I found this insightful. Eager Space has lost a lot of optimism about the program, and argues that SpaceX is now at the dreaded threshold of hubris. The Apollo program faced a similar crisis after the Apollo 1 disaster.
I find myself agreeing, especially with the spreading "block 3 will fix everything" mentality online. It doesn't feel that simple.
Are you saying that you're running an Nvidia/AMD multi-GPU system, and they can work together during inference? So, your LLM-relevant VRAM is 10gb(3080)+20gb(7900xt)?
Berger suggests that "another launch before this summer seems unlikely".
I think that's speculation rather than reporting, but it's nice to have a non-CEO reference point. Hopefully employees get a breather during this redesign, somehow.
I'm struggling to think of a reason that Starship shouldn't be grounded for 6-12 months after this (I know they won't be, but I'll be mad about it). This is a consecutive uncontrolled failure during the "easy" part of the flight over a highly populated region. It seems like pure luck that the RUD didn't happen early enough to impact land. They're still doing a great job, but today was rough.
Maybe it's time to rethink the Texas plans?
Edit: Upon reflection I'm less pessimistic now, as long as the FTS behaved reasonably. But I'll still be mad if they're flying again in a month.
I think you're right that Canadians and Mexicans know this and still want to be friends, but it doesn't matter. The United States has officially and democratically become hostile to them, and they're going to have to change the way they think about the relationship. An America that can't be trusted reliably simply can't be trusted.
Edit: But this doesn't mean further conflict is inevitable! The sane citizens of each country will just need to work around the problem.
I don't think they feel betrayed by Trump, but rather the United States. One of their closest friends just declared economic war on them for no reason. The shattering of trust isn't less painful because they had advanced notice.
But ouch, I hope no one was hurt by debris. Initial reports look like the broken ship flew pretty close to some caribbean islands. This feels like a pretty big setback and I'm expecting an extended investigation. I wonder whether this was a fluke or something related to V2 upgrades.
I was ready to wait until Christmas for this and now I'm not emotionally prepared!
If there's a catch attempt I'm expecting a mild success where something goes wrong (those arms sway sooo much), but I'm optimistic about Ship reentry. Going to be great.
Curious to see what happens in the Gulf given Zack Golden's speculation from a few days ago. Are they really going to retrieve a booster that's hundreds of meters below sea level? Feels hard.
Pretty confused about why SpaceX released this - it's a vague, whiney, entitled message, even if they're right!
Parts of the regulatory process are clunky, and the goals of an environmental assessment don't always align with the goals of SpaceX - that's the point. I'd be concerned if the company was happy with the process.
I don't want to write an essay right now. I know it's messy, and the process needs to improve. I just wish SpaceX had brought receipts before starting...whatever they just started.
This makes a lot of sense! I'm going to give it another shot with these insights in mind. I think if I frame it as a future-facing tool like you describe I'll avoid a lot of my previous mistakes.
I found this insightful. Eager Space has lost a lot of optimism about the program, and argues that SpaceX is now at the dreaded threshold of hubris. The Apollo program faced a similar crisis after the Apollo 1 disaster.
I find myself agreeing, especially with the spreading "block 3 will fix everything" mentality online. It doesn't feel that simple.