport around a community of residents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Now, according to interviews with residents and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6418786-Spacex-Boca-Chica-Village-Texas-Buyout-Offer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a proprietary offer letter<\/a>\u00a0obtained by Business Insider, SpaceX is trying to buy as much of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/spacex-elon-musk-texas-starship-mars-launch-site-pictures-2019-5\">Boca Chica Village<\/a>\u00a0as it can and move people out. But many of those who live in the hamlet, also known as Kopernik Shores, say they may not accept the company&#8217;s offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida &#8211; Starship Mk.2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong> <em>Preparations are underway for moving the Mk.2 vehicle<\/em><\/strong> from the assembly site to Pad 39A. Presumably, the three main structures\u00a0 (the tanks\/propulsion section, the nosecone, and the tip of the nosecone) visible in the photos and videos below will be moved separately. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-florida-starship-launch-pad-transport-plans\/\">SpaceX wants to move Starship Mk2 to one of its Florida launch pads later this month &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>According to documents filed with local city and transportation authorities in recent months and cataloged by a few local news outlets and spaceflight fans, SpaceX is preparing to transport its East Coast Starship prototype \u2013 known as \u201cMk2\u201d \u2013 as early as later this month.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Throughout August 2019, local resident, spaceflight fan, photographer, and cookie-baker Julia Bergeron did a significant amount of groundwork to flesh out an estimated route for Starship Mk2. Delivering the massive rocket prototype from Cocoa, Florida to SpaceX\u2019s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A facilities would involve a 30+ mile trip by road, cost-prohibitive due to the amount of work required. Confirmed by documents unearthed by local ClickOrlando journalists, SpaceX will instead transport the rocket a few miles by road before loading it onto a barge and shipping the vehicle the rest of the way to KSC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <strong><em>Construction is underway on a section of Pad 39A<\/em><\/strong> that will support launches of the Starship : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-breaks-ground-starship-super-heavy-florida-launch-pad\/\">SpaceX breaks ground on Starship, Super Heavy launch facilities at Pad 39A<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>As of September 14th, SpaceX has officially broken ground on what will likely be the first orbital-class Starship and Super Heavy launch facilities, coming in the form of an addition to the company\u2019s NASA-leased LC-39A pad at Kennedy Space Center.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Based on environmental assessment documents published in August 2019, the modifications SpaceX plans to make to Pad 39A are surprisingly minor and could arguably take just a handful of months from start to finish. Once complete, SpaceX will possess dedicated Starship launch facilities in both Florida and Texas, although there is a strong chance that Pad 39A will be ready to support orbital launch attempts well before SpaceX\u2019s Boca Chica launch site is certified.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <strong><em>A look at recent work on the propulsion section<\/em><\/strong> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.USLaunchReport.com\">www.USLaunchReport.com<\/a>. Also includes views of the path along which the Starship will be moved.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8uYvk0C4OFQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <em><strong>Aerial view below<\/strong><\/em>. Note the rings on the ground that will be used to build either another Starship or a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BFR_(rocket)#First_stage:_Super_Heavy\">Super Heavy Booster:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zOI__ag5eQQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1524742414\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1524742414&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=079d0abd89e653831609367e775bdb25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Delta-v<\/strong><\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1524742414\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1524742414&amp;asins=1524742414&amp;linkId=044d01889d5c6fded3f9c6e28680f86a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here): ** Blue Origin still planning for crewed New Shepard flights this year. @blueorigin&#8216;s Wagner says 1st crewed flight of New Shepard on track to fly by end of this year. \u2014 Tariq J. 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